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MPs want local languages at schools
Lawmakers have underscored the importance of teaching local languages in schools to foster inclusivity, comprehension, and national unity. During a debate on promoting the development of previously ma...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:44hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Obert Masaraure fired from his teaching job
Firebrand unionist and human rights campaigner Obert Masaraure has summarily been dismissed from his job as a schoolteacher.The Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president reveale...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:25hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Former Matopo students donate uniforms to the fire victims
Former Matopo High School students have rallied to assist 52 students affected by a recent fire at the school's boys' hostel. The group, represented by renowned poet Albert Nyathi, donated 52 boys' un...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:13hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
2 more in court over spate of armed robberies
Two more suspects, Thembinkosi Matutu (47) and Batsirai Hutsi (21), appeared in court yesterday in connection with a series of armed robberies in Harare. They joined 11 other accomplices already on re...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge's mega power station takes shape
A Chinese company, Prestige Massive (Pvt) Limited, is progressing with its 1,200 MW coal-fired power and chrome smelting plant in Beitbridge, which is expected to significantly impact the border town'...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:55hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema fires entire anti-corruption board
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has taken the extraordinary step of firing the entire board of the country's corruption-busting body, after they themselves were accused of corruption, which they...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:34hrs | 2233 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police decimate notorious armed robbery gang
A gang of suspected armed robbers who were behind the widely publicised J and P Security robbery, among other movie-style thefts, are now behind bars after they implicated each other one after another...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:32hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman steal US$12k from mother-in-law
A 23-year-old woman from Budiriro, Pamela Nehumba, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing US$12,000 from her mother-in-law, Elinah Gwindingwi. Initially sentenced to two years b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 4th suspect in bus robbery
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the robbery of passengers and crew on a Beitbridge-bound Blue Circle Buses coach at Vilivili Bus Stop in Mwenezi....Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1589 | by Staff reporter
Gunshots at mine, 46 injured
Forty-six people were injured in a violent incident at Element Minerals Mine in Shamva, Mashonaland Central province, on Thursday, following a clash over an alleged illegal mine takeover. The confront...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:59hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya on spending spree
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League side Yadah FC has reinforced their squad with three new foreign players as they strive to avoid relegation. Currently 14th on the league table, just above the relega...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:58hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Suspected bus robbers apprehended
Three of the five suspected armed robbers who attacked a Beitbridge-bound Blue Circle bus near Rutenga, stealing over R60,000 and about US$8,000 from passengers and the bus crew, were quickly apprehen...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:53hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Man sets hut on fire after finding ex-lover with new lover
A 40-year-old man, Mandlenkosi Mhlanga, appeared before the Esigodini Magistrates' Court on two counts of attempted murder. The National Prosecution Authority of Zimbabwe reported that Mhlanga is the ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:48hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike Beitbridge-bound bus
Five suspected armed robbers, disguised as passengers, attacked a Beitbridge-bound Blue Circle bus early yesterday morning. The robbery occurred around 2:30 am near the Neshuro turn-off in Mwenezi dis...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:19hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Sheep on a high: Flock feasts on cannabis after extreme weather
In a truly bizarre twist of fate, a flock of sheep in Greece found themselves feeling a bit too "ewe-phoric" after munching on a crop of weed!Wildfires, heatwaves, and flooding had left the po...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:05hrs | 830 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Biden said 'it's time to put Trump in a bullseye'
US President Joe Biden has dismissed any notion that his calling for putting Donald Trump "in a bullseye" might have incited violence. He was instead trying to shift the "focus" from his own poor TV d...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 10:31hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
US-based NGO Ford Foundation fingered in Kenya protests
Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday accused the US-based Ford Foundation of sponsoring "anarchy" and funding anti-government protests that descended into deadly mayhem last month.The East ...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:39hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
South African authorities apprehend suspects in Zim businessman kidnapping Case
South African security forces arrested fourteen individuals, including three Chinese and two Mozambican nationals, in connection with the kidnapping of a Zimbabwean businessman in Gauteng province....Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 22:16hrs | 1653 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles security chiefs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reshuffled senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officials, elevating those seen as loyal to him amid succession tensions within the ruling Zanu-PF party. Mna...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:42hrs | 7782 | by Staff reporter
The mirage of mystery break-ins at high places in ZImbabwe
SINCE his rise to power in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been the target of several mysterious attacks by unknown assailants.Despite police investigations, the perpetrators of the...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 244 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Lighters and matches are not toys, avoid veld fires
The chill is in the air heralding the onset of the winter season. A time when some orphans, widows, homeless and the aged find themselves with no refuge from the biting cold. You see kids shivering wi...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 14:28hrs | 37 | by Thomas Murisa
Another extorting Zanu-PF bigwig faces suspension, petition served
The restive Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial leadership, central committee and some politburo members have unanimously agreed and endorse petition to suspend and ouster of the province's national chairpers...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 2398 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Bosso bosses over Dembare
Dynamos 0 - 2 HighlandersIn a Castle Lager Premiership match at Rufaro, Highlanders defeated Dynamos with a decisive 2-0 victory, courtesy of goals from McKinnon Mushore and Godfrey Makaruse. The ...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 07:50hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Topics building in Bindura
SEVERAL small retailers were left counting losses after a fire ripped through Topics Building in the Bindura Central Business District (CBD) on Saturday night.One person was injured and proper...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 21:34hrs | 302 | by Staff Reporter
Who wanted to assassinate Donald Trump?
