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'Sikhala still undergoing treatment'
FORMER opposition Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, is still undergoing treatment at a medical centre overseas after experiencing a running stomach and passing bloody stool due to suspected poison...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:38hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer calls out corruption in Zimbabwe legal profession
SEASONED legal practitioner, Lloyd Mhishi, has condemned corruption in the legal profession in his latest book titled Being the Best Lawyer.The book was officially launched by Justice minister...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Cattle destocking frenzy in motion
A cattle destocking frenzy is in motion with a number of abattoirs getting an overwhelming supply of cattle, resulting in some suspending slaughtering as farmers have started laying off stock in...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:58hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans escape from South Africa's Lindela repatriation camp
SIXTY-NINE foreign nationals, among them five Zimbabweans, on Wednesday escaped from Lindela Repatriation Centre - under South Africa's Department of Home Affairs– where they were staying while awai...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:38hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Players division rocks Dembare
According to a report by New Zimbabwe.com, Dynamos camp is facing internal discord among its players. An insider revealed that this division stems from perceived favoritism in the treatment of...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:59hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt female cops arrested
TWO female police members stationed at Mbare Police Station in Harare were caught collecting bribes from motorists who wanted their impounded vehicles released.Victoria Shoriwa (36) and Naume ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 06:18hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in Starlink U-turn
ZIMBABWE appears to have made a U-turn over Starlink amid revelations senior government officials are in talks with the satellite internet service provider owned by billionaire Elon Musk.Zimba...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 4715 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya in fresh mining storm
SEVERAL people who entered into mining deals with Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya are seeking legal recourse after failing to receive their shares, seven years after depos...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:15hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya rape witnesses develop cold feet
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it is still pursuing a case in which PHD Ministries leader, Walter Magaya, is being accused of allegedly sexually abusing women despite indications that some ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records reduction in maternal deaths
Matebeleland South acting provincial medical director Andrew Muza says there has been a notable decline in institutional maternal deaths in the province since the launch of a health fund programme two...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council bid to splash US$2m on 500 desktops exposed
Some Harare City Council officials have been caught in a procurement scam in which they are fighting for the purchase of 500 desktop computers at US$4 000 each, above the market price of about US$700....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
UK ranked second-most miserable country in the world
The UK has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons' mental health has plunged since th...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 1549 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Bulawayo mayor's house goes to tender
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon invite tenders for the construction of the mayoral mansion after the completion of the drawing of the bill of quantities.According to the latest council rep...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Harare City ex-worker in soup over stand deal
A FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) chief clerical officer appeared on Thursday before magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing a charge of abuse of office in a deal involving the purchase of a residential st...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:17hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Victim of Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati speaks on how he lost his beer plant and got deported
In the shadowy world of mafia dealings, a sinister evil chess game orchestrated by the self-styled Italian Mafia boss,Marconati, (pictured) has been exposed.Today, we delve into the Francesco ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 17:27hrs | 736 | by George Tshuma
Ariel is back in time for Dembare
HIGHLANDERS Zambian head coach Kelvin Kaindu is happy that club captain and goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda is back to full fitness ahead of the start of the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) sea...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 14:39hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
19 countries confirm ZITF participation
ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair (ZITF) chairperson, Busisa Moyo, yesterday said 94,9% of exhibition space has been taken up with exhibitors from 19 countries having confirmed participation at this y...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi US$1m fraud case back in court
THE State yesterday sought to merge documents in a case in which the government was duped of close to US$1 million in a botched Mbudzi interchange deal.Businessman and director of Ledmart Inve...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to fly from Harare to Lupane to commission just a clinic
PUPU Clinic in Lupane District is now complete and ready for commissioning by President Mnangagwa, with authorities now set to deploy the medical personnel next week. Funded by the Government ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
4 VID Depot officers face probe
AT least four Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers based at Chitungwiza Depot are facing investigations on allegations of soliciting money from people acquiring driver's licences and learner...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
AU consultant in US$49,000 fraud
A SENIOR partner and lead crisis consultant for African Union, Peace and Security Directorate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of fraud involving US$49 200....Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:05hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zinara to roll out expensive e-tolling system
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will begin rolling out e-tolling before the end of the year to improve efficiency, motorists' convenience and reduce operational costs.E-toll...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Teen fatally strikes cousin-sister with axe
Lusulu - Police in Matabeleland North Province are tracking down a juvenile suspect who allegedly axed and killed his cousin-sister in a gruesome manner on Tuesday afternoon.The suspect Romeo ...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 22:30hrs | 758 | by Peter Matuka
Starlink has not applied for operating licence in Zimbabwe
