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Zimbabwean singer crowned best gospel artiste in Mzansi
BULAWAYO-BASED gospel musician Canaan Nyathi was crowned the best gospel artiste at a colourful Crown Gospel Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, on Sunday.The Crown Go...Published: 52 mins ago | 86 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo, husband trial postponed
The trial of gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi, who are being charged for fraudulently acquiring fake certificates to practice law in Zimbabwe, has been postponed.This was ...Published: 52 mins ago | 36 | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy govt directive
HARARE fruit vendors have defied a government directive to vacate the streets as a way of curbing the spread of cholera which has claimed more than 150 lives.Government last week ordered urban...Published: 52 mins ago | 43 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 53 mins ago | 127 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Zanu-PF's Masuku award courts controversy
HUMAN rights defenders and activists in Matebeleland have expressed outrage after Zanu-PF Matebeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo was conferred with the Lookout Masuku Consistency Award...Published: 54 mins ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Ariel in fourth heaven
HIGHLANDERS captain Ariel Sibanda can be rest assured he has contributed all he could and would want to be counted as one of the best goalkeepers the country has ever produced.He caps the seas...Published: 55 mins ago | 56 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube readies Zimbabwe's budget
AS Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, readies to present the 2024 National Budget tomorrow, expectations are high that it will consolidate prevail...Published: 55 mins ago | 42 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs 25 more schools
BULAWAYO needs at least 25 primary schools to address hot sitting, which has seen areas such as Cowdray Park having three-in-one schools as it battles crowding.A three-in-one school is an educ...Published: 56 mins ago | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe attracts US$8bn investments in 2023
Zimbabwe this year attracted investments worth US$8 billion, double the amount that had been targeted by the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) at the beginning of the year, as the Seco...Published: 56 mins ago | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's open skies policy gets continental recognition
ZIMBABWE's open skies policy has won the country an award from the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) during the recently held 24th Yamoussoukro Decision Day (YD) anniversary in Abuja, Nigeria....Published: 60 mins ago | 21 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre in electricity blackout
SOME parts of the Bulawayo city centre do not have electricity due to a cable fault.In a statement on X, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) said they are wo...Published: 11 hrs ago | 259 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume fearing for his life after threats from CCC officials
Harare councillor Denford Ngadziore is reported to have blocked former mayor Jacob Mafume from entering a councillors' caucus meeting at Town House before the election of Lovejoy Chitengu.Chit...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Prince William honours Zimbabwean ranger
A Zimbabwean wildlife ranger - Jealous Mpofu has received a prestigious award honour from Britain's Prince William for his outstanding service to the protection of painted dogs which are under threat ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1874 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt plotting to lock me up'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change candidate for Mabvuku in the forthcoming by-elections, Fabion Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, says he has exposed a plot by Zanu-PF candidate Pedzai Sakupwanya and the state m...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2495 | by Staff reporter
Medical scheme in graft accusations
Medical Aid Society Central Africa (MASCA) has been accused of mismanagement amid indications its reserved funds were sitting at zero.It is said that three top management officials are accused...Published: 16 hrs ago | 443 | by Stephen Jakes
Police urged to reign on corrupt officers
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has said it is disturbed by increasing cases of retribution against whistleblowers and complainants who are exposing cases of corruption by police...Published: 16 hrs ago | 215 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Marry Mubaiwa threatens to sue Chiwenga for adultery
Marry Mubaiwa has threatened to sue her ex-husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, for adultery.Chiwenga and Mubaiwa reportedly separated several years ago. Chiwenga has since married Co...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Russian free grain due to begin landing in Africa within days
RUSSIAN shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its bid to bolster its influence in the continent.President Vladimir Putin promised t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
Biti exposes Chamisa's hand
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday fingered activists linked to party president Nelson Chamisa for creating parody social media accounts to link him to self-impos...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 4688 | by Staff reporter
TelOne learning centre to offer degrees
TELONE Centre for Learning has deferred its 2023 graduation ceremony as it prepares to transform into a university.In a statement yesterday, TelOne spokesperson Melody Harry said the learning ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:28hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC in the red
THE Auditor-General (AG)'s latest report has revealed that the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)'s liabilities currently exceed its assets by ZWL$24,5 billion....Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:28hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC ratchets up pressure
THE BESIEGED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has escalated its diplomatic offensive by engaging regional, continental and international parliaments to intervene over the illegal recall of it...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
'Tshabangu a threat to democracy'
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s self-proclaimed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu has been accused of being a serious threat to democracy after recalling the party's Members of Par...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:26hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' sent to mental hospital
A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED Kadoma man, who committed a series of murders before turning the sword against his father and setting the family home ablaze in June 2021, has been sent to Chikurubi Psychiatric ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:24hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
BCC pins hope on tropical cyclones
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC), which is struggling to supply water to residents due to depleted water levels at its major supply dams, is now pinning its hope on the predicted tropical cyclones likely t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Corruption a human rights issue, says PG
