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Mudslides, rock falls hit Kariba following heavy rains
Heavy rains and gusty winds swept through Kariba on Thursday afternoon, causing mudslides that have rendered several roads impassable. The storm, which brought winds of up to 40 knots and intense rain...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 16:53hrs | 2201 | by Staff reporter
Musekiwa, Maposa named in Zimbabwe T20 squad
Zimbabwe unveils young squad for T20 World Cup Regional QualifiersZimbabwe has announced an exciting 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifiers, set to take place in Kenya t...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:06hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Lack of books access rocks council schools
Councillors have complained about the Bulawayo City Council's failure to provide textbooks for learners in council-run schools, despite parents paying a b...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 127 | by Stephen Jakes
Rugeje survives near-fatal bizarre car accident
Zanu-PF politburo member and retired army general Engelbert Rugeje narrowly escaped death last week in a harrowing car accident in Mt. Pleasant, according to sources within the ruling party. The incid...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:31hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
Starlink rocks Zimbabwe market
The entry of SpaceX's Starlink into the Zimbabwean market is poised to shake up the telecommunications sector, potentially leading to significant changes in service delivery, cost structures, and over...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:59hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
'Rehabilitate Bulawayo-Kezi Road to attract investments'
Lovemore Moyo, former Speaker of the National Assembly during Zimbabwe's government of national unity, has called on the Matobo Rural District Council (RDC) and relevant authorities to prioritize the ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth
The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems.It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and it's changing everything we ...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 17:40hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks on civil servants in tourism push
The Zimbabwean government is proposing a scheme where civil servants would contribute monthly towards end-of-year holidays to boost domestic tourism, despite widespread poverty among workers. ...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:59hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle scandal rocks Harare Town House
Harare City Council (HCC) is embroiled in a scandal involving the purchase of luxury vehicles worth over half a million dollars. According to NewsDay sources, 10 Grade Four officials acquired ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:05hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 34 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mutsvangwa booed as factionalism rocks Zanu-PF
During the provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting at Chinhoyi University of Technology's gym hall, ZANU-PF politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi left the session, reportedly due to factionalism w...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New dinosaur species fossils found in Zimbabwe
FOSSILS found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species.This remarkable find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis, marks only the fourth dinosaur species ...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 18:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Violent crime rocks Gwanda
VIOLENT crime that includes robbery, kidnapping and rape is haunting villagers residing at resettlement areas of Gwanda in Matabeleland South.A villager, Jeremiah Zitha from ward 2 in Nyandeni...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Players division rocks Dembare
According to a report by New Zimbabwe.com, Dynamos camp is facing internal discord among its players. An insider revealed that this division stems from perceived favoritism in the treatment of...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple leaves gun at a lodge
A FIREARM was found in a room at a lodge along Masotsha Ndlovu Road in Hatfield on Friday last week while a loaded gun was found on the bank of the Manyame River.The Noringo Star pistol was fo...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 08:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA measures to restore value chain integrity utter insensitive, says former Senator
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu from Nkayi has described the measures recently announced by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) meant to protect value chains integrity, issued in...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 19:19hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
The legacy of the first citizens of Zimbabwe
Historians argue that the San people were the earliest inhabitants of what now constitutes modern-day Zimbabwe. Archaeologists date San occupation as far back as the Stone Age, 20 000 years ago....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | 10 | by Mzala Tom
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 39 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Dilemma rocks Chamisa's CCC ahead of 18 December nomination court
As Zimbabwe prepares for the upcoming by-elections on February 3, 2024, triggered by the recalls of Members of Parliament and councillors, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Nelson...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 20:13hrs | 7 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Voter apathy rocks Zimbabwe's by-elections
Zimbabwe held special elections on Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again.The opposition called ...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 14 | by Lansana Gberie
Violence rocks Gutu West
HUMAN rights watchdogs have raised alarm over a spike in cases of political violence against opposition supporters in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo where there is a by-election tomorrow.E...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fierce fighting rocks war vets body
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is currently experiencing intense power struggles, with a "new" leadership claiming to have displaced the incumbent leadership under ...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Graft rocks Midlands Mines office
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has published a report that exposes widespread corruption purportedly occurring at the offices of the Midlands provincial mining department (PMD)....Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks swearing in of Harare councillors
THERE was chaos as newly elected Harare councillors yesterday took their oath of office.Unruly opposition CCC supporters who came to witness the ceremony wearing party regalia sang and threw y...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe produces US$1,1 billion gold
Zimbabwe produced a total of 16 855kg or 594 543 ounces of gold in the first seven months of this year, translating to about US$1,1 billion in value, statistics from Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) show....Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that 'STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "the...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:34hrs | 19 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF 'vandalises' CCC-linked projects
Zanu-PF supporters have been accused of vandalising infrastructure and disrupting developmental projects suspected to be linked to sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and legislato...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Massive explosion rocks Joburg CBD, leaving devastation in its wake
Authorities rushed to the Johannesburg Central Business District on Wednesday evening following reports of an explosion in Bree Street.The city's emergency medical services confirmed an explos...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 17:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Greedflation' rocks Zimbabwe
THE ZW$ gained by 4,8% on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Foreign Exchange Auction Tuesday amid concerns that most retailers remain reluctant to reduce prices of basic goods.A trading update rele...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Scandal rocks Chamisa's CCC?
