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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 | 495 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's daytime sex work solicitation raises concerns
Bulawayo's downtown is witnessing a shift in the landscape of sex work, with sex workers establishing a noticeable daytime presence. This trend has raised concerns among residents and property owners,...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:46hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Liquor board cracks whip on night spots, bottle stores
The Liquor Licensing Board (LLB) in Zimbabwe is cracking down on non-compliant night spots and bottle stores to address the rise of illegal drinking outlets, many of which are associated with criminal...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hamba Kahle ANC, we won't miss you!
IF you are not following the unfolding electoral drama south of the Limpopo River, you can't be real.When South Africa votes, Zimbabwe catches a proverbial cold. And for good reason.Of...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 25 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 12 registered nightclubs in Bulawayo
THERE are only 12 licensed and registered nightclubs in Bulawayo while the rest are said to be operating illegally.According to official records from the Ministry of Local Government and Publi...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Dollar deals' cripple bars, nightclubs
ILLEGAL alcohol sellers that have sprouted across the city are crippling the business of registered nightclubs and bars while Government has set high standards of operation to bring sanity to the dist...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe Cricket Union turns Queens Sports Club into a Strip Club
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and Matabeleland Tuskers Team Manager, Nicholas Singo, find themselves entangled in a legal battle that has exposed their alleged illegal activities at Queens Spor...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 16:30hrs | 12 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Woman murdered for her 'millions'
A 39-year-old Bulawayo woman was jailed for 25 years on Friday over the murder of Thulisile Dube, who vanished after a night out with friends before being found dead in an abandoned car in August last...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 11:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga cleared of rape
At the conclusion of the prosecution's case, Harare regional magistrate Mr. Stanford Mambanje has acquitted Charles Guvamatanga, a music promoter and director of Kuziva Holdings, known in entertainmen...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scott Sakupwanya's flamboyant campaign under the spotlight
A convoy of high-end vehicles led by police escorts snakes its way into Number One Grounds in Harare's Mabvuku high density suburb on a late Thursday afternoon.Brown dust rises as three ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Huge drop in Matebeleland South HIV prevalence
Matebeleland South province is making considerable strides in combating HIV and Aids amid concerns that the province is characterised by high population movements.The province shares borders w...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZNA warns of conmen using army logo to issue fake statements
ZIMBABWE National Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore (pictured) has warned that conmen might be misusing the army logo to issue bogus statements purporting to be from the ZNA....Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean drugs mule arrested Indian airport
A Zimbabwean woman was Wednesday arrested after she was found in possession of a kilogram of cocaine by customs officers at the Indira Gandhi International airport.The woman has not been named...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt puts space barons on notice
THE Harare Metropolitan province yesterday announced plans to set up a taskforce targeting space barons and businesses operating without permits.The taskforce will comprise the police, the Zim...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Apostolic church pastor drinking beer, dancing with young girls
Popular Mvurwi based African Apostolic Church pastor Gift Muzeza (46) popularly known as Better Prize in the business sector was spotted drinking beer and dancing with young girls from Mvurwi....Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 12:10hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Schools to open 7 February
THE government has announced that schools will open for the 2022 learning calendar on 7 February while the curfew now starts at midnight ending at 0530hrs, easing some of the restrictive measures put ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police not acting on cabinet lockdown regulations
Dear Editor, Government efforts to curb the spike in Covid 19 cases is being frustrated by the Zimbabwe Republic police ZRP who are allowing shops and nightclubs to open until 5am the followin...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:26hrs | | by Gugugu Magorira
Noisy bars, churches risk heavy fines
GWERU City Council has come up with by-laws to deal with noise pollution, a development that will see offending bars, churches among others being penalised.Councillors, management and resident...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Imbibers play cat and mouse with police at shebeens, bars
MORE than 100 people have been arrested since Tuesday for violating Covid-19 protocols by mainly drinking at bars and shebeens after curfew hours.On Tuesday, Police Commissioner General Godwin...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bars, nightclubs operating illegally
AT a time when most nightclubs and bars are expecting to record brisk business as the festive season fever grips the country, the Bulawayo City Council may soon shut doors of some nightspots amid reve...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vigilance paramount as 4th wave sweeps
ALL indications are that we are faced with a fourth and possibly deadly wave of the Covid-19 with disastrous consequences for both the national economy and human life. Official statistics point to a s...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine details revealed, fourth wave confirmed
As it was confirmed that Zimbabwe is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant, details were given yesterday of how the new compulsory 10-day quarantine for all retur...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Omicron hits Zimbabwe
