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Zimbabwe security firms rope in Police Support Unit
In response to a recent spike in nationwide robberies, security companies are partnering with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit to enhance protection for cash-in-transit (CIT) deliveries...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
SADC leaders to be shielded from power cuts in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans are facing daily power cuts, but regional leaders attending the SADC summit in Harare next month will be shielded from these blackouts. The government has instructed power utility ZESA to ...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira being victimised for supporting Mnangagwa's succession bid
Former Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira has written to Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo claiming that her arrest over corruption allegations was triggered by her loyalty to President Emme...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wedding was a political statement
HIGH-PROFILE weddings, especially those of the rich, famous and powerful - very important persons (VIPs) - are renowned worldwide for their grandeur, luxury and vibrant celebrations.These ausp...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ties nuptial knot
Zimbabwean co-Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga today closed a dramatic chapter of his marriage life when he tied the nuptial knot God's way in Harare with new wife Colonel Miniyothabo Chiwenga (nee...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 17:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube brings out big guns in star rally
If last-minute vote buying in the form of road rehabilitation and things like free Wi-Fi can change voter attitudes, then Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF will register a notable increase in votes in areas t...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
Air Zimbabwe pilot appointed Mangwe headman
HIGHFLYING Air Zimbabwe pilot Captain Simon Thalon Moyo has been appointed as Godzi headman under Chief Tjanguluba in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province.The pilot has flown President...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe legislators push for VIP prisons
LEGISLATORS have demanded for a VIP section at prisons and correctional facilities complete with good gyms so that they do not suffer from stress and mix with common criminals.This was suggest...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed for smuggling
A POLICE officer stationed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonent after he was caught trying to facilitate the smuggling of US$10 819 and R...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinese Parly building complete
Epitomising magnificence, the imposing six-storey circular Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the picturesque surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislati...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Quarantine details revealed, fourth wave confirmed
As it was confirmed that Zimbabwe is now in the midst of the fourth Covid-19 wave fuelled by the Omicron variant, details were given yesterday of how the new compulsory 10-day quarantine for all retur...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 guidelines for returning residents and visitors coming into Zimbabwe from abroad
Following the enactment of Statutory Instrument 267 of 2021: Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (N0.2) (Amendment) Order. the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 20:45hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Knives out over Shiri estate
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of part of the late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's estate....Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Justice Mushore still Awol after ruling against Malaba
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is keen on establishing why High Court judge Edith Mushore (pictured) has not been reporting for duty for weeks on end, amid concerns over the safety and health o...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare decay a sign of govt failure
NOTHING exhibits failure by a government more than the neglect of public health institutions and watching helplessly as people succumb to curable diseases.Even more sickening is that tho...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deadly helicopter was meant for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's fleet of presidential helicopters was depleted in April when an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashed in Acturus, 30 kilometres east of Harare, as new details emerge on ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
War vets expose Zanu-PF terror campaign
DISGRUNTLED veterans of the 1970s liberation war yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government of neglecting them, in a development signalling deepening ructions in Zanu-PF....Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$270m hospital for Zimbabwe chefs only?
