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Zanu-PF councillors suspended
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial leadership has suspended four recently-elected councillors at Chiredzi Town Council from the party, accusing them of letting down the party by allowing the opposition M...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Chief Secretary sucked into fraud storm
THE Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has been sucked into a fraud storm involving a Mberengwa man who allegedly defrauded the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) of 12 000 South...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:58hrs | 3162 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Churches, CSOs press panic button
Churches and civic society organisations have expressed concern at the rate at which Zimbabwe is plunging into political and socio-economic decay following the disputed July 30 elections and slammed c...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Government reveals plan for Bikita ammonium plant
GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to facilitate establishment of a multi-million dollar ammonium sulphate processing plant in Bikita, Masvingo province. The project would be useful in import subst...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:00hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
'Arrest of bigwigs in line with Zanu-PF’s anti-corruption stance'
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has said the arrest of bigwigs, among them former Cabinet ministers, is in line with the ruling party's resolutions to clamp down on all forms of gr...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:56hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira rubbishes reports of Hungwe tiff
Newly-appointed Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira has rubbished reports of a tiff between him and his predecessor, Senator Josaya Hungwe, whom he described as the "father figure" in...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:54hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Churches, Civic Society clip off Chamisa's wings
A new wave is on the rise in Zimbabwe , a new narrative is underway following a joint statement by Churches and Civic Society Institutions clearly setting the agenda to reclaim the people's power and ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 5778 | by Stephen Jakes
Inter Africa bus in fatal head on collision
The Inter Africa bus from Bulawayo to Mutare got involved in a head on collision with a 10 tonne UD truck near Masvingo this afternoon.According to eyewitnesses about 6 people are feared dead...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 18:02hrs | 9263 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2327 | by Siphosami Malunga
Zimbabwe's 'bloody' police station
Featherstone Police Station's backyard is not for the faint-hearted.Accident-damaged vehicles, some blood-stained, can invoke scary images, fear and especially traumatic memories for survivors...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile Gang: 'Last man standing'
This week we publish the first part of an account from Enock Sithole, the lone survivor and commander of the six-member Crocodile Gang that operated in Melsetter (Chimanimani) in the 1960s. The group ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:42hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won in Chiredzi because there is no social media '
Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chairman, Ezra Chadzamira recently told supporters that his party won resoundingly in Chiredzi in the July 30, 2018 elections because people there are not exposed to social...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Maboke starts Masvingo mayoral duties after fall out with Chamisa
Prominent Masvingo lawyer, Collen Maboke has officially started duties as the mayor of Masvingo following his temporary fall-out with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa.The Mirror has it on good author...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:24hrs | 2496 | by Staff reporter
Retired Hungwe boycotts Chadzamira party
While former ministers of state throughout the country's 10 provinces were busy in the last week making official handover –takeovers with their successors, Josiah Hungwe of Masvingo was peculiar by ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:22hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Court drama as woman bashes small house over maintenance
There was drama at Masvingo Magistrate's Court when a married woman clobbered a small house that had come to claim maintenance from her husband.The drama happened at the exit gates to the cour...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:21hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backtracks on Masvingo Mayor
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and Masvingo mayor, Collen Maboke have buried the hatchet. The Mirror has it on good authority that Chamisa has reversed his order for Maboke to step down as mayor.Ch...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Losing MP candidate forges signature, swindles GZU of US$4 000
Losing National Patriotic Front (NPF) Masvingo Urban parliamentary candidate in the July 30 harmonised election, Michael Taderera, stands implicated in a serious fraud case at Great Zimbabwe Universit...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:08hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens retribution against disloyal green bombers
Zanu-PF has threatened a witch-hunt against youth officers suspected of supporting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa in the July 30 harmonised elections.Speaking at a meeting at Chitsanga Hal...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:07hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa waiting for Masvingo mayor's resignation
The MDC Alliance says nothing has changed with regards to its decision to force controversially-elected new City of Masvingo mayor, Collen Maboke to step down and pave way for fresh elections....Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:06hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 14700 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa battles open rebellion
A REBELLION in the MDC-Alliance led councils over imposition of mayoral candidates has gone out of hand forcing the party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who is being labelled a dictator, to summon all co...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must not waste time fighting Mnangagwa'
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has called for unity in the province, saying there was need to end "political dogfights" and focus on development. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1978 | by Zapu
Chamisa in embarrassing climbdown
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has reportedly been forced to reverse his decision to fire newly-elected Masvingo mayor Advocate Collins Maboke from his post after residents in the country's old...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 15518 | by Staff reporter
Motorists fume over new tollgate
