Search / Post
Mnangagwa deals Chamisa blow
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dealt opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa another blow after allocating a paltry $2,3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), an amount inadequat...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3028 | by Staff reporter
5 robbers stage daring in-transit-cash heist
Five armed robbers yesterday, November 30, attacked a Safeguard in-transit-cash vehicle which was about to deliver cash at a Mukuru money transfer agent booth at N.Richards Wholesale and fled with a c...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2041 | by Staff reporter
3 candidates withdraw from Zanu-PF DCC elections
Three candidates who were contesting for positions in the upcoming Zanu-PF District Coordination Committee (DCC) elections have pulled out at the 11th hour due to what some party insiders believe is a...Published: 8 hrs ago | 907 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP says he is still in the game
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Zaka Central Paradzai Chakona says he is still in the political game and hopes for a comeback to the party leadership, this time as the Zaka District Coordinating ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 665 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP in trouble for 'disrespecting Mnangagwa'
MAZOWE Central MP Sydney Chidamba faces disciplinary action for disrespecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa by walking out of a meeting that was preparing the Zanu-PF leader's visit to the legislator's...Published: 8 hrs ago | 486 | by Staff reporter
Gono imposters dupe people money
UNSUSPECTING people have reportedly been duped an undisclosed amount of money by imposters who are reportedly abusing the name of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono asking for finan...Published: 8 hrs ago | 240 | by Staff reporter
Child killed for crying
A BEITBRIDGE man is on the run for allegedly beating his three-year-old stepdaughter to death because she was crying when he wanted to catch some sleep on Wednesday morning.Mulaleli Sibanda sn...Published: 8 hrs ago | 284 | by Staff reporter
Man killed for visiting married lover
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a 36-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife's boyfriend who had visited his homestead in the middle of the night....Published: 8 hrs ago | 699 | by Staff reporter
Youthful Sibanda cleared to contest in DCC elections
TSHOLOTSHO youthful businessman, Owen Sibanda has been cleared to contest in the Tsholotsho district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to be held today.Sibanda is contesting for the Tsho...Published: 8 hrs ago | 258 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convicts sentenced to life in jail
TWO Bulawayo ex-convicts, who robbed an elderly man of his cellphone and clothes before they killed and dumped his naked body in a bushy area, were on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.Perfe...Published: 8 hrs ago | 425 | by Staff reporter
Patient vanishes from hospital, found dead
A 25-year-old woman suffering from severe depression and admitted to Mount Darwin District Hospital disappeared from her ward on October 20 and was found at Concession, some 136km away, two days later...Published: 8 hrs ago | 264 | by Staff writer
Pregnant school girl commits suicide by drinking insecticide
A Form 4 pupil at a Bulawayo school committed suicide after discovering that she was pregnant, police said.The 17-year-old Magwegwe Secondary School pupil named only as Nokuzola is believed to...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2262 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife in awful pain
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Afri...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2218 | by Staff reporter
Gideon Gono's stature abused in scam
IT HAS emerged that imposters are abusing the name of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono, to scam unsuspecting people.Gono told the Daily News yesterday that a number of peo...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's new online cargo clearance system brews chaos at Beitbridge
CUSTOMS clearing agents and commercial transporters have criticised the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for introducing the automated e-road cargo manifest system when it was ill prepared.A...Published: 22 hrs ago | 440 | by Staff reporter
Tough lockdown return out, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of re-imposing a second national Covid-19 lockdown during deliberations on the second coronavirus wave in cabinet.Mnangagwa in...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3723 | by Staff reporter
Court hears of Marry Chiwenga illness in graphic detail
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ailing wife has petitioned the High Court on an urgent basis seeking the release of her passport to allow her to travel to South Africa for treatment.A So...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Telecel plagued by operational crisis
GOVERNMENT is plotting a major shakeup of telecommunications company, Telecel, with the restructuring of both the board and management now on the cards.The company is in the middle of a major ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
A-Level student struck by lightning
IN a tragic incident that left Mutoko residents shocked, a 20-year-old A-Level student died on the spot after she was struck by a bolt of lightning while on her way from writing an examination....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba transfer talk resurfaces
TURKEY giants Galatasaray have relaunched their bid to sign Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba from Aston Villa, targeting to clinch a deal for the January transfer window.A Turkish publica...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
'Fake' Covid-19 tests: Hundreds of Zimbabweans stranded at border posts
HUNDREDS of Zimbabweans are stranded at the country's borders and neighboring South Africa and Botswana due to lack of credible Covid-19 test certificates and various documents.The stranded pe...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Deportees fined for escaping from quarantine
Two Zimbabweans who recently escaped from a quarantine facility after being deported from South Africa, were yesterday fined $20 000 each by a local magistrate. Upon arrival by road via Beitbr...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
The day of reckoning shall come
The political events on the ground already indicate what will happen in 2023 when political parties will bid for the occupation of the State House. While the time to prepare for such contestation is n...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1544 | by Grace Chekai
RBZ orders Zimbabwe banks to give forex
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has ordered banks to settle transactions outside the public glare as he cracks the whip on the sector amid revelations some banks were refusing cl...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 8795 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to remain open, says Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority insists it will continue to provide essential services to travellers at Beitbridge Border Post despite eight Covid-19 cases being reported at the port of entry. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF clears 'G40 remnant'
