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Romeo Gasa challenges Sungura artistes
Sungura musician Romeo 'Simbi Hombe' Gasa has challenged Sungura artistes to advance the genre.Speaking on the sidelines of...Published: 2 hrs ago | 53 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
AUDIO: 'I am available and ready to lead' Kasukuwere says
Former G40 Kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has broken the silence on his ambition to lead Zimbabwe as a Presidential candidate and his views on the state of affairs at the ruling party ZANU PF. In ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3415 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi acquitted of son's attempted murder
Embattled Zimbabwe Warriors midfielder Kudakwashe Mahachi has been acquitted of attempted murder charges following his trial on allegations of scalding his four-year-old son with hot water in South Af...Published: 18 hrs ago | 845 | by Staff reporter
Opposition 4ED crumbles like a deck of cards
It never rains but pours for MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora. The centre is not holding at his party which he unconstitutionally grabbed from Nelson Chamisa with the help of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2297 | by Leonard Koni
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 23 hrs ago | 776 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube raises VAT, restores duty on basics
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube unveiled his 2023 budget on Thursday, raising value added tax (VAT) in a move the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) described as "an attack on working p...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 5256 | by Staff reporter
Family finds blood sprinkled on doorstep
IN a scary incident, a family from Emahlabathini Village in Inyathi, Matabeleland North province woke up to a disturbing scene of blood randomly sprinkled on their doorsteps together with a white bloo...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 2107 | by Staff reporter
4 months jail for beating wife over relish
A 33-YEAR-OLD abusive man from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to four months in prison for smacking his wife over relish.Roy Ndora pleaded guilty to physical abuse as defined in...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Fight stopper gets a beating
A man from Mgiqwa village in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province was struck with a log and a stone after he tried to play peacemaker while attempting to restrain his neighbour who was assaulting...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Drama as trainee doctor assaults rival lovers
A man from Bulawayo, who is also a trainee medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, and suspected his pregnant girlfriend of cheating for some time had his suspicions confirmed in the most dramatic w...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 2524 | by Staff reporter
Police bust Fake passport ring
Four home affairs officials in Tzaneen, Limpopo, have been arrested in connection with a fake passport ring.Provincial Hawks spokesperson Cpt Matimba Maluleke said SA citizens were allegedly r...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismisses Mthuli Ncube's budget as 'power retention project'
HARARE East Member of Parliament (MP), Tendai Biti has said Finance Prof. Minister Mthuli Ncube should have dollarized the economy as the opposition politician condemned the 2023 budget as "cruel and ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man takes own life in Botswana, sick at tired at 'being broke and hungry'
Sick and tired of being broke and hungry, a 30-year-old man last week hanged himself from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in Ditladi village.The Zimbabwean native, believed to have bee...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pampers security sector
THE security sector, which includes the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Home Affairs ministries were some of the departments that got the largest ch...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP sues Zec over voters roll
HARARE North legislator Allan Markham (CCC) has filed a High Court challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seeking to compel it to provide the national voters roll in electronic form...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Govt pledges $2 billion for NRZ rehab
GOVERNMENT has pledged to fund rehabilitation of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) infrastructure to the tune of $2 billion.Speaking during a tour of the NRZ workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
EU launches €400 million partnership programme
THE European Union has launched the Africa-EU partnership programme to promote greener and climate smart agriculture, as well as gender equality and women empowerment, which will see Zimbabwe getting ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water levels plunge to 5,63%
ZIMBABWE's power generation capacity is likely to further decline this year due to low water levels at Lake Kariba, which have plunged to 5,63% this week from 27% last year.This comes as the c...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 196 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Mukanya's open letter to Mnangagwa
DEAR President MnangagwaMy name is Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo the Chimurenga Music King. I am writing to you at this desperate hour to give you my free point of advice about the conditions in Zi...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 747 | by Doctor Thomas Mapfumo
Zimbabwe sets aside $1,2 billion for sports facilities
RENOVATIONS at the National Sports Stadium are set to be accelerated next year after the Government set aside ZW$1,2 billion for rehabilitation of sporting facilities across the country.The ot...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga attacked in SA prison
ZIMBABWEAN businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi, who was recently arrested in South Africa for potential extradition to Zimbabwe, has reportedly been attacked in a Johannesburg remand prison by other inma...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warms up to more investments from China
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investments from China across all sectors of the economy as Harare accelerates a sustainable and mutually beneficial modernisation and industrialisation of the tw...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get lion's share
SALARIES for civil servants are set to go up markedly after the Government allocated the biggest chunk of the 2023 National Budget towards the public sector wage bill to cushion workers from the negat...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Key priority projects allocated $1,1 trillion
Key infrastructure projects such as the Harare-Beitbridge highway upgrade and construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani, have been allocated $1,1 trillion as the Government moves to accelerate their complet...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gets $74 billion for elections
The Government has set aside $76 billion for the 2023 harmonised elections to cover various activities, with $53 billion earmarked for the actual polling.Presenting the 2023 National Budget ye...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off again
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was last night expected to leave Harare for Niamey, Niger, where he is set to join other Heads of State and Government today at the Session of the African Union (AU) Summit on Indu...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
'Rascal Moyo is broke and is licking rogues who tried to kill him' - They're luring him back for a wallop!
