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Zanu-PF factions square off in Parliament
ZANU-PF factionalism has spilled into Parliament as rival camps position themselves ahead of the long-awaited restructuring exercise to elect new provincial structures and district coordinating commit...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Speeding ZINWA car kills one,3 seriously injured
A speeding Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) Toyota hilux vehicle overturned at the 31 kilometer peg along Mazowe -Mvurwi and killed one pas...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1210 | by Paul Ndou
Transport crisis hits Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has been hard hit by a transport crisis, amid reports that the country's 46 prisons are being serviced by 11 security vehicles. Mechanical...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11554 | by Blessing Vava
Schweppes to resume production of Mazoe
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited will soon resume production of its iconic Mazoe Orange Crush brand, with the product expected on the market within the next month, after the company secured a steady shipmen...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dams still at critical levels
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has said national dam levels remain low with Bulawayo supply dams still at critical levels. In a statement, ZINWA said the national dam level aver...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 755 | by Staff reportert
Zanu-PF MPs outed for defending machete gangs
THREE Zanu-PF legislators in Mashonaland Central province have been accused of stifling the police's crackdown on illegal gold miners and machete gangs.The countrywide police blitz, dubbed Ope...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas arrests top 2 500
At least 206 more illegal miners were arrested over the weekend, bringing to 2 529 the number nabbed countrywide under the ongoing "Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/No to Machete Gangs". The o...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central will be known for cotton and tobacco farming
Cotton production revival is going very well in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. The coordinators and the enthusiastic cotton farmers are working in unison for the government initiated cotton farming promotio...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:48hrs | 195 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Mob bashes suspected cops, foils robbery
TWO suspected Zimbabwe Republic Police officers were severely assaulted by a mob during a foiled robbery attempt.The duo, Question Karachi (36) and Kaziva Mayimbo (24) were not asked to plead ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Journalist nabbed for extortion
A 29-YEAR-OLD journalist from Zim morning post online news is in serious trouble after he allegedly extorted a gold buyer of his US$3600 after threatening...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:11hrs | 1570 | by Staff Reporter
Machete gangs congest prisons
Machete gangs that were arrested in mining areas across Mashonaland Central Province have resulted in overcrowding at Bindura Remand Prison, forcing at least 150 inmates to sleep outside the cel...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:30hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
'Miner' trapped to death
One illegal miner was trapped to death this morning while prospecting for gold at Jumbo mine (Mazowe), Bulawayo24 news has learnt.The now deceased miner had illegally gained entry at the mine ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:39hrs | 783 | by Paul Ndou
Should the elderly push and shove to be in front of queues?
Most countries have selected exemptions and benevolence 'packages' for those sixty years and above. At one time there was talk of free rides on Zupco buses, no standing in queues for whatever service ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 17:23hrs | 345 | by Gabarinocheka
IWYD Theater group embarks on devolution awareness
INSTITUTE of Young Women Development (IYWD) has formed a nine member theater group in a bid to lure young women in Mashonaland Central province to participate in devolution meetings.The ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:39hrs | 97 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The regime is alien to transparency, accountability
THE ruling Zanu-PF party members have been giving Zimbabweans comic relief in the past few months, making the right noises about transparency and accountability in government and the economy, but ques...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 296 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF youths demand arrest of tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, is a name-dropping wealth accumulator who has amassed a fortune on the back of weak governance systems and buying the silence of politician...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 07:27hrs | 4871 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant couple perish in road accident
A horrific road accident claimed a pregnant couple on Saturday at the 4km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba highway due to speeding.Jacob Sithole (33) died on the spot and his pregnant wife, Precious ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 20:51hrs | 3614 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Can anyone please assist Chinehasha Health Centre in Mash. Central?
