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Olinda Chapel's healthcare company loses tribunal case
A manager at a healthcare company has won an unfair dismissal case after being sacked just two days following her complaint that her boss's husband behaved in a sexually inappropr...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Councillors propose harsher penalties for littering
Bulawayo city councillors are pushing for stiffer penalties against littering, arguing that current fines are too lenient to effectively deter illegal dumping and growing urban filth, especially in th...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:07hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
School bus accident widens rift between parents, school
A school bus accident involving a Mapanzure High School vehicle allegedly hired out for a Zanu PF event in 2022 has reignited deep-seated tensions between parents and the school's administration, trig...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:44hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
4,912 injuries, 76 fatalities recorded in workplaces in 2024
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has revealed alarming statistics for workplace safety in 2024, reporting a total of 4,912 injuries and 76 fatalities across various sectors. The labour fed...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:51hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
PSC warns civil servants against stayaway
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a firm directive to all civil servants, urging them to report for duty today and tomorrow, and to ignore social media calls for a national stayaway on Ap...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:41hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of 700 tractors, 80 combine harvesters
Zimbabwe has significantly boosted its farming capabilities by acquiring 800 units of state-of-the-art farm equipment from Belarus, including over 700 tractors, a move that promises to revolutionise t...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:11hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Foreign companies must comply with Zimbabwe's labour laws
Zimbabwe must strengthen the enforcement of its labour laws to safeguard local workers employed by foreign businesses, particularly Chinese-owned mining firms, according to Dr. Wayne Malinga, a senior...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:40hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Flaws in the US electoral system
The United States of America has long been touted as a citadel of democracy where every citizen's voice is valued. Yet, despite the ideal of equal participation, one glaring flaw within the U.S. elect...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 13:25hrs | 380 | by Takudzwa Chada
Parents feel financial strain as back-to-school costs soar
With the new school term set to begin next Tuesday, parents and guardians are grappling with rising costs for uniforms and stationery, turning the annual back-to-school preparations into a financial c...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:23hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Chinese debt threatens to switch off Zimbabwe's Hwange
Zimbabwe's industrial sector is on edge this week as concerns grow over the future of the Hwange Thermal Power Station, a critical asset for the country's beleaguered power grid. With power utility Ze...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:14hrs | 11749 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police command issues strict memorandum on cellphone use while on duty
In a decisive move to enhance discipline within the ranks, the Officer Commanding Police Masvingo Province has issued a strict memorandum regarding the use of cellphones by police officers while on du...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 08:09hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo extends parking enforcement hours
The City of Bulawayo and Tendy Three Investments (TTI) Parking Solutions have extended the operating hours for parking enforcement from 06:00 hours - 19:00hours as from Tuesday, 3 September 2024. ...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 17:13hrs | 3744 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Self-styled Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati sentenced to community service
In a verdict handed down by the Harare Magistrates Court, Francesco Marconati, aged 65, and his son Alessandro Marconati, aged 25, have been sentenced to 105 hours of community service each. The sente...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 18:16hrs | 19 | by George Tshuma
UK tightens home care workers' visa regime
Some Zimbabwean home care workers based in the United Kingdom are facing tough times as it has become increasingly difficult to renew their immigration permits. Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK's ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cop convicted of human trafficking
A 38-YEAR-OLD police officer awaits sentencing following his conviction on a charge of human trafficking after he lured Zimbabwean job seekers to the Middle East where they were subjected to slave lab...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passport seekers besiege Bulawayo, Gwanda offices
HUNDREDS of people are visiting the Bulawayo and Gwanda Civil Registry Offices to apply for passports saying they wish to leave the country after losing hope in Zimbabwe's political and economic situa...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More water woes for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents should brace themselves for more water woes after the local authority announced a disruption in supply across the city due to maintenance works at Ncema Works and Pump Station....Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean firm develops 120 passengers seater bus
Returning to innovative solutions to help beat Zimbabwe's urban public transport woes, AVM Africa (Pvt) Ltd has developed a prototype 120-seater bus to provide the most cost-effective solutions on bus...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
45 000 e-passports issued in December in Zimbabwe
MORE than 45 000 applicants were issued with passports from December 1 to last Friday, as most people sought to beat tomorrow's deadline, when the cost of obtaining the travel document goes up....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Economic gloom feeds Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe
Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 11 | by Associated Press
Zimbabweans rush to beat January passport fee hike
LONG winding queues have resurfaced at the Civil Registry offices in Bulawayo as scores of people including Diasporans on holiday continue to flood the facility to apply for passports and other nation...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Consulate in Johannesburg extends working hours
The Republic of Zimbabwe Consulate in Johannesburg has declared an expansion of operational hours for birth certificate registration and passport applications. According to a statement reported by Pin...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:46hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Extended hours at passport offices for the festive holiday
THE Civil Registry Department has extended working hours in anticipation of increased volumes of travel document seekers during holidays. While the department was opening at 7:45AM and closing at 3:45...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 18:41hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Kambucha maker blasts copycats
