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Zimbabwe moots stop and search roadblocks
GOVERNMENT is considering introducing stop-and-search security roadblocks on roads following a wave of armed robberies targeting cross-border buses plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa route.A num...Published: 10 hrs ago | 585 | by Staff reporter
Bus robbers jailed 51 years
THREE HIGHWAY armed robbers who targetted long distance buses have been jailed for a combined 51 years.Jabson Shonhe (39) of Chief Mkoka's area near Manoti, in Gokwe South and his accomplice F...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 'Zimbabwe now military State'
ZIMBABWE has effectively moved from a police, to a military State, where members of the army are now being used to maintain order while police have been reduced to spectators, MDC leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls provincial airports
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza has said government is planning to construct provincial airports, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe tasked to oversee t...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
Cosatu's ShutDownBeitbridge demo flops, only 76 attends
A bid to block Zimbabwe and South Africa's border by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday hit a brick wall after their request to protest inside the border area was turne...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
3 airtime robbers jailed
THREE Dzivarasekwa men, who robbed a local businessman of Econet airtime worth $20 000, a laptop and mobile phone during the recent stayaway, were yesterday sentenced to five years each by Harare magi...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
The untold tale of Chiredzi's 'Muti Wenhamo'
AARON Tonderai trudges along the dusty road in the sweltering heat of the south eastern sun in the sugar-growing town of Masvingo province, trying to reach a nearby shopping centre before exhausting h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
In Mnangagwa's universe, people are secondary to keeping grip on power
"THE welfare of the people is the highest law," goes a popular Latin maxim by Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero – who lived in the period 106BC to 43BC – that has been adopted by...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:10hrs | 319 | by Editorial - NewsDay
Mnangagwa has not seen Chamisa's letters
President Mnangagwa says he is not averse to holding talks with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa if the opposition leader recognises him as the legitimately-elected leader of the country. ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:58hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trashes MDC talks reports
ZANU-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa has poured cold water on calls for a negotiated political settlement with the opposition MDC, saying there is no basis for such talks.Mnangagwa also...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:11hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he has no basis to hold talks with Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has no basis to hold talks with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa as long as the opposition politician does not recognise him as the country's legitimate leader.&n...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Stolen police guns recovered
Three police guns and rounds of ammunition that were stolen during the recent violent protests were recovered at a joint army, police security checkpoint along the Shurugwi-Zvishavane Highway on Thurs...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:41hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits first batch of protesters
Seven people have been acquitted of committing public violence crimes during anti-government protests.The six Chinhoyi residents, namely: Obey Zirota aged 37 years, Simbarashe Mubaira Kuenda, ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:12hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes scam backfires
A Ward 2 Councillor is allegedly to have assured illegal settlers situated along Gwanda Road in Bulawayo that if they vote for him he will fix they legal status and make sure they become legal settler...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 2633 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Opposition leader's brother abducted
Opposition leader Shadreck Mashayamombe's brother Cephas Mashayamombe is reported to have been abducted by unknown assailants on who were driving a white Toyota Fortune on Tuesday afternoon.A ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:25hrs | 5176 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Tuku died a bitter man'
THE late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi died a bitter man after the Bindura Municipality frustrated his dream to set up an arts centre in his Madziwa rural home in the mould of Pa...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:30hrs | 7125 | by Staff reporter
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1387 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe army sets up hotline numbers
THE underfire Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday established hotline numbers that people could use to report any acts of misconduct by anyone "purporting" to be a soldier in the wake of widespread...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murdered in cold blood
A TAXI driver was murdered in cold blood allegedly by three suspected carjackers who had hired him from the Central Business District (CBD) in Gweru pretending to be going to Woodlands suburb. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans rejoice as internet services are restored
Zimbabweans rejoiced yesterday as blocked social media platforms were restored following a High Court ruling on Monday.The ruling follows a challenge by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights a...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:31hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:10hrs | 2449 | by Victor Bhoroma
6 burnt to death after accident
SIX people, two of them believed to be children, were yesterday burnt beyond recognition when their car burst into flames after veering off the road and hitting a tree at the 259-kilometre peg along t...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Security roadblocks all-over Zimbabwe
State security agents have maintained a heavy presence on the country's major roads following a three-day stay-away that took place early last week.This comes after some civil society organisa...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:29hrs | 9765 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Jason Ziyapapa Moyo
ON Tuesday marks 42 years since the death of Zapu Vice-President Jason Ziyapapa Moyo (JZ) in a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. JZ Moyo became the Secretary of the new ANC of Southern Rhodesia, which wa...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 362 | by Rtd Brig-General Mazinyane
New Zimbabwe police structure approved
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved a new Zimbabwe Republic Police structure that abolishes the rank of senior assistant commissioner and replaces it with that of Commissioner of Police a...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Army, Zanu-PF role in protests exposed