MOTORISTS have expressed dismay over the establishment of the Colleen Bawn tollgate along Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, saying they were already paying too much at existing tollgates. Government y...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Models at Prophet Magaya Prayer Mountain
In an attempt to spruce up the image of the modelling industry in the country, Miss Tourism Zimbabwe (MTZ) models were taken to Walter Magaya's prayer mountain in Harare's Waterfalls suburb to "medita...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 2340 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe motorists to pay more in toll fees
Hard-pressed motorists will have to dig deeper into their depleted pockets for toll fees, after Zinara announced yesterday that it was increasing the number of tollgates on the country’s highways. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:35hrs | 4538 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers unions call for schools closure over cholera
Faced with a nationwide cholera outbreak that has claimed 31 lives and left thousands others infected, two leading teachers' unions have called for the closure of all schools until the disease is cont...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:27hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Taxed to death - Five new tollgates open today
GOVERNMENT has established five new tollgates on major highways with effect from today as part of efforts to generate more revenue for roads infrastructure development. In an e-mailed response...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Cholera death toll now 31
CHOLERA death toll has risen to 31 while efforts to contain the scourge are being made.A total of 5961 cases had been reported as of yesterday, the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:32hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The Thorns
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The THornsZapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa opver the weekend launched Jill Baker's Boook titled The THORNS through his Foundation at the Bulawayo Theatre....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 912 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa alliance victory leaves Zanu-PF divided in Chiredzi
The election of an MDC Alliance councillor and an independent as chairman and deputy chair of Chiredzi Town Council has left the ruling Zanu-PF party deeply divided.Zanu-PF won resoundingly al...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Vendors blitz spreads to Masvingo as soldiers, police clear city
THE police blitz on vendors in major towns has spread to Masvingo, with soldiers and the police clearing the city at the weekend as government responds to the outbreak of cholera that has claimed 30 l...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Cholera fund 'fraud', Harare City Council workers suspended
SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Grou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cholera tests negative
LABORATORY tests have ruled out cholera in 10 of the 12 people from Bulawayo who had been admitted to hospital on fears that they had contracted the disease. Bulawayo City Council director of ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Four independent power producers approach Zera for licences
Four Independent Power Producers (IPP) have approached the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority seeking independent licenses to venture into electricity generation. The energy regulatory autho...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual opens eighth one-stop-shop branch in Chinhoyi
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe - One of Zimbabwe's largest financial service companies, Old Mutual, today opened their eighth one-stop-shop branch in Chinhoyi to offer clients their main financial and banking ser...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1204 | by Agencies
Cops in high-speed chase with Grace Mugabe's sister
THE arrest of former First Lady Grace Mugabe's elder sister, Shuvai Junior Gumbochuma last Friday, was not without drama as police had to engage in a 24km high-speed chase with her son, Moses, behind ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 3892 | by Staff reporter
Cholera death toll hits 30
THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread of the...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR happy over Masvingo council efforts to deliver water to residents
Zimbabwe Lawyers for human Rights have expressed happiness that Masvingo City Council (MCC) begun supplying water to residents at some designated collection points.This was after a residents a...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 154 | by Stephen Jakes
Factional fights simmer in MDC led Bulawayo's new council
DIVISIONS are simmering among Bulawayo's new councillors amid revelations that there is bad blood between the city's Mayor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Tinashe Kambarami resulting in the former side-l...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Poor urban service delivery leads to disease outbreak
POOR service delivery in towns and cities has been the major cause of diseases such as cholera and typhoid.It is a pity that residents in most urban centres in the country have since the turn ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa humiliates MDC Alliance 'sell-out' councillors
Four MDC Alliance councillors, who last week conspired to defy the party's directive on the mayoral elections, have found themselves in serious trouble after they were made to appear before party pres...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:31hrs | 8529 | by Staff reporter
Infighting costs Zanu PF Chiredzi town chairmanship
Zanu PF's Chiredzi Town Council chairmanship candidate, Blessing Mazinyani was recently caught by surprise after MDC Alliance's Gibson Hwende won the race after scoring more votes than what everybody ...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:30hrs | 2782 | by Staff reporter
Winds of change blow in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promise to transform the nation by broadening and revitalising its economic opportunities, while ensuring progressive steps are taken towards a democratic future, have c...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora trading blows in an unpredictable, bruising fight
WITH just five months to go to a crucial congress, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his main internal rival, secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, are trading blows in an unpredictable, bruising fight to w...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 14584 | by Staff reporter
Cholera tsunami sweeps across Mashonaland again
STEWART Murambiwa's snow-white teeth appear too big for his mouth; his arms and limbs look like they belong to a little boy and not the 27-year-old man he is.Propped up on an iron bed in a ten...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:29hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Harare suburbs rocked by 'double punch' of cholera and typhoid
HARARE - More than 1,000 Red Cross volunteers are fanning out through the suburbs of Zimbabwe’s capital in a bid to contain a deadly cholera outbreak.The outbreak, which started on 5 Septemb...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1621 | by APO/IFRC
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