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Zimbabwe police hunt for two suspects organising insurgency
Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects, believed to be CCC members, who are part of a group of political activists who are mobilising people to stage demonstrations under the guise of voter v...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police deployed to quell demos
POLICE say they have deployed security officers across the country following indications that some political activists wanted to stage demonstrations in the aftermath of last week's elections....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn rogue elements
Police have said they are aware of some political activists who want to mobilise people to move into groups in the city centre to cause demonstrations under the guise of voter verification.Acc...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Primary School poisoning: Grade 4 pupil dies, two hospitalised
Police said the owner of the food and drink offered them to the three girls during break time and did not consume the food herself.Confirming the tragedy yesterday, acting Bulawayo police spok...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Milling company splits groceries unit
LISTED milling company, National Foods Limited, is splitting its groceries unit into the down-packed and traded goods units while US$4 million has been planned for investment into additional cereal ma...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over pop corn
A MAN from Zvishavane in the Midlands' province went berserk and fatally struck his neighbour with an axe for failing to pay for his popcorn which were sold by his son.The incident happened at...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe film on Showmax
ACCIDENTAL Small House, a romantic comedy film by Zimbabwean production company, Invision Studios, is now available on Showmax, an online streaming platform owned by Africa's largest pay-TV group, Mul...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
18 forex abusers to pay penalties
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday listed the first 18 firms facing civil penalties under the new Statutory Instrument 127 after being caught abusing the foreign exchange auction system, with Zimb...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabweans bolder'
BUSINESS and Zimbabwe at large should forget about baneful sanctions that were imposed by Western countries on the country and focus on local resources through value addition and increasing exports, P...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt unveils 2021 crop producer prices
GOVERNMENT has announced new producer prices for commercial crops for the 2021/22 marketing season.Sugar beans will be sold at $90 000 per metric tonne, groundnuts ($40 000), sunflower ($40 00...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
New flour plant for Bulawayo
DIVERSIFIED agro-industrial concern, National Foods is set to install a new state-of-the art US$5 million flour milling plant at the firm's factory in Bulawayo. The new plant, whose installati...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do morals require a code of conduct for politicians?
Tongues were sent into overdrive in the recent past weeks amid revelations of a multitude of trysts of Zimbabwe's the third in command, Vice President Kembo Mohadi with numerous married. What started ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 21:40hrs | | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
National Foods starts maize imports
National Foods says it has commenced substantial maize imports to cover the predicted demand between December 2020 and April 2021 as the recently concluded harvest was impacted by a second successive ...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the Kambarami -Town Clerk suspension saga
The wait is over.Yesterday (11 July 2019) I promised to give my opinion on the “alleged suspension pending disciplinary investigation” of the Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr. Christopher Dube by th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 15:45hrs | 2 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Chamisa celebrating Zanu-PF factionalism
THE opposition MDC party says it will be grabbing "popcorn and chairs" for front row seats in what appears to be factional fights playing out in the ruling Zanu-PF, where officials are tearing each ot...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
When is torrenting illegal?
Peer-to-peer sharing P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing is built upon the network of ‘peers’ that function both as clients and servers, allowing for a decentralised system of dat...Published: 29 May 2019 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff Writer
Serial rapist in court over 5 counts of rape, robbery
A 37-YEAR-OLD suspected Harare serial rapist, who pounced on several unsuspecting female vendors, appeared in court yesterday.Farai Denga, who is of no fixed abode, would allegedly approach th...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ,Nat Foods strikes a deal
DIVERSIFIED milling firm, National Foods Limited, says it has struck a deal with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to assume its legacy debt amounting to $54,9 million owed to one of its major grain suppli...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Freedom
Her boss had announced impending job appraisals. Finally the supervisor from hell would get even. Ever since Themba had popped the question and put a large diamond on Thoko's left hand, the witch from...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Jerà
Chiwenga represents the 'New Disorder' not New Dispensation
While the nation awaits eagerly in anticipation of a typical Chief Justice Maraga (Kenya's Chief Justice) style and caliber of overturning presidential election results from our apex court on Tuesday,...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Operation Restore 'Regasi' play goes to Harare
President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be part of the audience set to watch Operation Restore 'Regasi', an 80-minute-long play that gives a comical account of the events that took place in the country last ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T can't even organise a funeral
My People,It is now official!The Movement for Democratic Confusion (MDC), has clearly demonstrated in the last two weeks, that they cannot organise anything.Not even a funeral....Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 11:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The real coup in MDC-T
My People First things first, my deepest condolences to the Tsvangirai family for the loss of the family head, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.By extension, I would also like to proffer my condolenc...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council abuse disabled residents
