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No sympathy for Saviour Kasukuwere after farm seizure
Former minister and ex Zanu-PF commissar Savior Kasukuwere has found little sympathy following a move by the President Emerson Mnangagwa government to seize his Concorpia Farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland C...Published: 50 mins ago | 302 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Guti preach peace
President Mnangagwa sees churches playing a pivotal role in helping create a "peaceful, prosperous, corruption-free united nation".Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 49th International Pa...Published: 7 hrs ago | 647 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers, drugs flood Jumbo mine
Sex workers and drug abusers are mushrooming in Jumbo and Shamva mine, Mashonaland Central province targeting artisanal miners.Officer ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4013 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Chief' Ndiweni unites MDC
THE MDC Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provincial structures have "temporarily" buried their differences to support the under-fire Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni with a solidarity rally planned for n...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Workers panic over Kasukuwere farm seizure
WORKERS at former Local Government minister and ex-Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's Concorpia Farm in Mazowe face a bleak future following government's move to seize the property, one o...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe health system digitally stunted'
ZIMBABWE'S health system is suffering from a digital deficiency as the country is yet to advance its e-health strategy, Healthcare minister Obadiah Moyo has said.He was speaking at a media bri...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
A dragonfly cannot spit fire and brimstone
Dogs can be deceptively vicious or gentle.This is why it is often not uncommon for dogs that bark the most to be less known for their bite, while conversely, those that are seemingly benign, w...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:10hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
Give love, respect to elderly, says Auxillia Mnangagwa
NINETY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Gogo Luda Mpofu of Mahlothova in Umguza District, Gelitazi Village 1, is in a class of her own. She still has the energy to perform household chores, and formed an art and craft ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:21hrs | 842 | by Staff Reporter
Harare police raid underground machete suppliers
Police have recovered 31 machetes and arrested seven people suspected to be in the business of making and supplying them to gangs that are terrorising mining areas and towns. This followed a r...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 13:08hrs | 4163 | by Staff Reporter
Muchinguri - Saviour Kauskuwere merge forces?
Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has been at the centre of faction wars, playing King maker from a distant. In 2004 Oppah Muchinguri was at the centre of the Dinyane debacle which saw her being left out in th...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 12:15hrs | 11567 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu PF youths in bid to provide decent accommodation
Zanu PF youths have acquired the remainder of Melfort Farm in Goromonzi as part of their efforts to provide decent accommodation in line with Vision 2030. In an interview yesterday, Zanu PF Ma...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:01hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda's bones still displayed in a british museum
Those who are christians do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 22:12hrs | 1536 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa repossesses Kasukuwere's farm
FORMER Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere's Mazowe Farm has been repossessed by government with the exiled politician accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa o...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira remains suspended from Zanu PF
The Zanu PF Mashonaland West Provincial Executive Council (PEC) has reaffirmed that former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira remains suspended from all elected positions pending a determination by the...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:17hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes away Kasukuwere's farm
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government has repossessed a farm in Mashonaland Central belonging to former minister and one of the G40 kingpins, Savior Kasukuwere in what it called a downsi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:39hrs | 6118 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Command agriculture farmers forced to sleep outside shop
Farmers under command agriculture around Mashonaland Central province are claiming to be running out time of the season while spending days and night idle at verandahs of Windmill, Mvurwi branch for o...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 20:07hrs | 2558 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Prophet Angel pays fees for entire school - for whole year
Parents and pupils at a Mashonaland East school were left stunned last week after they were told that a Good Samaritan had paid their schools fees – for the whole year.Tafireyi Phiri, the he...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:58hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa risks arrest for attempting to cause unrest
The MSC A President Mr Nelson Chamisa and his two senior members Lynette Karenyi Kore and Job Trouble Sikhala face arrests and serious reprimand for misinforming the masses. They have graduated in sen...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 14:23hrs | 5412 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hwange Thermal Power Station back on grid after heavy rains
HEAVY rains which pounded Hwange at the weekend knocked out Hwange Thermal Power Station when the coal got wet but two 120 megawatt units were back up yesterday with a third expected to be on the grid...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 11:29hrs | 991 | by Staff Reporter
Negligent kombi driver 'kills' tout
A 32-YEAR OLD Bindura commuter omnibus driver was arrested last week for negligently driving and not reporting a fatal road accident on 31 December last year.Jeremiah Shangai of Chiveso villag...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 11:16hrs | 3458 | by Paul Ndou
Machete gangs at Jumbo Mine are MDC project - ZANU PF
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial member Tracy Mudimu has sensationally claimed that the machete gangs wrecking havoc at Jumbo mine are a MDC project meant to cause civil unrest and coup presiden...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 11:11hrs | 3234 | by Paul Ndou
A tribute to the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi
On 23 January 2019. I received a text message from my daughter Hazel Rumbidzai saying "Nematambudziko Tuku atisiya your favourite musician"."Tuku" Mtukudzi was a musician, businessman, philant...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 14:55hrs | 5802 | by Leonard Koni
Venda soapie to premiere on ZBCtv
Uhangelwa, a television soapie mostly in Venda language which is in the post-production stage is almost complete and expected to premiere on ZBCtv soon. As the word uhangelwa means forgiveness...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 2234 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes drug thefts at hospitals
