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Wife bashes hubby for 17 years
AS the world commemorates the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), the spotlight is mainly on children and women as they are the chief victims.But while society, which is l...Published: 6 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese firm to set up hospital in Zimbabwe
A group of doctors here intend to build a hospital in Zimbabwe specialising in Chinese medicine and a feasibility study for the project will be done at the beginning of next year, renowned Chinese med...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Attempted assassination and abduction: The new MDC campaign tools
The opposition MDC has become a pale shadow of itself and has failed to occupy the coveted address in Zimbabwe, the State Presidency of staying at Number One Chancellor Avenue in the party's 20 years ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:53hrs | 2879 | by Elijah Chihota
Horror crash kills pastor, wife
THE United Methodist Church was plunged into mourning ahead of its eastern annual conference at Old Mutare tomorrow after the death of one the convention organisers and his wife in a horror accident i...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: A bus with 51 passengers overturns in Harare
Reports from Harare indicate that a speeding bus overturned at Corner Robert Mugabe and Chiremba Road in Harare this morning killing two people on the spot. ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 8257 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4 die in Harare-Mutare highway accident
FOUR people died on Wednesday night after their vehicle side-swiped with a haulage truck at the 140-kilometre peg along the Harare-Mutare highway.The four are Edwin Kudzaishe (26) from Mutanda...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:41hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Matemadanda in verbal showdown
EXILED former Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, who is being linked to a new plot to bounce back and challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 elections, has generated ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:41hrs | 8515 | by Staff reporter
5 dead in kombi accident
Five people perished, three of them on the spot, while 11 others were injured when a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus they were traveling in veered-off the road and overturned after the driver lost contr...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 17:07hrs | 4158 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver 'kills' boy
AN unlicensed driver from Beitbridge allegedly hit and killed a six-year-old boy who was cycling home. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confi...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:09hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Man abducts cop
A BINDURA man was last week convicted of resisting arrest and kidnapping a police officer at a roadblock before assaulting other police officers who intervened to rescue their colleague.Godfre...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Ignorance of law costs lives on Zimbabwe's roads
In 2015, government passed Statutory Instrument (SI) 129 of 2015 ordering the installation of speed governors or tracking systems in all public passengers carrying vehicles in a move meant to curb the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Homes, land destroyed as gold panners invade region
Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold....Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Material shortage hits Bulawayo Registrar General office
Bulawayo residents have bemoaned the slow pace in the processing of national documents at the registrar general office amid reports that they are serving 20 people a day due to a shortage of consumabl...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:07hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
MPs question ZUPCO subsidy scheme
Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned the sustainability of the government's mass public transport scheme under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO), which is gobbling millions of dolla...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:06hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Cameras for traffic offences
MOTORISTS engaging in reckless driving will now be captured by cameras and follow ups with the owners will be carried for prosecution, Harare police spokesperson has said.Acting provincial pol...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2273 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages haunt Zupco
ZIMBABWE United Passenger Company (Zupco) has failed to supply its fleet in Bulawayo with fuel for the past three days, leaving thousands of the commuting public stranded, Southern Eye has heard....Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to reshuffle security ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is moving in to reshuffle the security ministers in his cabinet a highly placed source in the Office of the President and Cabinet has said.Speaking to this reporte...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 09:09hrs | 5687 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube burns his house to smoke out a rat
The 2020 national budget statement announced by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube a fortnight ago was telling in more ways than one. The professor had no qualms to nail his govern...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1467 | by Cliff Chiduku
2019 soccer stars big omissions
DYNAMOS right back Emmanuel Jalayi must be gazing covetously as he goes through the list of the selected 2019 Soccer Stars of the Year announced yesterday.He must be wondering at domestic foot...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:42hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Driver sued diverting revenue for mealie meal transportation to DRC
Makiwa Transport (PVT) Ltd company has taken a driver and his relatives to court for stealing over US$1500 revenue obtained through the transportation of mealie meal to the Democratic Republic of Cong...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 19:22hrs | 2902 | by Stephen Jakes
'Pirate taxi drivers prey on young girls'
Pirate taxi drivers and driving school instructors in Marondera are topping the list of men who are sexually exploiting young girls after luring them with money.This was revealed at a workshop...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
3 die in head-on collision
Three people including the driver died on the spot while one sustained serious injuries when the vehicles they were traveling in were involved in a head on collision near Mandadzaka business centre in...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:33hrs | 3656 | by Staff reporter
Every cloud has a silver lining
Though 'painful', the stratospheric fuel prices seem to have tamed the speed demons on our roads. Every cloud has a silver lining indeed for our roads had become racing lanes. Availability of copious ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:04hrs | 686 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
NetOne looks to narrow liquidity gap
