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ZiG to join global currency club with ISO Code
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is in the process of applying for an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) code for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as it moves to make the unit a standalone ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:25hrs | 29 | by Tafara Shumba
Mnangagwa to launch Youth Service in Zimbabwe programme
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to launch the Youth Service in Zimbabwe at the Nhakiwa Vocational Training Centre in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe District in Mashonaland East Province on Friday, 24 May....Published: 22 May 2024 at 11:17hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane's trip was doomed from the beginning!
INSIMBI ZeZhwane's trip was a doomed one from the beginning as they should not have taken to the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road which resulted in the death of the group's core owner Elvis "Ma Eli" Mathe...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 19:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZEC under fire over voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has come under intense scrutiny after registered voters and the opposition identified several anomalies during the voters roll inspection exercise which started...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in massive teacher recruitment drive
MORE qualified teachers are being recruited to be deployed in 28 largely rural districts of the eight non-metropolitan provinces to improve delivery of quality education with special focus on infant e...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:19hrs | 5 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
A tribute to vaMagaisa (Mamvura Part 2)
Due to the excitement which has overwhelmed Mamvura that he was now able to manoeuvre the bus from its parking bay to the road. He gained a little bit of knowledge on how to drive but lacked experienc...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:36hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa applauds Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has applauded his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa for ‘campaigning' on his behalf.This comes after Mnangagwa held an a...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa is his campaign manager
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has applauded his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa for ‘campaigning' on his behalf.This comes after Mnangagwa held an a...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dares Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed Zanu-PF will not stop him from campaigning anywhere in Zimbabwe.Addressing journalists in Harare following a string of incid...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa motorcade attacked
A MOB of suspected supporters armed with machetes, stones and whips attacked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters and journalists before barring party leader Nelson Chamisa from addres...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's convoy attacked in Mashonaland East?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's convoy was reportedly attacked by suspected Zanu-PF supporters in Mashonaland East province on Tuesday and yesterday.On T...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Uzumba has never known independence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa, has said villagers in Zanu-PF stronghold Uzumba are yet to enjoy fruits of independence due to ruling party militia engaged in activities...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Zanu-PF
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa on Sunday challenged Zanu-PF to stop threatening people with displacement if they choose to vote against the ruling party in next year's po...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt increases evacuation centres
GOVERNMENT yesterday increased the number of evacuation centres in Manicaland province from 396 to 459 in an effort to deal with potential effects of Cyclone Ana.Two students are marooned in N...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana hits Zimbabwe
THE country's Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has set up 394 evacuation centres in Manicaland province to deal with the impact of Cyclone Ana, amid reports that parts of Mutasa and Chimanimani di...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Harare car dealer in mining row
Prominent Harare businessman and car dealer Paul Chenjerai, popularly known as Paza Buster is embroiled in a bitter mine wrangle with a Mutoko villager after he encroached into his homestead in search...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Marondera leads in HIV prevalence
MARONDERA is leading in HIV/AIDS prevalence in Mashonaland East at 20,2% compared to the least affected district, Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP at 9,4%, latest official data has shownThis was re...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
4 battle for Zanu-PF Mashonaland East youth league chair
THE battle for the Mashonaland East youth league chairmanship has intensified after Mutoko businessman Isaac Tasikani expressed interest in the highly influential post.Tasikani who is currentl...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners in black granite frenzy
A CHINESE mining company, Heijin, is pushing to evict hundreds of villagers in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, after it was given a special mining grant to extract black granite on densely populat...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC seeks diaspora funding
THE opposition MDC Alliance is seeking help from the diaspora to fund its 2023 electoral campaign, and to help it break into Zanu-PF strongholds, party secretary-general Chalton Hwende said yesterday....Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
453 Mashonaland East healthcare workers test positive for Covid-19
A TOTAL of 453 healthcare workers in Mashonaland East have tested positive for Covid-19 to date, translating to 16.3% of the total number of cases in the province.As of yesterday, Mashonaland ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer opinion is it is flawed and manipulated
Zimbabwe woke up to a report by Afro Barometer which was so negative to the efforts being made in the democratisation of Zimbabwe and positive on the fight against COVID-19. The mixed bag from Afrobar...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:27hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
