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Buhera villagers allegedly snubbed Independence Day celebrations at Mutiusinazita school grounds after the hosting Member of Parliament, Ngonidzashe Mudekunye reportedly sent thugs to harass dis...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:17hrs | 2983 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe may starts lithium car batteries production
Zimbabwe may start commercial production of lithium batteries for passenger vehicles next year following headway by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) which has already purified lithium phosphat...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy and the Zimbabwe dollar!
In my life journey, my three years stay in Jamaica was probably the most traumatic and most revealing as to how the imperialists work.I am, therefore, surprised that Mthuli Ncube and his handl...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 5 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Police probe Kazembe's 'hitman'
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Aka Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti is on the run after threatening to as...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 17:39hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso, Bulawayo City hostilities resume at BF
EVEN after just four weeks of play (OK, there was that long Afcon break), today's fixtures in the Castle Premier Soccer League bear a thoroughly intriguing look.Match day Five in the Premiersh...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Storm-damaged Manama hospital gets facelift
RENOVATIONS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm late last year are nearing completion following the erection of a new roof....Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Manama Mission Hospital rehab almost complete
REPAIRS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm early last month are at an advanced stage with works expected to be complete by Decemb...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Why does the gambling industry boom in times of economic hardship?
There is no doubt that recent times have been tough economically for many countries around the globe. While some nations might have been facing hard times anyway, Covid-19 has really put a spanner in ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 14:01hrs | 19 | by Staff Writer
Walk Cyclone Chalane Preparedness Talk - Nomboka urges Zimbabwe govt
Shadow MP for Mondoro-Ngezi, Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged the government of Zimbabwe to take serious disaster-preparedness measures amid the gathering of momentum of the Cyclone Chalane....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 15:39hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Chimanimani braces for Cyclone Chalane
Cyclone Chalane may hit Manicaland Province, especially Chimanimani District, next Thursday with President Mnangagwa putting the country on alert and the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) meeting y...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Health catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe cities
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans are staring a health catastrophe in the face owing to a shambolic management of sewer systems by urban local authorities, an investigative audit by Auditor-General Mildred Chir...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man axes former wife for seeking refuge at his house
A CHIMANIMANI woman escaped death by a whisker after she was allegedly axed by her former husband when she sought refuge at his house during the Cyclone Idai disaster, a Chipinge court heard yesterday...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth leader receives death threats
ZANU PF bigwigs have reportedly issued death threats to politburo member and deputy youth league secretary Lewis Matutu after he threatened to expose corruption among his peers.Matutu said he ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri opts for out of court settlement
Exiled former police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Health ministry to float RTGS$ tender for drugs
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo on Thursday assured Senate that his ministry was prepared to avert any health calamities that may face Cyclone Idai victims, adding that his ministry will soon float a rea...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet responds to reports of pulling out of Chimanimani
Econet Wireless has dispelled rumours that it has pulled out of the Cyclone Idai hit Manicaland Province after allegations that ZANU PF had hijacked and politicized the distribution of food aid....Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 13:08hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti slams Mnangagwa over foreign travel
TOP MDC official and MP, Tendai Biti has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for leaving for a SADC event in Angola when the nation was still mourning the loss of over 200 lives through the recent Cy...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe Airways planes 'repossessed and resold' - source
Malaysian Airlines has repossessed four planes which had been sold to Zimbabwe Airways, the ill-fated Air Zimbabwe proxy, informed sources said.Former President Robert Mugabe personally negoti...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by ZimLive
South Africa send support to Cyclone Idai-hit Manicaland
The European Union has released US$3,97 million in emergency support for Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi which have been blighted by severe flooding from Cyclone Idai.Out of the aid package, j...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:00hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe govt rejects criticism of slow cyclone response
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - widely condemned for its slow response to Cyclone Idai - said yesterday it had reacted swiftly to the disaster and was on ground to coordinate rescue effort...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe comes to terms with grim scale of damage
ZIMBABWEANS are slowly coming to full terms with the horrific scale of devastation that Cyclone Idai wreaked in the country — amid confirmation late yesterday that torrential rains and landfalls had...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Cyclone-hit Manicaland
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga arrived in Manicaland this morning headed for the cyclone-hit areas as government upscales its response to the tragedy.Speaking to reporters...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military receives rare praise
The Zimbabwe military has received rare praise from a shadowy Investigative group Pachedu of its rescue mission in the Cyclone Ida hit Manicaland province.The current official death toll is at 98....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:58hrs | 6 | by Ndou Paul
Soldiers block Chamisa from visiting cyclone hit areas
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa caused a fresh stir Monday, this time in cyclone hit Manicaland after an attempt to visit Chimanimani and Chipinge districts the epicenter of the tragedy.Cyclo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Policing the police
