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Armed hijackers strike in Bulawayo
A dramatic carjacking occurred in Bulawayo on Wednesday night when three armed men hijacked a white Ford Ranger Twin Cab at gunpoint. The vehicle, valued at over US$40,000, was stolen at Chigumira Sho...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 791 | by Sgtaff reporter
Matebeleland South senator raps govt over Bulawayo water crisis
Matebeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has accused the government of lacking the political will to address the ongoing water crisis in Bulawayo, which is grappling with its worst water shortag...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:06hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman sentenced to 4 years for illegal possession of elephant tusk
A Zimbabwean woman has been sentenced to four years in jail and fined P20,000 for illegal possession of an elephant tusk in Botswana.Nokuthula Sithembile Khumalo (37) of Plumtree, Matabeleland...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:54hrs | 1100 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa's govt letting Matebeleland down'
Matebeleland South Senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has criticized the government for its failure to adequately build schools in the region, attributing this oversight to the rise in teenage pregnancies an...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MP's wife attacks hubby's side chick
CHIREDZI North MP Roy Bhila is in trouble trying to reign in his troublesome wife who allegedly went and attacked the former's said mistress, a teacher at a local school and confiscated her stove and ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for elections countrywide
Thousands of people thronged polling stations across the country to cast their votes for their preferred candidates for Presidential, National Assembly and local authority elections.A peaceful...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Regional journalists and artists in True Zimbabwe Journalists (Media) Tour
The Zimbabwean government is basking in the glory of a public relations and marketing tour by regional journalists and artists being used as a publicity ploy by the Harare regime ahead of general elec...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'CCC candidate absconded community service'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s shambolic candidate selection process could come back to haunt the party after it emerged that one of the aspiring candidates allegedly abs...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's $5 000 withdrawal limit no longer adequate'
THE transacting public has implored the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to consider increasing cash withdrawal limits saying the weekly $5 000 cap is no longer convenient given the exchange rate moveme...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkayi gets new CEO
THE Local Government ministry has appointed Silibele Mpofu as the new Nkayi Rural District Council chief executive officer (CEO) despite the Zanu-PF-dominated council preferring Lawrence Mudimba for t...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi family grateful for support
THE family of a Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi who was killed by a vigilante group in South Africa has thanked Government and Zimbabweans from all over the world who provided assistance following his tra...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe eyes coalition pact with Chamisa
Thokozani Khupe, the leader of a faction of the MDC-T party has set her sights on a coalition pact with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), her spokesman said Wednesday.Khupe, who met the...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family seeks answers over killed prison officer
THE family of a murdered prison officer from Insiza district in Matabeleland South are still looking for answers as they claim that those involved in the crime are known but roaming the streets scot-f...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (13) stabs dad for ditching mum
A KWEKWE man is battling for life in hospital after his 13-year-old stepson stabbed him on the chest for ending his relationship with the boy's mother. Absolom Muzanharo was rushed to Gweru Pr...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ICSAZ re-elects Taona Munzvandi as its president
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe (ICSAZ) has re-elected as its president Taona Munzvandi, who is managing director of Daxilon Security and former chief executive o...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:49hrs | | by Agencies
Children of ZAPU/ZPRA donate food hampers to war vets
COZZ representative Felix Silundika (in black suit) hands over the food parcels to Mafela Trust director Zephaniah Nkomo while Sithembile Ndlovu looks on.The newly formed Children of ZPRA/ZAPU...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapper Cal_Vin killed in Bulawayo hit and run incident
Rapper Cal_Vin has died aged 35.The Bulawayo-born singer was run over by a car at around 11.30PM on Saturday after watching a football match on TV at a bar near his home in Luveve, his family ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition must revisit campaign strategies'
POLITICAL think-tank, Local Solutions Council (LSC), has urged the opposition to re-look its electioneering strategies in rural areas to avoid continuous thumping by the ruling Zanu-PF party.L...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youth revels in Lupane East victory
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday said the party's resounding victory in the Lupane East by-election held on Saturday was confirmation of the revolutionary party's goal of empowering youths in mainst...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu wins it for Zanu-PF in Lupane
ZANU-PF supporters in Lupane have attributed their clean sweep in two local authority by-elections and a parliamentary vote held on Saturday in Matabeleland North to Obert Mpofu the party's secretary ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 20:02hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF thrash Chamisa's MDC in Lupane by-election
Zanu-PF had a clean sweep in two local authority by-elections and a parliamentary vote held on Saturday in Matabeleland North.Mthandazo Dube was confirmed winner as Zanu-PF held on to the Lupa...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 19:21hrs | | by ZimLive
Low voter turnout in Lupane poll
The Lupane East parliamentary by-election was yesterday marred by low voter turnout.Matabeleland provincial elections officer, Mark Ndlovu told The Standard that results were expected this mor...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of Lupane East victory
VOTING in the Lupane East by-election ended peacefully last night with counting of votes starting immediately after polling stations closed at 7pm.Voters started trickling in when polling stat...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees up political space: Zesn
A LOCAL independent election watchdog has attributed an increase in the number of political parties eyeing Lupane East constituency, which has been widely regarded as a Zanu-PF stronghold, to an impro...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of victory in Lupane East by-election
