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UZ student gets 4 years for stealing laptops
Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda (24), a student who stole laptops from University of Zimbabwe offices and hostels, has been sentenced to an effective four years in jail. He was convicted of 14 counts...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
RBZ is the problem not ZiG!
Before going to press on the Zimbabwe currency crisis, I had seven questions I wanted authoritatively answered. Professor Gift Mugano was the answer."Isn't he the one who is supposed to disapp...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Russian flight paramedic instructors Zimbabwe - bound
Russian flight paramedic instructors are expected in the country this week to start training local air ambulance personnel, paving the way for the launch of Zimbabwe's first national air ambulance ser...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Robbers hide in apostolic sect robes
TWO apostolic sect members on Saturday robbed a Midlands man of his vehicle after hiring his vehicle.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the i...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secure cancer treatment machines
The GOVERNMENT has purchased a set of new advanced radiotherapy machines used to treat cancer, which will soon be installed at two major public hospitals.Funding has also been secured to procu...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions Mthuli Ncube clinic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government will upgrade health infrastructure at the country's major hospitals in line with international standards as the Second Republic continues to improve healt...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mmnangagwa says major hospitals to undergo upgrading
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government will upgrade health infrastructure at the country's major hospitals in line with international standards as the Second Republic continues to improve healt...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mineral resources should benefit locals, says CCC official
THE main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has pledged to ensure resource-rich communities benefit from minerals mined in their areas.CCC Midlands provincial chairperson Takavafir...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas caught planting live python
TWO self-styled traditional healers popularly known as Tsikamutandas' attempt to dupe a Kwekwe family went horribly wrong after they were seen attempting to plant a live python behind a family's wardr...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
$130 billion Zimdollars earmarked for massive roadworks
ZIMBABWE will double down on road development projects this year, with Treasury and the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) injecting over $130 billion to rehabilitate about 10 000 kilomet...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
National dam levels start to rise
The national dam level has risen to 81,2 percent compared to 57,9 percent normally expected during this time of the year following the rains that have pounded the country.Most cities and towns...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 5km of the Mberengwa-West Nicholson Road tarred
GOVERNMENT has tarred only 5km of the Mberengwa-West Nicholson Road in Mberengwa linking Midlands and Matabeleland South provinces under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2).The...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man threatens to axe Chirumanzu chieftainship aspirant
A MVUMA man has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of threatening to axe one of the Chirumanzu chieftainship hopefuls, Julius Chimbi as the succession wrangle intensifies.Blazio M...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey bites, swallows Bikita woman's finger
In a bizarre incident that has left the community tongue-tied, a Bikita woman recently lost her finger after it was bitten and chewed by a donkey in Munatsi village, ward 31 of Bikita.It is re...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ Student steals Campus Geyser
A-24 year-old University of Zimbabwe student has been arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda to answer to charges of theft of US$1500.The student, Isheanesu Tsigo pleaded guilty to th...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 7 colonels
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has promoted seven Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of colonels. The promotions were made in terms of Section 15 (1) (b) of the Defence Act (Chapter 11:...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Oldest Chief Nyamondo dies aged 102
The Zimbabwe's oldest Chief Nyamondo born Runesu Solomon Gore (102) of Mberengwa has died.The chief attracted the attention of a nearby Chief Ngungumbane's subject Nothiwani Dlodlo last year w...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:09hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
FC Wangu Mazodze to export soccer players to Europe
Masvingo, Zimbabwe - FC Wangu Mazodze, a ZIFA Eastern Region League , First Division Soccer Team has caused waves in Europe following the sharing of scint...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 21:48hrs | 16 | by Cluade Blaise
Bulawayo dam levels lowest in the country
BULAWAYO's supply dams have the lowest levels in Zimbabwe with the majority of dams in the country now full and spilling.The city, which is emerging from its worst water crisis in recent years...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health time bomb looms in Harare
The world is at loggerheads trying to deal with the covid-19 pandemic that is threatening to wipe out humanity.The Pandemic has affected millions of people around the world and millions have a...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:14hrs | 4 | by George Swarei
BCC eases water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has eased its water shedding schedule reverting to the 144 hour per week timetable, with indications that they will continue to ease it further as dam inflows continue ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
7 dams reach full capacity
SEVEN of the country's 23 largest dams have reached full capacity, with the country's largest inland water body, Tugwi-Mukosi, spilling for the first time since commissioning in 2017.Data from...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
An open letter from a concerned Bulawayo motorist
My job forces me to frequently drive along Masiyephambili Drive, past Nkulumane. Complex. I'm particularly concerned about the level of corruption & greed perpetrated by the police manning the roa...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Concerned Bulawayo motorist
Top cop 'diverts' fuel to black market
A MATAGA Police Station Officer-in-Charge has appeared in court facing three counts of criminal abuse of office, where he allegedly bought fuel under the pretext of using it for police duties when in ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sympathizers turn against Chamisa after by-election defeats
