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'Zimbabwe crisis man-made'
OUTSPOKEN cleric and one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top advisers, Shingi Munyeza, yesterday said the country's crisis was man-made, and mainly centred on unresolved succession matrix.In...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2098 | by Staff reporter
ZACC busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Zapu lobbies for consular offices
THE opposition Zapu is lobbying various embassies to consider opening consular offices in Bulawayo to serve those residing outside the capital, Harare, as is the norm in many countries.Embassi...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Corruption Commission busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 221 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor alleges Zacc witch-hunt
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently offered mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni a piece of land where he intended to build six town houses for an unjustifiable amount of US$2 500. According to cou...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Engutsheni Hospital accused of employing labourers from outside Bulawayo
ENGUTSHENI hospital has come under a storm for allegedly employing people from outside Bulawayo to do general hand work at the institution while several locals are also unemployed.This emerged...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 13:05hrs | 5723 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must renew cordiality
In 2009, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai appointed the then MDC National Organizing Secretary, Nelson Chamisa to be in charge of Ministry of Information and Communicatio...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:27hrs | 3710 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Inter-city bus services resume
Inter-city public transport will now resume under strict health guidelines following the reopening of examination classes in schools and the resumption of domestic tourism, but operators of long-dista...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
You can't continue to lie in this era of technology
Last week Zimbabweans watched in awe when the ZBC TV serialised a documentary that exposed the alleged abduction of the MDC-Alliance trio of Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa, as a ch...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1676 | by Innocent Mujeri
Tempers flare over Zanu-PF DCC polls
CHAOS erupted at Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial offices in Marondera on Saturday after a top official allegedly attempted to bypass elections and impose district co-ordinating committee (DCC) can...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
18 000 dead voters struck off roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) struck off the voters' roll, more than 18 000 deceased people between January and December last year. ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU leader to spend weekend in jail
A student leader arrested on Thursday following protests outside a car rental company on September 8 is spending the weekend in prison after his bail hearing was postponed to Monday.Harare mag...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:05hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio turns to prophets
MDC-Alliance activists who faked abduction in May this year have now turned to apostolic prophets in what appears to be a desperate bid, wrapped in superstition and mythology, to have the State's case...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound unregistered vehicles
Police will impound vehicles without registration plates, some of which are being used to commit crimes.National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, yesterday said: "Any v...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:00hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
'As we move forward, let's transform our work ethics' argue Chiwenga - until end vote rigging culture, going nowhere
"As we move forward and face the future with courage, the expectation of government is that the work ethics and work culture within the Ministry of Health and Child Care undergo deep transformation," ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2072 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police launch blitz on unregistered vehicles
POLICE have begun impounding vehicles without permanent registration plates in a development that brings to an end a moratorium that had been instituted after the Central Vehicle Registration (CVR) ha...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's recolonization complete with Mnangagwa land giveaway to Europeans
The Zimbabwe Government has decided it will give back retaken stolen land--to the white Europeans who stole it in the first place during the colonial era.2020 is indeed a strange year....Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to ban medical trips abroad for 'everybody'
Vice president and health minister Constantino Chiwenga has announced the government will ban overseas medical flights for all Zimbabweans, saying the trips are bleeding the country of scarce foreign ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | 9460 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe gets number plates material
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reported that checks with Central Vehicle Registry [CVR] have revealed that they have some stocks of permanent vehicle registration plates.In a statement polic...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 12:23hrs | 6178 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe's MDC sharpens swords against Mwonzora
THE MDC-United States branch of the Thokozani Khupe-led opposition has accused party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora of being a "warlord" in charge of a violent militia in a bid to personalise the ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 6083 | by Staff reporter
Exclusive Zupco buses for teachers, pupils
PUBLIC transporter, Zupco is working with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to provide exclusive buses that will be used by teachers and pupils when schools open next week.Last w...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Political nobodies should not comment about land
I write to dissect and expose the lies and hypocrisy in the statement issued yesterday by one Kudakwashe Ndavara on behalf of the so called Zimbabwe National Service Graduates Association (ZIM-NASGA)....Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1825 | by Kundayi Masekesa
Chiyangwa faces Zanu-PF central committee ouster
A COTERIE of Zanu-PF activists is fighting for the removal of maverick businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa from the party's central committee.The real estate mogul, who was elevated t...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 6279 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti ally elected new Harare mayor
MDC ALLIANCE-SPONSORED candidate Jacob Mafume yesterday scraped through to land the Harare mayoral post in a tightly contested election, where he was pitted against Luckson Mukunguma of the Thokozani ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 4716 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader denied bail
BULAWAYO Zanu-PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of over US$100 000 using Vice President Kembo Mohadi's name, has been denied bail....Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:41hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe debunks land reform reversal
Government has reiterated that the Land Reform Programme was irreversible and there would be no major disruptions to agriculture as only a few indigenous farmers were likely to be affected by realloca...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Masango in fresh charges
