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Car thief crashes in escape attempt
A CAR thief was apprehended after he crashed a vehicle he had stolen as he was pursued in high-speed chase by members of the public in Beitbridge.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesper...Published: 1 hr ago | 145 | by Staff reporter
Man falls from bike, dies
A KEZI man has died from injuries sustained after he lost control and fell off a motorbike he was riding before it landed on him. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspe...Published: 16 hrs ago | 853 | by Staff reporter
Speeding Nissan March kills one
A speeding Nissan March killed one person on the spot after the driver failed to control it at Pembi bridge, Mvurwi this morning.When Bulawayo24.com arrived on the scene the deceased was still...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:55hrs | 5028 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1083 | by Anthony Matutu
Cabinet halts sale of houses, flats
The sale of Government houses and flats to sitting tenants has been halted with immediate effect as part of measures to address shortages of accommodation for civil servants, with more housing to be b...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders worry over COVID-19 testing costs
CROSS-border traders have expressed readiness to jump into action when borders re-open this Thursday and are ready to undergo Covid-19 testing in line with health and safety guidelines. Govern...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
CVR extends office hours to clear backlog
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has issued over 20 000 number plates since July and extended working hours as it battles to clear the backlog of nearly 50 000. This emerged yesterday during...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Police in high speed chase to capture drug dealers
Zimbabwe Republic Police in Chipinge have reported that they have recovered 145,3 kilograms of dagga and nabbed two suspects for unlawful possession of the dangerous drugs. According to police...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mohadi calls for all languages to be taught in schools
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi said Government should promote the teaching of all indigenous languages in schools, including those spoken by minority groups and urged Parliament to speed up the enactment...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands courts to speed up trial of child gruesome murder
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has condemned the brutal killing of young children for ritual purposes in the wake of the death of a sevenyearold Murewa boy, whose mutilated body was found while being fe...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabwe cross-border traders
CROSS-BORDER traders across the country are set for a major relief following the unveiling of a cheaper coronavirus (Covid-19) testing facility, in a development that will be cost effective.Th...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents push for home ownership
GWERU residents living in Mtapa high-density suburb recently confronted council demanding transfer of ownership of the houses which they occupied during the colonial era.Mtapa sections 3 and 7 hav...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Why the sport of football is so loved
Football is one of the most popular and loved sports in the world - that's a fact written in stone. There's no other sport with a fan base like football. Perhaps it's the competitive nature of the gam...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:18hrs | 728 | by Staff Writer
'Gukurahundi genocide fuelled regional illiteracy'
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands have blamed high il-literacy levels in the provinces on a cocktail of setbacks, chief among them the mass killings led by the North ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:08hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest driver in kombi shooting incident
Police have arrested the driver of the unregistered kombi in which a passenger was shot and killed while another was seriously injured near Juru Growth Point along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Wednes...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Armed police open fire on speeding kombi, one killed
Armed police opened fire on an unregistered speeding kombi yesterday killing one passenger and seriously injuring another near Juru along the Mutoko-Nyamapanda road. Police have launched an in...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 21:30hrs | 3437 | by Staff Reporter
Woman shot dead in police, kombi high-speed chase
ONE person was shot dead and another seriously injured in Harare yesterday as police pursued an unregistered commuter omnibus.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi la...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:31hrs | 3912 | by Staff reporter
Man falls to his death
A FILABUSI man fell to his death off a moving vehicle while a man from Gwanda died after a vehicle he was travelling in overturned in two separate incidences.Matabeleland South acting provinci...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:26hrs | 2241 | by Staff reporter
2 smugglers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two smugglers towing a trailer of smuggled goods and mbanje were arrested following a high-speed chase along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Highway on Sunday morning after they smashed through security booms...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
ZACC busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Whistle-blowers help bust Covid-19 looters
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is on record calling on all those entrusted with managing resources earmarked for fighting Covid-19 to exercise a high degree of transparency and account...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:27hrs | 210 | by Comm John Makamure
Anti-Corruption Commission busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 249 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says 'crisis only exists in minds of opposition'
President Mnangagwa has shot down claims of a crisis in the country, thanking Zimbabweans for remaining resolute in defiance of machinations by opposition elements bent on fomenting political instabil...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal the heavy favourite for the French Open
Let's face it, it will be a shock if Rafael Nadal is not the man lifting the French Open trophy on October 11th. The Spaniard has won the Paris Grand Slam a total of 12 times, and is the heavy favouri...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 14:45hrs | 364 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe rights lawyers call for police restraint
