Search / Nama
Mugabe coup announcer leads Sadc Elections Observer Mission to Botswana
President Mnangagwa has appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo to lead the Sadc Election Observer Mission for the Botswana elections to be held tomorrow. T...Published: 11 hrs ago | 622 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 11 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
Suspected witch caught in act
A SAKUBVA woman was last week intercepted stark naked in one of her tenant's rooms, hissing and slithering like a snake in a suspected case of witchcraft that has stunned many in the sprawling suburb....Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:33hrs | 2914 | by Chenai Mutasa
Air Zimbabwe failing to attract an investor
INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe is failing to attract an investor, 11 months after government invited bids from potential suitors to take over the embattled entity, the Zimbabwe Independent can re...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:07hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Regional magistrates get hefty salary hike
A DOCUMENT leaked on social media has revealed a hefty salary increment for senior magistrates, who are now expecting to get $9 500, as acting chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi took exception to mag...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
600 delegates to supervise Zanu-PF DCC elections
MORE than 600 delegates drawn from Zanu-PF's eight provinces arrived yesterday to supervise the party's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections for Harare on Saturday.The delegates wer...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
'Thief' spears man (65) to death
A 65-year-old man from Inyathi died after being stabbed three times with a spear by a suspected thief who had broken into his son's homestead and stolen four bags of cement. Acting Matabelelan...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Managers exchange blows at council chambers
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) chambers were turned into a boxing ring last week after the council's treasurer Mr Lawrence Mudimba and the human resources manager Mr Butholezwe Ndlovu reportedly e...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets up electoral college for DCCs
All card-carrying Zanu-PF members in Harare will be eligible to vote for members of the proposed District Coordinating Committees, whose prospective candidates will be vetted today after the submissio...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:14hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
8 new magistrates sworn-in
The Judicial Service Commission yesterday swore-in eight new magistrates, seven of them female, in a move that acting Chief Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi said would ease the backlog of cases before th...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:14hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tax evasion outs govt
The Zanu-PF government is taxing people dead on one hand, but is an artful dodger of tax on the other. That's an insulting contradiction.Months ago, Mthuli Ncube, the Finance minister, introdu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:40hrs | 746 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF restructuring exercise begins
The ruling party, Zanu PF, held an extraordinary politburo meeting in Harare this Thursday which marked the beginning of a national restructuring exercise and setting up of new district coordinating c...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 20:36hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa honours promise to give Grace Blue Roof' - didn't even honour povo's right to life
The shameless arrogance, hypocrisy and indifference of President Mnangagwa and the Zanu PF ruling elite is breath taking."President Emmerson Mnangagwa will honour his promise and transfer the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1237 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mlobikazi of Mzilikazi along Vithikazi
Few people knew she had lived in SowetoNot only had she resided in that townshipOf the city of Jo'burg, Mlobikazi of MzilikaziHad lived in the core of greatness on Vilakazi Street, for...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 512 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Biti reads the riot act to RBZ officials
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and its management risk being prosecuted for flouting the country's laws. PAC chairperson and fo...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 09:02hrs | 3142 | by Staff reporter
Biti to recommend the prosecution of some top RBZ officials
PUBLIC Accounts Committee chair Tendai Biti says parliament will soon recommend the prosecution of some top Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials over the reckless issuance of treasury bills (TBs) ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 277 | by newzimbabwe
Football official dies in horror crash
TWO people, one of them a renowned football administrator, died on the spot when a vehicle was hit from the back by a haulage truck as it slowed down to turn right near Masue River Bridge in Victoria ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Zimra lifestyle audit: 36 suspended
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) suspended at least 36 officers implicated in lifestyle audits, while processes are underway at the High Court to forfeit the ill-gotten wealth.Zimra Comm...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zapu truth will always prosper Zimbabwe
Nothing is more Zimbabwean than Zapu in Zimbabwe. For anyone to pronounce the very word "Zimbabwe", one needs to remember that they are talking about a Zapu invented word. For anyone to talk abo...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:02hrs | 1737 | by Ryton Dzimiri
'Mthuli Ncube a complete failure'
KAMBUZUMA legislator Willias Madzimure (MDC Alliance) on Thursday described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a complete failure, claiming Members of Parliament have managed to "put him where he belong...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 Chinese 'felons' flee Zimbabwe
SEVEN Chinese nationals facing charges of money laundering and illegal possession of more than 20kg of rhino horn pieces with an estimated street value of about $1 million are feared to have fled the ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimra still charging duty on sanitary wear'
MDC legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga last week revealed that individuals and institutions that were trying to bring in sanitary towels and cups for donation to underprivileged girls were fai...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1063 | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa $720k richer as Mnangagwa's treasury releases $3.4 million to MDC
TREASURY has released $3,4 million to the opposition MDC under the Political Parties Finance Act.The money was released two weeks ago following months of bickering, with the opposition party a...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 11098 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe, 'small house' clash at court
There was a near fistfight at the Harare magistrates' Court yesterday when suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe's alleged mistress demanded US$10 000 she claimed to have paid to lawyers to fac...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dies from abortion
