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SA court legalises private cannabis use
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence.Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the law banning marijuana use by adults was un...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1829 | by Staff Reporter
Sugar firm in $45m tax storm
Zimbabwe Sugar Sales (ZSS) Ltd, a company that sells and distributes sugar on behalf of Hippo Valley Estates and Triangle Limited, has been caught up in a $45 million tax evasion storm. The Zi...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's five big challenges
NEWLY-APPOINTED Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube faces the unenviable task of navigating Zimbabwe's stuttering economy through serious challenges and will need to make tough deci...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:11hrs | 3428 | by Staff reporter
Cannabis movement only allowed via Mugabe International Airport
Government has said raw and processed cannabis can now only be moved in and out of Zimbabwe via Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.Zimbabwe early this year legalised production and pr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1115 | by Unicef
'Flashy' armed robber found with 4 guns
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a suspected "flashy" armed robber and recovered four guns after raiding his hideout in New Magwegwe suburb. Police arrested Ishmael Mutungiri (24) on Monday mo...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Officials tarnishing ED's name in Midlands, it is never in ED's service
With the birth of the New dispensation conduct of public and government officials, in the mining sector has been corrupt pathetic and disgusting. the offence of Abuse of Public Office is seeing a rena...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1085 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Gweru vendors relive running battles with municipal cops
Molleen Makasi (54) runs across a busy street in Gweru's central business district while clutching a bag full of tomatoes, onions, carrots and vegetables. At the corner of the road, she is blocked by ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:33hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders, Dynamos to hold roadshow today
HIGHLANDERS and Dynamos will today hold a joint road show meant to appeal to fans to come in their numbers for tomorrow's epic encounter at Barbourfields Stadium as well as preach the anti-hooliganism...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:56hrs | 660 | by Staff Reporter
Cop in pangolin case takes bail bid to High Court
THE bail application hearing of a police officer and two of his accomplices who were found in possession of a pangolin worth $5 000 is set to be heard in the High Court in Harare today.Judah N...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe farms are a hot potato
Threats to strip former president Robert Mugabe of his rumoured 15 farms are being seen more as cheap politicking as most Zanu-PF officials own several farms each.In a recent interview with th...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:40hrs | 2197 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | 3873 | by Nomazulu Thata
While ED's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
The Zimbabwean president has started his mandate to rule Zimbabwe for the next five years. He made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he took the oath of office on 26t...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 14:41hrs | 2132 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Top lawyer arrested over 'smuggling'
A TOP Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was arrested yesterday while allegedly trying to smuggle gold out of the country through the Plumtree Border Post.Acting Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 15:59hrs | 3112 | by Staff Reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 7647 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks purged by Mnangagwa
THREE senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors were yesterday fired, while two others were re-assigned in the latest round of fresh purges, as President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's rest...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga on Biti assassination claims
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday angrily rejected an MDC Alliance allegation that he was plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his alliance partner Tendai Biti...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:38hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2587 | by Erick Matotoba
Too poor for periods, Zimbabwe's girls rely on rags
When her monthly period comes, 17-year-old Maria Chaodza dismantles a home-made pillowcase and picks out pieces of its worn stuffing – an old, cloth rug – which she uses in place of the sanitary p...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:42hrs | 335 | by Reuters
Zanu-PF weed smoking 'gunman' arrested
HARARE - There are unconfirmed reports that the Zanu-PF thug - who was caught on camera firing a gun while smoking weed in public has been arrested.The thug has been identified as Trevor Kuden...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 13:31hrs | 3383 | by Staff Reporter
Chigumba hits back at critics
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s handling of the July 30 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections came under sharp scrutiny last week after the opposition MDC Alliance claim...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:59hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme
Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of mar...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:06hrs | 1154 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa dares Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot weed out corrupt elements within his government because he has dirty hands, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said.Speaking at a rally in Zvishavane on...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 15:33hrs | 1825 | by Staff reporter
Govt to transform Hwange Colliery, says Chiwenga
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) yesterday said Government has put in place a raft of measures for Hwange Colliery Company Limited to return to its status as one of the biggest employ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Your mind is a garden, cultivate it
The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgment, language, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:03hrs | 647 | by Enos Denhere
Canaan Banana's son eyes Luveve constituency
THE late first President of Zimbabwe Canaan Banana's son, Nathan, has declared his interest to contest in the Luveve Constituency for the House of Assembly seat in the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss exposes govt rot
The newly-appointed commissioner-general of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has blew the whistle on civil servants from the other arms of government who are working in cahoots to deprive the fi...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 14:21hrs | 3354 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fretting over G40 threats
Ahead of next month's decisive polls, Zanu-PF is fretting over threats by the Generation 40 (G40) faction, which has openly thrown its full weight behind the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa of the ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 14:24hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Sex and drugs scandal at Njube High
