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Zanu-PF officials clash
MUZARABANI South legislator Tapera Saizi and Muzarabani council chairperson Ashton Chiweshe are reportedly embroiled in a power wrangle emanating from the maize distribution programSaizi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 4691 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 000 civil servants struck off payroll
AT LEAST 2 000 civil servants have been struck off the government's payroll after failing to comply with the Public Service Commission's directive to register under the Public Service Biometric Authen...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2716 | by Staff reporter
ED hold your peace! Day of prayer and fasting will not end covid-19. 'Go home and work like a man!'
Today, 15th June 2020, is Zimbabwe's "Presidential Day of Prayer and Fasting!"President Emmerson Mnangagwa, himself, at State House surrounded by a number of the nation's church leaders, led in th...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 22:25hrs | 2916 | by Wilbert Mukori
3 000 ghost workers on Zimbabwe government payroll
TREASURY has struck off 3 000 names from Government's payroll after a recent headcount revealed thousands of ghost workers.The Public Service Commission (PSC) recently undertook a biometric re...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns civil servants
Mnangagwa warns civil servantsPRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned civil servants against sabotaging government programmes, including the scandal-ridden Command Agriculture and presidenti...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 18810 | by Staff reporter
Reckless police action almost cost girl's life
Dear Editor, On Monday 18 May 2020 I witnessed a horrific accident caused by ZRP's reckless action. The accident occurred along Zvishavane - Gweru road a few metres from Zvishavane hospital. T...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:19hrs | 2082 | by Munya Shumba
Mobile money agents' 'illicit' deals exposed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) through its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has established that most mobile money agent accounts were being abused and used as a conduit for illegal transactions ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clarifies the suspension of EcoCash Agent accounts
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is being inundated by Ecocash (Private) Limited (Ecocash) clients whose agent accounts have been suspended pursuant to our directive issued on the 4th of May 2020...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 2459 | by Financial Intelligence Unit
Zimbabwean elephants cause havoc in SA village
Government's plans to secure the border with Zimbabwe as part of the Covid-19 regulations have not stopped marauding elephants from destroying crops in a South African village, writes Chester Makana...Published: 04 May 2020 at 10:57hrs | 2926 | by Chester Makana
How current Zimbabwe Army Commander celebrated Gukurahundi killings
The current Commander Zimbabwe National Army, Lieutenant General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyois one of the former Army bosses that celebrated the brutal massacre of the Zimbabweans citizens during ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 5780 | by Mandla Ndlovu
May weirdos please hold their peace
Huntsmen are literally worshipped like gods in the village.This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.Most often, meal times - either lunch or su...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 113 | by Bshop Lazarus
Gweru seeks permission to sell stands
GWERU City Council has applied to Government for permission to commence selling residential and commercial stands. The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works temporarily banned the loca...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium maintenance intensified
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has intensified work at Barbourfields Stadium in an effort to make the facility Caf compliant to host international matches. Caf further condemned Barbourfields Sta...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:28hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
1981-2020: Does life really begin at 40? - In memory of Zimbabwe's Uhuru
Siboza Business Centre my homelandThere is a lovely road that leads from Zvishavane going South to Shurugwi and finally to Gweru. That road leads you past s...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:38hrs | 1123 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
BF renovations still not enough for Caf grade
Bulawayo has to construct a new modern stadium if it is to meet the Fifa and Caf requirements to host international matches. It has emerged that renovations underway at Barbourfields Stadium will part...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean police soiling the war against Covid-19
The President of Zimbabwe cde Dambudzo Mnangagwa introduced drastic new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, including banning public meetings of more than two people who do not live together....Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 11:17hrs | 4019 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
COVID-19: The exodus will spread the disease - APA
Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has expressed fears that the exodus of the urban people tyo rural areas ahead of the lockdown will spread the Covid 19 in rural areas.In a statement posted o...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:37hrs | 1875 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shuts down main source of hard currency
Zimbabwe has suspended the transfer of local shares in dual-listed companies to foreign bourses, one of the main ways citizens and businesses have been able to obtain dollars as inflation wipes out th...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 14:11hrs | 8781 | by Reuters
Govt rebuked over currency controls
FINANCIAL services firm, Morgan and Co has urged government not to impose policies on the market.In April, Morgan and Co argued with one politician who had claimed the Old Mutual Implied Rate ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Zambian army arrest Zimbabwean Pastor for drug smuggling
Zimbabwean born Pastor of Mount Zion Christian Centre in Zambia Kyka Ncube (also known as David Ncube) has been caught in the eye of the storm after he was dramatically i...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 4976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zacc ropes citizens in anti-graft fight
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Committee (Zacc) has called on members of the public to join the commission it the fight against corruption which has become a national crisis.Speaking on the side...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 13:24hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family hopes to be granted US asylum after long wait
The Dzawo family has built their life in Burlington since fleeing government persecution in Zimbabwe in 2012. On March 4, a judge will decide whether to grant or deny them asylum status.It's b...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Is the US ready for a gay president?
