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Chipinge pupils sue Green Fuel for US$110,000 over assault
ELEVEN Chipinge schoolchildren have dragged ethanol producer Green Fuel and three of its security guards to court, demanding more than US$100,000 in damages after they were assaulted earlier this year...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:53hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for stealing donkeys
A 47-year-old man, Edmore Mlambo Msipa from Masimbe village under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge, has been slapped with a three-year imprisonment for stock theft after his intention to steal four donke...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 19:20hrs | 335 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Chipinge
Zimbabwe Sables cruise psst Morocco in Rugby Africa cup opener
Zimbabwe's Sables launched their Rugby Africa Cup campaign in emphatic style on Tuesday, thumping Morocco's Atlas Lions 43-08 to secure a place in the tournament semi-finals.Flyhalf Ian Prior ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 13:29hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Villager found dead after stock theft assault
A grim discovery has rocked Mashakwari Village under Chief Musikavanhu, after the decomposing body of a 35-year-old man was found in his home, days after he was allegedly assaulted by seven men who ac...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:41hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Weighbridges, truck arrestor beds at tollgates
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has launched a comprehensive transport system modernisation programme aimed at enhancing road safety and streamlining regulatory services in M...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:19hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Man calls lover's hubby to tell him he is dating his wife
A two-year secret love affair between an immigration officer and a police officer's wife has erupted into scandal after the jilted lover exposed the relationship to his girlfriend's husband - in a dra...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:45hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new Zimbabwe National Army commander
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Major-General Emmanuel Matatu as the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, promoting him to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Matatu replaces retired Lt-...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 17:21hrs | 4628 | by Staff reporter
Chinese ambassador pledges more support to Zimbabwe
Creative presentations of modern and traditional Chinese and Zimbabwean music theatrical performances reverberated at the University of Zimbabwe's Beit Hall on Saturday, marking the celebration of the...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:19hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi apostolic sect leader dies
Tony Sigauke, the acting bishop of Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC), has passed away at the age of 88. Sigauke, who had been serving as the church's acting bishop since 2019, died of natural caus...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gold syndicate kingpin accused of acquiring fake South African ID
AN investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in South Africa.The home affairs officer probing...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:29hrs | 10307 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwean accused in gold syndicate acquired SA ID
An investigation into illicit gold mining has uncovered how one of the accused obtained a fraudulent identity document, 12 years after arriving in SA.The home affairs officer probing the case ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:41hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Zkimbabwe's Sables end Namibia jinx
Zimbabwe 32 - 10 NamibiaZimbabwe's Sables secured a historic victory over Namibia in the 2024 Africa Cup semi-final, breaking a 23-year losing streak against their regional rivals. The last win ag...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:32hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zambabwe Sables survive Uganda Cranes onslaught
Zimbabwe 22 - 20 UgandaZIMBABWE senior men's rugby team put up a brave show which saw them narrowly beating hosts Uganda 22-20 in a quarter final match of the Rugby Africa Cup played Saturday at M...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:07hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Truck impounded in cement smuggling racket
A duo employed by Mamvura Investments in Chipinge, working as a driver and assistant, have been charged with smuggling cement.The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) reported tha...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:46hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife booed, women arrested
NINE women from Watsomba in Manicaland province have landed in soup after they allegedly booed the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa for allegedly sidelining them during a donation of foodstuffs and cloth...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ready for Harare by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is ready to hold by-elections in Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, with 106 polling stations having been identified."It is hereby notified in ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Redcliff council by-election
The ruling Zanu-PF's candidate Christine Sigauke is the new councilor for Redcliff Municipality's Ward 3 after being victorious in the by-election held on Saturday.Sigauke shrugged off competi...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 19:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe army commander appointed ambassador to DRC
Former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, Lt. General David Sigauke, has been designated as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Presiden...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:48hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rescue detained toddler, pregnant woman
POLICE have set free a toddler and a pregnant woman who were detained alongside other aggrieved villagers after they had protested maladministration by some school authorities at Sagambe Primary Schoo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC fails to field candidates for 06 April by-elections
The opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party has opted not to field candidates in two wards for the upcoming by-elections scheduled for April 6, 2024.A faction within the CCC, led...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe army generals fired over housing corruption
