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Learner suffers brain damage after assault by classmates
A Grade 6 pupil from St Peters Primary School in Mazwi Village, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, has reportedly suffered brain damage after being assaulted by six of her classmates. The shocking incident...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:34hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Councilors gobble US$1m to meet Mnangagwa
In a controversial move that has sparked public outcry, Zimbabwe's cash-strapped local authorities spent an estimated US$1 million to fund the travel and allowances of nearly 2,600 councilors who atte...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:35hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's second-largest city at risk of running dry by year-end
The taps in Zimbabwe's second-biggest city may run dry by the end of this year.Already, residents of Bulawayo have had to cope without piped water for at least five-and-a-half days a week and ...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:55hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Why Kamala Harris Lost and How Donald Trump Won: A Deep Analysis of the 2024 US Election
Today I am mourning, but this too shall favour me - Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's loss carry lessons for us all. She joined the race just 107 days ago, facing a former president who began...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1722 | by Ifeanyi Abraham
Gwanda residents face water crisis amid persistent power cuts
Residents of Gwanda town are expressing deep concern over a severe water shortage exacerbated by ongoing power cuts affecting the entire nation. The situation has become critical, with many going with...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
'Taxi rank' chaos in Bulawayo CBD
Bulawayo's city centre is facing significant disruption as kombi crews, illegal taxi operators, and inter-city buses continue to flout traffic regulations and city by-laws, particularly during peak ho...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:39hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Party spoilers stun Simba Bhora
The race for the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title will extend into November after league leaders Simba Bhora suffered a shocking last-minute 1-0 defeat to Herentals at Rufaro Stadium, del...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:18hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Declining state of Bulawayo worries residents
Bulawayo residents have lamented the decline in the status of the city, once an industrial powerhouse and considered the smartest in the country. They attribute this decline to poor governance and an ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 10:58hrs | 567 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe shops impose limits amid panic-buying?
Some shops across Zimbabwe have imposed "one item per person" rules for products such as milk to fend off panic-buying triggered by a new loss of faith in the country's latest currency.Last we...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Bosso lacks depth
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu is concerned about the lack of squad depth and ongoing disciplinary issues as his team prepares for the city derby against Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premiership mat...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:36hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrested over 200 people during Sadc summit crackdown
State of Zimbabwe's major highways worries motoristsMotorists traveling between Beitbridge and Harare or Bulawayo are increasingly frustrated with the unfinished state of major road sections, whic...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:53hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Rampant fraud on fuel in transit worries Mthuli Ncube
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has proposed a temporary import duty on fuel in transit to other countries to address ongoing issues with transit fraud. In his mid-term budget statement to parli...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 16:01hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International worries over jailed CCC 78
Amnesty International (AI) has called for a thorough investigation into allegations that 78 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists were tortured after their arrest at Jameson Timba's house in H...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:16hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF party's desperation forced relaunch of militia
Political analysts suggest that the relaunch of the Youth Service of Zimbabwe (YSZ), previously known as the National Youth Service (NYS), indicates the ruling Zanu-PF party's desperation to maintain ...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Increase in road accidents worries Bulawayo police
Police in Bulawayo have expressed alarm over an uptick in car accidents in the region following two recent incidents that resulted in fatalities. Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncub...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:38hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
'I am not sick but old,' says Mohadi
The second Vice President Kembo Mohadi (74) has dispelled rumours circulating about his deteriorating health and said he is fit and in good health but old age is now taking its toll on him.Moh...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:48hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
BCC allocates US$187,000 to toilets
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has allocated US$187,000 to eliminate the shared toilet system in the Emabuthweni and Iminyela suburbs.Ward 9 Councillor, Donaldson Mabutho, disclosed this in a...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa third presidential term offer worries MDC
MOVES within ruling Zanu-PF to ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa a third term in office, against dictates of the Zimbabwean constitution, have worried MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora.Although Mn...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Collapsed drainage system worries Bulawayo residents
BULAWAYO ward one residents have expressed concerns over the collapse of the drainage system during this rain season and national outbreak of the Cholera ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 08:13hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Only justice can guarantee peace!
