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Chiwenga challenged over gukurahundi killings after shock Ndebele lineage claims
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has invited spirited challenge over his involvement in the post-independence Gukurahundi killings after recently claiming that he and President Emmerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2972 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala spends 59th night behind bars; renews freedom bid
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) law makers, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole will, through their lawyers, file a fresh bail application at the Magistrates Court Friday after spending 59 nigh...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crew drive off at speed with police officers before dumping them after thorough beating
TWO Harare siblings from Glen Norah are in hot soup after they allegedly teamed up to assault and kidnap police officers after committing a traffic offence.The two are Shepherd and Allen Zhara...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts down Gweru lodge
GWERU'S Eland Lodge (formerly Elephant Lodge) owned by the late Gweru businessman and Citizens Coalition for Change politician Rodrick Rutsvara was on Wednesday afternoon burnt down by a veldfire, whi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 608 | by Staff reporter
Former Harare City Council worker exposed in court
FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) employee Roy Nyabvure was yesterday exposed as having caused the demolition of a showroom in Borrowdale after fraudulently approving its building plans.The cou...Published: 13 hrs ago | 488 | by Staff reporter
Retailers must reduce prices, says CCZ
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has called on retailers to reduce prices of goods following a reduction in fuel prices.This follows a drop in petrol price from US$1,76 to US$1,60 per li...Published: 13 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair wer...Published: 13 hrs ago | 356 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis cripples Bulawayo hospitals, clinics
AN acute water crisis is threatening operations at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) which are the city's major public hospitals as they are going for several days without run...Published: 13 hrs ago | 74 | by Staff reporter
Small-scale miners contribute bulk of Zimbabwe's gold output
The country's gold output in the last seven months amounted to 18 940 kilogrammes with the bulk coming from small-scale miners who have contributed 11 444 kilogrammes while output from formal mines is...Published: 13 hrs ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to release smaller gold coins
Smaller Zimbabwean gold coins, as small as a tenth of an ounce, are expected to go on sale in November from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe so ordinary people can invest in them and store value for their...Published: 13 hrs ago | 569 | by Staff reporter
Payment for goods priced in black-market rates suspended?
All payments have been suspended for goods supplied to Government ministries, departments and agencies and possibly priced using black market exchange rates with procuring units now compelled to do du...Published: 13 hrs ago | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hectic schedule
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today lead key proceedings in a double hectic schedule in the resort city of Victoria Falls where he is set to officially open the End of Term Judges Symposium this morning an...Published: 13 hrs ago | 269 | by Staff reporter
'We don't eat roads' mischief
There is a popular Chinese proverb which goes: "if you want to get rich, you have to build roads first", and this is often quoted to explain some of the accelerated development taking place in the Asi...Published: 13 hrs ago | 357 | by Lovemore Chikova
Emirates appoints new country manager for Zimbabwe
Emirates, one of the world's leading airlines which flies daily from Harare via Lusaka to Dubai, has appointed Talal Al Gergawi as its new country manager for Zimbabwe.Al Gergawi's appointment...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 19:18hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga admitted at private Harare hospital
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was admitted to a hospital in Harare on Thursday for what sources described as a "long-planned procedure".The 65-year-old retired army general arrived at th...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:15hrs | 9821 | by Staff reporter
Henrietta Rushwaya bizarrely acquitted
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya has been cleared of wrongdoing in a case where she was accused of offering a US$5,000 bribe to an airport official in a bid to smuggle gold wor...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:13hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will welcome you back home, minister tells ZEP holders
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava says government is ready to welcome fellow citizens who fail to meet requirements to obtain South African permits to remain in that country.S...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala refuses trial date
CCC Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has refused to be tried in November on a matter he is accused of falsifying that a police officer last year beat to death a baby strapped to its mother's back w...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 13:22hrs | 3841 | by Staff reporter
Policy flaws chasing Forex from the formal market
It is estimated that US$2.5 billion is circulating outside the formal banking system in Zimbabwe with households, businesses and foreign investors preferring to store their hard-earned foreign currenc...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:05hrs | 1838 | by Victor Bhoroma
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 355 | by Victor Bhoroma
Munangangwa's campaign team off to false start in Buhera
President Mnangagwa's campaign for the watershed harmonised plebiscite slated for next year got off to a false start in Buhera owing to some suspicious elements leading the team, this publication lear...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:48hrs | 952 | by Edson Mapani
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity and lack of confidence as a leader compromising national development and unity
During the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby, the ruling ZANU P...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 08:36hrs | 2731 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa ready to welcome Zimbabwean citizens as permits expire in SA
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, said the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is ready to welcome back its citizens who have lived in South A...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Zimbabwean migrant shot dead in Limpopo
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) on Wednesday said it was investigating two separate cases against members of the police in Limpopo involving illegal immigrants from Zimba...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
400 Zimbabwean schools connected to internet
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had connected more than 400 schools to the internet.Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said this was part of gov...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Econet boss bags top director award
DEPUTY chief executive officer at Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed telecommunications giant, Econet, Roy Chimanikire was on Friday named Director of the Year for 2021.The director of the year aw...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Teachers for ED union formed
