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Chiwenga divorce case exposes him
The divorce case of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has gone a long way to expose the depth of moral decay that has pervaded our national leaders.It is, however, the level of impunity and beli...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:16hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
SA firm repairing aged sewer system in Bulawayo
SOUTH African firm is repairing aged sewage pipes in Bulawayo after it was recently granted a tender by the city.The firm Cesor Trading Private Limited is replacing old pipes in Pumula, ...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 09:51hrs | 2499 | by Stephen Jakes
Mary Chiwenga's controversy - Winky D prophecy fulfilled?
If you are die-hard music fan, then you probably know at least one singer whose words have turned out to be prophetic. Way back in the 1990s, even before the wool was peeled off our eyes, Thom...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 11:24hrs | 14582 | by Jera
Handcuffed thief drowns at police station
A SUSPECTED Bindura copper cable thief tried to escape from police custody with his hands cuffed and reportedly drowned in a sewage pond next to the police station on Monday.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:07hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
MDC in Harare turning into Mthuli cousins
DIFFERENTIATING Zanu-PF and the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not an easy thing, particularly for people who are not swayed by political rhetoric, and rally optics, but those who slowly and methodicall...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2345 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Raw sewage overwhelms Mabuthweni, Iminyela residents
Ward 13 residents in Mabuthweni and Iminyela townships of Bulawayo have bemoaned the poor state of communal toilets with four families forced to share one toilet. Residents from the two ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:06hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
The Big Flush during water shedding
The City of Bulawayo is encouraging members of the public to assist in a scheduled synchronized programme of flushing their lavatories in a bid to unclog the sewer System The City is currently...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:06hrs | 697 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo City release toilet flashing timetable?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has encouraged residents to simultaneously flush their toilets twice a day in the morning (6-6.30AM) and evening (8-8.30PM) as a way of cleaning its sewer and reticulat...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records spike in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over a spike in diarrhoea cases in the city amid revelations by the health department that the source of the disease remains unknown.A recent report...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Pastor turns congregants into animals...feeds them bible pages
A video of an unnamed Pastor commanding his congregants to behave like animals has gone viral online. The female congregants are seen standing next to the Patsor who then tears pages of the bi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 15:26hrs | 342 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare dirty water recycled thrice daily
Massive pollution and "heavy siltation" of Harare's main source of drinking water, Lake Chivero, is now forcing the Harare City Council (HCC) to clean its filtration plant - which treats water that co...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Harare's disgraceful water can be clean
Greater Harare's water supply is probably the worst managed and the most unfairly distributed in Zimbabwe; yet even in a severe drought, it should be possible to provide every household and every busi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Silobela villagers face health time bomb
Gweru residents are dumping garbage in Gweru River, threatening livelihoods of communities downstream in Silobela and Lower Gweru who depend on the water source.A survey carried out by Souther...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga bans wife from hospital
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has purged some of his security aides and banned his wife from visiting him, ZimLive reported.Chiwenga, hospitalised in China over suspected poisoning, orde...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:43hrs | 7095 | by ZimLive
Govt rescues Kwekwe, Kadoma town councils
Government continues to avail resources for the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in local authorities around the country, with the latest being $9.7 million dollars availed to Kwekwe a...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 14:54hrs | 31 | by Staff Reporter
An indictment on Mnangagwa's govt
THE hard-hitting report by United Nations special rapporteur Clement Nyaletsossi Voule on human rights pointing out that citizens' hope for a new dawn under President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fast fading...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders must work together to avert a time bomb in Harare
The water situation in Harare has become a state of disaster and all stakeholders must work together to stem a calamity that could threaten the lives of the people.The council is doing all...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:21hrs | 457 | by Elias Mudzuri
Mary Chiwenga's swollen hands send tongues wagging
The wife of ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Mary, made a public appearance for the first time in months with images showing her swollen hands as a result of an unknown ailment. Mar...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 10:51hrs | 13734 | by Staff Reporter
Harare's $135m Zimra debt cancelled, will other cities get same favour?
Government has written off $135 million owed to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) by Harare City Council as part of measures to capacitate the local authority to deal with the current water crisi...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'2018 elections failed to meet standards' - illegitimate Zanu-PF must step down to stop repeat
"Amid Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation and worsening economic rot, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has held a meeting with former Nigerian Olusegun Obasanjo - in a bid to trigger dialogue...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 21:07hrs | 1893 | by Wilbert Mukori
Harare water crisis a disaster
Editor,There is no doubt that Chamisa's MDC is a total failure and a reflection of the bankruptcy of the opposition. Here was an opportunity to demonstrate capacity to lead, but the MDC has shown ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 235 | by Langton Sibanda
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1474 | by AFP
Police probe doctor's 'abduction'
POLICE have launched investigations into the alleged abduction of the acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA), Dr Peter Magombeyi by three unidentified armed men in Harar...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 05:49hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Dictator Mugabe denied million a vote - now they can finally 'vote', by boycott his funeral
David Coltart has proven to be a confused, corrupt and incompetent opposition politician; the kind very nation dreads. Coltart was a senior member of the MDC during the 2008 to 2013 GNU and they faile...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 21:21hrs | 1441 | by Nomusa Garikai
Genocidal Dictator Mugabe Dies at 95
The world and our organization, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), woke up to the news that Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former President of Zimbabwe, who ruled Zimbabwe ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2743 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 98 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | 4569 | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
Deputy minister's remarks frightening
I was expecting people like Dr Masimba Mavaza to come out guns blazing to condemn the remarks by Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi that alleged that Zimbabwe accommodated South Africans and allowed them t...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1818 | by Lizwe Dube
A history of abductions, assassinations in Zimbabwe
October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with othe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Can Zimbabwe Diaspora Women in UK allow trade talks, with a country abusing its women?
