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HCC executives denied bail
The High Court has denied bail to three City of Harare executives accused of criminal abuse of office for allegedly awarding a tender to refurbish street lights to Juluka Enndo Joint Venture improperl...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:51hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Pioneering progress amid resource constraints in African radiology and oncology
Experts are concerned about resource limits and insufficient radiology skills and services in Africa, particularly for cancer detection and treatment. As the continent grapples with the rising burden ...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:41hrs | 143 | by Agencies
457 graduate from Zimbabwe nursing school
Last week, 457 health professionals, including rehabilitation technicians, midwives, and registered general nurses, graduated from Marondera School of Nursing. In a speech read on his behalf b...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:51hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu's company illegally awarded US$9 million street lights tender?
Four City of Harare employees, Never Murerwa, Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu, and Tawanda Mutenhabundo, have been taken to court on allegations of illegally awarding a US$9 million street lights te...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Rapex to trap rapists, protect women
SONETTE Ehlers, a blood technician from South Africa envisioned a world free from rape and invented the rape axe in 2005, which has received mixed reactions from the public.Ehlers invented the...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED, Mthwakazi clash
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has been accused by shadowy Zanu-PF church affiliates of intimidating their members during raids on unregistered "bush churches" in Bulawayo. The MRP conducted these...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to fly from Harare to Lupane to commission just a clinic
PUPU Clinic in Lupane District is now complete and ready for commissioning by President Mnangagwa, with authorities now set to deploy the medical personnel next week. Funded by the Government ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defense Forces embark on nationwide recruitment campaign
The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has launched a comprehensive recruitment drive to bolster its ranks within the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ).The ZNA is see...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZESA technicians arrested in stand-off with top prosecutor Reza
Two ZESA technicians were arrested and later released on Sunday after they were blocked from accessing a house in Harare's Kambuzuma suburb where faulty underground cables have left a shopping centre ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's US$400 000 cloud seeding programme takes off
IT'S a humid Friday afternoon and there are only two aircraft on the tarmac at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo that are about to take off. One of them is a commercia...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
10 free clinics for disabled, war vets
Kadoma-based businessman Mr Jimayi Muduvuri has constructed 10 clinics across the country where the disabled and war veterans will receive free treatment.The gesture is in honour of the financ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 23:36hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Top 10 new jobs to emerge in Zimbabwe in 2024
As we step into the future, the year 2024 will mark a pivotal moment for Zimbabwe as the country undergoes a transformative shift driven by the widespread integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)....Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 11:33hrs | 27 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Life-changing international hunting benefits the world can't ignore
There is a generation in which wildlife brought clean-drinking water to thirsty humans, built them a school, a clinic, a road that linked them to the rest of the world and created employment.M...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:59hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zinara cashiers in fraud storm
Two cashiers from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) have been brought to court on fraud charges for allegedly orchestrating the installation of an illegal boom override system at the ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean explosives smuggling convict jailed 15 years
A SOUTH African court has sent to jail for 15 years a 43-year-old Zimbabwean who was recently arrested for smuggling an assortment of explosives worth thousands of rand into that country.Josep...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabwe to be more innovative,' says Mnangagwa
THE level of development and economic transformation achieved in the last five years without access to global lines of credit is an indication that Zimbabwe under the Second Republic is effectively de...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zinara loses US$150 000 in tollgate scam
THREE Zimbabwe Road Administration (Zinara) employees and their alleged accomplice, a technician with a local company, appeared in court yesterday on allegations of fraud involving US$150 000....Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Air Force to fine-tune training of staff in defence of Zimbabwe airspace
The Air Force of Zimbabwe will continue training its personnel to meet the requirements of contemporary threats, building competent and determined forces ready to serve and protect the country, its pe...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK relaxes visa rules for foreign bricklayers
Bricklayers, plasterers and other construction jobs have been added to the government's "shortage occupation list", making it easier for foreign builders to come to Britain amid labour shortages partl...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 18:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kariba finally receives new X-ray machine
GOVERNMENT will commission a new X-ray machine at the Kariba District Hospital to replace the one which was destroyed in an inferno four years ago.Kariba hospital's incapacity to handle heavy ...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant Zimbabwean nurse bled to death at UK home over 4 hours after she called for an ambulance
A Zimbabwe pregnant nurse bled to death at home more than four hours after she called for an ambulance, an inquest heard.Stabile Sibanda called 999 at 1.11am on July 23 last year and told t...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities ranked among the best in sub-Saharan Africa
Three Zimbabwean universities have been ranked among the best universities in Africa from 88 universities in 20 countries by the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, demonstr...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Nust construction projects on course
MASSIVE progress has been recorded at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), where the institution's Technovation Centre is now 88 percent complete.The construction of facto...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Johnson and Johnson's baby powder causes cancer?
