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Bogus CIO serial fraudster remanded in custody
A SERIAL fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and a close security aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa before duping Ingwebu Breweries of 375 l...Published: 4 hrs ago | 723 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House loses $200 000 to Harare fraudster
A MAN from Harare has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding Harvest House International Church of $200 000 after falsely claiming that he could supply bricks for the construction of a church audi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Chief sells Govt vehicle, deal reversed
GOVERNMENT has seized an Isuzu Double cab vehicle, which it allocated to Chief Mupungu of Chipinge after it emerged that he sold it to a Chipinge man hardly two years after receiving it.The la...Published: 4 hrs ago | 641 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo wants Trevor Manuel and other Old Mutual directors jailed
Axed Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo says there is no punishment befitting Old Mutual directors other than six months' jail time, without the option of a fine, on the contempt of court charges he lodged aga...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1466 | by Staff reporter
UK think tank sees Zimdollar firming
The Zimbabwe dollar is expected to largely stabilise next year before it starts firming against the US dollar on the back of growing confidence in the domestic currency.The local currency woul...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3410 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's infrastructure to be twice that of Dubai'
"Zimbabwe's infrastructure will develop to an extent twice that of the Middle Eastern City of Dubai as God has chosen Zimbabwe to be the 2nd Israel, after the Israelites rejected Him," declares Apostl...Published: 18 hrs ago | 11014 | by Mukudzei Jonhera
Mnangagwa targets 'troublesome' doctors
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened 'troublesome' union leaders reported to be inciting the strike by doctors at public health institutions."Last month we gave them an increment ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Woman locks up boyfriend's corpse for 2 days
A CHIMANIMANI man reportedly died mysteriously at his girlfriend's house after a beer drinking spree, but the woman left the body locked inside for two days as she left for another binge.Manic...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health system in intensive care
The country's health system has reached alarming levels as major referral hospitals have reached their lowest rate of service delivery.During a tour of Harare Central Hospital on Wednesday, Ne...Published: 20 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accelerating towards precipice of doom - Asante sana
The pace at which Zimbabwe's socio-economic situation is deteriorating is quite terrifying and a long-lasting panacea is urgently needed. I am afraid that we might be heading towards the precipice of ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 295 | by Canisio Mudzimu
Dumb thief returns to victims' house wearing stolen loot
A CHEEKY, if not dumb thief from Bulawayo was arrested after he went to one of his victims' house two days after robbing him, wearing clothes he had stolen from the home. Noel Tshuma (20) from...Published: 20 hrs ago | 555 | by Staff reporter
No prospects of return to a multi-currency regime
ZIMBABWE'S central bank deputy governor Jesimen Chipika says the nation is grappling with symptomatic challenges instead of tackling structural problems in the economy as she that the multi-currency s...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:32hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 127 | by Tony Hawkins
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank Zimbabwe wins top bank award
PAN-AFRICAN financial institution Ecobank Zimbabwe Limited came tops at the prestigious Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey that was held at a colourful ceremony in the in the capital yester...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:26hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Harare blows millions on bloated trips
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council (HCC) has splurged ZW$1,6 million and US$69 000 on local and foreign travel at a time it is battling to provide treated water and other essential services to resi...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:23hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Gems coach sacked for complaining about unpaid allowances
SENIOR netball team coach Lloyd Makunde has been sacked ahead of the Africa Netball Cup that gets underway in South Africa today. The Zimbabwe Netball Association (Zina) executive led by Letic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:02hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
'No going back on Zimdollar usage,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday directed all businesses in the country to comply with the new monetary policy regulations as there is no going back on the use of the Zimbabwe dollar for all local transa...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:01hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
A peek into Chamisa's urban nightmare
The opposition party, the MDC, cut its teeth in elections in 2000. Since then, it has been winning almost the same local authority and National Assembly seats, mainly in urban areas. Despite b...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:52hrs | 58 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 145 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bosso dominate Warriors Chan traveling squad
A rejuvenated Highlanders dominates the Warriors' Chan squad that leaves the country this afternoon for the second leg and final qualifer against Lesotho in Maseru on Sunday.Making it into the...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:25hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesman exits Twitter after porn video shame
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba deleted his Twitter account late Tuesday after inadvertently posting a link to a pornographic website.Possession and sharing of pornogr...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 18 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa govt use of threats betrays failure to deal with issues
THERE is always going to be a challenge if government continues using a command system to get its way, especially against reason. Setting the condition that it will only hold negotiations with strikin...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Army chief's wife to stand trial for murder
