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WATCH: Protestors take over Zim embassy in UK
Zimbabwean protestors in the United Kingdom on Wednesday stormed the Zimbabwean Embassy showing their solidarity to the Zimbabweans who are being arrested beaten and killed by soldiers. The pr...Published: 9 hrs ago | 5343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man bashes wife over water
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court for allegedly assaulting his wife after she delayed bringing him water saying she wanted to bath first. Definite Mpofu of Village 6 Macdonald in Umguza,...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:09hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators speak on fares
TRANSPORT operators yesterday slammed unscrupulous drivers and conductors for taking advantage of a review of fuel prices by the Government on Saturday to charge commuters extortionate fares.T...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:42hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Prodigal son set for Bosso return
BULAWAYO City coach Bekithemba 'Super' Ndlovu is set to make an emotional return to Highlanders as one of the assistant coaches to Madinda Ndlovu, it has emerged.Mandla Mpofu is the other assi...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:55hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
13 arrested in ZRP dragnet
Thirteen individuals, including a reverend at Zaoga Forward in Faith Mission, were arraigned before the courts yesterday for allegedly pelting a police car with stones.Blessing Mwale, Sakina M...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:31hrs | 3421 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC hardliners oppose Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
The much-talked about talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are being frustrated by hardliners within both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC, the Daily News can ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:31hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe refugees return home
THE first of group of 335 Zimbabweans who sought refuge in Botswana a few years ago is set to arrive in the country today through Plumtree Border Post in an initiative being championed by the Governme...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 15:31hrs | 1877 | by Staff Reporter
40 suspended over diamonds theft
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has suspended 40 employees in an intense crackdown meant to halt rampant diamond theft at Chiadzwa, The Manica Post can reveal.Employees from d...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never rule Zimbabwe
The closest a Ndebele will get to political power and smell it, would be when they are appointed 2nd Vice President, an insignificant position that reduces one to a mere servant in the President's off...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:18hrs | 2321 | by Israel Dube
Whereabouts sought, a reward of $1,000 will be given
The Drivers whose particulars appear below are wanted by Biltrans Services for theft by conversion. A reward of $1000.00 will be given to the person providing information leading to the arrest...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 4849 | by Staff reporter
Zifa fires Rahman Gumbo and Lloyd Mutasa
ZIFA Vice President, Gift Banda today announced the replacement of Warriors assistants; Rahman Gumbo and Lloyd Mutasa, with Bongani Mafu and Tonderayi Ndiraya, who have been tasked with leading the Zi...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4341 | by Staff reporter
'Education now preserve of the rich'
AS the first term opens today, parents and guardians in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces have raised concern over the skyrocketing cost of education and the strike by teachers.Teachers'...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for stabbing wife
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has appeared in court for stabbing his wife with a kitchen knife following a misunderstanding sparked by bringing his girlfriend to their matrimonial home. Nkos...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Man 'axes' wife, hangs self
A SILOBELA man fatally struck his sleeping wife with an axe on the head before committing suicide after discovering she was taking contraceptive pills without his knowledge. Busani Mandava (35...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:04hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place for LGBT migr...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | 3385 | by Irish Times
Indigenous farmer sues over land grab
AN indigenous dairy farmer based in Beatrice has taken government to court contesting the cancellation of his 99-year farm lease agreement and allocation of the property to the Lands ministry official...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Hotspurs call on Zifa to enforce online player registration
ONE of the most consistent clubs in producing top quality junior players in Bulawayo, Ajax Hotspurs have called on Zifa to enforce the online registration of players so as to protect small clubs from ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Former top cop buried
Former police officer commanding Matabeleland South and North Provinces, Senior Assistant Commissioner Boyathi Ngwenya who died on New Year's Day, was laid to rest at Umvutsha Cemetery Park in Bulaway...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand groceries
SOME boarding schools are reportedly demanding that part of fees payment be in the form of groceries as they seek to cushion themselves against price hikes. Last term some boarding schools wer...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 600 | by Staff rpeoirter
Who is a voter?
