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Civilian military leader needed to restore electoral democracy before 2023 presidential elections
Without doubt electoral democracy has failed to work in Zimbabwe, it might have worked in Zambia, South Africa and Botswana but in Zimbabwe electoral democracy has failed dismally, it is on record tha...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1711 | by Knowledge Hakata
Truck spills dangerous sulphuric acid
A ZAMBIA-bound haulage truck transporting 30 000 litres of sulphuric acid was involved in an accident spilling the hazardous liquid near Northlea High School in Bulawayo's Richmond suburb. The...Published: 15 hrs ago | 466 | by Staff reporter
9 cheat death after kombi crash
NINE people including the driver escaped death when a kombi broke a ball joint and overturned along Luveve Road in Bulawayo. Eight people who were in the kombi as well as a pupil who was...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:08hrs | 2905 | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the ZUPCO urban transportation model
The re-introduction of ZUPCO buses to ply urban routes in the aftermath of January fuel protests was a welcome move for most urban commuters. This is largely because commuter omnibus operators had tak...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3418 | by Victor Bhoroma
Shocking rot at Zimbabwe hospitals
PATIENTS are spending several days waiting for treatment at the country's poorly resourced public hospitals and many are dying prematurely due to lack of drugs, an investigation has revealed.A...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Victoria Falls bus kills passengers
A CAG bus from Victoria Falls to Harare was involved in terrible accident in the Kadoma area on Saturday.The accident has claimed lives but the police are yet to give update on the fatalities....Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 09:34hrs | 9339 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Driver dies as vehicle overturns
A ZIMBABWE Super Seeds Company employee died while a female passenger he was travelling with sustained serious injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in overturned after a tyre burst. M...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:09hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 3070 | by Staff reporter
Unregistered cars can no longer buy fuel
POLICE have engaged the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to ensure that vehicles without registration numbers do not fill up at fuel service stations following an upsurge in crimes committe...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 09:17hrs | 3862 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must urgently solve doctor's grievances
Government should seriously look at concerns raised by senior doctors over the dire situation at the country's public hospitals.Yesterday, the senior doctors took their grievances to the street as...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:29hrs | 2003 | by Editorial - Daily News
Police impound unregistered vehicles
Police yesterday said they had started impounding all unregistered vehicles following a spate of robberies and other crimes by perpetrators using unmarked cars.In a statement yesterday, police...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:40hrs | 2900 | by Staff Reporter
Joshua Nkomo's hospital hits another snag
The anticipated opening of the Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo, a brainchild of the much-loved late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, has hit yet another snag after government failed to meet the project inv...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 12:02hrs | 2929 | by Staff reporter
Panner duped by hooker goes berserk
AN artisanal miner from Shurugwi went berserk and randomly attacked patrons at Mzansi Night Club in the gold mining town with a machete leaving three people dead and several others injured as revenge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora issued with a warrant of arrest
MDC secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to turn up for trial in a case in which he is facing charges of negligent driving.Mwonzor...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 15:06hrs | 5897 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe classifies Boeing 737-Max 8 as unsafe
The Deputy Minister of information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has advised citizens that Government has classified the Boeing 737-Max 8 as unsafe.The warning comes ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:37hrs | 2567 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 161 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mnangagwa mourns Addis crash victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday joined the world in mourning the death of 157 passengers of an Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed six minutes after take-off in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines' Flig...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 kills 157 passengers
Ethiopian Airlines kills 157 passengersAn Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday killing 149 passengers and eight crew members, the airline said.The...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:32hrs | 1506 | by Bloomberg
Harare accident kills 3
Three people died and four others were injured in an accident that occurred in the Harare CBD this morning.The accident happened at corner 7th Street and Herbert Chitepo.A Honda Fit tr...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Chamisa accidentally reveals Mwonzora bait
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has inadvertently revealed what looks like an enticement for secretary general Douglas Mwonzora to abandon his bid to challenge him for president at a party elective congr...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 11434 | by newzimbabwe
Teacher loses two children in pit latrine accident
TRAGEDY struck the family of a Chikombedzi teacher in Chiredzi when her two children aged three and five, drowned in a pit latrine.The deceased were identified as Keith Mavesere aged (5) and t...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 830 | by newzimbabwe
Infrastructure paving the road towards 2030
ZIMBABWE is at the beginning of an exciting journey towards prosperity. It won't necessarily be a smooth journey, and beginnings are never easy. But with real reform and a commitment to restructuring ...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 231 | by Mthuli Ncube
Urine ritual frees 'thief'
A popular Harare bouncer urinated on the head of a suspected cellphone thief in a ritual to free the suspect from a 'curse' yesterday.Sensei Cletus claims that Madzibaba Stephen told him to ur...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 15:03hrs | 5388 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver hangs self after running over policeman
A GWANDA based taxi driver fatally ran over a cop in a hit and run incident and allegedly hanged himself in a bush near the scene. Nqobile Nkomo (26) of Phakama Suburb who was driving a Fun Ca...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 14:57hrs | 3346 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, 7 injured in road accident
