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Mpilo MRI scan machine installed
A NEW state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scan has been installed at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, a huge boost to health service delivery for the southern region as it will enha...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Contractors abandon Zimbabwe road projects over payment delays
SOME construction companies have been forced to abandon road rehabilitation work in Bulawayo over payment delays.This is revealed in the latest council minutes under the Emergency Roads Rehabi...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 19:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Judge quits as tribunal is sworn in
THE swearing in of a tribunal to investigate the suitability of Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, to hold office following allegations of improper behaviour triggered his resignation...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Satanism scare at Holy Rosary High School
Parents besieged Holy Rosary High School in Mvurwi yesterday after twenty school girl were possessed by evil spirits in a suspected case of satanism....Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 22:56hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
$800 million boost as BCC resumes suspended road works
Bulawayo City Council is resuming road rehabilitation works which were suspended at the beginning of the year, after Government allocated the city nearly $800 million towards road maintenance....Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Entreprenuer wrestles with Econet
HARARE-BASED businessman, innovator and entrepreneur Ignatius Munengwa has reported the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) top executives to the regulator's chairp...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cheda withdraws from Justice Mabhikwa tribunal
Retired judge Maphios Cheda has recused himself from a tribunal appointed in June to look into Justice Thompson Mabhikwa's fitness to hold office.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named another...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires tribunal head
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday fired retired judge Justice Maphios Cheda as chairperson of a tribunal he set up to determine Justice Thompson James Mabhikwa's fitness to hold the office of Hi...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judges' conduct worries Govt
THE country must interrogate the best ways of appointing judges as there has been a worrying trend in the conduct of officers of the country's apex courts that has resulted in the appointment of tribu...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's trial takes dramatic twist
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in law Simba Chikore took a dramatic twist yesterday after the State threatened to incarcerate its key witness who refused to answer questions citing ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State witness exonerates Mugabe's son-in-law
A POLICE officer who was called in to testify against, former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simbarashe Chikore on charges of unlawful detention, has instead exonerated the former Air Zimbabwe c...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Simba Chikore case faces collapse
The witness in the case in which former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is accused of unlawfully detaining former ZimAirways legal head, yesterday developed cold feet and wrote to...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo gives scholarship to a Guruve pupil
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has availed a full bursary for one L. Munodawafa to study Science subject at St. Francis and St Claire High School in Guruve....Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaseke acquitted
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive, Karikoga Kaseke, was yesterday acquitted of assault charges.Kaseke stood in the dock accused of threatening to assault a female lawyer and poking he...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaseke blames Mnangagwa links
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive Karikoga Kaseke denied Tuesday ever insulting a Harare lawyer, arguing that he was the victim instead.As trial commenced before Harare magistra...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's name dropped in Kaseke assault case
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name has been dragged into a criminal case where Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke faces charges of assaulting top lawyer, Phillip...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaseke fails to show up for court hearing
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive, Karikoga Kaseke, yesterday failed to show up for court hearing where he is accused of threatening to assault a female lawyer and poking her while using abus...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mgagao clashes: A ZIPRA narrative
COMRADE Joseph Sibuko Mbedzi whose Chimurenga name was Joseph Sibuko was born in 1951 in Beitbridge. He grew up in a family that was heavily involved in politics. His big Brother John Mbedzi was expel...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, the land of thieves
If you are on social media there are a couple of home truths.Munyaradzi Mitchell Gumbo must have a secret degree in gynaecology – we see his posts to that effect once in a while. Prince Nobl...Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Robert Mukondiwa
Zimbabwe losing the product counterfeit war
The unchecked growth of counterfeit (fake) products dumped in the Zimbabwean market has reached alarming levels. Although the country's official import bill shows that imports into the country have sl...Published: 18 May 2018 at 17:38hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Jorum Gumbo slips on plane deal
Transport minister Joram Gumbo says the lawyers who were appointed as directors of Zimbabwe Airways and Zimbabwe Aviation Leasing Company (ZALC) were involved in negotiations with creditors who were t...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe upbeat on Davos meetings
