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Chiwenga's name gets trucker in trouble
A truck driver, Cosmas Kazuzu, faces serious legal troubles after allegedly threatening Douglas Zimbango, the chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), demanding the...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:23hrs | 3070 | by Staff reporter
Mbire MP Honors Girl Child Day
Mbire legislator David Butau (ZANU PF), commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child in Mbire District Mashonaland Central, highlighting the unique challenges girls face and their tremendous p...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 21:15hrs | 179 | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 men die after drinking aloe vera 'aphrodisiac'
Four men from Manicaland province have tragically lost their lives after consuming a suspected aphrodisiac made from aloe vera plants, while two others remain hospitalized following the incident. The ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold miner shot dead at Eureka mine
Hundreds of illegal gold miners stormed Eureka gold mine offices in Guruve yesterday in protest of a fatal shooting at the mine on Thursday....Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 20:24hrs | 1429 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Prison Officer Steals Company Compressor
A Guruve prison officer, Admire Manyika, is in trouble after allegedly stealing a compressor from the prison's grinding mill and selling it to a local villager.The case was revealed at the Gur...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:21hrs | 224 | by Simbarashe Sithole
5-year ban on Dynamos referee for match-fixing
Assistant referee Kudzanai Hiya has been handed a five-year ban and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (approximately US$116,650) after being found guilty of match manipulation and corruption in the Castle La...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:19hrs | 2905 | by Staff reporter
16 pregnant pupils fail to write Grade 7 exams
At least 16 pupils from Monozi Primary School in Mbire District were unable to sit for their Grade Seven Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations last week after falling pregnant. Th...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: ZUPCO overturns at Dande bridge
A Kanyemba-bound ZUPCO bus allegedly overturned on Saturday at Dande bridge in Mbire district.The driver is said to have failed to cross the bridge and it overturned and there were no injuries...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1880 | by Simbarashe Sithole
210 million-year-old lungfish species unearthed in Zimbabwe
A 210-million-year-old lungfish species has been discovered in Zimbabwe with its fossilised remnants traced back to the pre-historic period.Natural History Museum palaeontologists who analysed...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 15:22hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
SADC must worry more about Zimbabweans' welfare than the leaders' comfort
The frequent visits by the SADC Secretariat to Zimbabwe are quite troubling. Ever since preparations for hosting the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit by Harare went into full thr...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:54hrs | 604 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Apostolic sect embraces AIDS commemorations
Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson for Apostolic church (Vapositori for ED) Biggie Musanzika (Madzibaba Jonah ) led his congregants to the belated World AIDS commemorations in Muzarabani on Th...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:58hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Man bashes villagers for disrespecting chief
A Cheeky Mbire man is in soup after he assaulted two men before chasing them away with a knife for not removing their hats at a ceremony conducted by a Mb...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prophet in trouble for kissing followers' privates
In a startling incident, a self-proclaimed prophet from Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central province, faces legal trouble after allegedly performing exorcisms that involved kissing the private parts of 12 ...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Prophet sucks men's private parts
In a shocking incident, Mount Darwin self styled prophet is in soup after he allegedly sucked 12 men's private parts in the name of exorcism....Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 21:34hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
New dinosaur species fossils found in Zimbabwe
FOSSILS found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species.This remarkable find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis, marks only the fourth dinosaur species ...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 18:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers' fraud case deferred
FORMER Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister Douglas Karoro's fraud case was yesterday postponed again.Karoro, who is being charged along with his accompli...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-deputy minister Karoro trial kicks off
Former Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister Douglas Karoro's trial kicked off at the Harare magistrates' court yesterday.He is being charged with Grain Ma...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies in a crocodile infested river
The love of donkeys took away the life of 22-year-old Mbire man last week.Zivaishe Masarirofa slipped into the crocodile infested, floo...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:54hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's EPOs are only being held for speculative purposes
Calls have intensified for the Government to review the issuance of Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development following revelations that the majority of them ...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
No cholera vacines for Matebeleland
The country has achieved 90 percent coverage of the cholera vaccine in hotspot areas as Zimbabwe is poised to remove cholera as a public health threat in the next few months on the back of a decline i...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army modernisation a top priority
The modernisation of the Zimbabwe National Army's capabilities remains a top priority despite the prevailing economic challenges emanating from the illegally-imposed sanctions on the country by detrac...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (18) commits suicide over warm bathing water
An 18 year old Mbire boy hanged himself behind his grandma's goat pen after he was barred from bathing warm water, last weekend.The boy...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 22:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo keeps cholera at bay
Bulawayo province has the least number of cholera cases countrywide, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care have shown. As of the 27th of January 2024, a cumulative total of 21 ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents kick up dust over exam levy
PARENTS with children who wrote their Advanced and Ordinary Level science examinations last year are up in arms with authorities at St Anthony's High School in Masvingo after the school threatened to ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spokesperson warns Chamisa's CCC against Sikhala solidarity demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has delivered a stark caution to the opposition regarding an upcoming protest against the ongoing detention of former Member of Parliament (...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Invictus Ernergy injects US$10,2 in Zimbabwe operations
BARELY two weeks after announcing further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Mbire District, Mashonaland Central province, Invictus Energy has raised a further US$10,2 million through p...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Community Wildlife Scouts to complement sustainable human-wildlife relations - AWF
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has built capacity of 118 community wildlife scouts through targeted professional trainings that equipped them with basic and advanced skills in ecological monito...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 07:53hrs | 18 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Another gas discovery excites Zimbabwe govt
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes further gas discovery
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We've gas in Zimbabwe, so what?
