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'Cellphone thief' kidnapped in Bulawayo city centre
A woman and three men have been accused of kidnapping and assaulting a man they suspected of stealing a cellphone in Bulawayo, in a shocking incident that unfolded earlier this month.The four ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:10hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Police probe armed robbery at Chief Marupi's homestead
The Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province is in shock following a brazen armed robbery at the homestead of Chief Marupi, where thieves made off with an Isuzu double cab motor vehicle, R2,700 ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:28hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police overrated?
In what is being called the largest cash heist in Zimbabwe's history, seven armed robbers executed a lightning-fast robbery at Ecobank, located at the corner of Fife Street and 9th Avenue in Bulawayo....Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
US$4.4 million Ecobank heist shocks Zimbabwe
In what is believed to be the largest bank heist in Zimbabwean history, seven armed robbers made off with a staggering US$4.4 million in cash from Ecobank's Bulawayo branch at the Parkade Centre on Th...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2120 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike EcoBank branch in daylight heist
In a daring daylight robbery, six masked men armed with pistols stormed the EcoBank branch at the Parkade Centre, located at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fife Street in Bulawayo, making off with sever...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:07hrs | 4046 | by Staff reporter
Road rehab shifts to suburbs
A major road rehabilitation programme targeting residential areas is set to commence this week, shifting the Government's focus from major trunk roads to addressing the deteriorating state of local ro...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 13:54hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe national park to get 3 new airstrips
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is set to enhance connectivity in Matusadona National Park by opening three new airstrips at Tashinga, Fothergill, and Kanjedza. This development a...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:01hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP protests neglect of rural roads
ZANU-PF legislator Joseph Tshuma from Tshabalala-Pelandaba has raised concerns about the neglect of rural roads amidst ongoing major road rehabilitation efforts, particularly in Harare ahead of a Sout...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$ 17.4m for road upgrade
Last Friday, Japan and Zimbabwe finalized an agreement for the improvement of the North-South Corridor Phase 2 road.Funded by Japan, the construction between Makuti and Hell's Gate (Mana Pools...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 15 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zinara tightens screws on road contractors
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has tightened its screws on companies contracted by the government to rehabilitate national roads after some companies were blamed for substandard wo...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Calls for urgent repair of Victoria Falls, Tsholotsho, Nkayi roads grow louder
MATEBELELAND North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Richard Moyo, has urged the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development to speed up the rehabilitation of the ...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Manhize production expected to start in February 2024
Production at the Dinson Iron and Steel Company plant in Manhize, Mvuma is expected to commence in February next year with the company targeting to produce three iron and steel products by October....Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash exposes parlous state of Matebeleland roads
The Bulawayo City Council has completed a sewer and water sanitation rehabilitation project funded through an African Development Bank AfDB US$33,6 million grant.Council is considering approac...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
CCC's by-election candidate considers boycotting
Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) candidate for the Mabvuku Constituency by-election, Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, is contemplating withdrawing from the December 9 race following the abduction and mu...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rare bacterium behind elephant deaths in Botswana and Zimbabwe
The deaths of 350 elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta and 35 at the bordering Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in 2020 were due to a rare form of bacteria, scientists have finall...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul
VILLAGERS in Chinego area in Chief Pashu area, Binga have appealed to the government to urgently rehabilitate a road that links to Kariangwe which was damaged by rains last rainy season.Govern...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Peter Matuka
'The Rock' surprises Zimbabwe's UFC fighter Gorimbo
DWAYNE ‘The Rock' Johnson took time from his wild schedule to surprise UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo at his MMA gym in south Florida.Gorimbo made his UFC debut earlier this year, falling short ...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's land reform created roads funding gap
GOVERNMENT says the land reform programme resulted in public roads adjacent to farms being neglected as the invaders opened new roads to the properties.Transport and Infrastructural Developmen...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews at Msengezi High School
A STORM is brewing at Msengezi High School in Mashonaland West province where a section of parents is demanding the removal of the current School Development Committee (SDC) led by Leonard Matatu over...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare - Beitbridge highway nears completion
THE rehabilitation of the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway is near completion with 435km now open to traffic, as the start of work on the upgrade of the 342km Harare-Chirundu Highway has also reache...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zinara blasts contractors over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) has warned private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads against shoddy work after some of the rehabilitated roads developed p...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over state of Old Gwanda road
Matabeleland South villagers have decried the poor state of Old Gwanda Road that has been neglected over the years.The road connects Bulawayo to Gwanda, the Matabeleland South capital....Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls damaged roads affect tourism
