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Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 13 hrs ago | 689 | by Eddie cross
Business frets over third Covid-19 wave
BUSINESS is fretting over the possibility of a Covid-19 third wave, with captains of industry warning this week another stringent lockdown would push the economy over the brink.There have been...Published: 13 hrs ago | 337 | by Staff reporter
Rural District Council demands refund from vehicle dealer
CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) was left counting its losses and is now seeking to recover over $6 158 120 from embattled Solution Motors, a vehicle dealer that was recently blacklisted by the P...Published: 14 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for property developer
HARARE property developer George Katsimberis, who is accused of duping his partner in the Madokero housing project, was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to attend court....Published: 14 hrs ago | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must push for virtual law firms
WITH technology being a catalyst for change, it has empowered various business sectors to increase productivity. With all the negative impact that COVID-19 has come with, we can all admit that it has ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 47 | by Gracious Kaunda
Green Bombers Zanu-PF's election trump card
ZANU PF government's hunger to retain power at all costs has reached unprecedented levels as evidenced by its recent decision to reintroduce the controversial National Youth Service training programme...Published: 14 hrs ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 14 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
2 pupils murdered, dumped in a toilet pit
TWO Grade 1 pupils from Mbaza Primary School in Nyanga were allegedly killed on their way from school on Tuesday and their bodies were dumped in a disused toilet pit about 2km from the school....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:57hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for sexually abusing a corpse
Harare man who once made headlines sometime in January for sexually abusing a corpse has been jailed for 11 months.Bigman Sipiliano was convicted for violating the corpse's rights and indecent...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2483 | by Shelton Muchena
General strike is the only way out, says ZCTU
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner have declared that a crippling general strike was the only way out of the current salary crisis as government was not keen on addressi...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 772 | 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 | 888 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer's bid to close down digital banking platforms flops
A HARARE lawyer's attempt to have all mobile-based digital banking platforms of FBC Bank closed after an imposter used his name to fraudulently open an account with the bank for criminal activities, f...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
'It is sink or swim time for the MDC'
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics.In addition, the MDC bo...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
BCC revenue collection in disarray
THE Covid-19 pandemic has hampered the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) revenue collection, with the city fathers admitting it has exacerbated their already dwindling financial position. The late...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to work only Monday and Tuesday
The government will try to restart salary negotiations with public sector workers, a minister said on Sunday as tens of thousands of civil servants gave notice to work two-day weeks.Public sec...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5892 | by Staff reporter
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Fear paralyses Zimbabwe opposition
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country's laws. ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Woman axes boyfriend
IN a fit of rage, a 50-year-old Binga woman allegedly struck her live-in boyfriend once on the head with an axe accusing him of leaving her alone at home as he went for a beer drink.Saria Munk...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:32hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BCC fails to explain prolonged water shortages
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has failed to explain the prolonged water shortages in the city, ruling out the possibility of normalisation of water supplies soon.The council has failed to meet t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Minister guarantees showbiz return
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation deputy minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire on Friday met with Bulawayo-based artists and assured them of the imminent reopening of the showbiz sector after it had remain...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
'Security officers leading most armed robberies in Zimbabwe'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Thursday admitted before the Senate that serving and former police officers and soldiers were involved in the majority of armed robberies recorded throughout t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean vehicle maker partners US-based company
A LOCAL vehicle manufacturer, Hende Moto, has secured a partnership with a United States-based Max Sound Corp, which will see the two providing high-definition audio technology on all the company's ve...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Govt to 'demolish, repave' Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, says Chiwenga
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says the government is very concerned about the deplorable state of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, which is the gateway to the country's prime tourism desti...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Yes, a man can die better than these men
Remember Herbert Chitepo, Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, Alfred Nikita Mangena, Josiah Tongogara and others as you blithely enjoy the freedom they died for. What were their dreams, are we honoring the ideals ...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 08:37hrs | 2367 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Third wave feared
The spike in Covid-19 cases, especially in schools, could be a signal of the beginning of a deadlier third wave of the pandemic, health experts have warned.According to a situation report rele...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Teen mum throws baby into croc-infested river
