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Zanu-PF wary of urban food aid
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Marondera is reportedly having sleepless nights following the recent introduction of food distribution programme in urban areas, with the ruling party fearing that they will ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
By-elections show Zanu-PF's prowess?
ZANU-PF has polled a total of 25 597 votes to the MDC Alliance's 11 369 in all by-elections held since last year's harmonised elections, statistics from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) have re...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:33hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Foreign currency shortages derail renewable energy firm's efforts to complete project
INDEPENDENT power producer, Nyangani Renewable Energy, says foreign currency shortages as well as economic challenges dogging Zimbabwe were hindering its efforts to complete a solar energy project aim...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1235 | by STaff Reporter
Harare-Masvingo highway tar thief arrested
POLICE have arrested a 32-year-old man on charges of stealing tar worth $94 000 that was meant for the Harare-Masvingo Highway dualisation.National Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Mnangagwa's Cabinet
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 12890 | by Staff reporter
Zesa seeks 9-fold tariff hike
Zesa wants to convert its old 9,83 cent kilowatt hour to RTGS dollars at the interbank rate, a near 9-fold increase to almost $1 a unit.Zesa is seeking Government approval for customers to pay...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 4466 | by Staff reporter
Father beats 1 year old son to death
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bikita has reported that a one-year-old male infant was assaulted by his father after he started crying. The child's health deteriorated and he died twelve days la...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:39hrs | 3874 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF suspends women's league boss
ZANU-PF Mashonaland East provincial women's league executive at the weekend fired their boss Nyarai Tsvuura over "misconduct" allegations.Tsvuura, who was appointed to the top position followi...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3315 | by Staff reporter
Three Harare men jailed for stealing 15 goats
Three Harare men were arrested after high speed chase with the police and caught with 15 goats stolen from five different pens in Mudzi; the goats were loaded in their vehicle valued during mid-night....Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | 1448 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF executive rescues Mutoko MP
A HIGH-POWERED Zanu-PF delegation from Mashonaland East province at the weekend descended on Mutoko district, where they held three rallies as the ruling party moved to resolve the impasse between the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bronco smuggler arrested
A losing Zanu-PF Harare council candidate is in trouble after he was caught with 400 bottles of broncleer cough syrup stashed in a vehicle he was driving.Tawanda Denford Bondamakara (36), who ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:39hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland East consumes 7 million condoms
ABOUT seven million condoms were distributed across Mashonaland East province last year alone, in a bid to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and new HIV infections.Addressing score...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station under threat
THE skewed pricing structure and the acute foreign currency shortages in the market have crippled the operations of coal miners, lowered production and could lead to a shut down of operations, busines...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls raw granite export ban
Government will soon ban unprocessed granite exports as part of efforts to enhance foreign currency generation. This was said by President Mnangagwa yesterday after touring Southern Granites (PVT) Ltd...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:47hrs | 196 | by Staffrter
War veterans boo Zanu-PF MP
Mutoko North legislator Rambidzai Nyabote (Zanu-PF) was recently booed by a group of war veterans, who accused him of siding with embattled Zanu-PF Mashonaland East political commissar Herbert Shumbam...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 22:43hrs | 3791 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mutoko district 'mutiny'
SOME 30 Zanu-PF district chairpersons in Mutoko have petitioned the party secretariat to rein in senior party leaders who they accused of creating chaos.According to a petition dated January 2...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend strikes ex-wife with an axe
A jealous Mutoko woman appeared before a Mutoko magistrate yesterday for assaulting another woman with an axe after she was busted bedding her ex-husband in the early morning.Sekai Dhani (25) ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 00:25hrs | 5243 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Angry war vets besiege Zanu-PF offices
A GROUP of war veterans in Mutoko last week besieged Zanu PF offices at Mutoko centre, where they locked doors in protest, accusing the local party leadership of sowing discord.The former figh...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1716 | by Staff reporter
The plight of Zimbabweans
All eyes were on me and I had no money to buy data. I wanted to get the latest news from onlinenewspapers but I had no money.Samutoko not his real name is a University graduate who is ekei...Published: 10 May 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1356 | by Leonard Koni
'Lying’ Zanu-PF MP exposed
OFFICIALS representing Newfield Investments, involved in granite stone mining in Mutoko, have denied reports that they sealed off boreholes they had sunk in the area, leaving villagers stranded for wa...Published: 06 May 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2594 | by Staff reporter
GMB ex-employees turn on their lawyer
Former Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers are at loggerheads with the lawyer who represented them after they were sacked on three months' notice in 2015 following the landmark Supreme Court ruling....Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stops eviction of 20 000 villagers by Chinese miner
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a Chinese company to stop its planned quarry mining activities in Domboshava, following an outcry by over 20 000 villagers who had already been ordered to vaca...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:45hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Villagers stranded as miner seals boreholes
Villagers in Mutoko were left scavenging for water after a local granite mining company, upon closing shop, sealed off boreholes it had drilled in the area.In his report during a provincial co...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Acid Test for Zimbabwe Rugby Academy as they face Border Bulldogs
It will be a tough test for the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy when they face the Border Bulldogs on Sunday (April 28) at 1430hrs in the debut appearance at the SuperSport Rugby Challenge at the Sisa Dukashe ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:19hrs | 1003 | by APO
Provincial economies can grow big time
