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Justices Happias Zhou captured, govt fumes
THE government has launched an astonishing attack against High Court judges, claiming they are captured after they ruled that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office ended on Friday.Justice...Published: 2 hrs ago | 591 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers in Mashonaland hit hard by economic crisis
Zimbabwe's deepening economic crisis compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic has left sex workers across the country in a quandary with some contemplating quitting the oldest profession for good.S...Published: 2 hrs ago | 383 | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 2 hrs ago | 313 | by Staff reporter
Contracts row delays Chibuku Cup fixtures
The announcement of Chibuku Super Cup fixtures to kick-start the much-awaited 2021 football season has been delayed by the ongoing disputes over player contracts, which has seen a number of clubs fail...Published: 2 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Lack of IDs haunts Matebeleland youths
After dropping out of school because of financial constraints, 20-year-old Cephas Dube from tsukuru village in Bulilima district decided to seek employment in the informal sector.Without money...Published: 2 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
Govt goes after 'conflicted' Justice Zhou
GOVERNMENT lawyers will tomorrow file an appeal against yesterday's High Court ruling striking down an amendment to the Constitution which sought to extend the retirement age of senior judges from 70 ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 391 | by Staff reporter
Matanga summoned over gold smuggling
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Defence, Security and Home Affairs together with Mines and Mining Development have summoned Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga to ap...Published: 2 hrs ago | 347 | by Staff reporter
2 drums a day water limit for Bulawayans
THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect suspended water connections to vacant, incomplete stands and some areas outside the city in a bid to save water as the local authority fears high co...Published: 2 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
6 Bosso stars ruled out of Chibuku group stage
HIGHLANDERS have suffered a massive blow ahead of their Chibuku Super Cup title defence which starts on Saturday with six of their players ineligible to play in the first round of the country's most l...Published: 2 hrs ago | 67 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to go down
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has welcomed Government's position to stop issuing maize and mealie-meal import permits with effect from end of the month, as the country is on course for a m...Published: 2 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube scores 13th league goal for Azam
PRINCE Dube struck his 13th league goal for Azam in the Vodacom Tanzania Mainland Premier League as his team defeated Kinondoni Municipal Council 2-1 at the Azam Complex Stadium on Saturday.Du...Published: 2 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge robbers jailed
TWO notorious robbers who targeted border jumpers and smugglers at illegal border crossing points along the Limpopo River have been jailed for an effective six years each.Admore Sangore (32), ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
Bosso geared despite Josta blow
WHAT a timely reunion it would have been: Star midfielder Joel "Josta" Ngodzo returning to his boyhood club at a time Highlanders are gearing for the Chibuku Super Cup title defence.Sadly thou...Published: 2 hrs ago | 34 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in 1 million Pula heist
TWO Zimbabwean men are languishing in a Botswana prison after being arrested for armed robbery where a local businessman lost cash and valuables worth 1 million Pula in Gaborone.Castro Ncube (...Published: 2 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi exhumations inch closer
GOVERNMENT will soon convene a meeting with traditional leaders from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to finalise plans to begin the exhumation and reburial of victims of the post-independence dist...Published: 2 hrs ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
Govt appeals High Court ruling over Malaba ouster
GOVERNMENT lawyers will tomorrow file an appeal against yesterday's High Court ruling striking down an amendment to the Constitution which sought to extend the retirement age of senior judges from 70 ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa warns NGOs
NON Governmental Organisations (NGOs) meddling in politics risk being deregistered if they persist with machinations to destabilise the country, Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration in the Women's Lea...Published: 2 hrs ago | 98 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth Gwaunza announced as acting Chief Justice
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza as Acting Chief Justice of Zimbabwe after the High Court Saturday ruled that Luke Malaba's term as the country top judge e...Published: 2 hrs ago | 173 | by Staff reporter
Businessman plunges car into river in shock suicide
THE Chegutu community is in shock following the sudden death Friday of prominent businessman Philemon Mashinge, who is said to have committed suicide by plunging his car off Mupfure River bridge....Published: 2 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers major setback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to retain Chief Justice Luke Malaba following changes to the constitution suffered a setback after the High Court yesterday ruled that the top judge's term of offic...Published: 2 hrs ago | 282 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records no Covid-19 vaccine side effects
Zimbabwe has not recorded severe side effects of Covid-19 vaccines since mass inoculation began nearly four months ago.More than 571 000 people had received their first dose of the vaccine by ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff Reporter
Vision 2030 on course, says President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the country's vision of achieving an upper middle-income economy by 2030 is on course and the private sector should continue to complement Government efforts to revive the...Published: 4 hrs ago | 140 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa very weak in fighting corruption
The recent appointment of controversial Delish Nguwaya at AAG is a very sad development in the history of fighting corruption. Even those who thought President Emmerson Mnangagwa was serious in fighti...Published: 4 hrs ago | 295 | by Leonard Koni
Is Zim's deafening silence on Palestinians' bombardment instructive of regime's long-standing relationship with Israel?
