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Zimbabwe: A country where a Ferrari can't travel!
We live in a curious country.In traversing Zimbabwe's diverse and often rugged landscapes, one cannot help but notice the overwhelming presence of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). F...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 8684 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BCC launches major effort to clear clogged sewer pipes
In response to growing public concern over frequent sewer blockages, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has launched an extensive programme aimed at clearing the city's clogged sewer pipes, which have lo...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:59hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents urged to stop littering amid clogged drainage
Residents of Bulawayo have been urged to take responsibility for their surroundings by avoiding littering, in a bid to prevent the clogging of the city's already problematic drainage systems.R...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:06hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Insiza South Villagers unite to desilt local dams
Villagers in Insiza South district have successfully pooled resources to desilt three dams, ensuring improved water availability for their communities. The collaborative effort targeted Msengezane Dam...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city fathers urged to fix drainage system before rainy season
Residents of Bulawayo's suburbs have expressed growing concerns over the state of the city's drainage system, urging the Bulawayo City Council to address the issue before the onset of the 2024-2025 ra...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:32hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa revs up Harare's clean-up drive with 52 tractors
A Government facilitated arrangement aimed at spurring the clean-up operation dubbed "Operation Chenesa Harare", will see a batch of 52 tractors being loaned to the city council by Biston Agro Machine...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 3 | 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 | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Potholes re-emerge in wake of recent rains
HEAVY rains being recorded across the country have caused more extensive damage to some major roads in Bulawayo, which are now riddled with potholes making driving a nightmare in the city. Apa...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 14 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa stuck with 32 unclaimed bodies
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has threatened to conduct pauper burials for 32 bodies which have remained unclaimed at the health institution since March this year.The hospital gave the next ...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Massive roadworks change face of Beitbridge
THE massive road construction projects in Beitbridge, which dovetail with the ongoing US$300 million modernisation of the border post being spearheaded by the Second Republic, have transformed the fac...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rains a blessing, roads a disaster
Waterlogging and potholes have made driving a nightmare in Bulawayo, while tyre traders are reporting brisk business.Bulawayo resident Mr Thamsanqa Sibanda was driving his vehicle along Intemb...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Poor drainage system blights Bulawayo CBD
BULAWAYO residents' associations have expressed concern over the city's poor drainage system, especially in the Central Business District, which is being worsened by undesignated vending operations an...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes parking fees
Harare City Council's parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd, has increased parking fees by 20 percent for bays in the central business district (CBD) with effect from January 1.Motorists will n...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'High Court clogged with high-profile graft cases'
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) chief law officer Michael Reza says several bigwigs facing graft charges were resorting to taking their cases to the High Court in a bid to delay prosecution....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 4 | by Ignatius Banda
Zimbabwe feeling heat from SA riots
Zimbabwe's industries will likely feel the pinch of the violent demonstrations and looting unfolding in South Africa, its largest trading partner, as trade channels get clogged and supply chains disru...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court bars serial litigant
A SERIAL litigant who filed numerous applications seeking to retain occupation of a house which he is not entitled to has been declared a vexatious litigant by the High Court and his future access to ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the deconstruction of the anecdote of Matabeleland marginalisation
History is replete with many memories of pre and post-independence pains endured by our people. Against this backdrop, even with the Lancaster Conference right up to the Unity Accord of 1987 the natio...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 10 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Heavy rains leave a trail of destruction in Matebeleland South
INCESSANT rains have caused serious damage to infrastructure and crops in Matabeleland South, with villagers fearing for the safety of their houses.Matobo district ward 15 councillor Dickson M...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Nelson Chamisa
Covid-19 'advisory'
DO not put your suffering or sickness to waste. Your greatest template on just how to conduct yourself both in health and in hardship and adversity is none other than Jesus Christ.Is not our g...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 14 | by Zii Masiye
Xmas rush exposes banks
A STEEP rise in demand for liquid cash experienced during the Christmas period exposed weaknesses in Zimbabwe's electric money strategy, a NewsDay Business survey revealed. Clients said electr...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo city in traffic congestion headache
MASVINGO City Council is grappling with congestion that has clogged local and international traffic at Mucheke Bridge, amid revelations that efforts to build an alternative route was stalled by lack o...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 13 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Flash floods hit Bulawayo suburbs
FLASH floods yesterday hit parts of Bulawayo resulting in several houses and some roads being waterlogged following a heavy downpour that pounded the entire city for hours. The floods hit part...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese nationals causing serious land degradation in Mazowe
WATER CRISES has hit Bindura town yet again, with the Chinese nationals being accused of practising alluvial mining at Mazowe river there by causing serious land degradation.Mazowe river...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Small Claims Court jurisdiction reviewed to $300 000
The Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has with immediate effect increased the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Courts to $300 000 from $1 000. The move is aimed at decongesting the ...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poisoning fears spook Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE fear of poisoning has once again come to the fore within Zanu-PF and government circles following allegations by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's close associates that the ailing former Zimba...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to slash PAYE, VAT
Government has said it is considering lowering the income tax structure to stimulate demand for goods and services by reducing the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax heads.Fi...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops almost killed Sikhala?
