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Sex workers turn to illegal mining
Several commercial sex workers in Guruve have turned to illegal mining due to the harsh economic conditions.The sex workers have joined a huge number of illegal miners in Guruve Centre where t...Published: 17 hrs ago | 595 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Human semen harvester sentenced
THE long ongoing trial of a 32-year-old man from Nineva village, Mbembesi in Matabeleland North province who forced three teenagers to masturbate and ejaculate in condoms has come to an end as he has ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 10:07hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Angry illegal miners destroy the guard room at Eureka mine
A group of angry illegal miners are reported to have destroyed Eureka Gold Mine's guard room yesterday after one of their own was shot dead by a Black Shark security guard.The angry miners all...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 557 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Guard shoots at marauding illegal gold panners, 1 dead
Tragedy struck at a gold mine in Guruve on Thursday when 33-year-old Titus Masango was shot dead amid a violent confrontation involving a gang of illegal gold panners. The incident, confirmed by the Z...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:31hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic church leaders endorse Sadc chair
Leaders of the Patriotic Churches in Zimbabwe have hailed President Mnangagwa's assumption of the SADC Chairmanship as a divinely inspired and significant event for the nation and the region. ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:05hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori garments steal the show at cricket match
The Mbare Musika market in Harare was unusually vibrant as the Zimbabwe national cricket team, the Chevrons, faced India at the Harare Sports Club. The city became a sea of white garments, as supporte...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer convicted of theft
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been convicted of stealing valuables ranging from laptops to printers from offices at Mgandane Dlodlo Building (New Government Complex) in Hara...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man shot dead during confrontation with armed cops
An active member of the Police Constabulary (Policon) section stationed at ZRP Mkoba has been charged with murder after he opened fire on a rowdy man who reportedly created a scene on Boxing Day when ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza threatens Mutemererwa's lawyer
The debt row pitying Marjorie Mutemererwa and Shingi Munyeza escalated this week with the ex SeedCo public relations manager's lawyer filing a police report against the businessman for allegedly swear...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
5 'O' Levels requirement for councillors rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is battling fierce strife within its Women's League following exclusion of long-serving and supposedly deserving female cadres, who were disqualified from nomination as Proportional Representa...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Zanu-PF Mashonaland West women's quota nomination meeting
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West top activists came to near fist-fights as tempers rose at Thursday's party Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting to endorse local authority women's quota candidates....Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Popular Cleric barred from contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections
POPULAR Cleric, Bishop Kandros Mugabe, who was barred by the party from contesting for Kwekwe Central Constituency in the recently concluded primary elections, said he was not deterred by the move....Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries 'spell chaos'
A RUSHED ruling Zanu-PF party internal poll set for tomorrow could trigger waves of discontentment in the former liberation movement, insiders warned this week.They said the short notice to ho...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chebundo lauded for bringing opposition members to Zanu-PF
FORMER opposition legilslator Blessing Chebundo who defected to Zanu-PF about two years ago has earned the governing party's plaudits for bringing new members from the opposition.Zanu-PF polit...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 detectives in court on charges of extortion
FOUR more members from CID Minerals Fauna and Flora Unit DHQ in Harare appeared in court yesterday on allegations of extorting US$10 000 from owners of Shengiang Investments, which buys, processes and...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says parents also face jail
VIOLATORS of children's rights and parents will soon face criminal charges as government introduces stiffer penalties to curb sexual offences that have seen children as young as nine years old b...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readmits Fay Chung and other ex-members
THE Mashonaland East Zanu-PF national disciplinary committee (NDC) has readmitted Noah Mangondo into the party after he was suspended in 2018.His readmission follows that of Beatrice Nyamuping...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec director assaults subordinate
A DIRECTOR at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Rejoice Sibanda has been reported to police for allegedly assaulting her subordinate after accusing him of stealing an unspecified amount of money...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents cry foul over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has refused to bow down to pressure from parents who want children to attend holiday lessons, saying the practice was long outlawed.Holiday lessons have long been banned because gov...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Phillip Valerio's son demands lobola refund from wife
One of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander Phillip Valerio's son is allegedly demanding a refund of his lobola money after leaving his wife.Sources close to the Sibanda and Masango familie...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hyena mauls boy (3) at church shrine
A THREE-YEAR-OLD Mutoko boy is battling for his life at Harare's Sally Mugabe Central Hospital after being mauled by a hyena at an apostolic sect shrine.Denval Chakomoka suffered severe head i...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa's backyard hit by fresh divisions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard, the Midlands province, has been hard hit by fresh turmoil after losing three crucial seats in last week's by-elections with rival factions blaming and threaten...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sink or swim for Chamisa
TO sink or swim is the question in this Saturday's by-elections as the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) faces a stern test of political strength where there is everything to fight for i...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO boss grabs Mhangura farm, evicts 200 school children
