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Chaos rocks Zanu-PF provinces
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has been rocked by serious infighting ahead of provincial congresses, with clashes being reported in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central, Midlands and other provinces....Published: 9 hrs ago | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son confident of victory
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late vice president Joshua Nkomo, is buoyed by his victory in a Zapu Matabeleland South provincial election to fill the vacant post of party president, saying this i...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
2023 election and the reconfiguration of Zanu-PF
THE re-assignment of Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi to run party affairs on a full time basis, signals a massive operational turnaround to the revolutionary function of the ruling Zanu-PF....Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 290 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu,
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 4061 | by Staff reporter
Inhlokomo rolls up its sleeves
Inhlokomo YeSizwe sika Mthwakazi is rolling up its sleeves and getting hands on by setting regional structures on the ground. After taking a momentary and deliberate pause to give space for the Phuthe...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1279 | by IYS
MDC factions have bungled in running Harare
The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction leader, Nelson Chamisa, uses every opportunity he gets to pontificate about smart cities each time he has to talk of Zimbabwe's urban areas.Given the fact that...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 406 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa donates 50 000 masks to apostolic sect
President Mnangagwa yesterday donated a consignment of 50 000 face masks to members of the Johane Masowe weChishanu Apostolic sect in Bulawayo as part of the fight against Covid-19.The donatio...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches witch-hunt
TOP Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) executives are panicking over recent revelations by The NewsHawks of corruption involving the tax collector's multi-million-dollar whistle-blowing fund as they s...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:59hrs | 3037 | by Staff reporter
NetOne board members face Sacu probe
FORMER NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has written to the Special AntiCorruption Unit (Sacu) requesting that it launches a probe against the telecommunications firm's board members.Muc...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1290 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
We are living in fear, says Minister
GOVERNMENT has conceded that the country is now overwhelmed by cases of armed robberies as criminal syndicates smuggle firearms via the country's porous borders.Home Affairs deputy minister Ru...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
FUZ intervenes in Bosso player dispute
THE Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ) has intervened in the ongoing impasse over salary increments between Highlanders' players and the executive committee.FUZ president Desmond Maringwa spe...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players train
HIGHLANDERS' players went ahead with their scheduled gym session on Wednesday after boycotting Tuesday's session in their on-off strike for a wage increment.It is not clear whether their atten...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Bosso skipper upbeat despite turbulence
HIGHLANDERS captain Ariel Sibanda is confident his side will progress to the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup despite the ongoing turbulence at the club as players demand a review of their sala...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Bosso unbeaten in eight matches
CHIBUKU Super Cup defending champions Highlanders have now gone eight matches unbeaten in the country's premier cup competition.Bosso have also scored eight goals in the process and are yet to con...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:39hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Shun donor dependency: Govt
GOVERNMENT has urged citizens to shun donor dependency saying over-reliance on donors had led to infiltration by the country's detractors.Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterpri...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:04hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Bosso remains on course to defending Chibuku cup
Highlanders 1 - 0 Bulawayo CityHIGHLANDERS players put aside their in-house problems, which saw them embarking on a three-day strike over a pay rise, to register their second win in the Chib...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:02hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Introducing the First Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! As I extend my cordial greetings to all our people, the people of Mthwakazi in their diversity comprising eight different linguistic communities, located in the 14 Districts ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:43hrs | 2434 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Bosso players finally call off strike
TROUBLED Highlanders go out in search of their second win in the Chibuku Super Cup Group Two when they clash with Bulawayo City at Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon.Highlanders players, who...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:53hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach frets over blunt strikeforce
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu is worried by his side's failure to score goals in the two Chibuku Super Cup games they have played so far with his boys having only scored just one goal in their...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:23hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Drama at contempt hearing
THERE was drama yesterday after one of the three judges designated to hear an application seeking the arrest of Chief Justice Luke Malaba recused himself after confirming that he had met with the head...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 10427 | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves judgment on Malaba contempt of court charges
TWO High Court judges Thursday reserved to next week their judgment in an urgent application filed last week by the Human Rights NGO Forum demanding the imprisonment of Luke Malaba of being contempt o...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders tackle poor pass rate in Matabeleland North
POOR pass rates in Matabeleland North schools took centre stage at an ongoing workshop where stakeholders are crafting a Provincial Economic Development Plan, amid concerns that the province's main ch...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF completes inquest in Kwekwe Central primary poll violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial leadership has completed investigations into the violence that rocked Kwekwe Central primary poll leading to the indefinite suspension of the process in October last year....Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
SACU speaks on 'catch and release'
THE head of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) Mr Tabani Mpofu said the phrase "catch and release" was coined by some elements trying to discredit President Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight, and susp...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:05hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Judge recuses self in Malaba case
