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Rains to ease off
Rains are expected to ease off countrywide from Monday to Sunday with sunny breaks by today with warmer conditions and sunshine expected from tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department has said....Published: 3 hrs ago | 438 | by Staff reporter
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 16 hrs ago | 816 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 16 hrs ago | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, land baron mend fences
SUSPECTED land baron Wellington Peyama, who has been accused of fanning divisions in the ruling Zanu-PF party, has claimed that he has resolved his differences with the party leadership in Mashonaland...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:07hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe High faces water crisis
MAGWEGWE High School in Bulawayo is facing serious water problems amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Parliament was told last Thursday.The issue was revealed by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Youths urged to venture into mining
UMZINGWANE legislator Levi Mayihlome has urged youths in the district to venture into gold mining instead of crying foul when outsiders seize opportunities.The district is rich in gold deposit...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
DDF in bridges, road rehab
The District Development Fund (DDF) in Mashonaland Central has started repairing bridges and 2 400km of roads after receiving $546,2 million from Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and Gov...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:50hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Headlands bridge collapses
Mwarazi River bridge in Headlands was washed away by heavy rains on Friday cutting off farmers, mining companies and communities in Chendambuya, Mayo, Chikore and Chinyuke areas threatening economic a...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:50hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Rains cause landslides in Kariba
Incessant rains which have been hitting the country in recent days have led to landslides in Kariba with debris covering roads amid indications that rains within 24 hours neared all time highs for the...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:34hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe, a sea change from the pessimism they've expressed through two decades of economic mismanagement and institutional decay.The south...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe construction: The Tonga joining the fray?
IT seems most local tribes could have contributed towards construction of Dzimbahwe Ruins with the Tonga being the latest clan laying the claim that they also played a leading role as far as thi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:49hrs | 427 | by Burzil Dube
Bribe-taking cop arrested at roadblock
A HARARE traffic police officer was arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week after he allegedly received a bribe from an unlicensed driver to pass through a road...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains expected to continue
Zimbabwe can expect another wet weekend with heavy downpours, particularly to the north of the watershed, the Meteorological Services Department advised yesterday. Farmers were advised to harv...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:27hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power plant in limbo as Zimbabwe frustrates Chinese investor
Zimbabwe is stalling the completion of a 720 megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant in Hwange in a stand-off between the finance ministry and the military which is in a joint venture with a Chinese c...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Policeman in court for bribery
A Harare police officer appeared in court today on allegations of soliciting US$45 bribe from a motorist he had arrested.Broadway Jongwe was facing bribery charges when he appeared before Hara...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
SA trucker sues over Beitbridge border accident
A SOUTH AFRICAN cross-border haulage trucking company has threatened to sue Raubex Construction Company following an accident involving its truck inside the Beitbridge Border Post.Docfin Tradi...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Zimra throttles smuggling
The recent upgrading of security along the Limpopo River, partly driven by the need to stop illegal movement of people spreading Covid-19, has resulted in reduced smuggling with Zimra nailing those ca...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Family buries wrong body, forced to exhume
A FAMILY from Lobengula West suburb was left speechless after they were given a wrong body by a funeral parlour and had to travel all the way to Plumtree to exhume the body of their loved one for rebu...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:29hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Two die, eight seriously injured in separate accidents
TWO people died and eight others are hospitalized in separate road traffic accidents on Wednesday in Mashonaland Central province....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 1316 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gwanda fisherman runs into dead body instead of good catch
A 19-year-old fisherman from Gwanda literally became a fisher of man when he cast his rod into Sengezane river hoping to reel in a good catch only to discover a dead body floating in the water....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1018 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
'MDCs, Zanu-PF fuelling political tension
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC parties have been accused of fanning violence through hate speech, thus entrenching fear in the electorate.This was revealed in a 2020 Hate Speech Report ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:56hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Storm leaves trail of destruction in Shurugwi
HEAVY rains have spawned a humanitarian crisis in Shurugwi district destroying schools, homes, roads and other public infrastructure such as bridges over the past few weeks.Shurugwi assistant ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:50hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for hit and run suspect
POLICE in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, have launched a manhunt for a hit and run suspect who is driving a black Mazda Demio.This comes after a 26-year-old man is battling for life at G...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda man swept away by river
