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Frank Buyanga Sadiqi a victim of abuse of power?
Business tycoon Frank Buyanga Sadiqi is no stranger to controversy and media limelight. Frank is popular for not backing out of fights. Frank Buyanga as an underdog took on dreaded former CIO Minister...Published: 2 hrs ago | 372 | by John Mbizvo
Mnangagwa moves to diffuse tension
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa had to step in yesterday to ease rising tensions in the country over the ongoing national coronavirus lockdown - moving to allow vegetable traders to continue selling thei...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's allies 'grab' Ziscosteel properties amid fears of total collapse
'Vultures' are not waiting for the death of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), but are instead flying low for the kill, eyeing its mega-million assets, among them the steelworks' real e...Published: 8 hrs ago | 6097 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Komichi keeping their cards close to their chests
Douglas Mwonzora and Morgan Komichi are keeping their cards close to their chests as fresh battles erupt for control of the mainstream MDC after the Supreme Court ruled that Thokozani Khupe is the leg...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2541 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown cops injured in Chirundu
Two police officers in Chirundu were injured after a motorist tried to run over them while they were doing patrols to ensure that residents in the border town comply with the 21-day national lockdown ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff reporter
2020 exams to go on as planned
THE government has said the current wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) which has affected several sectors in the country will not have an effect on the preparations for the 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinatio...Published: 8 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's COVID-19 hole
ORDINARILY the 2020 domestic Premiership football season would have been entering its third week, and today some of its stars would have been away with the Warriors in Yaounde, Cameroon, on what also ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
Govt shores up mealie-meal supplies
Government has shored up mealie-meal deliveries to ensure that households have adequate supplies of the staple.Also, some hospitals, including council and privately owned clinics, will tempora...Published: 8 hrs ago | 129 | by Staff reporter
Army deployed to drive delinquents off Zimbabwe streets
GOVERNMENT Saturday deployed the army to help police enforce its 21-day national lockdown which was being violated by sections of the population in parts of Harare's high-density suburbs.The l...Published: 8 hrs ago | 282 | by newzimbabwe
Kwekwe battles to recover confiscated ambulances
THE Kwekwe City Council is battling to repossess two ambulances that were impounded by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for allegedly circumventing import tax, as the local authority seeks to be...Published: 8 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
Go digital, employers told
COVID-19 virus has seen employers taking drastic measures to reduce numbers in the workplace in order to prevent its spread.However, smart technologies can ensure that companies maintain their...Published: 8 hrs ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
Thieves feast on lockdown
DARING thieves in Kwekwe have taken advantage of the 21-day lockdown and broken into shops where they have looted an assortment of goods.Police in the mining town confirmed that several shops ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zimra introduces online tax services
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended all manual transactions with clients, encouraging them to utilise the online platforms for all its operations and tax updates.Zimra Commiss...Published: 8 hrs ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs to go for 8 months without water
AT least three suburbs in Bulawayo will go for a minimum of eight months without water as it has emerged that the city's supply dams only received inflows enough to last for a month during the just en...Published: 8 hrs ago | 293 | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' police officers assault residents
POLICE in Victoria Falls are investigating a case where four junior officers, who were seemingly drunk, allegedly ran amok and assaulted residents leaving two injured and hospitalised on Friday evenin...Published: 8 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
Most Barbourfields upgrades complete
MOST of the renovation work at Barbourfields Stadium has been completed, with the City of Bulawayo having worked tirelessly to get the facility up to standard.Responding to questions from this...Published: 8 hrs ago | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday besieged the opposition MDC headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, and blocked officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa-led part...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 4388 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor in soup over alliance with opposition
ZANU-PF leadership in Chikomba District wants council chairman Isarel Dhikinya stripped of his post for working closely with MDC Alliance councillors, which the leadership says was not in line with pa...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:29hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police officers risk spreading COVID-19'
POLICE have been accused of aiding the spread of the deadly COVID-19 by patrolling streets without protective clothing and bundling those defaulting on the 21-day lockdown in crammed trucks where soci...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Mutare former town clerk in fraud storm
Former Mutare town clerk Obert Muzawazi was arrested last week on fraud charges after he reportedly duped desperate homeseekers by selling them non-existent stands.Muzawazi, who resigned in 20...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:26hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Vic Falls police run amok...beat up residents
Four Zimbabwe Republic Police Officers allegedly went on a rampage beating up residents of Mkhosana suburb in the resort town of Victoria Falls on Friday leaving one man unconscious. The officer...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 2828 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police raid stubborn vendors
Police in Mutare early this morning confiscated three tonnes of vegetables that were meant to supply hundreds of vendors at Sakubva vegetable market, flea a direct disregard of the 21 day lockdown ann...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown house parties worry cops
A Total of 875 people have been arrested countrywide on Day Five of the national lockdown for violating anti-Covid-19 regulations, at a time when police are raising concerns on "lockdown house parties...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:22hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Sports betting catches a cold
GLOBAL suspension of sporting activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic has left multitudes of sports punters miserable and some in the red. Sports betting has over the years grown into a lucrative indu...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees isolated – subjected to inhumane treatment
MORE than 260 Zimbabweans, among them deportees repatriated from neighbouring Botswana, are subjected to unhygienic and squalid conditions at Plumtree High School, which has been turned into an isolat...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: ZRP uses Public Order Vehicles to sanitise COVID-19 hotspots
