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494 arrested in Bulawayo festive season traffic blitz
Police in Bulawayo have intensified efforts to restore law and order on city roads through an operation code-named: "No to Mushikashika, Touting, Unruly Elements, and Lawlessness on the Roads."...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ends 5 year wait for T20I victory over Afghanistan
Zimbabwe finally broke a five-year drought against Afghanistan in T20I cricket, claiming a thrilling four-wicket win in a last-ball decider at Harare Sports Club yesterday. This marks their first vict...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp hackers unleash havoc in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are facing an alarming surge in cybercrime as WhatsApp scams target unsuspecting users, hijacking accounts and wreaking havoc across social groups. These sophisticated cybercriminals explo...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 14:57hrs | 2808 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge RDC starts road repairs
The Beitbridge Rural District Council (RDC) has embarked on a significant road rehabilitation initiative to repair and upgrade infrastructure damaged by torrential rains. This move is expected to impr...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 74 | by Sgtaff reporter
Breaking the Silence: Prostate cancer awareness and the fight every man must face
When conversations about cancer arise, common narratives often centre on breast, lung, or colon cancer. While these deserve their spotlight, prostate cancer lingers in the shadows, affecting millions ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:37hrs | 215 | by Anashe Mupamombe
BCC starts feasibility study for Matopos, Umganin aquifers
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has initiated a feasibility study aimed at identifying potential aquifers in the Matopos and Umganin areas, marking a significant step toward addressing the city's ongo...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:54hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in Mozambique urged to stay indoors
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Mozambique, Victor Matemadanda, has advised Zimbabwean nationals residing in Mozambique to stay indoors until the current political unrest in the country subsides. This follow...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:06hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Mhona benefits from Mbudzi interchange looting spree
Zimbabwe's Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona has allegedly benefited from Mbudzi interchange looting spree and temporarily managed to evade public scrutiny through pre...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:42hrs | 17123 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Russia seeks labour from Zim to boost human capital
Russia is looking to Zimbabwe to bolster its labor force, particularly in the construction sector, as it experiences rapid growth despite Western sanctions. The call for skilled labor emerged from dis...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 32510 | by Staff reporter
Uncle and niece fight it out in court
A longstanding family dispute in Entumbane, Bulawayo, recently spilled into court as Floid Ngwenya sought legal protection from her uncle, Lemius Moyo, who accused her of mistreating her elderly mothe...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:52hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Milton high in Environmental Conservation programme
MILTON High School student volunteer activity group, ASEZ STAR Club Light of Hope will embark on a mission to clean up Townsend Road from Corner Leopold Takawira to 12th Avenue Extension on October 27...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 20:40hrs | 607 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo hotels, lodges fully booked, ZITF gym closed for regulars
Major hotels and lodges in Bulawayo are fully booked this week as over 4,000 delegates arrive for the Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference, which starts today. While the official opening sessio...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Bopoma Dam construction to be fast-tracked
The Government will soon fast-track the construction of the Glassblock Bopoma Dam in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, as part of efforts to ease water shortages in Bulawayo and promote ru...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:09hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
How to stay focused when you need to accomplish important tasks
Who has not faced the need to do something important that can no longer be postponed, but then we want to drink tea, play fun games at https://22bet.co.zm/casino...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:32hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Jostling for top Zifa posts starts
While the date for the upcoming ZIFA elections is yet to be set, lobbying for votes is already in full swing. Bulawayo-based members of the ZIFA voting cluster met with two prospective presidential ca...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:43hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
War veterans congress starts
The much-anticipated elective congress of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) will take place today at the Zanu-PF Convention Centre in Gweru. This gathering marks the f...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:13hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Unethical practices stall Zimbabwe's development
Experts have identified unethical practices and insufficient corporate governance structures as significant contributors to Zimbabwe's underdevelopment. This observation was made during the inaugural ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:06hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba's ZEC starts preparations for Zimbabwe's 2028 elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) convened a two-day conference in Nyanga this week to review the 2023 harmonised elections, with key issues including the extension of voting rights to Zimbabwea...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:00hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu trial kicks off this Wednesday
Jailed fraud suspects Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu claim their constitutional rights have been violated, adding they will raise the complaint with the court as trial starts this Wednesday.The...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:08hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
ZNA legal officer's trial starts on 22 October
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has set October 22 as the trial date for suspended Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha, who is facing charges of fraudulently acquiring a local bridg...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:44hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
'Rhythm City' star opens up about family rejection due to his Zimbabwean wife
Renowned South African actor and former "Rhythm City star" Setlhabi Taunyane - also known as Bra Kop - has revealed painful personal struggles involving his family's rejection of his wife due to her Z...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:08hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs $1.6bn to lift crop output after El Nino induced drought
ZIMBABWE needs $1.64 billion to bolster crop production after a devastating drought increased food insecurity and prompted a state of disaster.The southern African nation is targeting a more t...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo housing stands unaffordable for many
The escalating demand for family housing in Bulawayo has driven housing stand prices beyond many people's reach, as the local authority struggles to provide enough land for the growing number of home ...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:22hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide hearings encounter another setback
The Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme, recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has already encountered another setback.The National Chiefs Council has revealed that crucial l...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:10hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
FC Cincinnati sign defender Teenage Hadebe
FC Cincinnati have signed defender Teenage Hadebe to a contract through the 2025 season with an option for 2026, the club announced today. Additionally, FCC have traded their natural first round pick ...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:04hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Julius Sello Malema: a politician full of contradictions
Comments about Malema in the in South African social media confirmed my fears about him. Malema does not take critiques kindly; for this reason, he has fallen out with his right-hand-man, Shivambu: th...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 19:26hrs | 1099 | by Nomazulu Thata
Red Reset: Manchester United's Transfer Puzzles
Summer is a special time for football fans. While the fields are empty and players relax on the beaches, club offices are buzzing with activity. The transfer window is open, and every day brings new r...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 14:44hrs | 557 | by Staff Reporter
Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 88 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Birds of a feather flock together
Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, ...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1437 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Sadc summit preparations complete
Preparations for the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, including infrastructure projects like road rehabilitation and the upgrading of accommodation and conferencing facilities, are comp...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:03hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Stop the Victimisation of Chidimma Adetshina, she is a black African
In the midst of the ongoing Miss South Africa 2024 competition, one contestant has found herself at the center of a national controversy - Chidimma Adetshina. Since being crowned as one of the top 16 ...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:37hrs | 359 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe Air ambulances training starts
The Russian HeliDrive Air ambulances medical services team has arrived in Zimbabwe to establish an efficient air ambulance service under a public-private partnership. This initiative aims to reduce fa...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Woman divorces husband over mubobobo claims
IN a shocking incident, a 38-year-old woman from New Harrisvale suburb in Bulawayo divorced her husband after claiming to have caught him, through a vision, using a sex charm popularly known as mubobo...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:05hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
African children are wood, and water collectors for the whites: nothing has changed!
I wish I lived in another planet and certainly not planet Earth because this one has painful contradictions. Africa, especially, a continent that was ravaged by slavery for centuries. The white popula...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:48hrs | 649 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe embassy starts issuing birth certificates in SA
Zimbabwe has launched a new initiative to process and issue birth and marriage certificates for its citizens residing in South Africa, facilitated by the establishment of an e-passport Bio-Enrolment C...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 13:31hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF undergoing renewal process'
As Zanu-PF continues its restructuring exercise, the party claims to be aware of the ongoing demographic changes and is actively working to recruit more members to enhance its organizational and mobil...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:01hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Debunking mischief about Tagwirei, Sakunda
There has been a sustained casting of aspersions over the success of businessman Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei, whom I will simply call Kuda, from anti-Zimbabwe media and activists both locally and outside t...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:49hrs | 18 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Councillor starts street lights repairs programme
Councilor Dumisani Nkomo of Bulawayo's Ward Five has launched an ambitious initiative to repair 1,000 streetlights using funds allocated from the city council's Ward Retention Fund.Nkomo repor...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Ruto eats humble pie
Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 5 | by Associated Press
Zimbabwe starts railway line repairs
Work has started to repair the country's railway network in line with the national vision to modernise infrastructure, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona told the National A...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Western war hawks want Ukraine's resources'
Western countries want Kiev to achieve victory in the conflict with Russia, because it would give them the opportunity to "acquire and divide" Ukraine's wealth, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban h...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Transcript of 'Russia-Zimbabwe talks' between Putin and Mnangagwa
The penchant for frivolous bluster in Zimbabwe's public discourse has once again reared its ugly trappings after the widespread circulation on social media platforms of a 2.42-minutes video clip poste...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:37hrs | 18 | by Jonathan Moyo
Russian Post resumes delivery services to Zimbabwe
As summer starts, Russian Post will offer customers the ability to send parcels to 14 more African countries, bringing the total to 39, the state-owned company's press service announced on Monday....Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 12:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's future in doubt
Senior figures in the African National Congress were on Friday debating the future of President Cyril Ramaphosa and discussing options for a coalition partner, as the depth of the losses suffered in S...Published: 31 May 2024 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's McKop a huge asset for high-flying Stellies
ZIMBABWEAN goalkeeper coach Pernell 'Makhiwa' McKop has inspired the high-riding Premiership side Stellenbosch, who will debut in Africa next season.Stellenbosch FC have been one of the star P...Published: 28 May 2024 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Green bomber enrolment begins
The enrolment of 750 cadres for the National Youth Service in Zimbabwe has started countrywide, with President Mnangagwa expected to officiate at the relaunch of the programme next month.Cabin...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Macheso appeals for land
Orchestra Mberikwazvo boss Alick Macheso on Sunday morning appealed for land in Bindura to start an arts centre.Addressing fans at his Chesology Sungura arts festival in Bindura Macheso said t...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:40hrs | 92 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The Zimbabwe currency crisis as seen from abroad!
AS we go to press, US financial news media has become aware of the Zimbabwe financial crisis.Bloomberg news agency and the Financial Times have reported authoritatively on the events surroundi...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:25hrs | 4 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Slow progress of Nust projects
THE Government has raised concern over the slow pace that the administration at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo is taking in completing key development projects, s...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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