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Vandals switch off Mnangagwa's State House
DARING copper cable thieves recently cut electricity cables to State House in Bulawayo as the city witnesses a surge in vandalism cases.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abedni...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe testifies on alleged abduction
MDC-Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe yesterday testified about her alleged abduction in mid-2020 to support the application by herself and alleged accomplice Cecilia Chimbiri for their charges of fak...Published: 17 hrs ago | 277 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors accused of soliciting bribe
TWO Karoi National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) officers are in remand prison after they were nabbed for accepting bribe money meant to influence a lenient sentence.The duo appeared before Chin...Published: 17 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff reporter
Hungry mine worker steals 5 kg beef
A hungry Fredda Rebecca worker Jonah Mufananyawe (52) was arraigned before a Bindura magistrate Maria Msika for stealing meat on Friday....Published: 21 hrs ago | 531 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Catholic priest knifes lover's hubby
MUTOKO-based Catholic priest, Raymond Tinei Kondo (38) of Mutemwa Mission has been summoned before a local magistrate Elijah Sibanda to answer to charges of allegedly assaulting the husband of his sus...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam rehab set to end
Work to rehabilitate the Kariba Dam wall is expected to be completed at the end of this month, helping to boost power generation by the Zambian and Zimbabwean power utilities, the Zambezi River Author...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Police probes abducted MDC-Alliance activist
A 29-YEAR-OLD Masvingo MDC Alliance youth activist is under police investigation on charges of faking his own abduction barely a week ago, but the opposition party has rubbished the claims as ludicrou...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:39hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary elections results expected on Tuesday
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to release provisional results of primary elections ahead of the 26 March by-elections by Tuesday.The party held its primary elections on Friday across the...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:02hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Power shortages to ease this week
ZIMBABWE'S biggest power generation plant, Kariba South Power Station, will resume operating at full capacity this week, in a development that is expected to ease the crippling power shortages that ha...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Slow start to Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF's primary elections to select candidates for the March 26 by-elections got off to a slow start yesterday, with ballot papers delivered late amid fears of vote-rigging.There were report...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
NGOs hit back at Zec
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday blasted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for claiming that rights groups were funding registered voters to re-register multiple times to discredit t...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police deny brutalising protesting teachers
POLICE yesterday denied charges of brutalising protesting teachers after the 16 educators who were arrested in the capital last week raised abuse and torture allegations.The 16 Amalgamated Rur...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zesa loses more key electricity infrastructure
Thieves have stolen at least 72 iron angle bars from Zesa transmission towers along the 33KV power line from Kariba South Power Station, weakening the structures and opening the risk that they could c...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba under fire over poll remarks
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday blasted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for claiming that rights groups were funding registered voters to re-register multiple times to discredit t...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
UK terrorism trial of MDC activist starts; 'urged' bombing of Mnangagwa motorcade, Zanu-PF HQ
A Zimbabwean activist called on his followers to carry out terrorist attacks to overthrow his country's regime in a series of speeches, a court heard.William Chinyanga, 51, is accused of encou...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 2389 | by Staff reporter
NGOs sponsoring multiple voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday claimed that it had unearthed a scam where civic groups were allegedly enticing voters already on the roll to register multiple times so as to discred...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri approach ConCourt
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have filed a notice to apply for referral of their matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).The two stand accused of ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Bread price up 15%
THE price of flour has gone up by 6.5% from $112 000 to $119 000 per metric ton, a situation that also pushed the price of bread up by 15% from $175 to $210.Grain Millers Association of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
5 cops in trouble for killing Ntabazinduna man
FIVE police officers from Bulawayo are in trouble for allegedly hitting a Ntabazinduna man to death for an undisclosed offence.It is alleged that the five police officers took turns to assault...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs US$17m a month to import power'
ZESA Holdings says it needs at least US$17 million a month to import power, and keep lights on amid rolling electricity outages lasting several hours.In a statement, Zesa said it was engaged i...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
'No storage fees on impounded vehicles'
Police have said they don't charge storage fees on cars that are being impounded during the ongoing blitz that has netted 6 000 cars.The operation is targeting unlicensed, uninsured, unregiste...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Key expectations from upcoming monetary policy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to present the first monetary policy statement of 2022 within the next 30 days amid rising inflationary pressures. The monetary policy comes after the de...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 11:52hrs | 600 | by Victor Bhoroma
Shamva bully battles for life
An alleged Shamva Bully Confidence Kajamba (22) is battling for life at Shamva hospital after he was struck on the occiput by a fellow villager accusing him of being a bully to every man in the villag...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 10:29hrs | 2395 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | 6006 | 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: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1726 | 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: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 418 | 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 | 2238 | 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 | 169 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Cop in trouble for stealing from the dead
