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ZANU-PF MP, leaders defy lockdown measures
ZANU PF legislator for Buhera Central Constituency Matthew Gijima Nyashanu and some of his District Coordinating Committes(DCCs) and a provincial yo...Published: 33 mins ago | 167 | by Edson Mapani/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe targets herd immunity by year-end
The government has further intensified the vaccination of citizens against the Covid-19 pandemic targeting to reach the 60 percent herd immunity at a time when cumulative infections stand at over 100 ...Published: 42 mins ago | 56 | by Staff reporter
Transport ministry employees go for four months without pay
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development employees in the Matabeleland North Province are complaining of not receiving their salaries for the past four months, CITE reported.The w...Published: 43 mins ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
'Unvaccinated teachers not prepared for schools reopening'
TeaCHeRS' unions yesterday revealed that a majority of their members were yet to be vaccinated against the COViD-19 virus and were psychologically unprepared for schools reopening which government hin...Published: 2 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over murder case
Police yesterday raised an alarm over an increase in murder cases across the country.In a statement, National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said in some of the cases, ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 116 | by Staff reporter
Wife torches house to fix hubby
HALF a million dollars worth of property was destroyed by fire on Tuesday when a couple at a house in Hillside in Bulawayo had a heated quarrel, culminating in the wife setting the property alight....Published: 2 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt serial real estate fraudster
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a bogus real estate agent who allegedly fleeced members of the public, including the late businessman Ernest Tekere of Home Guard Security Services of ab...Published: 2 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 2 hrs ago | 86 | by Staff reporter
New Zinara technology to ease congestion at tollgates
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has introduced automatic number plate recognition cameras at tollgates along the Plumtree-Mutare Highway as part of broader measures to reduce conges...Published: 2 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter
Some useful websites for students and educational resources
When you are a student, there is a constant need for information. Students are people who study every day. There is a lot of homework to do. And the assignments aren't always easy. It is especially tr...Published: 11 hrs ago | 404 | by Staff writer
Man on the run after fatally clubbing a fellow villager
A MAN from Madlambuzi in Plumtree is on the run after fatally clubbing a fellow villager with a log on the head following a misunderstanding. Police are appealing for information leading to the arrest...Published: 11 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
9 buses impounded
Police impounded nine buses that were operating illegally outside the Zupco franchise and arrested 3 821 people over Covid-19 related contraventions in Harare in the past week as complacency creeps in...Published: 11 hrs ago | 868 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa did not reward POLAD but empowered the spirit of development
POLAD has been the power to peace in Zimbabwe after the 2018 elections. By giving them cars to enhance their work MNANGAGWA did not seek to bribe but to empower those who love their country at any cos...Published: 15 hrs ago | 552 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Covid-19 and International Relations: Forces of Change, Continuities and Discontinuities
Forget about all its devastating impacts to humanity, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about interesting and new dimensions to international relations as an academic discipline which raises pivotal i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 259 | by Wallace K Musakanyi
Steward Bank partners Kunashe Foundation to support underprivileged girls
HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest bank by depositors, Steward Bank, has joined forces with Kunashe Foundation to end period poverty in the country by supplying reusable sanitary wear to underprivileged girl...Published: 16 hrs ago | 256 | by Agencies
How to bet smart on the NBA
The National Basketball Association draws followers from across the globe, with fans travelling to attend matches and soak up the atmosphere of a major professional basketball fixture. Others enjoy wa...Published: 20 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff writer
'Postpone November exams'
TEACHERS' unions have called on government to postpone the November final examinations for Grade 7, Form Four and Upper Sixth — to January, saying pupils whose learning has been severely disrupted b...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Outpour of grief for top scribe Tutani
VETERAN Alpha Media Holdings journalist Conway Tutani has died. Tutani passed away on Monday afternoon at his Houghton Park home in Harare aged 67.His wife, Isabel, yesterday told NewsDay that...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Zacc submits 89 dockets for prosecution
HE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 89 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), with a third of the cases being high-profile.Zacc spokesperson John Makamure...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:30hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Chrome ore export banned
Exports of chrome ore have been banned with immediate effect and exports of chrome concentrates from July next year, as there are now enough smelters in the country to ensure that all exports are of f...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:25hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
UK returnees released from quarantine
The 14 Zimbabwean deportees who arrived from Britain last month have been united with their families after finishing the mandatory quarantine, which the Government fully covered. The Governmen...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:23hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 637 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe Covid-19 daily infections decline
Zimbabwe's daily Covid-19 infections which have been hovering between 2, 000 and 3,000 for the greater part of last month have further declined to just above 1, 300 according to the latest update by t...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Scores turn up for ZDF Covid-19 vaccination outreach programme
Over 200 Emgwanwini and Cowdray Park residents, Tuesday, received their Covid-19 jabs during a Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) community outreach Covid-19 vaccination programme.The community out...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:50hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suspends burials as grave-digging machine breaks down
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at the Athlone West cemetery due to a breakdown of a grave-digging machine.Council sources told New Zimbabwe.com that following the breakd...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF refused 1 million J&J vaccine doses, 6 months after FDA approval and now J&J is gold dust
A few weeks ago, Zimbabwe was refused one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine offered through the Africa covac initiative under the pretext the country did not have the extra cold facilit...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3089 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo says 'Zimbabwe opposition, CSOs a big let down'
