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1 dead as heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Gwanda
A man died while homes and school infrastructure were destroyed when heavy rains accompanied by strong winds pounded Gwanda district Wednesday night leaving a trail of destruction in the area....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South villagers' water woes mount
MATEBELELAND South villagers have been struggling to get water for domestic use and for their livestock as local dams have dried up, while boreholes are far from most villages.Villagers are no...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
World Vision transforms state of Lupane schools
THE era of learning under trees and carrying water to school for drinking and sanitation is over for children in Lupane after World Vision invested close to US$300 000 into learning infrastructure, wa...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prophet causes stir in Mutare
There was chaos in Mutare during Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi's Prophetic invasion of the city where scores gathered in an attempt to attend the service and some had to be turned away due to the COVID 19...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 16:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fires tribunal head
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday fired retired judge Justice Maphios Cheda as chairperson of a tribunal he set up to determine Justice Thompson James Mabhikwa's fitness to hold the office of Hi...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
RG Masango trial resumes
THE trial of suspended Registrar-General Clement Masango, accused of flouting tender procedures when purchasing vehicles for his department is expected to resume this Friday at the Harare Magistrates ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane villagers produce organic face, hair oils
A GROUP of villagers in ward 18, Lupane district, is producing organic face and hair oils as part of a community empowerment initiative.The villagers, who have registered a company Madojwa Ent...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Recalled MDC-T councillor pardoned
A LUPANE councillor is set to officially resume his duties after the MDC-T withdrew a letter recalling him from the Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC), Southern Eye has learnt.June Mpofu had...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Registar general's trial continues
The trial of suspended Registrar General Clemence Masango, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges over vehicle purchases, continued yesterday with the State calling the former chief accountant...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe divorce law spurs women's fight for property
When Smangele Tshuma got divorced after five years of marriage, her in-laws forced her out of the home that she had been living in with her husband in southwestern Zimbabwe and took the three donkeys ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | | by Reuters
Gukurahundi survivors demand answers from Mnangagwa
RELATIVES of Gukurahundi victims and survivors in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should go to them to explain why people in the region were tortur...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe assumes regional police chiefs role
GOVERNMENT has applauded the police for assuming the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) chairmanship saying it was an honour bestowed on Zimbabwe. Polic...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Starving police officers exposed to corruption
HOME Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya on Monday warned that security forces, who are deployed to man the country's border posts without receiving allowances, are prone to corruption and underhand dea...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bribery allegations rock RG's office as passport crisis deepens
Zimbabweans are allegedly paying as much as US$400 to obtain passports, as officials at the Registrar General's office cash in on a crisis that has seen production of the travel document coming to a v...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Judith Sibanda
Tomana eyes comeback
Former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana's return to private practice hangs in the balance two years after his sacking, amid reports that the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is unwilling to re-admit hi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
$100 bail for murder accused gold panners
FOUR gold panners suspected to be part of a mob that allegedly attacked a 35-year-old man from Gwanda before he was later found dead by a passerby, have been each granted $100 bail pending trial by th...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Two coffins at Mtukudzi's funeral
AWAY from the mourning that was taking place nationwide and beyond Zimbabwe's borders - behind the scenes a war over custody of the body of the late national hero, Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, was raging....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe relaxa travelling requirements for minors
THE Government has clarified conditions on what is required to enable minors to travel to South Africa, saying it is still committed to fight human trafficking and human smuggling.The clarific...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makhurane will not be buried with crooks at Heores acre
The family of national hero Professor Phinias Makhurane has snubbed a National Heroes Acre burial, insisting instead on interring him at his rural home in the Gungwe area of Gwanda.Family spok...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign currency shortage triggers Zimbabwe passports backlog
REGISTRAR-GENERAL (RG) Clemence Masango yesterday said his department had a backlog of 170 000 passports, which has accumulated since May, and requires additional foreign currency to speed up the proc...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police demand $3,6m for rebranding
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, who admitted in Parliament yesterday to selective application of the law by members of the police force, said they required at least $3,6 million for rigoro...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Big headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task in his quest to fight corruption after it emerged last week that graft now pervades the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which must be at the f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt crafts law to protect consumers
GOVERNMENT is crafting a Bill to protect consumers from profiteering business entities, Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu has said. The move comes at a time the country has expe...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe passports to be processed within 4 weeks
