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Water barons exploit Bulawayo's deepening water crisis
Unscrupulous individuals in Bulawayo are taking advantage of the city's worsening water crisis by selling scarce water at high prices and charging extra fees for delivery to desperate residents unable...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
The war in Sudan is still happening and the world has moved on
Somewhere between the latest tech layoffs, celebrity gossip, and viral TikToks about how to season your trauma with lavender oil and affirmations, a war is still raging in Sudan. Yes, still. Not metap...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:00hrs | 360 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Govt boosts completion drive on Harare-Beitbridge highway
The Government has released a new tranche of funding to expedite the completion of outstanding sections of the Harare–Beitbridge Highway, with contractors now back on site and working at full thrott...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:06hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Phala Phala: Ramaphosa, the missing millions, and the phantom buffalo deal
As the Constitutional Court mulls its judgment in the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) legal challenge this week against Parliament's decision to dismiss an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ra...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:43hrs | 615 | by Hope Ntanzi
Trucks pile up on Zimbabwe side as SA runs out of parking space
Commercial cargo destined for regional and international markets is piling up on the Zimbabwean side at Beitbridge Border Post after the South African side ran out of parking space.Zimbabwe ha...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
3 injured after five car pile up
Three individuals sustained injuries in a multi-vehicle collision stemming from a Toyota Hilux rear-ending a Honda CRV, leading to a pileup involving five cars.In an official statement, the po...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to split the votes
The Zimbabwean harmonised elections are around the corner. The date to hold the election has been announced and every serious political party is now gearing for this do or die election where a battle ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 13 | by Leonard Koni
Inside elections: Can the yellow wave shake-up Mashonaland East?
This is the first in a series of (inside elections) articles examining the politics and possible voting patterns of 2023's general election in expected swing/marginal National Assembly constituencies....Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 21 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Mnangagwa must not deliver another Lima
WHITE commercial farmers forced off their land over 20 years ago have waited since 2018 — when government agreed to a compensation deal — to receive their settlements. It is important to note that...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 vehicles burnt to shells in accident
Four vehicles were yesterday reduced to shells after they caught fire in a pile up caused by a head-on collision of two haulage trucks along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.The accident occurr...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa close ally's Gutu South constituency retained
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has retained Gutu South constituency represented in the National Assembly by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pupurai Togarepi which it had previously collap...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Collapse of Gutu South constituency challenged
THE parliamentary ad hoc committee tasked with analysing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's draft delimitation report has challenged the collapse of Gutu South constituency currently represented by t...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZESA and government corruption and incompetence to blame for perennial power challenges in Zimbabwe
As I write this article, I am preparing for a scheduled eight-hour power outage - from 08:00 to 17:00 hours - and, as can be seen, translates into an enti...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'We're winning (2023) Big! Faka pressure!' claim Chamisa - Doesn't even know who is piling what pressure and on whom?
For the first twenty years of our independence the nation trusted the late Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies whole heartedly, they were the liberation war heroes and heroines would could do no wro...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Your 'new dispensation' claims are banal
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, authority of the Office of the President is being undermined by the incumbent.Oftentimes your speeches are unwholesome and not in tan...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Conflict resolution in marriage
MARRIAGE is a good thing, but it is decorated by conflict. How you resolve conflict as a couple will determine the state and taste of your marriage. In this article, I (JN) interview Dr Francis Munang...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo linked to inflated Belarus fire tenders scandal
LOCAL government minister July Moyo was this Monday the subject of another corruption allegation storm over the procurement of fire-fighting vehicles from Belarus.Moyo is reportedly under inve...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Inyathi gang busted
POLICE have busted a notorious gang that had wreaked havoc in Inyathi through unlawful entry and theft.The five-member gang was arrested after one of its members who was on a failed solo missi...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Mutare Highway urgently needs widening
MUTARE Highway passes through the dormitory town of Ruwa. When the highway was designed, it was meant to also serve Ruwa, Mabvuku-Tafara, Msasa, Greendale, Hillside and Eastlea.Ruwa has since ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Rejoice Ngwenya Ruwa resident
Zimbabwean telcos planning tariff hike
Like most sectors of the economy, the telecommunications industry is expected to review its pricing in the coming days in response to rising operating costs, analysts and industry sources say....Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi nominates Chief Murinye for person of the year award
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has nominated Chief Murinye of Masvingo as Zimbabwe's Person of the Year for standing up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over corruption and telling his de...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Traders face uncertain future as demolitions surge
AROUND mid-day at a shopping strip called Gazaland in Harare's Highfield high-density suburb, a mustard yellow tractor roars through a warren of small businesses, razing everything in its path....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:34hrs | 13 | by Linda Mujuru/Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabweans govt acts after SA rebuke
The government has deployed a crack team from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and the Zimbabwe Republic Police Criminal Investigation Department to Beitbridge amid reports that corruption was at the co...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC's fresh sanctions call flops