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has partnered Harare City Council in disinfecting suspected Covid-19 hotspots using Public Order Vehicles (POVs).The POVs are being used to disinfect suspect...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 18:37hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
South Africa police kill more people compared to COVID-19
Eight deaths have allegedly occurred at the hands of police since the start of the nationwide lockdown on 26 March, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).The num...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:36hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Indian twins named 'Corona' and 'Covid'
The pandemic caused by a new virus may have brought the world to its knees, but that has not deterred a couple in Chhattisgarh to name their newborn twins as ‘Corona' and ‘Covid', ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:36hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay correspondent arrested over lockdown breach
POLICE in Chinhoyi yesterday arrested NewsDay correspondent Nunurai Jena on allegations of contravening President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 21-lockdown order.Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zim...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:01hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hometown imposes tough lockdown measures
The Kwekwe district COVID-19 taskforce has imposed tough measures to combat the spread of the disease with the army and police instructed to use sweeping powers to enforce the orders.In a stat...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF distributes mealie-meal at night
Chiredzi Zanu-PF supporters yesterday received subsidised mealie-meal under the cover of darkness following clashes with MDC supporters led by MDC MP (Proportional Representation), Mucharairwa Mugidho...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Nurses desert Wilkins
NURSES at the country's main Covid-19 isolation centre, Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, are resigning as morale hits rock bottom in the crucial health sector, which is in the frontline of Zimbab...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown laws draconian, excessive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of a 21-day national lockdown across Zimbabwe to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus was accompanied by a raft of laws, which are draconian, excessive a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:49hrs | 184 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mpilo CEO Mabandi transferred
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect removed Mr Leonard Mabandi as chief executive officer for Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. Mr Mabandi was appointed Mpilo Central Hospital boss in 2015 ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19, CEO suspension hits Bosso, Caps NetOne sponsorship packages
NETONE chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje is tight-lipped about when they will unveil this year's sponsorship packages for Highlanders and Caps United. The mobile network operator has al...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:22hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
PSL teams increase not binding
THE 2016 Zifa assembly resolution to amend Article 21 of the Zifa constitution that allowed the Premier Soccer League to have 18 teams is still not binding four years down the line. Crucially ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's hands are clean
Embattled MDC deputy secretary for International Relations Douglas Mwonzora has said his hands are clean and he is not leading any faction plotting to depose the party's leader Nelson Chamisa....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:25hrs | 3026 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police lay siege on Chamisa's HQ, as fight for assets brews
POLICE officers are laying siege at the opposition MDC's headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, blocking officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 18:45hrs | 2943 | by Staff reporter
#Covid-19, residents demand water in battle to combat deadly epidemic and avert crisis
A RESIDENTS’ representative group has hauled Chitungwiza Municipality and central government to court seeking an order compelling them to urgently act and ensure provision of water to residents at a...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:05hrs | 215 | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa amends lockdown regulations, allows travel for funerals but only with a permit
South Africa's Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has amended the regulations governing the Covid-19 lockdown, allowing for travel between cities and pro...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
US backs Nelson Chamisa
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF COMMUNICATIONS.We in the MDC NAP are clear, resolute and behind Adv President Nelson Chamisa. We have always maintained that the judiciary in Zimbabwe and courts have be...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:53hrs | 5876 | by MDC North America
Alliance executives stampeded to voice their support for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office-bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:47hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu appointed Cabs MD
Building society Cabs has appointed Mehluli Mpofu as managing director, replacing Simon Hammond who retires after more than five years at the helm of the Old Mutual Zimbabwe unit.Mpofu served ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:46hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:17hrs | 988 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
MDC Youths threaten Komichi with violence
MDC Deputy Spokesperson Womberai Nhende has warned MDC official Morgan Komichi that he must desist from attempting to takeover Harvest House because he will be met with violence. Nhende posted...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 09:29hrs | 3301 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare maid abducts 5 year old boy
Details of Zimbabwe Republic Police stationed in Marondera have reported that they have rescued a 5-year-old boy who is believed to have been kidnapped by a housemaid in Kuwadzana, Harare. Acc...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa family, CIOs sucked into Buyanga court saga
South African based business tycoon Frank Buyanga has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family and the Office of the President (a euphemism for the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation) for ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 4852 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance leaders rally behind Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Thieving manager crashes after high speed 100km chase
THERE was drama in Masvingo recently when an N Richards Retail and Operations Manager was allegedly involved in a high speed chase with Fawcett security guards for more than 100 km before being involv...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power generation remains constrained
ELECTRICITY generation at Kariba Hydropower Station remains constrained despite the dam level rising by 97 centimetres between January and March this year, data from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
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