A SERVING top military official and a police officer were yesterday unmasked as leaders of the deadly protests in the Epworth dormitory town, which led to the death of civilians and looting of shops....Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awaits Russian investors
Like many African countries, Zimbabwe's economy needs sustainable resuscitation. On his mid-January official working visit to Moscow, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Sputnik News Agency (SNA) in an ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1285 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt unleashes soldiers in civilian clothes
An armed person in civilian clothes, who government claims is a wanted "terrorist" after he was filmed discharging a firearm, was actually part of State security agents dispatched to crush protests in...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF behind acts of violence, says Court
ZANU-PF youth leaders were allegedly behind acts of violence and arson, including the burning of a Zupco bus in Harare on Monday during countrywide protests against fuel price increases, court papers ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
60 more in court for public violence
SIXTY more people have appeared in court for taking part in protests that saw property destroyed in Harare, especially on Monday and Tuesday. Marrian Vhurandi (39), Shadreck Sasamba (37), Morr...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:01hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Five people feared dead as protests hit Zimbabwe
FIVE people reportedly died while 24 others were injured as police clashed with protesters across the country yesterday as anger over the worsening economic crisis spilled onto the streets with busine...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1573 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTO: Tollgate burnt down by protesters
Skyline Tollgate on the Harare Masvingo Highway has been burnt down by protestors....Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:56hrs | 2346 | by Staff reporter
Truck derails goods train
TRAVELLERS, mostly cross border traders using the Harare-Masvingo highway faced long delays at Fairfields rail level crossing in Mvuma on Wednesday evening after a haulage truck rammed into a wagon of...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
4 die in kombi crash
FOUR people were killed, while 11 others were injured when a Masvingo-bound commuter omnibus collided head-on with a Honda Fit along the Harare-Masvingo highway. The accident occurred at the 4...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:16hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
4 die, 11 injured in head-on collision
FOUR people died while 11 others were seriously injured when a commuter omnibus and a Honda Fit they were travelling in collided head-on at the 44km peg along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway on Sunday e...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:21hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Prison break criminals face more charges
THREE hard-core criminals who allegedly assaulted prison officers while on transit before jumping off a moving prison truck, were convicts with a combined jail term of 126 years, The Zimbabwe Prisons ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Union courts Mnangagwa
THE newly-formed Zimbabwe Hupenyu Hunokosha/ Impilo-iQakathekile Artistes/ Sportsmen Road Awareness Union is planning to rope in President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its patron ahead of its all-artistes an...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Defensive driving training should be made compulsory
Official statistics show that most of the traffic road accidents recorded in Zimbabwe have been due to human error.Despite commendable efforts by various players including the Vehicle Inspecti...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:54hrs | 470 | by Jeffrey Muvundusi
Zimbabwe's muscle-conomics: The Case of Delta and Civil Servants
In a joint press release on January 3 by the central bank and Delta Corporation, whose arm is the country's biggest beverages maker, backtracked on its decision to sell its products in hard currency. ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 13:40hrs | 4947 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Armed robbers pounce on passengers
TRAVELLERS aboard a Beitbridge bound bus lost cash and cellphones to three armed robbers who pretended to be passengers on the New Year' Eve.Total value stolen was R10 900 and $2 225 bond and ...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 21:57hrs | 4778 | by Staff reporter
Macheso's top fan dies in accident
SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso has been robbed of his top Harare-based fan George Tichaona Gwaze, who died in an accident while coming from one of the Extra-Basso's shows in Glendale, Mashonaland Central p...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police undergoes massive transformation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to undergo major transformation this year as it adopts a new structure and rebrands to win back public confidence. Changes to the ZRP hierarchy will be effect...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chiza says Chamisa will become President of Zimbabwe
Founder of Faith In God Eagle Life Assembly Prophet Blessing Chiza has issued a controversial prophesy that for Zimbabwe to be prosperous God is going to install Nelson Chamisa as President of the cou...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 33917 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says, 'Mining, tourism to anchor recovery in 2019'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday promised that 2019 would be a much better year for Zimbabweans, pinning economic revival on the growth of tourism and new mining projects."I am confident...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa end of year address
END OF YEAR ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, E.D. MNANGAGWA My Fellow Zimbabweans, As the year draws to a close, I take this opportunity to thank you ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:23hrs | 372 | by E D Mnangagwa
Accident death toll rises to 5
The death toll in the Mashava commuter omnibus accident has risen to 5 after two more people died at Masvingo General Hospital where those injured were admitted.Three people died on the spot w...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:20hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' breaking point
A Vigil supporter who works for the needy in Zimbabwe says her job is becoming increasingly difficult. She sent us the following message from a desperate doctor. ‘I have tried my best n...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:10hrs | 901 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Government gets serious on road system upgrade
The new dispensation has recorded a success story in the dualisation of the Bulawayo-Mutare highway as well as the rehabilitation of many other roads which were littered with potholes at national leve...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:07hrs | 431 | by Staff Reporter
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