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga yesterday confirmed that the country had recorded its first case of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, raising fears of a hard lockdown in the c...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Of new lockdown rules and self-imposed sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced new lockdown measures while the rest of southern Africa is still to come to terms with moves by the United Kingdom, European Union and other countries...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gazette clarifies quarantine measures
The new 10-day quarantine requirements for returning residents and visitors, and the nine-hour extended curfew were gazetted yesterday, along with the legal backing for the present policies that bar a...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils extra measures to deal with new Covid-19 variant
Lockdown measures have been tightened to deal with the threat of a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the new Omicron variant and complacency, with returning residents and visitors now to un...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Distributor moves to stem Zimbabwe's fake whiskey 'pandemic'
IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery, the old adage goes, but when it comes to alcohol, high-end whiskey in particular, this is not strictly true.Recently, according to an anonymous sou...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe university student juggling college and prostitution
SOME call her misguided. Others describe her as a social misfit. Others say she wants to acquire finer things on a silver platter.She is used to being called names and takes all sorts of criti...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:01hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga extends lockdown by 2 more weeks
The present level two lockdown, with its previously announced major relaxations in the leisure sector for the fully vaccinated, was extended for another two weeks by Acting President Dr Constantino Ch...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
QR-coded Covid-19 vaccination verification system needed now
NOW that it is business as usual, following the announcement that bars and nightclubs will be open and allowing only vaccinated individuals to attend these premises, worldwide Covid-19 is here to stay...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 5 | by Jacob Mutisi
Schools still COVID-19 hotspots
SCHOOLS have remained COVID-19 hotspots despite a downward trend in new infections recorded throughout the country in the past week, government has said.Government yesterday extended the level...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bars, nightclubs allowed to re-open
Licensed bars and nightclubs can now reopen after being closed since March last year but only for the fully-vaccinated and will still have to follow all the other lockdown health rules and the permitt...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Macheso back on live stage
TOP local performers are making a beeline for South Africa following the relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations across the Limpopo.Leading the pack is sungura maestro Alick Macheso, who i...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
US pressures Zimbabwe to lift ban on by-elections
THE United States government has ratcheted up pressure on Zimbabwe to hold by-elections, after nearly 30 constituencies were left with no representation following dramatic recalls of MDC Alliance legi...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends level 2 lockdown by another 2 weeks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday extended by another two weeks an alert Level 2 lockdown even as he noted a sharp fall in new Covid-19 infections and deaths.He said daily average infect...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Lockdown relaxed to level 2...intercity travel opened
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved the country from alert level 4 lockdown to alert level 2 after scientific advice which indicated that the country was doing well in combating the deadly Coronavi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 13:29hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lockdown guards need guarding
Lockdown robbery. That's perhaps the best thing to call it.The setting is a once-famous nightclub off Old Mazowe Road on the outskirts of New Marlborough. The time is 10pm on a Friday evening....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Students, teachers arrested over lessons
Enforcement of the Covid-19 lockdown is being intensified with 36 students and nine teachers from a private Harare college arrested on Tuesday, when police found the college operating in defiance of t...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police launch blitz on pirate kombis, taxis
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a crackdown on pirate kombis and taxis commonly known as mshikashikas as the law enforcement agents continue to intensify the fight against violators of lockdown measu...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Please President, Stop the Spread of Covid 19 in Marange
Level Four national lockdown regulations have been introduced to curb the rising tide of Covid-19 infections.In his announcement, President Mnangagwa announced enhanced national lockdown...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
3 000 arrested daily for breaking Covid-19 lockdown regultions
POLICE are arresting more than 3 000 people daily for violating the level four national lockdown regulations.President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week introduced new toughened measures to curb th...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
LOCKDOWN: 10 000 arrested in three days
MORE than 10 000 people have been arrested for contravening the enhanced Level Four national lockdown regulations introduced last week to curb the rising tide of Covid-19 infections.Figures ob...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 kills 57 in two weeks
ZIMBABWE has seen a massive jump in Covid-19 cases, with 2 374 cases and 57 deaths reported in two-and-a-half weeks of this month alone, triggering the Government to consider putting more areas under ...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lockdown looms
GOVERNMENT might be forced to consider strict localised lockdown for Bulawayo as residents continue to flout Covid-19 prevention measures at a time health experts have warned of an imminent Covid-19 t...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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