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Chamisa rules out protests over jailed Sikhala
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party is not a violent and will never engage in any mayhem activities for the release of jailed party members.The opposit...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters arrested traveling to rally, vehicles impounded
POLICE in Masvingo reportedly arrested some Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters who were heading to a victory celebrations rally at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday.The supporters who were...Published: 5 hrs ago | 999 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councilor in sex scandal
A Zanu-PF councillor in Chiredzi is in the centre of a storm after three girls were expelled from Hippo Valley High School following revelations that he was having an intimate relationship with one of...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Madzibaba Andby at State House
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday met one of the country's top apostolic sect church leaders, Andby Makururu of the Johanne Masowe WeChishanu weAfrica International sect, at State House in Hara...Published: 5 hrs ago | 631 | by Staff reporter
Majority of Zimbabwe youths unhappy
A RECENT Afrobarometer perception index on how governments are addressing the needs of young people has ranked Zimbabwe 11 out of the 34 countries surveyed in terms of meaningful youth empowerment....Published: 5 hrs ago | 231 | by Staff reporter
'Water cuts a threat to Bulawayo fire services'
COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo fear that the ongoing water-rationing programme being implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could serious affect firefighting services and lead to loss of properties i...Published: 5 hrs ago | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank declares victory
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says as of last Wednesday, 4 475 gold coins valued at $3,7 billion had been bought with 90% being local currency purchases, a move it says has cooled the galloping p...Published: 5 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currency speculators cornered?
THE retreat of the recent inflation spiral is expected to accelerate, and purchasing power increase in light of recent pay rises without matching price rises, as speculative market forces are being co...Published: 5 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean authorities target Mnangagwa critics via outdated legislation
ZIMBABWE is once again witnessing multiple arrests of citizens under a controversial law critics say is designed to impart President Emmerson Mnangagwa with imperial powers.The number of peopl...Published: 18 hrs ago | 608 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under fire over Matebeleland projects
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of marginalising Matebeleland region after a breakdown of programmes undertaken by his government since 2021 showed that the region has the least number o...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Plastic bottle recycling project for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council has received an unsolicited bid for a recycling plastic bottle waste project following concerns about rampant littering of bottles, leading to the pollution of the environmen...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
San community demands chief
THE San community in Tsholotsho has appealed to government to speed up the process of installing a substantive chief, saying the delays are counterproductive and frustrating development.Govern...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Manama hit by water shortages
THE Manama business community in Gwanda has bemoaned the acute water shortages in the business centre amid reports that they fetch the precious liquid about 5 kilometres away.Boreholes a...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police reject help from Chamisa's MP
OPPOSITION Chitungwiza South legislator Maxwell Mavhunga's efforts to establish a satellite police base in Unit L have hit a brick wall after the law enforcement agency thwarted the initiative....Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's ministry loses ZW$32m in botched car deal
THE Ministry of Information was left counting its loses after being duped by controversial government vehicle supplier, Solution Motors, in a $47m deal, a Harare court heard recently.Solution ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar makes paper gains
The economy has largely stabilised, especially from late last month, as a result of aggressive measures by Government to rein in market indiscipline, and market watchers are confident the latest inter...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo forex discounts endorsed
BULAWAYO residents are going to get a 50 percent discount for settling their rates in foreign currency, while industries will have a 30 percent discount after councillors endorsed the resolution which...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:20hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
5000 stands, more wards for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to get a 5 000 suburb constructed on its outskirts, with the location expected to be incorporated into the city once the delimitation exercise is completed.The Bulawayo City Co...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:19hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Man charged for comparing Mnangagwa to Mugabe
Mutare man charged for comparing President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the late Former President Robert Mugabe.In a widely circulated police report, Malcom Musarira, 32, was reported by Mutare bus...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 16:54hrs | 8454 | by Staff reporter
Fake promises anger Zimbabwe army, police
DESPITE efforts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to create the impression that it is supportive and taking good care of the uniformed forces, morale remains low in the military barracks an...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:23hrs | 2876 | by Staff reporter
Prominent businessman goes berserk, torches relatives' houses
Prominent Masvingo business person who hails from Chivi's Sese area allegedly went berserk on Friday night (August 12) and torched his relatives' houses over allegations that they are bewitching his f...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:15hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims to be as fit as a fiddle after visiting a 'kiriniki'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is fit and is at work, contrary to reports that he had been admitted to a local hospital on Thursday for an operation.A Western-funded online publication, Z...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3831 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ailing ex-wife seeks removal from remand
