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Victoria Falls water flow increases following rains
The Victoria Falls has recorded an improved flow rate over the past few weeks following the rains received in the Angola catchment area.At a time when environmentalists and policymakers are me...Published: 1 hr ago | 307 | by Staff reporter
Boy (7) dies in Bulawayo race car accident
A GRADE 2 pupil at a Bulawayo school has died after he was hit and dragged by a race car at the three-hour Bulawayo Endurance Race held on Saturday at the Bulawayo Motorsport Park along Victoria Falls...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1418 | by Staff reporter
Accidents riddle Victoria Falls highway
THREE people died on the spot while six including Hwange Central Member of Parliament and MDC Alliance national spokesperson Mr Daniel Molokele were injured in three separate accidents along the Bulaw...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrants in fatal crash
A Ugandan died on the spot while four others including a Zambian were seriously injured when a vehicle allegedly ferrying illegal immigrants burst a tyre and overturned near Cross Jotsholo along the V...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Drying Vic Falls sparks concern
VICTORIA FALLS - For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa's Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a gash in the earth, have drawn millions of holidaymakers to Zimbabwe and Zambia for the...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:52hrs | 1024 | by Mike Hutchings and Tim Cocks
Santa or no Santa, it's still Xmas
IN years gone by, the festive mood associated with Christmas could be felt from the end of November.The 13th cheque, company shut-downs and Christmas parties for workers were some of the tell-...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:41hrs | 54 | by Veronica Gwaze and Ellen Sanyanga
Five cops attacked by civilians in Harare
Five police officers were recently attacked and injured by civilian gang in Harare.This is contained in the Zimbabwe Peace Project latest report."On 22 November 2019, five Zimbabwe Rep...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:14hrs | 1127 | by Stephen Jakes
Boy crushed to death by falling tree
A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was crushed to death when a teak tree fell on him as he was walking past a vegetable market in Victoria Falls, police confirmed yesterday. The incident occurred at 12 midday on...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Met Office warns of thunderstorms
RAINS are returning as a cloud band moves east from Botswana, with the Meteorological Services Department warning of isolated thunderstorms in Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces. The department...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs disrupt Parliamentary committee
MDC-Alliance legislators yesterday disrupted a Parliamentary committee sitting, protesting that committee chairperson Mr Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (Binga South) from the opposition party should be allowed t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Rein in Chamisa's legislators
Mr Speaker Sir Parliament's Rules and Orders Committee's decision to constitute a Privileges Committee that will investigate possible breach of Parliamentary procedures and etiquette by MDC-Al...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 301 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Zanu-PF Matebeleland backs Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matebeleland North and Matebeleland South provinces have endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elections and recommended that the Government speedily i...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe's Mbuya Nehanda is back
THE country's airliner, Air Zimbabwe, has said the aircraft it expects to introduce later this month is not a new acquisition but one of the planes that had been grounded. The struggling airli...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North is open for business
Matebeleland North is open for businessZimbabwe is endowed with several majestic wonders and investment opportunities which require an open mind that sees beyond the negative media onslaught a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1284 | by Nicholas Ncube
New plane for Air ZImbabwe
AIR Zimbabwe is expecting delivery of a new plane in the next three weeks, a development that will see it introducing evening domestic flights to Victoria Falls. The flag carrier has been usin...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Music fan strikes cop with beer bottle
A music fan is in trouble for striking a police officer with a beer bottle during a music gala organised by Makomo resources company in Hwange.The police officer was on duty during a music gal...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:16hrs | 467 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC MP cheats death in road accident
HWANGE MP and MDC spokesperson Daniel Molokele Friday evening escaped with minor injuries following a car accident along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road.He was on his way to Hwange.Mo...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:19hrs | 3407 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa charms Bulawayo artists
The National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy which was launched in Bulawayo by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.President Emmerson Mnangagwa played into the hearts of local artists in Bulawa...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:04hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls water flow increases
THERE has been a marked improvement in water flows into the Zambezi River, in the process increasing the turbulence in the Victoria Falls.This followed a significant drop of water levels which...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:03hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Falcon College headmaster steps down
FALCON College headmaster, Reginald Querl is stepping down from his position, with the revered educator leaving the Esigodini private institution where he has been since the beginning of 2002. ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
'The C'wealth officer jumped from his seat when I threw my AK-47 at him'
Today we conclude the series of interviews that we have been doing with former Zipra guerilla, Tapson Ncube aka Makhula. Ncube was a maverick guerilla who at one point was detained on the orde...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies asset recovery
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified its asset recovery programme in the past two weeks by impounding several vehicles suspected of being smuggled into the country without paymen...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:52hrs | 115 | by Comm John Makamure
Zimbabwe poised for model state-of-the-art road network
ZIMBABWE is poised for a model state-of-the-art road network by 2030 as Government is working tirelessly to upgrade infrastructure despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the United States...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Stampede as Black Friday frenzy hits Bulawayo
THE Black Friday festive season shopping craze took Bulawayo by storm yesterday as people elbowed each other at shops to get the best deals with some getting injured. An old lady identif...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe named among Africa's finest safaris
AFRICA's largest online market place for safari holidays on the African continent, SafariBookings, has named Zimbabwe among the continent's finest safari destinations for the year 2019. Zimbab...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zupco mobilises 400 kombis for urban routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has mobilised more than 400 kombis to service suburban routes across the country and 96 kombis are already operating under the scheme in Bulawayo, a devel...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Black Friday promo for Victoria Falls Carnival
ZIMBABWEANS planning on attending the famed Victoria Falls Carnival will be spoilt to a Black Friday promotion as tickets to the festival will be sold at a discounted price tomorrow. Now in it...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
3rd ZAA Australia Winners Announced
The Zimbabwean diaspora community and friends came out in full force on Saturday night to celebrate some of the best achievers of the year at the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards Australia 3rd Edition at the...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 09:57hrs | 655 | by Agencies
Flight Radar shows movement in the Zimbabwe airspace
Social media is awash with reports that a go-slow strike by air traffic controllers caused travelling chaos on Monday morning with planes unable to take-off or land at Zimbabwean airports.Howe...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 7744 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans prefer Mzembi - Chamisa coupling?
