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ZimAlloys resumes chrome smelting
ZimAlloys, a ferrochrome producer based in Gweru, has restarted its chrome smelting operations after an 11-year break, thanks to a US$7 million investment from Kuvimba Mining House. The company's revi...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investors elbow out local chrome miners
An investigation has revealed that the Zimbabwe Mining and Alloy Smelting Company (Zimasco) has replaced around 150 small-scale chrome miners with Chinese investors, raising concerns about discriminat...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:27hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged not use chrome
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has advised tobacco farmers living near water sources that are close to chrome washing and processing points to seek clea...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
10 new IPPs to generate 271MW for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has licenced 10 more independent power producers (IPPs) to start generating 271MW of electricity in the next 12 to 24 months under the Government project support agreement which now holds clo...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Historical background of the town of Mvurwi formerly Umvukwes
Mvurwi is a prosperous farming town in Mashonaland Central province. The town is situated about hundred kilometers north of Harare along Kanyemba road, Mvurwi was formally known as Umvukwesi or (Mumug...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:02hrs | 145 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans steal £200,000 in UK, get arrested a posting boastful video
In a shocking turn of events, a group of Zimbabweans has found themselves in handcuffs after allegedly carrying out a daring £200,000 money heist in the United Kingdom (UK). However, their downfall c...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 08:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over maize plants, onions and sugarcane
A 79-year-old man was killed in Mvurwi on Friday after he was accused of uprooting some maize plants, onions and sugarcane from the assailant's garden.Police have since arrested Francisca Muto...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills cheating wife on Independence Day
A 27-YEAR-OLD Mutorashanga-based man has been arrested after he allegedly attacked his wife to death over infidelity.Lameck Tashira (27) is assisting police in Mashonaland West province with i...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Massive turnout in Zanu-PF primaries
VOTERS yesterday turned out in huge numbers, as Zanu-PF held its primary elections in eight provinces across the country, prompting the party leadership to extend voting to today in some areas....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witness nails fired deputy minister
THE trial of former Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro who was fired in June this year after being implicated in the theft of inputs sourced under the Presidential Inputs Scheme star...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman nabbed for poisoning grandfather
A Guruve woman is in soup after allegedly food poisoning her grandfather.Alice Phiri is facing a murder charge and she was ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 19:43hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Jamwanda
Gasa burns Machipisa
Sungura giant Romeo "Simbi Hombe" Gasa proved to be a genius after thousands flocked Joy Centre,Open space in Highfied, Machipisa yesterday....Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 22:43hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Two illegal miners trapped to death
By Simbarashe SitholeTwo illegal gold miners were trapped to death in separate incidents while prospecting for gold in Mashonaland Central province last week.Kenmore Bambama ...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 18:06hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF elections mayhem exposes deadly infighting
POLITICAL temperature is boiling up in Zanu-PF's Mashonaland West province after acting chair Abiel Mujeri at the weekend barred provincial members from Zvimba, Chegutu, Makonde and Kadoma from presid...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service station of cash, a firearm and other valuables....Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba mining produces 311kgs gold
Kuvimba Mining House subsidiary, Fredda Rebecca Gold Mine has produced another milestone of 311kilogrammes of gold in June, which is the first for the mining firm.The achievement h...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere fumes over farm invasion
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused State institutions of failing to enforce the country's laws after a war veteran leader who led the invasion of his Mazowe farm, last yea...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba fight turns factional
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths on Wednesday invaded the farm of war veteran and businessman Fred Mutanda, accusing him of teaming up with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Judge President Justice Geor...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths on motorbikes invade Freddy Mutanda's farm
Scores of Zanu PF youths on motorbikes have invaded a farm owned by war veteran and businessman Frederick Mutanda as punishment for his court application challenging the purported extension of Luke Ma...Published: 27 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
US$7 million Zesa debt hampers Zimasco operations
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco's plans to commence production on its Western Plant have hit a snag amid reports that the company has to first clear a US$7 million debt to the power utility...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers turn to technology for survival
THE COVID-19-induced lockdown may have brought many businesses to their knees, but innovation has kept others going and commercial sex workers have not been left out in embracing technology to eke a l...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZTN ready to hit screens
ZIMPAPERS Television Network (ZTN) which was last year awarded a broadcasting licence along with other five stations, has welcomed yesterday's digital switch-over and is ready to roll out programming....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
We need closure on questionable national projects !!!
