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Joint venture to upgrade Harare-Nyamapanda Road
The Zimbabwean Cabinet, under the leadership of Honourable Anxious Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, convened to review the latest developments on the 202...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Farm input abusers face blacklist
The government has introduced stringent new measures to curb the theft and abuse of agricultural inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme, as part of its ongoing efforts to improve food security and...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends road rehab
President Mnangagwa has extended the state of disaster for Zimbabwe's road infrastructure network until December 31, 2026, following the initial declaration on February 23, 2021. This extension is for...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:30hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
When dark babies are not good enough
For Ms Ntokozo Gumbo, after successfully achieving her desired complexion following years of investing in skin care to lighten her skin tone, she was disappointed when she gave birth to a baby heavily...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 354 | by Andile Tshuma
Chirundu border post modernises
Chirundu Border Post is undergoing significant modernization with the recent installation of information screens. Angeline Mashiri, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority regional manager for Chirundu...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:42hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ZIDA attracts US$1,8bn investment
Zimbabwe attracted investments totaling US$1.8 billion in the second quarter of the year, with US$745 million in the manufacturing sector and US$282.7 million in mining. The Zimbabwe Investment and De...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:26hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Malawians arrested driving a stolen car heading for the Limpopo River
SOUTH African police have arrested two Malawians found driving a stolen Toyota Fortuner worth R900 000 which they were allegedly planning to smuggle to their country via Zimbabwe.The duo was a...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants PPPs in stadiums revamp
FINANCE, Economic Development and Investment Promotions minister Mthuli Ncube has urged private players to come on board to help revamp stadiums. Ncube said private players could come on board under t...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital borders to go online in first quarter
ZIMBABWE will start the full implementation of the digitalised border concept this first quarter with a target of transforming all ports of entry into electronic gates by the end of the year.O...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt neglects Matebeleland roads, to focus on other regions
The last gaps in the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are the primary target on the Government's infrastructure programme this year, while the modernisation of Forbes and Nyamapanda border posts is ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Plans to relocate tollgates at advanced stage
THE Skyline Tollgate will soon be moved to the 36km peg along the Harare-Masvingo Road, moving it outside the present urban conglomeration, while the new Shamva tollgate which was last month moved fro...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Only 46km of Harare-Mutare dualisation complete, open to traffic
A 46-kilometer dual carriageway between Harare and Marondera has been successfully completed and opened to traffic as part of the Second Republic's efforts to enhance the country's road infrastructure...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimbabwePorts of entry get boost
GOVERNMENT has started overhauling and refurbishing three of the country's major ports of entry and highways that connect Zimbabwe to the region.The country is looking to cement its status as ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop steals US$30 from the police station
A police officer stationed at Nyamapanda police station will spend the holidays behind bars after appearing before Mutoko Magistrate, Terrence Masha...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 09:42hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records a 47,8% jump in the number of visitors from abroad
THE country recorded a 47,8 percent increase in the number of visitors from abroad during the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year while the number of returning residents in...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 17:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Tourist arrivals increase by 51.5% in just 3 months
TOURIST arrivals to Zimbabwe increased by a roaring 51, 5% in the first quarter of the year, signalling significant recoveries in one of the country's highest earning sectors, the Zimbabwe National St...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Precious minerals smuggled through Zimbabwe porous borders
ZIMBABWE is losing precious minerals through porous borders, with security forces and border officials manning the entry points seriously incapacitated to plug illicit flows, a report by the Parliamen...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to split the votes
The Zimbabwean harmonised elections are around the corner. The date to hold the election has been announced and every serious political party is now gearing for this do or die election where a battle ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni
2 arrested over smuggled drugs
POLICE in Nyamapanda, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two men for smuggling three bags of medical drugs into the country.Collins Kanhukamwe (49) and Brian Samu (35) were arrested for ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highway 'mysterious' bus demystified
Today, Zimbabweans are being treated to yet another story of a "talking bus" that has been parked by the roadside along Harare-Nyamapanda Highway for over three years.Tales of "talking" buses ...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Speed freaks turn Zimbabwe highways into racecourses
WITH a cigarette stuck between his shaking fingers, Moses Nerutanga (37) puffs up clouds of smoke into the air as he relives how he escaped death by a whisker in a recent bus accident.As he sa...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rimbi bus collides with motorcycle
Rimbi Travel and Tour bus was involved in an accident today, it collided with a motorcycle while travelling from Zimbabwe to Malawi.The bus collided with a motorcycle near Mutoko centre, two p...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 16:50hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bulawayo's Renkini a white elephant as intercity buses shun it
