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3 Zimra officers involved in 'well-thought-out' fuel fraud arrested
Three Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) employees stationed at Chirundu Border Post have been arrested on fraud charges, while another is on the run, accused of conspiring to misrepresent the passage...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Only 46km of Harare-Mutare dualisation complete, open to traffic
A 46-kilometer dual carriageway between Harare and Marondera has been successfully completed and opened to traffic as part of the Second Republic's efforts to enhance the country's road infrastructure...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:33hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Disastrous collapse of the country's health sector laid bare
The death of Dr Mthabisi Nembaware, a Zimbabwean medical doctor, in Mutare after a car accident as a result of Mutare Provincial Hospital's lack of an Intensive Care Unit to attend to emergencie...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:12hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC wins plaudits for picking female mayors
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has garnered praise for its efforts to place women in influential positions following last month's elections. This initiative has led to the election...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:05hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Robber's wife up for money laundering
Joyline Musamba, the wife of the notorious armed robber Roy Pedzai Jambaya, appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi on charges of laundering $28,000, proceeds from a robbery her husband was i...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
'Bhora musango' candidate in trouble over protest vote
Robert Nyemudzo, the disqualified Zanu-PF candidate for Chipinge South constituency, is scheduled to undergo a disciplinary hearing in Mutare today. He is facing allegations of orchestrating a protest...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's bhora musango proponent in hot soup
Zanu-PF has cracked the whip and summoned its disqualified and disgruntled aspiring candidate for Chipinge South - Mr Robert Nyemudzo - for a disciplinary hearing for allegedly orchestrating a bhora m...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:37hrs | 3818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa was 'jittery' over Harare vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have been so worried about the Harare vote in the August 23 and 24 elections so much that he had to repeatedly check with officials during counting of votes, in...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1440 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails Jah Prayzah's loyalty
IF the master of ceremony's sentiments at last week's inauguration of President Emerson Mnangagwa are anything to go by, then the ruling Zanu-PF confirmed that musician Jah Prayzah is one of the party...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
8 MPs miss swearing-in ceremony
Eight Members of Parliament who were not sworn in yesterday in Harare have accused the Clerk of Parliament of sending out short notices.The newly-elected MPs were sworn in at the new parliamen...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 19:55hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he will achieve all his targets
AS the Second Republic commences its second term, it will ensure that all the targets and benchmarks set for various sectors, institutions and in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) will be rea...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa badly missed veterans
WITH the national election done and dusted, it has become apparent that there are several Members of the National Assembly from the ninth parliament that will not be joining the new faces at the new p...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
7 passengers in Honda Fit perish in road crash
SEVEN people died while four others were injured when a Honda Fit illegally transporting passengers on the Marondera-Harare route, collided head-on with a VW Touareg at the 60km peg along the Harare-M...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
TTI slashes Bulawayo parking fees
BULAWAYO'S parking management company, Tendy Three Investments (TTI), was forced to reduce its daily parking fees by 50 percent from US$8 per day to US$4 in response to concerns raised by motorists in...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:04hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Esau Mupfumi claims to have lost to sellouts
MUTARE Central Zanu-PF losing candidate Esau Mupfumi has broken his silence over his defeat to Citizens Coalition for Change's Brian James in last week's parliamentary elections, saying he lost to sel...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF strengthens electoral grip on Manicaland
On behalf of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, I would like to extend my appreciation to our stakeholders, voters and political parties for the unity of purpose and discipline exuded during the elect...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells off election observer missions for interrogating Zimbabwe legislation
Zimbabwe President-elect, Emmerson Mnangagwa has trashed submissions by some observer missions who denounced the general elections adding he did not conduct the polls but contested them.Mnanga...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:42hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF candidate's supporters promise 'Night of Terror' in Mabvuku-Tafara
RESIDENTS of Mabvuku have been warned to brace for a night of terror from defeated Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate Scott Sakupwanya's supporters.Sakupwanya a well-known gold dealer who had eye...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 2182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 13:30 CCC update
Good afternoon. In the past few hours, CCC presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa cast his vote at Kuwadzana primary school in Harare. Meanwhile, I gave an update to the press on voting irregul...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:30hrs | 132 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Canadian lithium firm unearths evidence of large deposits in Zimbabwe
CANADA-based lithium exploration and development company, Li3 Lithium Corporation, has announced the discovery of lithium mineralisation on a 1,2 kilometre stretch at Nels Luck pegmatite target, durin...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:21hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted Zimbabwe poll observers outed
DISGUISED as election observers pro-opposition activists are grossly interfering in the country's electoral processes making outlandish claims that seek to sully the whole process.This comes a...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has already won elections
The Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) has said God has blessed Zanu-PF to rule, and the forthcoming elections are a mere formality.ZIICC Secretary General Tha...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says they have the capacity to fight back
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has the capacity to revenge the continuous killing of its members but they choose to be peaceful.He was addressing ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa on an unstoppable mission'