A SENIOR Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer, Hickman Nyarumwe, has reportedly seized a Mhangura farm and moved to evict over 200 from a satellite school situated there, NewZimbabwe.com ca...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
March 26 by-elections: Safe and swing national assembly seats
Battles between different political parties and independent candidates will play out in one of the most important by-elections in decades this March 26 as these by-elections will not only deliver a re...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Farai Chirimumimba
CCC has nothing to offer, claims Chebundo
FORMER MDC legislator Blessing Chebundo has launched a scathing attack on the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), saying the opposition political party was a loud-sounding nothing.Having been ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPF gives up Kwekwe seat
THE opposition National Partriotic Front (NPF) which was linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his backers has all but collapsed and will not be fighting to reclaim the Kwekwe Central seat in t...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda villagers drive out amacimbi harvesters
VILLAGERS from the Dombo area in Gwanda District are driving out mopane worm harvesters from their areas saying they are depleting their wealth.Traditionally, mopane worms (amacimbi/madora) ar...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo vows to take Kwekwe seat back to Zanu-PF
FORMER MDC Kwekwe Central legislator Blessing Chebundo, who famously trounced current President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the 2000 parliamentary election, has vowed to help Zanu-PF reclaim the seat....Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pauline Njini releases Sabela video
BULAWAYO-BASED gospel artiste, Pauline Njini says she is happy that her music is being well received by fans and getting airplay on local radio stations.Njini recently released a new single ti...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly bounce-back latest
THE High Court yesterday cancelled Monday's ruling stopping by-elections in six constituencies that allowed People's Democratic Party (PDP) members to bounce back to Parliament without being subjected...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violent ZANU PF officials disqualified ahead of by-elections
ZANU PF suspended two Kwekwe central aspiring legislator candidates for violence and vote buying on parliamentary by- elections, yesterday.Kandros Mugabe and Energy ' Dhala' Mugabe who intende...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 15:26hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo/ Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Mnangagwa enforcer's nephew disqualified from contesting Zanu-PF primaries
Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) disqualified the nephew of under-fire former State Security Minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube from contesting in the party primary election for Kwe...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 7 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mudha and nexus of Kwekwe gold terror
AT the time former president Robert Mugabe was deposed in a military coup in November 2017, police were investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over all...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tension in Mnangagwa backyard
TENSION has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province of the Midlands, with security reportedly on high alert ahead of Zanu-PF provincial elections that were moved to this weekend following...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scent of polls as new parties emerge
WITH the general elections on the horizon, Zimbabwe is once again witnessing the formation of fringe political parties attempting the plunge in the political landscape largely dominated by Zanu-PF and...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF frets over infighting
Zanu-PF bigwigs are expected to meet today for a politburo meeting amid reports of worsening infighting that has rocked the party's restructuring exercise and protests against senior leaders.P...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Shock as council allocates stands on tarred streets
THE corruption-riddled Harare City Council has torched yet another storm after facilitating and allocating several residential stands on tarred streets in Harare, plus converting recreation areas and ...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF district elections kick-off
FIREWORKS are expected during the impending Zanu-PF district or ward elections across Mashonaland West province scheduled to kick off Tuesday.This follows a resolution Saturday by the provinci...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife in Harare, commits suicide in Beitbridge
A 48-year-old man, who allegedly axed his wife to death in Harare, has committed suicide in Beitbridge after failing to skip the border to South Africa.It is reported that on September 27, Tin...Published: 02 Oct 2021 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Minister of state security addicted to gold - Mliswa
Outspoken Norton Legislator Temba Mliswa has accused Minister of state security Owen "Mudha" Ncube and his nephew Energy Ncube of being addicted to gold and brutalizing people in Midlands.Mlis...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 14:37hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'The only way to unite ZANU PF camp is through election,' says Mugabe
Aspiring Kwekwe central member of Parliament Kandros Mugabe said he is prepared to face his rival Energy Ncube (Dhala)and win election....Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
NPF member defects to Zanu-PF
National Patriotic Front (NPF) parliamentary candidate for Mhangura constituency in the 2018 elections, Mr Peter Kadambe has defected to the ruling Zanu-PF party, becoming the latest of many people to...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister accused of creating parallel structures in ZANU PF camp
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe who is also Mashonaland Central province ZANU-PF chairperson has been accused of trying to manipulate District elections which are currently being held in the pro...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nasty factional fights boil in Mnangagwa's backyard
INTENSE inter-factional fights to control President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province Midlands, pitting two rival groups backing State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube and the incumbent chairperson...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chief Makope swindles villagers
Chief Makope of Mazowe district was left with an egg on his face after he tried to swindle five villagers from Nyandirwi farm, Mvurwi by order...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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