So, it has finally been confirmed!Zimbabwe has significant reserves of natural gas!This was announced by a clearly excited mines and mining development minister Zhemu Soda at a media b...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mumba money CEO and Mukuru CIO share insights at a financial services event in Johannesburg
The Evolution of Cross-Border Payments Conference held in Johannesburg brought together industry leaders, experts, and visionaries to discuss the future of the global payments landscape. The event wit...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 11:17hrs | 23 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man murdered, body hanged on a tree
A 40-year-old man is suspected to have been the victim of a homicide, his life taken by unknown assailants, who then hanged his lifeless body from a tree in a wooded area in Mwenezi. The body of the d...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Members of Parliament sworn-in
Members of Parliament for the 10th Parliament took their oaths of office yesterday and committed themselves to work towards the fulfilment of Vision 2030 enunciated by President Mnangagwa to make Zimb...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gains majority of proportional representation seats in Matebeleland
ZANU-PF has clinched a majority of party proportional representation seats in Bulawayo and Matebeleland South provinces while the main opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) secured mor...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban CCC rallies
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have banned three more Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies scheduled for Mashonaland Central province bringing the total number of the opposition party's ban...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF created 2,7 million jobs promised in 2018,' claims party's deputy youth commissar
Zanu-PF aspiring legislator for Epworth North Constituency Taurai Kandishaya has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's two million jobs promise saying the ruling party has surpassed the target....Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to rid cities of opposition mess
The Government has finished a geo-technical survey for a number of irregular urban dwellings which sprouted under the watch of inept opposition led local authorities and will soon move workmen on the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 e-passport centres opened
With 20 e-passport centres already commissioned and with plans to ensure every district gets such a registry centre, that will offer all the other documentation that people need in the modern world, t...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bussing supporters a smokescreen for rigging'
INCUMBENT President and Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's obsession with bussed crowds to his rallies is part of a well-orchestrated plan to claim popularity and cover up possible rigging, it has be...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bussed crowds going invade Mashonaland Central
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today heads to Centenary, Mashonaland Central Province, for a Star Rally that is expected to be another huge success, as Zanu PF continues to demonstrate its indomitable mobilisati...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miners appeal for the scrapping of EPOs
Small to medium scale miners have appealed to the Government to scrap a mining law that protects individuals in possession of large tracts of land under an exclusive prospecting order (EPO) resulting ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC candidates caught with drugs on nomination day
Two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates for Mbire district were arrested on Wednesday at a police roadblock after they were allegedly found in possession of dagga.Gilbert Kagodora (...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concession
Mai Mabhena hosts Macheso
Guruve Hotel owner Monica "Mai Mabhena" Chikanda is hosting the king of Sungura Alick Macheso tomorrow (Saturday) at her hotel.Legions of Sungura fans from places around Guruve are expected to...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 19:44hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU-PF elbows Ex-Minister again
ZANU PF has blocked disgraced former deputy Agriculture Minister and Mbire legislator Douglas Karoro from submitting his nomination papers at the Bindura ...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drama, heartbreak at Nomination Court
ACROSS the country's 10 provinces, aspiring legislators and councillors filed their nomination papers before the closing of the Nomination Courts at 4pm yesterday with drama and heartbreak in some are...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
An unusual lifesaver for sex workers
IF words could explain the tale of this Marondera woman, the tag "heroic" will aptly explain the exploits of Primrose Fundai.She looks like no superwoman though; neither does she wear a superh...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso dodge bullet
Cranborne Bullets 1 - 1 HighlandersHIGHLANDERS failed to capitalise on the fact that Ngezi Platinum Stars had slipped up when they were restricted by Cranborne Bullets at the National Sports Stadi...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger's trial continues
The trial of political activist Sybeth Musengezi, in which he is being accused of joining Zanu-PF party structures fraudulently yesterday continued with his counsel making attempts to make the court d...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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