Zimbabweans are yearning for progressive politics culminating into a proper development agenda, and this can only be achieved by coupling of young and progressive elements across political divide. ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 20:52hrs | 8666 | by Elvis Dzvene
Imbibers beat up guard for closing bar
THE love for beer has landed two Victoria Falls men in jail after they teamed up to assault a security guard for closing a bar while they were still drinking. Kasanga Ndlovu (32) and Clive Ndlovu (22)...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Mission hospitals overwhelmed
Desperate patients, failing to get help at State hospitals due to the strike by some Government doctors, are flocking to mission hospitals, with Karanda Hospital in Mt Darwin now seeing up to 500 pati...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs ex with broken bottle 'in self defence'
A VICTORIA FALLS woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend with a broken beer bottle in a bar has told the court that she acted in self-defence as her former lover was dragging her demanding sex. Chi...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officers arrested in forex toll fraud
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officers have defrauded the entity of at least US$30 000, and perhaps as much as US$450 000 in a cheating scam using tollgate coupons issued to foreign ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces hotel room deficit
Government is concerned with the country's hotel room stock which it says projections show would be over 2 000 rooms short by end of 2020 thus curtailing the growth of the tourism sector. This...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa roads
Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after "national heroes" - including 10 streets named after President Emmerson...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:00hrs | 237 | by BBC
United Arab Emirates to send opportunity scouts to Zimbabwe
A high-powered business delegation from the United Arab Emirates will soon visit Zimbabwe to scout for potential business opportunities offered by the country under the new dispensation, Finance and E...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:04hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North remains without provincial hospital
MATABELELAND North Provincial Medical Director Dr Purgie Chimberengwa has appealed to Government to urgently complete construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital as the province faces a critical shorta...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to turn Victoria Falls into regional financial centre?
VICTORIA Falls should be turned into a regional financial centre for the Southern African Development Community as its tourism facilities mean it can attract the right clientele that can push the indu...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:25hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Free tillage for villagers
THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose dra...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Millers sell subsided maize at +200% profit
MILLERS are allegedly engaged in massive corruption, where they access cheap maize from Grain Marketing Board, mill a small portion and then divert the rest to rural areas especially those near the co...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Victoria Falls teachers boycott ZimSec exam
TEACHERS at Mosi-oa-Tunya High School in Victoria Falls on Wednesday stayed at home citing incapacitation at a time they were expected to supervise a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordi...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.All...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to be punished after 2020 budget presentation boycott
INDEPENDENT MP Temba Mliswa on Thursday demanded Parliament takes disciplinary action after all MDC legislators boycotted Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 Budget presentation in their continued di...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:47hrs | 2712 | by newzimbabwe
Rangers force fish poacher, son to swim in Zambezi river
A ZAMBIAN man and his four-year-old son drowned in the Zambezi River after Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers allegedly ordered him to swim across the river with the lad...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:35hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Victoria Falls schools
There was chaos on Wednesday when teachers at Mosi oa Tunya High school in Victoria Falls refused to invigilate History Paper 1 because of incapacitation the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbab...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 1386 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fired council boss seeks High Court relief
FOMER Victoria Falls Municipality housing director Lot Siatimbula, who was recently fired for allegedly allocating a housing stand to his nephew without council approval, has approached the High Court...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Is there any difference between Zanu Pf and MDC Alliance ?
MDC became a formidable opposition party because there was no major political party to challenge Zanu Pf .Their grand entrance into the political arena was witnessed in their first participation in Pa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:36hrs | 1066 | by AT Kadada
Disgraced minister says 'Women's Affairs not recruiting'
Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sithembiso Nyoni says her ministry is not recruiting, contradicting a senior official who said they were failing to get...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
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