VICE President Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has filed an application to be removed from remand in a matter she is accused of money laundering.She appea...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chiefs pledge to act on political violence
TRADITIONAL leaders have pledged to deal with perpetrators of political violence, including supporters from the ruling Zanu-PF by summoning them to their courts ahead of the 2023 elections.The...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe politics remains toxic'
HUMAN rights watchdog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says the country's political environment has remained toxic with Zanu-PF cited as the worst culprits.In its latest monthly report titled Tox...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Residents petition Parly over devolution funds abuse
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has petitioned Parliament to protest how the Local Government ministry is dictating how devolution funds should be utilised by local authorities....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
83% of voters choose policies over freebies
AN estimated 83% of urban voters want candidates with clear policies than those that dangle gifts, but aspiring candidates offering freebies tend to enjoy support in rural areas, an Afrobarometer surv...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - SA relations turn frosty in the wake of an immigration crisis
POST-2000, millions of Zimbabweans have migrated to the United Kingdom, Australia or the United States, but estimated millions more have trooped to South Africa in search of greener pastures and safet...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Maphisa in modern housing boom
MAPHISA Growth Point in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, is witnessing a serious housing boom, with modern homes that are coming up looking like those found in leafy suburbs in big cities....Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Regine change organisation seeks UK help over Zimbabwe crisis
ZIMBABWE'S international isolation will be amplified this year as the country is one of three African countries that will not be represented by a head of state at the US-Africa Summit to be held in De...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 21:09hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga dismisses surgery claims
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga Friday dismissed claims that he was yesterday admitted at the Trauma Centre Borrowdale private hospital for a surgery to correct some discomfort in his stomach....Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:33hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa defends Mnangagwa, says Susan Mutami not raped
NORTON independent Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has leaped to defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other government officials named dropped by Susan Mutami when she poured out her rape saga, c...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:31hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Gold coins' sales hit ZW$3,7 billion, 90% sales in local currency
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reported that gold coins' sales have to date reached ZW$3,7 billion with 90% sales being made in the local currency.Presenting the Mid-Term Monetary Poli...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:30hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Innscor
A TENSE meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Innscor Africa shareholders over allegations of fuelling currency volatilities rocking the market had a chilling effect after Vice-President Co...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:21hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank considers currency board
ZIMBABWE is considering establishing a currency board to support the Zimbabwean dollar, as inflation surges.The southern African country is fast moving back into a hyperinflationary crisis, ab...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:19hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes victory celebrations to Masvingo
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, will be in Masvingo this weekend to lead his party's victory celebrations for urban wards which they clinched during March 26 by-elections....Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4343 | by Staff reporter
Chief summons witch hunter
A TRADITIONAL leader in Kezi, Chief Nyangazonke has summoned a tsikamutanda (witch hunter) operating in the area to explain his activities.Tsikamutandas are reportedly wreaking havoc in Matabe...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 878 | 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: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc, a toothless bulldog'
THE Citizens in Action Southern Africa (Ciasa) has accused the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) of failing to effectively deal with electoral crises in countries such as Zimbabwe.I...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 505 | 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: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 430 | 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: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 346 | 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: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 448 | by Lovemore Chikova
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 | 10662 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths take over Bulawayo street, parcel out vending bays
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is losing its battle against Zanu-PF activists who are taking over some streets in the central business district and illegally parcelling vending bays among themselves....Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 13:33hrs | 1966 | by Staff reporter
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 | 390 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mark Ngwazi battles for life
Sungura giant Mark Ngwazi of Njanja Express is batting for life after having serious chest problems for the past week.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com the Nharo nezvine Nharo hitmaker said he is in ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:58hrs | 4014 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 972 | by Edson Mapani
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 8120 | by Staff reporter
NPA boss 'bribes' prosecutor to make case of undocumented Zimbabwean national go away'
The start of the corruption trial against Mpumalanga acting Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Matric Luphondo and former head of the Mpumalanga human settlements department Kebone Masange was del...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Police petitioned over Filabusi tsikamutandas
GWANDA-based human rights watchdog, Coalition for Citizens Advocates (Coca) has petitioned police in Matabeleland South to deal with tsikamutandas (witch hunters) who are "fleecing" Filabusi villages ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
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