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2 cops arrested
Detectives on Wednesday night fired warning shots to arrest a policeman and a member of a Harare neighbourhood watch suspected to be part of a group of rogue officers demanding bribes from truck drive...Published: 2 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa firm bares teeth at residents
A company owned by businessman Phillip Chiyangwa has bared its teeth at a residential association which this week claimed it was illegally selling land belonging to its members.This comes as P...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:20hrs | 3614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases spike
The number of confirmed Covid-19 positive cases jumped to 132 by yesterday from the 56 that were recorded by Sunday, with all 76 new cases, bar one, being recorded from quarantine centres housing retu...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Pampering executives improves city status, says Mayor
MUTARE mayor Blessing Tandi has torched a storm by claiming that the council's resolution to acquire top of the range vehicles for senior management will improve the city's status.He made the ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 690 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Coronavirus used as an excuse to abuse citizens - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said in Zimbabwe corona is an excuse to abuse citizens by the rich and the powerful, worse still by the government."This is no longer about corona but op...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:15hrs | 997 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa's company selling stands illegally in The Grange?
The Grange Residents Association would like to advise and urge all members of the public who are buying residential stands in The Grange (Harare) from Pinnacle Investments to verify the legal status o...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1987 | by The Grange Residents Association
'Zimbabwe in gridlock under Mnangagwa'
THE ruling Zanu-PF has failed to deal with Zimbabwe's multifaceted crisis as the socio-economic situation continues to deteriorate since 2018 elections, a survey has shown.According to a repor...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe cursed?
Zimbabweans are so friendly and peace loving people, Zimbabweans are known for being some of the friendliest and most welcoming hosts in the world – there is no better place to experience this than ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:31hrs | 3455 | by Knowledge Hakata
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1792 | by Brezh Malaba
ZACC hunts down corrupt ministers
A former Cabinet Minister, a Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and a prominent property mogul face arrest for criminal abuse of office, fraud and abuse of funds following investigations into la...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: 'Ugly' ZUPCO buses break the internet
Photos of ZUPCO buses which are plying the Bualwayo CBD route have gone viral on the internet causeing social media users to condemne the government's decision to allow the buses to be used for public...Published: 22 May 2020 at 14:01hrs | 13096 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The cost of Chinese aid to Africa
THE adage that one cannot bite the hand that feeds him/her cannot be truer and more applicable than on the issue pertaining to the relations between China and Africa. There is a truism that a benefact...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:06hrs | 366 | by Reinford Khumalo
Whither MDC after Supreme Court judgment?
THE MDC is at the crossroads, probably of a never-seen-before nature since its formation in 1999. On May 5 2020, Parliament recalled four of the MDC Alliance's MPs. This was a major step by ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 675 | by Moses Tofa
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4137 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 742 | by Vince Musewe
Transit trucks slow down commercial cargo movement
The volume of haulage trucks transporting commercial cargo through Beitbridge Border Post has been increasing in the last three days as more lorry drivers now prefer to transit through Zimbabwe to avo...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
SADC says political situation in the region is relatively stable except for Mozambique
A communiqué released after the Sadc troika meeting concluded that the political situation in the region was relatively stable except for the situation obtaining in Mozambique."The Extraordin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Zimbabwe on Sadc agenda
THE opposition MDC Alliance has pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to put Zimbabwe on its agenda for the next summit, arguing that the situation in the country was ripe for...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Fresh trouble mounts for Chihuri
Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana says the National Prosecuting Authority is moving in to possess an estate left be the former Police Commissioner-General who is currently in exile. Post...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:15hrs | 3991 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Abducted MDC MP car at police, did the MP drive to the cop station to be arrested?
