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3 suspected rapists escape from Bulawayo police station, officers charged
Three men charged with rape, unlawful entry and robbery have escaped from a police station in Bulawayo.Pardon Makuni, 19, Mernard Gwatiedza, 22, and Ashley Moses, 21, all of Gweru, sprang free...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accepts failure, welcomes Govt support
President Mnangagwa's administration has been thanked by the opposition-controlled Harare City Council for assisting in infrastructural development, from renovation of the critical health facilities t...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
ZIMTA bosses in massive corruption storm
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) top leadership has been dragged to court after failing to furnish members with audited financial records amid suspicions that subscription fees running into m...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's ex-teacher (99) dies
A TEACHER to former President Robert Mugabe, Kennedy Manyika has died.Manyika, who, after Zimbabwe's independence served as a diplomat, is also the father of opposition leader, Noah Manyika....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war propaganda has lost its aura
SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) seems headed towards the same route as other African liberation movements which delivered their countries from colonial rule but failed to deliver on the...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 386 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Top diplomat dies
Zimbabwe's former envoy to Yugoslavia and Namibia, Ambassador Kennedy Grant Dick Chivanda Manyika has died.He died on November 5 at the age of 99.Ambassador Manyika was an author, reve...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
No to extortion on maternal health services in council clinics
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) calls upon the Harare City Council to act decisively and stop harbouring and nurturing extortionist practices by health personnel in council clinics ag...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:47hrs | 95 | by ZUJ
Welshman Ncube embroiled in property dispute
MDC-Alliance deputy president Professor Welshman Ncube risks losing a residential stand after a local company approached the High Court seeking an order to cancel an agreement of sale reached between ...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference a Mnangagwa bootlicking contest
THE King is dead … long live the King.The scenes at the Zanu-PF annual conference in Bindura have played out many times before.A posse of party faithful pledges und...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that economy is Zanu-PF's top priority
ZANU-PF is leaving no one behind through the implementation of its development agenda and the revolutionary party will embark on massive rural development programmes, while its policies will undo year...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:59hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm wrangle turns nasty, tomato crops destroyed
KERSHELMAR Farm, commonly known as Esidakeni, should be teeming with ready-to-harvest tomatoes at this time of the year as it is every farmer's wish to take a good crop to market.A gaze throug...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:04hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Police thwart war vets demo, arrest 30
RIOT cops heavily descended on war veterans protesting their paltry monthly allowances in Harare Monday morning, arresting 30.The easily irritable ex-combatants once again took to the streets ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 18:21hrs | 4134 | by Staff reporter
Mat North civil servants relocation imminent
GOVERNMENT is inching closer to fully relocating Matabeleland North civil servants to Lupane as construction of the Lupane Government Complex is now 88 percent complete with all works expected to be c...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Grieving widow chased away at funeral
There was drama in Chiweshe yesterday at the funeral of Chief Chipuriro's advisor Edmore Chiunda who died after a long illness.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZqUmlNXB6o Wife to Chiun...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:19hrs | 2071 | by Staff Reporter
Miner in labour storm
FORMER workers at Maccoomber F Empire Mine in Filabusi have reported their employer Polani Mathemari to the National Employment Council (Nec), accusing him of refusing to pay their dues.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes campaign to Manicaland
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would now head to Manicaland province after his tour of Masvingo province last week turned violent and he was allegedly teargassed by th...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3598 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims to have exposed Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his tour of Masvingo that invited a backlash from Zanu-PF mobs exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an unpopular leader.Chamisa's visits to many part...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:10hrs | 4272 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF deputy mayor sworn in
Zanu-PF councillor Kiven Mutimbanyoka was yesterday sworn in as Chitungwiza deputy mayor at a colourful ceremony that was snubbed by opposition councillors.He replaces Musa Mukweza who was rec...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF neglecting cadres, says Clive Malunga
JENAGURU Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of "gr...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
US$40 000 damage at Manama Hospital
HEAVY rains that pounded Gwanda District recently left Manama Mission Hospital without electricity and damaged solar panels, water tanks and telecommunication cables resulting in the suspension of cri...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm former owner puts weight behind Malunga
THE former owner of Esikadeni farm, which has been at the centre of an ownership dispute pitting its local shareholders and government, has said he disposed of his stake in the dairy business to three...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
7 Bulawayo church buildings face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that it will demolish seven church structures built without council approval.Council by-laws stipulate that no construction should take place without...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
The impact of business credit on long term success
Business credit is inevitable for most startups who possibly require financial aid; and business establishments looking to expand and grow their companies potentially. Business credit may be interpret...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:38hrs | 218 | by Staff Writer
Grace Mugabe tells of 'intense mental torture'
Robert Mugabe's widow says her family has been subjected to "intense mental torture" over attempts to exhume and rebury the late former president against the family's wishes.Grace Mugabe, 56, ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:46hrs | 5239 | by Staff reporter
Grace approaches High Court over Mugabe exhumation
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday filed a High Court application seeking to challenge an order by a Chinhoyi magistrate to exhume the remains of her late husband, former President Robert Mugabe...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare decay a sign of govt failure
