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Hwange to twin with Namibia, SA towns
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) plans to twin with Namibian and South African local authorities to improve service delivery in the coal mining town.The arrangements will also boost wildlife tourism a...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Joyce Banda in Zimbabwe for groundbreaking ceremony
FORMER Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda is in the country where she will preside over a groundbreaking ceremony for a community project targeting hundreds of villagers in Hwange's Msuna area along the...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1463 | by Israel Dube
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 | 312 | by Staff reporter
South African artists ordered to pay Victoria Falls Carnival bill after no show
SHA SHA, DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small have been ordered to pay back all of their Victoria Falls carnival bill by organisers of the festival after they did not pitch up despite signed agreements....Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:38hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
KuvaAir in maiden flight
PRIVATE airline KuvaAir on Friday made its maiden flight from Harare to Victoria Falls in the latest boost to the local tourism sector.The airline, operated by Executive Air, said the fights b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:01hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair jailed for carjacking
Zanu-PF Filabusi district chairperson Arthur Nhliziyo from Lobela village has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for hijacking at gunpoint two Zambia-registered haulage trucks carrying copper....Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Mayors, council chairpersons sign performance contracts
MAYORS and council chairpersons from the country's urban and rural authorities yesterday signed performance based contracts in line with Government's thrust of monitoring to ensure all arms of governm...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:13hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls creation of Smart cities
FIGTREE in Bulilima district, Matabeleland South, has been identified as one of three places in the country to be transformed into a digital and green energy smart city.Announcing the plan in ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Econet extends 5G coverage to Bulawayo
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, yesterday extended its national 5G network to the southern region, by launching the service in Bulawayo.The new network...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:20hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Econet extends its 5G coverage, launches super-fast technology in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, yesterday extended its national 5G network to the southern region, by launching the service in Bulawayo.The ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 16:07hrs | 701 | by Agencies
Bulawayo, Polokwane to finally twin
BULAWAYO and the City of Polokwane in South Africa are set to twin, six years after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen co-operation in trade and development.The developm...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa showers praise on Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is confident that Bulawayo will host a flawless Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) this week.In his weekly column in The Sunday Mail, the President clearly had his fo...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube holds talks with investors on USD bond
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last week held a productive meeting with international investors who are keen to participate in the Government's US$100 million bond th...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:49hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting highway robbers attack businessman
SUSPECTED armed highway robbers are reportedly on the prowl along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road with their latest victim being a Lupane businessman whom they robbed of US$1 800 at gunpoint....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:48hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Government ramps up efforts to complete Lake Gwayi-Shangani by year-end
CONTRACTORS have started opening access roads and doing pipeline servitude clearance for the laying of the 245km pipeline from Lake Gwayi-Shangani to Bulawayo as Government steps up efforts to ensure ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:33hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Bloody Easter claims 73
SEVENTY-THREE people were killed and 202 injured in 264 road traffic accidents recorded countrywide during this year's Easter and Independence Holidays.The 73 deaths were concentrated in 32 of...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:29hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Total number of people killed during Easter holidays announced
The Zimbabwe Republic Police announced that a total of 73 people were killed in fatal road accidents that happened during the just ended combined Easter and Independence holidays from 15th to 18th Apr...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 16:33hrs | 1244 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4 killed in truck crash
Four people died and 32 others were injured when a Nissan UD70 truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) they were travelling in veered off the road and...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mining to drive Zimbabwe growth
Zimbabwe's mining industry has "immense" potential to drive socio-economic development and growth of the economy, underpinned by strategies designed to transform the sector to a US$12 billion industry...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver, conductor die on the spot after colliding with haulage truck
A STALLION Cruise bus driver and conductor died on the spot while 14 people were seriously injured after the bus rammed into a stationary haulage truck in Lupane along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
CIO, Soldier & Cop arrested for demanding a bribe
A CIO, soldier and policeman are languishing in remand prison on charges of soliciting a R6500 bribe from a motorist traveling from South Africa through Beitbridge border post.Munyaradzi Mupes...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:30hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Easter fever grips Vic Falls . . . tram service launched
IT'S Easter weekend and it's time to dance it out in Victoria Falls as the resort city is already gripped by a carnival atmosphere.Fun lovers kicked off what promises to be an exciting weekend...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
