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'Weak' Chido to reach Zimbabwe on Tuesday
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has announced that Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to reach Zimbabwe on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, after it weakened upon making landfall in Mozambique...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 13:07hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
UK-based lawyer in Victoria Falls area land grabbing storm
Gregory Philip Mabuza, a lawyer based in the UK who frequently visits his hometown of Victoria Falls, is embroiled in a contentious land dispute in Monde, a suburb of Victoria Falls. Mabuza, who claim...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:59hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in Africa, what stuff and Nonsense!
Even if he (Mnangagwa) were to die, Cabinet meetings would still be held at his grave at National Heroes Acre: the nation was told this today 17.07.2024. Such visceral statements are uttered unchallen...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 14:56hrs | 730 | by Nomazulu Thata
Village head mobilises against cops
Last week, police in Gokwe had to fire warning shots to disperse a crowd mobilized by a traditional leader trying to prevent the arrest of his wife and two other syndicate members illegally cultivatin...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
More than 20 pupils injured as lightning strikes two schools
On Monday morning, over 20 students at Fafi and Bhamala Primary Schools were hospitalized following lightning strikes at both schools. At Fafi Primary School, a lightning bolt struck a tree during les...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans destroy BF fence
HARARE football giants Dynamos are likely to face the wrath of the Premier Soccer League as well as the Bulawayo City Council after their fans brought down the fence at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturd...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over maize plants, onions and sugarcane
A 79-year-old man was killed in Mvurwi on Friday after he was accused of uprooting some maize plants, onions and sugarcane from the assailant's garden.Police have since arrested Francisca Muto...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt zeroes in on rogue teachers
GOVERNMENT has moved to uproot rogue teachers reportedly ill-treating pupils whose parents would have failed to pay for extra lessons.The latest case happened in Norton, Mashonaland West provi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slams Western media onslaught
The onslaught being directed to Zimbabwe by the West and its media is as a result of vast wealth endowments the country has which they want to resume their old habits of looting, a Cabinet minister ha...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm destruction at Bulawayo schools
A HAILSTORM hit two schools in Bulawayo on Tuesday, blowing off roofs and uprooting trees.The destruction at Fusi Primary School in Gwabalanda suburb and Mzilikazi Primary School in Mzilikazi ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Exemption Permits holders' choice: Restart in a broken country or live undocumented in SA
THREE Zimbabweans who held Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs), which the South African government has now scrapped, share their anxiety and anguish as they face deportation, uprooting their lives and...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos fined US$2,000 for stadium skirmishes
DYNAMOS Football Club have been fined US$4 000 while their team manager Richard Chihoro was slapped with a US$2 000 fine for disturbances which occurred when DeMbare played Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
No fans charged for Barbourfields Stadium melee
NOT a single hooligan has been charged from both sets of Dynamos and Highlanders fans that charged into the pitch last Sunday, B-Metro Sport has learnt.Scores of supporters from both teams bre...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
SA permit holders mount fresh appeal
LAWYERS representing about 180 000 Zimbabwean special exemption permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa yesterday said they were planning to mount a fresh appeal to protect their clients' rights followin...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pressuring South Africa to reverse permit suspension
REPORTS from South Africa indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is fighting hard to keep Zimbabweans domiciled in South Africa there despite Tswane threatening to send them packi...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sticks to decision not to renew Zimbabwean Exemption Permits
HOME AFFAIRS Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he will not reverse the decision to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) issued to asylum seekers when they expire at the end of this month....Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:03hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Confusion engulfs SA Home ministry over Zimbabwe permits
South African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi blamed officials from his office for the confusion that engulfed the withdrawal of a directive that could have seen special permit holders from Zim...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe calls for more police patrols
Police need to intensify deployments and patrols in the wake of rising rates of violent crimes so far this year, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe has said.Speaking a...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind forex dealers?
NO matter how well-meaning and determined, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) could be towards uprooting rampant delinquency in the economy, the effort may count for nothing if other institutions are ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Nathan Gurira
Sanctions are real, but we're shooting ourselves in the foot
No matter how well-meaning and determined the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) could be towards uprooting rampant delinquency in the economy, the effort may count for nothing if other institutions that ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Nathan Gurira
Four perish, one seriously injured
Four people died on the spot while one was seriously injured when a Mercedes Benz they were travelling in veered off the road before uprooting trees this ...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 13:06hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'On land, Mugabe travelled a path Mandela did not dare' - Yes, but look where he landed Zimbabwe!
There is overwhelming evidence out there to show Nelson Madiba Mandela was a visionary leader his greatest legacy to South Africa is a stable democratic system of government. On the other hand, Robert...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
It's good introducing anti-corruption curricular at ECD, why don't we start by uprooting graft right from top echelons of power?
