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Chiwenga hides potentially damming audit report on Health Ministry corruption
VICE President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has been sitting on the Auditor-General's specially commissioned audit report for the ministry, which looks at potential abuses of Covid-19 fund...Published: 1 hr ago | 510 | by Staff reporter
AG unearths gross COVID-19 funds abuse
THE Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed gross irregularities and deliberate manipulation of figures to facilitate theft of donations meant for COVID-19 relief allowances and projects that s...Published: 2 hrs ago | 463 | by Staff reporter
'Poland visa agent' fraudster nabbed
A HARARE fraudster yesterday appeared before magistrate Judith Taruvinga after she allegedly conned a couple claiming that she was a travel agent and could facilitate visas acquisition for them to tra...Published: 2 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt serial real estate fraudster
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a bogus real estate agent who allegedly fleeced members of the public, including the late businessman Ernest Tekere of Home Guard Security Services of ab...Published: 2 hrs ago | 202 | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 2 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Delta variant accounts for 79% of Zimbabwe Covid-19 infections
ZIMBABWEANS should ensure they always follow laid down Covid-19 prevention measures to avoid the introduction of deadlier strains of the disease in the country as the virulent Indian Delta variant now...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
200 vehicles impounded for violating lockdown
Police here have impounded more than 200 vehicles including cross-border buses for violating lockdown rules and regulations.The impounded vehicles are currently parked at various police statio...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:59hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Pandemic jump-starts Zimbabwe online retail sales
Kenneth Mudzingwa has worked and studied in Turkey for five and a half years. To help his two siblings with groceries, the Zimbabwean citizen used a money transfer service that sometimes took days....Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
'Vaccines safe for HIV+ people'
A SENIOR health official has said COVID-19 vaccines being used in Zimbabwe are safe for people living with HIV, especially those on anti-retroviral therapy.Paul Chinakidzwa, the deputy directo...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Zupco pledges to pay operators
Owners of private kombis operating under the Zupco franchise are set to receive their payments starting from tomorrow with all paid by the end of the week. Delays have seen some Zupco kombi drivers no...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Chinese steel plant roars to life in Zimbabwe
A NEW town is set to be born between Mvuma-Chivhu and Manhize where Tsingshan Group Holdings, a Fortune 500 listed company is set to build a world class iron and steel plant that will also come with f...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Coast 2 coast should be banned from operating in Zimbabwe
It is with a heavy heart that we write this communication and the sad bit is you continue to advertise and sending your ads to our WhatsApp numbers. As a family we made a decision to buy and import ou...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:23hrs | 3256 | by Sandy Mwnza
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 8239 | by Staff reporter
State withdraws violence charge against Hwange activist
THE State has withdrawn the public violence charge against a Hwange activist who had been accused of leading a protest against a Chinese company carrying out coal-mining operations in Dinde.Ne...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Banana family applauds Govt support
THE family of the late Mrs Janet Banana has expressed gratitude over continued support from Government during the difficult time following the death of the former First Lady last Thursday. Mrs...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Missing Chinhoyi baby found 4 months later
A six-month-old Chinhoyi baby, Dadirai Seremwe, who was reported missing four months ago has been found dumped in Mt Darwin, some 215km from Chinhoyi. The baby, whose mother resides in Ruvimbo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
$2,2bn set aside for Gwayi-Shangani works
GOVERNMENT is working on an integrated master plan for the renamed Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North as Treasury is set to release $2,2 billion next month to speed up the comp...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Polad car beneficiary lashes Chamisa
LEADER of a fringe political party, New Innovative Modernisation Front (NIMF), Tendai Peter Munyanduri has defended his decision to accept an Isuzu D-Max vehicle from the government, arguing it was hi...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
Govt changes tact on Gwayi-Shangani dam project
The government says it has adopted an integrated approach to the Gwayi-Shangani dam construction project by holistically involving other relevant stakeholders during planning and implementation to avo...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'lacks will to fire Zweli Mkhize'
President Cyril Ramaphosa lacks the will to take action against the embattled Health Minister Zweli Mkhize because he needs the ANC NEC top member's support to be re-elected for the second term at the...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa is pampering Polad allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give luxury vehicles to members of the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) is part of an elaborate plan to delay elections while consolidating his s...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | 4029 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to compensate for power surge damages?
