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Police gun down smuggling kingpin
Police said yesterday they had gunned down a notorious smuggler of second hand clothes into the country at the weekend, while also arresting six other people in Mutare. This comes as governmen...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1977 | by Staf reporter
Smuggler shot dead, 6 arrested
ONE person was shot dead, while six others were arrested after police intercepted truckloads of smuggled bales of second-hand clothes in Vumba on Saturday night. The gang, which had a fleet of...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power station flooded, serious loadshedding expected
HEAVY rains of up to 139mm pounded Hwange Town yesterday in just three hours, resulting in flash floods which damaged homes and properties including a stockpile of coal at Hwange Power Station, the co...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 13539 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots showdown with police
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared war against the police, warning that his party was now itching to fight back and even defy their prohibition orders which he said were unjust, p...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Minister warns police over machete gang alliances
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned police officers connected to the illegal gold miners and notorious machete gangs that the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them.Kaze...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:12hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
MDC, unions plan to defy state threats over demos
DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe once again following the threat by the MDC and labour unions to hold rolling anti-government protests around the country despite the State's stern warning against...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda gives a stern warning to the Mashurugwi
The National Political Commissair of ZANU PF who is the deputy minister of defence in charge of War Veterans cde Victor Matemadanda has issued a very strong warning to the Mashurugwi. Briefing journal...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 18:39hrs | 3921 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Wet spell to continue
THE rains being experienced in most parts of the country are expected to continue pounding this week with warnings of flash floods in some parts, the Meteorological Services Department, has said....Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:59hrs | 6400 | by Paul Ndou
MaShurugwi armed with AK-47 besiege village
THE level of crime in the country especially around mining areas is threatening to get out of control after a gang of nine robbers armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol besieged five homesteads in Fo...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:48hrs | 5853 | by Staff Reporter
Schools, parents must meet halfway
Schools open in a few days' time and almost all Zimbabwean parents, to their immense credit and often with great financial sacrifice, have made the required arrangements to send their children to clas...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:04hrs | 815 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Who is Matemadanda to dare the Americans
Following the news that cde Matemadanda has issued a stern warning to America, many people held their mouths with two hands. Today we want to see who cde Matemadanda is. Comrade Victor Matemadanda is ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 21:24hrs | 14823 | by Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo links maShurugwi to two of Mnangagwa's ministers
Former Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo says the maShurugwi menace was presented to former President Robert Mugabe where July Moyo and Owen Ncube were implicated.M...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 18:18hrs | 7592 | by Staff Reporter
Soldier shot dead at mining site
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) worker Kudakwashe Hoko (28) was allegedly shot dead in January 7 at Brompton mine in Battlefields, Kadoma in a gold Rush Bulawayo24.com has learntSou...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:15hrs | 5777 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe has no intentions of attacking America and refutes social media rumours
The information circulating in some foreign media outlets and in some Twitts masquerading as cde Victor Matemadanda's twitter handle that Zimbabwe may be forced to intervene in the middle ...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 15:10hrs | 9560 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police kill violent gold panner, injure 5 others
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in Inyati area in Matabeleland North clashed with the police, leading to one of them being shot dead while five others were arrested on Sunday.National police spo...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:41hrs | 3239 | by Staff Repoter
Maize imports stepped up to beat shortages
Maize imports are being increased to beat shortages caused by drought, while large sums of money are being set aside to ensure the maize reaches the intended beneficiaries. According to the Re...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1455 | by Staff Reporter
US kills top Iran general, the world reacts
The world has reacted with alarm yesterday after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq, with leaders appealing for restraint. US President Donald Trump's Republicans ...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 23:25hrs | 5590 | by AP
Machete-wielding gang of 12 arrested in Mashonaland Central
A GANG of 12 machete-wielding suspects linked to 16 armed robberies and two murders in Bindura and Shamva has been arrested on charges of armed robbery. One of the suspects was on bail in a ca...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 15:04hrs | 3934 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe government expands food assistance
Government and its development partners intend to expand urban and rural food distribution to include food-insecure households in more districts countrywide. This comes amid warnings of poor c...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:52hrs | 1130 | by Staff Reporter
ZERA to descend on fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said it is going to engage relevant partners and descend heavily on individuals who are delivering fuel to the public in unsafe containers and at inflat...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:01hrs | 5248 | by Staff reporter
ZRP launch manhunt for mine armed robbers
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a pistol brandishing eight-man gang that raided a mine in Sun Yet Sen and left with 22 grammes of gold, R7 000, US$130, $50, a gold scale and a detector.Nati...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 21:13hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot at fleeing kombi, injure 3
THREE people were injured after police yesterday fired at a commuter omnibus while attempting to stop the driver who was fleeing from a roadblock in Mabvuku, Harare.Police spokesperson Assista...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:49hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
'I tried to stop the coup' Walter Mzembi says
Former Ministry of Tourism Walter Muzembi says he tried to stop the military from implementing the November 2017 coup that ended 37 years of the late President Robert Mugabe's rule. Speaking o...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 16:49hrs | 10438 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga sets stage for Mnangagwa ouster
COLOGNE - Military tactician, Vice President Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly set the stage for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's removal from power in 2020, Spotlight Zimbabwe reported....Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 09:46hrs | 26884 | by Itai Mushekwe
Marry Chiwenga threatened to unleash army on journalist
Embattled wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga threatened to unleash members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces on a former journalist Thandekile Moyo over a social media post. Writing abou...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 21845 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fake licences scam hits Harare
HARARE City Council is investigating cases of fake business licences being issued in the city amid indications that some council officials were involved in the scam.The local authority alleged...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:21hrs | 4565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'The worst is over'
THE worst is over and the future promises a prosperous economy for everyone, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking at the commissioning of the Sakubva Urban Renewal Project in Mutare yesterday, the H...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:52hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
Mary Chiwengwa fingers Mnangagwa
Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, on Wednesday denied allegations that she had tried to kill him. She also argued that her former husband had brought...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 18:36hrs | 28208 | by Peter Moyo
'Mbeki led to MDC crashing defeat' Ruhanya - wash your foul mouth with bleach, MDC did that themselves
"Once beaten, twice shy. The MDC led by @nelsonchamisa should apply its wits in rational, logical, robust, rigorous ways taking into account how it was duped in the GNU President Mbeki brokered that l...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 19:20hrs | 3023 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa warned against repeating what Tsvangirai did
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has warned the opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to be worry of repeating the same mistake that his predessesor Morgan Tsvangirai did when he joined alliance with...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5532 | by Stephen Jakes
'Warn' is President Mnangagwa's Word of the Year.