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been rocked by a scandal with members across the country alleging that the selection process for the party's candidates in next month's polls was rigged in ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police share horror details of Diva Mafunga crash
Deceased veteran gospel musician Davies ‘Diva' Mafunga crashed his head on some roadside rocks after being thrown out of a vehicle he was using to tow another car, police revealed Wednesday....Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 20:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UK based company discovers substantial gold targets in Bulawayo
UK based Galileo Resources Plc says it has discovered a number of substantial gold targets based on new soil analytical results in the area around the Queen's mine located close to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe....Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt Ran mine workers in illegal miners death scandal
Residents of Bindura have come out guns blazing at Ran mine management over the tragic mine accident that killed five gold panners last week. ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that ‘STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "t...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:02hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
5 'O' Levels requirement for councillors rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is battling fierce strife within its Women's League following exclusion of long-serving and supposedly deserving female cadres, who were disqualified from nomination as Proportional Representa...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's conviction rocks Zimbabwe opposition and civil society
THE conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala on Wednesday has rocked the opposition and civil society, with critics saying it showed an intensifying crac...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among gang caught red-handed with 150 bags of chrome ore
ZIMBABWEAN nationals were among suspects arrested this Tuesday as South African police (SAPS) confiscated 150 bags of chrome-bearing material in Sakhelwe Township outside Dullstroom, Mpumalanga provin...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mine retrieves pastor's body
How Mine finally retrieved an apostolic church pastor Amukela Ncube's body who had drowned during a baptism session in Lumene falls on Saturday....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 21:18hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Tribalism rocks CCC ahead of candidate selection process
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo Province has been rocked by rampant tribalism ahead of next week's candidate selection process.A source who spoke to this reporter said the Welshme...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:41hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Cecil Rhodes's grave still haunts Zimbabweans
It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.It's also where the notorious British coloniser Cecil John Rhodes chose to be his final resting place....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new mining law to be strict on lithium beneficiation
PARLIAMENTARY Committee on Mines and Mining Development says the upcoming Mines and Minerals law should be rigid on lithium beneficiation to ensure maximum returns for the country from the commodity....Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold deliveries to hit 40 tonnes
STATE-owned gold buyer, Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) is bullish on hitting a 40-tonne gold delivery target in 2023 buoyed by new gold mining projects coming into production as well as continuous polic...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe funded Chamisa's 2018 campaign
ECONOMIST and former opposition legislator Eddie Cross has claimed that former First Lady Grace Mugabe bankrolled opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's 2018 presidential bid.During the 2018 harmo...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai denies joining Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislator, Vincent Tsvangirai, has poured cold water on rumours circulating that he has jumped ship to join the ruling party, Zanu-PF.Thursday,...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels still critically low
BULAWAYO's major supply dams have received insignificant inflows of water since the onset of the rainy season, raising fears of more water woes in the city.According to the latest update by th...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fisherman falls into 15-metre gorge in Zambezi river
Victoria Falls city council and fisherman Alvin Mlilo (52) slipped down into 15 metres gorges on the Zambezi river while fishing on Friday and he was rescued on Saturday.Rescue team leader Ski...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Man slips, falls to death while chasing baboons
A Rushinga man Tashinga Bvumba (23) died on New Year's Eve after slipping on a mountain while chasing away a troop of baboons at a field in Rushinga.Bvumba crashed his head on the rocks and di...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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