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Hwange Thermal Power Station back on grid after heavy rains
HEAVY rains which pounded Hwange at the weekend knocked out Hwange Thermal Power Station when the coal got wet but two 120 megawatt units were back up yesterday with a third expected to be on the grid...Published: 15 mins ago | 25 | by Staff Reporter
Beating wife lands man in court
A Mzilikazi man has landed himself into trouble after he assaulted his wife against the court order which was granted against him.Collen Mutizwa (35) had been sometime reprimanded by the court...Published: 1 hr ago | 273 | by Stephen Jakes
The most famous people from Blackjack
Blackjack is without a doubt one of the most popular card games in history. Those who become skilled at the game have, at times, made millions from playing. It's so popular that it has featured in cou...Published: 2 hrs ago | 203 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Njube high school students demonstrate against school
Reports coming from Njube High School indicate that pupils from the school took to the street on Monday to protest against the increase of school fees from ZWL$92 to ZWL$440. A vid...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 11:00hrs | 6876 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa plotting a genocide using Mashurugwi gangs'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning a genocide under the guise of crushing the rogue Mashurugwi gang political analyst Dr Dinizulu Macaphulana has said.Mashurugwi gangs have been wreaking...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7617 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 suspended over Harare water shortages
HARARE City Council has suspended four senior officials for alleged dereliction of duty and contributing to the water crisis in the city.The axe fell on head of city chemistry, production mana...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:24hrs | 1980 | by Staf reporter
CIOs pounce on PTUZ leader
State security operatives reportedly pounced on Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou's office on Thursday last week following reports of his involvement in the planne...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2600 | by Staf reporter
Chiyangwa in Cosafa storm
COSAFA president Philip Chiyangwa is in the eye of a storm after it emerged that he and his executive members at the regional football governing body allegedly pocketed over R1,5 million in allowances...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2708 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwean coaches ignore Warriors job
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) technical development committee met yesterday in the capital to deliberate on the next Warriors coach. The Warriors have been without a substantive coa...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:26hrs | 2190 | by Nigel Matongorere
Chiwenga visits Mnangagwa
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga on Saturday made a surprise visit to President Mnangagwa, who is enjoying his vacation at his Pricabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe. The two, who, besides bein...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 11096 | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa TS Galaxy deal 'hits snag'
HIGHLANDERS defence stalwart Peter Muduhwa's coveted move to South African National First Division side TS Galaxy is likely to hit a snag, with sources saying the second-tier side is only keen on sign...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Jelous siblings jailed for attacking father's girlfriend
TWO JEALOUS Bindura siblings who attacked their fathers' girlfriend before robbing her of her money were sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by a Bindura magistrate yesterday.Stephen Mashongedz...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:56hrs | 2747 | by Paul Ndou
Minor drowns in flooded river
A 12-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi Pools boy drowned in flooded Hunyani River while trying to cross in a canoe with his siblings on Wednesday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Munde...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1818 | by Paul Ndou
Police seize journalist's phone
Chiredzi based journalist Patrick Chitongo's phone was seized last week by ZRP Chiredzi, the gadget was suspected to have been used to steal a classified document from the Police force's district head...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1920 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa savages Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party's offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country.T...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:24hrs | 6737 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths plot against maShurugwi
MDC youths will this week set up community resistance committees to help security agencies address the violence caused by machete gangsters now infamously known as MaShurugwi.The opposition pa...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs created by govt bigwigs'
Independent Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says the machete-wielding gangs that are terrorising people in most parts of the country are a creation of people in high offices.Speaking ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:18hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Marry throws Chiwenga under the bus
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has thrown another salvo at her husband, claiming the retired military commander is a dangerous character who uses the army to deal with pe...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 11259 | by Staff reporter
Cal_Vin hits back at Skyz Metro FM
RAPER Cal_Vin, who is under fire from a Bulawayo radio station after he released a controversial single titled Im So Bulawayo, which takes a dig at the radio station and one of its DJs, has come out g...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:12hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's maize subsidy sabotaged
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a Presidential Maize Subsidy meant to benefit the masses. This was a response to Mthuli Ncube's poorly planned removal of subsidies on maizePresident Mna...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:52hrs | 6710 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Mnangagwa in no hurry to fix economy'
As the world marks the 61st anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has lamented the deterioration in living standards, claiming that the Pre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 7689 | by Staff reporter
Liberation: Did somebody say Fanon?