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now monitoring public hospitals and clinics to curb thefts and ensure drugs are not diverted to the black market. This follows checks that wer...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:14hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Minor drowns in flooded river
A 12-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi Pools boy drowned in flooded Hunyani River while trying to cross in a canoe with his siblings on Wednesday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Munde...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1835 | by Paul Ndou
Trespasser stones house owner
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mbare thief was arraigned before a Mbare magistrate yesterday for stoning a house owner after he was seen walking in his yard with an accomp...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1554 | by Paul Ndou
Mthuli Ncube sticks to his guns
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stuck to his guns, maintaining that the country is going to achieve 3 percent economic growth for 2020 in the face of independent f...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Met Office forecasts wet weekend
Heavy rains, damaging winds, lightning and flash flooding are expected from today up to tomorrow across the country. In a statement yesterday, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:38hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
77 gold panners jailed 2 years
SEVENTY-SEVEN illegal gold miners arrested at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe and Shamva early this week were yesterday sentenced to two years each by a Bindura magistrate.The panners were nabbed during ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms, floods expected
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the country will experience thunderstorms and possible flash floods in flood-prone areas today.In a statement, MSD said thunderstor...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 4712 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo loses Mazowe farm
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo is breathing fire after Lands Minister, Perrance Shiri grabbed his Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central under unclear circumstances.In High Court papers, M...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2371 | by newzimbabwe
Devolution confusion
Confusion over implementation of devolution projects has rocked Mashonaland East province, resulting in clashes between legislators, councillors and Zanu-PF leadership particularly on the distribution...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi nominated as presidents in Mnangagwa's absence
On or around January 8 2020, the nation was advised that President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) had proceeded on his annual leave and had for that reason nominated (Retired) General Constantino Chiwenga an...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe passports backlog to be cleared in 3 months'
The backlog on passports will be cleared within the next three months following measures put in place by Government, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe, whose ministry runs th...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
200 illegal miners arrested in Mazowe
TWO HUNDRED more illegal miners were arrested in Mazowe, bringing to 1 107 the number of those netted in the blitz in Mashonaland Central Province this week. This came as security guards at a mine in ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 94 | by Staff rpeorter
$1bn set aside for highway rehab
Rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has started in earnest after Government set aside $1 billion for the project. The highway expansion project is expected to increase economic benefits fo...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 97 | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe's nephew takes minister to court
Nephew to late former president Robert Mugabe Mr Robert Zhuwao has approached the High Court challenging the reversal of his offer letter for a 232-hectare farm in Zvimba by the Government. In the mat...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:56hrs | 91 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's activist demands US$1m from Mohadi, Chihuri, Bonyongwe
AN MDC activist Pieta Kaseke is suing VP Kembo Mohadi, three former ministers and two State security bosses for US$1,2 million after she was abducted and tortured by State security agents in 2008....Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:55hrs | 76 | by newzimbabwe
Subsidised roller meal diverted to black market
Subsidised roller meal is being diverted to the black market by buyers who grab consignments as they reach the shop shelves. The buyers then offload the roller meal to informal traders who oft...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2143 | by Matora Hupile
Anthrax outbreak in Masvingo province
Masvingo has been hit by an anthrax outbreak with official figures indicating that more than 40 cattle have succumbed to the disease while at least 60 people have been affected.Masvingo depart...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1040 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga round-up Mnangagwa's MaShurugwis
This was originally a comment by one of our regular readers Thank you President Chiwenga for rounding up Mnangagwa's Karangas. If we are not caref...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 06:46hrs | 16409 | by Duprecio Dzimir
Police round up 900 maShurugwi
Zimbabwean police have arrested 907 people in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central in an operation targeting the notorious Machete wielding maShurugwi gold panners...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 18:09hrs | 7945 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's nephew kicked out of farm
FORMER Cabinet minister, Patrick Zhuwao has been kicked out of his 232 hectares farm in Zvimba district, Mashonaland West province by Lands Minister Perrance Shiri.Zhuwao is currently in exile...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9256 | by newzimbabwe
Bad roads block Chiwenga visit
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga has cancelled his visit to Muzarabani district in Mashonaland Central, which was scheduled for tomorrow [Tuesday] due to bad state of the roads in that area....Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 10:16hrs | 27369 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Wet spell to continue
THE rains being experienced in most parts of the country are expected to continue pounding this week with warnings of flash floods in some parts, the Meteorological Services Department, has said....Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:59hrs | 6421 | by Paul Ndou
5 men nabbed for vandalizing network boosters
FIVE Harare men were arrested on Wednesday in Mount Darwin after vandalising three mobile base stations (boasters) in Mashonaland Central and stealing 14 batteries worth ZWL$250 000.The five a...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2831 | by Paul Ndou
Human rights violation decline in the country
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that human rights violation incidents have declined in the country especially for the month of December."ZPP recorded a total of 119 human rights violations...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:00hrs | 908 | by Stephen Jakes
Four reasons why Kasukuwere cannot be our saviour
Renowned African-Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is well known for his famous novel, A Man of the People, which mirrors Nigerian political culture through the eyes of a corrupt politician, Chief Nanga. ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2932 | by Innocent Mujeri
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