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Khupe shocked
Opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe says she was shocked that women were seeking her assistance on various matters when they did not vote her in the July 30 presidential elections in which a victo...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bakers plot $4 per loaf
Some stakeholders in the baking industry have held secret consultations over the past week to unilaterally peg the price of a standard loaf of bread to the prevailing black market rate of the United S...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lieutenants in political storms
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's vow to clean up the image of the government and its officials is increasingly coming under the spotlight - as his lieutenants keep getting embroiled in self-inflicted po...Published: 22 hrs ago | 4168 | by Staff reporter
'Double tragedy' for victims of August 1 army shootings as probe begins
GENUINE victims of the August 1, army shootings were given a torrid time during public hearings by a commission set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the killings amid accusations that...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:51hrs | 417 | by Valentine Maponga
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver hijacked
An unlicensed Mvurwi taxi driver, Mushika shika, was robbed of his blue Honda Fit by an unknown suspect who purported to be a passenger going to Mutorashanga from Mvurwi Town police has said.J...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 14:10hrs | 2754 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF bigwigs to sink in forex crackdown
A crackdown against foreign currency dealers will be rolled out in a few days and is expected to leave top executives in banks, companies and State institutions behind bars, Business Times has learnt....Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:32hrs | 12495 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls residents block labour imports from Harare
THERE was chaos in Victoria Falls on Monday night when residents opposed the employment of 29 people who had been bused by a construction company from Harare. Masimba Construction Company and ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa closes in on forex kingpins
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is apparently closing in on foreign currency kingpins - amid indications that a number of Zanu-PF bigwigs and prominent businesspeople are among those fac...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 15:40hrs | 7009 | by Staff reporter
Of the national flag, scarf and patriotism
On 28 September, the Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Conventry, was part of the send off ceremony of the Zimbabwean team which is participating in the ongoing Youth Olympic Game...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:27hrs | 1170 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mudenda apologises to Sikhala
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has apologised to MDC Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala after he wrongly ejected him from the august House last Wednesday for making nois...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 12:29hrs | 2739 | by Staff reporter
Varsities PhDs - a farce - Gukurahundi PhDs
IF the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was a human being, it could be wrinkled and grey haired by now. All things being equal, it could be a seasoned citizen, mellowed by maturity; an individual who no lo...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 801 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Bond notes disaster: Zimbabweans count costs after a week of madness
Mary Muchenje bolted out of a pharmacy in Harare's Avenues area, only to stop a few metres away scratching her head.Muchenje's world had just crumbled after the pharmacists informed her she ne...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:59hrs | 4305 | by Staff reporter
From cash hoarders to panic buyers
On Monday, most Zimbabweans woke up to a WhatsApp message which read, "Buy basic commodities and keep them. The USD/bond rate is escalating at an alarming rate and the USD has disappeared. There...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1400 | by Samantha Chipoyera
Musician's wife kills self over infidelity
UPCOMING popular Mutare youthful musician Lionel "Caff" Matanda is facing the darkest moment in his life after his wife – Oreen Sheila Phiri – hanged herself from a roof truss at the couple's Dang...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 2600 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa suspends Chiwundura MDC Alliance leadership
MDC Alliance has slapped six top leaders in the party's Chiwundura district structures with five-year suspensions over their alleged support for independent parliamentary and council candidates in the...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 10:52hrs | 3091 | by Staff reporter
Woman ordered to reveal PIN code at gunpoint
THREE men allegedly held a knife to a two-year-old baby's throat while pointing a gun at her mother to force the woman to give them her PIN code to her bank card after robbing her in Victoria Falls....Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Ginimbi deny conning Zanu PF MP
TWO Harare businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who are facing two counts of conning Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna and another miner of R1 581 890 in a botched mining eq...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Auditor-General Chiri sacrifices family for her job
Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has made sacrifices at home for the sake of her demanding job of auditing all government ministries, parastatals, public enterprises and local authorities and report...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:57hrs | 3346 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop granted bail'
THE family of a three-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was allegedly strangled by his police officer father is locked in a bitter wrangle with the cop who allegedly hid the body and tried to conduct a b...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:03hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Minister defends police brutality on vendors
Home Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro yesterday said government was unapologetic about the manner in which law enforcement agents were dealing with vendors and commuter omnibus drivers resisting th...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Bride-to-be captured in car romp with taxi driver
IT'S over!While preparing for her white wedding Sikhanyiso Tshuma was busy cheating on her husband-to-be Milton Furira.Her cheating game came to a halt when a local prophet found her l...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabwe business executives nominated for top Africa award
THREE Zimbabwean business executives and entrepreneurs have been nominated for the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA), established to honour business excellence among business leaders from aro...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:57hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop': Wife goes into hiding
THE mother of a three-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his police officer father has gone into hiding saying she fears the cop could kill her as well. Albert Nhenda (33), a Constable i...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 'painful' revenue masterstroke
AS Zimbabwe focuses on transforming the economy and broadening the job market, it is important for every citizen to appreciate the desperate need for generating critical funding to oil the development...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:22hrs | 514 | by Prosper Ndlovu
Case for return of Zimdollar