THE body of a 30-year-old man from Garanyemba village in Gwanda who drowned in a river about a week ago has been found more than 10 kilometres downstream.Matabeleland South provincial police s...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Kombi overturns while fleeing police
17 people were seriously injured yesterday when an illegal commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned while fleeing from the Zimbabwe Republic Police, near Penhalonga in Manicaland.Wi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:47hrs | 3937 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Proposal to help people recover lost items
ON February 16, 2012, Hansole was invited to a meeting for a public private sector partnership programme.As Hansole, we wanted to propose the setting up of an online system and create a social...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:15hrs | 610 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Zimbabwe has a huge skills gap'
A Government commissioned audit shows that the country has a serious skills deficit of up to 62 percent despite having one of the highest literacy rates in the world.The audit reveals that alt...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Commuters stranded as Zupco demands tap cards
Commuters from Chitungwiza were stranded earlier today after the only public transport operator Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) rejected fare payments in cash.Workers, particularly f...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:21hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Insiza communities face flash floods
THE Insiza Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has urged villagers to desist from building houses near Mayfair Dam in Insiza district in Matabeleland South to avoid being swept away when the dam spil...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 200 | by Obert Chifamba
Flash floods hit Dulivhadzimu suburb again
Flash floods have hit Dulivhadzimu suburb in Beitbridge where most roads have become inaccessible.Heavy rains have been pounding the district since last night.The town's oldest suburb ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:32hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Government steps up efforts to complete Gwayi-Shangani Dam
MATABELELAND region is poised for economic growth as Government has stepped up efforts towards the completion of the massive Gwayi-Shangani Dam project before the end of next year.It is envisa...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
A product of Rhodesia's cattle improvement scheme
In the early 1940's in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the Government was promoting a cattle improvement scheme whereby bulls from imported European breeds were made available to the indigeno...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:42hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 3920 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused police boss guns for Zacc
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to the Special Anti-Corruption...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
'95% skills deficit in medicine'
THE country is grappling with a 95 percent skills deficit in the medical fraternity and 94 percent skills deficit in the engineering sector, a development which has been hampering optimal service deli...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels lowest in the country
BULAWAYO's supply dams have the lowest levels in Zimbabwe with the majority of dams in the country now full and spilling.The city, which is emerging from its worst water crisis in recent years...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1569 | 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 | 4327 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has ravaged the globe....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Female panner dies in shaft
A female gold panner from Guyu in Matabeleland South Province died on the spot while her colleague escaped unharmed when a shaft they were working in at the bank of Mlalakgomo River collapsed, trappin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Good road network vital to revive domestic tourism
THE tourism industry has implored the Government to urgently fix the country's major roads that have been damaged by heavy rains to ensure smooth domestic travel. A majority of the country's r...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls records highest flows for the month of February
Victoria Falls, one of southern Africa's biggest tourist attractions, has hit its highest peak in years for the month of February following heavy rains that have pounded major catchment areas of the Z...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
More trucks using Zimbabwe as transit route
THE volume of commercial trucks using Beitbridge Border Post has started to increase, with transporters now avoiding the Botswana transit route due to very strict Covid-19 screening measures.I...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 2390 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in court over Ngomahuru
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Constantine Chiwenga has been dragged to court over a water crisis at Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital in Masvingo that has forced 200 inmates to ta...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:31hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Villagers resist Chinese mining project
HUNDREDS of villagers in the Dinde area, Hwange district in Matabeleland North are living in fear of eviction from their ancestral land to pave way for a Chinese coal-mining project.This has a...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 918 | by Arthur GO Mutambara
4 die in Wedza road accident
FOUR people died on the spot, while others sustained serious injuries after a pirate taxi was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle near Wedza business centre on Monday night.Th...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi Bridge major repairs complete
WORK to rehabilitate the Mbembesi River Bridge along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway is almost complete with the cost of repairs estimated at US$180 000. Rains undercut the bridge a fortnight ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:05hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
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