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'Stop bribing Zimbabwe prosecutors'
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of Zimbabwe has warned the public against bribing officials, especially prosecutors to fast-track cases as it is a criminal offence.The authority said ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has only one cancer machine
HEALTH ministry secretary Jasper Chimedza yesterday revealed that Zimbabwe has only one functional radiotherapy machine to service all the country's cancer patients.According to Global Cancer ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 239 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburb plunges into darkness
BULAWAYO's Newton West suburb was plunged into darkness early yesterday morning after thieves once again stole copper cables as the spate of vandalism of critical public infrastructure continues unaba...Published: 22 hrs ago | 216 | by Staff reporter
Rehabilitation facility for Bulawayo CBD
GOVERNMENT is set to establish a rehabilitation and outpatient facility in Bulawayo's city centre to help with counselling and psychosocial support for drug abusers and addicts.This was said b...Published: 22 hrs ago | 134 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping learner several times
A 35-year-old teacher from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly turning one of his learners into a sex slave, raping her at least four times last month, police have confirmed....Published: 22 hrs ago | 448 | by Staff reporter
Students4ED petition Govt over city council's corruption
UNIVERSITY students under the banner of the Students for Economic Development (S4ED) want Government to intervene in an alleged illegal demolition executed in Mbare last year following a c...Published: 22 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF primaries were utter fiasco for ED thx Mafia' said Mliswa. ED's turn to sleep with one eye open
If one, Right Honourable Temba P Mliswa, MP for Norton, is to be believed, then the Gold Mafia is certainly bigger then Zanu PF and they are the ones behind President Mnangagwa's humiliating defeats i...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 11:12hrs | 3763 | by Wilbert Mukori
Villagers accuse police of protecting criminals
VILLAGERS in the Mbembesi area of Matabeleland North province have accused the police of protecting criminals after some arrested cattle rustling suspects were reportedly released from police custody ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers jailed 21 years
THREE Mberengwa men have been sentenced to a combined 21 years in jail for robbing a man at gunpoint.Alford Namusimundo, Macdonald Moyo and Nkosilathi Jabangwe pleaded guilty to the offence wh...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabwe's judiciary to decisively deal with political violence
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opening the Epworth Magistrates Court, accompanied by Vice-Presient Constantino Chiwenga, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Big surprises in Zanu-PF primaries
SOME ministers and veteran parliamentarians fell by the wayside in the Zanu-PF primary elections that were held over the weekend as the ruling party entrenches democracy and reenergises its base ahead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?
As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | 1134 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kuda Mahachi gets Europe invite
CLUBLESS Zimbabwe Warriors diminutive midfielder, Kudakwashe Mahachi has been invited for a trial stint by Gibraltar professional football team, FCB Magpies.The ginger-haired Mahachi is club h...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:12hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
More Cholera cases reported in Zimbabwe
MORE suspected cholera cases have been detected in Zimbabwe during the past 24 hours with reports that 14 people are hospitalised countrywide.A total of nine new cases were reported, all local...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 16:52hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
United Kingdom has Red Flagged Zimbabwe
The United Kingdom (UK) yesterday officially announced that Zimbabwe is now on the Red List. Therefore, active recruitment is not permitted from Zim...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 14:13hrs | 2026 | by Shelton Muchena in London
Traditional leaders milking Zanu-PF candidates
Traditional leaders in Masvingo province mainly in Zaka district are making a killing from Zanu-PF candidates who are campaigning ahead of party primary elections set for Saturday March 25.Can...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:39hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
It's election time in Zanu-PF today
IT is all systems go for the Zanu-PF primary elections that will take place today in all provinces except Masvingo and Midlands in a contest to choose candidates to stand on the ruling party ticket in...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:08hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Looting fears mount in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S gold markets were overrun this week by fears that the recently announced steep increase of 400% in gold dealing licence fees would result in a sharp rise in smuggling of the precious ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | 5734 | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
State withdraws another fraud case against Chombo
The State has withdrawn another case of corruption against former Cabinet minister, Ignatius Chombo, because of lack of evidence.Three other cases against Chombo that were investigated by the ...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:46hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP in court for rape
A former member of parliament for Kambuzuma, Tinashe Maduza, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drugging, sexually assaulting and robbing one of his former employees and later for kidnapping hi...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Lions cause havoc in Matebeleland North
A pride of lions is reportedly causing havoc in parts of Lupane, Matebeleland North, where herds of cattle belonging to different farmers have been killed.Children have not been to school as v...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries get all clear
THE Zanu-PF Politburo has approved at least 99,9 percent of CVs of aspiring primary elections candidates with the ruling party saying only those involved in violence and criminal cases were disqualifi...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:31hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's election lawsuit dishonest