LOCAL human rights groups have called out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for trampling on citizens' rights under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 preventive measures.The calls were m...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Harare Highway robbers nabbed
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, last week arrested four Mbare men linked to a spate of robberies targeting trucks along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway.Ngonidzashe Jeke (36), Sile...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Six cops arrested for theft
Six armed police officers from Zimbabwe Republic Police, Sanyati were arrested for assault, unlawful entry and theft at a gold dealer's premises yesterday.According to a leaked memo seen by Bu...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 7042 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
ZACC sends 50 corruption cases to NPA
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has sent 50 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) since January, putting it on track to reach its target of 80 prosecutions by year-end....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2632 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shooting: Details emerge
Chivhu residents were left in awe of the manner in which security services tracked, shot and killed two gunmen who had attacked two other soldiers on Saturday, killing one and seriously wounding anoth...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3171 | by Staff reporter
Corruption trials to be speeded up
Corruption cases will now be expedited within two months after a suspect is arrested with nine of the 27 recently opened court cases ready for trial a departure from the previous trend where accused p...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds public on Chivhu shooting
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate anyone who attacks, harms or kills any member of the security forces and anyone who dares cross the line will be severely punished, President and Commander-In-Chief of the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Charamba dead right, South Africa is saddled by many problems
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba is dead right that Zimbabwe cannot farm out for solutions to its myriad of problems and that it will be expecting too much from South Africa to resolve our ch...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:43hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warms up to national dialogue
MANY Zimbabweans are warming up to the recent calls for national dialogue and an internal resolution of the country's decades-long political and economic crises, while also imploring President Emmerso...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:39hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
4 Types of Japan Racing Betting
In Japan, gambling is illegal in general. Casinos aren't supported to the fullest. And that's why there are some activities that are similar to gambling that the government supports. These are called ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 14:09hrs | 435 | by Staff Writer
Speedster mows down cop on duty
A speed junkie in Gweru, Kudakwashe Manyuchi (40), who was well-known in the city for driving around in top-of-the-range sports cars, was arrested after he fatally knocked down a police officer on dut...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ministries blocked from outsourcing legal advice
Thirteen tropical cyclones formed in the south-west Indian Ocean during the last rainy season and had some effect on southern Africa weather although only three made a landfall. The cyclones w...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Police officer dies in road accident
Terrence Kavhayi (26) was involved in a serious road accident yesterday in Gweru whilst on patrol where he was seriously injured and died at Gweru General hospital upon admission.Kavhayi was k...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 12:38hrs | 2912 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
MDC slams govt over social media law
THE MDC Alliance has slammed the government's plans to fast-track the Cyber Bill, which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once i...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Car opens abductions can of worms
A leading Harare-based car rental company has been drawn into an abduction and torture saga involving a 22year-old university student ahead of the July 31 protests.Tawanda Muchehiwa, a Midland...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 5457 | by Staff reporter
Tensions flare over Chinese miners in the Midlands
Mounds of black chrome shimmer along the highway that runs through this area, as mine workers labour near heavy machinery marked with Chinese writing.The workers toil about 5km from the road, ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:43hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Before the July 30 elections in 2018, MDC Alliance's swashbuckling and technophile public relations machine nourishingly fed us the optics of what we were told were the makings of a political tsunami ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fast-tracks social media law
AMID rising tensions in the country, authorities plan to fast-track the Cyber Bill which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once ...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Car rental company hired out abduction vehicle
One of the vehicles used by state security agents in the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa, the nephew of ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, was hired from a Harare car rental company, ZimLive revealed....Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:43hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages civil servants over salaries
Virtual meetings and other avenues are being considered by the Government to speed up talks on civil servants salaries. Consultations with civil servants representatives on a possible date to ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12516 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Social media are vehicle of change
We are victims of propaganda news disseminated by the government. We are always bombarded by news whose agenda has been set by those in authority to maintain the status quo.We always spoil the...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 09:19hrs | 985 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF to set up Harare executive
Zanu-PF is setting up an interim executive committee for Harare Province after the Politburo last week recommended that the process should be speeded up, the party's national political Commissar Victo...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:08hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
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