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Sex-starved teacher bashes wife
ASSAULTING his wife for denying him conjugal rights earned a Buhera teacher three months imprisonment.On Wednesday last week, Charles Kufakwatenzi (52) appeared before Chipinge magistrate Mr P...Published: 31 mins ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Ex-wife killer jailed for 19 years
AN Inyathi man who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for murder. Lyton Sibanda (24) who was a herdsman at F...Published: 1 hr ago | 88 | by Staff reporter
Sports betting catches a cold
GLOBAL suspension of sporting activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic has left multitudes of sports punters miserable and some in the red. Sports betting has over the years grown into a lucrative indu...Published: 1 hr ago | 61 | by Staff reporter
Khupe can recall MDC MPs
Leading academic and University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, says that the MDC is facing significant turmoil.All this comes after the Supreme Court upheld last y...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2902 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba linked with Villa exit
TURKISH Super Lig title contenders Trabzonspor are reportedly after the signature of Warriors and Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba in the next transfer window.A media outlet in Turkey,...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
BCC clinics overwhelmed as hospitals' OPDs close
BULAWAYO City Council clinics are overwhelmed with patients after the city's central hospitals closed their Out Patients Departments (OPDs) and started attending to emergency cases only. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his pen, what a bad combo!
April Fools' Day has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures. The media embraced the tradition and have been participating in the Apri...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:50hrs | 1964 | by Tafara Shumba
Alliance executives stampeded to voice their support for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office-bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:47hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leaders rally behind Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2537 | by Staff reporter
Govt contradicts 'cheating' Nyaradzo on funerals
FUNERAL service providers nationwide have with immediate effect suspended the removal of bodies from homes and are burying the dead within 24 hours. The funeral parlours are treating all bodie...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown fatigue on Day 3?
Residents yesterday continued to defy the lockdown order as police arrested 182 people throughout the country for the violations at a time when over 1 000 visitors from countries with confirmed Covid-...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:23hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Nyaradzo shortchanging policy holders, stops home removal of bodies
Nyaradzo Group has with immediate effect stopped services such as removal of bodies from homes and all bodies are being treated as Covid-19 contaminated.In a statement, Nyaradzo Group said tha...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:57hrs | 3547 | by Staff reporter
3 teachers suspended for sexual relations with pupils
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has suspended three Mkoba 3 High School male teachers over allegations of having sexual relations with several pupils, some of them in Form One....Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:51hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends issuance of travel documents, birth certificates
Cabinet on Tuesday suspended the issuance of travel documents, birth certificates and national identity cards during this period of coronavirus.It was agreed that only burial orders and death ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:43hrs | 2007 | by Staff reporter
RBZ orders corporates to bank US$ earnings into domestic nostro accounts
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered all corporates receiving foreign currency, to deposit the money into their domestic nostro bank accounts. Last week, the RBZ lifted the ban on th...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba feels safe
MARVELOUS Nakamba says he is well amid reports that the Warriors and Aston Villa midfielder could have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus.The midfielder could have been expos...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
For autocratic regimes, COVID-19 is a window to consolidate power
Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?Last Friday, the Zimbabwe government published ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 162 | by New York Times
NRZ takes measures to curb spread of Covid-19
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) freight operations and health services have been declared essential services during the 21-day national lockdown period to slow down the spread of Covid-19. ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
RBZ suspends forex rule
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended the 30-day foreign currency balance liquidation requirement for exporters as well as its attendant penalty system so as to minimise the impact of Covid...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
US$ revenues for own use: RBZ
Corporates receiving free funds from domestic transactions are allowed to use the funds for their own use either for foreign or for domestic payments, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said. Go...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:29hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe waives duty on Covid-19 material
Duty on imported drugs and other materials used in the Covid-19 response has been waived, with Government expressing satisfaction with mitigation measures put in place by the Inter-Ministerial Taskfor...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:22hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
RBZ suspends 30-day forex liquidation requirement
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended the 30-day liquidation requirement on un-utilized foreign currency balances for exporters to support its use of free-funds policy. Last week the RBZ ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 11:12hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Millers suspend operations
THE Small-to-Medium Scale Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) says its members have suspended operations due to shortage of maize to produce roller meal. Speaking by telephone yesterday, ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:55hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo turns away patients
MPILO Central hospital was yesterday turning away patients as the out patients department is closed and the casualty unit is only attending to emergency cases. When a news crew arrived at the ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to be in hard times after corona virus
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China, has infected more than a million people and it's still counting. Its spread has left businesses around the world counting costs and rea...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 665 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli Ncube redirects 2% levy towards COVID-19 fighting
GOVERNMENT has suspended duty on imported material meant to fight the spread of coronavirus while also redirecting its 2 percent tax levied on electronic transactions towards national programmes meant...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:49hrs | 134 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF suspends DCC elections