Zimbabwe is the only country, where I have witnessed Mps going to Parliament to collect fuel coupons, allowances, good ventilation in Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza, Sheraton Hotel ( Rainbow Towers), and th...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Brig-Gen Moyo national hero
Decorated military commander, Brigadier-General Collin Moyo (Retired), who died in Harare last Friday, has been declared a National Hero. Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kas...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ targets new mines
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is targeting several new mines that have been established in Zimbabwe to increase freight volumes while government scouts for fresh capital.Effo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mash Central MDC youth leader out on bail
Jailed MDC Mashonaland Central youth chairperson Tonderai Samhu, together with four accomplices, were finally granted $100 bail each to challenge their six-year jail sentence.High Court judge ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother spends weekend in jail
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and a key member of the infamous G40 cabal, Itai Dickson Mafios, spent the weekend in prison after he was remanded in custody last week on cha...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi driver loses car to robbers
A MVURWI pirate taxi driver was robbed of his car by an unknown suspect who purported to be a passenger going to Mutorashanga.Josphat Kwekwani (54) was plying the Mutorashanga — Mvurwi route...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver hijacked
An unlicensed Mvurwi taxi driver, Mushika shika, was robbed of his blue Honda Fit by an unknown suspect who purported to be a passenger going to Mutorashanga from Mvurwi Town police has said.J...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mvurwi's six Nyaus, a place shrouded with mystery.
Mysterious fire erupted at six nyauz of Mvurwi (Umvukwes) with an ear splitting sound. This happened not long ago. Nobody could explain the origin of the fire. The vegetation was reduced to nothing. P...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Polygamist drown while fishing
A Mutorashanga polygamist drowned while fishing at a local dam on Sunday.Sources familiar with the incident allege that Washton Kwashu (34) drowned at Bharoni dam after a tyre tube he was usin...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:52hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chombo to prioritise road rehabilitation
Newly-elected National Assembly member for Zvimba North Constituency Marian Chombo is planning to roll out a road rehabilitation programme in the constituency. Chombo is among three female politicians...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra's plan after downing Rhodesian Viscounts
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how he left Tekwane High School with a group of 34 other students to join the liberation struggle in 1976. He narrated how he went for military tr...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo flew close to the sun but survived
Chombo flew close to the sun but survivedMarian Chombo flew close to the sun but survived Marian ChomboFortunate Gora Mash West CorrespondentLike the Greek mythical character Icaru...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Fortune Gora
The mystery and intrigue of Six Nyaus of Umvukwes
Outside Mvurwi, relatively few Zimbabweans know where six Nyaus is .Roughly north of Mvurwi town just about 10 kms along Mutorashanga road .Six nyaus is a super stitious place where it is said...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:42hrs | | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Zanu-PF rerun results expected today
ZANU-PF primary election reruns continued yesterday and voting went smoothly in some constituencies while chaos characterised areas like Harare South. In Harare South, voting ended on Monday evening, ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man found in possession of cyanide, sentenced to 12 months in jail
A 46-year-old Mutorashanga man was slapped with twelve months imprisonment after being found in possession of cyanide.He was convicted for contravening section 17 of the Criminal Law (Codifica...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa strategy for Zimbabwe's recovery
The multiple initiatives that President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration has launched may be confusing to a citizenry already buffeted by years of debility and decline.It is thus im...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by George Charamba
Businessman loses $10K to armed robbers
Eight armed robbers reportedly pounced on an Indian national's Wholesale and kidnapped him before robbing him of his car and money.Information obtained from Mvurwi Criminal Investigation Depar...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grade zero pupil dies after drinking battery acid
A sombre mood has engulfed Maplamka farm, Mutorashanga in Mashonaland West province, following the death of a grade zero pupil who allegedly drank battery acid yesterday.Apparently 6-year-old ...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 18:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
MDC-T's disregard of Labour Laws appalling
Thank you Editor for publishing my letter. My party MDC-T has let me down so much so that it is embarrassing to be associated with it.Recently, we suffered the ignominy of having party...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila, Mutorashanga
'Mugabe did not snub Charamba'
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson and press secretary Mr George Charamba has dismissed claims peddled in the private media that President Mugabe snubbed the funeral of his wife, Idaishe Olivia Chengu-Charamba...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe snubs Charambas funeral
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace neither attended the funeral of the wife of the president's long-serving press secretary George Charamba nor sent a public condolence message to the family, ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mphoko in fierce cabinet row
ZIMBABWE'S co-Vice-Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko - the two remaining liberation struggle stalwarts in government besides President Robert Mugabe and a few others - fiercely clas...Published: 19 May 2017 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Thokozile Mathuthu promoted
Thokozile Mathuthu is the new Zanu-PF Women's League deputy secretary, taking over from the deposed Eunice Nomthandazo Moyo.Zanu-PF secretary for administration Dr Ignitius Chombo made the ann...Published: 16 May 2017 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two notorious Mutorashanga thieves jailed
Two notorious Mutorashanga thieves were convicted of theft and unlawful entry at a local businessman in Mashonaland West.The pair Simbarashe Kaseke (21) and Dumisani Mudonhi (24) was jointly s...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 09:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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