MDC deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala's lawyer yesterday accused the police of torturing and almost killing him during the surprise transportation on Tuesday from Harare to Masvingo - whe...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells of 'horror' in police custody
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who appeared yesterday at the Bikita Magistrates' Court facing a treason charge, has recounted a horror tale at the hands of the police when he was nicodemously tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stationery shortage hits Registrar-General's office
The Registrar-General's Office (RG) has been hit with a serious shortage of stationery and consumables required to process national identification cards and passports, it has emerged.The offic...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe courts politicised, militarised'
Recent mandatory jail sentences of rioters which range from one year to 5 years are stiffer compared to those imposed in Smith's regime, lawyers and analysts contend.The harsh sentences being ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:03hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda and Tarisai Machakaire
RG's Office to decentralise
The Registrar-General's Office is set to open passport offices in Chitungwiza and Murehwa districts to deal with the large number of people flocking to Harare to apply for travel documents, legislator...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Online resources to help you manage your phone interactions
It can be difficult to keep your cell phone organized. Even a land line can begin to ring too often with unfamiliar numbers. Once you begin to receive too many numbers, the storage on your phone can b...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Tech Reporter
Zimbabweans in make-up craze
Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face.While fashion trends have always been borrowed from oth...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 6 | by Cindy Munyavi
The horror behind Zimbabwe's internet shutdown
I think of how famished for hope we were last year that most of us caressed the scars of Mugabe's noose on our strained necks and tucked the red razors of our bloody past - unpast under our tongues, c...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by NoViolet Bulawayo
Beitbridge Border Post returns to normalcy
A normal pattern has returned to Beitbridge Border Post after a hectic 3 days when vehicles and travellers clogged one of southern Africa's busiest ports of entry.Assistant Regional Immigratio...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Efficient border management system pays dividends
Cross border travellers using the Beitbridge Border Post have commended authorities on the Zimbabwean side for embracing the border efficiency management system that has seen a marked improvement in t...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa 'bans' Kamambo, Banda
ANY hopes that the pair of Felton Kamambo and Gift Banda had of appealing and overturning their disqualification from the ZIFA election were dashed yesterday, with the association ruling that their lo...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Clueless ED has nation push-starting Zimbabwe Bus uphill with empty fuel tank - going nowhere
Of course, Zanu PF rigged the recent elections; if the truth be told the EU, USA and everyone with any understanding of Zimbabwe politics did not expect anything else. "The final results as an...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Acting PG told he will end up like Johannes Tomana and Goba
Acting Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi met his match in the magistrates' court on Tuesday when a top Harare lawyer representing former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere warned him to...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'My money is on the MDC'
Zimbabwe arrived at a monumental crossroads this morning as millions of citizens poured into polling stations to cast their votes in a crucial election, which seeks to break the country's relationship...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 2 | by City Press
Gunshots at Beitbridge border as omalayitsha rampage
SOLDIERS manning Beitbridge Border Post had to fire warning shots yesterday to quell a potentially volatile situation after a rowdy crowd charged at customs officers after refusing to comply with bord...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Accidents, robberies expose MDC-T bussing
Unfortunate incidents involving MDC-T supporters from various parts of the country continue to put paid to spirited denials by the opposition party's leaders that they regularly bus supporters to rall...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge expansion an environmental time bomb
Beitbridge municipality has been cautioned against the continued expansion of residential settlements west of Dulivhadzimo, as this is threatening the town's supply dams.An environmentalist sa...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Damning report on Zimbabwe coup
Zimbabwe's military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe after they became a political threa...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Damning report details soft coup
Damning report on Zimbabwe coupZimbabwe's military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos erupts as Tsvangirai body arrives - Khupe, Mudzuri booed
HARARE - A bitter family feud over Morgan Tsvangirai's widow - Elizabeth - accompanying her husband's body into the One Commando Barracks forced government to step in yesterday and take charge of the ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe coup: Army generals feared for their lives
Army generals feared for their lives after putting former president Robert Mugabe under house arrest as they believed the 93-year-old's loyalists were plotting a counter operation, newly released secr...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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