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Mnangagwa's advisor outed for cheating on his wife
Businessman, pastor and member of President Mnangagwa's Advisory Committee, Shingi Munyeza, has stepped down as a Pastor of his church after being outed by his daughter for cheating his wife.T...Published: 19 hrs ago | 7730 | by Staff reporter
Council to ease water shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has recommissioned three supply dams that were decommissioned last year and says it will soon start to progressively ease water shedding. The council decommissioned...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Government to repossess underutilised irrigation schemes
GOVERNMENT has come up with a Statutory Instrument that will see it repossessing underutilised land at irrigation schemes. The SI, which is expected to be gazetted soon, will result in members of irri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Army-linked Anjin grabs richest diamond claim
AN army-linked miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, grabbed the most lucrative diamond claim in Marange from a firm owned by the government after being relicensed under unclear circumstances, it has em...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1108 | by Kenneth Matimaire
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1773 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Forex auction resumes
THE Foreign Currency Auction Trading System resumes today after the festive season break amid expectations the exchange rate will have less pressure as demand for forex is traditionally low during thi...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Tapambgwa leaves Stanbic bank
Stanbic Bank, Chief Executive (CE), Joshua Tapambgwa has stepped down from the helm of the leading financial services institution, effective 31 December 2020, after an illustrious 18 years at the Stan...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:10hrs | 1858 | by Agencies
Bulawayo residents clash over positions
THE Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) has been rocked by serious conflict after its leader, Winos Dube, allegedly dumped the existing ward 21 leadership structure and replaced it with his l...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security personnel test positive of COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on annual leave at a time Zimbabwe is battling the intensifying Covid-19 pandemic, including attendant deaths, was last week forced to abandon a trip to his She...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4332 | by Staff reporter
Govt clears Warriors trip
Ill-prepared Zimbabwe Warriors will take part at this year's African Nations Championships (Chan) which kicks off in Cameroon next week after Zifa secured government clearance to participate in the to...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
ZESA to curb vandalism of electricity infrastructure
Power utility, ZESA Holdings, says it is working on strategies to curb vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure after suffering a loss of more than US$2 million last year.ZESA Holding...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 868 | by Staff Reporter
Katsande tests COVID-19 positive
KAIZER Chiefs defensive linkman Willard Katsande was left out of the side that faced Angolan outfit Primero de Agosto last night in the Caf Champions League after he tested positive to COVID-19, South...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:59hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo police boss transferred to Bulawayo
Acting Officer Commanding Masvingo Province (PROPOL) Assistant Commissioner Taonei Nyazema has been transferred to Bulawayo.Nyazema was transferred to Bulawayo in early December after serving ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 20:20hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Another funeral for Chamisa as his secretary for security and defence dies
The MDC Alliance Secretary for Security and Defence former Police Assistant Commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda has died. Chimwanda reportedly succumbed to an undisclosed illness in Harare last ni...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 14:44hrs | 3097 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF UK/Europe Chairman Cde Masimba Tawengwa dies at 48
ZANU PF and Zimbabwe have been plunged in sorrow as cde Masimba dies. Zanu PF UK/EU District chairman Cde Masimba Tawengwa has died of Covid-19.He was 48. Cde Masimba died of complications sim...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 19:20hrs | 2727 | by Mavaza-Masimba.jpeg
Chamisa's recalled MPs relish over Khupe's political woes
FORMER MDC Alliance female MPs who were recalled from Parliament by embattled ex-MDC-T interim president, Thokozani Khupe are celebrating over the former deputy prime minister's current political woes...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 6802 | by Staff reporter
Banned kombis devise new ways of operation
Banned kombis have devised new tricks and methods of illegally operating as they evade arrest in Harare and its satellite towns. The kombis compete for passengers with Zupco buses as transport...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 664 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Bosso target Chicken Inn star
Premier Soccer League side Highlanders are set to invade the player market in a bid to replace the players that have moved on in search of greener pastures.Bosso lost Prince Dune, Mitchell Kat...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri raises a red flag
ONE of the four candidates contesting the MDC-T presidency, Elias Mudzuri, has raised a red flag over preparations to hold the extraordinary congress (EOC), saying the party did not have enough money ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 11:12hrs | 4308 | by Staff reporter
2020: The year Zimbabwe opposition was decimated
The year 2020 put Zimbabwe's democracy to the test as many political activists were arrested for trying to exercise their rights to demonstrate while others were allegedly abducted.Political a...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Madlela takes axe to Khami Prison
Mothusi Bashimane Ndlovu popularly known by his stage moniker 'Madlela Skhobokhobo' has challenged the Bulawayo business community to partner the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service in different...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:51hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to intervene in mismanaged cities
Government is concerned by the appalling service delivery in major cities and towns which are run by the opposition MDC-led councils, with plans already in motion for the State to intervene and avert ...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Old habits that will kill Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEANS are masking, and that's good! But a look at the masks will reveal the futility of the effort. The surgical masks which are generally made of a thin paperlike material are supposed ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | 952 | by Muckrakers
FC Platinum edge Simba SC
FC Platinum 1 - 0 Simba SC ATTACKING midfielder Perfect Chikwende turned on the show with a beautiful strike that gave FC Platinum a narrow win over Tanzania's Simba S.C. in the first leg of the C...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:06hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 1295 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mine wrangle: Top cop moved
