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Zimbabwe govt workers moonlight as street vendors
Every morning, Dumisani Ngara* gets up at dawn to catch a 6:30am bus to work at Zimbabwe's Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities. The government-provided bus is free for civil servants in ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 12:41hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers up for murder following fatal assault
Four members of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) have been charged with murder following the alleged brutal assault of a visitor at a Government building in Harare, which resulted...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Harare man sentenced to 10 years for theft under Railways Act
A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being convicted of stealing railway property, in violation of the Railways Act. Edison Chidanzenzi was found guilty when he appeared b...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:56hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Arresting officer fails to appear, trial postponed
The trial of three civic society leaders accused of protesting outside the Harare Magistrates' Court against the arrest of Jameson Timba and 78 other Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists has ...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 14:19hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rebukes Zanu-PF
Former Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly attempting to extend his time in office beyond 2028 by manipulating a fact...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:28hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in court for armed robbery
A 37-year-old soldier, Raymond Negomo Dzapasi, stationed at Inkomo Barracks, has appeared in court charged with armed robbery, alongside his accomplice, Joseph Makoni. The two men are accused of robbi...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:04hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ends 5 year wait for T20I victory over Afghanistan
Zimbabwe finally broke a five-year drought against Afghanistan in T20I cricket, claiming a thrilling four-wicket win in a last-ball decider at Harare Sports Club yesterday. This marks their first vict...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Bogus policemen jailed for possessing drugs, impersonation
Three men accused of impersonating police officers and possessing dangerous drugs were yesterday sentenced in the Harare Magistrates Court. Lloyd Zvama, Clemence Manyika, and Slevester Chaire, all age...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:04hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pick up a consolation win by 2 wickets
Young all-rounder Tinotenda Maposa made a memorable Twenty20 debut and earned Zimbabwe a sensational two-wicket consolation win in the third and final game of the series on Thursday.Zimbabwe's...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 17:18hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pick 3 uncapped players in ODI squad for Pakistan series
Zimbabwe has named its squad for the highly anticipated white-ball series against Pakistan, which will begin with the first ODI on November 24 in Bulawayo. The series, which includes three ODIs and th...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:07hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers demand public scorecards in judges appointment
Legal experts have called for increased transparency in Zimbabwe's judicial appointment process, with a particular emphasis on publishing the scorecards used to assess candidates. The proposal aims to...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:08hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street in...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chevrons clinch ICC T20 qualifier with unbeaten record
Zimbabwe's cricket team, the Chevrons, secured a comprehensive 61-run victory over Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground yesterday, completing an unbeaten campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Re...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:39hrs | 479 | by Staff reporgter
Musekiwa, Maposa named in Zimbabwe T20 squad
Zimbabwe unveils young squad for T20 World Cup Regional QualifiersZimbabwe has announced an exciting 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifiers, set to take place in Kenya t...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:06hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Frontier Wealth Group extends their association with ZAA Australia as Nominees announced
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have announced that wealth advisory firm Frontier Wealth Group has returned as the headline partner for the ZAA Australia Edition set for 12 October in Perth....Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 12:12hrs | 191 | by Agencies
Driver defrauds InnBucks of US$13,700
Cleopas Chisingarambwe, a part-time driver for Abro Coaches, appeared in the Harare Magistrates Court on charges of defrauding InnBucks MicroBank of US$13,700. Magistrate Dennis Mangosi re...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:19hrs | 3787 | by Staff reporter
3 car thieves arrested
In Harare, police have arrested three suspected car thieves - Deniver Tinotenda Kazembe (26), Nicholas Kudzaishe Chinyangara (48), and Edwin Mupako (37) - and recovered six stolen vehicles. Th...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 12:28hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Ireland beat Zimbabwe in one-off test
Andy McBrine shone with both bat and ball as Ireland defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in a one-off Test in Belfast. After a dramatic top-order collapse, Ireland was rescued by rain on day three, fini...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:12hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Poor fielding costs Chevrons again
Zimbabwe faced defeat in the third T20I against India due to poor fielding, losing by 23 runs at Harare Sports Club. Despite a strong innings by Dion Myers, who scored his maiden T20I half-century, Zi...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Church romance turns nasty
Losing a job is one of the most heart-breaking experiences that one has to go through, especially in circumstances where they feel they were unfairly dismissed.This might ring true for a singl...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NetOne bosses acquitted
Former NetOne CEO Lazarus Muchenje and seven other company executives have been acquitted of criminal abuse of office charges by the Supreme Court. The executives, including Tanyaradzwa Chingo...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:37hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires thugs to kidnap ex-hubby's wife
Four men appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates' Court facing kidnapping charges. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), on June 16, the accused - Kaliwe Phiri (...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-NetOne CEO acquitted
Former NetOne CEO Lazarus Muchenje and seven executives have been acquitted of abuse of office charges by the Supreme Court. Muchenje had been accused of signing commercial agreements with Ban...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:26hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked faction recalls Tshabangu linked senators from Parliament