GOVERNMENT has approved a new teachers' union with the moniker "Teachers for ED (Economic Development)", NewsDay has learnt.A circular dated June 22, 2022 written by the secretary of Primary a...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
'Virtual courts may infringe rights'
MEMBERS of the public yesterday said the introduction of virtual courts could infringe on the rights of accused persons.This came out during a public hearing on the Judicial Laws Amendment Bil...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to ban single use plastics
ZIMBABWE is yet to ban single use plastic bags despite that they are a major environmental threat, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said yesterday.Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange told...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Nedbank chops off 23 workers
Nedbank Zimbabwe Limited has retrenched 23 workers, including 10 managers, citing a shift in its strategic focus.The workers affected by the compulsory retrenchment exercise, which took effect...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Fury over Heroes Day celebrations at Bhalagwe mass graves
MATOBO villagers have taken exception to government holding Heroes Day celebrations in Matabeleland South at Bhalagwe mass graves where Gukurahundi victims are buried.The infuriated villagers ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Former Amakorokoza lead actor, AK returns to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa
FORMER Amakorokoza lead actor Bhekilizwe Ndlovu, best known for his role as AK in the hit 2002 drama, has returned to Zimbabwe after 13 years in South Africa.Ndlovu, who seems to have diverted...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Kombani Lodge goes up in smoke
PLUMTREE'S 52-bed Kombani Lodge was yesterday razed by an inferno that started as a veld fire near a Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depot before a whirlwind lifted burning debris, which landed ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Mphokos, Choppies legal wrangle rages on
THE legal battle pitting Choppies Enterprises Limited against former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela over the 51 percent shareholding that they claim at the retail giant will ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Gweru woman arrested for murder
A GWERU woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of her husband during an episode of domestic violence.The woman's husband allegedly fell on a glass television stand and sustained a deep...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, SA to collaborate on expiry of permits'
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year.This emerged yesterday during the m...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe economy enters growth phase'
President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe's economy has transitioned from recovery to a growth phase, adding economic activity is projected to expand by a weighty 4,6 percent in 2022 despite the negative impa...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean appointed magistrate
UNITED Kingdom based Zimbabwean, Codilia Gapare has been appointed to the Justice of the Peace of England and Wales with effect from July 28.The Justice of the Peace is a local magistrate empo...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:25hrs | 6794 | by Staff reporter
State seeks 3month remand for Sikhala
THE State sought to extend incarcerated opposition MP Job Sikhala's remand by a further three months.Prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti told magistrate Stanford Mambanje that they wanted Sikhala's ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:17hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
Malunga and Esidakeni partners face arrest
Police are preparing criminal charges against prominent rights advocate Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners in an escalation of a fight over a coveted Matabeleland North farm.Polic...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 20:08hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
BCC, TTI reviews parking model with immediate effect
Motorists will now be able to transfer their paid parking time to different parking bays after the City of Bulawayo and Tendy Three Investments Private Limited (TTI) reviewed the smart parking p...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:26hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's critically ill ex-wife wheeled into court
THERE was a heartrending spectacle at the Harare magistrates court Wednesday after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was assisted into the court room in a wheelchair....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:11hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa drawing a princely cheque from ailing Marry Mubaiwa
Marry Mubaiwa's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has inadvertently revealed her sense of guilt for drawing a princely cheque in legal services rendered to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's troubled ex-wife,...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 13151 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa charms armed forces with title deed promises
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised decent wages, improved living conditions and title deeds for the country's security forces if his party forms a future government...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 2937 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off top officials, police in blitz
TOP government officials, critical security establishments, including police stations and ministry departments, were left in the dark last week after the country's power utility, Zesa, switched them o...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 3303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's broke govt rules out US dollar salaries
GOVERNMENT has cast doubt over the possibility of paying civil servants in US dollars as inflation continues to ravage salaries amid growing tensions and fears of unrest, The NewsHawks can report....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa ally's mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Scott Sakupwanya's company Better Brands (Private) Limited's operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga is under the spotlight amid concerns over gold leakages and po...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$500m Zim Cyber City 'murky' investor exposed
MULK International, the United Arab Emirates-based company roped in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to build a US$500 million Zim Cyber City in Harare, secretly bought Nigeria's National Theatre for U...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 2696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visited Mutami at school?
A FORMER boyfriend of Susan Mutami and her school friends at Loreto High School in Silobela, Midlands, have validated claims that a man believed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa she now accuses of r...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:42hrs | 5291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cash-rich govt suppliers fuel currency volatility
GOVERNMENT procurement and service providers - who include public works contractors and suppliers of goods and services - are destabilising the foreign exchange market by offloading part of their stag...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
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