Provincial economies as defined under the trajectory of devolution are capable of phenomenal growth thereby uplifting the lives of the majority of our people. Every province in Zimbabwe is end...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 15:02hrs | 369 | by Thomas Murisa
CPU warns of Cyclone Kenneth, landfall
The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has issued a warning of a tropical storm that is developing into a cyclone named Cyclone Kenneth, which is projected to make a landfall in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5652 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mental patient runs amok, kills 2
A SUSPECTED Mutoko mental patient reportedly went berserk before fatally axing a couple over an undisclosed matter.The suspect, Takudzwa Zaranyika (30) has since been arrested following the de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:30hrs | 3411 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 635 | by July Moyo
'Fresh cyclone' reports dismissed
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has dismissed messages circulating on social media that there is a regeneration of Cyclone Idai. MSD also refuted claims that the cyclone affected ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:19hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Makomo wins claims dispute
The Mining Affairs Board has finally settled the acrimonious coal claims dispute between Makomo Resources and Zambezi Gas, delivering a ruling in favour of the former as the rightful owners of the coa...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:22hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai spreads into Zimbabwe
Tropical Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique Thursday evening, has damaged property and crops in Manicaland Province, with more devastating effects feared when it intensifies and spreads t...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:07hrs | 3088 | by Staff reporter
Villagers get US$ notes for hunger alleviation
Thousands of villagers in Mutoko yesterday were given United States dollars to help them fight hunger during this lean season.The programme dubbed Lean Season Assistance (LSA) is being sponsor...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
'Dead man haunting me'
A HARARE man claims that a dead man is haunting him in his dreams.Gilbert Mavhimira claims that his friend's late father appears in his dreams imploring him to look for his friend who left hom...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2936 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa disowns disputed mine
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa is not the owner of Mutoko's Havilah Gold Mine that is embroiled in a war with its former workers over stolen gold, mine reg...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa implicated in gold mine kidnap, torture
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has been implicated in a case in which five men were reportedly kidnapped and tortured for allegedly stealing gold ore from ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:25hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project comes to life, says Mthuli
A flurry of activity over the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project is expected in the next few weeks amid indications that the updating of feasibility studies would be concluded at the end of the first...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Power to empower ...how energy projects are brightening Zimbabwe economic prospects - Mthuli Ncube
In today's world, energy has revolutionised all of our lifestyles. From the palm of our hands we have instruments more powerful than the largest and most sophisticated computers from just a few ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1530 | by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
RG's Office to decentralise
The Registrar-General's Office is set to open passport offices in Chitungwiza and Murehwa districts to deal with the large number of people flocking to Harare to apply for travel documents, legislator...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Marauding soldiers ruin man's life
Policemen rough up a man in Epworth during the stayaway last monthA brutal attack by soldiers during the January 14 protests against steep fuel price increases has ruined the life of a 38-year...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Teen attempts to steal MP's vehicle
A HARARE teenager was arrested yesterday while trying to steal Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu's car using Senator Josiah Hungwe's name.The 18-year-old - Kingsolom Mlambo - communicated to t...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:01hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
A black diamond curse for Mutoko
The paradox of resource abundance typically explains the case of black granite mining in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. The area is home to the best black granite rock highly demanded ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:32hrs | 3981 | by Victor Bhoroma
Cholera outbreak hits Mutoko
An 18-year-old Mutoko man has succumbed to cholera, with four others currently admitted as the country records a fresh outbreak of the medieval waterborne disease.Mashonaland East provincial E...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists set bases at schools
CIVIL servants yesterday claimed Zanu-PF activists had set up terror campaign bases at various schools throughout the country, where they allegedly interrogated teachers and other public servants and ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF torture camps emerge'
As the crackdown on anti-government protests escalates, human rights activists have reported the emergence of torture camps in the country following the clampdown on protesters, opposition leaders and...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:09hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
Parents storm school, accuse teachers of participating in stayaway
A GROUP of parents in Mutoko last week allegedly besieged Chimoyo Primary School and accused teachers of participating in the nationwide protests before ordering them to leave within 24 hours....Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
MDC, the anatomy of an economic saboteur
The new dispensation under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has committed itself to resuscitating the country's economy and re-engage with the international community in order to end the...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:14hrs | 325 | by Elijah Chihota
Students turned away over fees
Hundreds of students across the country have been turned away from school for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away.This comes after Primary and Secondar...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:17hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Gono pursues power-generation
A company owned by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono has applied for a licence to operate a 36 megawatt (MW) solar plant.According to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authorit...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Surviving Ian Smith's hit list
We continue chronicling the political life of Jane Ngwenya. This week Ngwenya narrates to our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati of her release from Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp and fleeing Rhodesia u...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:01hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
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