Government is making concerted efforts to produce and avail vital civil registration documents and passports to applicants when they need them, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Ambassador C...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives equipment for migration coordination
The National Migration Coordination Directorate housed at the Ministry of Home Affairs will now be fully functional after receiving equipment from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)....Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Use flexible discretion when issuing identity docs to elderly
THE Registrar General's Office should be flexible when elderly people apply for birth certificates whose issuance should be premised on the confidence of the applicant, Home Affairs permanent secretar...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA in labour migration policy talks
ZIMBABWE and South Africa have opened discussions to regularise (legal) labour migration between the two countries to curb exploitation of undocumented immigrants, a senior Government official has sai...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister sucked in sexual abuse storm
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema has been sucked into the row about sexual abuse at the Department of Immigration which is now at the centre of investigations by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission....Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede booted out
LONG-SERVING Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede (74) has finally been retired while Information secretary George Charamba was elevated to the unfamiliar position of Deputy Chief Secretary Presidential C...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ONLY 1 permanent secretary from Matebelenand
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new permanent secretaries for ministries, reassigned some and retired others as his Government takes the Second Republic into motion. Long time Information, Pub...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warned against violence
Government will not condone or tolerate any acts of violence, intimidation and incitement to commit lawlessness in the country during the election period and has activated all security institutions to...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has awarded a whopping 22,5% "special allowance" rise to members of the security service, raising fears that the gesture could be a vote-buying gimmick as it ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chihuri 'personalised' diamond firm
FORMER Police Commissioner General Dr Augustine Chihuri allegedly personalised the Zimbabwe Republic Police's diamond mining company, Gye Nyame, in Marange as he "sorely" operated it, a Parliamentary ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri, Matshiya face Parliament contempt charges
FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya might face contempt of Parliament charges if it is proven that they presented fa...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly urged to review tenure of perm secs
HOME affairs and Culture deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has urged Parliament to review the term of office for permanent secretaries to avoid abuse of power."Permanent secretaries should have ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe, Mujuru summoned to parliament over diamonds
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development yesterday summoned former President Robert Mugabe to appear before it on May 9 to explain a claim he made in February 2016 that th...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army's diamond mining activities under spotlight
Defence secretary Martin Rushwaya is today expected to appear in Parliament for grilling over the army's mining activities in the Chiadzwa diamond fields.Rushwaya was initially scheduled to ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
The eye that witnessed Nikita Mangena's death
ON Friday the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially named the cantonment, which houses the Zimbabwe National Defence University and other institutions the Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena ...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to appear before Mines Parly committee
MORE bigwigs are expected to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy today with Vice President Kembo Mohadi being the most senior as the probe into the leakage of $15 b...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri thrown under the bus
Former Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo, secretary in the ministry Mr Melusi Matshiya and the Zimbabwe Republic Police command on Monday told Parliament that they were not aware that the police m...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where is Chihuri?
FORMER police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri was a no-show again at parliament this Monday where he was expected to appear before the Mines and Energy committee regarding the ZRP's involvement...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri, Mohadi face grilling over missing $15 billion
FIREWORKS are expected in Parliament today, when Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former police boss, Augustine Chihuri face grilling from the Temba Mliswa-led Parli...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
MPs must not bicker before witnesses
Lack of political maturity and respect of rules of the august House by legislators continues to manifest during committee proceedings, if a meeting between Members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
ZRP hunts for Chihuri
FORMER Police-Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri cannot be located and yesterday forced the adjournment of a Parliamentary Committee that is investigating government's botched take-over of diamond...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 ex-top cops implicated in immigration scandal
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Immigration workers revealed in Parliament yesterday that three former Zimbabwe Republic Police assistant commissioners now deployed to head Immigration Department were allegedly co...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe immigration staffers lament 'pre-colonial slavery' conditions
IMMIGRATION staffers have requested to meet Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu to voice their concerns over alleged unfair treatment by their bosses.The staffers, in a leaked memo dated Decembe...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police fines raise $38 million
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) collected $38,28 million in fees and fines in the nine months to September 2017, a revenue statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Culture has shown.Po...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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