The wife of a brigadier general who was a suspect in the 2012 murder of her nephew is only being prosecuted seven years later – coincidentally as her husband has filed for divorce.Cleop...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4 | by ZimLive
Woman goes scot free for scalding hubby with boiling water
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who was accused of scalding her husband with boiling water peeling off most of his skin, breathed a sigh of relief after attempted murder charges against her were withdrawn yeste...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Defiant doctors face censure
THE Health Service Board (HSB) is likely to commence disciplinary hearings against all doctors who ignored the last Friday's Labour Court ruling ordering them to return to work within 48 hours. ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Jean, come back home to Zimbabwe and leave your Ghanaian husband, my response to activist Nomazulu Thata
Dear Nomazulu Thata, I recently read an article in Bulawayo News 24 where you were saying I am in an abusive ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1760 | by Jean Gasho
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areas
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areasNobleman RunyangaThe opposition party, the MDC cut its teeth into elections in 2000. Since then it has been winning almost the same lo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 992 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Doctors told to resume work & dialogue
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Obadi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Jaure rallies Warriors
WARRIORS captain Partson Jaure has made a passionate appeal to his troops to be focused and defend their lead jealously when they clash with Lesotho in Maseru in the decisive second leg of the 2020 Af...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Lightning strikes woman fixing fowl run
A MATOBO woman died after she was struck by lightning while fixing a fowl run with her husband at their homestead. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors told, 'No work, no dialogue'
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Ob...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1317 | by Walter Mzembi
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 894 | by AP
Man stabs wife's buttocks
Police have arrested an abusive Bulawayo who struck his wife with a brick and stabbed her on the buttocks with an empty beer bottle in a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Zibusiso Mthe...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 1210 | by Staff Reporter
'Doctors don't feed on court orders'
Striking doctors at public hospitals are likely to face a contempt of court charge for defying a Labour Court order issued last Friday compelling them to report for duty within 48 hours of the ruling ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Caps United suffer huge title blow
INFLUENTIAL Caps United veteran defender Method Mwanjale could miss the rest of the season after suffering what appears to be a career-threatening ankle injury in the team's 3-1 victory over Hwange at...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:52hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean crisis gone above politics
IT began with the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe, who many identified as a liberator-turned despot. At the height of his rule, and in the twilight of his reign, a common factor endu...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 549 | by Learnmore Zuze
Grannies 'steal' US$17k+ burial money
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo allegedly stole US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegwe suburb allegedly betraye...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect arrested in prison
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a murder suspect on their wanted persons list moments before his release from prison for another crime after discovering that he had been in jail while they searched f...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
ZHRO 9 October 2019 Planned Peaceful, Vigil Protest hindered by another protest
The ZHRO (Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation) planned weekly peaceful vigil protest at 429, The Strand London, was held on Wednesday 9th October 2019. It was a sombre and worrying day for all.&n...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:41hrs | 472 | by ZHRO Team
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor now receiving treatment from a safe house
A Zimbabwean doctor, Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted last month in the country's capital, dumped a few days later outside Harare and hospitalized in South Africa, is now receiving treatment from a s...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:41hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:36hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Child abuse is a danger to society
Amongst my people (blacks), the problem of paedophilia is downplayed to not-a-problem levels yet its a reality. Entrusting male relatives with girl child care or girl baby sitting must be done with gr...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:54hrs | 88 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
France behind sacking of AU's ambassador to the United States?
The firing of African Union ambassador to the United States Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao has angered thousands who are now signing an online petition, demanding her reinstatement.Chihombori-Quao...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths target Zhuwao farm
Zanu-PF youths have vowed to grab the farm of exiled Generation 40 (G40) kingpin Patrick Zhuwao and redistribute it among themselves. This comes after the self-exiled former Cabinet minister c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 5607 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's problems mount by the day
Former first lady Grace Mugabe risks losing one of the properties that forms part of her family's sprawling residence in Harare's leafy suburb of Borrowdale - famously referred to as the Blue Roof - f...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 20409 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses' strike requires a sober approach
In our NewsDay Weekender edition on Saturday we carried a depressing story of how the country's major public hospitals have turned into dens of death as helpless patients succumb to their sicknesses i...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
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