MYSTERY continues to deepen over the disappearance and torture of three MDC Alliance officials after NewsDay learnt that one of the abductees, Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe's vehicle was found parked ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 4528 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Council starts road signs installations
Beitbridge municipality has started installing standard road signs which conform to set Sadc guidelines as part of the local authority's efforts to transform the town into a medium city.Financ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:40hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 327 | by Peter Gambara
Chitungwiza residents block new fuel station
CHITUNGWIZA deputy mayor Musa Makweza has been accused of presiding over the illegal allocation of a greenway to a local fuel company to develop a service station. On Tuesday, residents of war...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1956 | by Staff reporter
Inter-city travellers violate lockdown
A NUMBER of people are increasingly travelling between cities and provinces without exemption in violation of level two lockdown regulations banning inter-city travel. Some Zimbabweans continu...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
'It's time for real dialogue,' says Mnangagwa's advisor
A MEMBER of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisory council, Shingi Munyeza says Zimbabwe needs a new political leadership and broad-based dialogue to tackle political and economic crises that have le...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 5627 | by Staff reporter
Judge raps arrested bigwigs
The High Court has castigated high-profile individuals facing corruption charges for abusing bail conditions, seeking passports for travel for medical or business reasons not revealed in the original ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Fuel queues resurface
LONG winding queues have resurfaced at fuel stations in Bulawayo with motorists expressing frustration over the situation during the lockdown. Service station staffers who spoke to reporters y...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3627 | by Nomazulu Thata
A new voice in the face of the old guard
Before the 2017 coup and for decades, this country had been referred to as "robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe". Now with the late former president gone and his former lieutenants in charge, we need new names a...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 599 | by Maxwell Zeb Shumba
Beitbridge-Harare road dualisation latest
WORK to rehabilitate the Harare-Beitbridge highway is progressing well as most contractors are on course to meet their targets, Government has said. Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 5120 | by Staff reporter
Boy dies following threats by Mnangagwa's aides
AN eight-year-old boy from Mudzi district, Mashonaland East province, collapsed and died after being intimidated by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's security aides, a human rights lobby group Zimbabwe ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:38hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF at its exploitative best
The ongoing MDC political infights presents Zanu-PF with a rare opportunity of political opportunism which they cannot afford to miss. Zanu-PF is reacting to the MDC saga with predatory instincts, typ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:25hrs | 843 | by Mzingaye Ngwenya
Commuters sing transport blues as Zupco fails to cope
THE government has been urged to rope in private transport operators to bring relief to commuters who had to queue for hours in all the major cities and towns early morning and end of day yesterda...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new lockdown rules lack clarity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday announced the extension of the national lockdown by another 14 days and at the same time relaxed the conditions saying the country was now on level 2 of the meas...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:22hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo is coming together
A group of prominent Bulawayo residents has taken the lead in helping to prepare the city's health facilities to handle Covid-19 patients at a time the government is struggling to put together a coher...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 3995 | by Staff reporter
The lost industrial glory of the city of Bulawayo
AFRICAN nationalism demands that the history of British colonialism must be condemned at every opportunity and I must be counted among those who lose no opportunity to condemn this phenomenal episode ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 859 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
'Police Commissioner General Matanga crashes 2 expensive cars'
Norton' Member": of Parliament Temba Mliswa has sensationally claimed that Police Boss Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has in the recent past crashed two official vehicles and had them replaced. ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 14:56hrs | 6923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Elephants trample farmer to death
A 68-YEAR-OLD man from Laughing Hills Farm in Hurungwe was on Monday trampled to death by a herd of elephants while he was tending to his field.Kenneth Machengo's body was discovered late in t...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Full Bulawayo water bowser deliveries schedule
The Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube has announced the Bulawayo water bowser schedule that will be followed during the water shedding period. The Town Clerk said bowsers will supply ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 16:05hrs | 2187 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nkayi villagers on brink of starvation due to bad road network
Nkayi villagers in Matabeleland North province are threatened with starvation as the department of social welfare is failing to deliver maize to the district due to the bad state of Bulawayo-Nkayi roa...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:40hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
More campaigns must be done to enlighten youths and children on Covid-19
Human Rights activist, Effie Ncube has urged the state to use youth-friendly and community-based communication tools that reach out deep into the spaces of young people and high density suburbs....Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 189 | by Stephen Jakes
'Civic education needed to enforce lockdown'
CIVIC society organisations yesterday expressed concern over what they termed reckless behaviour by residents, particularly youths, in most high-density suburbs of Bulawayo who are defying the lockdow...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:34hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Corruption is eating into the lockdown
JUST look at the volume of traffic on our roads. What do you see? Cars, of course. But, beyond that, you must see a big problem.We are under a lockdown, whose philosophy is beautiful. People m...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 13:27hrs | 1655 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe records a budget surplus, But
Zimbabwe recorded its first fiscal surplus since 2011 as a result of significant contributions from Intermediate Monetary Transfer (IMT) Tax, subdued investment on capital expenditure and civil servic...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 715 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe must introduce wealth tax and improve our health sector as Nguwaya donates drugs
Mr D Nguwaya a Zimbabwean business man has challenged other Zimbabwean businesses to come together and help the government to fight COVID 19. Mr D Nguwaya is a decorated dedicated Zimbabwean business ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 17:45hrs | 2216 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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