This week, world leaders, bureaucrats and leading global business people are meeting at the 48th session of the annual World Economic Forum from 23-26 January in the resort town of Davos-Klosters, Swi...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why President Mnangagwa used Fly Africa
The government has been sending mixed signals over the acquisition of new planes from Malaysia that the state media once claimed were meant for the revival of Air Zimbabwe. However, it has since emerg...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cancer patients screening for free at Mpilo
PEOPLE from the southern part of the country can now be screened for breast cancer without charge at Mpilo Central Hospital as Government has commissioned a $500 000 mammography machine at the Bulaway...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
No amount of legislation can stop piracy
IN all articles that I write, the term ICT is always in the middle of the action. Just to make sure that I do not lose my readers, I will summarise what the term means in a few lines. ICT - Informatio...Published: 28 May 2017 at 08:37hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
No amount of legislation can stop piracy
IN all articles that I write, the term ICT is always in the middle of the action. Just to make sure that I do not lose my readers, I will summarise what the term means in a few lines. ICT — Informat...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Crash victim sues bus firm
AN accident victim is suing Pathfinder luxury bus and its driver for more than $180 000 in damages, medical and hospital expenses after surviving an accident that claimed eight lives three years a...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Miss Philips you were wrong'
There are some who are scared to step out of their nests and step-into their greatness because they believe the voices of their critics who told them that they will never amount to anything. There...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
MIWUSA irked by Zimbabwe Special Permits delays
The Migrant Workers Union of South Africa (MIWUSA) has expressed concerns over the delay in the processing of the Zimbabwe Special Permits (ZSP) in South African and indicated that it is doing all...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans' craziest names
Twenty-seven years ago, as the Chiore family of Harare celebrated the birth of their seventh child, they didn't linger long over what to name him. In fact, the choice was obvious."Most people ...Published: 31 May 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by csmonitor
Philips collaborates with SA company to commercialize Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate Monitor
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa - Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), today announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (PowerFree Edu...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:13hrs | 4 | by Tech Reporter
Organisation begins Zim - SA permit renewal engagement
A new organisation based in Johannesburg has started engaging the authorities in South Africa, seeking a commitment that permits granted to Zimbabweans under a special dispensation period, will be re...Published: 10 Jun 2014 at 19:32hrs | | by Alex Bell
Police insert bananas into suspect's privates
TWO female police officers allegedly inserted bananas into the v*gina of a 17-year-old suspect who was in their custody, a court heard.Faith Sibanda, mother to a one-year-old child together w...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
'Mugabe Hovhorosi style' designer's property attached
Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs Youth Action president James Pande has had his property attached over non-payment of rental arrears and related charges amounting to nearly US$10 000.Pande, of the Hovho...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Underdog launches debut album in Sandton
The long awaited and eagerly anticipated debut album from Zimbabwean born, Blayze entitled, UNDERDOG, was launched Tuesday 3rd December at the prestigious VIP room Nightclub in Sandton.Guests ...Published: 12 Dec 2013 at 09:15hrs | | by Own correspondent
Bulawayo robbery gang locked away for 5 years
A FOUR-MAN robbery gang that gave residents of Bulawayo's Pumula suburb sleepless nights has been locked away for five-and-half years.Mr Bhekisipho Mhlanga (29), Mr Shadreck Mpofu (26), Mr Pr...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 01:42hrs | | by Court Reporter
Telecel lights up the Victoria Falls bridge
Telecel is lighting up the Victoria Falls bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia as part of its contribution to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly being hosted by the two count...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 08:27hrs | | by Mike Hamilton
Philips to help improve health care infrastructure in Zimbabwe
Royal PHILIPS, the leading global healthcare and lighting company, has expressed its commitment to help improve health care infrastructure in the country.Debriefing journalists in Harare yeste...Published: 24 May 2013 at 03:17hrs | | by Business Reporters
Philips roadshow stops over in Zimbabwe for first time
Amsterdam-based Royal Philips will for the first time be bringing its annual Cape Town-to-Cairo roadshow to Zimbabwe next week.The company, which is a global leader in healthcare technology an...Published: 17 May 2013 at 06:54hrs | | by Michael Hamilton
BBC journalists stage-manage Zimbabwe political violence, say police
TWO British Broadcasting Corporation journalists on Saturday stage-managed political violence in Mbare with the aid of MDC-T officials which they then flighted on their channel in an attempt to trash ...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spanish Ambassador to Zimbabwe dies in a car accident
THE Spanish Ambassador to Zimbabwe has been killed in a car crash while on holiday in Namibia, the embassy announced on Tuesday.Ambassador Pilar Fuertes Ferragut also doubled up as the Span...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 17:02hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Outrage as journalists describe newborn baby as 'monster'
There was worldwide outrage and condemnation after an article in 2011 by a Nigerian news website described a baby as a "monster" and a "strange creature, which has bulging, froggy eyes."...Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 10:53hrs | | by Matthews Estell
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