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Hwange floods threaten power supplies
Zimbabwe could face increased load-shedding after critical coal mines that supply Hwange Thermal Power Station were flooded following heavy rains that pounded the area on Saturday. Hwange rece...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:13hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's party faces collapse
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T faces collapse following the sudden resignation by party vice-president Obert Gutu, who called it quits as allegations of lack of direction, leadership and strategy dogs the pa...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 3026 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station flooded, serious loadshedding expected
HEAVY rains of up to 139mm pounded Hwange Town yesterday in just three hours, resulting in flash floods which damaged homes and properties including a stockpile of coal at Hwange Power Station, the co...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sticks to his guns
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stuck to his guns, maintaining that the country is going to achieve 3 percent economic growth for 2020 in the face of independent f...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11739 | by Staff reporter
Met Office forecasts wet weekend
Heavy rains, damaging winds, lightning and flash flooding are expected from today up to tomorrow across the country. In a statement yesterday, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:38hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms, floods expected
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the country will experience thunderstorms and possible flash floods in flood-prone areas today.In a statement, MSD said thunderstor...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 4691 | by Staff reporter
Let's watch closely how the Zimbabwe military and the judiciary playout in the case of Chiwengas
As believers we now know that if we are grateful for the small things that the universe gives us, it will send its abundant energy to even usher us more gifts than we could ever imagine. Our gratitude...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1714 | by Nomazulu Thata
Vegetables shortage hits Bulawayo, is it Mnangagwa inspired?
BULAWAYO is experiencing a shortage of vegetables due to water shortage, Chronicle has established. This has pushed prices up while removing vegetables from menus of most homes and restaurants. ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:01hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Subsidised roller meal diverted to black market
Subsidised roller meal is being diverted to the black market by buyers who grab consignments as they reach the shop shelves. The buyers then offload the roller meal to informal traders who oft...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill being misconstrued and politicised
The Constitutional Amendment Bill which was gazetted by Government on 31 December 2019 has sparked controversy among citizens and a deliberate ploy to influence a bandwagon resistance of the passage o...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 14:38hrs | 1293 | by Ashley Kondo
Mnangagwa's govt working on new designs for schools
THE MINISTRY of Primary and Secondary Education says it is working on new designs for school buildings and infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather conditions.Floods and hailstorms ar...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi loses 271 cattle to drought
AT least 16 000 head of cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of province as water bodies are fast drying up.Cattl...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 13:36hrs | 2437 | by Staff Reporter
16000 cattle die in Matabeleland South
AT least 16 000 cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South Province, amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of the provi...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2030 | by Staff Reporter
Wet spell to continue
THE rains being experienced in most parts of the country are expected to continue pounding this week with warnings of flash floods in some parts, the Meteorological Services Department, has said....Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:59hrs | 6403 | by Paul Ndou
Our motherland needs solutions!
The excitement of a new year quickly dissappears when we wake up to the reality of a new year with the same old problems. Many South Africans are still unemployed and can't afford basic things, I'll a...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:42hrs | 593 | by Eric Shikobela
Met Department warns of flash flooding
People should be cautious during thunderstorms and heavy rainfall as localised flash flooding remains possible, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday. In an interview, MS...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 13:49hrs | 6145 | by Staff Reporter
Lightning kills farmer
A Mvurwi farmer was struck by a bolt of lightning while coming from his field in Velvekia, Mvurwi yesterday.Michael Tigere (32) of plot 56 Velvekia farm, Mvurwi died after being struck by ligh...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 13:16hrs | 4574 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Head-on collision claims two
TWO people died on the spot, while four others were seriously injured after a Harare bound bus collided with a Toyota fun cargo near the 320 kilometre peg along the Harare-Bulawayo highway this Wednes...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 21:50hrs | 5474 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean economy simplified
Issues concerning the economy are vital for any given country's revolutionary and evolutionary path since they are at the core of all movements. Most importantly an economic policy justifies the trans...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1288 | by Terence Simbi
Mnangagwa is a comedian not President - Zhou
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a meree comedian following his provoking jokey utterances when he was addressing Ku...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 12:26hrs | 16417 | by Stephen Jakes
Kenya arrests three men for trying to breach British army camp
NAIROBI - Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in Laikipia in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked another base used by U.S. and...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 21:28hrs | 1597 | by Reuters
Rainfall expected to improve
The country is expecting an improvement in rainfall activity from this Friday to next week with scattered thunderstorms anticipated in Matabeleland north, northern areas of the Midlands, all Mashonala...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 20:41hrs | 8164 | by STaff Reporter
Maize imports stepped up to beat shortages
Maize imports are being increased to beat shortages caused by drought, while large sums of money are being set aside to ensure the maize reaches the intended beneficiaries. According to the Re...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1455 | by Staff Reporter
President Mnangagwa should get his ducks in a row
In any land, the Presidency is a sacred office and public servants therein are expected to be completely human and emphathetic. In addition they could be geniuses, solutionists, if not they should&nbs...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2228 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Caster Oil vows to end fuel crisis
