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Mwonzora party implodes?
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T formation faces implosion after top executives including his deputy Thokozani Khupe, were ordered to leave the party for recently defying a directive to withdraw financial imp...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2820 | by Staff reporter
CSC in bid to recoup US$34m debt
COLD Storage Company (CSC) corporate rescue manager Vonani Majoko is planning to institute legal action against the parastatal's debtors to recoup an estimated US$34 million owed it by mostly Zanu-PF ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 195 | by Staff reporter
Schools not allowed to withhold exam results
Schools are forbidden from withholding examination results for students whose parents still owe fees and must instead take action against the parents to recover debts, Primary and Secondary Education ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:08hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver runs over traffic cop at roadblock
A traffic police officer is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was run over by a commuter omnibus while manning a roadblock in the mining town of Kwekwe. Police have since...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume arrested for picking litter in Mbare
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe President and the founder of the July Movement, Jacob Ngarivhume has been arrested in Mbare.He is currently detained at Matapi Police Station.Ngarivhume had notified...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:54hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
We're not arresting school, company vehicles, says police
POLICE have said company and school-owned buses are allowed to operate freely across the country as they clarified misconceptions around the on-going blitz illegal kombi operations."In enforci...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:48hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
ZRP block opposition clean-up exercise
POLICE yesterday blocked a clean-up exercise in Mbare initiated by opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume saying they feared that the programme could turn into a political gathering....Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Habitual unlicensed bus driver nabbed at roadblock
A MAN wanted by police over a bus accident that killed two people 10 years ago, is working for another bus company plying the Shamva-Harare route and admits to using a fake Class One drivers licence w...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Cop run over by kombi, battling for life
A police officer is battling for life at Kwekwe General Hospital after he was deliberately run over by a pirate commuter omnibus in the early hours of Friday.According to the police, Assistant...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
No major changes in Warriors squad
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic is believed to have opted for familiar faces save for Luton town defender Brendan Galloway ahead of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia nex...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:28hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
UBH Covid-19 admissions up
THE United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) has in the last six weeks recorded an increase in Covid-19 admissions, an official has said.Patients with Covid-19 who go to UBH are treated at the renovated...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:21hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to blacklist auction forex abusers
Importers that do not acquit bills of entry to prove proper use of foreign currency from the auction system shall be blacklisted, according to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya....Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu donates to Mnangagwa home school
Former Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) and philanthropist Killer Zivhu has donated furniture worth more than US$10 000 to President Emerson Mnangagwa's home school Lundi Primary School under Chi...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:24hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism is unwelcome and unconstitutional in the new Zimbabwe dispensation
A news article appeared recently in a local media publication that said that the Minister of Justice Ziyambi accused an MDC-T Senator Khaliphani Phugeni of being a tribalist who apparently had e...Published: 01 May 2021 at 09:11hrs | 815 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Pupils stranded as police impound vehicles
SCORES of pupils were yesterday left stranded at roadsides as police in Bulawayo impounded vehicles that were pirating in defiance of the Government's travel regulations meant to curb the spread of Co...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism row erupts in Senate over vacant vice president position
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi accused a Senator of being a tribalist on Tuesday for claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marginalising Matabeleland and women by failing to appoint a new v...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:40hrs | 6881 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor condemns Sidojiwe Flats
BULAWAYO'S overcrowded Sidojiwe Flats in Belmont have been condemned as unsafe for human habitation.Mayor Solomon Mguni called for immediate decongestion of the overcrowded flats during a meet...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1001 | by Staff writer
Zanu-PF controlled Senate approves constitutional clauses
The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill, which proposes a raft of amendments to the Constitution, went through its Second Reading and Committee stage in the Senate yesterday without any fu...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 285 | by Staff writer
How blockchain is transforming Zimbabwe's economy
Zimbabwe is perhaps the first example that comes to anyone's mind when they think of failed states or economies. The country has been regularly making global headlines for the wrong reasons, with its ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:33hrs | 1330 | by Staff writer
Beitbridge road contractors on track to complete revamp
Five Zimbabwean companies contracted to widen, rehabilitate and upgrade the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are confident of completing all the roadworks and have the revamped road fully working ne...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos G40, Gamatox
POLITICAL analysts have warned that the closing of ranks by Zanu-PF factions spells even greater danger for the country's brawling opposition ahead of the 2023 national elections.The fresh war...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:39hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youth leader arrested
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Youth Assembly chairperson, Obey Tererai Sithole was arrested this Monday at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of criminal nuisance.Sithole who had gone to co...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 20:30hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Police intercept Bulawayo bound bus laden with smuggled contraband