Fresh Kambucha Private Limited, a beverages manufacturer, has distanced itself from counterfeit products that have saturated the market and damaged the company's reputation. Kambucha is produced throu...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kambucha drink withdrawn from shelves
TOUTED by its consumers as a non-intoxicating product with health benefits, Kambucha drink has been banned from supermarket shelves.A month ago, Masvingo City Council banned its employees from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
AMH journalists declare incapacitation
Journalists from Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), the biggest privately owned media Company in the country, have declared incapacitation and have not been reporting for work The Mirror reported.A s...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bank manager in house wrangle with widow
A TOP official from a commercial bank in Bulawayo is allegedly locked in a house ownership wrangle with a widow as he is refusing to vacate her property claiming that there is a verbal promise for rig...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Murowa School saga as Provincial Minister flexes his political muscles
Dear ZimbabweansScandalous! That's the only word to sum up the action taken by the Provincial Minister in a case between parents and a teaching couple at Murowa School Zvishavane district. Whi...Published: 09 May 2023 at 12:22hrs | 11 | by Disgruntled parents
Zimbabwean consulate in Johannesburg closed during SA National Shutdown
THE Zimbabwean consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, has indicated that it would close its offices today for security reasons after Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Front (EFF) declared a national ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Property developer appeals to ConCourt for more time
Prominent property developer George Katsimberis has appealed to the Constitutional Court to be given more time to apply for leave to challenge a High Court ruling on his bid for a permanent stay of pa...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers4ED is a trade union, claims Ministry of Education
Teachers4ED, an association of teachers widely known to be supporting President Mnangagwa's bid for re-election in 2023 is a trade union organisation and teachers are free to attend its meetings durin...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
High School teacher dies after drinking too much 'hot stuff'
A teacher at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo reportedly died in his sleep after allegedly drinking "too much hot stuff" at a shebeen in Cowdray Park suburb.Benwell Mudanwa (45) who has not bee...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High School teacher dies after drinking too much 'hot stuff'
A teacher at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo reportedly died in his sleep after allegedly drinking "too much hot stuff" at a shebeen in Cowdray Park suburb.Benwell Mudanwa (45) who has no...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Female teachers in Zimbabwe demand unlimited maternity leave
TEACHERS affiliated to the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) have called on government to come up with labour policies that will ensure unlimited paid maternity leave for female tea...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning for errant schools
Zanu-PF has expressed concern over the deaths of pupils in schools, extra lessons, and the charging of exorbitant fees including some exclusively in foreign currency.This is contained in the p...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes stringent by-laws
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has proposed new stringent by-laws that will see impounded vehicles unclaimed for 30 days being auctioned while dirty ones will be removed from the city roads or any area u...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Passport queues to be outlawed
SLEEPING overnight in queues at the passport office in Bulawayo may soon be outlawed, if the city's councillors have their way.scores of Passport seekers queue at the passport office ( file pi...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zec tightens grip on Zimbabwe voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will set "reasonable conditions" on availing the voter roll to protect it against possible tampering.In a statement titled: Enhancing Security o...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
LSU procurement rocked by serious irregularities because of non qualified leadership
Lupane State University is one of the Universities that offer a Degree in Supply Chain Management, but its Procurement Management unit (PMU) is poorly managed as a non-procurement was assigned to over...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 12:17hrs | 43 | by Stephen Jake
36 ex-Zupco staff sue for terminal benefits
Fired Zupco employees have sued the company for terminating their contracts before they expired and for unpaid salaries and terminal benefits.The 36 employees have since approached the Nationa...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zec 'frustrating' first-time voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of "deliberately frustrating" aspiring first-time voters by unnecessarily delaying processes and offering poor service at registration centres....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti calls for mass protests
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Tendai Biti has described the recently gazetted fees for contesting candidates ahead of the much awaited 2023 general elections as a plot to seal off demo...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
110 000 e-passports issued in less than six months
THE Registrar-General's (RG) Office has issued over 110 000 e-passports to date, less than six months after the initiative to manufacture modern travelling documents was launched in January.Mo...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Census: ZimStart begins 5-day mop up
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) will in the next five days, be mopping up those who were not counted for one reason or the other, during last week's counting.Yesterday, ZimStat s...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Census results in 3 months
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says it will release findings from the 2022 Zimbabwe Population and Housing Census that ended yesterday in three months' time.However, a mop-u...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
After hours shopping increases in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo business community operating within the Central Business District where the new vehicle parking system has been installed has reported increased after hours business.However, busi...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants revert to normal working hours
The entire civil service is reverting to normal working hours starting at 7:45am to 4:45pm following agreements between the employees and their employer on the improved conditions of services....Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unvaccinated civil servants barred from work without salary
All unvaccinated civil servants without any underlying medical conditions have been barred from work without salary subject to disciplinary hearings, while those qualifying for exemption are required ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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