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'Nothing must be left to chance' declares Mnangagwa, mobilising his vote rigging juggernaut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to mobilise Zanu PF's vote-rigging juggernaut in preparation for the by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. Two weeks ago he called on the war veter...Published: 1 hr ago | 83 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tech trends that cannot be ignored in 2021 and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated reduced physical human interaction with more people engaging online now than ever before. This is unlikely to fade anytime soon and will see the increased datafic...Published: 1 hr ago | 34 | by Agencies
Hooker stabs surprise visit ex
Peter Mpofu (45) was left bleeding after he was stabbed in the neck, forehead and hand by his sex worker ex-girlfriend for visiting her without notice.Mpofu, who lives in Nketa suburb, visited...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2077 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes 'bad cook' wife
A woman who has been physically and verbally abused by her husband for being a bad cook has rushed to the courts to seek a protection order.Loraine Dombo of Nketa 7 suburb in Bulawayo initiall...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Abused hubby washes plates at knifepoint
Men usually suffer in silence when they are abused by their wives, but Louis Moyo who has been enduring a tough time at the hands of his violent wife, who threatens to stab him to death, summoned the ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 12 hrs ago | 831 | by Staff reporter
Looting scandal sucks in deputy minister
INDUSTRY and Commerce deputy minister and Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has been caught in an equipment stripping scandal after he allegedly received materials looted by the judicial manager of a...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 13 hrs ago | 636 | by Staff reporter
Gweru introduces electronic parking system
GWeRU City Council, in partnership with City Parking (Pvt) Limited, has rolled out an automated pre-paid parking system to replace the manual system that has long been condemned by motorists as open t...Published: 13 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Digitalisation to usher 12 new TV stations in ZImbabwe
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa says the transformation of the media landscape from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting will improve signal ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 217 | by Staff reporter
ZTN ready to hit screens
ZIMPAPERS Television Network (ZTN) which was last year awarded a broadcasting licence along with other five stations, has welcomed yesterday's digital switch-over and is ready to roll out programming....Published: 13 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira applies for separation of trial
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira has applied for separation of trial in a matter in which she is jointly charged with ex-Public Service Commission (PSC) permanent Secretary Ngoni Masoka on cor...Published: 13 hrs ago | 71 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'I won't let you down'
President Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's once great highways as he announced his Government's commitment of $30 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10, 000kms of th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:59hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Chevecheve High School is facing serious water challenges
Chevecheve High School is facing a serious water challenges such that a concerned whatsapp group had embarked on a fundraising campaign to install a solar powered borehole at the school.Chevec...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 708 | by Mugwaza
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3081 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed courier service operator jailed
A HARARE man was yesterday sentenced to two months imprisonment for offering courier services to the public without a licence.Benson Masawi (28), who appeared before magistrate Tendai Muchina ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1491 | by Thandekile Moyo
Nakamba targets one million kids
WARRIORS midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, has set himself a target to assist, at least, one million kids in Zimbabwe to have access to education. This will be done through his Marvelous Nakamba Foundati...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revises indigenisation policy
Zanu-PF has come up with a Revised Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment policy which has already been incorporated into the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). The policy is expected to b...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revises indigenisation policy
ZANU PF has come up with a Revised Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment policy which has already been incorporated into the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). The policy is expec...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 525 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga says 'more innovative health solutions critical'
Government has pledged to be innovative and always on hand to curb threats posed by Covid-19 in the country's quest to attain high health standards for citizens. Vice President Dr Constantino ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 125 | by Staff Reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | 679 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa calls Zimbabweans to freely discuss the Gukurahundi genocide
THE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the nation to freely discuss and chart the way forward on the Gukurahundi disturbances that occurred in the early and mid 1980s.The President who...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:04hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party
A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secessi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1695 | by Thandekile Moyo
Mnangagwa's govt resurrects youth militia
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced the return of its infamous National Youth Service programme for its youth militia, also known as "Border Gezi graduates", with analysts saying the move was meant to inst...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer's bid to close down digital banking platforms flops
A HARARE lawyer's attempt to have all mobile-based digital banking platforms of FBC Bank closed after an imposter used his name to fraudulently open an account with the bank for criminal activities, f...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance wounds self-inflicted, says analysts