A BULAWAYO bound Inter Africa bus was intercepted by police in Mutare Saturday smuggling contraband of second-hand merchandise worth thousands of dollars.The goods had been illegally brought i...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2535 | by Staff reporter
Govt defends disputed Dinde mining project
GOVERNMENT has defended the disputed Chinese coal mining project in Dinde, Hwange district, Matabeleland North province, and threatened to arrest villagers blocking the project.Zanu-PF Dinde a...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
7 cattle rustlers arrested
POLICE yesterday arrested seven suspected cattle rustlers in Bikita and Chiredzi districts and recovered 46 stolen beasts, mostly from the suspects' residences.Police spokesperson Assistant Co...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:42hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Businessman fires shots at police roadblock
Popular Mount Darwin and Bindura businessman Lucky Kapiya of Tonje plastic company allegedly fired two shots in the air at a roadblock in Mount Darwin yesterday thereby dispersing police officers mann...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 18:05hrs | 4659 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mount Darwin
Zimbabwe @ 41: The victim's lasting solution to the Gukurahundi Holocaust
Zimbabwe is still at rail-road crossing with regard to the Gukurahundi genocide whose resolution remains elusive forty-one (41) years on. The signage is unambiguously restricting any break-through wha...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 640 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zanu-PF tricked MDCs on running mates, says Charamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Zanu-PF tricked the opposition MDC formations to consent to the passing of the Constitutional Amendment No 20 with a conte...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 4126 | by Staff reporter
Police block anti-Mwonzora protest
Police yesterday blocked MDC-T supporters from staging a demonstration against their leader Douglas Mwonzora whom they accuse of stealing $6 355 000 from party coffers.Mwonzora's former close ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
Robbers force children out of stolen vehicle
A 31-year-old Glen View man lost his gold Toyota Corolla Bubble and US$200 cash to armed robbers who forced out his two children sitting in the car at their home on Tuesday night. The man had ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Cops turn down US$9 000 bribe
Police in Nyazura, Manicaland, on Wednesday exhibited a high degree of professionalism when they resisted a US$9 000 bribe dangled by members of a smuggling syndicate. They arrested six ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 2518 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs, police clash over gold claims
RULING Zanu-PF party officials in Gokwe North district have accused local police officers of leading an illegal mining syndicate and blocking locals and traditional leaders from mining following a gol...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists invade Anglican Church farm
Zanu-PF activists, who invaded the Anglican Church owned Cyrene Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South province, have been accused of invoking the ruling party's name to resist eviction.Anti-riot...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Police block Mthwakazi demo
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked an anti-government demonstration organised by the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP).The MRP wanted to take to the streets to protest the persecut...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Robbers storm Zanu-PF official's home, burn his backside
POLICE in Mutoko have arrested five suspected armed robbers who besieged the home of a top Zanu-PF official and renowned businessman, Zano Kahuni, and tortured him with a hot iron before robbing him o...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs cry foul over forex accounts
Zanu-PF legislators say they are finding it increasingly difficult to conduct business because banks are rejecting their applications for foreign currency-dominated accounts citing sanctions by wester...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:28hrs | 2023 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers build dams
VILLAGERS in the Garanyemba area of Gwanda in Matabeleland South province have launched a community initiative to build small dams and roads to boost development in the area.In an interview, w...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Hwange school neglected two years after storm
The state of Ndangababi Primary School in Cross Dete reflects that of many rural schools in Hwange district. Lack of furniture and dilapidated classroom blocks are commonplace.Attending lesson...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF MPs blocking from opening nostro accounts'
BUHERA South MP, Joseph Chinotimba says he and some other Zanu-PF officials were struggling to find a bank that could allow them to open nostro accounts due to sanctions imposed on them by the United ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:55hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Court shoots down Mnangagwa road renaming
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re¬name Bulawayo city roads in his name has hit a snag after a High Court judge blocked the move.Last year, Local Government minister July Moyo ordered t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2058 | by Staff Reporter
Tech trends that cannot be ignored in 2021 and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated reduced physical human interaction with more people engaging online now than ever before. This is unlikely to fade anytime soon and will see the increased datafic...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:09hrs | 387 | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Matopo community constructs new school
VILLAGERS in Matopo's ward 5, Matabeleland South province, have come together with their relatives in the diaspora to contribute towards the construction of a school after noticing that their children...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5303 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harare refuse collection left to the dogs
IT has emerged that the failure by the City of Harare to collect garbage from high-density suburbs has given rise to opportunists who are now collecting garbage from households for a fee.They ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 301 | by Harare Residents Trust
'Gweru still has pole and dagga classrooms'
CLASSROOM blocks in resettlement areas in Gweru district, built from pole and dagga, are prone to climate change-related disasters posing safety risks to schoolchildren, a government official has said...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ship in turbulent waters
HARARE giants Dynamos' preparations for the 2021 season were yesterday thrown into disarray following the shock suspension of goalkeepers' coach Gift Muzadzi while goalkeeper Simb...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:05hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe's land reform programme is non-negotiable
IN A sign that Harare may be hardening its stance towards the West, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says meaningful re-engagement with Washington and Brussels will only happen when they accept that there...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
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