A POLICE man based in Kuwadzana has been arraigned before the courts for stealing US$90 from a dead person.Donald Chinenyanga (33) on Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa on ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
Motorists warned against picking up passengers
POLICE in Matabeleland South have warned motorists driving along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway to avoid picking up passengers as they risk being robbed.This follows an increase in armed robb...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's application dismissed
ACTING Chief Magistrate Mrs Faith Mushure on Friday dismissed MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri's application for the quashing of charges of faking their abductions saying she h...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts threaten growth targets
Players in the manufacturing industry and mining sector have warned that continued power cuts could derail first quarter 2022 economic growth targets due to lost production time.This follows a...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:28hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC blames Mnangagwa anti-poor policies for Zimbabweans migration to SA
THE MDC Alliance has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-poor policies for fuelling the Zimbabwe to South Africa migration crisis as desperate citizens continue crossing the border to that coun...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:05hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Crossing the Limpopo River
NKANYEZI Dube is a 25-year-old young woman from Lubhangwe in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South. She attended Lubhangwe primary and secondary schools. She did not qualify to proceed to universi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 321 | by Pathisa Nyathi
'NRZ, Dunlop resuscitation on cards'
THE re-industrialisation of Bulawayo's major companies such as the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and Dunlop are at the top of the agenda of the newly elected Zanu-PF Bulawayo Provincial Secretar...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:55hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
'Schools must apply for fees hike'
The Government has directed all public schools that intend to adjust their tuition fees and school development levies for the 2022 first term to apply for approval from the Ministry of Primary and Sec...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:51hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Mudha and nexus of Kwekwe gold terror
AT the time former president Robert Mugabe was deposed in a military coup in November 2017, police were investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over all...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Kezi couple loses 1 000 Kgs of gold to robbers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that it is investigating a case of Armed Robbery which occurred on Friday at Maphisa, Kezi, Matabeleland South.According to the police in which six u...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 14:15hrs | 1375 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa breaks his silence
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday broke his silence on the raging debate regarding contestations over the party name, and told his supporters that he was unfazed by Zanu-PF and M...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:21hrs | 6401 | by Staff reporter
Motorists filmed going through red light fined
At least 12 of the 21 motorists summoned last year to Avondale Police Station in Harare over allegations of shooting through a red traffic control light at the intersection of Monavale Road and Solomo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa castigates media over sub-Saharan Africa reporting
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday castigated the media for framing sub-Saharan Africa as poorly-run resulting in foreign intervention.Mutsvangwa made the remarks while presentin...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:15hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Armed assailants terrorise villagers
VILLAGERS in rural Kariba and the Negande and Luunga areas of Binga said they were now living in fear following a spate of cold blood murders perpetrated by unknown armed assailants.The incide...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:30hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Zesa hints at more power cuts
Zesa HOLDINGS has warned of more power cuts over the next two weeks to allow the resumption of maintenance work on Kariba Dam.These had been shelved from December 16 during the festive season ...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:23hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zec indicating right but turning left
ON its website, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) lists among its top goals "to conduct and manage elections and referenda in Zimbabwe in a transparent, impartial and independent manner and to p...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:37hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam rehabilitation project resumes
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) says rehabilitation works at the Kariba Dam project that were temporarily shelved in December will now resume."Zesa Holdings would like to advise i...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:36hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaulted in witchcraft row
A 75-year-old Zaka man was fatally assaulted by his nephew early Sunday morning following an altercation over alleged witchcraft, as violent deaths continue to increase countrywide. Hakuf...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
NetOne grows subscriber base
NetOne has increased its mobile subscription base by at least 500 000, figures from the regulatory authority reveal.This was contained in statistics released by the Postal and Telecommunicatio...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts worsen as Zesa shuts down Kariba power station
LOAD-SHEDDING is expected to increase after ZESA announced Tuesday, some units at the Kariba South power stations would be taken out of service to allow for the completion of critical works on the dam...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Police not acting on cabinet lockdown regulations
Dear Editor, Government efforts to curb the spike in Covid 19 cases is being frustrated by the Zimbabwe Republic police ZRP who are allowing shops and nightclubs to open until 5am the followin...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:26hrs | 744 | by Gugugu Magorira
Mayor declares war on illegal Zimbabwean businesses in Lusaka
LUSAKA Mayor Chilando Chitangala has declared war on more than 3,000 foreigners are trading in Lusaka Central Business District, most of whom she said are Zimbabweans and other foreigners riding on fa...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 11:14hrs | 6756 | by Staff Reporter
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