ZIMBABWE on Sunday marked three years after six civilians were fatally shot by State security agents in the August 2018 post-election violence, with exiled former Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moy...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 4183 | by Staff reporter
Schools up reopening preps
SCHOOLS have heightened preparations for reopening for the second term with fumigation of buildings and grounds currently in progress.This comes a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said ...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Marange villagers, ZCDC bury the hatchet
KUSENA villagers in Marange, who last week had resisted an order by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to temporarily vacate their homes so that the diamond miner can engage in explorati...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
'Time Zimbabwe sets educational qualifications for MPs'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC) says Zimbabwe must draft a law which stipulates minimum qualifications for legislators so that they understand and effectively contribute to policymaking pr...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Zupco pledges to pay operators
Owners of private kombis operating under the Zupco franchise are set to receive their payments starting from tomorrow with all paid by the end of the week. Delays have seen some Zupco kombi drivers no...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Zimbabwe's ex-First Lady
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said the late Mrs Janet Banana widow to the late former President Canaan Banana was a pillar of strength, a source of i...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2536 | by Staff reporter
War vets fume over Kazembe's rogue co-options
A fresh war has erupted in Mashonaland Central province after the Zanu PF embattled chairman Kazembe Kazembe allegedly made co-options into the provincial executive structure in a bid to realign his a...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:58hrs | 2467 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets new fines
Government has set new fines for various offences ranging from $500 up to $500 000. The new fines were gazette by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and are cont...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:25hrs | 2900 | by Staff reporter
2 bogus cops arrested
Two people who were masquerading as police officers have been arrested in separate incidents in Harare after they were found extorting money from pirate taxi drivers and a suspected ‘fraudster'....Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:24hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 crisis: Can corporate leaders stand up and be counted!
Zimbabwe has undergone several crises over the years and each time disaster strikes, citizens have been known to put aside their differences - real or imagined - to put out the fire. It is thr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:21hrs | 88 | by Nathan Chikara
Shamwari Yemwanasikana launch campaign against early child marriages
In a bid to curb vulnerability of girls in Zimbabwe, Shamwari yemwanasikana launched awareness campaigns against early child marriages that have been worsened by the Covid 19 pandemic.In an in...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:21hrs | 119 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Man ducks two bullets in fight over land
A 35-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man cannot believe he ducked two bullets directed at him at close range by a rival in a fight over a piece of land in Inyathi.Mr Justice Vundla (35) Madala Site, Queen's...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier-General Satuku persecuted in life, death
RETIRED Brigadier-General Fidelis Satuku was a man persecuted in life and death.The veteran of Zimbabwe's liberation war, a decorated military commander and strategist, was buried quietly, awa...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 4600 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023
THE Election Resource Centre (ERC), an electoral and democracy think-tank, says Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023 if the polls are conducted under current electoral laws.As ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:37hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora party survives Alliance axe
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance principals have reversed their earlier decision to expel the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDCT to pave way for dialogue among political actors forming the grouping.Convener of ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | 4140 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Security Bill referred back to Senate
THE Cyber Security Bill, which was passed without debate in Senate last Wednesday, has been revoked after it was discovered that it had an error.The law seeks to regulate the use of internet a...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed until August 10
GOVERNMENT has gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 210 of 2021 to allow for schools to remain closed until August 10, 2021, pending review of the COVID-19 situation in the country.SI 210 of 202...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | 2456 | by Staff reporter
Let's not listen to these prophets of doom
POVERTY and the demonic world has caused Africans to be victims of tricksters in the form of church leaders, some existing among us.For a long time, they have been studying the Bible and incor...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 420 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Omega says Methembe is Bosso's messiah
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Highlanders' life member Omega Sibanda has suggested that United States of America-based former club coach Methembe Ndlovu takes over ownership of the Bulawayo giants. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage flows into 50 Old Magwegwe houses
More than 50 households in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo are sitting on a health time-bomb as raw sewage from burst pipes continues to flow into their homes thereby exposing them to diseases such as...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Pair in trouble over blank national IDs
TWO men recently appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court after they were found in possession of 400 blank national identity cards, fake local and international drivers licences, fake Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Criticism for Nakamba as Villa beat Bristol
DAYS after being praised for his performances, Zimbabwe international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, was the target of some harsh criticism after Aston Villa breezed to a 3-0 victory of Championship s...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 3066 | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to seize US$6m ill-gotten assets
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants to see the corrupt both jailed and stripped of their ill-gotten gains and so has this year so far referred 76 cases to the National Prosecuting Aut...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:31hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
BCC suspends burials at Athlone after excavator breaks down
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at Athlone cemetery after the excavator used digging graves broke down, sources have said.Athlone cemetery is situated just after Northend...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 19:17hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
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