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6 die in kombi crash
Six people were killed, while three others were seriously injured near Juru Growth Point when the driver of the commuter omnibus lost control of the vehicle following a tyre burst, resulting in it vee...Published: 22 hrs ago | 571 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa revisits his nearly fatal ice cream poisoning
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again revisited his nearly fatal poisoning at the height of the ruling Zanu-PF's deadly tribal, factional and succession wars last year - revealing how he had lat...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:43hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
26 UK doctors jet in for exchange programme
The Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is continuing to yield fruits as exhibited by the arrival of 26 UK based medical practitioners for an exchange programme with Zimbabwe.The medical exch...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
'Arrest of bigwigs in line with Zanu-PF’s anti-corruption stance'
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has said the arrest of bigwigs, among them former Cabinet ministers, is in line with the ruling party's resolutions to clamp down on all forms of gr...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:56hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Kombi accident death toll rises to 6
One person died at Parirenyatwa Hospital this morning raising the death toll of the Tsatsi commuter omnibus accident to 6.The woman who was transferred from Mvurwi Hospital to Parirenyatwa Hos...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:28hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Angry bar owner shoots patron over stolen cattle
A 34-YEAR-OLD Goromonzi man is lucky to be alive after a bar owner shot him on the thigh for refusing to vacate the premise on allegations that he once stole the businessman's cattle sometime in 2016....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 6467 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's special graft team under siege
In May this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a team of lawyers and prosecutors to form the Special Anti-Corruption Unit as part of his pledge to deal with corruption.months later, the...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Economic war cabinet
After the noise and deliberate anti-development scheme by the opposition President Mnangagwa has appointed a new well balanced and surprising Cabinet. The nation is very anxious for change and the anx...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 701 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
ED 'so far so good' but you need Chamisa to resuscitate the economy
It is always good to give an applause when someone in the caliber of President Mnangagwa does well. As much as I don't like the man but I think he deserve a little bit of some thumbs up and respect co...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:45hrs | 3435 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mugabe's former ministers under siege
FORMER Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa was yesterday arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office, the first high profile casualty of a crackdown by a Special Anti-Corruption Unit...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's health minister caught in anti-corruption dragnet
Former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa was yesterday arrested and appeared at Harare magistrates' courts on charges of criminal abuse of office. The arrest is seen as part of Governm...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:06hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stop window dressing
Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), Nelson Chamisa, has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is the king of selfies, that he is the master of window dressing and an expert...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 14:52hrs | 3334 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mugabe's health Minister, David Parirenyatwa arrested
Former Heath and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa has appeared in court facing a charge of criminal abuse of office after his actions allegedly resulted in the State losing $30 000 paid to two m...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 13:14hrs | 11281 | by Staff reporter
Dirty City Mayor lifts lid on cholera
NEW Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba says the central government and Zanu PF should take responsibility for the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed the lives of 21 people, alleging that a caretaker c...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Brain stimulation therapy comes to Zimbabwe
Mental Health MattersSessions of magnetic brain stimulation therapy lasting just over 20 to 30 minutes per day significantly reduce depression symptoms in patients. The treatment, called repet...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:12hrs | 171 | by Dr Sacrifice Chirisa
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5122 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Cabinet: A patronage, merit alchemy?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, following a disputed narrow victory in July which had to be validated by the Constitutional Court in August, appointed a new Cabinet on Friday, September 7....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 1596 | by Washington Katema
Man breaks wife's leg
A fugitive Mushumbi man was dragged to Guruve magistrates' court on Friday for allegedly breaking his wife's right leg three years ago.Gatsi Chivamba (39) who was elusive to the police since 2...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 2711 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man scalds wife in birth certificate wrangle
POLICE in Goromonzi have launched a manhunt for a 60-year-old man who last week allegedly poured hot water on his sleeping wife after a heated argument over obtaining a birth certificate for their chi...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hailed for dumping 'wealthy ministers'
WAR veterans secretary-general and newly-appointed War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dumping some of the long-serving ministers whom he descri...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Hope as Mnangagwa swings axe
Cabinet appointments anywhere in the world are by their nature highly-contested and emotive affairs - because virtually all politicians think they are Cabinet material, while ordinary citizens harbour...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:15hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa's Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has been well-received after his bold decision to bring in technocrats who are not necessarily politicians and the more to drop deadwood.Zimbabweans ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1282 | by Editorial - The Standard
Axed ministers speak out