Ever since the relentless bombardment on the Palestinian territory of Gaza was ruthlessly unleashed by the Israeli regime on Monday 10 May 2021, I have been patiently awaiting a statement of condemnat...Published: 4 hrs ago | 143 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
EFF is pleased with setting-up of party executive committees
The Economic Freedom Fighters (Zimbabwe) is impressed with the progress achieved so far as the party recently embarked on a national exercise that saw the party's National Organising Office initiating...Published: 4 hrs ago | 128 | by Innocent Ndibali
FAO: Agriculture will make or break Africa's free trade
Transforming agri-food systems can unlock Africa's potential.The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty and end chronic food...Published: 5 hrs ago | 42 | by Abebe Haile-Gabriel
Captured Malaba is but an appendage to deadly Zanu PF dictatorship - to end it, demand free elections
If you see a log drifting in glass-still waters then it bespeaks of the strong undercurrents or worse, it is a sinister crocodile stalking. Or, as one would say in Shona, "Ukaona vakuru vachipopotedza...Published: 5 hrs ago | 529 | by Wilbert Mukori
Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near
We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social me...Published: 5 hrs ago | 374 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fraudster implicates Oppah Muchinguri
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Mvurwi allegedly fired shots and arrested four fraudsters who were fleecing Tobacco farmers in Mvurwi on Thur...Published: 16 hrs ago | 4456 | by Paul Ndou
Man kills self after losing property to thieves
A man from Madziwa, Mashonaland Central province took his life after his property was wiped away by thieves at his Madziva homestead yesterday.Obvious Nzara could not stomach the theft as he c...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2804 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Madziwa
'Mwonzora helping Zanu-PF to consolidate tyranny'
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance has castigated the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T legislators, for helping Zanu-PF to pass the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill 2 which they have labelled a ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 12:01hrs | 2385 | by Staff reporter
Charamba speaks on Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'tiff'
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was the one who pushed for the removal of the running mate clause from the Constitution, dismissing spec...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:55hrs | 6175 | by Staff rpeorter
3 VID officers remanded in custody
THREE Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) examiners arrested for issuing provisional drivers' licences to people who had failed were remanded in custody to Tuesday next week.The trio was arr...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | 1789 | by Staff rpeorter
Let's mend Zimbabwe's battered image together, says Shava
FOREIGN Affairs minister Frederick Shava has rallied the media to play a critical role in the country's quest to improve its "battered image".In a first of its kind engagement between the Fore...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 1203 | by Staff rpeorter
'Vacant rural teaching posts to blame for poor pass rates'
MPs have implored government to fill vacant teaching posts in rural and marginalised areas to improve pass rates.Rushinga MP Tendai Nyabani (Zanu-PF) while raising a motion on deployment of te...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:49hrs | 775 | by Staff rpeorter
Parirenyatwa trial moved to May 26
FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa has unsuccessfully applied for removal from remand for the umpteenth time.Parirenyatwa is facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly f...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 692 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF MP heckled at youth summit
Zanu-PF MP for Chivi north Mathias Tongofa was on Thursday heckled during a youth summit held in Harare, with some of the participants accusing him of being "too old" to represent their interests in P...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1523 | by Staff rpeorter
Bogus lawyer up for fraud
A HARARE woman who allegedly masquaraded as a lawyer and as Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga's daughter, has been arrested after she defrauded a homeseeker of US$2 395.Evelyn Matanga...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 883 | by Staff rpeorter
Unicef red flags spike in child marriages
EARLY child marriages have reportedly shot to alarming levels across the country since the imposition of COVID-19-induced lockdowns from March last year, with civil society groups demanding an urgent ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 197 | by Staff rpeorter
Ekusileni Hospital opening postponed again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday failed to officially open Ekusileni Medical Centre, with Bulawayo Metropolitan Affairs minister Judith Ncube saying the institution was still undergoing refurbis...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | 852 | by Staff rpeorter
Bosso ready to defend Chibuku Cup
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu says his charges are geared to defend the Chibuku Super Cup title although it will not be easy in the first round, playing six derbies in a new tournament format as loca...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | 257 | by Staff rpeorter
Dembare rebuff Caps Utd
DYNAMOS have rebuffed Caps United's demand for compensation following striker Newman Sianchali's decision to quit the Green Machine to join Dembare.Sianchali is at the centre of a dispute betw...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:44hrs | 485 | by Staff rpeorter
'Thieving' council workers bounce back
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has wrapped council for abetting corruption after reinstating two workers who were summarily dismissed for stealing a water storage tank last mont...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:43hrs | 673 | by Staff rpeorter
GMAZ predicts fall in mealie-meal prices
THE price of mealie-meal is set to go down drastically for the next three months following a bumper harvest among both commercial and subsistence farmers this year.The government is expecting ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 272 | by Staff rpeorter
Victoria Falls town clerk suspended again
LOCAL Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has suspended Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube saying this will help stabilise operations of the city and avoid scaring away tourists or inves...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 239 | by Staff rpeorter
Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni
TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 583 | by Staff rpeorter
Growing up in the village
Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve the moon rose slowly, tentatively and imperceptibly, its soft rays breaking the virginity of the night. Slowly darkness gave w...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:40hrs | 126 | by Isdore Guvamombe-
Businessman's 72-truck convoy causes a stir
With some moneybags resorting to social media, showcasing their riches or popping champagne the night away showing-off their wealth via clubbing, there are some who make money in silence and their fin...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:40hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Driver rams into Mnangagwa motorcade
An unlicensed driver yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of ramming into a State motorcade along Bulawayo Road in Harare. Tatenda Mupariwa (26) appeared at Mbare Magistrates Court c...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
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