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ZITF roars into life
THE country's premier business expo, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), roars into life in Bulawayo today amid high hopes by local and international exhibitors. Despite the false st...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Con woman in court over US$488 000 fraud
A 33-year-old Harare suspected con-artist who dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in a fraud case involving close to half a million United States dollars has been further remanded in custody t...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Democracy is dying under Mnangagwa
LAST Wednesday, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Democracy Day but the country faces a darkening future under the current leadership, with gains made in the recent past bei...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutors in plot to 'fix' lawyer
TWO chief public prosecutors - Rosa Takuva and Justin Uladi - could face a criminal probe after an alleged clandestine manoeuvre to "destroy" Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was unmasked.A WhatsAp...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Dandemutande, Facebook in Wi-Fi hotspot deal
WHOLLY Zimbabwean information communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, Dandemutande Investments, has collaborated with Facebook to launch Wi-Fi connectivity services in Zimbabwe. Cod...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:09hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls
The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Are sangomas really 'linked' to armed robberies?
Armed robbery in criminal law is an aggravated form of theft that involves the use of a lethal weapon a victim typically motivated by the desire to obtain money.Cases of armed robbery have rea...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 245 | by Blessing Mandabva
From David party to Forus: new political outfits raise eyebrows
The sprouting of political parties on the eve of a major election in Zimbabwe has become a tradition, but the period leading to 2023 might see even a bigger number of new formations if the current tre...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Shanyawugwe, a stock theft headquarters that needs dismantling
IN the past two weeks, there has been sad news circulating in the media relating to massive stock theft incidents in Matabeleland South Province, specifically in Gwanda District.In one story f...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:31hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler bus driver attacks cops and flees
POLICE in Bulawayo on Wednesday last week arrested one driver while another escaped and is reportedly still on the run after they were busted with a haul of smuggled goods that included groceries, hom...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:30hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Wife catches husband raping 16 year-old daughter
"FOR better or for worse" is part of the common marriage vow but a woman from Zhombe in the Midlands province could not have anticipated that the worst scenario she can encounter in her marriage is to...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:29hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 634 | by William Jethro Mpofu
CIO boss entangled in BAT bribery scandal
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath reveals British American Tobacco (BAT) was linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of between US$...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Mandipaka prepares for a Zanu-PF rematch in Buhera West
Former Chief Police Spokesperson and MP for Buhera West Oliver Mandipaka has started activities in the constituency he lost three years ago with word rife that he wants a comeback in 2023.Buhe...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's anti-graft crusade a facade'
WHEN he took over power in a November 2017 coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the hearts of many sceptics after he pledged to deal with corruption, a vice widely believed to be stalling developmen...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:24hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Cheda withdraws from Justice Mabhikwa tribunal
Retired judge Maphios Cheda has recused himself from a tribunal appointed in June to look into Justice Thompson Mabhikwa's fitness to hold office.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named another...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Goblin terror at Tsholotsho Hospital - Terrorise nursing staff
IN a real-life drama whose script reads like folklore plucked from Gothic literature, nurses at Tsholotsho District Hospital in Matabeleland North province are being terrorised by suspected goblins wh...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Minister in 'vote-buying' storm
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda allegedly dished out grocery hampers to Zanu-PF women structures in Muzarabani at the weekend in what some party members from the province allege was vote buying for his all...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets two water tenders donation
BULAWAYO City Council recently got a donation of two water fire tenders from Operation Florian Mission in Bulawayo which requested the local authority to fund the transportation of the equipment from ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:22hrs | 809 | by Stephen Jakes
Mapeza talks drift into extra day
TALKS between Norman Mapeza's handlers and ZIFA, which will see Mapeza bouncing back into the Warriors fold are now set to be concluded by this morning. Mapeza was expected to be named the War...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:42hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF caught in bribery storm
A COLLABORATIVE probe by a British media house, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the University of Bath, has exposed how the ruling Zanu-PF party received mouth-watering bribes from the Brit...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 2621 | by Staff reporter
Defer continuous assessment learning activities: Stakeholders
STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have castigated the Primary and Secondary Education ministry's insistence on the controversial Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALAs) for 2021 examinati...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regime treating citizens like rubbish
IF the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, it would have been a huge hit, guaranteed my undying devotion and following — as it has proven to be thoroughly amusing, with its c...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mapeza to be named Warriors coach today
NORMAN MAPEZA is set to be named Warriors caretaker coach today to take charge of the remaining 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Ghana, South Africa and Ethiopia in the next two months. Talks between...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco company fails to pay transporters
A COLD war is looming between some tobacco transporters and Voedsel Tobacco International over non-payment for services rendered.Disgruntled transporters say they have not been paid for servic...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:58hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Mudyiwa basks in Champions League award
IT'S been barely six years since Black Rhinos Queens star Precious Mudyiwa got her first taste of competitive football, but such has been the remarkable rise in the sport that she was last week named ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
'Why I joined Zanu-PF'