THE Zanu-PF party has finally cleared Bornface Mutize who was disqualified for allegedly being a G40 member ahead of the looming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections to be held this weeken...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF officials in kidnapping storm
FIVE Zanu-PF members, among them a Zimunya-Marange district political commissar candidate in the party's district coordinating committee elections to be held at the weekend, have been arrested for kid...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
ZOU lecturers paid $5 per exam script, cry foul
PART-TIME lecturers at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) said they had gone for over nine months without receiving their allowances and had also not been paid for services rendered in marking this ye...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo appoints caretaker councillors
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has appointed caretaker councillors to represent wards left vacant after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe recalled a number of councillors for rebelling against her.Khu...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Econet shakes up to ride out crisis
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange listed telecoms giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says it is casting its net wide to identify fresh opportunities on the domestic market, while scanning the global terrain to see...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
NetOne boss trial moved to next year
THE trial of former NetOne chief executive Lazurus Muchenje and three other employees who allegedly offered unregistered Netone virtual lines to a foreign company was yesterday postponed to January 18...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
One-stop border post to ease congestion at Beitbridge
CONGESTION and long delays have become perennial at Beitbridge due to its high economic activity as the nucleus of regional and international trade, and this requires South Africa and Zimbabwe to upgr...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Zimra streamlines border operations
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has streamlined its operations at Beitbridge Border Post after eight of its employees tested positive for Covid-19 as cases continue to rise in the country. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Hideous mayoral robe wears thin
A red robe trimmed with black velvet and mock sable fur worn with lace frill, a hat and gold chains have for years made up the city's mayoral regalia. Be it under the hot October sun or the freezing w...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
US$300m for Beitbridge Border Post upgrade
THE ZimBorders Consortium has secured nearly US$300 million for the upgrade and modernisation of Beitbridge Border Post, the country's busiest inland port of entry and one of the region's key transit ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in Bulawayo road accidents
TWO people were killed in separate accidents in Bulawayo on Monday, police have said. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said in the first accident, a conductor was killed by a re...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA ready for traffic increase at border post
Zimbabwe and South Africa are jointly planning to manage rising numbers of people expected to pass through Beitbridge Border Post this week, although only 200 travellers, beside cargo truck crews, wen...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 822 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Unexpected low traffic at Beitbridge border
Zimbabwe and South Africa have started working on a plan to absorb increased human traffic that is expected to pass through from Beitbridge Border Post this week.The move is informed by the ev...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2400 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officials test positive to Covid-19 at Beitbridge border
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is streamlining operation at Beitbridge where eight of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.The tests are part of strict and tight health managemen...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 10:14hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jailed 15 years for smuggling explosives into SA
A Musina magistrate on Tuesday jailed two Zimbabwean men for 15 years for smuggling explosives worth R470 000 into South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post.Patson Banda (25) and Life Mb...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 10:13hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$123m for fibre cables
ZIMBABWE requires US$123 million to invest in optic fibre to extend the backbone network to reach and serve every district in the country.This was contained in a consultation paper on Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwean doctors now too cowed to speak?
WE are truly apologetic for the chain of events that have taken place over the past few months and we hope that you will have a kind heart to allow the rest of the students to return to class and fini...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be cleared by my trial, claims Nguwaya
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Delish Nguwaya was yesterday removed from remand and the State will proceed by way of summons after the State failed to provide a trial date.Magistrate Ngoni Nduna re...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa defends flouting Covid-19 restrictions
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended her decision to flout the national Covid-19 lockdown restrictions after hosting her 60th birthday party last Saturday evening where scores of guests...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers on the prowl along Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway
MOTORISTS using the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway have been urged to be vigilant amid reports of suspected highway robbers who are allegedly smashing windscreens of moving cars. This is repo...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Upgrade for Zimbabwe and South Africa border post
Private equity firm Harith General Partners Pty Ltd and the Phembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund are buying equity in a company investing $296 million to modernize Zimbabwe Beitbridge border, one of Af...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 21:02hrs | 2479 | by Bloomberg
Man hangs self over 'cheating' wife
A 27-YEAR-OLD jealous Mvurwi man took his life by hanging this Sunday after suspecting that his wife was cheating on him Kudakwashe Mubaiwa's lifeless body was found hanging at a J...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:30hrs | 4346 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa ally removed from remand
Harare magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna has removed businessman Delish Nguwaya from remand.Nguwaya was facing fraud charges.In his ruling Mr Nduna said: "The accused has been remanded 10 time...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:03hrs | 6508 | by Staff reporter
Olinda, Tytan back together?
UNITED Kingdom based socialite, Olinda Chapel and musician, Tytan seem to have rekindled their relationship after a messy split.The two went through a scandalous divorce in August last year ju...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