ELECTRICITY users who suffer losses due to power surges can now be compensated after the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), developed a mechanism to cover such mishaps...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi still enjoying lavish taxpayer-funded privileges
DESPITE resigning in March as state vice-president amid a string of sensational sex scandals, Kembo Mohadi - who remains Zanu-PF co-deputy leader with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - is still en...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
University bans unvaccinated staff from entering premises
Manicaland State University of Applied Science (MSUAS) has allegedly advised all unvaccinated employees to receive Covid-19 jabs before July 30 or they will be banned from entering its premises....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:52hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 5227 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani lake master plan set in motion
GOVERNMENT is working on an integrated master plan for the renamed Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District, Matabeleland North as Treasury is set to release $2,2 billion next month to speed up the comp...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:47hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
'Dreamer' strays into State House, demands to see Mnangagwa
A DARING Shamva man on Tuesday visited State House in Harare demanding to see President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The man becomes the third in two weeks to visit the highly-protected place.Is...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's Covid-19 contact tracing app fails to take off
FORMER vice-president Kembo Mohadi launched a non-existent Covid-19 contact tracing mobile application a year ago, Zimbabwe Independent investigations have revealed.The contact tracing applica...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU: Get vaccinated or get out of work
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to sue the government for its "no-jab-no-work" policy which bars any unvaccinated civil service and parastatal worker from entering governme...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 548 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Mnangagwa mourns Banana's wife
President Mnangagwa has mourned founding First Lady Janet Banana and Mrs Angela Haritatos, the mother to Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos....Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Turning down Covid vaccine is selfish, says Michael Gove
People who turn down Covid vaccination are "selfish" and put others' lives at risk, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said. He warned that those declining a jab could see themselves barred from...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora flees party HQ
THE cash-strapped Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC-T party has been forced to shut down its offices at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after the Harare City Council cut water supplies over unpa...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 9873 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked MDC Alliance members fire Mwonzora
MDC Alliance principals have removed the MDC-T from the grouping, accusing it of acting unilaterally without consulting them, a move that will likely throw off the rails the decision by the Douglas Mw...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Government agrees to reopen border posts
GOVERNMENT has agreed to reopen the Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts to tourists who are fully vaccinated after the country's tourism capital achieved 60 percent herd immunity of the populati...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls, Kazungula border posts reopen for vaccinated tourists
Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts have opened for fully vaccinated tourists in a move aimed at reviving the tourism sector, which has been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic since last year....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Government halts Chinese mining activities in game reserve
GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they trade...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre now admitting patients
EKUSILENI Medical Centre has opened its doors to the public with two Covid-19 patients having been admitted on Tuesday.In an interview, the acting chief executive officer of Ekusileni Hospital...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:00hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean travellers to verify Covid-19 status online
ZIMBABWEAN travellers will now have access to an online facility to help verify their Covid-19 status and only those with certificates obtained on the Trusted Travel platform or verified on the Global...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo roads benefit from Mnangagwa programme
THERE is significant progress on some of Bulawayo's major feeder roads, which are being rehabilitated under the ongoing Government-funded US$400 million Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi calls for unity of Zanu-PF structures
Zanu-PF Vice President and Second Secretary, Kembo Mohadi has called for unity of all structures as the party is on course to attain five million votes for President Mnangagwa in the 2023 harmonised e...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:08hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Acquiring national identity cards a nightmare
Zimbabweans have called for the decentralisation of the process of issuing national identity cards which is still a nightmare in Harare.It is an agonising call of patience for these three gent...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 18:38hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm ownership wrangle turns nasty
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati has claimed that he sustained head injuries after he was allegedly struck with an iron rods early this month by co-o...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:45hrs | 3206 | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean vampire elites stash millions of dollars in foreign countries
I thought I had seen it all in Zimbabwe until 24 July 2021 when I saw this, "ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry claims it has begun a process of documenting the number of fellow citizens residing in ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 3661 | by Sam Wezhira
101 Amazing Facts About the Life and works of Emperor Haile Selassie
On the occasion of the 129th birthday of the Emperor, I have selected one out of 101 extraordinary achievements he accomplished during his reign: from Ras Tafari- Emperor Haile Selassie. The May 5th V...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 938 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza originally written by Mulugeta Haile
Madzibaba Mutumwa withdraws cars pledge to Bosso
APOSTOLIC faith leader Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa has distanced himself from Highlanders Football Club saying his association with the club caused "rifts within the Highlanders institution" and attack...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, Broncleer.The cough remedy, commonly known...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Team Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rallied Team Zimbabwe competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and said he is proud to see young swimmer Donata Katai leading as one of the flag bearers at the world's biggest...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
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