TWO weeks before Zimbabwe holds its general elections on August 23, political parties are in full swing campaigning despite increasing cases of political violence dampening spirits.Last week, ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses more than US$23b through IFFs
Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows.Other sources, however, s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabwe to be more innovative,' says Mnangagwa
THE level of development and economic transformation achieved in the last five years without access to global lines of credit is an indication that Zimbabwe under the Second Republic is effectively de...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter murdered as violence flares
A CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activist was yesterday stoned to death by a suspected Zanu-PF member near Tanaka grounds in Glen View, Harare, as political temperatures rise ahead of the August ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa surrounded by crooks'
A MANICALAND traditional leader says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by crooks who feed him with misinformation while plundering the country's natural resources.The traditional lead...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwi slams CCC over ballot printing demand
Zanu-PF Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs and Mazowe South legislator, Fortune Chasi has slammed the opposition CCC for making bizarre and unreasonable demands such as wanting to witness the printing...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher dies, 62 learners injured in road accident
A teacher died while 62 children and six other teachers from Karoi Junior School were injured when their school bus was involved in a road accident on Tuesday night in Mutare.The accident occu...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deface Mnangagwa posters
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismantled the Cleveland Shooting Range in Harare amid allegations that some soldiers stationed there were defacing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign posters in M...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops injured in shootout with armed robbers
TWO police homicide detectives were injured and admitted into hospital following a shootout with armed robbers in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, on Monday.National police spokesperson Assistant Commi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Police fail to hold Zanu-PF bigwigs accountable
POLICE in Manicaland and Gutu are shying away from arresting Mutare Central Zanu-PF candidate Esau Mupfumi and Zanu-PF parliamentary chief whip Pupurai Togarepi over incidents of violence against Citi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recalls army officers on leave?
Ahead of the crucial elections, army officers on leave have been called back to the barracks as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to control the military.This has now been extended to those a...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 07:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams violence in Shurugwi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the police to hunt down and bring to book all perpetrators linked to the reported incident of suspected political violence in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, and urged Zi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP Musanhi's son in court after ramming wife's car, pointing gun
The son of Zanu-PF MP and businessman Kenneth Musanhi has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his estranged wife.Tariro Musanhi, 35, turned his Toyota D4D into a weapon and ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 17:23hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invades schools in hunt for votes
Zanu-PF is in the eye of a storm amid accusations that its officials are disrupting learning at schools, especially in rural areas as campaigning for the August 23 elections heats up.This publ...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 people killed in kombi accident
Six (6) people died in a road traffic accident that occurred in Rusape along the Harare-Mutare Road on Friday evening.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul N...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 12:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare invests US$200k to meet ZIFA standards
MUTARE - City of Mutare, the industrial and administrative capital of the province of Manicaland in Zimbabwe has from its internal coffers invested 200 thousand United States Dollars into the massive ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 08:30hrs | 226 | by Maxwell Teedzai for Table Salt News
Church nominates Zanu-PF candidate for Mutare West
ASPIRING Zanu-PF Mutare West MP Nyasha Marange was reportedly nominated by his Johanne Marange Apostolic sect to represent the ruling party in the constituency.This was revealed by President E...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates US$1000 each to families of Stallion bus accident victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has donated a bereavement contribution of US$1000 each to families of the Binga Stallion bus accident victims.The assistance was handed over through Forever Associ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanla story on Salisbury fuel tanks is utter fiction
THERE has been a lot of confusion on the role ZIPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Zimbabwe war vet pleads for tolerance ahead of elections
Zanu-PF local government candidate and war veteran Ivan Mbengo has pleaded for tolerance ahead of elections to achieve multiparty democracy.The Mutare Urban ward 11 candidate, Mbengo spoke on ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZMC concerned by lapse in ethical and professional journalism by some registered media houses
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has noted with grave concern the lapse in ethical and professional journalism by some registered media houses in the coverage of the 2023 harmonized elections. ...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 19:42hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Media Commission
Vapostori endorse Mnangagwa?
One of the biggest indigenous churches in Zimbabwe, Johane Marange Apostolic Church, has endorsed the candidature of President Mnangagwa and has boldly stated that victory for the ruling Zanu-PF was a...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family house turned into brothel
A MUTARE woman is devastated after coming back to her parents' house, only to find out that it has been turned into a brothel by her sister and niece.Emmanuela Mutaka appeared before Mutare ma...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zinara takes the blame for poor state of Victoria Falls road
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive officer, Mr Nkosinathi Ncube, yesterday apologised to stakeholders over the dilapidated state of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, whi...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police release names of Stallion Cruise bus accident victims
POLICE have released the names of the five people who died in an accident when a Stallion Cruise bus overturned at the five kilometre peg along Binga-Siabuwa Road, near Masumu Bridge, Samende area on ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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