Chaos continues in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change following the recall of four senators who were sworn in Tuesday after they were chosen by a faction led by Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti a...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MP sucked in arrest of mines ministry deputy director, surveyor for extortion
MAZOWE North lawmaker, Tsungi Makumbe, along with his business associate, recently alerted the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) about two individuals they suspected of extortion. This led to...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police name, shame drug lords
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has resorted to naming and shaming convicted drug dealers as part of efforts aimed at addressing the scourge.In a statement accompanying the names of 28 conv...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parliament tears into court e-system
THE Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) has thrown a wrench into the US$3,8 million Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), issuing a scathing report that questions the fairness and acce...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini finally re-opens
BULAWAYO'S Egodini Terminus finally opened its gates yesterday following the completion of the upgrade works on the taxi rank under Phase One of the multi-million-dollar construction project that shou...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already secured five wards ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections after the High Court nullified the nomination of 23 recalled National Assembly and local authority CCC candidates....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins five council wards after CCC fails to field candidates
Zanu-PF has automatically won five council seats in Harare, Chiredzi and Manyame RDC following the disqualification of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 68 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's T20 World Cup hopes take a major blow
ZIMBABWE'S T20 World Cup 2024 qualification hopes took a major blow after Uganda beat them with five wickets and five balls in hand at Windhoek.Zimbabwe had struck early to reduce Uganda to 12...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 14:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu recalls Kwekwe mayor, deputy
Recently elected Kwekwe mayor Dr Heneri Madzorera, his deputy, Melody Chingarande and Ward 9 councillor Simon Machisvo have been recalled. The recalls were triggered by CCC acting secretary ge...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 18:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu makes more recalls
Opposition CCC's interim Secretary General Sengezo Shabangu has issued a recall for Kwekwe Mayor Henry Madzorera, Deputy Mayor Melody Chingarande, and another councilor, Simon Machisvo.This mo...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jeys Marabini to share stage with Freddy Gwala in the UK
ORGANISERS of the Rhythms of Southern Africa: A Musical Journey tour have unveiled venues for shows that will be held in the United Kingdom.The shows are set to be headlined by Zimbabwe jazz m...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 mandatory languages for Zimbabwe teachers
The implementation of a language policy, aimed at addressing the language barrier in the primary and secondary education sector, is being considered. This policy would require teachers to have profici...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chevrons embarassed in Namibia
The Zimbabwe national cricket team began their five-match T-20 series in Windhoek with a defeat against the host, Namibia. The tourists had an uncharacteristically tough day with the bat, scoring just...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over land dispute
A family land dispute turned tragic when a man from Hurungwe committed suicide last Friday. Lovemore Mbasera reportedly took his own life at his homestead in Chakupamwari village, Masokoti, ward 9, Hu...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fallout over campaign vehicles escalates
Unsuccessful Zanu-PF candidates in the recent harmonized elections have criticized the Harare provincial leadership for their perceived punitive actions, including threats to involve the police in the...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peacemaker axed in party brawl
IN an attempt to break up a fight between his friends at a party, a 31-year-old man from Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North province seemed to have got more than what he had bargained for when he was ...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalist takes Zimbabwe's Judicial Service Commission to task
A Zimbabwean journalist employed by Alpha Media Holdings, Desmond Chingarande, has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) regarding its newly introduced electronic system, the I...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils demonstrate over classmates' expulsion
On September 26, 2023, students from Gokomere High School were halted by the Zimbabwe Republic Police while en route to Masvingo Town, where they intended to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Prim...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:09hrs | 3 | 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 | 4 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Junior Sables go down fighting against Scotland
ZIMBABWE'S Under-20 rugby team put on a thrilling second half performance but their efforts were in vain as they began their World Rugby Under 20 Trophy campaign against Scotland with a 64-33 de...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:18hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Sikandar Raza apologises for Zimbabwe's World Cup heartbreak
ZIMBABWE cricket team star all-rounder Sikandar Raza has shared an emotional apology following the Chevrons' failure to qualify for the ICC Men's World Cup in India later this year.The Chevron...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sean Williams gives Zimbabwe advantage in crucial World Cup qualifier
Veteran all-rounder Sean Williams starred with the ball taking three wickets for 41 as Zimbabwe restricted Scotland to 234 for eight at the half stage of a tie which will decide Zimbabwe's World Cup f...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 13:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
International cricket stars for Zim Afro T10
AN ARRAY of international cricket stars is expected to descend on Zimbabwe in the next two weeks for the inaugural Zim Cyber City Afro T10 following the success of the player draft conducted yesterday...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sri Lanka humble Zimbabwe to secure World Cup spot
Pathum Nissanka's sublime unbeaten 101 propelled Sri Lanka to a place in this year's Cricket World Cup in India as the 1996 winners trounced hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets at Queens Sports Club on Sun...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:11hrs | 14 | by AFP
Zimbabwe crush USA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday praised the Zimbabwe Cricket national team for their excellent performance after a record breaking 304 runs win against the United States of America (USA) at Harare Sport...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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