We have a problem with who the voter is in Zimbabwe. Only at election time do our politicians start thinking about who will vote for them. Who is expected to vote at election time anywhere? Ho...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 313 | by Clement Moyo
Chief Ndiweni's warrant of arrest cancelled
BULAWAYO magistrate Gladmore Mushove has cancelled a warrant of arrest he recently issued against Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Ndiweni for failing to appear in court last month.The court has set J...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:15hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers fail 2018 ratings
As Zimbabweans waved goodbye to 2018 yesterday, and awaited with much trepidation the dawn of the new year, in the light of the country's deepening economic woes, the Daily News - as per its rich annu...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Man struck and killed by lightning on Christmas
A 20-year-old Silobela man was struck and killed by a bolt of lightning on Christmas while boozing with friends. Mlungisi Mori of Msilahobe Village under Chief Malisa died on the spot. Silobel...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:47hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Law society raises bar for newly qualified advocates
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has started enforcing regulations to ensure that all lawyers undergo compulsory pupilage before practising on their own, with the bar being raised for one to practise...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Brutality under Mnangagwa's government
On the 31st of December 2017 when I came in town after our highly trained intelligence guys had learnt that the coup President and a Chief Gukurahundist will be in the city of Bulawayo ZIFT at a churc...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 06:56hrs | 7547 | by Brighton Ithuteng Maladzhi
Zimbabwe judiciary independence questioned
When MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti was arrested on August 10 as he fled into neighbouring Zambia for announcing false presidential results, he was brought to the Harare Magistrates' Cour...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Biti case brings Zimbabwe judiciary under spotlight
The on-going trial of MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has exposed the politicised and cavalier attitude of a prosecution service that has long been captured by elements that protect and pr...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:36hrs | 2719 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okayed deadly army deployment
A flurry of behind-the-scenes consultations that took place before the August 1 army killings has lifted the lid on who actually authorised the military deployments that quelled demonstrations which r...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:57hrs | 4750 | by Staff reporter
MSU gets 30 condom dispensers
The National Aids Council (NAC) has sourced 30 condom dispensers for the Midlands State University (MSU) as it moves to reduce new HIV infections among adolescents and tertiary education students thro...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:17hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Prosecute killer soldiers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa deserves praise for keeping his word that he will make public findings of a commission of inquiry into the cold-blooded murder of protestors by soldiers on August 1 even w...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:20hrs | 1208 | by Editorial - the standard
Sugar daddies fingered in students HIV stats
THE National Aids Council (Nac) has procured 30 condom dispensers for Midlands State University (MSU) as it moves to reduce new HIV infections among adolescents and tertiary education students amid re...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:54hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Corruption unit raises flag over Kasukuwere, Supa Mandiwanzira training
The Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has questioned the engagement of two prominent politicians for work-related training at the Harare Magistrates' Court ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gobbles millions on chefs' fat-cat salaries
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the ruling Zanu-PF leader, deployed 15 senior party officials, including former ministers dropped from his cabinet in September, to the party headquarter...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:06hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
City council could shut down Tshisanyama
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) might consider shutting down popular leisure spot, Hartsfield Tshisanyama as the Bulawayo Metropolitan Rugby and Football Board (BMFRB) is in breach of their 2010 lease...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:45hrs | 7358 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra revenue collections to reach $5bn by year end
ZIMBABWE'S tax agency says it has met this year's revenue target of $4,7 billion and it sees collections reaching $5 billion by year end.Last year, the actual gross revenue collections totalle...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
When politicians say things to make people angry, not to solve problems
Many of the people who appeared before the commission of inquiry into the events leading to the August 1 killings, the shootings themselves and then map the way forward, proved themselves to be invent...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | 774 | by Conway Tutani
Army, police commanders lied under oath
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga lied under oath when they testified before the commission of inquiry into the post-...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in ZIMRA Board mess
Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube may find himself in legal after he appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga as a board member of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authorit...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 15:33hrs | 7207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Callisto Jokonya appointed ZIMRA chairperson
The Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube has appointed a new Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board comprising of six members. The new members are Callisto Jokonya (Chairperson), Josep...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 12:08hrs | 3744 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Unpaid Zimbabwean diplomats live in shame
Zimbabwean diplomats are going for months without being paid and now live in dilapidated houses as the cash-strapped government is failing to adequately fund the country's 46 consulates and embassies,...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo shreds Motlanthe report
"The Report of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission is poorly written, badly reasoned and self-contradictory. It's the worst published Report by a Commission of Inquiry since 1980," Exiled Former G40 King...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 13:33hrs | 10914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mandatory HIV testing before marriage proposed
The National Aids Council has made a proposal that all couples intending to tie the knot must first produce proof of HIV testing before the marriage officers can officiate their marriage."We w...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 09:49hrs | 2412 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judicial independence non-negotiable
Judicial independence, which is critical for the sustenance of democracy, is under assault if developments at the on-going trial of MDC national chairperson Tendai Biti are anything to go by.L...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 12:43hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to reshuffle cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon effect a cabinet reshuffle that will see a number of ministers losing their posts, a senior government official has revealed.Posting on micro-bloggin...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 11:43hrs | 6530 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's mature politics
Given the rate at which MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, has been touting about how much he has allegedly been soiling the party for ZANU PF, one would expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the revolutio...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 07:52hrs | 4598 | by Jasper Hloka
Minister SB Moyo retires?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly mulling a cabinet reshuffle that will see minister of foreign affairs Sibusiso Busi Moyo retiring from the ministry of Foreign Affairs and taking up fu...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:29hrs | 29701 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 Chinese firms shut down
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Authority (EMA) recently ordered the closure of three Chinese companies that were setting up coke-processing and solar power plants in Hwange without conducting environmental ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:25hrs | 2848 | by Staff reporter
Ex-lover drags cop to court over upkeep
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo was yesterday dragged to the maintenance court by his ex-girlfriend who said he has never contributed anything towards their child's upkeep.Ms Athel Mpofu was cl...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:37hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wary of demos as indaba starts
ZANU-PF'S 17th national people's conference kicks off today in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, with the party seeking to deal with indiscipline and intolerance amid reports that a section of d...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sits on $300 million worth of diamonds
State-owned ZCDC is sitting on $300 million worth of Marange diamonds, as the nation continues to bear the brunt of fuel and other essential commodity shortages at the back of an acute foreign currenc...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
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