The urgent application in the High Court by the executive director of an NGO to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba found in contempt of court and jailed is now being heard by just two judges after Justice...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:01hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF still to decide on forgiving Mugabe ministers
ZANU-PF says it is yet to make a concrete decision on whether or not to readmit into the party, expelled Midlands-based government ministers, who were aligned to the vanquished G40 faction.Add...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:09hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Former River Valley 'fraudster' workers on police wanted list
Three men who were convicted of defrauding Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube's property development company, River Valley, but went at large after being released on bail pending appeal have been placed ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:55hrs | 853 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF MP engages Jena Mine
ZANU-PF legislator for Silobela constituency, Mtokozisi Manoki Mpofu, has engaged gold producer, Jena Mines over concerns raised by the community, Business Times reported.Some of t...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:34hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Emganwini residents still living in fear
EMGANWINI residents are living in fear over the growing number of people suffering from diarrhoea in the suburb.They blame Bulawayo City Council's water for the diarrhoea outbreak, but tests a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
BCC fixes vandalised traffic lights
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has repaired all the traffic lights that were destroyed during the violent opposition instigated demonstrations in January 2019 at a cost of over US$60 000.The viol...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:45hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Buttock spanking man assaulted
A VICTORIA Falls man, who beat up a stranger that had spanked his girlfriend's buttocks, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for assault.Bornwell Sibanda and his girlfriend, whose deta...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:12hrs | 2108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Politburo meeting tomorrow
Zanu-PF will tomorrow hold its Politburo meeting at the party headquarters in Harare.In a statement this afternoon, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo urged membe...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:09hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo attack: 74-year-old turns hero
A 74-YEAR-OLD villager from Mabale in Hwange who was attacked by an elephant which fractured his right leg turned hero of his own story after he dragged himself on his buttocks for eight hours until h...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa joins the constitutional onslaught quietly
Zimbabwe has been in the limelight again when a constitutional matter was hijacked by the opposition politicians and made an apolitical matter. The most puzzling and missing card is the very loud sile...Published: 31 May 2021 at 08:42hrs | 3878 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ousted Bulawayo deputy mayor in hollow Supreme Court victory
THE Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge, Thompson Mabhikwa declaring the 2018 election of former Bulawayo deputy mayor and Ward Three councillor Tinashe Kambarami null a...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | 3993 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council condemns 14 buildings
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has since January condemned 14 buildings in the city with the owners given warnings and ordered to rectify the anomalies.This comes at a time that the local aut...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:41hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
BCC writes to Mnangagwa's govt over street name changes
THE Bulawayo City Council is waiting for Government approval on their own individual street name changes after the High Court ruled that they cannot adhere to the names that were effected through a St...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Sewer bursts, flows torment Bulawayo residents
SUPPER is the one meal that is supposed to bring families together. It is that meal eaten when, in most cases, most families are now gathered together after a long day at work or school.It is ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Gamecocks square off with Bosso
THE prolonged absence of football had really become a fuss for Joey "Mafero" Antipas, the Premier Soccer League's reigning Coach of the Year.A frustrated Antipas even sought solace from one of...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:29hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders register two players ahead of Chicken Inn clash
HIGHLANDERS have been boosted by the registration of Rodi Sibanda as well as Pritchard Mpelele ahead of their tricky Chibuku Super Cup Group 2 clash with ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:37hrs | 677 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso build up to 2026
HIGHLANDERS FC will line up several activities between now and 2026 when the institution celebrates 100 years.The club's marketing committee is expected to line up events towards the grand cel...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Bosso geared for Chibuku clash with Chicken Inn
HIGHLANDERS technical manager, Mandla 'Lulu' Mpofu has admitted his team has a mountain to climb in its quest to defend the Chibuku Super Cup ahead of a derby clash with Bulawayo neighbours Chicken In...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Profiteering supermarkets peg prices at parallel market rates
SUPERMARKETS are profiteering by pegging prices of basic commodities at the black market rate and transacting United States dollar purchases using the government instituted foreign currency auction ra...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
High Court confirms Malaba judgment
THE High Court has ruled that the extension of the judge's retirement age beyond 70 years did not apply to Luke Malaba and other sitting judges.This came after Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Bosso buzzing over Navaya
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu has been impressed by the club's new signing Washington Navaya, who scored on his debut against Bulawayo Chiefs in last week's Chibuku Super Cup opening encounter....Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:44hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Malaba faces contempt of court charge
FORMER Chief Justice Luke Malaba is facing a contempt of court charge after he allegedly defied a High Court order which blocked extension of his term of office by five years.Zimbabwe Human ri...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 842 | by Des Erasmus
Zuma exposes prosecutor linked to CIA spies
Former president Jacob Zuma has accused prosecutor Billy Downer of turning his criminal case into "a personal legacy project of his own".Inside the Pietermaritzburg High Court, while Advocate ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 14:58hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Bosso start Cup defence with victory
Bulawayo Chiefs 0 1 HighlandersIT wasn't the best of performances but holders Highlanders got their defence of the Chibuku Super Cup with a slender victory against Bulawayo Chiefs in a Group...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
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