Some Zanu-PF heavyweights left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet yesterday said they had accepted their fate and were not bitter.Former Energy minister Simon Khaya Moyo said he...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | 7524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 13837 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa failed to make the cut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a 20-member cabinet with some surprise new inclusions while some Zanu PF heavyweights who had almost become permanent features in successive governments since in...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 11:25hrs | 7854 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC salute Trudy Stevenson
BOTH the ruling Zanu PF and opposition MDC Alliance parties yesterday briefly set aside their differences and saluted the late Trudy Stevenson, who served as Zimbabwean ambassador to Senegal and The G...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints technocrats in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Cabinet shocker
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2787 | by Staff Reporter
17 ministers left out of Mnangagwa cabinet
The following are no longer ministers in President Mnangagwa's new cabinet:Patrick Chinamasa - (Minister of Finance and Economic Development)...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:46hrs | 24691 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa dumps Obert Mpofu
Former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has been left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new lean cabinet, which does not include long serving members such as Simon Khaya Moyo, Patrick Chinamasa, ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:11hrs | 14047 | by Staff reporter
EMA okays Gweru water
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has given Gweru City Council water a clean bill of health after conducting tests at the city's main water source, Gwenhoro Dam and also sampled tap water in a...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Guards charged with attempted murder
THREE security guards, who allegedly opened fire on gold panners near Arcturus Mine in Goromonzi on Sunday, injuring four, yesterday appeared before magistrate Florence Chakanyika facing four counts o...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women flood Harare hospital
Harare Central Hospital is struggling to cope with a surging number of women seeking free maternal health services — creating bed shortages in the process at one of the country's major referral cent...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:06hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested after Acturus shooting
Police in Goromonzi have arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting of illegal gold panners at Acturus Mine that occurred on Sunday morning.This comes as investigations into the s...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:55hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Nyambirai's security guards shoot 4 miners in gold spat
SECURITY guards at businessman Tawanda Nyambirai's Arcturus Mine in Goromonzi reportedly shot and injured four artisanal miners on Sunday as the gold dispute at the mine rages on.The security ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Security guards opened fire on gold panners
Four gold panners at Arcturus Mine in Goromonzi were on Sunday morning left seriously injured after some security guards opened fire on them as the battle over the gold field rages on.The secu...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 11:19hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Hospital worker bashed, robbed
A Mvurwi hospital worker was reportedly bashed by an unknown assailant before being robbed of his Gtel mobile phone while coming from a local night club on Friday night.Sources familiar with t...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 20:06hrs | 1295 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa speaks on mbanje production
GOVERNMENT will only legalise production of industrial cannabis and will put in place regulations to control its production, President Mnangagwa has said. He was speaking during a question and...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Ruvheneko quits Zimpapers
TOP broadcaster Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa is stepping down from her full-time role at the Zimpapers' Radio Division to pursue other opportunities, NewZimbabwe.com reported.Close associates insist...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 18:17hrs | 3789 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to E.D. Mnangagwa the Incoming president of Zimbabwe
Mr. President, I congratulate you with 'heavyheart' for being sworn in as the next president of the republic of Zimbabwe for the next five years. I am sure that that you are aware that millions of Zim...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 23:10hrs | 2822 | by Don Chigumba
Mhashu burial today
MDC founding member and former Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities Mr Fidelis Mhashu who died on Monday night at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals will be buried today at Glen Forest Memor...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:39hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bigger than all of us
THE Constitutional Court today convenes to deliberate on a petition by MDC-Alliance candidate Nelson Chamisa challenging President Mnangagwa's victory in the July 30 election. The President po...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 05:59hrs | 100 | by Editorial - The Herald
Fidelis Mhashu dies
Fidelis Mhashu, one of the founding MDC Veteran politician has died. Mhashu who was 76 died at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Monday night. MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said, "The MDC ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 16:45hrs | 4662 | by Staff reporter
Govt budgets $1,5m for free dialysis
Government has set aside $1,5 million to bankroll costs associated with renal treatment following its recent policy on free dialysis in all public health institutions, Health and Child Care Minister D...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally sets soldiers on vendors
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Owen Ncube has set the dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC) units on vendors to forcefully move them from the Gweru central business district (CBD).JOC i...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 5214 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots at witch-hunt over 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF is set to implode over the protest vote (bhora musango) allegations, with the ruling party's youth league vowing to name and shame all parliamentary candidates who mobilised less votes for Pre...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:01hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
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