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Zimra official loses house over corruption
Former Zimra revenue officer Mr Kennedy Nyatoti has made history by becoming the first person to lose assets under Zimbabwe's civil-based asset forfeiture law when his US$150 000 mansion and US$10 000...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Family appeals for food aid due to starvation during lockdown
A family in Bulawayo is appealing for food donations and financial assistance after they have spent weeks without eating since the lock down started March.Ozias Ngwenya (33) of 16637, Cowdray ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 872 | by Stephen Jakes
No tests for Covid returnees in Chinhoyi
As the Zimbabwe Covid infection rate continue to rise some returnees in Chinhoyi said they have not been tested of Coronavirus (Covid 19)after being admitted for quarantine. Scores of returnees ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:44hrs | 363 | by Naume Muza
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2602 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Protests erupt at isolation centres
Protests broke out at Covid-19 isolation centres for returning residents in Harare and Masvingo yesterday after returnees demanded to be released, saying they had overstayed.The returnees also...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:47hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
Latest live soccer results
For sure, it is not always possible for sports fans to watch their favourite game or match. That is why there is a huge amount of resources on the Internet that allow bettors to track all events onlin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 13:04hrs | 1812 | by Staff Writer
Musona to end Anderlecht nightmare
ZIMBABWE senior national football team captain Knowledge Musona is set to end his nightmarish stint with Belgian Pro league giants Anderlecht amid reports that he will soon seal a permanent transfer d...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt needs to respect media rights
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from his long-time mentor, the late Robert Mugabe in November 2017, one of the noticeable things was his approach to the media, he was more accessible, will...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Attacks evoke memories of Gukurahundi tactics
LAST week on Wednesday night (May 13, 2020), I woke up to find several missed calls and messages from fellow human rights defenders telling me that Zimbabwe's youngest MP, Joanna Mamombe (27), and her...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:40hrs | 329 | by Thandekile Moyo
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4141 | by Staff reporter
US dollar court ruling set to trigger lawsuits
THE High Court judgement that compels those owed money in United States dollars to be paid in that currency could result in a litany of lawsuits, especially against financial institutions.The ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 743 | by Vince Musewe
Complete guide on how to stop spending above your means and what to do when it is too late
Let's agree that often we spend too much on many things and forget that money might come to an end. This is the moment when you might realize that there is a lot of time left before the next paycheck,...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:46hrs | 820 | by Staff writer
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF neglected Sikhosana'
THE late Zanu-PF politburo member and acting Bulawayo provincial chairperson Absolom Sikhosana died a pauper with well-wishers only chipping in two days before his death to pay for his prescribed medi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 7996 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, MLF clash over Joshua Nkomo legacy
OPPOSITION Zapu has blasted the secessionist Mthakwazi Liberation Front (MLF) for casting aspersions over the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's rich legacy. This was after former MLF lead-er...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Mnangagwa's other bad crony
IT'S never a clever idea to put a crow among the fowls and keep it there. That will give you a bad name and troubled nights.A crow in the fowl drains the food but doesn't deliver eggs to the p...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 2065 | by Tawanda Majoni
Hypocrisy and more power inspired hypocrisy
iN the centre of harare there is a world-famous building named Karigamombe which is Robert Mugabe's example of self-glorification at the expense of a man named Joshua Nkomo, who was considered by Muga...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:30hrs | 232 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
These strange funerals
In 2004 I attended a bizarre funeral ever. It took place in sleepy tiny English village on the outskirts of Salisbury, Wiltshire County, United Kingdom. I had taken a temporary live-in care worker job...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1537 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Falakhe Funeral Services body mix-up anguish for Bulawayo family
A BULAWAYO family suffered double trauma when Falakhe Funeral Services delayed delivering the body of their relative who died in South Africa by over 20 hours before eventually giving them a wrong bod...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Matongo making his mark in the UK Super League
Hull F.C. have been making giant strides in the UK's rugby Super League, and at the heart of their rise has been a 240lb Zimbabwean with big dreams of his own.Masimbaashe Matongo was born in H...Published: 13 May 2020 at 09:39hrs | 1007 | by Staff Writer
Escalated onslaught on ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo legacies
ZAPU notes the escalated attack on the legacy of both its founding president and liberation struggle with totally new and nonsensical narratives coming out forty years after the war and twenty one yea...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 938 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zimbabwe govt dismisses reports of mandatory 5-year ban on SA Returnees
The government has dismissed reports of a mandatory five-year-ban on all individuals returning from neighbouring South Africa.The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 12:26hrs | 6138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 110 officers between the rank of inspector and commissioner, in a development expected to improve efficiency in the police service. Inspector...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3056 | by Staff reporter
Vimbai MUtinhiri weds Nigerian lover
Nigeria-based Zimbabwean television personality, actress and model Vimbai Mutinhiri last weekend tied the knot with her Nigerian lover Andrew "Dru" Ekpenyong from Calabar, Cross River State. The forme...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 4945 | by Staff reporter
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3633 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mthuli Ncube thoroughly disgraced himself!
