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Chiwenga claims to have Monomotapa royal blood and has ties with Ndebele royalty
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga last week told his in-laws that he has royal blood, given that his grandfather was the last Monomotapa while his family has ties with Ndebele royalty, a revelation ...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:24hrs | 2958 | by Staff reporter
Internal Zanu-PF violence unsettles youth leader
RECENT political violence that rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party elections to choose Masvingo provincial youth chairperson has unsettled the party's youth league boss John Paradza.The post was l...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Man kills ex-wife's boyfriend
POLICE in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 45-year-old man who fatally attacked his former wife's boyfriend after she refused to reconcile with him.Edward Mhishe of Rambanepa...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths using social media to divide the party
DEPUTY Foreign Minister David Musabayana has told Zanu-PF youths not to abuse social media platforms to divide the ruling party, but instead use them to fight the opposition.Musabayana, who is...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:42hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga introduces new wife to family
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga recently took and introduced his new wife Miniyothabo Baloyi (donning white hat and mask), who is a colonel and his junior in the military ranks, to his extended fa...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:41hrs | 32378 | by Staff reporter
Cops 'rob' suspect of US$1 000
EIGHT Gweru-based police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing US$1 000 from a suspect before assaulting him with batons, resulting in him sustaining a fracture on the right leg and a dam...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi factional wars rage on
THE Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church factional wars have taken a new twist after one of its top members was dragged to Chitungwiza Magistrates Court accused of kidnapping a congregant.The church...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Parents worry about exam fee payment dates
Parents and guardians of children writing national public examination in November are concerned over the day when the local currency fees are set and the very narrow one-week window given to pay these...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Pupils turned away for non-payment of fees
ABOUT 51,8 percent of pupils across the country were turned away from school for non-payment of fees during the first term of the year, in defiance of Government policy, a report has revealed....Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo chides Chamisa again
EXILED former information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has again laughed at the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.Addressing scores of mourners at the bu...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 11756 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to prepare for his retirement
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday declared that he will rule the country after elections expected next year.Addressing scores of mourners at the burial of the...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 5851 | by Staff reporter
Armed police miss the target, shoot innocent people
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has admitted to shooting of two innocent people in a shootout out with armed robbers yest...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 22:18hrs | 2503 | by Shelton Muchena
Zanu-PF sets up mobilisation committee
Zanu-PF has set up a mobilisation committee led by Politburo members to verify the authenticity of cells and other party structures across the country.Addressing the media at the weekly press ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:16hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's mythical 3,9m registered members
ZIMBABWE'S ruling party claims that its membership base is growing astronomically. A cursory glance at the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF)'s cell registers shows that its sco...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:38hrs | 335 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Chiwenga calls for unity of purpose
Zanu-PF party members should uphold unity and peace ahead of next year's harmonised elections, the ruling party's Second Secretary and Vice President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has said.He made...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Roads upgrade continues across Zimbabwe except in Matebeleland
The rehabilitation of roads across the country under the Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) is continuing, with citizens praising the Second Republic for transforming the road network....Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:06hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's voters roll will close for delimitation on May 30
Zimbabwe's voters roll will close for delimitation on May 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on Tuesday.ZEC said the delimitation exercise – the drawing of constituency bo...Published: 25 May 2022 at 17:21hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
12 Mugodhi church members on the run
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for 12 Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members over the violence that erupted at the church's headquarters during Easter.The ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Scores injured in fight over church
A fight erupted at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Wedza, Mashonaland East on Friday as the battle for the control of the sect rages on.The sect has been embroiled in bitt...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hits the rural trail
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has embarked on a nationwide rural mobilisation exercise in a bid to break Zanu-PF's stranglehold on that constituency ahead of n...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars war vets screening
THE vetting exercise of non-combatant cadres and war collaborators has been marred with controversy amid claims the process is flawed and exclusionary.Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Malaba term extension is sealed, declares High Court Judge
HIGH Court judge Justice Gladys Mhuri yesterday dismissed an application by activist Namatai Kwekweza, who sought to challenge the legality of the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of offi...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic posts impressive results for year end 2021
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has shrugged off the adverse effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns to post an inflation adjusted ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 472 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF targets people wearing yellow clothes
POLITICAL observers have noted intolerant behaviour towards anyone donning yellow clothes associated with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) theme colour.In its latest long-term el...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:15hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa village headmanship wrangle rages