Renkini Bus Terminus was, for years, the nerve centre for Bulawayo's transport system with people intending to travel to other cities and towns trooping to the station to board buses.Many othe...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Buses shift to new illegal rank
PUBLIC transporters who used to operate from an illegal bus rank along Leopold Takawira Avenue near Centenary Park have moved to another illegal rank along 4th Avenue behind Eveline High School....Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn drivers over speeding
ONE person died while seven others were seriously injured after a bus rammed into a tipper truck at the 160 km peg along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road.The accident happened on Tuesday at around 4...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus crash caught on camera
A video of a speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus has surfaced on the socials. Watch the video below to the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-iQvH41PoA source familiar with the situ...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:29hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
27 men believed to be migrants found dead along road in Zambia
Twenty-seven bodies, believed to be of Ethiopians or Somalis, have been found dumped along a road in the Meanwood Khosi Area in Lusaka, Zambia, after apparently suffocating in a container used by huma...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 00:49hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Man assaults friend over game of cards
A 26-YEAR-OLD Mudzi man was on Thursday arraigned before Mutoko magistrates courts after assaulting his friend over a game of cards....Published: 12 Nov 2022 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
354km of Harare-Beitbridge road opened to traffic
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made in the ongoing rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge Road that was once a death trap but is now turning into a modern road under the watch of the Second Republic....Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils new-look Beitbridge Border Post
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post and said all border posts would be upgraded to improve the quality of services in the transport sub-sector.He d...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police chief to perform community service
FORMER officer Commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) at Southerton Police Station in Harare, Chief Superintendent Kirispen Mutsengi, has been ordered to perform 315 hours of community service after...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
86 Malawians nabbed in Zimbabwe
POLICE have arrested 86 Malawi nationals found hidden at a house in Murewa, Mashonaland East province.According to a police memo seen by NewsDay, the group, which comprised 76 males and 10 fem...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Malawi immigrants jailed
TWELVE illegal Malawi immigrants were sentenced to three months in prison by Mutoko magistrate Rumbidzai Mhandu for illegally staying in Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 19:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mzi Khumalo urged to dispose of Zimbabwe mines
SOUTH African mining magnate Mzi Khumalo is under pressure to dispose of Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica- land province and Mazowe Gold Mine in Mashonaland Central as the mines have become hotbeds ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cow thief caged
A 42-year-old Mudzi man Samuel Mazengera was sentenced to a mandatory stock theft nine year sentence by Mutoko magistrate Elijah Sibanda on Friday....Published: 15 May 2022 at 15:40hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Twenty five Malawians illegally enter Zimbabwe
LUCKY ran out for twenty-five Malawians who illegally entered Zimbabwe enroute South Africa on Thursday.The matter came to light ...Published: 08 May 2022 at 17:24hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiwenga pleads with business
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday pleaded with the business community to practise "ethical business ethos" and desist from unjustified price hikes.Officially opening the internatio...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on gold buyer
Five armed robbers who robbed a gold buyer of his gold and a safe containing cash have been arrested while fleeing with their loot along Nyamapanda highway.Wiramayi Willard Gatsi(34), Benjamin...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 14:42hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Women bites neighbour's finger over shoes
FAILURE to control temper ended disastrous for a Mudzi woman who chewed the finger of her neighbor before poking her after accusing her of stealing her ch...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 20:12hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZRP facing collapse
ZIMBABWE'S police service could collapse if no urgent action is taking to lift the morale of police officers through better pay, fixing key infrastructure and providing modern operational tools, a cro...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police recover 6,8kg of dagga in Zupco bus
Police in Mashonaland East province have recovered 6,8kg of dagga from a Zupco bus travelling along the Harare-Nyamapanda highwayMashonaland East police spokesperson Inspector confirmed the in...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 villagers accused of murdering rapist
AT least 14 Mutoko villagers have been arrested and charged with murder after they took turns to beat a suspected rapist last week.The case was reported to the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Nyam...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet up for car theft
A 34-year-old self-styled Murehwa prophet has been arrested on allegations of stealing a Toyota Belta worth US$4 000, belonging to a client during a cleansing ceremony on a mountain in Mutoko....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief in court over extortion
Chief Chikwaka yesterday appeared in court for allegedly attempting to extort US$15 000 from Goodness and Mercy Ministries leader Tapiwa Freddy, for him to conceal rape allegations against the clergym...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Major road projects continue
Work on major road projects under the Second Republic is continuing, even during the rains, as the Government modernises road infrastructure, with construction of an additional Norton tollgate now und...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (5) dies in croc attack
IN an incident that has left villagers in Nyamapanda shell-shocked, a five-year-old boy was killed by a crocodile and remains suspected to be his were discovered two days later.The boy was fro...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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