Have you ever come across an unrepentant serial rapist, and wife beater, who is in the strange habit of loudly proclaiming to be an ardent gender rights, and anti-sexual abuse, activist - whilst, also...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:18hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Eswatini revolution today and Zimbabwe tomorrow: Catharsis in the words of Franz Fanon
"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better," wrote a theologian Richard Hooker in the 16th century. Confronted with a dilemma on one hand: Violence is a tool in which Zimbabw...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 19:49hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Govt delays bungle US$150m solar deal
A US$150 million solar power plant deal is facing collapse after prolonged bureaucratic delays frustrated the investor, who top government officials say is now considering pulling out and suing for lo...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains to continue for next 3 months
ZIMBABWE is expected to continue receiving heavy rains for the next three months, which can cause floods in low lying areas.Speaking during Tuesday's post-Cabinet media briefing, Information m...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe retains dubious spot among highly corrupt countries
Zimbabwe has retained its dubious position among some of the highly corrupt countries in the world, only moving one rung up in the 2020 Transparency International Index.The latest barometer, w...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown violator rams into police drums
POLICE officers manning a roadblock in Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after a speeding motorist ploughed into barricades resulting in his car veering off the road and uprooting a street light. ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni finally applies for bail
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who was last week sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property belonging to his subject, has filed an application for bail ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 passengers survive death by a whisker
Twenty passengers aboard a Mwayera bus survived death by a whisker when the bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident near Marondera. The Mwayera bus which was coming from Marang...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
The economy may never rise under a Zanu-PF leadership
There is no apparent sign of a vote of no confidence than an economy that is refusing to respond to various policy prescriptions amid growing destitution. In three months' time, this administration wi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Corruption is the elephant in the room
No rocket science is needed to appreciate that, coupled with the debilitating effects of sanctions, corruption is one of the major drivers of the political and socio-economic decay in Zimbabwe today. ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Obert Gutu
Zanu-PF gang member in court for harassing Indian businesswoman
A Harare man appeared in court for allegedly teaming up with his seven accomplices clad in Zanu-PF T-shirts to chase and invade the premises of an Indian businesswoman, identified only as Rashan, in B...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I NOW realise corruption is deep-root' confessed ED - nonsense, you are the godfather
"I now realise that corruption is deep-rooted. I thought that by pronouncing that let's fight corruption those who are corrupt will fear and stop; it's not like that. It's so rooted that you have to f...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa says corruption stinks, state institutions need cleansing
ZIMBABWEANS should untiringly fight corruption as it is currently deep-seated in most State institutions such as the police, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Judiciary, President Emmerson ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans disillusioned with the 'new dispensation'
MORE than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Ray Matikinye
'Dead' protester Kaitano jailed
TINASHE Kaitano, who was alleged by MDC-Alliance and its non-governmental organisations associates to have been killed by security forces during the illegal demonstrations organised by the opposition ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record rainfall hits Zimbabe, more predicted
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said a 42-year-old record of heavy rainfall received within a day has been broken and predicted heavy rains that may uproot trees and leave a trail of ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' protestor in the dock
NON-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are cooking up figures of people who died during last month's MDC-Alliance-instigated violence were exposed after a man they claimed to have been shot dead&n...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How to combat electoral fraud
This article proposes and outlines a possible solution to the problem of electoral manipulation in Zimbabwe. First, it explains the problem. Second, as a solution, it proffers a unique form of caretak...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Zachariah Mushawatu
Met Office warns of heavy rains
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the country is expected to experience heavy rains that may result in flash floods and damage to property.The rains which began on Tuesday ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumumba to expose more dirt on RBZ rot
Acie Lumumba says his sacking from the ministry of Finance is a blessing in disguise as he will be able to open the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) can of worms without fear.Finance minister Mt...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family in Canada endures strife, separation, death on long way home
THE Murasiranwas' story is about a separated family's quest for a better life, a heart-wrenching but necessary Zimbabwean exodus, agonizing refugee nomadism in North America and the death of a brother...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by his article is taken from Kamloop This Week
Bulawayo ratepayers table demands
BULAWAYO residents have listed a cocktail of demands they want the incoming councillors to address, chief among them uprooting debilitating corruption and addressing double allocation of stands....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
A leader has been born in Chiredzi West Constituency
Located in the Lowveld, Chiredzi West constituency is a product of vast sugarcane plantation owned by Tongaat multinational company which employs more than twenty five thousand employees."Chiredzi Wes...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:53hrs | 17 | by Khesani Mlilo
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