ZANU-PF National Political Commissar, Victor Matemadanda, said yesterday the revolutionary party is certain that it will retain the Lupane East seat as its opponents are without vision. The pa...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC goes for broke
MDC has gone all out to grab the Lupane East constituency from Zanu-PF, dispatching party heavyweights and its president Nelson Chamisa to drum up support for candidate Dalumazi Khumalo.Chamis...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to give Mnangagwa a farm & women if he resigned & leave him to run Zimbabwe
IN a bizarre off-the-cuff speech yesterday at St Luke's, Lupane, MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa said he would give President Mnangagwa a farm, women and whisky if he resigned and left him to...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parties camp in Lupane for by-election
SOME of the political parties whose candidates are vying for the Lupane East seat have literally camped in the constituency canvassing for votes ahead of the August 3 by elections. The s...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says MDC are cry babies
The opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been called upon to stop being cry babies but focus on developing the lives of those it purports to represent.In an interview after a s...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to address high-profile rallies in Lupane East
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will address two high-profile rallies in Lupane East ahead of the parliamentary by-election in the constituency on August 3 where the opposition party will try to wrestle the...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should vote for a tried and tested revolutionary party w...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt works on 50:50 principle
GOVERNMENT will soon amend the Constitution to extend the provision which reserves 60 seats for women following the pending expiry of the subsistence of the 10-year legal framework in 2023, President ...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Health Ministry clarifies Lupane drugs distribution
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is mandated to deliver services to every community including medicines fairly regardless of activities taking place in those localities, a senior official said ye...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecute health minister - Tsvangirai's former envoy
Former special advisor to the late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, Alex Magaisa, has called on the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission to prosecute Health Minister Obadiah Moyo for violating the Elec...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF in Lupane East vote buying storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party has been sucked into a vote buying storm, after a letter in which Health Minister Obadiah Moyo agreed to restock clinics in Lupane East constituency ahead ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:42hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF starts campaign for Lupane East by-election
ZANU-PF has officially launched its campaign to drum up support for its Lupane East by-election candidate, Mbongeni Dube, ahead of the election set for August 3. The launch was done at a rally...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 to contest in Lupane East by-election
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said preparations for the Lupane East constituency by-election are at an advanced stage after nine candidates successfully filed their papers at the Nominat...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will lose'
Zanu PF will lose in the Lupane East by-election in August because of breach of processes done in the selection of its candidate, a frustrated aspirant has declared. It has since emerged that&...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa violated constitution
President Emmerson Mnangagwa violated the constitution by failing to proclaim the Lupane East by election within the stipulated 90 days from the time a vacancy arises.The Lupane East seat fell...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa violates Constitution on Lupane East by-election'
LEGISLATIVE watchdog, Veritas, has said the Lupane East by-election will count as yet another failure by government to comply with the country's Constitution.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, by p...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Lupane East candidate bites policeman
Zanu-PF Lupane East by election candidate Mbongeni Dube has a pending criminal case over violence after engaging in a fist fight with a police officer, it has emerged.Dube was controversially ...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
31 year old selected Zanu-PF Lupane East candidate
THE Zanu-PF Matabeleland North Province has unanimously endorsed the candidature of Mbongeni Dube (31) the current National deputy secretary for education from the Youth League to represent the party ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa books to be published
TWO books and memoirs of the late liberation icon and national hero, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa are being finalised and will provide an insight into the life of the man who dedicated most of his life to the l...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North snubs Mthuli Ncube
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North on Saturday snubbed Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to represent the party in the Lupane East by-election.In the run up to the provincial meeting, speculation was rife...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 18:48hrs | | by Gibson Nyathi
Mthuli Ncube develops cold feet?
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is reportedly developing cold feet in contesting the Lupane East by-election under a ZANU PF ticket. ZANU PF was reported to be meeting this weekend to decide whe...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 14:22hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF to finalise Mthuli Ncube's Lupane candidacy
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North meets in Lupane this weekend where the candidacy of Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube in the Lupane East by election is expected to be discussed. The seat fell vacant fo...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 12:30hrs | | by Gibson Nyathi
Mnangagwa proclaims Lupane East elections date
President Mnangagwa has set August 3 as the day for the by-election to fill the National Assembly seat for Lupane East that fell vacant following the death of Zanu-PF Parliamentarian Sithembiso Gumbo ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stance on Dabengwa correct
The corruption riddled ZANU PF party MPs whose clueless Government has impoverished and pauperised the entire nation were after all correct in their childish pettiness. A cabal that has driven million...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:38hrs | | by Nkosenhle
Lupane East MP's burial unites Zanu-PF, MDC
THE Lupane East Member of Parliament and liberation war heroine Sithembile Gumbo was yesterday buried at the Matabeleland North Provincial Heroes' Acre at Lupane Centre.Gumbo (56), died on Mon...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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