It has become a common song in Zimbabwe.We need to maintain peace, unity, and desist from any acts that may cause discord and disharmony in the country.We have heard this call repeated...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe MPs call for better pay for judicial officers
Members of Parliament are calling for increased remuneration for judicial officers, arguing that it is crucial for ensuring efficient and impartial service in Zimbabwe's courts.Wedza North leg...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Mutapa Fund likely to create oligarchs
FEARS abound that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's self-serving Mutapa Investment Fund project has hallmarks of how Russian state assets were sold for a song or brazenly stolen during its transition fro...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga rubbishes retailers' complaints over spaza shop influx
George Guvamatanga, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, has chosen to downplay the impact of tuck shops on formal retailers. Instead, he has suggested that many businesses are being managed by i...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sekusile terminus, a disaster waiting to happen'
Residents of Ward 23 have expressed serious concerns about the Sekusile Bus Terminus and Shopping Centre in Nkulumane, describing it as a potential disaster waiting to happen due to uncollected waste ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nevers Mumba: From assaulting journalists to Zimbabwean election Observer duties
In a world of Zambian politics, there exists a figure so full of contradictions, you can't help but be bewildered. Nevers Mumba, the self-proclaimed democratic leader, has quite the undemocratic track...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 15:29hrs | 3 | by Isaac Ncube
Zimbabweans must defy voter suppression in the elections
One can fairly conclude that what is happening here in Zimbabwe on polling day is an attempt at voter suppression in opposition electoral strongholds in the metropolitan provinces. Reader, let...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 10 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
'Chamisa on an unstoppable mission'
TWO weeks before Zimbabwe holds its general elections on August 23, political parties are in full swing campaigning despite increasing cases of political violence dampening spirits.Last week, ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tried to kill opposition, says Mutambara
Former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara says President Emmerson Mnangagwa wanted to destroy the country's main opposition party by denying it funding and using other unorthodox means.Mut...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara salutes Chamisa, CCC
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has applauded Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party for standing up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa despite facing several...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza upbeat ahead of Dembare BF clash
SOCCER Star of the Year Walter Musona who was stretchered off in last weekend's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League's 2-0 win over Chicken Inn has been cleared to play in the epic clash against Dynamos...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Urban rot' worries Chiwenga
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is pained by the rot that has descended on urban areas under the watch of opposition led municipalities, which is slowing down the country's development towards an empowered u...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP transfers 228 cops as smuggling hits Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has in one of the most massive transfers, moved all 217 Police officers from Beitbridge Rural and 11 from Beitbridge CID following the arrests of five cops over R54 ...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
City centre congestion worries Bulawayo City Council
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged Entumbane and Nkulumane shopping mall property owners to review their rentals downwards to lure business activity that will ease congestion in the Central Business ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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Drawlanders; Greenfuel hold Highlanders to another draw
Highlanders 1-1 GreenfuelVISIBLY dejected, wondering what kind of spell has been cast on them, Highlanders Football Club players immediately walked off the pitch at the final whistle of thei...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate gifts uniforms to disadvantaged girls
Zanu-PF Ward 2 candidate Bonginkosi Moyo has donated school uniforms worth over US$600 to more than 50 disadvantaged girls from Trenance Primary School in Bulawayo.Handing over the donation at...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Development of rural communities is vital
Developing rural communities is crucial for the well-being of the entire country.The government has a significant role to play in ensuring that countryside areas have access to basic amenities such as...Published: 18 May 2023 at 15:54hrs | | by Melody Moyo
Artificial intelligence and robotics: Great expectations and daunting existential risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both exciting and challenging. There are opportunities and dangers. There are fascinating possibilities and existential risks.The starting point is to understan...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Arthur Mutambara
Mnangagwa worries over state of business as elections loom
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is "worried" about the state of business ahead of the elections, and has ordered Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to investigate the affected sectors.Mnangagwa made t...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yes indeed, Zimbabwe is led by 'dunderheads'!
It is a fact that in most corrupt dealings, it takes two to tango!There is usually the one who wants to gain fraudulently from a flawed system - and, of course, there has to be someone within ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Power cuts to wipe out US$4bn'
ROLLING blackouts, which have deepened in the past few months, could cost the economy close to US$5 billion this year, industrialists told the Zimbabwe Independent.They said many companies had...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF worries over fake members
Zanu-PF has been restructuring its cells for two consecutive years now as it moves to mobilise its targeted five million votes for President Emmerson MnangagwaTHE ruling Zanu-PF party leadersh...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in fake marriages for ticket to the UK
THE script sounds like a Tyler Perry production of one of his Hollywood blockbuster movies except that it's real and the characters are real people in Zimbabwe.A WhatsApp group message is call...Published: 11 Feb 2023 at 14:44hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Substance abuse not necessarily due to idleness but poor socialization and mindset!
With the scourge of drug and alcohol abuse on a worrying upward trajectory, the question of how to deal with this pandemic had been, understandably, uppermost on the nation's lips.There have b...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Community chases 5 teachers away
PARENTS and guardians with children at Ndangababi Primary School at Cross Dete in Hwange District have chased away five teachers accusing them of incompetence, insubordination and disrespecting tradit...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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