GOVERNMENT has committed close to $270 million towards construction of a VVIP hospital at Manyame Airbase in Harare and the structure is almost complete, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has disclosed....Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Veteran ZDF chaplain calls it a day
The first Chaplain General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Joseph Nyakudya, retired yesterday with ZDF Commander General Phillip Sibanda presiding over his farewell lunch at the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Allowances for President, VPs spouses
The spouses of the President and VPs will now be entitled to allowances following amendment to legislation as the government moves to pamper some of the country's VVIPs, Business Times can report....Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
No more grandstanding for Chamisa, Mwonzora and Mnangagwa
THIS time the politicians have been honest about our crises. Their recent speeches emphasised substituting discord for dialogue as a way of tackling our country's unstable political and economic envir...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Black Edward
Mnangagwa moving to tighten his dead man's grip on power
AFTER his initial daring purges of military commanders who propelled him to power through a military coup in November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now capitalising on political contingency an...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VIPs bromance gathering steam
Zimbabwe political parties continue to reach out to each other. This comes after MDC - Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa called for national unity in fighting against coronavirus. In his Facebook...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
Health Centre staff members test positive for Covid-19The government has shut down Lupane Rural Health Centre and Jotsholo Rural Health Centre after members of staff tested positive for Covid-19. ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF VIPs left dismayed
Zanu-PF disappointed many party bigwigs after the party endorsed most of the results of the recent hotly disputed district coordinating committee elections (DCC) elections. Among those who wer...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
New city takes shape in Mt Hampden
A new planned suburb and hotel near the new Parliament Building in Mount Hampden, Harare are fast taking shape with thousands of residential stands in the area having been serviced in a Government-app...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 men refuse to make way for Mnangagwa motorcade
Three men have appeared in court accused of failing to make way for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade.Tadzoka Nago, 42, Stanley Zibako, 37, and Honest Diura, 47, had parked their ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will take no further action against minister over controversial Zimbabwe flight
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would not be taking further disciplinary action against Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for a controversial flight that ferried ANC delegates to Harare in Se...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya syndicate' in court
THE alleged gold smuggling syndicate made up of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, intelligence officers and businessman Ali Mohamad, yesterday appeared in court jointly on alleg...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
VIPs bleed Zesa, parly to probe
PARLIAMENT will next month launch a full-scale investigation into operations at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) with the aim of recovering millions of dollars, which were, according t...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Finding Zimbabweans in secret mass graves
ONE of my earliest memories is of violence and death.It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old.I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Keith Silika
Ramaphosa, Mapisa-Nqakula cross swords over ANC trip to Zimbabwe?
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants a detailed report, within 48 hours, from Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after an ANC delegation accompanied her to Zimbabwe on a SA N...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
SANDF defends use of air force jet by an ANC delegation that travelled to Harare
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Thursday that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula travelled to Zimbabwe for official work and gave her ANC colleagues a lift.This,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF VIPs sabotaging Mnangagwa'
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, fears that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is being sabotaged by his senior Zanu-PF colleagues as he toils to fix the country's myr...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa secures himself with Briefcase guns, drones and bulletproof vests
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived at the National Sports Stadium for a ceremony to mark Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day on Tuesday, he was sandwiched between men in dark suits carrying briefcases....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Muvhango star Marang Phala visits Prophet Sovi's church
South Africa's top soapie Muvhango's actress Marang Phala made a surprise visit at Imperial City Church on Sunday 21 July to join the saints for a special Prophetic Service hosted by church leader Pro...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 19:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's representative booed at Dabengwa's funeral
Matabeleland North Minister of State Richard Moyo got a rude awakening on Saturday when he was booed by some mourners at the burial of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazindun...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 12:52hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Indian trust seeks to build specialist hospital in Zimbabwe
KIRAN HOSPITAL, one of India's top specialist and health research centres, is seeking to construct a 550-bed sanatorium in Zimbabwe, which will serve local patients and those from other African countr...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens his security
In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force per...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reconciliation a must for economic, political progress
AS the push for national dialogue between political parties and different stakeholders to turn Zimbabwe's economic fortunes intensifies, a recent meeting involving the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZC...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari blasts Zifa
Ex-Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari has come out guns blazing blasting the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) over preparations and the anarchy that ensued the much-publicised Caf Champions League...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIOs stressing over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sweats over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Seeking healthcare in other countries should be a thing of the past
THE story on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s treatment in South Africa refers. The nation wishes the VP a speedy recovery. The air-lifting of ailing VIPs to foreign hospitals has, howe...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | | by M Anoyera
Ginimbi sparks fresh social media nuclear genocide
Socialite ''nouveau riche'' Genius ''Ginimbi'' Kadungure is really not an interesting character, at face value at least. His face is just about as interesting as sitting down and watching paint dry. O...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens
People behind the Bulawayo bombing which killed two people and left scores of Zanu-PF members with severe injuries in June are now known and will be dealt with soon after the current electoral process...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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