VETERAN modelling instructor and mental health activist Sipho Mazibuko said she joined Zanu-PF out of her own volition as she believes it is the "right party" to belong to as it offers many opportunit...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:50hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
How to use digital marketing for lead generation post COVID
Meta: Are your marketing events generating worthwhile leads are they? Here's how you can use digital marketing for lead generation in the post-Covid-19 era. By now, most brands have reali...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 226 | by Staff writer
Education stakeholders blast Continuous Assessment Leaning Activities
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's decision to go ahead with Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) for 2021 examination classes has been castigated by education stakeholders....Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:46hrs | 1012 | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Zimbabwe regime the one destabilizing country and inciting unrest by treating citizens like rubbish
If the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, they would have been a huge hit, and guaranteed my undying devotion and following - as they have proven to be thoroughly amusing, wit...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:39hrs | 1210 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'West funding teachers unions to destabilise Zimbabwe govt'
Acting Public Service minister Paul Mavima on Wednesday accused foreign countries of funding teachers unions to destabilise the Zanu-PF government through recurrent salary strikes.In an interv...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:47hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses: smuggling conduits
Zimbabwe could be losing millions in potential revenue through smuggling perpetuated by connected bus crews who have devised survival tactics in the face of the existing ban in cross-border travel. ...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:13hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Education Perm Sec riles teachers
TEACHERS unions have demanded an apology from the government following remarks by Primary and Secondary Education secretary Tumisang Thabela that educators who could not afford to travel back to their...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
War in Mnangagwa's back yard, daggers drown in war for positions!
Political tension has risen in the Midlands Province as ZANU PF structures are gearing towards restructuring of all organs of the party up the provincial echelon.Reliable information emanating...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 22:01hrs | 4406 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nurse in court over vaccination cards
A State Registered Nurse at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital has appeared in court on allegations of issuing vaccination cards to unvaccinated people.Taurai Mupendere (38), who is attached to the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:26hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Mazibuko joins Zanu PF
MENTAL health activist, Sipho Mazibuko, has joined Zanu PF hoping to use this as an opportunity to scale up voter awareness and harness support for people affected by mental health issues. Thi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Tycoon files US$1m lawsuit against Biti
BUSINESS tycoon Ken Sharpe has filed a US$1 mllion defamation lawsuit against MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti.This was after Biti early this year named Sharpe as one of the elite loote...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:41hrs | 5272 | by Staff reporter
Grobbelaar was declared a persona non grata during Mugabe era
FORMER Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has made sensational revelations that he had been declared a persona non grata and his passport confiscated by the Government in 2007. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | 4079 | by Staff reporter
Another political party launched in Zimbabwe
WITH 2023 elections drawing closer, a new political party, that has promised to revive the country's struggling economy, has been launched.Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) party was l...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 3651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Hlatshwayo Davis named health director of U.S. city of St Louis
Zimbabwean Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis has been named director of health for St. Louis, the second biggest city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America.The infectious disea...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Honey Bird Kop Farm seizure takes new twist
THE ownership wrangle of Honey Bird Kop Farm has taken a new twist as the white "owner" has finally spoken out after decades of silence, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.Honey Bird Kop Farm h...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
100 invaders nabbed over violence
AT least 100 people were arrested and later released yesterday following violent clashes between two groups fighting over control of land they grabbed from a property developer in Whitecliff, Harare....Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Beer shortages hit Bulawayo, surrounding areas
SOLE clear beer manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited is now coercing its customers to buy unpopular beer brands as clear beer shortages have hit the southern region.A survey carried by New ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:01hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
'New SA COVID-19 variant hits Zimbabwe'?
THE new COVID-19 variant, C.1.2, first detected in South Africa and a few other countries a few months ago, has reportedly spilled into Zimbabwe amid fears it could trigger the fourth wave of the high...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Broos pits Loga
BAFANA Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he sympathises with Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušic whose plans for the two nations' blockbuster clash in a Group G World Cup qualifier were thrown into disarray ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination to take place in churches
The government launched a vaccination campaign under a programme code-named 'Operation Marah' in partnership with the churches to drive national vaccinati...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1175 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mermaid 'vanishes' with girl (11)
HUNDREDS of villagers under Chief Chitanga area in Mwenezi district have for the past five days been performing traditional rituals on the shores of Runde River, where a girl vanished 11 years ago, in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Police to name, shame traffic offenders
POLICE in Zimbabwe are now using the latest technology to detect and catch traffic offenders and recently they named and shamed 23 motorists who drove through red robots in Harare. This new ex...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:08hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Hookers back on the streets
IT'S a Friday night and a skimpily dressed sex worker flags down vehicles and individuals on foot, soliciting for clients while on the lookout for law enforcement officers.The presence of poli...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:25hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
Loga gets desperate
DYNAMOS and FC Platinum defenders Godknows Murwira and William Stima are the latest players to be added to the Warriors squad as coach Zdravko Logarusic seeks for defensive alternatives following the ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:52hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
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