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Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should vote for a tried and tested revolutionary party w...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2065 | by Staff Reporter
The Fifth Estate: A threat to national security
The turn of the century has seen the evolution of various communication platforms. This development also saw the rise of citizen journalism. The bad side of citizen journalism is that the writer i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2065 | by Elijah Chihota
Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft
Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 219 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Health Ministry clarifies Lupane drugs distribution
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is mandated to deliver services to every community including medicines fairly regardless of activities taking place in those localities, a senior official said ye...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Safe use of LPG in the Home
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a clean, safe and portable form of energy, which has been fully embraced in Zimbabwe by domestic and industrial users. However, like all other flammable fuels, it has ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:15hrs | 1582 | by Staff reporter
SA firm seals US$2bn Beitbridge - Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway dualisation deal
Construction group, Khato Holdings, has sealed a deal that will see the dualisation of Beitbridge-Victoria Falls highway at an estimated cost of US$2bn in a build, operate and transfer arrangement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4426 | by Staff reporter
Motorist loses R40 000 at accident scene
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo lost R40 000 and US$ 100 in the city's central business district while attending to a minor accident he had been involved in as he was about to park his car. Th...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat launches another innovative billboard campaign
Motorists driving towards Harare's city centre along Borrowdale Road are likely to be surprised to see just before the racecourse what appears to be boulders falling from a container on a billboard an...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 18:07hrs | 2064 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF in Lupane East vote buying storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party has been sucked into a vote buying storm, after a letter in which Health Minister Obadiah Moyo agreed to restock clinics in Lupane East constituency ahead ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:42hrs | 774 | by newzimbabwe
Mangwe, Glen View South by-elections date set
President Mnangagwa has set September 7 as the day for National Assembly by-elections in Mangwe, Matabeleland South and Glen View South in Harare that fell vacant following the deaths of Obedingwa Mgu...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Town Clerk cheats death by a whisker
REDCLIFF Town Clerk, Mr Gilson Chakauya, cheated death by a whisker after a vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road and overturned along the Gweru-Kwekwe Highway on Tuesday. His wife,...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 357 | by Staff Reporter
Duduzane Zuma found NOT guilty of killing Zimbabwean lady
Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, has been found not guilty of the charge of culpable homicide in the Randburg Magistrate's Court.The charge relates to a 2014 car crash th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 2797 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 16850 | by Nicholas Ncube
Town clerk escapes death by a whisker, foul play not suspected
Redcliff town clerk Mr Gilson Chakauya escaped death by a whisker after the vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road and overturned along the Gweru-Kwekwe Highway on Tuesday evening. H...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
VID graft probe complete
INVESTIGATIONS into the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) corruption scandal are now complete and findings will be handed over to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joel Big...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:29hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama to be charged with treason
Former Botswana President seretse Khama Ian Khama will be tried for treason soon a prominent Prophet has prophesied. South African based leader of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sov...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 20:43hrs | 18257 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anti-Mnangagwa demonstration set for Bulawayo
Prominent Bulawayo activist Josphat Mzaca Ngulube says he will be leading Zimbabweans to stage a massive demonstration in Bulawayo on the 17th of July. The demonstration which will be held fro...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 11:22hrs | 10696 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Five suspected armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested five suspected armed robbers said to have been terrorising tobacco farmers.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the five were arrested duri...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF launches Lupane poll campaign
Thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in Matabeleland North Province are expected to converge at Gomoza Shopping Centre today for the launch of the Lupane East by-election campaign rally, Zanu-PF Secretary ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
'Public loses confidence in police force'
POLICE recorded an increase of 26 percent in road accidents and 20 percent in crimes of national concern in 2018. According to the Auditor General Mrs Mildred Chiri in her 2018 report, the fai...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Strong warning for Chamisa's MDC
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned the MDC Alliance that the law will be used to decisively deal with opposition members threatening to illegally unseat a constitutionally elected administration. In ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disgusted by Chamisa MDC insurgent rants
GOVERNMENT on Monday morning said it was disgusted by the insurgent rants uttered by members of the opposition threatening to illegally unseat a constitutionally elected administration. In a s...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 22:11hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2106 | by Victor Bhoroma
ZANU PF tried to kill David Coltart?