ZIMBABWE's health ministry has banned the use of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder over allegations that it causes cancer.In a letter seen by NewZimbabwe.com written to all provincial medical ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 back on Zimbabwe power grid
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for confirmation tests, was successfully put back on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output as the country puts...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 back on grid today
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 passes tests, back on grid Monday
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers
The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Vote in defence of independence'
Zimbabweans should vote in the defence of their independence in the forthcoming harmonised elections, to protect the legacy bequeathed to the country by national heroes, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Unknown Mashonaland East man declared a national hero
National Consultative Assembly member and former provincial Governor for Mashonaland East, Abraham Kabasa, has been declared a national hero in honour of his immense contribution to the country during...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expands empire in Kwekwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, members of the First Family and his close allies, who include former State Security minister Owen Ncube, have amassed significant wealth in the form of immovable property...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Girl who crawls to school seeks artificial leg
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Nkayi district in Matabeleland North Province who had her leg amputated after being bitten by a snake is appealing for help to get US$1 500 for an artificial leg so that she co...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The greatest African players to play in the English Premier League
There have been many top African players that have graced the English Premier League. From midfield technicians to deadly frontmen, all kinds of footballers from the continent have starred in England'...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 08:14hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane State University senior staffer fingered in sex scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) is investigating a case of a senior official who was allegedly found by a security guard in a campus room late at night with a female student on attachment in one of the ...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold smugglers use South African banks, bribes to launder money
Several key officials at three major South African banks are helping a gold smuggling gang launder millions of dollars of dirty cash in exchange for regular bribes, an Al Jazeera investigation has fou...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has only one cancer machine
HEALTH ministry secretary Jasper Chimedza yesterday revealed that Zimbabwe has only one functional radiotherapy machine to service all the country's cancer patients.According to Global Cancer ...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Croco's Matsika gets a lifeline
EIGHT years after acrimoniously falling out with his cousin and Croco Holdings boss Moses Chingwena over the ownership of a busines empire worth more than US$100 million, Harare automobile tycoon Fara...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's satellite ready to transmit data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth observation satellite — ZimSat-1 — will begin transmitting data from space to the Mazowe Satellite Station next month after undergoing orbital stabilisation.It was d...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new TV station knocked off air by technical fault
One of the newly-launched TV stations - Ke Yona TV - has been knocked off air by a fault.The Bulawayo-based station launched its full programming on February 1 on channel 398 on the Azam TV pl...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 13 | by Stephen Bates
Manhize steel attracts huge interest
DINSON Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Chinese firm developing the US$1,5 billion steel plant in Manhize, Mvuma, says it has been overwhelmed by inquiries for its products from the local and forei...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looks to public to provide solar power amid energy crisis
BULAWAYO: As lingering droughts hit southern Africa's hydropower dams, Zimbabwe faces growing electricity shortages – but connecting individuals and businesses that have installed private solar pane...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 soon to add 300MW to Zimbabwe power grid
POWER challenges will be dramatically ameliorated as Government is working on the "best and most" reliable power supply, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.With the imminent commissioning of U...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
PowerChina Supports Cultivation of Highly Skilled Talent in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia, PRNewswire/ -- On the Kafue River about 90 km south of Zambian capital Lusaka, Zambia's first large-scale hydropower station is humming sm...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by PRNewswire
Hwange Power Station increases output
Output from Hwange Thermal Power Station has increased to 430MW following the repair of broken-down units, pushing total national generated electricity to 681MW, according to statistics from the Zimba...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa says 'no more excessive power cuts'
Zimbabweans will not experience excessive load shedding during the festive period following the restoration of generation units at Hwange Power Station as well as improved imports, power utility...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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