In year 2014, I wrote an article explaining why the government should bring back our own local currency, and I was bashed by all and sundry. I am expecting the same reaction in response to this articl...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 1467 | by Ayanda Nyanga
Burombo Flats unfit for human habitation
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, has condemned the Burombo flats in Bulawayo's Nguboyenja suburb as unfit for human habitation and a health time bomb. Dr Moyo implored c...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:39hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi captain assaults referee, summoned
NGEZI Platinum Stars captain Liberty Chakoroma faces a lengthy ban should he be found guilty of assaulting a match official after last weekend's Chibuku Super Cup first-round exit. The Warrior...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:47hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fails to cope, maternity patients sleep on the floor
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is failing to cope with the high number of maternity patients resulting in some of the expecting and new mothers sleeping on the floor, a situation described as depl...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:32hrs | 589 | by Staff Reporter
Baron Dube ‘shoots & kills' rival in gold war
BARON Dube, a prominent gold baron from Esigodini in Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing a rival panner in escalating gold wars. Dube who is from Habane sub...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Couples urged on condom use
BED-RIDDEN on a single bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals with blood-stained bandages on her legs and arms, 25-year-old Moleen Mpala (not her real name) could not fathom events leading to her being stru...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scorns Mnangwgwa's land offer to Trump
Nelson Chamisa the MDC Alliance leader has slammed 'the con-artist styled illegitimate President' Emmerson Mnangagwa after a land offer he made to US President Donald Trump to develop a golf course in...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:21hrs | 4215 | by Staff writer
There is always a price to pay
Are elections a real mode of change in some African countries? Africa can not be painted now with one brush as some states have embraced democracy for real whereas in some states democracy is a myth ....Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 18:23hrs | 1497 | by AT Kadada
Mnangagwa exhibits double standards & hypocrisy while in New York
MLO was shocked but not surprised to see genocidist, Emmerson Mnangagwa, display hypocrisy, double standards and tribal biasness on international media outlets while in New Yoke.That Mnangagwa...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 09:35hrs | 2686 | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo man 'commits' suicide
A MAN from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree near a railway line in the area yesterday.Tommy Johns Lunga (30) was last seen when he went out t...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:01hrs | 2219 | by Staff reporter
3-week-old baby grows four big teeth, dies
In a bizarre incident a three weeks old baby boy died on Sunday after losing his nose mysteriously and growing four big teeth in a suspected case of witchcraft at Govit farm, Mvurwi.Chief Mako...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 18:29hrs | 4286 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa needs to get on with the program now
It is now a full month since the Constitutional Court delivered its watershed ruling to dismiss with costs MDC Alliance Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's, application challenging the results re...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 4537 | by Charles Motsi
Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2397 | by Siphosami Malunga
Kombi operators hike fares
Committee omnibus operators in Bulawayo have hikes fares this evening citing fuel shortages and claiming that they are now buying it from black market at exorbitant prices despite the fact that servic...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 20:40hrs | 5805 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga advised to sieze total Zimbabwe power
No nonsense vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, might be forced to sieze total Zimbabwe power at all costs amid reported growing suspicion by his personal military advisor and confidant,...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 41370 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Corporates and cholera philanthropy
IT was recently reported that Econet Zimbabwe founding chief executive officer and now majority shareholder, Strive Masiyiwa issued a social media statement that questioned the transparency of the use...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 187 | by Takura Zhangazha
Nomazulu Thata, not all Mthwakazi women are scared of their freedom like you
As I put this piece together in response to your article that appeared on Bulawayo 24 news on 18 September 2018, I'm shocked as to why you tremble in fear of freedom to the point of inviting oth...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:19hrs | 1144 | by Khohliso Maqhoba
Man guns down 3 family members
Tragedy struck when three Mandigo family members were allegedly shot to death by one, Takadu Magwiro following a dispute over allegations of stolen maize, rapoko and groundnuts in Buhera.The g...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 19:13hrs | 4613 | by Staff reporter
MRP assists Hadon & Sly employees
Mthwakazi Republic Party leadership and members braved the scorching heat to give support to the employees of Hadon & Sly who are on the brink of losing their jobs.The retail outlet is all...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:26hrs | 2172 | by Stephen Jakes
Warrant of arrest for Ginimbi
A warrant of arrest has been issued against businessman Genius Kadungure after he failed to pitch for his fraud trial yesterday. Kadungure, who is jointly charged with Wicknell Chivayo, was su...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi, Chivayo R1,5m fraud trial moved
A HARARE magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest to businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, who is accused of swindling Zanu PF member of Parliament Dexter Nduna of R1 581 89...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Grace Mugabe left with 'days to live'
VANCOUVER - All is not well with former Zimbabwe first lady, Grace Mugabe's health, amid top secret disclosures last night from government insiders and a foreign medical practitioner, that her battle ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 57103 | by Nancy Mabaya
Byo teen bashes live-in girlfriend
A TEENAGER from Ngozi mine squatter camp on the outskirts of Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly beating up his live-in minor girlfriend after she failed to get him some drinking water that he ha...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1311 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets shock reality check
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - who arrived in the country from Switzerland early this week amid a populist storm and blaze of publicity on how to fix Zimbabwe's critically broken econ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 13187 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's utterances about women reflection of the society
Women rights organisations and politicians have condemned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's penchant for denigrating women saying this was reflective of an unrepentant male society trapped in a tim...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:08hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
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