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Illegal gold panners sneak into Vumbachikwe mine
PLUS or minus 100 Illegal gold panners reportedly sneaked into Vumbachikwe mine this week where about 38 of them have reportedly been arrested with cases pending in the courts.A local source r...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 13:02hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
831 graduate from rebranded Border Gezi program
A historic milestone was achieved as 831 young Zimbabweans graduated from the rebranded Dadaya National Youth Service training centre in Zvishavane, marking the inaugural graduation ceremony of the re...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
831 graduate from rebranded Border Gezi program
A historic milestone was achieved as 831 young Zimbabweans graduated from the rebranded Dadaya National Youth Service training centre in Zvishavane, marking the inaugural graduation ceremony of the re...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt employs national youth service graduates
The Zimbabwean government has begun employing graduates from the National Youth Service (NYS) program in line with a Cabinet directive that prioritizes the recruitment of these trainees into the civil...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:35hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis at Vumbachikwe poses serious health crisis
Water crisis that is as a result of a cocktail of challenges faced by the Vumbachikwe Mine community among them electricity disconnection by Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:16hrs | 73 | by Stephen Jakes
Environmental crisis looms at Vumbachikwe... amid concern over management's non compliance
ENVIRONMENTAL crisis is reportedly looming at Vumbachikwe mine in Gwanda after the management set up an allegedly substandard elution processing facilities wrapped around by a sail above ground surfac...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:58hrs | 438 | by Stephen Jakes
ZANU-PF losing candidate refuses to give up on Gwanda North
Despite his defeat in the recent elections for the Gwanda North constituency, Lungisani Costa TwoMinutes Ncube, a former ZANU-PF candidate, has vowed to continue serving his community through impactfu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:12hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
184 arrested for illegal land allocations
In a significant crackdown on illegal land allocations, Zimbabwean police have arrested more than 184 individuals across the country for allegedly parceling out land unlawfully. The operation comes as...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrests 3, kills 1 in anti-smuggling operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of three individuals and the death of a fourth suspect during an anti-smuggling operation in Mutare on October 16, 2024. Phillimon Matiyashe...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:11hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
CMED apprenticeship intake jobs
TRAINING INTAKEApprenticeship Intake JobsCMED Private Limited Expires 25 Oct 2024 Harare Full-TimeJob DescriptionApplications are invited for the Apprenticeship Trainin...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 14:29hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Gwanda mine escalates amid bribery allegations
The ongoing dispute over Vubachikwe Gold Mine has escalated, with major shareholder Forbes & Thompson accusing lawyers representing Fawcett Security Operations - a creditor seeking to ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:16hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to repatriate remains of SA heroes
The remains of South African freedom fighters buried in Zimbabwe during the anti-apartheid struggle are set to be repatriated to their homeland. These fallen heroes were part of the broader regional e...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:23hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade Vumbachikwe Mine
Illegal gold panners are reportedly sneaking into the closed Vumbachikwe Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, to extract gold, NewsDay has learned.Last Saturday, one of the panners was struck b...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:17hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
How Highlanders let a gem slip through their fingers
Published by Sunday News on June 18, 2023, this story chronicles the remarkable rise of Daniel Msendami from a promising young talent at Highlanders Football Club to a sought-after player across the A...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
8 bus inferno victims named
The Anglican Diocese of Manicaland has released the names of eight congregants who tragically lost their lives in a bus fire on the Nyabandza-Gandanzara Road in Rusape over the weekend. The bu...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Youth Service Zimbabwe: A beacon of hope for empowering young generations
As the United Kingdom considers reviving mandatory national service, Zimbabwe has taken a proactive step towards empowering its youth. On Friday, President Mnangagwa launched the Youth Service...Published: 27 May 2024 at 19:55hrs | 13 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Court frees murder suspect after police boob
THE High Court has acquitted a murder suspect after the police submitted inconsistent evidence during trial.Tafadzwa Mudavanhu, who was represented by Freddy Masarirevhu, was being accused of ...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Buyers arrive for Sanganai Hlanganani
Buyers have arrived in Zimbabwe and are beginning their pre-tours of the country's top resort towns, in preparation for the 16th edition of the Sanganai-Hlanganani World Tourism Expo.https://y...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nick Mangwana's Jah Prayzah tweet divides fans
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has stirred controversy and divided attention between music fans following his tweet endorsing musician Jah Prayzah.Jah Prayzah is set to...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife over R300
A Gwanda man has been arrested after he killed his wife in a dispute over of money.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Thandolwenkosi Moyo confirmed t...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man slips, falls to death while chasing baboons
A Rushinga man Tashinga Bvumba (23) died on New Year's Eve after slipping on a mountain while chasing away a troop of baboons at a field in Rushinga.Bvumba crashed his head on the rocks and di...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa promotes 40 senior military officers
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa, has promoted 40 Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) senior officers.Twenty Lieutenant Colonels were promoted to full Colonels w...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Quailed-off Vumbachikwe Mine Spouse demo brews possible spontaneous strike
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022 saw more than five hundred disgruntled Vumbachikwe (known as Forbes and Thompson Duration Gold Mine) spouses of mine work...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 13:30hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Mnangagwa faces 'bhora musango' in Gokwe by-election, 2023 polls
