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Chamisa's Mutare rally gets green light
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has approved an MDC rally set for Chisamba Grounds in Sakubva, Mutare on December 15, after months of banning the opposition party's events.This comes as the...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2549 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs disrupt Parliamentary committee
MDC-Alliance legislators yesterday disrupted a Parliamentary committee sitting, protesting that committee chairperson Mr Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (Binga South) from the opposition party should be allowed t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash kills pastor, wife
THE United Methodist Church was plunged into mourning ahead of its eastern annual conference at Old Mutare tomorrow after the death of one the convention organisers and his wife in a horror accident i...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Irish Whiskey lands man in the dock
A 23-year-old Mutare man has been dragged before court and convicted of theft charges after he stole a bottle of Irish Whiskey in a supermarket.Jabulani Samboko who was appearing before a Muta...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:09hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
4 die in Harare-Mutare highway accident
FOUR people died on Wednesday night after their vehicle side-swiped with a haulage truck at the 140-kilometre peg along the Harare-Mutare highway.The four are Edwin Kudzaishe (26) from Mutanda...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:41hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 48-hour moratorium: Doctors trickle back to work
AT least 10 percent of junior doctors have reported for duty countrywide with Government ready to consider extenuating circumstances for doctors reporting to work after the moratorium extended by Pres...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:02hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's papers to be amended
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya yesterday postponed to next month the corruption trial of former Minister Ignatius Chombo, to allow the State to amend its papers. Chombo is being jo...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:57hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat commits to assisting Melfort Old People's Home
Leading financial services company Zimnat has embarked on a campaign to assist residents of Melfort Old People's home this festive season. Moved by the plight of the elderly residents at this ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:04hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
JOC raids illegal miners in Odzi
THE Joint Operations Command (JOC) in Manicaland last week raided artisanal miners operating in gold-rich Odzi district to restore sanity following the death of four panners in bloody clashes at Odzi ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba moves to curb rape culture in churches
LEADER of Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect Andby Makururu has made a sensational statement, declaring that institutionalised rape is rampant in most Apostolic sects. The famous prophet made the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Ignorance of law costs lives on Zimbabwe's roads
In 2015, government passed Statutory Instrument (SI) 129 of 2015 ordering the installation of speed governors or tracking systems in all public passengers carrying vehicles in a move meant to curb the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
NRZ spends US$10m on wagon refurbishment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has successfully refurbished more than 500 wagons at an estimated cost of US$10 million.NRZ traction and rolling stock Chief Engineer Alfred Gunzo said ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
MDC slams Jacob Mudenda
THE MDC has come out guns blazing at National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda for alleged bias against the main opposition's legislators.MDC secretary for legal affairs Innocent Gonese last wee...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:53hrs | 297 | by newzimbabwe
Manicaland believes in Mnangagwa's leadership
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti- crusade and exemplary leadership is set to take the country forward, Zanu-PF's Manicaland province chairperson Mike Madiro said yesterday.Manicaland provin...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:51hrs | 91 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe poised for model state-of-the-art road network
ZIMBABWE is poised for a model state-of-the-art road network by 2030 as Government is working tirelessly to upgrade infrastructure despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the United States...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
White farmers' resistance to land reform shocks Mnangagwa ally
TWO new farmers shot at Ariston Holdings' Roscommon Estate in Chimanimani on Monday, one of them fatally, had offer letters from Government authorising them to settle on the land. Manicaland M...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to reshuffle security ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is moving in to reshuffle the security ministers in his cabinet a highly placed source in the Office of the President and Cabinet has said.Speaking to this reporte...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 09:09hrs | 5686 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister sucked into farm invasion row
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has been sucked into a farm invasion row in Mutare, which has seen the property owner approaching the High Court for recourse. The farm...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
6 armed robbers jailed 5 years, another shot dead
SIX armed robbers, who pounced on a Bindura family and robbed them of their valuables, were yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison by Bindura magistrate Noel Mupeiwa.Jerry Mhere (27), La...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1047 | by newsday comment
Zera records spike in domestic gas use
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) consumer services manager Nobert Matarutse has disclosed that the use of gas for domestic cooking has increased to 50 million kilogrammes up from 28 million...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bigwigs should retire from govt'
THE Zanu-PF women's league has called on ageing party bigwigs to retire from government and pave way for younger women in a bid to revive the shrinking economy.Speaking at a national gender fo...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should clear name on Gukurahundi before grabbing Bulawayo roads'
OPPOSITION Zapu has scolded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for rushing to name a street in Bulawayo after himself before he has found time to come clean on his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities o...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1106 | by newzimbabwe
Bosso roll past stubborn Manica Diamonds
Highlanders 1-0 Manica Diamonds PRINCE Dube continued with his fine form for Highlanders, scoring a beauty that deservedly won Bosso maximum points against a stubborn Manica Diamonds in a Castle L...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Zambezi water project remains a mirage
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni was in the news recently calling for action to bring the Zambezi River water to Bulawayo. The city of kings, if I may join those who want us to remember the city's history...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 182 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa snubs Tsvangirai