Oil Castor vowed to end Zimbabwe's fuel crisis encouraging farmers to invest in castor bean farming to generate bio diesel production.Portia Maposa the founder of Oil Castor reveal that caster...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3639 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Terror war in my country reliving the Mashurugwi menace
STORIES ADOPTED FROM REAL OEOPLE Having talked about the Mashurugwi carnage in our country and the inaction of our police , many people emailed me accusing me of being sensational. I stumbled upon the...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 15:06hrs | 1331 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Matabeleland headed for catastrophic drought'
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matabeleland have said the region could be headed for a catastrophic drought due to a prolonged dry spell.The chiefs said they had hoped that rains would come early so t...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2893 | by Staff Reporter
Currency stability tops RBZ priorities -
Reducing inflation and maintaining a stable exchange rate are the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s top priorities in the new year to bolster President Mnangagwa's drive to increase production, grow th...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 00:28hrs | 3701 | by Staff Reporter
Plans on course for early cloud-seeding
GOVERNMENT is weighing the option of introducing early cloud-seeding to aid rainfall if the current dry weather patterns persist. Most parts of the country are experiencing a dry spell that has ...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1207 | by Staff Reporter
General Tongogara's ZANU PF died in 2017
Is this the country that Tongogara, Chitepo, JZ Moyo, Silundika and other gallant sons and daughters gave up their lives for?Is this version of ZANU PF the same liberation movement that Tongog...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 07:38hrs | 12748 | by Dr Utete
Cop 'steals wife's underwear 'for ritual purposes'
A Bulawayo-based cop was shamed for "stealing" his wife's underwear supposedly to take them to a sangoma for ritual purposes.The disgrace was made public at the Bulawayo Civil Court where Loca...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4507 | by Staff Reporter
Parents die as children party in the UK
Zimbabwe is now in a situation where the diaspora needs to stand up and be counted. The diaspora action is not seen in big government projects where diaspora names are called. Diaspora must assist by ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 14:49hrs | 7624 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Close all Prophetic Churches in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe government must close all the prophetic churches in the country for duping the most vulnerable members of our community of their hard-earned cash. There must be guidelines for anyone who want...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 14:38hrs | 6243 | by Sam Wezhira
Peeping through infertility window
"Give me children ,or i shall die!" demands Rachel. "Am i in the place of God who has witheld from you fruit of the womb?" replies Jacob.This conversation clearly illustrates the tensions whic...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 17:01hrs | 2706 | by Heaven Munyuki
Auxillia Mnangagwa rolls out donkey project in Matabeleland South
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, this week distributed small grains and rolled out a donkey project in Matabeleland South as part of measures to augment draught...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 07:54hrs | 2093 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa commissions Norton flyover bridge
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the US$4,5 million Norton road-over-rail bridge in Mashonaland West Province and promised that his Government will continue to construct major infrastructure...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 702 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF conference lived to its billing
The just ended ZANU PF 18th National People’s Conference which was held at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province has proved that the Party really means business and is committed to the ...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 13:43hrs | 2750 | by Elijah Chihota
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1594 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa warns bureaucrats
Bureaucrats causing unnecessary delays in implementing Government programmes should either reform or face the chop, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Officially closing the 18th Zanu-PF Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:04hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Play time is over, says Mnangagwa
BUREAUCRATS causing unnecessary delays in implementing Government programmes should either reform or face the chop, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Officially closing the 18th Zanu-PF Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1679 | by Staff Reporter
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 20:55hrs | 1456 | by Wilbert Mukori
NRZ battle with train derailments
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has said it is battling with constant train derailments due to climate change that is damaging the obsolete railway line. Some cases are caused by vanda...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:02hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in election mode
ZANU-PF members are already in election mode ahead of 2023 polls as evidenced by their endorsing of President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the next election, national chair Oppah...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chinese hospital in Mash East flooded by water
A video of water pouring through the roof of Mahusekwa District Hospital in Mashonaland East has surfaced online. The video shows hospital beds being drenched by water during the recent heavy ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 10:26hrs | 3626 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF banquet in deep sea of poverty
"ASI hauzive mota? (why are you acting like you do not know cars?)", a boy aged about seven nudges his friend who was seemingly mesmerised by a black Lexus sport utility vehicle that was driving past....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho farmers urged to plant drought-resistant crops
FARMERS in Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North, have been urged to plant drought-resistant crops such as sorghum and millet as a mitigatory measure against climate change which has seen the area r...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Helicopter rescues for storm-ravaged communities
The Department of Civil Protection is organising helicopter rescues and helping with money to repair infrastructure damaged by the heavy rains and violent storms that have seen 19 people killed by lig...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Muddy affair at Zanu-PF conference
HEAVY rains that are pounding Goromonzi have threatened to make the Zanu-PF 18th people's conference a muddy affair.The grounds where the conference will be held are waterlogged and muddy, for...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 10 cattle to lightning
A GWANDA farmer lost 10 head of cattle and two goats after they were struck by lightning. Ward 9 councillor Mozitha Moyo confirmed the incident which occurred in his area on Friday afternoon. ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:58hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
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