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Hwange Unit 7 trial run starts
ENGINEERS have started synchronising various sub-systems at the Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 plant which is 97 percent complete and ready for commissioning in November, paving way for its conne...Published: 56 mins ago | 25 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Beatrice police accused of obstructing course of justice
Four murder suspects are walking free in Beatrice after police reportedly dragged their feet in investigations and released the suspects from custody claiming there was no case against them....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 17:18hrs | 661 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe inflation tumbles to 3,5%?
ZIMBABWE'S month-on-month inflation rate has drastically dropped to 3,5 percent in September, shedding 8,9 percentage points on the August rate of 12,4 percent as price stability persists across the m...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
1 dies in horrific accident
ONE person died and 14 others escaped with varying injuries when a Nissan Patrol pickup motor vehicle they were travelling in overturned.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emman...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
e-passort centre relief for Beitbridge residents
THE new e-passport bio-enrolment centre in Beitbridge opened last month has brought relief to the Beitbridge community and thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa who used to incur costs trave...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must revisit its ruinous stance on NGOs
Zanu-PF has been in overdrive with its attacks of civil society organisations with party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa being the latest top ranking official to launch an unprovoked tirade....Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | 270 | by Evans Mathanda
Truck driver jailed for stealing fuel
A HARARE truck driver has been jailed four years for stealing 43 652 litres of fuel worth US$40 814, and replacing it with water to hide the theft.Paul Mberi (51) was arrested at Chirundu Bord...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns xenophobia
President Mnangagwa is using his visit to New York to engage investors and other Heads of State and Government as he champions the twin policies of engagement and re-engagement, as well as "Zimbabwe i...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 309 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Mixed reactions to police blitz
ABOUT 81 people had been arrested as of yesterday in the latest crackdown against unlicensed, uninsured and unregistered vehicles in Harare central business district.Police said criminals were...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
100 pirate taxis impounded in clampdown
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded more than 100 pirate taxis and two buses for violating the traffic regulations and using undesignated areas in the city centre as pick-up and drop-off points...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
3,000 hectares of wheat in Mat North
FARMERS in Matabeleland North have increased their wheat hectarage from last year's 950 hectares to about 3 000 hectares as the province moves towards enhancing the country's food security and attainm...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Fire breaks out at Bulawayo service station
A SWIFT reaction by the Bulawayo Fire and Emergency Services coupled with bravery by a driver of a fuel-tanker helped to avert disaster when a fire broke out at a city service station during a decanti...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
SA addresses cargo movement challenges
Commercial cargo is now moving south through Beitbridge Border Post after the South African Revenue Service managed to refuel its stand-by generator on Tuesday afternoon, so allowing customs officers ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drops on world peace rankings
ZIMBABWE has continued to slide on the Global Peace Index (GPI) rankings and is currently perched on number 127 in the world and number 31 out of 44 nations in sub-Saharan Africa.The latest ra...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
SA loadshedding triggers Beitbridge border chaos
Continued loadshedding in South Africa with delays in delivering diesel for the South African back-up generator has seen commercial cargo piling up at Beitbridge Border Post with trucks stretching in ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe life expectancy improves to 65 years
Improved conditions and access to health care facilities has seen a huge jump in life expectancy at birth of 20 years in the last two decades to 65 years for both sexes compared to 45 in 2002, the cen...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula targets foreign national drivers
Operation Dudula in KwaZulu-Natal has repeated calls for transport operators to stop hiring foreign national drivers.This comes after a horrific accident in Pongola, northern KwaZulu-Natal, wh...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:46hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
5 die in fatal road accident along Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway
FIVE people died after a Toyota Corolla vehicle collided with a Mazda Axela along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said four peo...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:44hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission says handling more than 1,000 cases
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), an independent commission created to combat corruption and crime, said it was handling more than 1,000 cases as it intensifies its war against corruptio...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi greenbelt transforms rural agriculture
AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government's bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Repu...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's high inflation forecast to plunge to 3%?
