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New brooms at NRZ
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has appointed Ainah Dube-Kaguru as new chief operations officer (COO) while Patrick Mwashita was appointed to the position of chief finance officer.The ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Worldremit Partners Zimachievers as Nominees Announced
Global remittance giant WorldRemit has been confirmed as Plantimun partner for the forthcoming Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK Edition set for 22 April in London. The renewal of pleasantries betw...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:18hrs | 5 | by Agencies
GZU student counter sues lecturer
A married female student at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has counter-sued a senior lecturer for $5 million for alleged pain and suffering over sexual harassment, with the lecturer having already su...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over the double funeral at Heroes Acre
President Mnangagwa has presided over the joint burial of the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba and the late Zanu PF Central Committee member Morton Dizzy...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to cut his leave
President Mnangagwa will cut his leave tomorrow to preside over the joint burial of national heroes Moton Malianga and Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba at the National Heroes' Acre, showing the importance he atta...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Double burial for national heroes
Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) and founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Morton Dizzy Paul Malianga (91), who died last week, are l...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lecturer sues student for $3m
A lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has filed a $3 million defamation lawsuit against a female student who claimed that he failed her last year as punishment for spurning his love advances. ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk defends $120 000 defamation lawsuit
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa, who was last month slapped with a $120 000 lawsuit for allegedly defaming Shitazburg Enterprises director Anderson Mwashita, has filed a notice to defend himself....Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust students stage demo over buses
TEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students in Bulawayo were arrested after their protest over buses threatened to turn ugly. Students have, for a long time, been at logg...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF official arrested
The political atmosphere in Mhondoro Ngezi Constituency is queasy following reports that a ZANU PF Councillor for ward 6 Nicholas Matore has been going around terrorizing Zimbabwe Partnership for Pros...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tenant's lover struck with pot of sadza/ isitshwala
FOR assaulting her tenant's lover with a pot full of sadza over a misunderstanding on his HIV status, saw a Penhalonga woman being fined $50. Pretty Farai (25) pleaded guilty to the assault charges wh...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blasts witch-craft mentality
President Robert Mugabe has warned people to desist from the tendency of attributing every sickness to witchcraft, saying it is lack of ideological clarity.Speaking at the National Heroes Acre...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe to stage double burial
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will tomorrow conduct a double burial for the late Vice-President Simon Muzenda's widow, Maud, and Zanu PF politburo member George Rutanhire at the National Heroes' Acre....Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 09:17hrs | | by Newsday Editorial Comment
Morgan, primary elections - like a coalition - are a necessary evil
IT'S getting harder and harder to keep track of political developments in Zimbabwe.What with all the brouhaha going on every which way you look and at many levels? If you do not keep your eye ...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Nine Lives of a Democrat, A Journey to New Zimbabwe Post 2013
Background Every political party and its supporters need to rise again and retain their relevance in the political sphere especially after losing an e...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by Chana ChaVatete
Margaret Dongo walks familiar road
Fired Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) women's league boss Margaret Dongo has found many political homes in her long career which started when she became an MP for the ruling Zanu-PF in 1990 after qu...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihwa Tours offers luxury travel at budget prices
A Cape Town based passenger transport company is offering luxury travel services at budget prices and this is paying off as their buses are always fully booked.According to Masvingo Mirror...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers were forced to contribute money to independence
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that in April people in Manicaland were being forced by the ruling Zanu PF members to contribute some money towards independence celebrations.ZPP said t...Published: 30 May 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru 'allowed' women to be abused during war - Mutswangwa
Outspoken Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa is back in the spotlight claiming that Joice Mujuru failed to protect female combatants abused by senio...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Tsvangirai demo: Unpacking the work of detractors during the count-down to Independence Day
When war-veterans had a demonstration in February the government was quick to give them attention. Why did the war-veterans get such preferential treatment? One may argue that the war-veterans are ZAN...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 22:39hrs | | by Richard Mahomva
Bulawayo City Council on youth suburb
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said it has no capacity to service 20 000 stands at one go following an announcement by the Government that it was planning to set a youth suburb in the city. Minis...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Zanu-PF you are a family!