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has summoned suspended Registrar General, Clemence Masango in connection with fresh charges related to abuse of fuel coupons in a scam that the investiga...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says he is an apostle of peace
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala says he has been critical of the government since he was 16 years old and would not flee the country despite the State's desire to persecute critics...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:55hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says 'Cops always came to my office for lunch money'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who is incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, yesterday denied charges that he evaded arrest and went into hiding before his arrest la...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 3235 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to expose theft by Chamisa's faction
WOES continue to mount for embattled MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following reports that the rival camp led by legitimate MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe took control of most of the troubled ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Man fakes erectile dysfunction to avoid sex with wife, 'rapes' minor
A Zvishavane man who faked erectile dysfunction for 17 years to avoid having sex with his wife was exposed after he was arrested for rape. Custon Jojo Machanja (68)'s wife shocked the court wh...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
High Court upholds Gata's suspension
The High Court has upheld a decision to suspend Zesa Holdings executive chairman Sydney Gata pending investigations into abuse of office allegations. Gata faces a string of allegations, among ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1977 | by Staff reporter
Chitando sued
MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been taken to court for allegedly delaying issuing a coke export licence to Hwange Coal Gasification Company (Pvt) Ltd (Hwange).The c...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 4115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe babies born after 30 March will not get birth certificates
State media has reported that Zimbabwean babies born after the 30th of March 2020 are not being issued with birth certificates due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Acting Registrar General Mr Hen...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 07:01hrs | 14795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ARV shortage fears dismissed
Natpharm has assured Zimbabweans on second regimen antiretroviral treatment that the current stocks which are low will be expeditiously replenished. There had been concerns among those who tak...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 05:59hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 creates birth certificate backlog
No children born after March 30 this year have birth certificates, one of the biggest groups missing critical documents since the Registrar General's office decided only burial orders would be issued ...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 05:58hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
No to enforced disappearances, says ZimRights
Itai Dzamara was a Zimbabwean journalist who left the pen for activism. In October 2014, Dzamara hand-delivered a petition to the late former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe at his Munhumutapa Off...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:16hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to join protests
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has started mobilising its members across the country to participate in tomorrow's protests organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2986 | by Staff reporter
Creating in-roads for sustainable peace
The New Dispensation is engrossed with the ever growing malcontented youths, coupled with exasperated civil society owing to the perceived economic meltdown. This disgruntlement has manifested...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:50hrs | 144 | by Emmanuel Murema
Zanu-PF in bid to muscle out company from land
THE ruling Zanu-PF District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) for Harare province, chaired by Goodwills Masimirembwa, has been entangled in a messy property wrangle in which it is seeking the eviction of ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter
MDC turf war escalates over vacant seats
THE messy turf war between MDC-T rival faction leaders Thokozani Khupe, who is the party's interim president, and secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has escalated in the aftermath of hotly contested n...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gov't urged to prioritise fight against corruption
TRANSPARENCY International-Zimbabwe ( TI-Z) has urged the government to prioritise fighting corruption if the country is to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) and succeed in implementing its...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zimstat on door-to-door enumeration exercise
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) is carrying out a nationwide door-to-door enumeration exercise as it prepares for a Covid-19 Epidemiological Prevalence Survey to be conducted next mo...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho entrepreneurs still waiting for COVID-19 relief funds
The government carried out extensive registrations of youth-led initiatives and businesses in the informal sector promising to cushion them against the effects of COVID-19, through the Zimbabwe Youth ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | 169 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Zanu-PF official holds on to party vehicle
ZANU-PF Mashonaland East provincial women's league vice-chairlady Lyn Gororo is yet to hand over a party vehicle she was ordered to return by Saturday last week following the reinstatement of Nyarai T...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:34hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Pyramid scheme bosses on the run
Pyramid scheme bosses Bevern Dzinoenda and Ambrose Chikukwa are wanted by the police in connection with contravening the Banking Act after allegedly operating their money laundering business in Harare...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's ZWL$700 000 'disappeared' from his Nedbank account?
YOUTHFUL businessman and former Zimparks board member Neville Mutsvangwa lost money amounting to over ZWL$700 000 after it 'disappeared' from his Nedbank account, Zim Morning Post reported.Sou...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3233 | by Staff reporter
Police officer cries out for help
Police bosses in Manicaland have been accused of neglecting a 28-year-old officer, who was brutally attacked by robbers while on duty.Rodgers chihanga, father of constable David Taruvinga Chih...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Criminals around the president: How Zimbabwe revolution was hijacked
WHEN the Zimbabwe Defence Forces grabbed power on November 15, 2017, they coined their take-over "Operation Restore Legacy".At the time, they told the nation that they wanted to round up and a...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 08:02hrs | 2299 | by Jonathan Chando
Another MDC Alliance mayor caught up in land 'scam'
GWERU Mayor, Councilor Josiah Makombe allegedly bought a 7 341 square metre stand for slightly over $11 000, an amount described by Government as "sub economic". The Ministry of Local Governme...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
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