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Armed robber gunned down in Zimbabwe
Police have arrested two suspected armed robbers, Kenneth Chiputura (50) and Jaison Munyapa (18), while Raymond Mugabe (39) was shot and killed during his arrest.The suspects are linked to a s...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:42hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
ZICOSU leader dies in accident.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (ZICOSU) is in mourning following the tragic passing of its provincial chairperson for Mashonaland Central, Panashe Chatambudza. Chatambudza, who also served as...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jere, Benza storm into Parliament on a Zanu-PF ticket
PREMIER Soccer League president and Caps United director Farai Jere as well as Herentals FC owner Innocent Benza have been elected national assembly representatives for Murewa West and Mutasa Central ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
BMW driver who killed 6, sentenced to community service
A 31-year-old Shamva man, Benson Sosera who fatally hit six people with his BMW in March 2021, injuring one, has been sentenced to 840 hours of community service and suspension of his license for a ye...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC filed a false report against Energy Mutodi, investigations reveal
In a desperate bid to woe supporters after fielding a weak candidate, the opposition CCC reportedly filed a false police report against Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi who is aspiring Memb...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 10:43hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Chirandu
Inside elections: Can the yellow wave shake-up Mashonaland East?
This is the first in a series of (inside elections) articles examining the politics and possible voting patterns of 2023's general election in expected swing/marginal National Assembly constituencies....Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 13 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Zimbabwe unemployment, education system not directly linked
IN the Wednesday edition of NewsDay we carried a story in which some of our college student leaders were frothing at the mouth over the failure by many of the students to get employment soon after gra...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students blame Zimbabwe education system for joblessness
ZIMBABWE's tertiary students have blamed the country's education system for not preparing them for formal job after completing their studies, resulting in many turning to vending to make ends meet....Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witch-hunt scare hits UZ
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe students say they are living in fear and skipping lectures amid strong suspicion of an ongoing police witch-hunt to bring to book suspects behind recent demonstrations that rock...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Life gets tough for Zimbabwe's tertiary level students
LIFE for tertiary level students is becoming increasingly difficult due to economic hardships, an official has said.Addressing students at Kwekwe Polytechnic, president of the Zimbabwe Congres...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politics rock UZ SRC election
Police officers reportedly descended on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) campus Friday and randomly attacked students after the conclusion of Student Representative Council (SRC) elections.The ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF plays fast on Chamisa
ZANU PF Mazowe district has reportedly hijacked the memorial service of the late Shelton Zongoro who was fatally run over by a ZANU PF official in March at Chaona growth point in Chiweshe, Mazowe ward...Published: 27 May 2022 at 13:22hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers, students go digital to protest
TEACHERS and students unions have embarked on an online protest dubbed #FeesMustFall to press the government to reduce fees at the country's tertiary institutions.Tertiary fees have been hiked...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants murder accused Central Committee Member hero status
MURDER accused Zanu-PF central committee member Jonathan Nhamburo, who mysteriously died on Tuesday at Parirenyatwa hospital, has been granted provincial hero status by President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF fails to give Nhamburo a decent burial
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central leadership has failed to give the late Central Committee member Jonathan Nhamburo a decent burial.Nhamburo ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 00:10hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa declares Nhamburo a hero
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared ZANU PF Central Committe member Jonathan (John) Nhamburo a provincial liberation hero.Nhamburo died yesterday at Parirenyatwa group of hospitals after...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 22:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tsenengamu mourns Nhamburo
Former ZANU PF youth political commissar has sent his condolence message on micro blogging Twitter following the death of ZANU PF central comm...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Murder accused Zanu-PF central committee member dies mysteriously
JOHN Nhamburo, the Zanu-PF Central Committee member accused of deliberately running over and killing a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member last month has died.Nhamburo, whose acti...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Central Committe member Nhamburo dies
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo has died.Senior party officials confirmed his death without giving more details....Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nhamburo speaks on the killing of CCC member
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo rubbished claims by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party that he ran over their member Shelton Zangaro with his car there by killing him on the spot...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 12:20hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu PF youth boss kills Chamisa's supporter
IN A brazen show of political intolerance, Zanu PF Youth League Mashonaland Central chairman, John Nhamburo, Saturday allegedly deliberately ran over a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Village heads steal Mnangagwa's fertilisers
VILLAGE HEADS in Mazowe were warned against stealing Presidential inputs by Mazowe District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) Tafadzwa Musarara after 10 bags of Amonium Nitrate fertilizers were stol...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 15:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village heads stealing presidential inputs
Zanu-PF Mazowe district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has accused local village heads of stealing agricultural inputs sourced under the presidential inputs scheme, depriv...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe linked to child labour storm
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe allegedly instructed Zanu-PF youths to block an investigation into allegations of child labour at white-owned farms in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central provin...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF awaits party poll results
Zanu-PF provincial election results started trickling into the party's National Command Centre in Harare yesterday afternoon with more results expected this morning.There were expectations of ...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rock Zanu-PF polls
Zanu-PF held elections across the country to choose members of its provincial executives, but the polls were marred by chaos amid claims of rampant rigging and vote-buying.Voting started much ...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rigging fears grip Mash Central
ZANU PF supporters in Mashonaland Central province have expressed concern over rigging attempts on the Provincial elections being orchestrated by incumben...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 00:18hrs | 5 | by Roy Moyo
Zanu-PF Mash Central members fight over Mnangagwa regalia
THERE was drama in Nzvimbo at a Zanu-PF-organised sports gala at the weekend when two senior party officials fought over regalia, as factionalism came to a head in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya in vote-buying storm
ZANU PF Politburo Member Douglas Mahiya has been accused of vote-buying and de-campaigning other candidates eying the party provincial chairperson post in Mashonaland Central province.He visit...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 21:06hrs | 52 | by Staff Reporter
Mutodi set to leave Mashonaland East?