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has alleged that suspected ZANU PF agent attempted to kill him thrice through a road accident in the past 20 years.Said Coltart, "In the last two decades my...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 09:23hrs | 8608 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF loyalist Chiwa dies
Beitbridge businessman and Zanu-PF loyalist Manu Chiwa has died.Chiwa died on admission at the Beitbridge Hospital after he was involved in an accident on Wednesday night.Matabeleland ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge businessman dies in 3-car pile-up
Renowned Beitbridge businessman, Mr Emmanuel Tawanda Chiwa (35) was on Wednesday night killed in an accident when his car was involved in a three vehicles pile up along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:22hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Extra City bus involved in accident
An Extra City bus travelling from Victoria Falls to Bulawayo was involved in an accident on Thursday. An eye witness who spoke to this publication said the bus was involved in an accident afte...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 14:40hrs | 6016 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 7527 | by Stanley Khumalo
Accident sells out mobile phone smuggler
A CELLPHONE smuggler was on Monday sentenced to six months behind bars after a car accident sold him out.Chrispen Mutsonhi (27) from Mutare pleaded guilty to the charges before magistrate Tend...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
Police name Featherstone crash victims
Police have released names of 14 people who were killed in the Featherstone Bus Disaster last week. The 14 were part of the 19 who died in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions Tanganda-Ngundu Road
President Mnangagwa has officially commissioned the second phase of the Tanganda-Ngundu Road in Chipinge which was bankrolled to the tune of US$20 million.Addressing villagers at Kondo Busines...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC Youth Chairman involved in accident
Sources in the opposition MDC have reported that the National Youth Chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole was involved in an accident on Monday afternoon. The sources say the vehicle he was using h...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 16:17hrs | 9142 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:17hrs | 2888 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 983 | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa declares Featherstone accident national disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the Featherstone accident that killed 16 people and injured others a national disaster.The accident occurred yesterday near Chivhu, on the Harare-Masv...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 20:24hrs | 7654 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-MDC MP sued for failing to fulfill campaign promise
FORMER MDC-T Member of Parliament for Hwange Central Mr Brian Tshuma has been taken to court by his erstwhile campaign manager for failing to pay him for services rendered during the 2008 and 2013 ele...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:44hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
19 die at Featherstone road accident
Nineteen people have perished at an accident that happened at Folkestone. The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the accident a national disaster. In a statement the Ministry of Informa...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:32hrs | 380 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gwanda man dies in mine explosion
A MAN from Gwanda was found dead in a 20-metre deep mine shaft after an explosion at the mine. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Sergeant Stanford Mguni, confirmed the ...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1486 | by Staff Reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway accident claims 19
NINETEEN people died while seven others were seriously injured yesterday in a head-on collision involving a haulage truck and a commuter omnibus at the 89km-peg along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 4297 | by Staff Reporter
Head on collision kills 19 people
Nineteen people died this morning in a road traffic head on collision involving a Toyota commuter omnibus and a haulage truck along the Harare-Beitbridge Road.The accident occurred at the 89km...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 22:55hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Head on collision kills 19 people
Nineteen people died this morning in a road traffic head on collision involving a Toyota commuter omnibus and a haulage truck along the Harare-Beitbridge Road.The accident occurred at the 89km...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 22:54hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa developing algorithmic surveillance system to spy on Zimbabweans
In a bid to attain political omnipresence and omniscience against unsuspecting citizens, the Zimbabwe government is reportedly working on a sophisticated algorithmic super surveillance system, said to...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 08:37hrs | 8327 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Car thief crashes into 3 vehicles
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 24-year-old man who allegedly stole a Honda Fit and crashed it into three other vehicles as its owner precariously hung onto it. Wilbaw Gundane of Iminyela s...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:18hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
38 injured in Munenzva bus accident
THIRTY-EIGHT people were injured when a Munenzva bus they were travelling on veered off the road and landed on roadside guardrails at the 140km peg along the Beitbridge-Masvingo Road on Tuesday....Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Robbers die in accident minutes after heist
IN a typical case of instant justice, two criminals who had robbed some farmers of five bales of tobacco at gunpoint in Harare, died on the spot after their getaway vehicle collided with another car, ...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:28hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
Probe teams for all VID depots
Government has deployed investigative teams to the country's 21 Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depots that are still to be computerised as it intensifies the fight against corruption in the iss...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:25hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs demonstrate spirit of Ubuntu at Mguni burial: Sikhala
The huge number of opposition MDC Alliance legislators at the burial of Zanu PF deputy chief whip and Mangwe legislator, Obedingwa Mguni was reciprocal to the spirit of Ubuntu exhibited by the ruling ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | 3229 | by Staff reporter
Macheso band members assault motorist
Alick Macheso's band members reportedly assaulted a Ruwa motorist in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The band members, who were on their way from a performance at Club Manake, were involved in an a...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the party Job Sikhala (JS) on a wide range of issues....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | 4829 | by Staff reporter
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