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Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 17 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
ZEC's 7 rebel commissioners did not sign final delimitation report
Seven of the nine commissioners of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) did not sign the final report on the delimitation of ward and constituency boundaries handed over to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora keeps Zimbabwe afloat but no vote
ALTHOUGH Zimbabweans in the diaspora are not allowed to vote from their host nations, their cash remittances back home are fast growing and helping to keep the country afloat.Last year, remitt...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:12hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Farmers embrace traditional grains
Farmers in Zvishavane are convinced that the traditional grains concept is the only way the district can be food secure following a promising bumper harvest of small grains.Most farmers in Mts...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 16:11hrs | 162 | by zbcnews.co.zw
Mnangagwa's govt told to probe Zec commissioners
ELECTORAL watchdogs have demanded that government must launch an inquiry into the fallout among Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, which they say has crippled the electoral body six mo...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
President Alexander Lukashenko warns Mnangagwa
VISITING Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa to work extremely hard to win this year's elections which he said will not be a stroll in the park for the Za...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Driver flees fatal accident scene
MIDLANDS police have launched a manhunt for a driver who on Sunday fled from an accident scene where one person died.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the acc...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Midlands inches closer to 2030 rural electrification target
The Midlands Province is inching closer to the 2030 target for all rural areas to have electricity as three-quarters of public schools, clinics, extension offices and other public institutions have be...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 84 | by Staff Reporter
Miner in bid to appease Zanu-PF
CHINESE company Chenjxi (Private) Limited, which was in partnership with a local miner exposed by The NewsHawks last year in April after conducting illegal mining activities on part of the picturesque...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies turn heat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country's electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimb...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:17hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba guns for 'rogue' Zec commissioners
SEVEN Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, who reportedly refused to append their signatures to the electoral body's preliminary delimitation report presented to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies turn swords on Zec
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country's electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimb...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:04hrs | 3770 | by Staff Reporter
9 arrested for stealing maize at accident scene
NINE people have been arrested on allegations of stealing maize following a recent accident involving a haulage truck and a goods train at a rail crossing along Solomon Mujuru Drive (Kirkman Drive) in...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 14:28hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa fights lithium plunder
MBERENGWA residents have formed a foundation led by prominent local people to fight the plunder of recently discovered lithium deposits in the vast district as well other available minerals like gold,...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional battles filter through Nssa
Zanu-PF factional battles continue to filter through and find expression in government and state institutions, with the US$1.2 billion National Social Security Service (Nssa) pension fund being one of...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:33hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
6 more murder cases for Muvevi
Police are investigating leads linking former police detective Jaison Muvevi to six other murder cases that took place in and around Harare and Chitungwiza over the past three years.The 42-yea...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:12hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Teachers4ED is a trade union, claims Ministry of Education
Teachers4ED, an association of teachers widely known to be supporting President Mnangagwa's bid for re-election in 2023 is a trade union organisation and teachers are free to attend its meetings durin...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:25hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
HIV positive rapist nabbed
A 21-year-old Domboshava man, Goodwill Mhandu has been arrested under the charges of a series of robberies and rape crimes. According to State papers, Mhandu also tested positive for HIV.T...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 17:37hrs | 1161 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Teenager glassed to death over sex worker
A 19-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was glassed to death in a dispute over a commercial sex worker.Cephas Matingaidze (19) died after he was stabbed with a broken bottle by Edison Shava (19) at Tsungub...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:17hrs | 3687 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1089 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Chiwenga stops NSSA boss appointment
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has moved in to stop the National Social Security Authority (Nssa's) rotational policy of filling the vacant post of general manager by blocking the recent appoin...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:22hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt claims to have delivered 600 000 jobs
NEARLY 600 000 new formal jobs have been created in various sectors from 2018 to date, an indication that the formal economy is growing in tandem with increased economic activity, latest figures from ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed cop rams into pedestrians
A POLICE officer appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure answering to charges of reckless driving after he caused an accident that led to two people being admitted in hospital.God...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
New cement plant for Zimbabwe
KWEKWE-based cement manufacturer Livetouch Investments is building a second cement plant in Zvishavane, Midlands to the tune of US$20m under the first phase of the project.The first phase of t...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors plead for mercy ahead of crackdown
