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Make Mnangagwa's life 'uneasy', UK MPs Urge Zimbabweans
UNITED KINGDOM (UK) House of Lords MPs say Zimbabweans living in that country should be allowed to stage peaceful demonstrations at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London to make the life of diplomats at the ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa hits back at Mutsvangwa
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) has described Zanu-PF party spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa as "politically immature" after he criticised his recent private meeting with former Chivi South MP Kille...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2547 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, US square off over Zimbabwean affairs
GOVERNMENT yesterday told the United States to back off after Washington said the March 26 by-elections were a test case of Harare's commitment to implement sweeping reforms to guarantee free and fair...Published: 5 hrs ago | 966 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks resurface in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in neighbouring South Africa are living in fear of xenophobic attacks following a wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in that country.There have been reports of violence a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2375 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bigwigs on firing line'
Zanu-PF Manicaland chairperson Mike Madiro yesterday warned that a number of party members were on the firing line as President Emmerson Mnangagwa desperately moves to assert his control of the party ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2065 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members to nominate by-election candidates
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has said candidates for the March 26 by-elections would be nominated at grassroot level to allow for democracy to prevail.The party also said recalled MPs a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 741 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife awaits verdict as State closes her case
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, who is being accused of attempting to forge her marriage certificate, will know her fate on February 4 when Harare magistrate Lazini...Published: 5 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
Woman stoned to death
A MARONDERA woman, believed to be in her 30s, was stoned to death and had her undergarments stashed in her mouth at Roughlands Farm at the weekend.Police have since launched a manhunt for the ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 921 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner evicts villagers
CHINESE mining company, Monaf Investments has given villagers in Muchesu ward 12, Binga, three months' notice to vacate their ancestral land after it was granted a permit to extract coal in the area....Published: 5 hrs ago | 451 | by Staff reporter
Bread price hike exposes Zimbabwe govt rot
IN the past year, Zimbabweans have been treated to sustained State propaganda to the effect that the economy is on the recovery path.But currency volatilities have continued unabated and the a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 561 | by Staff reporter
Minister exposes rot at CVR
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona yesterday said corruption at the Central Vehicle Registry (CRV) had created an unnecessary backlog in the issuance of registration plates...Published: 5 hrs ago | 346 | by Staff reporter
BCC requires US$700m for roads rehab
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it requires about US$700 to rehabilitate its road network, which is in a sorry state following heavy rains that pounded the city in the past weeks.Most of the ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water levels rise marginally
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has revealed that water levels at Kariba Dam rose marginally between January 7 and 17 this year due to an increase in rainfall activity since the beginning of the mon...Published: 5 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
Govt frowns at illegal dumpsites
THE Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry has expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal dumpsites which are posing a health hazard to people and the environment.Envi...Published: 5 hrs ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
7 injured in gold mining clashes
AT least seven people were seriously injured after a machete-wielding gang reportedly aligned to former Zanu-PF youth league provincial chairperson for Mashonaland West, Vengai Musengi, ran amok and a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) suspends road repairs
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said 75 percent of its road network is in poor condition but has suspended road repairs until the end of the rainy season.Driving around Bulawayo's roads is...Published: 5 hrs ago | 88 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo High Court comes to Gweru
THE Bulawayo High Court Circuit will from Monday be sitting in Gweru for two weeks during which 12 murder cases will be heard.Midlands provincial prosecutor Mr Samuel Pedzisayi confirmed the d...Published: 5 hrs ago | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko has case to answer
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko must now defend himself on charges that he wrongly ordered the release of two top Zinara officials after Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe dismiss...Published: 5 hrs ago | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Harare, Masvingo elect new executives
THE Zanu-PF Harare province has elected a new provincial executive committee that is expected to steer the party forward by winning seats in the forthcoming by-elections where 12 parliamentary seats a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 114 | by Staff reporter
Dembare raid CAPS Utd
HARARE giants Dynamos yesterday made a huge statement after they snatched defender Brandon Mpofu from traditional rivals CAPS United ahead of the resumption of domestic football.Mpofu, who spe...Published: 5 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife applies for discharge
The defence team for Marry Mubaiwa applied for her to be discharged on the charges of misrepresenting that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga agreed to a civil marriage, arguing that the State failed...Published: 5 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Fake number plates scam exposed
POLICE have said some motorists are using fake temporary vehicle number plates to avoid being arrested during the ongoing blitz on unregistered vehicles.Unregistered vehicles and those without...Published: 5 hrs ago | 153 | by Staff reporter
Stinking corruption at CVR
Corruption and a poor work ethic by some officials at the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Harare have been cited following motorists' failure to acquire number plates since last year.Althoug...Published: 5 hrs ago | 133 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife challenges submission of deceased witness' evidence
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa yesterday objected to the submission of a deceased witness' written evidence in her ongoing trial for allegedly attempting to forge a...Published: 5 hrs ago | 53 | by Staff reporter
Green bombers throw weight behind Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe National Youth Service Graduates Association sternly warns Mutsvangwa against his childish sentiments torwards Cde Saviour Kasukuwere.Mutsvangwa was an opportunist of the liberation s...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1420 | by Kudakwashe Ndavara
Bones of Bhalagwe, arise!