NJUBE High School in Bulawayo has come under the spotlight after a sex and drugs scandal emerged at the school.Five Njube High School pupils appeared in court for allegedly attempting to rape ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Aren't we just proud of Air Zimbabwe's safety record
IF Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) really, really was serious about marketing itself well, it would make enough money to buy more planes and pay workers, including those it surreptitiously fired.Now tha...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:46hrs | 264 | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
'Matebeleland, Mashonaland, Manicaland names must fall'
Zanu-PF secretary for war veterans in the Politburo, Victor Matemadanda says the country should do away with tribal provincial names like Matabeleland and Mashonaland as these promote tribalism which ...Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:11hrs | 2263 | by Staff rpeorter
5 Top Zambian Footballers
The Football Association of Zambia manages football in the country. Casino online gamblers enjoy betting on Zambian football because it's full of surprises....Published: 24 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1522 | by Sports Reporter
Unlicenced cannabis farmer convicted
A 27-year-old Mvurwi cannabis farmer was convicted for cultivating three plants of the weed without licence. at Guruve magistrate court today.Kingstone Magwanja was sentenced to nine months in...Published: 22 May 2018 at 20:52hrs | 1638 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mujuru launches manifesto in Dotito
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) leader, Joice Mujuru on Saturday took her campaign trail to her rural home in Dotito, Mt Darwin, where she launched her coalition's election manifesto dubbed Inclusive...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Opposition must continue pushing Zec for reforms
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has finally relented and will allow political parties to observe the printing of ballots, a significant victory for the opposition that has been campaigning for...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | 130 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa allows criminals and ex-convicts to contest its primaries
LIKE its Zanu PF rivals, the opposition MDC-T party led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is allegedly allowing criminals and ex-convicts to contest party primaries to choose candidates for general elections...Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:35hrs | 2568 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's false hope from Malaysia
I have just been reading Deluze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. It's a big book, one quite opaque and thus requiring stout intellect and a liberal outlook to digest it....Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:40hrs | 4379 | by Igomombe
Cannabis farming has come to the land
The carte blanche to lawfully grow 'weed' has attracted huge interest from bona fide overseas investors and locals. Forget the 'for medicinal purposes' clause, cannabis has been legalized, period. ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 13:36hrs | 1317 | by Thomas Murisa
Police boss vows to weed out corrupt officers
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has vowed to weed out all corrupt police officers in a move meant to bring sanity into the force.Addressing top police officers during his visit to M...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Muggers target NUST students
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are increasingly becoming targets for robbers who mug them and break into their homes stealing their laptops among other valuables....Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa buys War Vets' loyalty ahead of elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised increase war veterans salary ahead of the elections.Mnangagwa made the promise during an interface with the veterans of the liberation stru...Published: 11 May 2018 at 19:27hrs | 3442 | by Byo24News Reporter
Chamisa speeches expose his folly
When one squeezes an orange one gets orange juice, similarly when one squeezes a lemon they get the bitter taste of lemon juice and not orange juice. It would appear that the election fever and ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1329 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mbanje Legalization Sparks New Technology in Zimbabwe
The pot market is poised to get much more exciting as mbanje production becomes legal in Zimbabwe. Jugnoo, India's largest on-demand service provider forays in Zimbabwe's weed rush with the launch of ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 19:10hrs | 1328 | by Manpreet Kaur
The MDC-T / Alliance Midlands province - endorses Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda for vice president.
The meeting was held today [Sunday] in Gweru and a vote was made to appoint Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda.It is our recommendation that Sibanda is the right candidate and man for the job due to ...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1353 | by Midlands Province
Mutsvangwa misfires, do not tarnish the name of the party
ZANU PF MUST MAKE it clear to COMRADE MUTSVANGWA and the rank and file in the PARTY that ZANU PF would not tolerate indiscipline, Mutsvangwa should change and that change should be recognised by the p...Published: 03 May 2018 at 22:34hrs | 7079 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
You must bribe the cleaner in order for your application to be seen by HR...The stinking rot at Murowa Diamonds
Dear Eish! One can only underrate them at his or her great disadvantage. Yes these cleaners or sweepers at this flithy rich diamond mining company are pocketing thousands of dollars, goats and...Published: 03 May 2018 at 14:23hrs | 1222 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
Mixed reactions over cannabis legalisation
HARARE - Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over government's move to legalise the production of cannabis (mbanje).Last Friday, government gazetted a $50 000 licence fee for those wishi...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 14:22hrs | 2970 | by Staff Reporter
Application for a licence to produce cannabis (mbanje)
Application for a licence to produce cannabis (mbanje)...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 13:03hrs | 3470 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's 'Zimbabwe is open for business!' vs Mukadota's 'Sadza hobo!' clarion calls!
"Sadza hoboo! Nyama hoboooo! Rimai!" (There is plenty of food! Plenty of beer! Work!) Is one of the late Safirio Madzikatire's best catch phrases. To those who do not know who Safirio Madzikat...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:35hrs | 1666 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimra discovers massive tax dodging
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has discovered massive tax dodging in the private sector, with a staggering 80 percent of the firms owing up to $4,2 billion as of March 2018. This has h...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 06:09hrs | 3731 | by Staff Reporter
UK ask ED free elections 'commitments must be made real' - all too little too late
"Zimbabweans must feel confident they can vote for the party of their choice," said British Ambassador to Zimbabwe.That is music to every peace-loving Zimbabwean who have waited a lifetime for...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 21:34hrs | 2609 | by Wilbert Mukori
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