A married woman from Hwange died in hospital from excessive bleeding after she allegedly aborted a 10-week old pregnancy at her matrimonial home, police confirmed. Police were told that Beauty...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2161 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe died a sad man
FORMER Mines Minister, Walter Chidhakwa has revealed that former State President and close relative Robert Mugabe died a sad man.He was addressing mourners, among them several Heads of State a...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Matemadanda dresses down Hungwe
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda last Saturday launched a scathing attack believed to have been directed at politburo member Josaya Hungwe whom he literally accused of trying to...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 5530 | by Staff reporter
Man killed trying to stop a fight
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Inyathi died on the spot after he was stabbed on the neck with an okapi knife while trying to stop a fight, police confirmed. Acting Matabeleland North provincial police...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3406 | by Staff reporter
Four big wigs who said no to Heroes Acre for Mugabe embarrassed
The death of comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe has left us with a lot of lessons. The first and important lesson is that of maturity. Political maturity. Among the peoples of the world some are ca...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 16659 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu PF hypocrites left in the bare as ED negotiates heroes acre for Mugabe
The former Zimbabwean opposition member of parliament Ambassador James Maridadi took the bull by the horns. ZANU PF should applaud him for that. He stated that "we Zimbabweans must be dignified and we...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 08:57hrs | 5916 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF retains Masvingo North Ward 1 seat
Zanu-PF retained Masvingo North Ward 1 seat after its candidate Richard Kudakwashe Murambiwa polled 1 166 against MDC-Alliance candidate with 334 in an election held in Zimuto area on Saturday. Total ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira files fresh bail application
Former tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira on Monday filed a fresh bail appeal before a Harare magistrate after languishing in prison for nearly two months.She appeared before Harare provincial...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 749 | by zimlive
Zimra fraud millionaire to lose mansions & car
A FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee who is alleged to have fraudulently siphoned about US$1,2 million from the taxman's bank account and went on a property buying spree, is set to los...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
45 passengers cheat death
FORTY-FIVE passengers narrowly cheated death after a bus they were travelling in rolled back and fell on its side at Simangani River Bridge outside Hwange. Witnesses said the bus hit the side ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Mangwe, lose Glenview South by-election
Zanu PF has retained the Mangwe National Assembly and Masvingo North Ward 1 council seats but lost Harare's Glenview South National Assembly seat to the opposition MDC. In Mangwe, the ruling p...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 20:42hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns former leader
Zanu-PF has described the death of former president Robert Mugabe as a great shock to the nation, continent and the world. The party's secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said the entire ...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:56hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
'A hero to oppressed people internationally,' says Chinamasa
Tributes have been paid to former President Robert Mugabe who died aged 95 on Friday.Former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa spoke to the BBC about Mugabe's legacy, describing him as an "int...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:38hrs | | by ZimLive
Mangwana implicated in stalled trial
Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he wanted to investigate complaints brought by a client of Zanu-PF politburo member Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana when he trie...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PG in court over phone call
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday appeared in court following a court order compelling him to explain why he instructed the prosecution to halt the trial of a suspected fraudster who is f...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hodzi appears in court to answer corruption allegations
PROSECUTOR-General (PG), Kumbirai Hodzi Thursday appeared before Harare Magistrate, Morgan Nemadire to answer to bribery allegations amid accusations that he unlawfully stopped the trial of a Harare m...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 17:56hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Kumbirai Hodzi in corruption storm, ordered to appear in court
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi was yesterday summoned to appear before a Harare magistrate to explain his decision to stop the trial of a Harare man who allegedly used high-profile people's names t...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira Supreme court bail bid flops
FORMER Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira's application for bail at the Supreme Court has hit a brick wall after Justice Anne-Marrie Gowora ruled that her grounds of appeal lacked merit.Mupfumi...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:39hrs | 972 | by newzimbabwe
Matabeleland roads get facelift
The District Development Fund (DDF) has embarked on a massive rehabilitation of roads and bridges in Matabeleland to improve infrastructure in the region.The government department, which falls...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:49hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi imminent
A UK museum has examined 13 human remains of heroes and heroines of the First Chimurenga as part of preparations to repatriate them back home.The remains include those of iconic 19th century l...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:36hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) usage in Zimbabwe low
THE use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Zimbabwe is still at its infancy as the country makes headway to ensure its populace make use of alternative energy sources instead of relying on grid elect...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Can still have successful economy regardless' ED advised - excuse for the illegitimate to hang on
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by good people. Among them, he has great formal and informal advisers; talented and eminent people from different backgrounds, who really can make a differe...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1095 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe needs international help' says Japan - above all, help to end cancerous bad governance
It is now nearly two years since Mnangagwa launched his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" campaign. He was cocksure this was going to open the floodgates on new foreign and local investments. That has ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Load More Stories