THE fight for the Mubaiwa headmanship has continued even after the death of former Education minister and Mashonaland East governor Aeneas Chigwedere with villager Raines Chadoka accusing him of havin...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
25 Govt officials arrested in one week
Twenty-five Government officials have been arrested over the past week on allegations of criminal abuse of office, or fraud and stealing large quantities of bitumen meant for the rehabilitation of the...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi sect factional wars turn nasty
VIOLENCE erupted at the Mugodhi Apostolic Shrine headquarters in Wedza at the weekend as factions clashed over control of the church.About 20 police officers from Wedza had to be called in to ...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Police still to account for man who murdered woman
Marondera police are appealing for information that might assist in solving the case of the woman who was axed last Monday and the killer left a note stating the reason for murdering her.Neria...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Woman murdered, killer left letter on deceased body
Police in Marondera have launched a manhunt for a suspect, who allegedly killed in cold blood, a woman from Grasslands, Marondera who was on her way to a prayer session.Nelia Maringa reportedl...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 17:41hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
8 Zimbabweans on Interpol wanted list
EIGHT Zimbabweans, including a Bulawayo woman who is charged for fraud and corruption, are currently on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) most wanted list for allegedly committ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 3995 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains sweep away bridge, damage houses
A bridge was swept away while a number of houses collapsed and roads damaged mainly in Manicaland due to heavy rains caused by the overland Tropical Depression Ana.Muchira Bridge in Chimaniman...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Ineligible candidate wins Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province yesterday conducted a rerun of its primary elections in ward 13, Wedza South, after it emerged that the winner, Trust Mabika, was ineligible.Mabika, an ex-sol...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:50hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'rejects' land top posts
ON this summer day, two years ago, Nyarai Tsvuura cut a lone figure at a Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Marondera during Zanu-PF gatherings.She was the provincial women's l...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:07hrs | 3385 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rivalry widens
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has banned its members from celebrating presumed victories in its internal polls for provincial executive members in a move seen as an attempt to quash factional fights betwee...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 10955 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Mutare road dualisation resumes?
WORK on the dualisation of the Harare-Mutare Highway has resumed with a six-kilometre stretch set to be completed by mid-February after the Government released US$5 million for the latest phase of the...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Police recover 21 stolen cattle
POLICE in Manicaland have recovered 21 stolen cattle from Buhera under Chief Nyashanu at a roadblock along the Dorowa and Hwedza route.The stolen cattle were being driven to the capital, Harar...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:39hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Man (29) hijacks loaded pirate taxi
POLICE in Marondera on Monday arrested a 29-year-old man who hijacked a vehicle he was a passenger after the driver went to relieve himself in the bush, leaving the keys on the ignition.Tapuwa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants making it big in South Africa
WHEN he made the decision to leave the country and cross the border into South Africa several years ago, his family and his peers tried to dissuade him, telling him he was putting his life in danger u...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF ahead of provincial elections
CONFUSION has rocked the ruling Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East ahead of provincial elections as top contestants across all wings were from the same district, Wedza.The party has since halte...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Banga laid to rest
SCORES of mourners thronged Nhekairo Village in Hwedza communal lands for the burial of veteran lecturer and media practitioner Peter Banga.He was head of department for Mass Communication at ...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 12:52hrs | 26 | by Virimayi Nzira
Dynamos coach drags team in ZANU PF fights
Dynamos gaffer Tonderai Ndiraya was on Saturday dragged to Rushinga by ZANU PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe for a campaign ahead of the...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 18:58hrs | 287 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Teachers seek legal recourse over withheld salaries
TEACHERs unions yesterday vowed to take legal action against government for withholding salaries of their members who were not reporting for work because of "incapacitation".Some teachers clai...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must not contest the 2023 presidential election'
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa must regularise his illegitimate leadership position, but not contest the 2023 presidential election, as he would be a geriatric by then, prominent corporate ex...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:06hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes daughter-in-law
A Glendale based stepfather raped his stepson's wife after she turned down his love proposal.Tavengwa Kokera (47) was sentenced to 16 years in jail yesterday by Bindura regional magistrate Est...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 43 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans march against sanctions
Zimbabweans across the country commemorated the Sadc-initiated Anti-Sanctions Day by holding peaceful demonstrations denouncing the embargoes imposed by some Western countries against Zimbabwe....Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:38hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
NetOne mobile broadband to drive financial inclusion
NETONE says its recently launched national mobile broadband (NMBB) programme will enhance the country's efforts towards expanding financial inclusion through the firm's mobile money platform, One Mone...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne remembers Wedza
Mobile telecommunication giant NetOne yesterday launched a 3G/4G base station in Chanakira village, the heart of Ward 9 in Wedza under Chief Svosve , as it moves towards achieving the goal of establis...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 29 | by Alice Mangwanda
Death sentence for murderer
A HIGH Court judge yesterday sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the constructive murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.Tapiwa Murombo was yesterday found g...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Marondera leads in HIV prevalence
MARONDERA is leading in HIV/AIDS prevalence in Mashonaland East at 20,2% compared to the least affected district, Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP at 9,4%, latest official data has shownThis was re...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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