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) said internet service provider Starlink has not applied for an operating licence, amid allegations that the government intends t...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
25-year-old stabs wife to death
A 25-year-old Gweru man is on the run after he allegedly fatally stabbed his 22-year-old wife with a knife three times at their rented house in Mkoba 16 suburb following a domestic feud.Midlan...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:51hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a fleeing lily- livered wannabe dictator that should not be taken serious
His pictures, photoshopped to give them a heavenly appearance, displayed on the stages to promote his unknown political outfit, reminded us of Mobutu Seseseko, Zaire/DRC corrupt dictator who forced TV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 20:08hrs | 1558 | by Israel Dube
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 729 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Bulawayo's supply dams now 'terribly' low
Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart says the city's supply dams are now "terribly" low due to low inflows, a situation that is causing a major water crisis compounded by rising temperatures....Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 20:46hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Time to re-energise the opposition
The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to att...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | 897 | by Leonard Koni
'54% Zimbabweans unemployed'
ONLY 46,3% of Zimbabwe's working age population are employed, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat)'s latest figures have revealed.In its 2023 fourth quarter labour force survey, Z...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:17hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Food crisis escalates in Matebeleland region
A food crisis is worsening in the Matebeleland region owing to erratic rains with hunger already stalking villagers in drought-prone provinces, including the Bulawayo metropolitan province.Com...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:48hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to headline Mugabe Day celebrations
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to headline the National Youth Day celebrations at Mushagashe Vocational Training Centre in Masvingo on Wednesday with Youth Development, Empowerment and Vocational Tra...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Kaindu gets licence
FINALLY, he gets his papers. Highlanders have revealed that coach Kelvin Kaindu has secured his work permit.The coach will resume his full duties today, the club's communications officer, Nozi...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:59hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
5 siblings up for armed robbery
CASES of siblings being involved in crime are not uncommon in Zimbabwe, but the Madzima brothers appear to have gained a new level of infamy.Five siblings - Shadreck, Talent, Brian, Tatenda an...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 08:58hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Diasporan intervenes in Mzilikazi water crisis
A UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean has come to the rescue of Mzilikazi residents after drilling boreholes to address the suburb's acute water shortages.Bulawayo residents are currently enduring...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Chirundu highway upgrade triggers job rush
Every day, numerous young individuals are converging at the Department of Labour offices in Chinhoyi to register their names for potential employment opportunities at the recently announced Harare-Chi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 07:41hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt will not allow lawlessness
The government has justified its actions in evicting and apprehending thousands of illegal settlers nationwide, asserting that it cannot tolerate lawlessness.During a question and answer sessi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers starving
FUNERAL policies and medical aid contributions are gobbling up a huge chunk of civil servants earnings, leaving most of them with little for food, rent, school fees and transport, NewsDay has been inf...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Zupco terminates contracts for urban buses
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has initiated a process of terminating its contracts with private owners of buses plying urban routes.The move comes as the remaining buses on con...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe was from the wrong region
It has happened across the continent so many times, sometimes successfully, and sometimes it is thwarted.When the founding President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta was dying, his Kikuyi clansmen mafia...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:20hrs | 2684 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Debt collector kills man who failed to pay
POLICE in Matabeleland North Province are hunting for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a village mate to death on Friday.Kwanele Moyo (36) accosted Casper Dube Moyo at Sembeule Business Centre,...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 18:54hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa employing machiavellian politics to gauge his support
DAGGERS are out for former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's trusted envoys, Gift Siziba and Amos Chibaya, who have emerged as the face of his yet to be launched party....Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2480 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is evicting resettled blacks, Operation Mavhotera Papi mark 2023 in all but name
"HUNDREDS of farmers and villagers in Mashonaland West province are facing eviction from the land they occupied on the strength of offer letters issued by politicians and lands officers during the cha...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:17hrs | 1500 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's Blue Movement another empty promise in the Zimbabwean sea of political chaos
When Nelson Chamisa announced his resignation from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) last month, citing infiltration by Zanu PF and other reasons, many of his supporters were left in shock and c...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:10hrs | 985 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Gatekeepers in Ministry of Sports and Arts stiffle growth and innovation
In the pursuit of progress and development, it is disheartening to witness how gatekeepers within the Ministry of Sports and Arts are hindering the growth of the arts sector. These departments, intend...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 12:43hrs | 661 | by Farai Mazango
Cholera kills 454 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has reported a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak of cholera in February last year.Monday marked exactly 12 months since the first recorded case of the ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
44 vehicles impounded in crackdown on errant kombis
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in conjunction with police yesterday launched a blitz against pirate taxis and errant kombis defying a directive to move to the newly upgraded Egodini bus terminus and othe...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
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