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Econet gives away 8 new houses in promotion
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has spread early Christmas joy to eight lucky winners of its 2023 Christmas promotion, each of whom received a brand-new house complete with a solar system and Econet Smart Ho...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:02hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Historical background of the town of Mvurwi formerly Umvukwes
Mvurwi is a prosperous farming town in Mashonaland Central province. The town is situated about hundred kilometers north of Harare along Kanyemba road, Mvurwi was formally known as Umvukwesi or (Mumug...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:02hrs | 147 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Ex-Harare mayor stabbed
Former City of Harare acting mayor, Sekesai Makwavarara, was injured in a robbery attack on her Raffingora farm in Mashonaland West province. Three other individuals were also injured in the attack....Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets US$ 1,6bn tobacco exports
Zimbabwe has so far exported over 98 million kg of tobacco since the start of the marketing season as the country makes strides towards achieving its target of over US$1,6 billion in total exports, a ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters invade CCC rally venue, starts playing soccer
Zanu-PF elements invaded a Citizens Coalition for Change constituency rally venue in Raffingora North was Sunday and started playing social soccer.According to NewZimbabwe, the event which was...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US$275m for new GMB silos
The GOVERNMENT plans to spend more than US$275 million over the next three years to construct new Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silos, as well as renovate and modernise old ones countrywide to cater for...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$17bn war chest for 2022 road works
More than 2 000 urban and rural roads stretching over 10 000km will undergo reconstruction under the ongoing Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) this year.Government has set asid...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo's trial deferred
THE fraud trial involving former Minister, Ignatius Chombo, in which he is being accused of duping the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of $14 billion, has been deferred to June pending the finalisation of a ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo farm grab quakes foreign partner
A COMMERCIAL farm linked to former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo in Mashonaland West province has been earmarked for acquisition, NewsDay has learnt.New Alan Grange Farm in Raffingora is a ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Duty-free boost for agric
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has listed import duty and Value Added Tax (VAT)-free agricultural equipment while the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyber Security Bill to guarantee safety
THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that sailed through Parliament this month will ensure the safety and security of users in cyberspace.Information Communication Technology, Postal an...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz ordered to connect 1,500 rural clinics
INFORMATION and Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere said he has ordered the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) to connect at least 1 500 rural he...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief who called for Mugabe's genocide reburial succumbs to Covid-19
A ZIMBABWEAN chief, who was spearheading the reburial of the late former President Robert Mugabe's remains, has succumbed to Covid-19 with some of his subjects claiming that the Mugabe ancestral spiri...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Argument over salt ends in fatal stabbing
A MAN died after he was stabbed in a dispute over salt.Police confirmed the incident which occurred in Sanyati."Police in Sanyati are investigating circumstances surrounding a murder c...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Muchechetere wades into Zanu-PF DCC violence saga
NEWLY-CONSTITUTED Zanu-PF Veterans of the Liberation Struggle League (ZVLSL) Mashonaland West provincial chairperson, Happison Muchechetere has waded into the factional fights that have engulfed the p...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists arrested
POLICE in Raffingora, Saturday, disrupted an MDC Alliance meeting before arresting three of the opposition party's officials for convening a gathering in violation of Covid-19 prevention regulations....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi district
The ex-members of the Pioneer Column during their exploration in the Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, discovered mining prospects in this country. During their tenure of exploration they eventua...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 21:12hrs | 22 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Chombo to prioritise road rehabilitation
Newly-elected National Assembly member for Zvimba North Constituency Marian Chombo is planning to roll out a road rehabilitation programme in the constituency. Chombo is among three female politicians...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo case ordered back to High Court
THE wrangle over control of Allan Grange Farm pitting former minister Ignatius Chombo and his former wife Ms Marian Mhloyi is far from over after the Supreme Court ordered the matter back to the High ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo flew close to the sun but survived
Chombo flew close to the sun but survivedMarian Chombo flew close to the sun but survived Marian ChomboFortunate Gora Mash West CorrespondentLike the Greek mythical character Icaru...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Fortune Gora
'Mnangagwa deserves the highest office'
President Mnangagwa is the only candidate who deserves to be voted into the highest office on July 30 as he has a practical vision for Zimbabwe. Addressing a campaign rally to drum up support ...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 ghost haunts Zanu-PF old guard
The fall of Zanu-PF bigwigs in the just-ended primary elections shows that a faction linked to former president Robert Mugabe will have a say in the future of the ruling party, analysts have said....Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roads are in a deplorable and dilapidatory states
The road from Banket to Guruve via Raffingora and also the road from Mvurwi to Mapinga via Mtorashanga are in a deplorable and dilapidatory state.Something must be done as a matter of urgency ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 16:50hrs | | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Mugabe ally seeks soft bail terms
Former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a litany of corruption charges, on Friday applied for the relaxation of his bail conditions since he is now a full-time farmer.Through hi...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo seeks bail reprieve
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo, on $5 000 remand over various corruption allegations, yesterday approached Harare magistrate Josephine Sande seeking relaxation of his "punishing" bail conditi...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