No region in Zimbabwe deserves to be marginalised
WHEN, after more than four decades of celebrating self-rule, a sizeable chunk of people in Zimbabwe still see no reason to rejoice because they feel the independence train chucked them out somewhere a...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Helicopter owners speak on crash
Investigations are now underway to establish the cause of Sunday's helicopter crash, which killed the pilot on the spot in the Mhondoro-Chivero erea. The R44 helicopter crashed in Lothin Farm ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
It was not an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crash
THE helicopter that crashed near Chibhero Agricultural College in Mhondoro on Sunday was privately owned and resulted in the death of its pilot, officials said yesterday.The chopper was owned ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 157 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Dubai-based billionaire expected in Zimbabwe tomorrow
BILLIONAIRE Mr Shaji Ul Mulk, who is the chairman of Mulk Holdings and Abu Dhabbi T10, is set to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow to explore possible sites in Harare and Victoria Falls to invest in real es...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
$17bn war chest for 2022 road works
More than 2 000 urban and rural roads stretching over 10 000km will undergo reconstruction under the ongoing Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2) this year.Government has set asid...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over corrupt government
REVELATIONS by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri that Treasury made foreign direct payments on behalf of 16 government ministries amounting to more than US$300 million without the required parliamentary a...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobilises funds for Kazungula project
GOVERNMENT has mobilised funds to conduct detailed engineering designs for the construction of a bridge at Kazungula One Stop Border Post (OSBP), which will service Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana as pa...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda, Beitbridge, Botswana villagers beat up, kill rustlers
A GROUP of 23 villagers from Gwanda and Beitbridge districts allegedly ganged up with 11 Botswana nationals and brutally assaulted seven suspected stock thieves, killing one of them during skirmishes....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF had voters roll with pictures?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of issuing a voters' roll with colour pictures to Zanu-PF candidates while denying the same to the opposition in what critics say amounts to vo...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2671 | by Staff reporter
Airlink launches Harare-Durban direct flight
SOUTH Africa's Airlink has launched direct flights between Harare and Durban in a development that is expected to promote trade and tourism.Harare is Zimbabwe's capital and trade centre while ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe by-elections expose poor participation by women in politics
A lack of female representation in by-elections held on March 26 has triggered calls for reforming the political system.The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, which monitored the elections, said "l...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:59hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Meat galore after bus ploughs into elephants
IT is rare for those who witness road accidents to smile, but hundreds of villagers near Victoria Falls yesterday had a bus accident to thank after they walked away with chunks of meat after three ele...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda CSR move transforms Dembare, Bosso
SEVENTEEN years after venturing into business, Sakunda Holdings has now made a mark in the football arena by transforming the fortunes of domestic powerhouses Dynamos and Highlanders.Both side...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Dembare bosses to visit Old Trafford, Bosso undecided
DYNAMOS will embark on a learning trip to Liverpool, Manchester United and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) after the club's principal sponsor Sakunda Holdings loosened their purse strings to fund the ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:04hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for births registration
THE mobile registration exercise aimed at issuing more than two million birth and death certificates as well as national identity documents started countrywide yesterday with a huge turnout as people ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zesa begs for US$2,5bn war chest to end load shedding
POWER utility, Zesa Holdings Private Limited executive chairperson Sydney Gata says the parastatal is in need of US$2,5 billion to end load shedding as the country grapples with subdued local po...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mutare man arrested for smuggling
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 40-year-old Mutare man on charges of smuggling goods into the country.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrest o...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:53hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
German airline flies into Vic Falls
GERMAN airline, Eurowings Discover, yesterday flew its maiden flight from Frankfurt to Victoria Falls, becoming the first direct passenger flight between Zimbabwe and Europe since Air Zimbabwe discont...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:36hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Germany's biggest airline dates Victoria Falls
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest leisure chains yesterday predicted a dramatic upswing in arrivals, as Germany's biggest airline prepared for its maiden adventure on the Windhoek-Victoria Falls route today....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:25hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Offroad car found in smuggler's truck
A truck carrying a smuggled car, computers and other goods was intercepted by police in Bulawayo on Sunday evening and its driver was arrested after failing to provide documents and explain his load....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Obert Dube grooms up-and-coming poet
AN old adage says "A candle loses nothing by lighting another".This could be the inspiration for Victoria Falls-based praise poet Obert Dube who has identified a promising 18-year-old poetess ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:40hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
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