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s ultimatum to illegal vendors and pushcart operators to vacate the city centre by Wednesday has been met with mixed feelings with some residents welcoming the move, while ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
NSSA 'reversal of Rotation of Acting Appointment in the position General Manager'
National Social Security Company (NSSA) Board Chairman, Dr Percy Toriro has announced that the company will not be changing its acting General Manager as they had previously announced.On the 3...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 17:12hrs | 957 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Steel firms pour US$1 billion into Zimbabwe
Major steel-processing firms developing operations in Zimbabwe have this year invested over US$1 billion into their projects, which are at various stages of implementation, official data showed yester...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube makes Zanu-PF politburo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced a 55-member politburo for his Zanu-PF party, with his wife, Auxillia being reappointed as party secretary for environment and tourism.Auxillia ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
New ZANU PF Politburo announced, Mnangagwa promotes wife
President Emmerson Mnangagwa promotes his wife to a ministerial post In Zanu PF while announcing the new politburo. Mnangagwa has announced a full line-up of Politburo members, whose work...Published: 23 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 2933 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe unlikely to benefit from US$55 billion Africa injection
ALTHOUGH the United States government promised US$55 billion investment into Africa over the next three years at the US-Africa summit that ended this week, Zimbabwe is unlikely to benefit much because...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:08hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala continues to sing the blues
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed Job Sikhala's application for exception in a case he is being accused of obstructing the course of justice.Sikhala, who is being represented by Jeremiah Bhamu...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's wife convicted, fined for driving against oncoming traffic
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala's wife Ellen has been found guilty of flouting road rules by Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure.The Natio...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 19:51hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Biden angry with Mnangagwa snub, slaps son with sanctions on eve of African leaders summit
The United States on Monday slapped corruption sanctions on one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons as the U.S. prepares to host a major summit of African leaders in Washington which was snubbed by...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up re-engagement with US, investors
ZIMBABWE will use the United States-Africa summit which opened here yesterday to court investors, and initiate further dialogue with the US both on the political and economic fronts, the Minister of F...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:29hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Untrustworthy Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
United States President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa - one that has grown wider ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | 752 | by Associated Press
Passport backlog cleared
The Registrar-General's (RG) Office has issued over 350 000 e-passports to date, clearing the national backlog that stood at 200 000 in January, with plans to decentralise the service to four addition...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, US in re-engagement
Zimbabwe and the United States will this week hold their first high-level direct engagement after nearly two decades of diplomatic estrangement, precipitated by Washington's position against Harare's ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:54hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs Joe Biden's US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE will, for the first time in two decades, participate at the US-Africa Summit starting next Tuesday.President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be represented by Foreign Affairs minister Frederi...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:56hrs | 3822 | by Staff reporter
72 year old man murders 'friend' over $80 bond
AN-EPWORTH man was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing murder charges after he killed his friend over $80.Stephen Sixpence (72) was told to stand down and wa...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'poised' for Commonwealth return?
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that the Commonwealth mission that visited the country last month is expected to circulate its assessment report on Zimbabwe's readiness for readmission to the bloc next...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Two minors drown in Mash Central
TWO minors drowned in two separate incidents Mazowe and Guruve respectively on Wednesday. Acting Mashonaland Central police ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:45hrs | 217 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mwonzora in eye of storm
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora's "unanimous" nomination as party president could be short-lived as one of his allies has approached the High Court challenging his nomination.MDC Allia...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new steel plant 40% complete
Construction of a carbon steel plant in Manhize, Chivhu, by Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) is 40 percent complete, it has been learnt.Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing, acting In...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:04hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Musona crowned PSL king
And last night, Walter Musona capped a memorable season with FC Platinum after he was crowned Soccer Star of the Year at a glittering ceremony held at the Newlands Country Club in Harare last night....Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Trio claims severe assault while in police custody
A TRIO from Parirewa village in Domboshava, Mashonaland East province, facing kidnapping and armed robbery charges yesterday claimed that they were severely beaten and harassed while in police custody...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chronicles how his clan fled to Zambia
President Mnangagwa yesterday chronicled how the Mnangagwa clan moved from Zvishavane communal areas to Zambia during the colonial era when he and his siblings were still teenagers.The Preside...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:56hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
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