THE Shamva mine wrangle pitting miner John Maungwa against Chantelle Chikafu, who once masqueraded as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter, has claimed the scalp of Mashonaland Central provincial p...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T voters roll fight escalates
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe yesterday summoned all provincial structures to Harare on Wednesday to inspect the voters roll as she moves to curb interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
10 000 ghost workers struck off Government payroll
At least 10 000 suspected ghost workers have been struck off the Government payroll after a biometric registration exercise as the Second Republic walks the talk on its reforms aimed at restoring orde...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:03hrs | 601 | by Staff Reporter
'July Moyo's interference with councils - poisonous, destructive'
THE MDC Alliance has blamed the unnecessary interference by the local government minister July Moyo in the operations of local authorities and his failure to respect the Constitution as poisonous and ...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 06:02hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Brave lawyer goes after RG over wrong passport IsiNdebele words
A BULAWAYO-based lawyer Mr Nqobani Sithole is suing the Registrar-General over errors and misspellings of IsiNdebele words on the Zimbabwe passport. Mr Sithole, who filed the application at th...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among bottom 50 in use of technology
ZIMBABWE is in the bottom 50 countries in the world when it comes to technology, managing consultant Jackie Hussein told delegates at the annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, i...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Chipezeze falls out of favour
WARRIORS' number one goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze has lost his place at his South African club Baroka in a development that could affect his international career.Since featuring in the 1-1...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:11hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Bournemouth reward Warriors defender
WARRIORS defender, Jordan Zemura has been rewarded for his efforts after signing a two year contract extension with his English side AFC Bournemouth according to the club's official website.Th...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Minister Mavhunga
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central province Monica Mavhunga is under fire from stalwart of the liberation struggle after she allegedly removed their chairperson from the provincial lands commit...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2254 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Simbarashe Sithole
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 117 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Mnangagwa promotes 1000 cops
President Mnangagwa has promoted 1 089 Zimbabwe Republic Police junior and senior officers to the ranks between inspector and commissioner, to improve service delivery to the nation.The promot...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 16:59hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wields axe on Chamisa's 3 mayors
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has recalled the mayors of Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura and several councillors for refusing to cross over to her party after they continued to align themselves to the...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
'Nakamba to stay at Villa'
ZIMBABWE international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has been backed to snub a move to Turkish side Galatasary and stay at English Premiership side Aston Villa despite his lack of game time since the s...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:37hrs | 2441 | by Staff reporter
HIV reprieve for women
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced pre-qualification of the Dapivirine ring, a monthly ring inserted in reproductive organs that reduces chances for women to get HIV infection and is se...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostling to take over from Mnangagwa
IN HUMOROUS remarks that may contain some truth for ambitious Zanu-PF bigwigs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, joked on Thursday about the sure-fire credentials of the person who would likely succeed hi...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dribbles Mwonzora
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe has ordered that there will be no gap filling to the party's 2014 structures ahead of the party extraordinary congress to block his secretary-general Douglas Mwonz...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 5596 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of ballot boxes hits Zanu-PF DCC elections
ZANU-PF will this Saturday hold its crucial District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, but the governing party has failed to avail ballot boxes and has urged aspiring district chairpersons to so...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 221 | 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 | 991 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's SRC ready for Fifa sanctions
THE Sports and Recreation Commission have said they will not be bullied by threats of FIFA sanctions, to force them to compromise their mission, to deal with issues they believe are holding back the d...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA come out guns blazing
THE ZIFA board have come out with guns blazing, accusing the Sports and Recreation of angling for the dissolution of their leadership, and saying the suspension of chief executive, Joseph Mamutse, wil...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
'Illegal kombis risking lives'
PASSENGERS and pedestrians are risking their lives everyday due to the running battles between police and pirate commuter omnibus operators in all urban centres across the country.Ever since t...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 15:59hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco exports net US$690 million
AT least 168 million kg of tobacco worth US$688 million had been exported across the globe by November 20, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (Timb) data showed last week.The Timb said shipments for...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:02hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1054 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Of Zanu-PF and poisoning
0N August 11, 2017, at a rally in Gwanda, the then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa fell ill, allegedly after eating ice cream which had been poisoned and spent over a week in South Africa under trea...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:33hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
'Finance cops soldiers better'
CABINET ministers in charge of security ministries have pleaded with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to avail more resources to security forces when he presents his 2021 national budget this week, the D...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 4402 | by Staff reporter
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