ZHRO (Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation) Leadership has rallied its members to join the MDC (Movement For Democratic Change) (Zimbabwe's main Opposition party) in the UK to Protest the arrival of a h...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 12:55hrs | 4234 | by ZHRO
Chamisa's women rap Mnangagwa over abductions
The MDC Women's Assembly has expressed concern over the ongoing abductions and abuse of women being perpetrated by suspected State security agencies and members of the ruling Zanu-PF party.Thi...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Kariba fined over sewage discharge
Kariba Municipality has been fined $2 000 for discharging raw effluent into streams and the environment. The magistrates' court in the resort town also directed the local authority to repair a...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Police State
Within days of President Mnangagwa lecturing the West about how 'the rule of law is sacrosanct' in Zimbabwe, the police in Harare arrested representatives of rural teachers for trying peacefully to pr...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:37hrs | 1492 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Nick Mangwana dismisses Zimbabwe abduction reports
Zimbabwe government spokesperson Nick Mangwana has dismissed as stage managed recent reports of abductions and torture of opposition and civil society activists. Mangwana said the claims were ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 16:37hrs | 1324 | by Staff Reporter
Probe underway on Gonyeti 'kidnapping'
Government is concerned about allegations of Samantha "Gonyeti" Kureya's kidnapping and assault by unknown masked men which occurred on Wednesday night. Gonyeti is a comedian and an artiste at...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Comedian Gonyeti speaks out on abduction
Comedian Samantha Kureya has narrated how armed men stormed her house on Wednesday night and abducted her before taking her to an unknown destination where she was tortured. During testimony o...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 05:18hrs | 3177 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rapist jumps into sewer pond to escape angry mob
A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN from Bulawayo waded through a pond of raw sewage in a bid to escape an angry mob after he was caught red handed trying to rape a 60 year-old woman.Thabani Ncube of Entumbane ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 21:31hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
EMA censures BCC over raw effluent discharge
THE Bulawayo City Council is facing prosecution for discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers which is threatening aquatic life and livelihoods, recent council minutes have revealed.The most a...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
How online casinos are better for the environment
Gambling has become a favorite passtime for many people with every passing year. People travel long distances just to play casinos in Las Vegas. Many people do not consider the environmental impacts t...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 13:17hrs | 374 | by Staff Writer
Furniture, diapers dumped in Bulawayo sewers
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has implored residents to stop dumping solid waste including broken down television sets, furniture and diapers in sewer manholes which is causing blockages and sewer p...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo turns to sewage effluent to solve water crisis
BULAWAYO city fathers have resolved to recycle industrial and domestic sewerage to augment water supplies as shortages of the precious liquid persist.The city's main supply dams have also been...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council warns residents over sewer water
Bulawayo City Council has warned residents that vegetables watered using sewer water pose a threat to the intellectual capacity of children as the water is contaminated with dangerous chemicals....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:17hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda bemoans Mutare 'leadership vacuum'
ZANU-PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed there is a leadership vacuum at Mutare City Council as residents bemoaned the worsening poor service delivery in the city.Matemadanda ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 972 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Hwange diarrhoea outbreak cause still unknown
THE cause of diarrhoea that led to more than 200 residents including schoolchildren in Empumalanga's suburb in Hwange being taken ill recently has remained a mystery after tests carried out so far fai...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:09hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Rihanna prays for Sudan
Barbadian singer and businesswoman Robyn Rihanna Fenty on Sunday posted an urgent message praying for the people of Sudan who were conducting a peaceful protest demanding a civilian government. ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 19:31hrs | 2605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hundreds ill after drinking sewage-contaminated water
MORE than 200 residents including school children in Empumalanga's DRC suburb in Hwange were on Thursday and Friday taken ill following a diarrhoea outbreak suspected to have been caused by a sewage l...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 658 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa sold a ruse over Mbare flats
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-hyped rehabilitation of Mbare flats is proving to be hot air after the company contracted by government and the Harare City Council to do the rehabilitation, FCG Si...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:54hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Harare pumping raw sewerage into dam
RAW and untreated sewerage is being pumped directly into Lake Chivero and other water bodies by Harare City Council, whose absolute sewerage and water treatment plants are battling with rampant illega...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Warts of democracy can be an eyesore
Cynics often say politics is like a sewage as it allows stinking and filthy scum to rise to the top.In a twisted way, it's pretty much like milk, which, as it matures, allows cream to rise....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 90 | by Bishop Lazarus
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