No man intentionally disgraces himself. But brother Mthuli Ncube should have known the possible risk, and the possibility of being thoroughly disgraced if such confidential communication was broadcast...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 4521 | by Ken Mufuka
Reality check on Parliamentary recall
FOUR Movement for Democratic Change legislators were recalled from Parliament on May 5, 2020.Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo and Lillian Timveos' seats were declared vacan...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 412 | by Tinashe D. Hofisi
Only 14 more returnees arrive from South Africa
FOURTEEN Zimbabweans were on Monday stranded on the South African side of Beitbridge Border Post after failing to meet requirements to enter into the country. Under the current lockdown guidel...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:17hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Registrar General to appear in court today
REGISTRAR-GENERAL Clemence Masango has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of flouting tender procedures when buying five vehicles for the Central Registry and t...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour's wife in 'love triangle'
A 69-YEAR-OLD MAN from Siyoka area in Beitbridge West has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing his neighbour's wife (52) on Saturday evening. The man is reported to have stabbed the wo...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Murderer freed, seeks to appease victim's avenging spirit
HAUNTED murderer Jorum Siwela, who spent 22 years of sleepless nights in prison, was yesterday freed on amnesty and immediately embarked on a hunt for the victim's family to apologise and compensate f...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Tenant evicted despite Mnangagwa's rent reprieve
TOGARA Munemo (49), a civil servant is a dejected man.As he stands at the gate, the family man is not certain about what will become of him during this COVID-19 lockdown after he was ejected f...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package for Zimbabwe
A technical team is being set up to craft operational details of the $18 billion economic recovery, stimulus and social package aimed at reviving Zimbabwe's economic sectors affected by the global Cov...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Nguluvhe details Manama wartime recruitment
IN January 1977, the ring of a bell, usually alerting pupils at Manama High School in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, of the time to go to the dining hall for supper, signalled a new chapter for ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Ndoro hit with hefty R20 000 salary cut
VETERAN Highlands Park striker Tendai Ndoro has had a salary cut estimated at R20 000 this month.SunSport has reliably learnt that the Zimbabwean is among the highly paid players affected at t...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:57hrs | 10307 | by Staff reporter
The fiasco of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo
AMID a flurry of government efforts to find suitable accommodation for the treatment of the Covid-19 patients, it was announced that Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo's posh Hillside Suburb had been iden...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 2545 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Released MDC activist cries foul
MDC Alliance activist Josphat "Mzaca" Ngulube claims his incarceration exposed him to the biased nature of the justice delivery service system in the country, arguing the process was frustrating for a...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door mealie-meal sales kick-off
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the door-to-door selling of subsidised mealie-meal which started as a pilot programme in the city yesterday, saying it will end long queues and corruption associated wit...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's famous athletes
Zimbabwe were successfully represented by extremely talented athletes in numerous popular sports over the course of history. Zimbabwean residents are proud of the people who have made them happy so ma...Published: 01 May 2020 at 13:45hrs | 2217 | by Staff Writer
Zimra's Q2 collections to be hit by COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says second quarter collections will be adversely affected by business closures and reduced profitability due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.In t...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Beitbridge quarantine centre
THERE was chaos at the Rainbow COVID-19 quarantine centre in Beitbridge with the 15 inmates demanding their immediate release.The inmates also protested against being treated like convicts fol...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2235 | by Staff reporter
'Police Commissioner General Matanga crashes 2 expensive cars'
Norton' Member": of Parliament Temba Mliswa has sensationally claimed that Police Boss Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has in the recent past crashed two official vehicles and had them replaced. ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 14:56hrs | 6927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 death: Mhondoro villagers in denial
The death of Gogo Nguni, nee Chitemere, has left the community in her village in Mhondoro puzzled, with some denying she succumbed to Covid-19, despite the positive test made when she was taken to Har...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders gang up against Mnangagwa
InfOrmal traders unions have criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration over the demolition of vending stalls and delays in payment of promised cushioning allowances.Thirteen ass...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:35hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 4986 | by Staff reporter
'Why I was arrested' Josphat Ngulube speaks out
Now I am free to talk about it because I was tried and found guilty for nothing! Josphat Mzaca Ngulube didn't burn Zanu Pf cars or participated on what he was accused for!On the day 14th of Ja...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 13:49hrs | 6605 | by Josphat Mzaca Ngulube
Beitbridge border fence row escalates in South Africa
South Africa's main opposition on Friday criticised that country's Public Works and Infrastructure minister for the massive expenditure amounting to R37 million for the construction of a 40km Beibridg...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:32hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi and his money
BUSINESSMAN and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure has always come across as that rich, arrogant and yet sophisticated and witty man.Boy, what a wrong perception we had!Boss Ginimbi,...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:06hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
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