ZIMBABWE'S former Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs minister, Eric Matinenga , a senior ex-MDC-T official, has described as "dishonest" the declaratur sought by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Moscow opens criminal case over Putin warrant
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and judges who issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin have become the targets of a criminal case, Russia's Investigative Commit...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean journalist obtains a PhD in Media
Prominent Zimbabwean journalist Mthulisi Mathuthu, who has worked for different media houses, has extended his knowledge horizons as a scribe into academia, obtaining a PhD on Media framing China in A...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law is still offside
A significant number of our readers have reacted with anger and disappointment to comments made by Sports and Recreation Commission chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa who said that his organisation was unmov...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Sub-standard stadia a Zimbabwe challenge
Football action gets underway this weekend in the country with the Premier Soccer League action programme kicking off. We are aware that teams have been preparing for the league programme and th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean lecturers told that their services are no longer required in SA
Several Zimbabwean and Lesotho lecturers on exemption permits that allow them to live and work in SA, have been told their services are no longer required by the Department of Higher Education (DHE)....Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 3385 | by Staff reporter
Corporal punishment permissible in Zimbabwe, rules High Court
A HIGH Court judge yesterday ruled that corporal punishment is permissible and cannot be classified as assault and a criminal offence if the intent to discipline is proven.Justice Munamato Mut...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to revive chieftainships abolished by colonisers
President Mnangagwa has said Government will continue resuscitating chieftainships that were abolished by the Rhodesian settler regime and implored chiefs to foster peace and unity as the country head...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers the newly installed chiefs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered the newly installed chiefs with new cars and promised to improve their living conditions while urging them to defend their land ahead of the general elections...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 19:15hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases decrease
BULAWAYO recorded a decrease in diarrhoea cases despite a worsening water crisis which has seen some residents enduring more than a week with dry taps.Due to the erratic power supply, Bulawayo...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge ready for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit returnees
All officials in Beitbridge are ready to handle an anticipated increased human traffic at the border to facilitate a smooth return of their fellow countrymen at the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Pe...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up municipal courts for by-law offences
Municipal courts are to be set up to deal with offences against the by-laws of local authorities, so these can be handled swiftly outside the ambit of the magistrates courts, Justice, Legal and Parlia...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Supporting someone merely because he can remove Mnangagwa is dangerous for Zimbabwe!
Change for the sake of change is the most dangerous thing!Have we ever wondered why there are some people who appear unable to sustain a relationship - who appear perennially divorcing!...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:50hrs | 907 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 697 | by Cremio Mabauwa
Mnangagwa must reign in his son in-law, says football fans
FOOTBALL supporters have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in the impasse between Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) and suspended Zifa board members which led to Zimbabwe's suspe...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 05:48hrs | 6866 | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3059 | by Tawanda Majoni
What balance and fairness can one truly give a wicked cruel government?
As much there is always overwhelming acceptance and approval of my articles on social justice in Zimbabwe - now and again, there are, nonetheless, some who demand fairness and balance in my analysis....Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 18:53hrs | 417 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa slams bullying in schools
THERE is no place for bullying at the country's schools and parents must take a leading role to ensure their children respect fellow students at learning institutions, President Mnangagwa said....Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-based NGOs in panic mode
A new law governing operations of non-governmental organisations is likely to be operational in Zimbabwe before year end.Predictably, there is uproar and panic in the NGO sector, including som...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 308 | by Ranga Mataire
Zanu-PF primary elections date set
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has set March 18 for Zanu-PF primary elections as the revolutionary party girds its loins ahead of this year's elections leaving nothing to chance to ensure a resounding victory....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe closing gender gaps in technology, says Mutsvangwa
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa says the Second Republic is actively working towards bridging gender gaps which exist in innovation and tech...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 23:14hrs | 97 | by Staff Reporter
'Judiciary, security agents top in rights violations'
ZIMBABWE has recorded 2 683 cases of human rights violations against human rights defenders, mainly perpetrated by State security agents and the Judiciary, human rights organisations have said....Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe journalists can use expired Press cards'
POLICE yesterday said journalists would be allowed to use their expired 2022 Press cards until further notice.This was revealed by national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyat...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
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