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Fatal motorcycle accident involving bull
Guruve, Zimbabwe - A tragic motorcycle accident claimed the life of 25-year-old David Girafa yesterday [November 13] in Guruve.According to Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Serge...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:55hrs | 1357 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Matebeleland South tops in diaspora remittances
Matebeleland South province has emerged as the top region in Zimbabwe for households receiving remittances or gifts from abroad, primarily due to a significant number of its youth migrating to South A...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Duo robs cyclist at knifepoint
Police in Chiweshe are hunting for two suspected robbers who allegedly robbed Thulani Chidzonga (22) of his motorcycle in Chiweshe using a knife before riding off.According to police, the yet-...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 08:08hrs | 648 | by Edson Mapani
Jubilation as Zimbabwean Health Sector receives boost from World Bank Funding
In a significant development, the Government of Zimbabwe has received funding from the World Bank to support essential health services, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The f...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:10hrs | 8 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zimbabwe registers 6,5% GDP growth
ZIMBABWE'S economy grew by 6,5 percent last year, as the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to increase year by year, despite the adverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Zimbabwe N...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
83 000 households receive free poultry, goats
ABOUT 83 000 households countrywide have received at least 800 000 indigenous chicks and goats being distributed free of charge under the Presidential Poultry and Goat Pass-On Schemes, geared towards ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Half of BCC's vehicle fleet needs replacing
More than half of the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) vehicle and plant fleet is obsolete and needs replacing.The local authority has a fleet of 336 vehicles and plant of which 51% has outlived it...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mega-dollar ED Cup tournament launched
OVER 1 000 youths based in Wedza and some parts of Chikomba are set to battle it out in the Wedza ED Cup football and netball tournament which kicks off in a fortnight.Put together to celebrat...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CCC is causing havoc and inflation' said Big Spender. Stop him rigging and he'll stop lying!
During elections, President Mnangagwa become Mr Bigger Spender! Anyone who is anyone gets something from Mr Big Spender. Village hears got motorcycles plus free public service medical aid memb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe presses miners to produce battery-grade lithium locally
Employees charge lithium ion batteries for a Hamba electric motorcycle at a solar-powered recharging station in Wedza, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS/MacDonald Dzirutwe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cyclist falls in trench dies
Guruve-based sign writer Dickson Dickens died Wednesday after falling in a council dug trench while riding a motorcycle.According to Guruve residents association chairperson Letios Karembera D...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Semi-hybrid vehicles launched in Zimbabwe
CAR dealership, CFAO Motors Zimbabwe has launched 20 semi-hybrids Suzuki Grand Vitara sport utility vehicles that use both a combustion petrol engine and electric system, as the firm strives to help r...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rimbi bus collides with motorcycle
Rimbi Travel and Tour bus was involved in an accident today, it collided with a motorcycle while travelling from Zimbabwe to Malawi.The bus collided with a motorcycle near Mutoko centre, two p...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 16:50hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwean shot dead in Lincoln
A day after Zimbabwean national Kupo Mleya (38) was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege is responsible.Kupo was son to the late Brigadier General Fa...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to get four new helicopters
Finance and Economic Develop minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has hinted that the Zimbabwean Police will receive vehicles including four helicopters to hel...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 07:36hrs | 8 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
High Court allows seizure of Cottco boss' property worth millions of USD
THE High Court has granted the Prosecutor General approval to seize property worth tens of millions of US dollars' worth allegedly owned by Cotton Company of Zimbabwe's (COTTCO) corruption-accused bos...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Majority of Zimbabweans earning peanuts'
AT LEAST 62% of Zimbabwe workers are earning measly salaries, taking about US$60 per month as of April, a latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey h...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road carnage claiming 5 people every day
Five people die through road traffic accidents in Zimbabwe every day while the country loses US$406 million per year to the carnage, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona has ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:00hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vehicle licences now set in US$
Vehicle licence fees have now been set in US dollars converted at the interbank rate of exchange on the day of payment for the majority who pay in local currency with owners of vehicles under 1 500kg ...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:10hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Is Auxillia Mnangagwa following in 'Gucci' Grace's path?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, after the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe in a coup ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA hikes Zimdollar toll fees
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) has with immediate effect hiked Zimdollar toll fees in line with obtaining exchange rate dynamics.The developments are in line with recent ...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's unemployment rate now at 19%
ZIMBABWE's unemployment rate now stands at 19% basing on the strictest definition of employment, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has reported.The details, contained in the agency...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena sucked in Cottco looting scandal
CHAIRPERSON of the parliamentary portfolio committee on land and agriculture Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been implicated in the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (COTTCO) looting scandal after allegations po...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabes in farm equipment scam