Imagine handling three new born baby deliveries at night using a phone light during an extended power outage, what a nightmare it must be? Chinehasha Health Centre is said to be the first of i...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:39hrs | 515 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
War in Zanu-PF youth league over 'Cartel Corruption List'
War has erupted within the ranks of the Zanu-PF youth league hours after it fingered Sakunda Boss Kuda Tagwirei, Green energy owner Billy Rautenbach and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe boss Tafa...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:03hrs | 4287 | by Staff reporter
Zanupf councillor chases school head away on partisan grounds
MAZOWE ward 13 councillor Edward Mutyavaviri (ZANU PF) is alleged to have chased a St Albans primary school head away after receiving a donation from a MDC official on their speech and prize giving da...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 15:13hrs | 1127 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Young Women in Mazowe call for vital participation in devolution
Young Women in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province under the Institute of Young Women Development (IYWD) called for the participation in the process of decentralization of power and decision ma...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 07:26hrs | 550 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police intensify raids on illegal miners
SIXTY-THREE more illegal miners have been arrested this week in Mashonaland Central Province. Police have also impounded three vehicles carrying gold ore and recovered compressors and generators at Ki...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:08hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Hwindi soldiers embarrass Army
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has distanced itself from the activities of its wayward members who seek to supplement their salaries through means that are unprofessional and outside of the organisa...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2605 | by Staff reporter
1 621 gold panners arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 1 621 illegal miners in Mazowe and Shamva under the ongoing "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" blitz.Addressing Bindura residents under a crime aware...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:19hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Musorowegomo Mukosi arrested over violence
Popular newscaster and former ZBC presenter Musorowegomo Mukosi has been arrested on allegations of hiring bouncers to assault his employees at a mine in Mt Darwin.The incident occurred as the...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
No sympathy for Saviour Kasukuwere after farm seizure
Former minister and ex Zanu-PF commissar Savior Kasukuwere has found little sympathy following a move by the President Emerson Mnangagwa government to seize his Concorpia Farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland C...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 12:53hrs | 6848 | by Staff Reporter
Sex workers, drugs flood Jumbo mine
Sex workers and drug abusers are mushrooming in Jumbo and Shamva mine, Mashonaland Central province targeting artisanal miners.Officer ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4925 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa goes for broke
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly targeting farms belonging to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, former Manicaland provincial minister Mandi Chimene and other top allies of the l...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 7863 | by Staff reporter
Workers panic over Kasukuwere farm seizure
WORKERS at former Local Government minister and ex-Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's Concorpia Farm in Mazowe face a bleak future following government's move to seize the property, one o...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko seeks direct access to ConCourt
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday filed an application for the postponement of his corruption trial to allow him to directly approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for recourse ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt must operate above petty politics
GOVERNMENT'S decision to dispossess former Local Government minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere of his Mazowe farm is a clear demonstration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ad...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe challenges truck grab case
FORMER President, Robert Mugabe's widow, Grace has challenged the case in which she and her late husband are being accused of confiscating a truck belonging to Sun Marine Shipping (Private) Limited af...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 18:31hrs | 3443 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa repossesses Kasukuwere's farm
FORMER Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere's Mazowe Farm has been repossessed by government with the exiled politician accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa o...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes away Kasukuwere's farm
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government has repossessed a farm in Mashonaland Central belonging to former minister and one of the G40 kingpins, Savior Kasukuwere in what it called a downsi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:39hrs | 6344 | by Staff Reporter
Hospital struggles with dead bodies
Concession District hospital is facing a dilemma in taking care of the deceased due to large numbers of unclaimed and unidentified bodies at the hospital....Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 18:58hrs | 1486 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bulawayo dam levels drop
NATIONAL dam levels continue to rise but water levels at dams supplying Bulawayo continue to fall, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) said yesterday. In a statement, ZINWA said the ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
Police seal off Mazowe's Jumbo Mine
Police have sealed off Jumbo Mine in Mazowe, a move aimed at restoring sanity to the area which has been invaded by thousands of illegal miners from across the country. The mine has been decla...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, police clash in Mazowe
ZANU-PF leaders in Mazowe on Saturday confronted the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit over some rogue officers who were illegally mining and issuing travel passes to residents staying at Ju...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 341 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF, Police clash in Mazowe
Zanu-PF leaders in Mazowe on Saturday confronted the ZRP over some rogue officers who were illegally mining and issuing travel passes to residents staying in Jumbo Mine while the blitz against illegal...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:23hrs | 2885 | by Staf reporter
All-out war on machete gangs
Police have deployed one of their largest ever forces in recent history to different parts of the country as they intensify a crackdown on machete -wielding gangs that have been terrorising small-scal...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 406 | by Staff rpeorter
Notorious machete gang members arrested
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest of eight notorious machete gang members known as Maketo brothers, who terrorised residents in several mining towns.The machete gangs popular...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:23hrs | 3548 | by Staff reporter
Residents flock mine to get travel passes
Hundreds of Jumbo mine residents flocked at their mine guard room to get travel passes this afternoon.The passes which are being issued...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 20:09hrs | 4366 | by Paul Ndou
Anthrax ravages parts of Zimbabwe
At least 177 cattle have died from Anthrax while 87 people were treated for the disease in various clinics and hospitals after eating meat from cattle that died from the infection during this season. ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo squeals over farm
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of systematically grabbing his property and others owned by G40 a...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:34hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
77 gold panners jailed 2 years
SEVENTY-SEVEN illegal gold miners arrested at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe and Shamva early this week were yesterday sentenced to two years each by a Bindura magistrate.The panners were nabbed during ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Six vendors nabbed at Jumbo mine
Six vendors and two drug paddlers were arrested yesterday at Jumbo, Mazowe mine under the police operation "Chikorokoza Ngachipere"Police sources said the six vendors were charged for il...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 14:37hrs | 1559 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa launches fresh onslaught on G40 faction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has launched a fresh onslaught on its perceived political rivals, mostly former Zanu-PF bigwigs belonging to the ruling party's vanquished Generation 40 (...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1764 | by Simukai Tinhu
Jonathan Moyo loses Mazowe farm
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo is breathing fire after Lands Minister, Perrance Shiri grabbed his Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central under unclear circumstances.In High Court papers, M...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2382 | by newzimbabwe
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