DURING the African struggles against settler colonialism the name of Frantz Fanon used to scare settler colonialists that understandably banned his books and pamphlets. In the present era the name and...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 316 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Hwange power station flooded, serious loadshedding expected
HEAVY rains of up to 139mm pounded Hwange Town yesterday in just three hours, resulting in flash floods which damaged homes and properties including a stockpile of coal at Hwange Power Station, the co...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal tracker launched
THE Government, working with other agencies has unleashed monitors to track the movement and selling of subsided mealie-meal as concerns grow over the continued channelling of the commodity to the bla...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a mo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 169 | by Staff rpeorter
Corruption: A national security threat
THE Willowgate Scandal, one of the major investigative stories in the history of the media in Zimbabwe, is pregnant with many important lessons.When the scandal was first exposed in the media,...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 123 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe Commonwealth bid nears
Zimbabwe is inching closer to readmission into the Commonwealth ahead of the grouping's biennial meeting slated for Kigali, Rwanda, in June.The Sunday Mail has gathered that Commonwealth Secre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 202 | by Staff rpeorter
All-out war on machete gangs
Police have deployed one of their largest ever forces in recent history to different parts of the country as they intensify a crackdown on machete -wielding gangs that have been terrorising small-scal...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 391 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko's daughter slams Mnangagwa's govt for lack of respect
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter, Siduduzile, has rapped the government for allegedly disrespecting and failing to honour her father despite his contribution to Zimbabwe before and ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:25hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft, power in Zimbabwe politics
CHIPINGE is some small district in the south east of Zimbabwe, on the edge of the Mozambican border, well known not for its scenic environment, cooler temperatures or the tropical rainforests of Mt Se...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 267 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Notorious machete gang members arrested
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest of eight notorious machete gang members known as Maketo brothers, who terrorised residents in several mining towns.The machete gangs popular...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:23hrs | 3002 | by Staff reporter
'Trump is a pierrot'
Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nati...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:20hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11764 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 14845 | by Staff reporter
The first duty of government is to afford protection its people its citizens
The Government Has an Implied Moral Constitutional Duty to Protect Individuals from Harm and from the Mashurugwi. The continuing failure of the government to respond to the growing threat of Mashu...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:23hrs | 488 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Wife orders hubby to sleep with mum
THE story of a man who was being seduced by his mother-in-law has taken a new twist as he claims his wife not only knew about her mother's antics, but was actually encouraging him to have sex with her...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:47hrs | 2816 | by Staff reporter
Man demands lover's underwear after break up
BREAK UPS can be awkward, especially when ex-lovers start demanding their gifts back from each other.One Bulawayo woman approached the court to voice her horror after her seemingly bitter ex-l...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Algeria to play at BF
BULAWAYO soccer enthusiasts are drooling at the opportunity of watching the Warriors in a "real" competitive match when Barbourfields Stadium plays host to reigning continental champions Algeria in a ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:43hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Job scam resurfaces in Bulawayo streets
Less than five minutes after meeting a smooth-talking stranger at the corner of George Silundika Street and 9th Avenue in Bulawayo, a dazed Nomalanga Masina feels like she has just woken up from a bad...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's British coach arrives
NEWLY appointed Highlanders coach Mark Harrison flew into Bulawayo yesterday and immediately declared his intention to stop FC Platinum's dominance of the local game following Pure Platinum Play's thr...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Junior cops rebel over poor working conditions, police abort operation
A PLANNED police anti-riot operation in residential areas of Bulawayo was Thursday aborted after over 50 officers based at Mzilikazi Police Station rebelled in protest over poor working conditions, Ne...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 640 | by NewZimbabwe
'Nhlanhla Ndiweni dismissal above board'
GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims by dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni that his removal from the chieftainship by President Mnangagwa, following recommendations by Cabinet and the Matabelela...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa bosses, Mangoma seek discharge
A HARARE magistrate yesterday said he would, on January 30, make a ruling on an application for discharge filed by two former Zesa bosses who together with ex-Energy minister Elton Mangoma, face corru...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Journalist acquitted on anti-govt protest charge
HARARE-BASED freelance journalist, Doubt Asima, who was arrested in August last year on public violence charges after he was found rendering first aid to an elderly woman during an anti-government pro...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1307 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa launches fresh onslaught on G40 faction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has launched a fresh onslaught on its perceived political rivals, mostly former Zanu-PF bigwigs belonging to the ruling party's vanquished Generation 40 (...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
'Telecel on the brink of collapse'
WORKERS at mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the state of affairs at the company, saying it faces imminent collapse unless government urgently intervenes to rescue t...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1730 | by Simukai Tinhu
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 191 | by Derek Matyszak
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