A MAJORITY of roads within Victoria Falls are now littered with potholes following heavy rains that fell in the country recently.In the past, potholes were not common in the city compared to o...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tropical storm Freddy weakens
TROPICAL storm Freddy has weakened into low pressure zone in southern parts of Mozambique and only isolated heavy rainfall is expected in the country today, with most parts expected to enjoy mostly su...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt turns to banks to fund roads rehabilitation
ZIMBABWE'S roads administrator said this week it had kicked off processes to draft in banks to bolster its capacity to fund rehabilitation of the country's crumbling road network.In an intervi...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
$130 billion Zimdollars earmarked for massive roadworks
ZIMBABWE will double down on road development projects this year, with Treasury and the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) injecting over $130 billion to rehabilitate about 10 000 kilomet...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 5% of Zimbabwe roads in good state
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) claims that only 5% of the country's road network is in good state."We know that the roads are so useful to our economy, otherwise if we d...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Key priority projects allocated $1,1 trillion
Key infrastructure projects such as the Harare-Beitbridge highway upgrade and construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani, have been allocated $1,1 trillion as the Government moves to accelerate their complet...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family snubs Mnangagwa
Late former President Robert Mugabe's artefacts are not part of the fascinating array of Zimbabwe liberation heroes' war relics currently on display at the much-hyped Museum of African Liberation in H...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC begins work on power line for largest steel plant
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has embarked on a topographic survey to determine the route along which the 100km transmission line from Sherwood sub-station in ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan extends US$700,000 grant to Zimbabwe
THE government of Japan is set to extend a US$700 000 grant to Zimbabwe for the detailed design component phase two of the steep section on the North-South Corridor between Makuti and Hell's Gate....Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$100m Govt bond to hit market by December
THE Government will launch the US$100 million bond on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) by the end of this year to mobilise more resources for critical public infrastructural development projec...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cement theft halts Zimbabwe bridge construction
Two years after 300 bags of cement for the construction of Simukwe Bridge in Matobo District went missing, resulting in the work coming to a halt, no arrests have been made. Villagers suspect a Distri...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban poor turn to "Car Supermarkets" to survive inflation
Sheila Gava forages the trunk of a stranger's Nissan car for dried tuna, Kellogg's biscuits and a bottle of canola oil."I've not stepped foot inside a high-street supermarket in three years," ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief summons witch hunter
A TRADITIONAL leader in Kezi, Chief Nyangazonke has summoned a tsikamutanda (witch hunter) operating in the area to explain his activities.Tsikamutandas are reportedly wreaking havoc in Matabe...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We don't eat roads' mischief
There is a popular Chinese proverb which goes: "if you want to get rich, you have to build roads first", and this is often quoted to explain some of the accelerated development taking place in the Asi...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova
60% of population owns houses
Almost 60 percent of Zimbabwean households own their home and more than 83 percent of Zimbabweans now live in modern houses and flats, showing both the high levels of home ownership and the rapid impr...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Fuyana: The warrior who delivered the fatal blow on Major Allan Wilson
DEEP down in the hills of rural Matobo District sits Mbembeswana, a humble and unassuming village. But, humble as it may appear, it is where the remains of one of the greatest Ndebele warriors, Chief ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru money transfer agency robbers still on the run
Police have said they are still looking for the four armed robbers who raided a Safeguard Security company cash-in-transit vehicle just outside Mukuru money transfer agency in Bulawayo, before stealin...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Simukwe bridge construction resumes
GOVERNMENT has resumed the construction of the 200-metre Simukwe River Bridge that links Matobo under Chief Malaba and Bulilima District under Chief Bango.Engineers on site said the project is...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$74,000 in ritual scam
A HARARE man, Gesham Mutero, allegedly lost US$74 000 to self-proclaimed foreign ritualists who had promised him that his money would multiply if he locks it in a trunk.One of the suspects, Da...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North roads have outlived lifespan
MOST public roads especially in Matabeleland North need reconstruction as they have outlived their lifespan, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking on the sidelines of a review meeting for all p...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimborders levy riles cargo transporters
CARGO transportation firms are in a fix following the introduction of what is called "Zimborders levy" at Beitbridge Border Post, which has increased the cost of operations. This levy currently pegged...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim roads in bad shape
Zimbabwe Passengers Association secretary Paul Makiwa has lamented over the bad state of the country's roads blaming that for the carnage happening along ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga slams Bulawayo City Council
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday castigated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for awarding a tender for its new parking system to a foreign-owned company, Tendy Three International (TTI), inste...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major strides in road rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of roads under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) is set to gain momentum as an additional $6 billion from last year, which will add to this year's budget, will be re...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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