Government yesterday resolved to rename a number of streets and buildings in Harare, Bulawayo and several other cities and towns in the country after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the late former a...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces hotel room deficit
Government is concerned with the country's hotel room stock which it says projections show would be over 2 000 rooms short by end of 2020 thus curtailing the growth of the tourism sector. This...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Re-naming of streets above board
Cabinet's decision to re-name some roads in urban local authorities, places and Government buildings after national heroes and regional nationalists and beyond is in accordance with the country's laws...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans migrate to liquid petroleum gas as load shedding bites
The use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Zimbabwe is expected to hit 50 million kilograms mark per year as electricity power outages worsen, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) official has...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:59hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa named 10 roads after himself
With the haste of a man not certain of history's judgment of him, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday renamed 10 roads in all provinces after himself.Enterprise Road in Harare, which lead...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 166 | by ZimLive
Chombo's latest application for release of passport granted
A High Court Judge has granted the application made by Former Cabinet Minister, Ignatius Chombo's, to have his passport released after a Magistrate Court had dismissed the application in Septemb...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 13:36hrs | 1815 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra embarks on an imported vehicle verification exercise - check for your name
The Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has notified the owners of vehicles that were imported in unclear circumstances to visit ZIM RA Loss Control Offices at ZB Centre corner Firs...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 10:39hrs | 8194 | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF MPs refuse to recognise Biti
ZANU-PF MPs who are members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Friday reportedly walked out on chairperson Tendai Biti "questioning his legitimacy".The Public Accounts Committee (PAC...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:15hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda gets a border post
GOVERNMENT has designated Gwanda District's Mlambapele as an official port of entry and has set up four dry ports to decongest Beitbridge and Forbes border posts. Mlambapele connects Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:01hrs | 2305 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Technical fault plunges Zimbabwe into darkness
Eastern Zimbabwe lost electric power for almost three hours from 1am yesterday when a regional interconnector tripped and stopped generation at Kariba South Power Station. Consumers in Harare,...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe economic empowerment policy on the cards
Zanu-PF is working on crafting a draft economic empowerment policy which will replace the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act as Zimbabwe moves to attract foreign direct investment.Rec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:36hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mnangagwa govt tussle for private home's title deeds
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has made a step forward in a bid to recover title deeds to his Mutare home which was forfeited by the state after he failed to return home for his co...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 5809 | by newzimbabwe
Vapostori declare war
Leader of Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic sect Andby Makururu has pledged to complement government efforts to end child marriages in the country.Members of his sect and others recently held...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 4831 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Mozambique discuss fuel pipeline expansion
Zimbabwe wants to pump more fuel from Beira, Mozambique to Feruka near Mutare and then on to Msasa in Harare. This requires upgrading of the pair of pipelines and how this can be done was the ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Intratrek says Gwanda solar power plant can be ready by June
Intratrek Zimbabwe says it is ready to begin the long-delayed construction of the 100MW Gwanda solar power plant.Intratrek says it has secured US$14 million financing for the first phase o...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1022 | by ZimLive
'US ban hurts Marange diamonds'
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) yesterday said the decision by the United States to issue a withhold release order (WRO) for artisanal rough cut diamonds from Marange was impacting ne...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
WANTED: Candidates who wish to train as Environmental Health Technicians
Applications are invited from candidates who wish to train as Environmental Health Technicians with the Ministry of Health and Child Care. QUALIFICATIONS 1. Five (5) Ordinary Lev...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:35hrs | 4129 | by Staff reporter
Soldier guns down wife, kills self
A soldier reportedly shot and killed his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before killing himself by the same gun following a misunderstanding at their home in Manyame Park, Chitungwiza, ea...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
US$14m funding for Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
The 100 megawatt (MW) Gwanda solar project has received fresh impetus after a local infrastructure fund, African Transmission Corporation (ATC) Holdings, agreed to extend US$14 million to finance the ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3099 | by Staff reporter
A view from ko Bulawayo with Discent Bajila
When modernization and digitization deepen marginalization On the day I finished my Advanced Level examinations at Luveve High School in Bulawayo mid November 2006, my loving sister had alread...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 2972 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Indian medical experts head to Manicaland
A group of Indian medical doctors is in the country to provide free medical services in Manicaland Province under the auspices of the International Rotary Club. The 20-member medical team is e...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:44hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Youth led research academy successfully piloted in Zimbabwe
Sexual and reproductive health remains the leading health issue in young people globally, despite effective interventions and international investment in programmes and services. A key reason is the l...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Govt to upgrade 98 000km road network
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government was implementing a road development programme which sought to upgrade a 98 133km road network.Ncube said, as part of Zimbabwe's thrust t...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
Health disaster looms in Mutare
A HEALTH disaster is looming in Mutare after most suburbs have gone for almost two weeks without water supplies, while most schools have been sending pupils back home fearing an outbreak of cholera an...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
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