When the ancient Romans saw the African horse (the zebra), they announced that those who want to experience wonders must visit Africa. Today, the surprising showing of 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg, a ga...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 633 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Ganja farmer jailed
A 35-YEAR-OLD Bindura cannabis farmer was slapped with a 3 year jail term yesterday by a Bindura magistrate.Member Kanyandure of Nyamakuwa village ,Bindura will however spend 2 years in jail a...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 10:49hrs | 1230 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Anxiety as Zera extends fuel licences
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has for the second time extended the duration of fuel licences by one month, saying it is consulting with its stakeholders on the new framework, sparkin...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Municipal cemeteries in sorry state
Council-run cemeteries in Harare are not being properly maintained, with most graves covered by tall grass and weeds. So bad is the state of neglect that visitors struggle to locate the graves of thei...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Music is in the air, the birds are singing
Philosophers have been vindicated, indeed the early bird catches the fattest worm. In Mash. Central tobacco farmers who planted early are smiling all the way to 'the fields' where the tobacco ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 347 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Not all hope has been lost for Filabusi farmers
While most farmers across the country have since lost hope in the current cropping season owing to erratic rains that have been received, the same cannot be said of farmers in Gwatemba, Filabusi, and ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
These are heinous crimes against humanity
Reading Bulawayo24 almost every day one is shocked by the heinous crimes committed in this region of Mthwakazi: crimes against humanity are perpetrated by those very people who are Mthwakazian themsel...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 521 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa goes after corrupt officials
A FIVE-MEMBER integrity panel set up by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa last year to probe corrupt activities involving party deployees in local authorities will target Harare City Council as its first assi...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:19hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seizes land from Mugabe allies
Zimbabwe has started repossessing land grabbed by former president Robert Mugabe's allies during a controversial agricultural reform programme amid claims the exercise is politically motivated....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:02hrs | 128 | by newzimbabwe
Jonathan Moyo squeals over farm
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of systematically grabbing his property and others owned by G40 a...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:34hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance put a sock in it!!!
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC A) and its cronies are making a lot of noise about the Constitutional Amendment Bill ahead of its debate before Parliament set for April. This is not t...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 09:29hrs | 2173 | by Prosperity Mzila
Chamisa's HONA will solve nothing
The ban of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's so called Hope of the Nation Address (HONA) by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is justified as it was meant to disrupt smooth opening of first term schools...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2065 | by Christopher Makaza
Mnangagwa launches fresh onslaught on G40 faction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has launched a fresh onslaught on its perceived political rivals, mostly former Zanu-PF bigwigs belonging to the ruling party's vanquished Generation 40 (...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda warns corrupt ministers and private sector bosses
The deputy minister of defence took a dig at his colleagues in government challenging them to deliver in their ministries. In a press conference called by commissariat at the ZANU PF Headquarters comr...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 16:32hrs | 3893 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Terror war in my country reliving the Mashurugwi menace
STORIES ADOPTED FROM REAL OEOPLE Having talked about the Mashurugwi carnage in our country and the inaction of our police , many people emailed me accusing me of being sensational. I stumbled upon the...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 15:06hrs | 1364 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Plans on course for early cloud-seeding
GOVERNMENT is weighing the option of introducing early cloud-seeding to aid rainfall if the current dry weather patterns persist. Most parts of the country are experiencing a dry spell that has ...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1306 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP warns corrupt cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned police officers against demanding bribes from the public, insisting that those found on the wrong side of the law would be prosecuted. In his Christmas ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:41hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga breathes fire!
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has threatened to weed out land barons saying they have allegedly invaded and hijacked cooperatives in Zimbabwe.Speaking at the International day of coopera...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 13:32hrs | 29355 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Energy challenges sinking Zimbabwe's economy
The 2019 survey report by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) on the impact of energy challenges on business paints a grim picture of the state of production in the economy. Unrelenting p...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:08hrs | 789 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mbanje plantation owner gets 210 hours of community service
A mbanje plantation owner in Bulawayo has been slapped with 210 hours of community service.Richard Ntini (49) admitted the charge of cultivation mbanje before a Bulawayo magistrate.He ...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 07:55hrs | 874 | by Stephen Jakes
We are living in a prison
If ever there was need for a revolution- a real revolution - it is now.We are really living in a self-made, man-made prison.We can no longer continue like this, and it is time "w...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:05hrs | 852 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa ally says, 'We've thieves among us'
Zanu-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday admitted that the ruling party has been hijacked by high-profile criminals using the party name and their proximity to the centre of power for s...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 19:18hrs | 3464 | by Staff reporter
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Jittery Zanu-PF frets over leaks
A jittery Zanu-PF- battling to deal with country's deepening political and economic crisis has launched an expansive investigation into the sources of leaks of sensitive party and State inf...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
No one has monopoly of civilization
What the West can do for Zimbabwe is pay reparations for colonialism and human rights violations visited upon blacks during that dark era. Germany is paying for its excesses and injustice duri...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:23hrs | 379 | by Thomas Tondo
Mnangagwa scores Midlands backing for 2023 elections
The Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Inter-district Conference has endorsed the candidature of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party's sole candidate for the 2023 presidential elections.The res...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 18:54hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
12 land barons arrested
Twelve suspected land barons in Harare accused of duping desperate home seekers and illegally selling land have been arrested as police intensify its operation targeted at weeding out illegal sales....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:34hrs | 3404 | by Staff reporter
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