The opposition MDC has received criticism from unlikely quarters after losing two council by-elections in Bikita and Nyanga to the ruling Zanu-PF party.The by-elections held yesterday saw Zanu...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo advises Chamisa's MDC
Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised MDC leadership to be with the people if they want to win elections. Moyo was responding to Twitter comments after the MDC lost the Bikita by-election with a...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC ignores SI 142, charges accreditation fees in US$
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire from members of the media, civil society and elections observers who argue that the charging of accreditation fees in US dollars is unjustif...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC confident of winning Bikita by-election
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to guard against all electoral malpractices, including vote rigging during the Bikita ward 31 by-by-election set for today,...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the party Job Sikhala (JS) on a wide range of issues....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cellphone ignites fire as pair siphons fuel from car
TWO Gweru man sustained severe burns all over their bodies while vehicles worth US$9 000 were destroyed by a fire which started after one of them answered his cellphone while they were siphoning petro...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa square off in Bikita by-election
President Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa may not want to be in the same room to dialogue the way forward for the economy but will have a date in the ballot box as both their parties will batt...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman beds son to cure his mental illness
A 45-year-old businesswoman from Mberengwa in Ndagara Village under Chief Banga confessed to sleeping with her 20-year-old son who is mentally challenged in an attempt to cure her son's mental illness...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man goes on the run after killing daugther
Police in Mberengwa are investigating a murder case in which a man allegedly used a knife to stab her step-daughter to death before fleeing his home.The grisly incident occurred in Maromo vill...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabs stepdaughter to death
Police have launched a manhunt for a 44-year-old Mberengwa man who allegedly murdered his stepdaughter after she had intervened in a family dispute.Aaron Moyo of Maromo village under Chief Mat...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fatally stabs wife's daughter
A 21-YEAR-OLD young woman from Mberengwa was allegedly fatally stabbed by her stepfather with a kitchen knife for intervening in a fight between him and her mother. Acting Midlands provincial ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CMED tasked to supply fuel, equipment to road authorities
Government has tasked CMED to supply fuel and road equipment to local authorities to help speed up road infrastructure projects currently underway.Speaking to local authorities from Midlands p...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Work on Mberengwa-West Nicholson Road to resume
THE MINISTRY of Transport and Infrastructural Development is set to resume constructing the road linking Mberengwa and West Nicholson and another one linking Mberengwa and Mataga after sourcing more e...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Road rehab shelved due to heavy rains
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has suspended road rehabilitation projects in the Midlands Province due to heavy rains. The ministry last year embarked on a massive r...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government steps up road projects
Government has stepped up major road rehabilitation programmes across the country as it closes in on this year's target to spruce up over 50 000 kilometres of road.This year, Treasury released...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Minister in passports reality shock
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister, Larry Mavima on Tuesday came face-to-face with the struggles faced by ordinary citizens who spend days at the Registrar-General's offices in a bid to acquire trav...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: InterAfrica bus involved in accident
This is InterAfrica bus plies Harare-Gweru-Zvishavane-Ngungumbane-Mataga-Musume! They leave Harare at 05:50am going to M...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Minister clarifies on Mberengwa Police District Office establishment
THE deputy MINISTER of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Mike Madiro has clarified the government's position of the establishment of Mberengwa district Police offices."Let me from the onset p...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mberengwa-West Nicholson road tarring begins
The tarring of the road linking Mberengwa and West Nicholson has been commissioned, marking the commencement of works.Barely two weeks after Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ambitious roads projects on course
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's audacious plans to construct and rehabilitate the country's road infrastructure to try and kick-start Zimbabwe's sputtering economy is on course, The Financial Gazette h...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 15:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South crime rate drops
THE crime rate in Matabeleland South has dropped by seven percent during the period of April to June compared to the same period last year, a development which has been attributed to new policing stra...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
$19m for Mberengwa-West Nicholson tarred road construction
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has embarked on massive $19 million road construction projects which links Mberengwa and West Nicholson and another linking Mberengwa and Mata...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa rolls out nationwide road rehabilitation
THE government has so far released $8 million for the dualisation of the Harare-Gweru highway with a 20km stretch expected to be completed by year-end as efforts to rehabilitate the national road netw...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out nationwide road rehabilitation
THE government has so far released $8 million for the dualisation of the Harare-Gweru highway with a 20km stretch expected to be completed by year-end as efforts to rehabilitate the national road netw...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Wife, girlfriends gang up against promiscuous prison officer
A Masvingo prison officer who is accused of being promiscuous to the extent that he cannot stay with one wife for a while is in the eye of a storm after his legally married wife Lizzia Masikati ganged...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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