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Zanu-PF Youth League lowers maximum age to 35 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF has lowered the maximum age for political office in the youth league to 35 in a fresh campaign that seeks to promote a greater voice for young people.Zim...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:25hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in historic Bulawayo poll win
The win by Zanu-PF candidate Kidwell Mujuru in Bulawayo's Ward 28 by-election over the weekend by 670 votes demonstrates that the MDC's dominance of urban areas is coming to an end, an official has sa...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:46hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in vote buying ahead of by-election
Zanu-PF is being accused of vote buying ahead of the Cowdray park local government by-election slated for tomorrow. This was after Vice President Kembo Mohadi donated 60 tonnes of maize and 30 ton...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Fierce battle for Bulawayo council seat
THE battle for the Cowdray Park ward 28 council seat has reached fever pitch with parties contesting in the by-election leaving nothing to chance.The by-election has been set for this coming S...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:26hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pulls all stops to win Bulawayo ward
ZANU-PF has pulled all the stops in a bid to win Bulawayo's ward 28 by-election set for Saturday, deploying top party officials from its commissariat department, led by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi to ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:13hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's absence felt in Zanu-PF
NEARLY two decades after his death, Zanu-PF says it misses Joshua Nkomo's extraordinary skill in uniting the nation and mobilising votes for the ruling party.The late revered vice president pa...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:18hrs | 3235 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to show loyalty to party
ZANU-PF members in Bulawayo's Ward 28 have been urged to show their commitment and loyalty to the party by voting for the party's candidate, Kidwell Mujuru, in the council by-election set for March 30...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:49hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
War vets urged to embrace Zanu-PF restructuring
WAR veterans have been urged to embrace the Zanu-PF restructuring exercise by positioning themselves for leadership roles in the party structures. Addressing war veterans at Stanley Square in ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:22hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Top envoy Mothobi laid to rest in Bulawayo
Former top envoy Buzwani Donald Mothobi was laid to rest at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday with mourners describing him as a dedicated pioneer civil servant.Mothobi, who was ambas...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ally wants Mnangagwa's govt to pay for Bulawayo looting
Government must pay for the looting that occurred in Bulawayo last month, the secretary-general of the main MDC party Douglas Mwonzora has said.Mwonzora was reacting to sentiments by Zanu-PF p...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Absolom Sikhosana urges NGO ban for dabbling in Zimbabwe politics
ZANU-PF politburo member, Absolom Sikhosana says government should ban all Non-Governmental Organisations operating in the country claiming they were dabbling in national politics on behalf of the opp...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:53hrs | 573 | by newzimbabwe
Govt unfreezes 1 762 health posts
GOVERNMENT says it has unfrozen 1 762 posts in the health sector, this comes in the wake of a massive shortage of health workers which inflamed the industrial action by doctors last year.Among...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2572 | by Staff reporter
Skies Metro FM reshuffles presenters
BULAWAYO'S sole private radio station, Skies Metro FM has shuffled its presenters in a new set up that took effect yesterday; a move aimed at bringing diversity to its programming.The radio's ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
'Intern' doctors agree to go back to work within the next 48 hours
Junior doctors have agreed to call off their strike and should be back at work by 5pm on Monday following an agreement at today's bipartite forum in Harare.The doctors spent the whole of today...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 20:41hrs | 4543 | by Staff reporter
Doctors struck off the payroll
Negotiations meant to end the nearly 2-week-long strike by junior doctors have suffered a blow after hitches in the payment of the doctors' December salaries.The junior doctors were supposed t...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 16:20hrs | 7936 | by Staff reporter
1893 MHRRM RSA Student Wing thanks Dialogue participants
1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) RSA student Wing would like to thank all the people who participated on the 1st of December 2018 Matebeleland Gukurahundi G...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:13hrs | 453 | by Jabulani Sikhosana, 1893 MHRRM RSA Student Wing Secretary
Zanu-PF conference to gobble millions
THE Zanu-PF national people's conference scheduled for December 10 to 15 at Umzingwane High School in Esigodini, Matabeleland South is projected to gobble over$1 million, with provinces expected t...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:00hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rejects MDC GNU
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday resolved that the party should not engage in any talks of a government of national unity with MDC Alliance and endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's sole pres...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1304 | by Staf reporter
South Africa hosts Matebeleland Gukurahundi genocide conference
1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) student wing would like to invite the Public to participate in the Matebeleland Gukurahundi Genocide Conference to be held ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 16:08hrs | 3174 | by By Jabulani Sikhosana
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Harare Central Hospital in intensive care
The Harare Central Hospital is facing a plethora of challenges owing to the unavailability of money and human resources to efficiently run one of the country's biggest referral centres.Speakin...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to hand over Tsholotsho houses built by Jonathan Moyo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will officially hand over houses that were built by the Government for Tsholotsho flood victims in Matabeleland North Province before the end of November.This was revealed ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Bosso members trash draft constitution
HIGHLANDERS club members have decided to stick to their current constitution after a proposed draft was trashed at Sunday's extra ordinary general meeting.A resolution was passed to dissolve t...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo member narrowly escaped death
ZANU-PF Politburo member Absalom Sikhosana (69) narrowly escaped death after a vehicle sped over a kerb dividing a road and collided head-on with his along Khami Road in Bulawayo.The driver of...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Bosso board member quits
RETIRED Colonel Thomas Ngwenya has tendered his resignation from the Highlanders' board of directors.The 83-year-old former Zimbabwe National Army officer tendered his letter of resignation la...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Cap on Bosso board terms