To warn is to give notice, advice, or intimation to a person or group of people of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or something unfavorable. Since taking office, the President of Zimbabwe has i...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 2017 | by Sam Wezhira
'If elections fail Zanu PF will use any means' - free elections is a right, not a privilege
Zimbabwe's worsening economic meltdown has President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF colleagues really worried. They know the economic situation is unsustainable and power is slipping out of their hands. Th...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 09:29hrs | 636 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa warns bureaucrats
Bureaucrats causing unnecessary delays in implementing Government programmes should either reform or face the chop, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Officially closing the 18th Zanu-PF Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:04hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented children allowed to get education in SA
South Africa's Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge has set aside sections of the schools’ admission policy which in any way hindered undocumented children’s access to school.His ru...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2334 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga warns corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
SUPER-CHARGED Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday castigated Zanu-PF bigwigs mired in corruption, warning that they would be jailed before turning his guns on the MDC for continuing to prote...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 21:07hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Chamisa
TOP Zanu-PF officials have declared war on the opposition MDC, describing the party as made up of malcontents fond of fanning violence to grab power from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration....Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2583 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reads riot act to Chamisa's MDC
The Second Republic will not tolerate lawlessness from MDC-Alliance malcontents who lost in the 2018 harmonised elections, but are plotting to destabilise the country through unlawful demonstrations, ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Ball now in Mnangagwa, Chamisa Court
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are feeling the heat as local and international calls for an end to Zimbabwe's long running political crisis reach a crescendo. ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 5189 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa East MP torches storm
MBERENGWA East legislator Marko Raidza (Zanu-PF) reportedly teamed up with party activists and disrupted a prize-giving ceremony at a local primary school on December 4, where businessman Comings Hove...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Ramophosa seals Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
South African President Ramaphosa, says talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa will benefit Zimbabwe greatly and also end the local crisis which has seen milli...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:05hrs | 8764 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa, churches meet over Zimbabwe crisis
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly expressed concern over the unfolding socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe and pledged his government's support to a churches' initiative towards fin...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
'Splinter group a plot to silence doctors'
A SPLINTER association of hospital doctors will be launched tomorrow amid allegations from existing groups that this is part of political "machinations" aimed at silencing genuine concerns being raise...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:01hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Heavy police presence in the Midlands
There will be heavy police presence in the Midlands province following the announcement of an increase in the deployment of officers to conduct patrols and set up road blocks in preparation ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:43hrs | 2455 | by Staff Reporter
'Need revolution, nor reforms, to remove Zanu PF' says J Moyo - Zanu PF mob psychosis
I readily confess that I was one of the people who held Professor Jonathan Moyo in high regard as a brilliant intellectual with impeccable moral ethics. That was in the late 1980s and early 1990s; whe...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3323 | by Wilbert Mukori
High Court absolves BCC in case of drowned teen
THE High Court has quashed both conviction and sentence against Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which was fined $600 for culpable homicide when a 15-year-old boy drowned after he slipped and fell into a p...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:34hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges army to stop illegal mining activities
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has urged security forces to immediately take action and stop all illegal mining activities in Manicaland Province. Commissioning two Bailey bridges that we...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:30hrs | 3457 | by Staff reporter
Cross border bus crews told to tighten security
CROSS border bus crews have been urged to tighten security on the road through avoiding picks and drops at undesignated points as well as searching all passengers using metal detectors. They w...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
MSD warns of thunderstorms, flash floods
Heavy rains being experienced countrywide are expected to continue, possibly causing flash flooding while strong winds may cause damage to property, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has wa...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
MDC agree to local mediator, no reforms will be implemented - pointless, fix everything but not seized engine
"Behind-the-scenes and indirect 'talks about the talks' appear to be gathering pace with Chamisa now saying that he will accept mediation by "neutral" locals," reported Dailynews."MDC spokespe...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 16:53hrs | 1576 | by Wilbert Mukori
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