58 people killed over Independence and Easter holidays
FIFTY-EIGHT people were killed, while 397 others were injured countrywide in 674 road accidents that were recorded during this year's Independence and Easter holidays. The statistics were reco...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet shutdown proves ZANU PF's illiterate support base
This morning I have been experiencing slow social media connectivity, and was suddenly overcome by a disturbing sense of déjà vu, as I remembered those days in January when the Zimbabwe regime shutd...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Taurai J. Pachena
In defence of Zimbabwe's rural voter
WHEN the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) started announcing the 2018 election results, there was a lot of urban/social media anger at rural voters. The numbers that were being announced were indic...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Satanism scare at Secondary School
Maramba Secondary School in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP) has been temporarily closed following a Satanism scare at the school which has resulted in parents withdrawing their children until the issue i...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 14:57hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Licence more Community radio stations
The newly appointed Minister of Media and Information Communication must make sure that media laws like Aippa and POSA must be revisited to align them with the current modern broadcasting set up and m...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 13:41hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Villagers forced to buy exercise books for Zanu-PF youth
Kagonda village head in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe, Gladmore Nyamukapa reportedly recently forced villagers to buy exercise books for Zanu-PF youths.According to the Zimbabwe Peace Project names o...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 09:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai 'to go it alone' with no coalition - costing him credibility and Mugabe legitimacy
Douglas Mwonzora says MDC-T is prepared to go it alone if the much talked about grand coalition of the opposition parties does not materialise."When we talk about unity, we want genuine unity,...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe targets boys in HIV response
Zimbabwe, with support from its partners, is targeting boys in its sexual reproductive health rights programmes as part of its HIV response amid concerns that the response was more focused on young wo...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 19:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thuggish remarks about political situation in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe
On Tuesday,May 23,2017, one Simbaneuta Mudarikwa uttered some very unsavoury and thuggish remarks about the political situation in his constituency, Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP). Mudarikwa is the Memb...Published: 25 May 2017 at 21:28hrs | | by Obert Gutu
ARTUZ doing a disservice to teachers' cause
The public woke up to an announcement by the so-called Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) that it had given the Government through the Public Service Commission (PSC) a 14-day ultima...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 14:01hrs | 1 | by Tererai Danga
Poverty: Grassroots cry
With the economic and political crisis becoming near permanent over the past decade and half, and everything that should never happen to a country happening to be independent Zimbabwe especially the e...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 15:27hrs | 6 | by Diana Bamala
MDC-T mourns victims of Kwekwe bus disaster
The MDC would like to extend its deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of the 31 people who tragically lost their lives on Thursday, March 3, 2016, in a road traffic accident involving a b...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 12:01hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Matiza seizes grinding mills, generators
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairman Joel Biggie Matiza has flexed his muscles to repossess nine grinding mills and several generators from ruling party leaders in Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe district for...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe totally detached from reality
President Robert Mugabe' statement that the country's failing economy is on a recovery path is a clear indication he's detached from reality, analysts said on Monday.The 90 year-old Zanu-PF le...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 21:24hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T UK demands fresh UN-supervised election in Zimbabwe
MDC Birmingham interim branch chairman, Peckson Paul Kazingizi, has called on MDC-T activists to rededicate themselves to the struggle for democracy following the stolen election in July last y...Published: 21 Jan 2014 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by MDC-T (UK) Midlands North
Zanu-PF Provincial Elections - Update
1503: The Zanu-PF Provincial election results for the seven provinces will be announced by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo at 4 p.m today. This brings an end to our live updates but the results will b...Published: 01 Dec 2013 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of children drop out of school as hunger stalks rural areas
HUNDREDS of children could have dropped out of school in the past few weeks, as severe hunger hits Zimbabwe's drought-stricken rural areas.A survey by The Standard in the past week revealed th...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obama's wife is a Zimbabwean!
HARARE - Newspapers in Zimbabwe's major cities are selling like hot cakes after reports suggesting that United States First Lady Michelle Obama's father was born in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP)....Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Conilious Toga
Electrification Agency worker electrocuted
THE Rural Electrification Agency says it is investigating circumstances that led to the electrocution of one of its workers, Mr Stephen Kativhu, last week. Mr Kativhu, who was a REA assistant line wor...Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son loses a Toyota Hilux twincab to 12 armed robbers
Taka Mnangagwa, son to Emmerson Mnangagwa the Minister of Defense, lost a Toyota Hilux twincab to 12 armed robbers who raided his gold mine in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe last Saturday night.The g...Published: 23 Jun 2011 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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