Mugabe relative jailed for fraud
President Robert Mugabe's close relative from the Chidziva clan, Charles Jenami (39), has been jailed for an effective eight years for engaging in fraudulent land allocations.In passing senten...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo loses 11 cattle to manager
Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has allegedly lost 11 cattle at his Allan Grange Farm in Raffingora to his manager, Tobias Jim. Jim (42) recently appeared before Chinhoyi regional magist...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe goes for broke
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has revamped the Zanu-PF women's league as she prepares for next year's crunch polls where her 93-year-old husband, President Robert Mugabe, faces his sternest challenge from a...Published: 17 May 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba burial today
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe was last night expected to join other top government officials in Alexandra Park, Harare, to console his spokesman, George Charamba, whose wife, Idaishe Olivia Charamba, succum...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo falls on hard times
Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo's former wife Marian has fallen on hard times and cannot afford to pay back a longstanding debt to CBZ Bank after she was declared "a person of no means"....Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimPF implosion has nothing to do with Zanu-PF, says Chombo
Zanu-PF is not amused by accusations that it has a hand in the fissures that rocked Zimbabwe People First party and considers it an insult to be associated with expelled members. Addressing party ...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
CBZ Bank sues Chombo's ex-wife $157,000
HOME Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo's former wife Ms Marian Chombo (nee Mhloyi), who is fighting to control New Allan Grange Farm in Raffingora, has been slapped with a $157 000 lawsuit over an ...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo bid to evict ex-wife from farm flops
HOME Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo has lost his bid to elbow out his ex-wife Ms Marian Mhloyi from Allan Grange Farm in Raffingora before her appeal on their divorce settlement after the High C...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi man in court for allegedly molesting 10 boys
The Chinhoyi community has been left shell-shocked following the arrest of a security guard who is facing multiple counts of child molestation involving 10 juvenile boys.Mairosi Chenjerai,...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Child burning parents jailed
The abusive Raffingora couple that dipped an 8-year old girl's hand in boiling cooking oil as punishment over goat meat she had eaten without permission was handed a two year jail sentence each by Chi...Published: 29 May 2015 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former governor turns destitute
FORMER Mashonaland West provincial governor Mudhumeni Chivende has reportedly turned destitute and is struggling to pay for his medication and other basic needs following neglect by his erstwhile Zan...Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chombo divorce finalised, Minister to keep farm
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has won the legal battle to control Allan Grange Farm in Raffingora, a decision that brings finality to the politician'...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 08:07hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Chombo, ex-wife in explosive courtroom drama
Local Government minister, Ignatious Chombo had a bad day in the High Court last week where he was portrayed by his ex-wife Marian as an unproductive "cellphone and weekend farmer", who did not pa...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo, ex-wife square off in court again
LOCAL government minister Ignatious Chombo is set to square off in court again with ex-wife, Marian over the ownership of Allan Grange farm in Raffingora which the two share.As the messy divor...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chunga seeks discharge in murder trial
Frederick Chunga, former permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands who stands accused of severing his murder victim's private parts for a business ritual, yesterday applied for discharge at the ...Published: 15 Nov 2013 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chunga denies allegations of murdering a man for rituals
Frederick Chunga, former permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands has denied allegations of murdering a man and severing his private parts for a business ritual.Chunga, a farmer and busine...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chindori-Chininga, postmortem result reveals cause of death
Edward Chindori Chininga, the late Zanu PF legislator for Guruve South, died due to bleeding caused by internal injuries, a postmortem has stated.Police say Chindori Chininga died on the spot...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff Reportewr
Chindori Chininga car crash was an accident says Zanu-PF
Zimbabweans from across the political divide on Thursday expressed shock over the death of Guruve South lawmaker and former cabinet minister, Edward Chindori Chininga, who died Wednesday evening in ...Published: 21 Jun 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Khaya Moyo dismisses NewsDay report
Regime change proponents and their newspapers are now in disarray after realising that Zanu-PF is winning the forthcoming elections and are desperately creating stories meant to soil the image of Zanu...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 03:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Aliens' advised to wait until draft constitution is signed into law
PEOPLE with alien status intending to register to vote in the forthcoming harmonised elections should wait until the draft constitution is signed into law by the President, Zvimba House of Assembly m...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo's divorce finally comes through
THE marriage between Local Govern­ment, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and his estranged wife Ms Marian Mhloyi was finally terminated yesterday after the Hig...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 03:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'diesel sangoma' out of jail
Rotina Mavhunga, the diesel n'anga, is out of jail and, quite predictably, she is playing hide-and-seek.Had she been playing hide-and-seek by herself and her spirits, no-one could have given a...Published: 22 Jul 2012 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Death sentence for Zimbabwean security guard
A CHINHOYI security guard who killed his teenage sister-in-law was last Friday sentenced to death.Chris Chakuforo abducted Esther Nyarai Kamupini from Murindagomo Village and strangled her bef...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headmaster squanders pupils' O'Level exam fees
State media reports that an acting headmaster at Katawa Secondary School in Raffingora vanished after squandering US$1 750 paid by 25 pupils to sit O'Level examinations.His actions preju...Published: 09 Nov 2011 at 22:10hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
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