The voice speaks to the bones that are scattered all over Matabeleland and Midlands. Arise! Bones that are in the stomach of Bhalagwe, stand up and refuse to be silenced. Arise and be counted! All the...Published: 14 hrs ago | 815 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 14 hrs ago | 814 | by Enos Denhere
A true leader doesn't create separation, but brings people together!
I love Bluetooth! I fondly remember the first time using it - when we discovered that could actually send SMS texts to each other with my beloved wife Tinta (who was still my fiancée all thos...Published: 14 hrs ago | 525 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe beats Guinea at Afcon
Guinea 1 - 2 ZimbabweGUINEA reached the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations despite losing their final Group B match 2-1 against already-eliminated Zimbabwe.The West Africans finished sec...Published: 15 hrs ago | 853 | by Staff reporter
Truck swept away while crossing flooded river
One person died when a Nissan Atlas truck was swept off while crossing the flooded Nyaodza Bridge along the Gatche-Gatche – Kariba Road yesterday.The truck had one passenger on board who esc...Published: 15 hrs ago | 837 | by Staff reporter
Boy, I love democracy - pity I don't live in one!
Most times, I feel like a lonely miserable little child - who is sitting on his home's stoep, fondly admiring the neighbors' happy family, whose parents will be joyfully playing together with their ch...Published: 15 hrs ago | 241 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2 escaped Zimbabwean prisoners re-arrested, 3 on the run in South Africa
Four Zimbabwean prisoners being transported to a South African court escaped after armed men ambushed a police van and sprung them free on Friday.Augustine Nqobani Moyo, Nkululeko Nkomo, Mbong...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
'First come, first served' - ZEC says as MDC Alliance name row rages before by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it does not regulate or register political parties and will accept candidate nominations for March's by-elections on a "first come, first served" basis....Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 4260 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top aide in Gukurahundi genocide storm
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba torched a storm yesterday after he declared that the erection of Gukurahundi memorial plaques was illegal.Bulawayo-based pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 3329 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere guns for Mnangagwa?
EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has claimed that it was time for him to make "difficult decisions" to "save the revolutionary movement" and to act on the injustices that President Em...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 4290 | by Staff reporter
Fresh fights rock Zanu-PF
FRESH power struggles have erupted within the ruling Zanu-PF party ahead of the March 26 by-elections after 119 members declared interest to contest for only 28 vacant National Assembly seats....Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni petitions UK over Zimbabwe diaspora voting rights
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has petitioned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prod him to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to grant Zimbabwean citizens in the di...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Diplomat fatally stabbed by son
A-23 year old man on Monday appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing murder charges and one count of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his father, who is a Diplomat to death....Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Over 90 000 arrested in cross border crimes
Close to 100 000 people have been arrested for cross border crimes since the inception of an operation code-named No to Cross Border Crimes, according to the Zimbabwe Republic police (ZRP).In ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Manager transfers 300 'corrupt' Zimra staff
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s new manager at Beitbridge Border Post, Kenneth Mungati, has reportedly ordered the transfer of over 300 staff members from the border town after accusing them ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
'Govt stalling BCC's solar farm project'
BULAWAYO councillors have blamed the Local Government ministry for delaying the city's solar farm project by not granting the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida) permission to approve ap...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for impregnating underage daughter
A MARANGE man recently appeared before a traditional court charged with incest after he sexually abused and impregnated his underage daughter.Chief Bernard Marange ordered him to pay two beast...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 157 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC factionalism worsens ahead of March elections
SOME members of the opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora say factionalism is worsening in the party ahead of the forthcoming council and parliamentary by-elections following claims of widespread r...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies after Zupco bus ploughs into crowd
A Zupco bus yesterday ploughed into a crowd at a popular pickup spot in Bulawayo, TM Hyper, killing one person and injuring two.The accident occurred just outside the Government Dental Clinic,...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Govt revives Matobo's Mpamadzi headmanship
GOVERNMENT has approved the revival of the Mpamadzi headmanship under Chief Malaba in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province.As a result, Mr Leonard Ndlovu (74) has been appointed as the...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere shown middle finger by Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa does not need the support of "moonlighting" and "failed" politicians to lead Zanu-PF to a thunderous victory in the upcoming by-elections and in the 2023 harmonised elections as he...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
VAYA delays commission payments
VAYA Mobility, the taxi and shuttle service provider, is struggling to pay contractors their December commission due to cashflow problems. The company issued a statement on Sunday to contracto...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek AFCON consolation
IT'S a tournament the players would want to forget in a hurry, given they flattered only to deceive in light of the massive financial support they have received from the Government through the Sports ...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle number plates distribution decentralised
Twelve post offices and seven Zimra tax offices will today start distributing the bulk of the 12 183 sets of number plates now available, with just a small batch going through the Central Vehicle Regi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
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