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial executive has suspended its district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections that were scheduled for this month, citing health threats posed by the coronavir...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges told to postpone pending criminal charges
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed judges of all superior courts and magistrates to postpone pending criminal and civil matters in response to the 21-day national lockdown declared by President Mn...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:12hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Businessman challenges auctioning of property
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat has approached the High Court challenging the auctioning of his property over a debt of more than US$384 000 that he owes fellow businessman Mr Mohamm...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown is in national interest, uphold it
From a partial shutdown that was in force over the past few days, Government escalated its response to Covid-19 from midnight to a total national lockdown until April 19. On Friday, President Mnangagw...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for killing wife's employer
The Budiriro man who fatally stabbed his estranged wife's employer four times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute avoided a murder conviction when his guilty plea to the lesser violent crim...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa suspends top four MDC members
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, has suspended four top Masvingo Provincial Executive Assembly members over alleged acts of misconduct, the Harare Post reported.Sources from the Morgan Richard Tsva...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 18:59hrs | 11324 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa's lockdown
The government yesterday moved to exempt certain sectors from the lockdown that begins tomorrow after industry warned that forcing all companies to shut down will ground the fragile economy.Pr...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:19hrs | 8399 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers take Mnangagwa govt to task over coronavirus
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have taken government to task on its state of preparedness, the number of health personnel who have been trained and measures that are being taken to track dow...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:17hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
MDC protests frozen over COVID-19
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has suspended meetings by its provincial assemblies to mobilise people to protest against the deteriorating economic situation in the country until the coronavirus outbreak ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:00hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Pastors cancel services, call for Ecocash tithes
TITHES, the lifeblood of most churches, will be paid through mobile money while services will be livestreamed as churches prepare for life during the nationwide lockdown, with most congregations movin...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in panic buying mode
THE total lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 will start at midnight with the Government passionately calling on citizens to comply with the directive and instructions from security personnel d...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:29hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual faces money laundering charges
THE Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has launched an investigation into suspected illicit activities surrounding trading in fungible stocks linked to three listed companies — Ol...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:27hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach's monopoly bleeds Zimbabwe
THE newly enacted bio-fuels policy of Zimbabwe exposes how local tycoon Billy Rautenbach's monopoly in ethanol production has crippled the country financially despite the availability of cheaper ethan...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:06hrs | 2281 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: ZIMBABWE LOCKDOWN!
President Mnangagwa has with effect from Monday declared a total lockdown on the country to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has infected more than 500 000 people worldwide. The pandemic, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Mutevedzi appointed chief magistrate
Mr Munamato Mutevedzi has been appointed the substantive chief magistrate by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The post had been vacant since the resignation of Mr Mishrod Guvamombe in De...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ramps up response to Covid-19
STATE OF THE NATION UPDATE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Fellow Zimbabweans, ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 165 | by ED Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa to announce shutdown...citizens to stop paying rent
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to address the nation on Friday night to announce a nationwide lockdown to deal with the deadly coronavirus.A GMAZ leaked internal document circulatin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 17:25hrs | 12209 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Buyanga 'assaults' estranged girlfriend
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga yesterday allegedly assaulted his estranged girlfriend Chantell Muteswa in Harare and took away his minor son after producing guns to scare away people who wanted to interven...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2627 | by Staff reporter
US dollar unbanned in Zimbabwe
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday suspended its ban on use of foreign currency in carrying out internal transactions and abandoned the managed floating exchange rate as a measure to facilit...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 2828 | by Staff reporter
War vets support 'fungibility' ban
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has dismissed a story in a local weekly newspaper headlined "Fungibility shares ban unlawful", as an act of intimidation towards Gove...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:35hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
CAPS adopt technology to counter lockdown
CAPS United are taking full advantage of technological channels to keep their players in shape at a time sports teams have been forced to halt training sessions due to the coronavirus epidemic. ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:33hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Of shrinking internal democratic space in MDC
One of the key changes which President Mnangagwa rang on his assumption of power in November 2017 was opening up the democratic space. This saw MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa clockin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 335 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Trade freely in forex, says RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has given consumers and businesses greenlight to trade in foreign currency and suspended, until further notice, any increase in charges related to the provision of e...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sends workers home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered a partial lockdown for government and Zanu-PF workers, saying only a third should report for duty while others stay at home as part of efforts to combat ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:15hrs | 8487 | by Staff reporter
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