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Mliswa to battle Tsvangirai's son for Norton seat
INCUMBENT Temba Mliswa's hold on the Norton Parliamentary seat will be tested in the upcoming general election when Richard Tsvangirai, son to late pro-democracy icon Morgan Tsvangirai, contests him....Published: 8 hrs ago | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Parly Speaker dismisses Zanu-PF activist's claim as delimitation report row rages
THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has hit back at Zanu-PF member, Tonderai Chidawa, who dragged the legislature to court for accepting what he claimed to be a flawed Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Preli...Published: 8 hrs ago | 463 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC rules out primary elections
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has revealed that it will not hold primary elections to select candidates for this year's polls.The decision will undoubtedly set tongues wag...Published: 8 hrs ago | 811 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands slot in schools' leadership
Zanu-PF has been roping in civil servants including teachers to campaign for Mnangagwa's re-election.Zanu-PF is reportedly meddling in the running of schools in the Midlands province, after it...Published: 8 hrs ago | 330 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to steal opposition members' IDs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly crafted a cocktail of anti-opposition strategies ahead of this year's polls, among them being to "steal" national identity (IDs) cards belonging to opposition p...Published: 8 hrs ago | 379 | by Staff reporter
Parly Speaker defends Zec delimitation report
IN a surprise about turn Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has supported the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s preliminary delimitation report saying all processes to produce the rep...Published: 8 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
'UK-based Zimbabwean caregivers being exploited'
SOME Zimbabwean caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are allegedly subjected to, among other ill-treatments, unfair labour practises such as working for long hours on poor wages and sacked from work ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 563 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 8 hrs ago | 528 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 8 hrs ago | 345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new TV station knocked off air by technical fault
One of the newly-launched TV stations - Ke Yona TV - has been knocked off air by a fault.The Bulawayo-based station launched its full programming on February 1 on channel 398 on the Azam TV pl...Published: 16 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
ZEC's 7 rebel commissioners did not sign final delimitation report
Seven of the nine commissioners of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) did not sign the final report on the delimitation of ward and constituency boundaries handed over to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 16 hrs ago | 555 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena acquitted in Cottco fraud case
Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was accused of fraud has been set free pending completion of investigations after a Harare court granted his application for refusal for furthe...Published: 21 hrs ago | 747 | by Paul Ndou
Nurses barred from leaving Zimbabwe
With a salary worth the equivalent of less than $100 a month, Agnes Masarira can't afford to buy lunch at the hospital in Zimbabwe where she works as a nurse. She dreams of a nursing job in Canada, bu...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 5580 | by Staff reporter
US diplomat visits Zanu-PF to pledge Washington's support for Mnangagwa?
AN unnamed United States (US) Embassy deployee in Zimbabwe reportedly visited the ruling Zanu-PF party, ostensibly to pledge Washington's support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF old guard wary of emerging young 'mbinga' as party primaries loom
Zanu-PF's secretary for information, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has unwittingly revealed that long serving party members are jittery over emerging wealthy businessmen who are raising hands for candidatur...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cracks the whip
Zanu-PF women's league boss Mabel Chinomona has cracked the whip on the ruling party's Manicaland women's league leader Happiness Nyakuedzwa for gross misconduct after reportedly disputing elections h...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Family fumes over death of relative at hospital
SALLY Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare has stirred the ire of a family whose relative died following a reported operation mishap at the institution.The deceased, Tafadzwa Chasakara (41), died...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
More troubles brew for Zimsec
TEACHER unions have urged parents of Ordinary Level students whose results were nullified last week to sue the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for presiding over flawed examinations....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Boy rapes girlfriend at her parent's home
A 17-YEAR-OLD Epworth boy has been arrested for allegedly raping his girlfriend at her parents' home.Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi has, however, shifted the matter to the Victim Friendly Co...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Belarus cashes in on Zimbabwe sanctions
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko secured eight bilateral agreements in agriculture, education and economic co-operation with Zimbabwe.BELARUS has taken advantage of sanctions imposed ...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cell verification meetings continue
Zanu-PF continued with its cell verification meetings yesterday, with officials congregating in Chinhoyi and Bulawayo, as the party moves to strengthen itself ahead of harmonised elections expected th...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:50hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Govt goes all out to complete Lupane Hospital
WORK on Lupane Provincial Hospital, the first public referral health institution in Matabeleland North Province, has gained pace as the Government steps up efforts to meet the end of year deadline to ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 23:45hrs | 558 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bribe' backfires
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are said to have refused to entertain the duo.An alleged attempt to bribe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President C...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 4687 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamonds sold for a song
Zimbabwe often sells its diamonds below market prices as they are not sought for and are even explicitly banned by major jewellery retailers for ethical reasons," ReportZIMBABWE is allegedly s...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:28hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maize harvest to hit three million tonnes?