ZIMBABWE's month-on-month inflation rate is expected to fall to three percent by year-end while the annual rate is seen dropping below 100 percent on the back of monetary and fiscal interventions the ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's many challenges and problems are microcosm of our failure to reason
Man is a creature of reason; all humans are born with inert potential to think and reason.Some people have lost the ability to reason out of drunken stupor, laziness or some such reas...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 18:47hrs | 133 | by Wilbert Mukori
UZ taken to court by students over fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have taken the institution and its vice-chancellor Paul Mapfumo to court challenging the recent increase in tuition fees.The university recently increased ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF govt to build residential flats in Uzumba
THE government has plans to build residential flats in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe district in a bid to create small cities under a rural urbanisation programme.This was revealed by National Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Spies stalk US Senate aides to Harare cafe, stage high speed chase
In a dramatic incident, suspected Zimbabwe state agents tailed and secretly filmed two visiting US Senate aides who were having a meeting with a civil society activist at a Harare cafe.The inc...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 2348 | by Staff reporter
30m Euros set for Kariba Dam wall rehab
THE European Union (EU) has availed a €30 million package towards the Kariba Dam rehabilitation project. The announcement was made by EU ambassador to Zambia, Jasek Jankowski during a visit ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators pledge to end crisis
PUBLIC transport players have committed to revamp the sector with modern and customer-friendly buses to help manage the country's unrelenting transport crisis.Addressing delegates during a pas...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Motorist nearly kills 2 traffic cops in Harare
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a dragnet for the owner of a Toyota Wish registration number AFT 4573 who dumped his car after he nearly ran over two police officers who were on de-con...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roads rehab to reduce carnage by 50%, claims Mhona
GOVERNMENT says it has a target of reducing road carnage by 50% by rehabilitating the country's poor roads and constructing new ones.Addressing the media during the tour of the Mbudzi intercha...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Arrest traffic violators
To the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Cde Godwin Matanga, Please can you bring sanity on our road. The careless driving in Zimbabwe Roads is getting out off order. Please ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 11:49hrs | 275 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Pratley Putty plays a key role in Kariba Dam spillway rehabilitation
Pratley Putty is playing a key role in the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam spillway. The hand-mouldable, high-performance putty-like adhesive was identified by distributor Mart Solutions to be used i...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 17:54hrs | 1177 | by Agncies
Mnangagwa's govt failing to pay US$5.2m debt owed to Chinese firm
THE government is reportedly struggling to pay US$5.2 million owed to a Chinese firm which was contracted to build a new mill which is expected to double production at cement producer Lafarge Cement Z...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man beaten to death by angry SA mob
A Zimbabwean immigrant accused of raping a middle-aged woman from Matangari in Limpopo province was recently beaten to death by an angry crowd, it has emerged.The tragic incident occurred earl...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 4873 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Valley braces for more dinosaur excavations
The discovery and excavation of remains of a two-legged dinosaur, that lived 230 million years ago, according to carbon dating in Mbire, has opened floodgates of explorations by archaeologists and loc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku should apologise, says Biti
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president and lawyer Tendai Biti has slammed Lovemore Madhuku over unsolicited advice the opposition party should abandon the current legal path and instead ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:25hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's capital markets collapse
DELTA Corporation CEO Matlhogonolo Valela has given graphic details about the frustrations that local firms have been enduring in accessing capital due to the country's difficult business environment....Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat census sparks controversy
THE accurate number of Zimbabwean immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia has exposed gross inaccuracies in the 2022 Population and Housing Census which has painted the size of the country...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Time for Zimbabweans to reclaim lost glory
THE Communities in Action Platform (CAP) last month penned down reflections on the economy to alert the responsible authority, government, and bring awareness to the general citizenry on the deteriora...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:22hrs | 118 | by Martin Stobart
Road accident kills two
Two people died while one was seriously injured after their car collided with a haulage truck at the 62km peg along the Harare-Mutare road on Tuesday.Mashonaland East police spokesperson Inspe...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:20hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Botswana, Namibia discard passports
NAMIBIA and Botswana nationals will no longer be using passports when travelling between the two countries after the countries' Presidents agreed to open their borders to each other.President ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
A tribute to vaMagaisa (Mamvura Part 2)
Due to the excitement which has overwhelmed Mamvura that he was now able to manoeuvre the bus from its parking bay to the road. He gained a little bit of knowledge on how to drive but lacked experienc...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:36hrs | 466 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's govt gazettes new driver's licence fees
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has set new driver's licence fees that will see new drivers paying between US$15 and US$30.In Statutory Instrument 158 of 2022, p...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:08hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
Joma bus rolls back, crashes at Boterekwa killing a passenger
One passenger died while several others were injured when a Joma bus they were travelling in developed an engine failure while negotiating the treacherous Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi and rolled b...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 1007 | by Staff Reporter
We've to battle without reforms! Said Ncube - because wouldn't 'implement reforms like a man!'
"We've to battle without reforms!" screamed the Daily News headline with a picture of Professor Welshman Ncube. "We have to be ready, prepared to win elections under the most adverse of conditions...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 2977 | by Wilbert Mukori
Qoki Zindlovukazi constructs 200 townhouses
QOKI Zindlovukazi is building more than 200 townhouses in Bulawayo that will accommodate its founders, who are diaspora-based Zimbabwean women, once they retire from their jobs overseas.The co...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets $1 billion for road repairs
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has disbursed about $12 billion to road authorities across the country for road maintenance and rehabilitation since the beginning of the year under...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
A Zambian is jailed every month for insulting President Hichilema
I had a chat with Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa yesterday. He posed a few questions and said something that left me troubled. I asked him for permission to reproduce part of our conversation. Here is part of wha...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 20:13hrs | 4730 | by Staff reporter
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