I am a resident of city of Bulawayo with a disability. I have a disabled wife and also a disabled daughter.I got a donation of a Gas Popcorn making machine last year from Edgars stores. Govern...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 12:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Students urged to use condoms
PARLIAMENT has urged students at tertiary institutions to use condoms, provided by the National Aids Council (NAC) to reduce HIV prevalence, even if they disliked them.The recommendations were...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe slammed for snacking on banned imports
President Robert Mugabe has come under fire for snacking on imported products that his government banned, with the opposition saying the move exposes the nonagenarian's high level of hypocrisy....Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
As the end of the road nears for Mugabe regime, IMF must resist prolonging our suffering
Robert Mugabe's regime has reached the end. Out of money, out of friends, imploding from within - freedom beckons for Zimbabwe. The IMF's proposed plan to loan Mugabe...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 16:56hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
Ex-Minister's car attached over debt
IN an embarrassing incident that temporarily brought business to a halt in Harare's central business district yesterday, former Transport and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister Petronella Kag...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Violent protests escalate
HARARE resembled a war zone yesterday as violence flared up after riot police violently disrupted an opposition political parties-organised electoral reform demonstration in defiance of a High Cou...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police block march to Mugabe's State House
GOODS worth thousands of dollars were destroyed and looted yesterday as police violently crushed a march by MDC-T youths to State House, where they reportedly intended to push President Robert Mug...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Edgars rescue visually impaired man
A Bulawayo visually impaired man John Jemwa has received donation worth R6000 from Edgars Zimbabwe.The clothing retail outlet donated a Popcorn Machine Cart which is the mobile trolley....Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Edgars rescue family of three living with disabilities
A Bulawayo family of three living with disability has received donation worth R6000 from Edgars Zimbabwe.The clothing retail outlet donated a Gas Popcon Machine Value R6000....Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 13:51hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Anti-corruption boss' hubby rapes niece
Suspended Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission boss Sukai Tongogara's husband, Anderson Chitsungo, was yesterday brought to court on allegations of raping his wife's 16-year-old niece twice before she ...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Zimbabwe on the edge'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government was yesterday left ashen-faced after sporadic violent protests exploded in parts of Harare, keeping the police on their toes, amid fears the civil unrest could...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland farmers urged to embrace hybrid technologies
THERE is need to equip farmers in Matabeleland region with the requisite knowledge and skills to improve their horticultural production and avert a situation whereby produce from other areas in the co...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Impregnated and dumped!
HEARTBREAK is one of the hardest things we experience in life and it is powerful. At some point, it stops becoming an emotion, a feeling, a phase that you are just going through when you are exper...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Disabled Bulawayo family needs $1 200 for Popcorn project
A family of people with disability has appealed to the donor community and government for assistance to fund their popcorn making project.In a letter wrote to Bulawayo24, John Munetsi Jemwa sa...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 13:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Family of three living with disability seeks project assistance
The Editor Bulawayo24 News Dear Sir or Madam REF: DISABLED FAMILY RESIDENT IN BULAWAYO SEEK PROJECT ASSISTANCE The...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 19:58hrs | | by John Munetsi Jemwa
Joice Mujuru regains her voice
In her interview with VOA, Mujuru brags that all systems are in place as she has done the "best recruitment. . . from Beitbridge to Mukumbura; from the border with Botswana to border Mozambique (sic) ...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zim sport gone to the dogs
Millions of soccer loving Zimbabweans watched in shock as the senior football national team became regular fodder in Rwanda during its two embarrassing matches against Zambia and Mali at the ongoing A...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 12:31hrs | | by Jacob Mafume - PDP National Spokesperson
Probe companies owned by Judges - Mafume
MDC Renewal spokesperson Jacob Mafume has said it is necessary to probe the companies owned by Judges following their Supreme Court Ruling which granted companies permission to dismiss workers aft...Published: 26 Jul 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nathaniel Manheru - A misbegotten son of a foul mother?
After reading the latest article by Nathaniel Manheru in the Herald of 27 December 2014 titled "Southern Zimbabwe: Ending an overdue myth", I thought the article had a lot of positives covered in ...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 11:38hrs | | by Hlosukwakha
Vacancy: Zanu-PF seeks Daniel - ideal job for Morgan Tsvangirai
WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT are good gifts that come from God. In the Robert Mugabe controlled Zanu Pf and Zimbabwe ruins, there is a vacancy as they seek a Daniel to interpret the long forgotten dream of...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 08:49hrs | | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
MDC-T circus: meet the players
Given the recent circus being put on show by our brothers and sisters in the MDC-T, I thought it prudent to formally introduce the major players to those of you who may not be in the know....Published: 08 May 2014 at 09:01hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Hungry man suspends hunger strike
A man has ended his week-long hunger strike after Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni asked him to break his protest until a probe into controversy surrounding the city's salary schedule is complete. ...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema's EFF project: A force to reckon with or another stillbirth?
Background In the last few days there has been a lot of excitement and reportage about the formation of the EFF [Economic Freedom Fighters] initiated ...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 02:13hrs | | by Bigboy Mthombeni
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