THE MDC-Alliance unsuccessfully tried to lobby the European Union (EU) to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe after its parliamentarians had been recalled from Parliament following a Supreme Court ruli...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled goods pile up at border
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has run out of storage space at Beitbridge after forfeited goods accumulated since the imposition of Covid-19 restrictions. The tax collector has...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council battles to clear garbage backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has unveiled a revised refuse collection schedule for the city's eastern and industrial areas as the local authority battles to clear heaps of garbage which have been pilin...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Keep knocking at Heaven's door with prayers to God
Now that again schooling seem out of sight due to the evil Coronavirus, parents and guardians are urged to keep an eye on their children. Being young, energetic and restless, they are vulnerab...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Garbage piles grow in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb as council continues to struggle to collect refuse from both residential areas and the city centre. The failure by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to coll...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corpses pile up at Mpilo mortuary
CORPSES continue to pile up at Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary in Bulawayo due to delays by relatives in collecting the bodies for burial and authorities are reportedly mulling conducting pauper buria...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus and three cars pile up in Beitbridge
A 42-year-old Beitbridge man was killed, while three others were seriously injured in a road accident involving three light vehicles and a Zupco bus on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cargo traffic jam persist at Beitbridge border
COMMERCIAL cargo continues to pile up at Beitbridge Border Post due to regulatory Covid-19 related clearance delays on the South African side.Transporters say the situation has not changed sin...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Injuries rock Dembare
ARCHFORD Gutu has been ruled out of Dynamos' trip to Hwange on Sunday for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match as injuries continue to pile up at the Harare giants.The midfielder, who ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge businessman dies in 3-car pile-up
Renowned Beitbridge businessman, Mr Emmanuel Tawanda Chiwa (35) was on Wednesday night killed in an accident when his car was involved in a three vehicles pile up along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Coffin prices skyrocket
THE prices of coffins has gone up by more than 100 percent in recent months forcing dozens whose relatives are dying without funeral covers to turn to small entrepreneurs whose prices are still afford...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa goes after Wadyajena...again
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has called upon Parliament to investigate the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water and Climate Mayor Justice Wadyajena after the Grain ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New telecoms tariffs loom
CONSUMERS of telecommunications services must brace for a significant increase in tariffs, which will further eat into their pockets.The director-general of the Postal and Telecommunications R...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo CEO survives fatal head-on accident
MPILO Central Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Mr Leonard Mabhandi, cheated death after his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another near the 10km peg along Gweru-Kwekwe highway, poli...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 vehicle pile-up blocks Vic Falls busy road
FOUR people were critically injured following a nine-vehicle pile-up in Victoria Falls yesterday, blocking a busy road in the resort town for almost an hour. The accident, which resulted in in...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa racing against time
The MDC Alliance is racing against time in its desperate bid to overturn results of the just-ended polls, with the party keeping the whole world guessing about the veracity of the evidence it claims t...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition overwhelmed by Mnangagwa's new dispensation
The much-talked about 2018 harmonised elections are now just weeks away and events in the opposition camp are a sight to see. Opposition politics has always been more about removing Mr Robert Mugabe f...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Everybody cared when they were alive no one mourned when they died alone abroad
As more people live on their own, a growing number Zimbabweans are dying unnoticed and unloved with neither friends nor family in the UK. Maria Mangena left few possessions when she died. Poli...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 17:28hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa faces bhora musango
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the spectre of a repeat of the sabotage that characterised the 2008 elections after scores of prospective legislators were elbowed from the race to represent the rul...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso vice chairman cheats death
HIGHLANDERS vice chairman Modern Ngwenya cheated death on Monday evening when he was involved in a road traffic accident just after Chegutu on his way to Harare for a meeting.The car Ngwenya w...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girls College board defends 'racist' headmistress
THE Girls College board has come out in defence of their school head, Mrs Les Malcolm Ross who has been at the centre of the storm with pupils and former students accusing her of being racist....Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 09:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'pulls' handbrake of speeding car, causing pile up
EIGHT people were seriously injured after a police officer allegedly pulled the handbrake of a speeding pirate taxi causing a pile up involving three vehicles in Bulawayo yesterday. Witnesses ...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa hiding behind poison!
To say that Mnangagwa roasted Jonathan Moyo on Wednesday 11th October 2017 in a politburo meeting is seriously misleading. We waited for the 80 page dossier that Mnangagwa promised the nation, to shed...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 17:33hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Barbaric Lacoste/G40 off our daughter Zanele Moyo
When the values of humanity/ Ubuntu escape a people, they turn into uncivilized practices that were used in the liberation war of Zimbabwe. Thousands of young people perished in very sad circumstances...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 11:39hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
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