Zanu-PF faces protest votes in the forthcoming Gokwe-Kabuyuni parliamentary by- elections slated for later this month and in the 2023 polls following a cocktail of political developments which have ex...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Brito opens up on Josta's dismissal
HIGHLANDERS coach Baltemar Brito has said midfielder Joel "Josta" Ngodzo was laid off because he was underperforming.While sources suggested that Ngodzo had differences with members of the tec...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duration Gold launches Zimbabwe 'second biggest' exploration
AMBITIOUS resources outfit Duration Gold said this week it had launched a ground breaking multi-commodity exploration campaign, which could help it achieve a long-cherished ambition to become a large-...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Govt tops pension defaulters list
STATE enterprises and parastatals top the list of 50 employers paying their former workers measly pensions, while owing the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) $5,3 billion in pension contributio...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hope amid fear as relatives await fate of miners
FAMILY members of seven miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn sit around small fires and watch helplessly as rescue workers go in and out of the shaft where their relatives have been trapped undergro...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 feared dead in mine collapse
SEVEN miners from Bucks Mine in Colleen Bawn are feared dead after hoisting ropes to a skip bringing them up the shaft from underground snapped, plunging them back on a free-fall of about 200 meters....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nicola Faith Dyakonda winners the 2022 Girls in ICT hackathon held at the University of Zimbabwe
As part of the nation’s commitment to the success of the girl child in the information and communication Technology (ICT) sector. On 28 April 2022, ZICT and ZIE joins girls around the world to mark ...Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:26hrs | 21 | by Agencies
Vumbachikwe Gold Mine hit by mass exodus of workers
A TOTAL of 23 senior and junior managers plus 140 general workers have quit Vumbachikwe Gold Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, within the past two months.According to an internal memo seen b...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after killing wife
A Gokwe man is suspected to have murdered his wife before he committed suicide by drinking a pesticide.Daniel Makuseni (42) of Katazo Village under Chief Simchembo in Gokwe reportedly killed h...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dedicated railway line for US$1bn steel project
A NEW dedicated railway line will be established to connect the US$1 billion stainless steel plant in Mvuma to a new port in Mozambique to move exports on time and in quantity.The venture ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chunga takes dig at referees
Veteran gaffer Moses Chunga has launched an attack on local football referees, who he says are biased towards certain teams.Chunga's Chapungu played out a 2-all draw against TelOne at the week...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Monetary Policy Analysis
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) presented its first monetary policy statement for 2022 on the 7th of February. The monetary policy comes after a 53.5% surge in foreign currency receipts from US$6.3...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | 10 | by Victor Bhoroma
New appointments - as Union continues to breakdown gender stereotypes in mining sector
HARARE - End January 2022 saw NMWUZ - National Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe appoint new executive members to assume roles in its NWAC - National Women A...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 06:32hrs | 15 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Chapungu losing its feathers under Bambo Chunga
Life is no longer rosy for former premier league side and current Division One Gweru Air force outfit Chapungu FC which seems to be gambling its hustles between a rock and hard place.They say ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms expected today
Isolated thunderstorms are today expected across southern and western Zimbabwe, but rainfall is unlikely in the northern and eastern areas.Even in Masvingo, parts of Midlands, Bulawayo and Mat...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mutare City Council explodes
FACTIONALISM has rocked Mutare City Council and is now affecting service delivery at the eastern border town.This was disclosed by ward one councillor Thomas Nyamupandedengu, who called for ur...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZimThrive on course for December 2021 with scaled down event
The organisers of ZimThrive have announced that the event will go ahead in December as a scaled back celebration.In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the event which was due to run from 1-...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
6,000 residents live in the dark for 2 years
Over six thousand residents in Sakubva suburb of Mutare have been living in the dark after ZESA allegedly disconnected them due to a ZW$2 million legacy debt owed to the power utility by Mutare City C...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare applies for city expansion
THE City of Mutare has applied to the central government for land to expand after running out of residential stands.Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi said the city had run out of space for new subur...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for illegal water connection
A HWANGE man, who claims to be a philanthropist taking care of "many people," has been arrested for making an illegal water connection after being disconnected by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews geo-fencing transit trucks route
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect reviewed the geo-fenced routes used by commercial trucks transiting through Zimbabwe to countries north of the Zambezi River.It is understood that the move...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$1k to bogus car dealer
A 25-YEAR-OLD Harare woman Brenda Matola was allegedly conned U.S $1000 after she wa...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena/Desmond Nleya
Bishop rapes congregant, attempts abortion
A LOCAL married church bishop is under fire for impregnating one of his congregants and allegedly trying to terminate the pregnancy on four different occasions.Bishop Nathan Tafadzwa Gwenyaya ...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 die, 15 injured enroute to funeral
TWO people died on the spot and 15 others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace omnibus they were travelling in that was towing a body for burial, burst a rear tyre and overturned. The ac...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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