When my dad fell sick - cancer of the lungs - like a troop of baboons we grouped as a family. We buried our differences on noticing as a family we were in the midst of a crisis. We fought the fight ev...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
Zanu-PF factionalism plays out at Heroes Acre
Zanu-PF factional fights were apparent at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, as Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to ignore his counterpart, Phelekezela Mphoko, while war veterans leader...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's speech at the burial of Comrades Victoria Fikile Chitepo and Vivian Mwashita - Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCkahf_Pnw...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Don't be too ambitious,' Mugabe tells youths
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has implored younger generations not to be too ambitious in their quest for leadership positions but instead first learn the ropes of leadership from their superiors.Th...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Burial of Chitepo, Mwashita - live update
1438: We end our updates here.1436: The National Anthem is now being played to mark the conclusion of proceedings here at the National Heroes Acre.1413: President Mugabe leads the layi...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 14:18hrs | | by Costa Mano, Elita Chikwati and Lloyd Gumbo
Mugabe blows Mwashita's CIO cover
President Robert Mugabe confirmed Wednesday that Zanu-PF agitator Vivian Mwashita was, in fact employed by the spy agency the Central Intelligence Organization.Speaking during the joint burial...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Too many thieves buried at National Heroes acre- analyst
A Political analyst Allan Wenyika has claimed that there are too many thieves who are buried at the national Heroes acre in Harare and quite a number of people who are undeserving were laid to rest...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vivian Mwashita's national heroine status demeaning
The conferment of national heroine status to the late Vivian Mwashita is highly demeaning to the people of Zimbabwe but especially the late Victoria Chitepo who will also be buried at the national shr...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 16:46hrs | | by Tawanda Bvumo - PDP Secretary for Defence
All set for historic burial gallant daughters of the soil
All is set and logistics are in place for the burial of two gallant daughters of the soil, which is set for tomorrow (Wednesday) at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Victoria Chitepo an...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mwashita, Victoria Chitepo to be buried on the same day at the same place
HISTORY will be made tomorrow when two heroines, who both died last Friday, will be laid to rest among men and women of their ilk at the National Heroes Acre, the first such joint burial in the histor...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:15hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Mwashita decared national heroine
The late war veteran and former member of the National Assembly and former Senator, Vivian Mwashita has been declared a national heroine.Conveying the message to the Mwashita family in Harare ...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 20:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Josiah Chinamano's son falls into a trench, dies
ZANU-PF has expressed grief over the loss of two party cadres, Vivian Mwashita and Chinhamo Chinamano, saying their untimely deaths were a great loss to the nation. Party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family mourns Vivian Mwashita
The family of the late war veteran and former member of the National Assembly and senator, Vivian Mwashita, says they are still to come to terms with their loss.Mwashita (58) succumbed to ...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 22:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
War vet Vivian Mwashita dies
Former Zanu PF legislator Vivian Mwashita has died.War veterans chairman Chris Mutsvangwa confirmed the death.The cause of death was not ...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
As food crisis persists, Zimbabwe's dilemma escalates; to eat or not to eat GMOs
Eighty-year-old Gogo Mutimba from Chitora about 50 kilometres south of the border city of Mutare in Zimbabwe stares blankly at the clear October blistering afternoon sun.With a frown she r...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Form 4 pupil attacks teacher
A FORM Four Dangamvura High School pupil, who was believed to be high on drugs, ran amok last Thursday and viciously attacked a teacher and a security guard with a razor-sharp slasher.The teac...Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
In the name of Dr. Morgan Tsvangirai
The name of Dr. Morgan Tsvangirai is the game changer in the Zimbabwean social, economic, political, academic and religious circles. The son of a peasant whose meteoritic rise to prominence is unrival...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 16:33hrs | | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Anjin guards foil soldiers diamond heist
A Mutare magistrate on Monday denied bail to two members of the Zimbabwe National Army accused of stealing 10kgs of diamond ore at Anjin Diamond Mine in Chiadzwa last week. Magistrate Noa...Published: 29 Jan 2014 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sangoma used my sperms to fertilise clients'
A MUTASA man is claiming that a local sangoma has been using his sperms for fertilisation purposes.The sangoma who is also his ex-mother- in- law, has been harvesting his sperms for the past t...Published: 03 Feb 2013 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lowly ranked Rangers hold Dembare
Blue Rangers 1 - 1 DynamosTHE Glamour Boys learnt a harsh football lesson yesterday to never underestimate any team in the league when they conspired to disappoint their fans at a venue which, 24 ...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 04:16hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Full PSL transfer list
Highlanders: Cleopas Dube and Takunda Sadiki,Black Mambas: Edmore Chitato and Last Chibwiro.Buffaloes: Vincent Mukaha, Saprine Muchabaya and Michael MagejaCAPS United: Shingi...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:21hrs | | by Sports reporter
Beware of the opportunist!
"Dear Optimist and Pessimist, while you were busy arguing whether the glass was half-full or half-empty, I drank it! Yours Opportunist!" I do not know who came up with this telling quotation, but one ...Published: 14 May 2012 at 06:14hrs | | by Ceasar Zvayi
Two cops on the run after kidnapping pastor
TWO policemen allegedly kidnapped a pastor for over 24 hours in Kadoma and extorted US$520 from him. The policemen accused Pastor David Mhaza (38) of trying to "defeat the course of justice".C...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 23:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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