Two people including a toddler aged 15 months were killed while seven others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned at the 70km peg along the Beitbridge Bulawayo road...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:32hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Serial carjacker hauled to court
A SERIAL Beitbridge carjacker has been locked up in remand prison following a string of robberies targeting motorists in the border town.Reason Mambo Moyo (23) was not asked to plead to robber...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Council penalised over vehicle spikes
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirai Kwenda has ordered the City of Harare to pay $35 000 plus R138 256 to a Harare pedestrian, who was knocked down by a commuter omnibus whose driver was attempting to ev...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Let's shame our detractors, cdes! Give Mnangagwa a chance
There are times when I really think we Zimbabweans are very ungrateful. All we do is moan, curse, rant, rave, and practically do anything to show our people's President, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnan...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:27hrs | 618 | by Tony Namate
Ex-Zanu-PF youth league boss points firearm at motorist
CONTROVERSIAL former Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth league executive, Davis Muhambi on Friday appeared at West Commonage magistrates' courts accused of pointing a firearm at a motorist.Muhambi was cha...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:01hrs | 765 | by newzimbabwe
Widow loses $40 000 in card cloning scam
A Bulawayo widow lost more than $40 000 after a Harare man allegedly cloned her late husband's bank card and went on to conduct illegal point of sale (POS) transactions at various retail outlets. ...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:15hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must apologise for Gukurahundi before masquerading as holier than though human rights defender
Former President, Robert Mugabe must first recognise Matabeleland genocide, confess and apologise unconditionally before he masquerades as a holier than though defender for human rights. Furth...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1745 | by Israel Dube
Motorist crashes into Chiwenga's motorcade
A HARARE motorist was yesterday summoned to appear in court after he allegedly crashed into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade along Glenara Avenue and Samora Machel Avenue in November la...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | 7994 | by Staff reporter
4 investments that don't give any returns
People are locked in a constant struggle to invest their wealth in the most promising stocks or startup ventures, so the first and last thing on their minds is to make the biggest returns possible. Ho...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:59hrs | 4213 | by Staff Reporter
Govt mulls compulsory defensive driving courses
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza has encouraged motorists to undergo defensive driving courses, to reduce fatal accidents on the country's roads.Speaking on...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Please Mthuli, tax these bastards!
"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."Hallelujah!A story is often told of how Charles Mungoshi was once invited for a book reading of his Sho...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:36hrs | 573 | by Bishop Lazarus
4 miners still trapped underground
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday visited Cricket Mine in the Battlefields area, the scene of the recent mine shaft disaster that has so far claimed 24 lives.Four artisanal miners are sti...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 15:59hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Journalism needs overhaul
Zimbabwean journalist Haru Mutasa recently drew fire from some local journalists and social media couch potatoes - many of whom masquerade as experts on each and every issue - when she pointed out the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:06hrs | 220 | by Conway Tutani
Stabbing at school
A Zengeza 4 High School pupil is nursing injuries at Chitungwiza Central Hospital after he was stabbed in the abdomen last Friday while defending his neighbour who had accidentally stepped onto assail...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 17:04hrs | 3621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avails $30m for Matabeleland South roads
Government has availed $30 million for various roads in Matabeleland South province under the road development programme that will see maintenance of roads and undertaking of developmental projects in...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:30hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mzansi Express bus involved in accident
A Mzansi Express bus that was on its way from Johannesburg to Bulawayo has been reported to have overturned just near Gwanda.Journalist Mdududzi Mathuthu confirmed that the accident, “h...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | 8361 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt regrets Battlefields disaster
The fourth cabinet sitting of 2019 has regretted the Battlefields mine disaster and decided to institute thorough investigations.24 bodies were retrieved from the mines, while 8 people were pu...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 20:01hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | 248 | by Victor Bhoroma
Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 8 miners pulled out alive after 5 days in flooded tunnel
Rescuers pulled out eight illegal gold miners alive at Cricket Mine on Saturday, five days after they were trapped in flooded shafts.Rescue efforts were continuing to find about 60 others whos...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2419 | by Reuters/ZimLive
Beitbridge refuse collection worker crushed by truck
A BEITBRIDGE refuse collection worker was on Thursday killed by a truck he was loading in the border town.Town clerk Loud Ramakgapola confirmed the mishap which claimed the life of Kumbulani M...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Rescuers to begin retrieval of bodies of up to 70 Battlefields mine disaster victims
Rescuers are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners in Battlefields on Friday, but none are expected to have survived flooding in the shafts and the number of casualties could rise t...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 303 | by Reuters§
Rescue underway at Zimbabwe mines where over 23 trapped
The Civil Protection Unit in Mashonaland West has stepped up efforts to drain water from two flooded mines where at least 23 people reportedly died on Tuesday evening.The miners died when inte...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:25hrs | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Con-artist dupes minister, Zanu-PF MP
A SERIAL Harare conman allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda to dupe several prominent people, among them Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda and Bubi l...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
2 die in separate road accidents
Two people died in separate road accidents that occurred in Madziwa and Rusape at the weekend.One person died, while four others were injured when a Mazda pick-up truck they were travelling in...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
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