IN an incident that has shocked villagers, a teen mother from Nyevedzanai Village in Chivi District, Masvingo Province allegedly threw her two-year-old baby into the crocodile-infested Tugwi River fol...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Former MP's family narrates armed robbery ordeal
A gang of about five robbers armed with machetes, axes, iron bars and knobkerries allegedly pounced on former Mbizo legislator, Vongaiishe Mupereri's house in Golden Acres in Kwekwe where they got awa...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
If you sow mischief, you harvest grief
IN 2019, Zimbabwe experienced three days of darkness between January 14 and January 17.It seemed looneys had broken from the asylum and set fire on the tinderbox.Chaos and madness reig...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has dismembered MDC A, will not need to rig to win 2023' - only counter, demand reforms before 2023
Dear Tony Reeler,Thank you very much for your thought-provoking article 'Zanu PF won't concede electoral defeat' in New Zimbabwe and Bulawayo24. The root cause of Zimbabwe economic meltdown an...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1786 | by Wilbert Mukori
Schools record 106 COVID-19 cases in one day
TWO schools in Matabeleland South have reported 106 cases of COVID-19, reigniting fears that schools remain hotspots and that authorities were not adequately prepared for their reopening.Sacre...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:02hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Pupils turned away as teachers abscond
PUPILS from various schools were yesterday turned away after "incapacitated" teachers resolved to attend duty for three days per week.NewsDay Weekender gathered that parents were ordered to wi...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:01hrs | 2583 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa entrenches authoritarian rule
THE incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe this week has all but confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's unwillingness to reform as his regime continues to use lawf...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:36hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Business escalates rice tax deadlock
ZIMBABWE'S retail and wholesale industries, under pressure from Treasury to pay a controversial tax on rice in retrospect, have approached President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Vice-President Co...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Ndewere hearing: Mushore exposes Justice Malaba
JUDICIAL Service Commission (JSC) deputy legal services secretary Faith Mushure has exposed Chief Justice Luke Malaba for "lying" that suspended High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, had 28 reviews ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo newspaper vendor killed
A NEWSPAPER vendor in Bulawayo was found dead with his privates ripped open, metres from his home in the early hours of Wednesday. Farai Mazhindu popularly known in Luveve as Dread or Rasta wa...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills granny (86) over girlfriend
A LOVESTRUCK juvenile (17) from Madlambudzi in Matabeleland South stoned his ex-girlfriend's grandfather (86) after the elderly man barred him from taking the girl out for a date. Matabeleland...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors move up FIFA rankings
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors have remained outside the top 100 despite making huge strides by establishing themselves as one of the best performing teams in the region in recent years following their third suc...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:47hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Passport office turns away hundreds
POLICE in Bulawayo on Tuesday turned away hundreds of people who had thronged the Registrars General's Office for the application and collection of passports defying Covid-19 regulations. As a...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:34hrs | 2133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwandan genocide suspect
United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to all...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:31hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Bosso crowd-fund for Covid-19 tests
A group of Highlanders FC members and supporters has embarked on an initiative to raise US$1 500 to cover the team's Covid-19 tests to enable the first team to start training. Twelve Premiersh...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:42hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans missing after Cabo Delgado attacks
TWO Zimbabweans are reportedly missing in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado region where Islamic State linked insurgents recently ran amok in the town of Palma leaving dozens dead and many more maime...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:41hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
NUST launches Covid-19 vaccination program
THE National university of Science and Technology launched its Covid-19 vaccination program for staff members and students today with the University`s vice Chancellor Professor Mqhele Dlodlo being the...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A must NOT boycott elections' advised Magaisa - echo of ruinous GNU advice NOT to implement reforms
"If there is a phrase that must not be entertained by the MDC Alliance right now, it is the phrase 'boycott by-elections'. Not when the opponents are doing everything to take you out of political spac...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:17hrs | 1160 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa, Sadc leaders in crucial Moza indaba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow join other Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in a crucial regional meeting to map a strategy to fight Islamist militants in Mozambique's ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance's Marova trip to Liberia flops
MDC-Alliance activist Netsai Marova, who is facing a number of criminal charges at the Harare Magistrates Court including making a false report about her alleged abduction, yesterday could not get her...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Govt, civil servants face-off
GOVERNMENT has threatened to revoke salaries for civil servants who are not reporting for work in protest over poor salaries as the impasse between the State and its employees continues to escalate....Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2708 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, Africa ill-prepared for COVID-19 3rd wave'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said a potentially deadly third wave of COVID-19 was imminent at a time when most African countries' healthcare facilitiesand personnel were overstretched a...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
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