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), which brings together the country's army and air force wings, has fired three senior military commanders at the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) over a multi-million-dol...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Cornered Mutare City Council acts on poor service delivery after resident's complaint
AUTHORITIES at Mutare City Council (MCC) have procured and taken delivery of some fire tenders to enhance the local authority's emergency response capabilities following a complaint filed against it b...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:31hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman found dead with multiple injuries
Police are investigating a case in which a woman was found dead in bushy area this week with multiple injuries in Bulawayo, as more murder cases have also been reported countrywide.The woman f...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR stops displacement of villagers
MUTARE High Court Judge Justice Isaac Muzenda has ordered Chipinge Rural District Council (CRDC) to stop excavating, constructing roads and pegging residential stands within Maunganidze Communal Lands...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 21:49hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 19 | by Sharon Hofisi
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa likely to make sweeping changes that will shake Zimbabwe securocrats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to make sweeping changes that will shake securocrats in an unprecedented way since he assumed office in 2017, amid reports several uniformed forces bosses had re...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Sanyatwe as Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named Lieutenant General Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe as the Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), effective immediately, in the wake of Lieutenant General David Si...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:30hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
9 dead, 4 missing and 21 survivors in Zimbabwe mine disaster
As of now, the tragic collapse of a shaft at Bayhorse Gold Mine in Chakari, Chegutu district, has resulted in the confirmed deaths of nine mine workers. A joint search and rescue operation, at...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa was 'jittery' over Harare vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have been so worried about the Harare vote in the August 23 and 24 elections so much that he had to repeatedly check with officials during counting of votes, in...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vets drum up support for Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association are campaigning for Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa in next week's harmonised elections. The association's national executive has sinc...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 07:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Junior Sables go down fighting against Scotland
ZIMBABWE'S Under-20 rugby team put on a thrilling second half performance but their efforts were in vain as they began their World Rugby Under 20 Trophy campaign against Scotland with a 64-33 de...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:18hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Training remains Zimbabwe Defence Forces's top priority
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will continue training its personnel to meet the requirements of contemporary threats, achieving competent and determined forces ready to serve and protect the countr...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
War vets pledge support for Mnangagwa?
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has reaffirmed its support for President Mnangagwa, pledging to leave no stone unturned as they drum up support for the ruling party ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED pledge 2,3m votes to Zanu-PF
CONTROVERSIAL Vapostori4ED leader Moses Gwasira has pledged to mobilise 2,3 million votes for Zanu-PF in general elections slated for later this year.Addressing members of the Mugodhi Apostoli...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rogue Zimbabwe soldiers to be punished
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) will not tolerate any form of indiscipline within its ranks and file and will not hesitate to punish anyone caught on the wrong side of the law, Commander Zimbabwe Nat...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to recruit, train more women
COMMANDER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Lieutenant-General David Sigauke, has said they will continue to train and recruit more women as they have proven to be dedicated, competent and determin...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:40hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Step daughter assaults father over sadza
The love of staple food caused a 32-year-old man from Mapunga Farm, Bindura to nurse injurues after he was attacked by his step daughter over a sadza disp...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Community chases 5 teachers away
PARENTS and guardians with children at Ndangababi Primary School at Cross Dete in Hwange District have chased away five teachers accusing them of incompetence, insubordination and disrespecting tradit...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man murders ex-wife for rejecting him
A Shurugwi man is suspected of having murdered his ex-wife in cold blood after she refused to reconcile with him.Lubitsi Mubita (31) of Mutamba village under Chief Nhema in Shurugwi, was found...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Court tosses ex army boss's bid to recover seized benefits
Former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Colonel Shakeman Terrence Chizengwe has lost a High Court bid to recover seized retirement benefits after court ruled his application was defective in that he fai...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donors come to Zimbabwe army's aid
Commander Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant General David Sigauke has commended the corporate world for supporting their rehabilitation centre.Tsanga Lodge is the forces' rehabilitation ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZNA warns of bogus recruitment agents
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned the public against bogus recruitment agents masquerading as soldiers facilitating recruitment into the army, fleecing people of their money.This com...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
42 years on - veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines exce...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on the brink, analysts say
POLITICAL analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa will likely retain his post in Zanu-PF at the party's October congress but his political life is on the brink ahead of the 2023 polls due to the com...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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