Corruption in the criminal justice system value chain is a violation of human rights and might lead to the erosion of public confidence in the whole system, thereby undermining the integrity of the ad...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 468 000t wheat harvest
The successful land reform paid dividends to wheat farmers this season following the attainment of a resounding record wheat harvest of 467 905 tonnes compared to 375 000 tonnes last season with farme...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:17hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics is no game for naive thinkers
They say hope is for people who cannot see the truth! There are those hopeful one day Zanu-PF will stop governing Zimbabwe, yet the truth is speaking against their hope.In a candid conversatio...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:17hrs | 168 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Zimbabwe poised for more mega power projects
ZESA Holdings says the energy sector is poised for a turning point following proposals by some independent power producers (IPPs) to build two thermal power stations with a combined output of 1 600 me...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's leadership lapses
The crisis in CCC has taken centre stage, prompting a critical examination of the leadership under Nelson Chamisa. The roots of this crisis can be traced to Chamisa's refusal to hold an electi...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 520 | by Grace Chekai
TelOne Training Centre postpones graduation
TelOne Centre for Learning has postponed its 2023 graduation ceremony, with at least 600 students now expected to graduate next year.The postponement has been necessitated by the on-going rest...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga received treatment from animal doctors'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga received treatment from a veterinary doctor at the instigation of his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa while being admitted in South Africa, the court heard.This was r...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:57hrs | 5771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic crisis threatens budding blueberry sector
Zimbabwe's blueberry production, one of the country's fastest-growing crops, is under threat from a currency crisis and high borrowing costs, an industry body said.Global consumption of the bl...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 18:25hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
ZACC officials recover US$29m assets offshore
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has recovered externalised assets by corrupt citizens worth US$29 million, a new report submitted to Parliament has revealed.Experts say the sout...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 17:32hrs | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
General Philip Valerio Sibanda to retire at the end of the year
ZIMBABWE Defence Forces commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda will retire at the end of the year and pave way for a new security services chief in charge of the country's military, an official sour...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:44hrs | 3241 | by Staff reporter
Elections cost Zimbabwean taxpayers US$188 million
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) received ZW$860 billion (US$188 266 199) to conduct the 23 August general elections, a figure which is likely to balloon in the forthcoming parliamentary and lo...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa main beneficiary of 'Gold Mafia' deals
INVESTIGATIVE journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirm...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for Mnangagwa removal campaign
Police have arrested a Chitungwiza man for allegedly mobilizing people to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power.In a statement on Monday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) ...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:51hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
70 arrested for blocking traffic to perform rituals at hit-and-run accident scene
A TOTAL of 70 people were arrested for obstructing free movement of traffic as they performed rituals at a hit-and-run accident scene.In a statement, police said a man died after an unknown mo...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:22hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Pair in court for using fake High Court order
Two people appeared in court last Friday for allegedly tendering a fake High Court Order to the police to assist them in getting custody of two minor children.Gift Phiri (54) and Lois Rodo Mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:21hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
SADC PF reappoints Secretary General
The 54th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum has endorsed the reappointment of the Forum's Secretary General, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma, for a second five-year term.Delegates to t...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:21hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for defrauding Madzibaba
A man from Chitungwiza appeared in court over the weekend facing allegations of trying to defraud apostolic sect leader Lloyd Gwasira popularly known as Madzibaba Moses Gwanzura, his house that he is ...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:20hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for allegedly advocating government overthrow
Zimbabwean authorities have arrested Blessing Mhembere, a 22-year-old man, on charges of subverting a constitutional government.Mhembere is accused of inciting others to overthrow President Em...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:11hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies hunt for Biti, Welshman Ncube?
THE crisis in the opposition CCC is deepening and broadening, with senior members and advisors to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa publicly firing political salvos and diatribes interpretively directed to...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 4757 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa wipes out political opponents
President Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have wiped out his political opponents by what many deem is the use of state organs to fight political battles. Arrests seem to have dampened the energy of the "RET ...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2740 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Charumbira question Miles Sampa's motives
PAN-AFRICAN Parliament (PAP) president Fortune Charumbira has denied allegations that he abused the organisation's resources saying such claims are malicious and false.The allegations were mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits Umzingwane chief executive
UMZINGWANE Rural District Council chief executive Ndumiso Mpofu was on Wednesday last week acquitted at the close of the State's case where he was being charged with criminal abuse of office.M...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Harare doctor in court for blackmailing colleague
A SPECIALIST neurologist was on Wednesday brought before a Harare magistrate charged with contravening provisions of the Data Protection Act after he was accused of blackmailing a colleague, Andrew Ma...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 17:41hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
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