Former Deputy Infomation Minister and Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi is reportedly planning to leave his Mashonaland East base in favour of another Constituency in Masvingo, a reliable source...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
LEAKED AUDIO: ZANU PF Central Committee member bursts over cabbages conflict
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo is once again at the center of controversy after failing to contribute US$20 at a funeral which he requested Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC)...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 21:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Suspended council official refuses to surrender council car
SUSPENDED Mvurwi Town Council (MTC) Secretary Sheri Nyakudya is reportedly refusing to surrender the council vehicle.MTC chairperson co...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 19:25hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF councillor sets thugs on colleague
Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) chairperson John Mudzonga has been accused of setting thugs on his vice chairperson Chakabvepi Chinhema over Rosa hospital boundary.Mudzonga is ward 9 coun...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 17:26hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Stands scandal exposes Zanu-PF factional fights
THE arrest of three Mvurwi Town Council officials for swindling home-seekers of more than $18 million, has left Zanu-PF divided after its central committee member, John Nhamburo, reportedly called the...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest of corrupt council officials exposes ZANU PF's factionalism
THE arrest of three Mvurwi Town Council officials over the weekend on corruption charges has left ZANU PF divided.Mvurwi Town Council chairperson Shereni Mazhambe (ZANU PF) is the complainant ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 20:36hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF leader threatens police over arrest of council officials
ZANU PF Central committee member John Nhambura is alleged to have threatened Mvurwi police over arrest of three Mvurwi town council officials who are faci...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 09:48hrs | 7 | by Paul Ndou
13 accident victims identified
THIRTEEN accident victims who died in two separate road accidents which occurred in Manicaland and Mashonaland Provinces on Friday have been identified.Among the seven people who perished in M...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler weeps in court
A Chiweshe man wept at Concession magistrates courts on Friday after he was sentenced to 9 years in jail.Fanuel Mazinde (29) was senten...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's MDC heading towards a very slippery slope
THE defeat of the MDC candidates in last weekend's council election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, should serve as a wake-up call to the country's largest opposition party ahead of the 2023 national elect...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:36hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News
AFM fight intensifies
DISGRUNTLED Apostolic Faith Mission church in Zimbabwe (AFM) pastors have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court to block the election of a new national executive pending determination ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos Mugabe protégé
President Emmerson Mnangagwa met one of former president Robert Mugabe's top allies, Ambrose Mutinhiri, amid indications that the Zanu-PF leader is on a charm offensive to lure back his foes into the ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive drop in poll petitions
The number of challenges against National Assembly and local authority poll outcomes brought to Electoral Courts fell significantly this year as compared to 2013.In all, 28 petitions were file...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big town fellows' mentality cost MDC Alliance rural vote
Agreed the election was stolen, the people's will was subverted for the gains of a few, selfish individuals that claim to have monopoly over Zimbabwe.The motherland is battered and shuttered, ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Roy Muroyi
33 Electoral Court cases filed
THE Electoral Court has heard 33 cases filed by parliamentary and local authority candidates who lost in the just-ended harmonised elections.A list of these cases compiled by legal think-tank ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tamborinyoka acquitted of all charges
MDC Alliance official Luke Tamborinyoka has been cleared of all charges of defacing a rival's political campaign posters.Tamborinyoka, a former spokesman of presidential candidate Nelson Chami...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe fights cost opposition votes
CIVIC society groups based in Matabeleland have blamed the two warring MDC-T factions, led by Nelson Chamisa (left) and Thokozani Khupe (right), for selling out their parliamentary seats to the ruling...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wary of rigging plans
THE MDC Alliance has raised alarm over plans to rig elections next week as the opposition coalition's intelligence officers claim that Zanu-PF is working tooth and nail to ensure it wins at least seve...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance candidates fight it out in court
MDC-Alliance aspiring legislator for Goromonzi West Luke Tamborinyoka, who is facing charges of defacing his rival's posters, has accused the complainant of having an agenda against him because he was...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tamborinyoka challenges expelled MDC Alliance candidate in court
MDC Alliance Goromonzi West parliamentary candidate Luke Tamborinyoka, who is accused of defacing campaign posters of fellow party member, yesterday said the allegations were fabricated by his rival w...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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