Mobile network operator NetOne has directed its focus on narrowing the liquidity gap and restoring value through maintaining a quality balance sheet as a way of sustaining performance and flexibility ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube clears the air on inflation figures
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said Government had not banned calculations of Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate but the actualities would be determined using the...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Zupco hits half a million mark
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has, since the beginning of the year, increased its fleet to 500 conventional buses, both its own and those using its franchise, and 383 kombis. It is mak...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
'Cross-border traders to declare forex sources'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is headed for another clash with cross-border traders and ordinary citizens after announcing plans to compel travellers to disclose their source of foreign cu...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:23hrs | 3966 | by Staff reporter
South Africa reignites historical bonds of unity
Something unprecedented happened on November 18, 2019 in South Africa.For the first time in many years, a neighbouring country took it upon itself to hold a convention to pragmatically explore...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:10hrs | 127 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabweans competing in lifestyles in the UK
In November alone fifteen Zimbabweans have died in the Uk from stress related cases. The life in the UK has been moulded to a competition. It may not be The Hunger Games, but in this massive multi-pla...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 72209 | by Masimba Mavaza
Accident victims named
The Zimbabwe Republic Police(ZRP) has released the names of seven of the eight horror crash victims who perished on the spot after the Toyota Hiace they were traveling in heading to Kanyemba from Hara...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 19:03hrs | 5131 | by Staff reporter
8 dead in kombi fire
Eight people died while two others sustained minor injuries last night when a commuter omnibus heading to Kanyemba from Harare collided with a lorry and burst into flames in Concession, Mazowe Distric...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 13:39hrs | 2910 | by Staff reporter
Truck plunges into a pothole in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has explained the accident in which a truck plunged into a ditch in the city yesterday resulting in the image going viral on social media platforms. It is alleged tha...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 3300 | by Staff reporter
Man drowns daughter in custody row
A taxi driver from Gweru allegedly drowned his two-year-old daughter in a dam before hanging himself from a tree near the dam following a dispute over the custody of the child with his girlfriend. ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officers arrested in forex toll fraud
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officers have defrauded the entity of at least US$30 000, and perhaps as much as US$450 000 in a cheating scam using tollgate coupons issued to foreign ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Truck falls into 'pothole' in Bulawayo
A DRIVER in Bulawayo was left fuming at local authorities after his truck plunged into a ditch formed by a pipe burst, that swallowed half his vehicle, as he swerved to avoid a pothole along Old Khami...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:04hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt' VID officers saga concluded
The corruption saga involving three Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) officers at Marondera depot has been concluded with one of the top officials reportedly demoted and transferred.Three of...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:08hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Bully (16) stabs boy thrice over protection fee
A 16-year-old bully from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another boy thrice with an Okapi knife demanding money that he said was a protection fee in the neighbourhood. ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:05hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, global de-dollarisation case study - Prof Ncube
Zimbabwe is undergoing a de-dollarisation process that very few countries have successfully implemented and will need time to address the lingering effects of dollarisation, Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF delegates accreditation starts
Accreditation of delegates expected to attend the 18th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference to be held at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province will start this week, secretary for informati...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash, 2 dead on the spot
TWO Safeguard Security employees died on the spot yesterday after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree while trying to avoid a head-on collision on a curve in Bulawayo's Suburbs subu...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere remembers Chiwenga's coup
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has posted a tweet remembering the November 2017 bloody coup that ended 37 years of the late President Robert Mugabe's iron rule. Said Kasuku...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 15:17hrs | 6516 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:08hrs | 814 | by Staff Reporter
Massive road trip for Bosso fans
HIGHLANDERS' fans are planning a massive road show to Zvishavane on Saturday for Bosso's penultimate out of Bulawayo trip of the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, where they face champio...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Infrastructural development key to woo investors, says Mangwana
ZIMBABWE needs to focus more on local infrastructure investments and industrialisation in order to woo investors and boost the crumbling economy, a top government official has said.Ministry of...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar and the quest for redemption
A NEW currency is in town and this week we witnessed its physical manifestation exactly four-and-a-half months after its official return. Since February, however, the near-return was almost predictabl...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 151 | by Respect Gwenzi
Mob tries to burn hearse at border
CHAOS broke out at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday when a mob of cross border drivers attempted to burn a Toyota Quantum carrying the body of a gang leader accused of unleashing a reign of terror aga...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:32hrs | 2442 | by Staff reporter
65% of Zimbabweans live in poverty
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) says poverty was now endemic in Zimbabwe, with 65% of adults earning US$100 or less per month.Addressing delegates attending an ILO workshop to co-c...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
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