Pennsylvania - Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, a shocking act of political violence that threaten...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
FBI Investigates Trump Rally Shooting as Assassination Attempt
BUTLER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday, resulting in a bloodied face and quick action from ...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 74 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's retirement announcement genuine or facade?
The recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he will step down at the end of his second term in 2028 has been received with mixed feelings with ordinary citizens questioning the genuin...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:21hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Fire engulfs Zimbabwe Police Station, guts 12 vehicles
A HUGE fire yesterday extensively damaged at least 12 vehicles at the Southerton Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) in Harare, with preliminary investigations suggesting an electrical fault was the likely caus...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man escaped from SA police custody
Detectives in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo have launched a massive manhunt, seeking to arrest their "most wanted suspect", Lovemore Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be around 35-years-o...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 15:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
New fire station at Mugabe Airport completed
The Zimbabwe government has completed the construction of a new fire station at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to enhance safety for both travellers and aircraft. Airport infrastr...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Fire incident disrupts flights at Victoria Falls airport
A fire incident on Wednesday night disrupted flight operations at Victoria Falls International Airport earlier today. In a statement, Elijah Chingosho, the Director General of the Civil Aviati...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Teacher fired for kissing pupil, asking her to touch his genitals
An Eastern Cape high school teacher in South Africa who sexually assaulted a pupil has been fired and ordered to never work with children again, despite a plea from his representatives at his hearing ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:43hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
High-tech Western weapons 'useless' in Ukraine conflict
Satellite-guided shells are particularly vulnerable to Russian jamming technology, commanders in Kiev have told the newspaperRussia's electronic warfare capabilities have rendered precision-gu...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:07hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Second fire in 5 days guts Matopo High School
A FIRE has gutted another building at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South, barely a week after a dormitory was razed to a shell by an inferno on Friday morning.In a message to parents, th...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
SA police on hunting for Zimbabwean murder suspect
POLICE in South Africa have launched an "intensive hunt" for a Zimbabwean suspect linked to a series of violent crimes including murder, attempted murder, armed robberies, house robberies, business ro...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Shots fired after thieves target Mnangagwa's private residence
Shots were fired after thieves broke into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's private residence in the exclusive Hellensville neighbourhood in Harare on July 6.It is the third break-in targeting th...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 08:09hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Illegal AK47 possession puts trio behind bars
Three men were arrested in Harare for illegally possessing a gun. The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) announced on X that Misheck Takawira Njowa (24), Jonas Daniel Mubaiwa (2...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Security guard shoots wife dead in Bulawayo, goes on the run
Police are searching for Oscar Khumalo, a security guard suspected of fatally shooting his wife, Khangelani Nkiwane, on July 7, 2024, following an argument in their room. ...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Village head mobilises against cops
Last week, police in Gokwe had to fire warning shots to disperse a crowd mobilized by a traditional leader trying to prevent the arrest of his wife and two other syndicate members illegally cultivatin...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Minister fires warning shots at Harare brothels
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Barbara Rwodzi has expressed dissatisfaction with mushrooming brothels countrywide, announcing Harare as the main culprit where unregistered 'quickie nests' ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 17:17hrs | 145 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Fire guts Shearwater Adventures flat in Victoria Falls
A Fire burnt a flat at Bongoland in Victoria Falls on Friday evening.The flat is one of the block of apartments owned by Shearwater Adventures where the tour operating company's workers reside...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
President Ruto apologises for 'arrogant' Kenyan MPs
Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday apologized for the "arrogance and show of opulence" by legislators and ministers from the ruling party and promised action against "rogue" police officers who ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fire razes dormitory at Matopo High School
Fifty-two learners at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South escaped unhurt when a fire gutted a school dormitory housing boys in the early hours of Friday but their personal belongings and some sch...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Church romance turns nasty
Losing a job is one of the most heart-breaking experiences that one has to go through, especially in circumstances where they feel they were unfairly dismissed.This might ring true for a singl...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
16 teachers paraded naked to check who was menstruating!
A SENIOR staffer at Nkayi High School in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province is accused of demeaning female teachers after forcing them to pose naked for an ancillary staff member to check whi...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo blames Apostolic churches for erratic rainfall patterns
WHILE changes in climate patterns are blamed for altering local weather patterns and potentially contributing to changes in rainfall across the country, a revelation about what specifically affects ra...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate robbed at gunpoint
Three unknown armed robbers allegedly pounced on Bindura magistrate and robbed him of his laptop, money and his mobile phone.Armed with firearms they allegedly broke into Felix Chauromwe's hou...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:03hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
President William Ruto's poor and misguided politics! He lied to the voters
We still have voices in Africa that spell it out: That one voice comes from Ghana: Kwesi Prett Jr. does not mince words: His politics is eloquent, he understands African politics. Without fear or favo...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 21:11hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Protesters across Kenya say 'Ruto must go!'
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the country demanding the resignation of President William Ruto, following a wee...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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