LIKE a deck of jacks, the MDC-Alliance is crumbling, triggering a mass exodus of distressed and disillusioned former officials who are joining Zanu-PF in droves. At the centre of the collapse ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Government told to fund testing of learners
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) has urged the government to fund the testing of students and staff in public, boarding and community schools for Covid-19 to curb the continued spread of the v...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:21hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to work only Monday and Tuesday
The government will try to restart salary negotiations with public sector workers, a minister said on Sunday as tens of thousands of civil servants gave notice to work two-day weeks.Public sec...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5887 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Luke Malaba to stay
ON 6 April 2021, the Zimbabwean senate passed Constitutional Amendment Bill (N0.1), which had been declared null and void by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on 31 March 2020, after it was unconsti...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 4559 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tramples on constitution over Malaba
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is back on track after a temporary derailment of a controversial extension of his tenure linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid.This comes afte...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3755 | by Staff reporter
'Cabinet misled on learners' safety'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday alleged that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry misled Cabinet into recommending the premature opening of schools on March 15, whi...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
'Schools can't afford COVID-19 test costs'
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has urged government to craft a supplementary budget to cushion schools throughout the country to ensure that they effectively implement COVID-...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
BCC runs out of industrial land
BULAWAYO City Council says it has run out of land for industrial expansion and has opened negotiations with property developer, Old Mutual, for a land swap deal.According to council's latest m...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Government to avail land
ZIMBABWE agricultural land backlog stands at over 200 000 and the Government will soon be availing the land to potential beneficiaries once modalities on the land audit are complete, a Cabinet Ministe...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Motorist loses car, cash to armed robbers
Two armed robbers stole a Mercedes Benz, US$900, $110 and cellphones after blocking a vehicle last Thursday night along Amalinda Road near Churu Farm in the south-west of Harare. The robbers, ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Rufaro Stadium investor runs into brickwall
HARARE City Council might have lost a huge opportunity to own a modern football stadium after the municipality turned down a private investor's offer to renovate, and maintain Rufaro, in exchange for ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Senator says striking teachers must resign
AN opposition MDC-T senator last Thursday said teachers who were not reporting for work should leave employment and let unemployed qualified teachers take over.Masvingo senator Tichinani Mavet...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2264 | by Staff reporter
Zapu executive in double-dipping storm
SUSPENDED Zapu organising secretary Derek Katsenga has been accused of being a mole and working with Zanu-PF to lure the party into joining the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) initiated by President...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Musona dreams big
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona is targeting qualification to at least the third round of the Fifa World Cup qualifying phase.Zimbabwe are placed in Group G of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualif...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Minister guarantees showbiz return
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire on Friday met with Bulawayo-based artists and assured them of the imminent reopening of the showbiz sector after it had remain...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Fake stamps syndicate man fined $100,000
A 44-year-old Beitbridge man who is part of a syndicate using fake customs and immigration stamps to illegally clear travellers and goods at the country's port of entry has been fined $100 000 by a Be...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to 'recall' Zanu-PF ministers
OPPOSITION party Zapu says it will this week write to Parliament seeking to recall its former members, who are now part of the ruling Zanu-PF.Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, said the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4359 | by Staff reporter
Third wave feared
The spike in Covid-19 cases, especially in schools, could be a signal of the beginning of a deadlier third wave of the pandemic, health experts have warned.According to a situation report rele...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Milk shortages hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been hit by a serious milk shortage, with dairy farmers citing viability challenges emanating from poor producer prices, it has emerged. Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chair...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Clubs progress delights PSL
The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has expressed delight at the progress, which local clubs have made towards the resumption of local football after 17 of the 18 teams managed to conduct Covid-19 tests g...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pampers Mayor with double storey mansion
IN a first for Bulawayo, the city council is set to pamper the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni, with a mayoral mansion located in the exclusive Hornung Golf Club in the leafy suburb of Burnside, Sunda...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in daylight raid
A GANG of armed robbers yesterday stormed wholesale outlet, Bulk Cash and Carry, located on Basch Street and Khami Road in Bulawayo, and viciously assaulted staff and customers before getting away wit...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
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