Zimbabwe is poised to record its largest-ever maize harvest this year, with preliminary assessments indicating that production could hit three million tonnes.The previous record maize haul was...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Zimra records forex revenue upsurge
ZIMBABWE'S tax agency says United States dollar income and corporate taxes recorded strong growth during the quarter ending 31 December 2022 compared to prior comparative period as companies paid sala...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 574 | by Stephen Bates
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 289 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Man sodomises friend for ritual purposes
A desperate move by a Bindura man to make money has landed him in trouble after he was dragged to court facing a sodomy charge.Enerst Denhere Chiheya (40) appeared before magistrate Samantha D...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:08hrs | 592 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana, Charamba clash?
Confusion reigned on Saturday after two government spokesmen contradicted each other about the status of a delimitation report handed over to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday.Moments aft...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Cop sells weed to schoolboy
A Chiweshe based cop who sold cannabis to a school boy together with her two investigating officers are in soup after they were dragged to Concession magi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 400 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Surely, why study 10 subjects at school as if unsure of one's goals in life?
The ZIMSEC Ordinary Level results are out - and, already we are hearing of those outrageous numbers of subjects passed by single candidates. This inevitably leads to the usual debate - is it r...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 16:39hrs | 3359 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Maranatha learner collapses, dies during sports
A form three learner at Maranatha High School in Bulawayo reportedly collapsed and died during sports, CITE reported on Thursday.According to the publication, the incident occurred on Wednesda...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 09:20hrs | 1317 | by Staff Reporter
Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 4859 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu-PF preparing for early polls'
THE Zanu-PF-led government is reportedly busy tying up all loose ends, including fast-tracking passage of the delimitation report, election-related legislation in Parliament and bussing its members to...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
6 die of diarrhoea in Harare
The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt zeroes in on rogue teachers
GOVERNMENT has moved to uproot rogue teachers reportedly ill-treating pupils whose parents would have failed to pay for extra lessons.The latest case happened in Norton, Mashonaland West provi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:16hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zec presents revised delimitation report
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday handed a revised draft of the final report on the delimitation of constituency and ward boundaries to President Mnangagwa, a draft that takes into acc...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:14hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Results for 4 961 0-Level cheats nullified
Results of Ordinary-Level examinations written in November last year have been released and are available online immediately and at schools from Monday, but 4 961 candidates had their results nullifie...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:13hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government denies Mnangagwa handed final delimitation report
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) delimitation report was Friday mired in yet another controversy after government denied earlier media claims ZEC boss Priscilla Chigumba had submitted the final...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:20hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tussles with CCC in rural areas
Zanu-PF is pinning its hopes on rural areas as it eyes power retention in this year's general elections setting a tug of war with main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for the village el...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Mubobobo man rubs manhood against woman in bank queue
A WOMAN who was queuing at a bank in the city centre nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt something hard and slimy sliding up and down her back.To her horror, when she turned to check, ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Birthday celebrations turn tragic
A WOMAN who was celebrating her birthday at Bulawayo's Hillside Dams was reduced to tears after a knife wielding man grabbed her by her neck and stabbed her on the thigh before allegedly robbing her o...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Man threatens to kill wife for cooking imboza
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been fined $9 000 after threatening to kill his wife over undercooked isitshwala (imboza).True to the "hungry man is an angry man" adage Mncedisi Khumalo th...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records US$2bn trade deficit for 2022
THE country recorded a trade deficit of US$1,96 billion for the period between January and November 2022, which is an increase from the US$1,4 billion recorded during the same period in 2021, the late...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:12hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold deliveries to hit 40 tonnes
STATE-owned gold buyer, Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) is bullish on hitting a 40-tonne gold delivery target in 2023 buoyed by new gold mining projects coming into production as well as continuous polic...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:11hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
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