Ever since the day Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao penned off their letter accusing Mnangagwa and company for the 15 November 2017 military coup; many Zimbabweans have had a good laugh at t...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 21:52hrs | 985 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mthuli Ncube unveiled ZW$4,5 trillion 2023 budget
FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube Thursday unveiled a total ZW$4,5 trillion 2023 budget, which will see salaries and operational costs eroding a huge chunk of the money.Very little resources were...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 18:53hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Lobels COO Andrew Dinhidza
Hundreds of Lobels workers staged protests against Chief Operating Officer Andrew Dinhidza over allegations of nepotism, sexual harassment and several other allegations. Dinhidza is no strange...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | 1972 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man killed over isitshwala/sadza
A sadza (isitshwala) argument ended disastrous in Kadoma yesterday after Milton Gido Siziba (38) was bashed to death by a colleague....Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 1926 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zuma's persecution by courts painful and unnecessary, says top ANC official
ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize has weighed in on former president Jacob Zuma's impending return to prison, describing it as painful and an unnecessary punishment for an 80 year old.Mkhi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails 'excellent' China relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed "excellent" relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blasts Mnangagwa's 'lame duck' SONA address
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday reiterated the need for political players to shun violence as the country prepares for the 2023 general election.Mnangagwa said this during his State of ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa scorns MPs4ED group
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has blasted Zanu-PF Members of Parliament (MPs) under the MPsforED grouping, arguing some of them could be engaged in these ‘bootlicking' initiatives to h...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 5259 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA raises dust
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged legislators to finalise laws relating to elections and the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Amendment) Bill, which has been criticised...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Sikhala
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala was yesterday denied bail again, with a Harare magistrate claiming the politician has shown wanton disregard of previous court orders....Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
57% of Zimbabwe's sex workers HIV positive
CENTRE for Sexual Health, HIV and Aids Research (CeSHHAR) says more than 57% of female sex workers in the country's 22 hotspot areas are HIV positive.The revelations follow another study by th...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe millers welcome maize import ban
GRAIN millers have welcomed government's decision to suspend the importation of maize meal to protect millers from unfair pricing by "opportunists."Speaking at a meeting for the Northern Regio...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube must pay civil servants USD salaries'
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to announce the payment of civil servants' salaries in United States dollars in the 2023 national budget which he will announce today.Ncub...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe miners in urgent plea for forex
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says it is engaging authorities to come up with mechanisms that can accommodate the foreign currency requirements for the sector as shortages are weighing down the sec...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
15% surge in Zimbabwe students to US
THE number of Zimbabweans studying in the United States has increased by 15%, the US has said.A statement issued by the US Embassy yesterday, the US said Zimbabwe was the second leading countr...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Low water level threatens power generation at Lake Kariba
ZIMBABWE's power generation capacity is likely to decline this year due to low water levels at Lake Kariba, which have plunged down to 5, 63% this week from 27% last year.This comes as the cou...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Bogus 'police officer' robs woman of US$98K in a Ponzi scheme
A-RUWA man who impersonated a police officer and robbed her of US$98 000 in a botched Ponzi scheme was today arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to the charges.The susp...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo serial robber, murderer arrested
BULAWAYO police have arrested a serial armed robber and murderer who committed crimes in the city during the period December 2021 to November 22, 2022 resulting in victims losing property worth US$59 ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for political tolerance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called for political tolerance among politicians aspiring to contest in the 2023 harmonised elections.The President also said parliamentarians should swiftly atte...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents in anti-council protest
BULAWAYO residents yesterday demonstrated against the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) outside the Large City Hall over poor service delivery and ever-rising water bills.The residents who were wavi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Dept issues floods warning
THE Meteorological Services Department has warned of increased risk of floods in river basins, wetlands and low-lying areas such as Muzarabani and Mbire in Mashonaland Central with the Department of C...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
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