IN line with generational renewal, the Highlanders board of directors will now hold office for a maximum of 10 years compared to the present situation where board members serve for an indefinite perio...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew mocks Mutsvangwa election disaster
The garrulously verbose and ideologically vacuous Chris Mutsvangwa has blamed his loss in the Zanu-PF primary elections on everyone except the fact that Zanu-PF voters have rejected the 15 November 20...Published: 04 May 2018 at 13:43hrs | 2640 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Mutsvangwa's defeat signifies a rejection of Mnangagwa
THE garrulously verbose and ideologically vacuous Chris Mutsvangwa has blamed his loss in the ZANU PF primary elections on everyone except the fact that ZANU PF voters have rejected the 15 November 20...Published: 03 May 2018 at 09:49hrs | 3205 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Bulawayo for the official opening of this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) slated for tomorrow.Cde Mnangagwa who is al...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 15:46hrs | 7472 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 11813 | by Staff reporter
Bosso board reshuffled
THE Highlanders board of directors has shuffled its leadership, with radio legend Luke Mnkandla taking over the chairmanship from businessman, Mgcini Nkolomi.Human resources expert Cosmos Sikh...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zec
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been thrown into confusion over contradicting statistics on the youth vote and funding for the forthcoming harmonised elections, among other challenges....Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:56hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Man strikes fellow villager with axe over cigarette
A man from Lower Gweru will spend the three years in jail for striking a fellow villager with an axe on the forehead in a misunderstanding over a cigarette.Mandla Sikhosana (23) of Nkani Villa...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Wife kills hubby, lover in act
A man from Zhombe in the Midlands province died at his girlfriend's house while the girlfriend also passed on upon admission to Kwekwe General Hospital after the two were allegedly severely attacked w...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1636 | by Staff reporter
Wife catches hubby making love to another woman, kills them
A man from Zhombe in the Midlands province died at his girlfriend's house while the girlfriend also passed on upon admission to Kwekwe General Hospital after the two were allegedly severely attacked w...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 08:46hrs | 3622 | by Staff Reporter
Makokoba set for transformation
Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb is poised for a major transformation as a partnership will see construction of new buildings and installation of a proper water reticulation system.Makokoba is Bulaw...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Maphepha
HIGHLANDERS' board faces a test of character today when they decide on Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda's candidature for the club's forthcoming elective annual general meeting three years after barring him ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Bosso candidates out
HIGHLANDERS' electoral committee will this afternoon announce names of successful candidates that will contest in the club's executive elections on February 4.Eight candidates are vying for th...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:01hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Bosso Electoral Committee begins verification of nominees
THE Highlanders Electoral Committee has begun the verification process of nominees for the clubs' elections that are due on 4 February and will issue a statement tomorrow regards the nominations submi...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 11:18hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Intense jostling for top Zanu-PF posts
Jostling for posts has reached fever pitch ahead of Zanu-PF's extraordinary congress next week with the resurgent liberation war fighters going all out to reclaim positions that had fallen to former p...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 18:06hrs | 3180 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland want Mnangagwa fired
Bulawayo and Mashonaland provinces yesterday resolved to ask President Mugabe to immediately drop Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa over allegations of undermining him.The Mash Central provinc...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:23hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF the only game in town?
THE normally tranquil suburb of Pelandaba will tomorrow come to life as the Zanu-PF juggernaut rolls into town for the penultimate series of the highly subscribed Presidential-Youth Interface Rallies ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 04:57hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams BCC
ZANU-PF has lashed out at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for demanding payment for the party to use White City Stadium on Saturday for the Youth Presidential Interface Rally.According to the ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:24hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
SA artistes to perform at Mugabe rally
IT'S all system go for the Bulawayo Zanu-PF Presidential Youth Interface Rally as the province has secured 65 buses and 110 kombis to ferry people to the venue while unnamed South African artistes are...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:11hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko meets white business community
VICE-PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko once again met the white business community to re-establish links with the Government in a bid to aid in the resuscitation of Bulawayo industries.The meeting ...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:50hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
A Triple ceremony at Amagugu to commemorate life of Bowen Rees
There was pomp and ceremony at Amagugu International Heritage Centre (AIHC) when, recently , as Amagugu hoisted its flag and commissioned a memorial in honour of Reverend Bowen Rees and a gallery whos...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 05:48hrs | 227 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T has to hope for the best and prepare for the worst
Painful as it might be, some things have to be said and sorted. Whether you like it or not, they cannot be postponed or shelved any further.It has been courageous - not outrageous - for Eddie ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 09:34hrs | 1122 | by Conway Tutani
Mugabe and wife to address Youth League
President Mugabe is today expected to address a high-level meeting of the zanu-pf Youth League national assembly focusing on the state of the party and the economy, among other issues. First Lady Dr G...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 05:09hrs | 2913 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe to address Zanu-PF youth assembly
PRESIDENT Mugabe is tomorrow expected to deliver a key note address at the Zanu-PF Youth League national assembly meeting to be held at the party's headquarters in Harare focusing on issues affecting ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:33hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko meets white business community
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has urged the white community in the country to work with fellow Zimbabweans and heed President Mugabe's call for reconciliation.Addressing the white business...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 06:26hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
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