LATE president Robert Mugabe's family has been rocked by a fresh scandal after allegedly selling an assortment of farm equipment belonging to government departments and pocketing the money, it has eme...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I catapulted him for exchanging steamy text messages with my wife'
A Shamva man was last week jailed for 3 months for allegedly striking another man with a catapult accusing him of cheating with his wife. Kinnah Tiribhoyi (21) of Chipoli in Shamva couldn...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:35hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Police launch another blitz
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched another operation code-named ‘Respect Other Road Users', targeting motorists who continue violating the traffic rules and regulations countrywide.So...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police crackdown on pirate taxis nets 600
NEARLY 600 pirate taxis usually called mushikashika, unregistered cars, street kids controlling traffic and vendors operating at intersections were arrested in Harare yesterday on the first day of a m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car hijackers jailed
TWO serial Concession car hijackers were sentenced to an effective five year jail term each by Bindura magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura on Friday....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa tightens firm chokehold on Jonathan Moyo
FORMER cabinet minister, MP and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, who escaped by death by a whisker when the army stormed his home and that of a friend guns blazing during the 2017 military coup...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dominates provincial GDPs
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) provincial gross domestic product (GDP) data shows that nominal GDP per capita was highest in Bulawayo province at $203 868 in 2020 followed by Harare...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man walks in on cheating wife in bedroom
A man from Beitbridge who came home unexpectedly got the shock of his life after he caught his wife dishing out sex to another man in their matrimonial bedroom.Edmore Mapfumo from Bhalanganani...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe population now at 17 million
ZIMBABWE'S population is projected to be nearly 17 million, growing by nearly four million in the last 10 years from 13 million recorded during the 2012 national census, the Zimbabwe National Statisti...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa outsmarts security forces
As the "Ngapinde Hake Mukomana" slogan continues to grow, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has also continued to outsmart the security forces by meeting the masses.Yesterday, the young leader ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 08:09hrs | 11 | by Desmond Nleya
Vehicles boost for Education Ministry
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on Monday received 13 off-road vehicles and 34 motorbikes from the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in partnership w...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shot in the arm for girl child
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry yesterday received 13 all-terrain vehicles and 34 motorcycles donated by the British government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) towar...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Deputy Minister owes his life to the jab
"Vaccination saved my life," is the message from Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza gave on Friday to residents of Mhangura constituency. Paradza said he...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi still enjoying lavish taxpayer-funded privileges
DESPITE resigning in March as state vice-president amid a string of sensational sex scandals, Kembo Mohadi - who remains Zanu-PF co-deputy leader with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - is still en...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ARDA gets motorbikes
Government continues with its drive to capacitate the Agriculture Rural Development Authority (ARDA), after it handed over a first batch of motorcycles to them in a bid to revive at least 450 small sc...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 15:37hrs | | by Panashe Marasha
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ comes up with parameters in motor vehicle clearance
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has come up with Exchange Control parameters for consideration in the motor vehicle clearance process in line with Statutory Instrument 89 of 2021 on licensing requi...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:40hrs | | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Habitual unlicensed bus driver nabbed at roadblock
A MAN wanted by police over a bus accident that killed two people 10 years ago, is working for another bus company plying the Shamva-Harare route and admits to using a fake Class One drivers licence w...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Used car import rules clarified
Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old from the date of manufacture on the day they enter Zimbabwe on or after April 2 are no longer automatic and now need specific import licences for...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record maize harvest since Land Reform Programme expected
Zimbabwe is set for a record maize harvest since the Land Reform Programme, with 2,8 million tonnes expected to be delivered to the Grain Marketing Board, in a development that is expected to drive ec...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biker in head-on collision with car, dies on the spot
A 33-year-old Concession man who was riding a motorcycle died on the spot after a head-on collision with a car being driven by a Chinhoyi white man along Mazowe-Nyabira road.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:18hrs | | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF DCC candidate dies in freak accident
Zanu-PF Makonde District Coordinating Committee (DCC)'s aspiring Secretary for Transport and Welfare candidate, Darlington Chasara fell off his motorcycle in Makonde Constituency on Sunday night and d...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt okays forex tollgate fees payment
GOVERNMENT has given motorists greenlight to pay toll fees using foreign currency and says the move will enhance the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to harness resources to clear its e...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says peace key to Zimbabwe growth
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says he will adequately fund security forces and anti-graft bodies going forward, in a bid to secure peace and the ease of doing business in the country....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Irregularities in VID testing protocol during lockdown
In March 2020, Statutory Instrument (SI) 77/20 was promulgated by the Health ministry directing the VID in the Transport ministry to cease offering and conducting driving test services in order to con...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Thembinkosi Siziba
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