NOTHING exhibits failure by a government more than the neglect of public health institutions and watching helplessly as people succumb to curable diseases.Even more sickening is that tho...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeals for patience
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans not to give up hope in the face of a myriad of challenges as he warned alleged "treacherous" elements against sabotaging the economy....Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's new Ponzi scheme
FOLLOWING the MDC's dizzying electoral defeats at the hands of Zanu-PF in March 2013 and July 2018, the opposition outfit lost most of its traditional Western funding as donors turned off the funding ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 273 | by Nobleman Runyanga
July Moyo fuels Town House wars
LOCAL GOVERNMENT minister July Moyo yesterday appointed Stewart Mutizwa acting Harare mayor despite a court ruling on the same day that blocked the State from stopping incumbent mayor Jacob Mafume (MD...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Residents welcome end to mayoral chaos
Residents have hailed the Government's appointment of Harare councillor Musarurwa Stewart Mutizwa yesterday as the acting mayor following the suspension of mayor Jacob Mafume as a councillor a fortnig...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora under renewed threats
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's position has come under renewed threat after a founding MDC member approached the High Court challenging the legitimacy of the party's extraordinary congress and recall...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:00hrs | 2640 | by Staff Reporter
Rambo's tombstone unveiling tomorrow
A tombstone unveiling for the late national team and Highlanders legend Mercedes "Rambo" Sibanda will be held at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo tomorrow.A granite tombstone, with a picture of ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Govt to correct Battle of Pupu story
GOVERNMENT has taken a bold step to correct a one-sided narrative of the famous Battle of Pupu, which for many years deliberately overlooked the African perspective. Under President Mnangagwa, the Sec...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Poor roads haunt region
WHILE roads development brings social, cultural and economic changes in the lives of people in terms of providing connectivity between places and reducing poverty, in rural Matabeleland it is a privil...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:40hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Row over Shiri estate
THE family of late national hero and Cabinet minister Perrance Shiri has questioned the authenticity of documents used by the Master of the High Court Eldard Mutasa to handle his vast empire.A...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic of contradictions, inconsistencies
DEVELOPMENTS in the past few days and weeks have shown that those in charge of our so-called Second Republic are nothing more than a clueless bunch given to gross lies, glaring contradictions and emba...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 485 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chunga humbled by Tagwirei's gesture
ZIMBABWE football icon Moses "Bambo" Chunga was left humbled by Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei's gesture after the petroleum mogul pledged to buy the former Dynamos and Warriors midfield maestro ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2859 | by Staff reporter
'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1939 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF guns for landslide win in 2023 elections
Madinda Ndlovu wept!MADINDA NDLOVU shed tears last night as domestic football celebrated the long-awaited honouring of its legends, with Sakunda Holdings presenting three houses to some of the fin...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:44hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
IDs for 'forgotten citizens'
THE Registrar-General (RG's) office yesterday started issuing identity documents to the San community in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, creating a sense of belonging among these almost forgotten citi...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu's last words: Are you an African?
Journalist Simba Chikanza telephones Zambian government spokesperson to the President Edgar Lungu over the deployment of the Zambian army by the PF government during the counting of the ballot votes: ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 3800 | by Nomazulu Thata
Gwayi-Shangani Dam: Lubimbi villagers set demands for relocation
THE Lubimbi villagers in Binga are resisting government's move to relocate them from their ancestral land to pave way for the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam, demanding a clear relocation plan....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, says Mnangagwa
Detractors will never break the spirit of Zimbabweans, as the Second Republic continues on its journey to build the economy through provision of transport services and other infrastructural developmen...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:50hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to spruce up bus stop shelters
THE Bulawayo City Council is seeking to revamp, and put up new bus stop shelters in the city amid concerns about vandalism of similar structures installed by Zupco.Council's town planning depa...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:49hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwewide construction, upgrade of bus terminuses
Shelters at bus terminuses countrywide will be repaired, replaced or installed before the next rains as part of a Government programme to upgrade urban public transport President Mnangagwa announced y...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
We'll not wait for polls to deliver, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has said it will not wait to be elected to improve the lives of urban residents, already benefiting from a number of central Government initiatives taken after local authority failures. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:17hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
War vets expose ugly Zanu-PF fights
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West province have laid bare deep-rooted factionalism in Zanu-PF and blasted their national chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa for accusing other former freedom fighters of be...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2766 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm dispute takes new twist
Lawyers representing Dr Gatsha Mazithulela have written to the three "erstwhile" directors of Kershelmar Farms in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North Province, challenging them to disclose the circumstanc...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:54hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults father-in–law
A MAN has been arrested for assaulting his father-in-law for allegedly barring him from seeing his child whom he has reportedly neglecting.A family member who spoke on condition of anonymity s...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:40hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
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