Every human system needs checks and balances. For developing societies, none is more apparent than the uniformed forces. The fundamental flaw of democracy is that uniformed forces, just like assassins...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:45hrs | 4 | by Sonny Jermain
Cholera spreads to Manicaland
A CHOLERA outbreak has hit Manicaland province with three cases confirmed by the Health ministry.Manicaland provincial medical director, Patron Mafaune confirmed the new development to NewsDay...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi 'hit man' freed on bail
A self-confessed hit man who testified to the police alleging a senior government official issued him an assassination order to take out former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi appeared in court...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri car case - Fresh details emerge
A lawyer representing Harare businessman Bigboy Pachirera, who is demanding $2,9 million from retired police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri, has revealed how he was approached with a settlemen...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 15:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrested for exposing Mzembi 'assassination plot'
A self-confessed hit man who testified to the police alleging a senior government official issued him an assassination order to take out former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi has been arrested...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi assassination plot exposed
A self-confessed hit man has testified to the police alleging a senior government official issued him an assassination order to take out former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi.The offic...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hit man speaks
THE 'hit man' who was reportedly hired by a city woman to kill her lover's wife yesterday told the court that he turned down the offer saying he was not a killer. Clover Musariri said that he ...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 21:21hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires hit man to kill lover's wife
A woman tried to hire a hitman to kill her lover's wife, a court has heard.Judith Makwara appeared before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda yesterday facing allegations of conspiracy to...Published: 26 May 2017 at 14:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe on SA hit man's assassination list
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and three South African ministers were the most prominent names on a list of people South African Elvis Ramosebudi allegedly wanted to assassinate, affidavits produced in court...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires hit man to kill pastor's wife
A 42-YEAR-OLD woman, who is believed to be in an adulterous relationship with LEAD International Ministries pastor, Lovejoy Tirivepi has been arrested on allegations of conspiring to kill her married ...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Youth Council sticks with fraud accused Jonathan Moyo
ZIMBABWE YOUTH COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE SUPPORT RENDERED BY THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER &TERTIARY EDUCATION THROUGH ZIMDEF The Zimbabwe Youth Council wis...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 21:14hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Man kills 'cheating spouse', burns body
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man fatally stabbed his "cheating" wife 30 times using a sharp object before burning her body using an unknown flammable substance, a High Court judge heard yesterday.Bulaw...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Miners push for lower power tariffs
LOCAL mining companies continue to push for a downward review of electricity tariffs, especially in the wake of declining commodity prices on international markets.Government, however, is dete...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Livingstone Marufu
Geek to gun-runner: the super-villain with Zimbabwean links
Cape Town - He established hothouses in lawless Somalia, protecting them with a private militia to grow opium poppies, cocaine and other narcotic substances under scientifically controlled conditions....Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:09hrs | 13 | by Ivor Powell
Water crisis alarming in Chiredzi
Villagers in Chiredzi district's Village 5 Musunda have made a passionate plea to the government to help in sinking boreholes to ease the water shortages which have reached unprecedented levels....Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teenager maid killer remanded in custody
A 14-year-old Gweru boy who allegedly murdered a 41-year-old family maid over a memory card, and stayed with the body for about 20 hours has been remanded in custody.The boy (name withheld) of...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Young people take active role in climate change awareness
Young people in Africa have in the past been taking a backseat in the climate change debate and awareness. Not anymore.As the effects of climate change hit many African countries, exacer...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 14:31hrs | 2 | by Andrew Mambondiyani in Paris, France
Wife's hired hit man exposes her plot to kill husband.
A man who was hired by a Spruitview, Ekurhulen woman to kill her husband later reportedly exposed the woman to the husband and her in laws after gathering all the evidence that she wanted him dead...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Harare Residents Trust mobilising funds to buy commuter omnibus
As transport blues continue to hit many residents in urban areas Harare Residents Trust has started mobilising residents at the capital city to contribute some money towards the purchase of a commuter...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Grace Mugabe profile: The rise of Zimbabwe's first lady
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe has taken centre stage as the ruling Zanu-PF party holds an important meeting on the future leadership of the country. BBC Africa's Zimbabwe corresponde...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 09:11hrs | | by BBC
Prudence to headline London's Zim Achievers Awards
ON the 10th of May, the luxurious hallways of the five-star Royal Garden Hotel in London's Kensington district will reverberate to the sumptuous voice of Zimbabwe's queen of Jazz, Prudence Katomen...Published: 01 May 2014 at 05:51hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Man stabs wife to death, burns body
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man stabbed his wife to death and burnt her body using an unknown flammable substance after the two had a domestic dispute.Jonathan Manguyana, 31, of Romney Park in Bulaway...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family, friends, relatives gather at Mandela home
Friends and relatives of ailing South African icon Nelson Mandela gathered Thursday at his Johannesburg home where the 95-year-old is said to be on his "deathbed".Two of Mandela's grand-daugh...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
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