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Another Chinese up for attempted murder
A CHINESE national appeared at Mutoko Magistrates' Court on Wednesday facing attempted murder charges after he fired four shots at a farmer, but missed, following a land boundary dispute on June 21, 2...Published: 3 hrs ago | 375 | by Staff reporter
Trio up for smuggling R900 200 goods
A TRUCK driver with a Chitungwiza logistic company, a businessman and clearing agent have appeared in court charged with smuggling property worth R900 223,02 through the Beitbridge Border Post, prejud...Published: 3 hrs ago | 222 | by Staff reporter
Kariba inflows peak
In-flows into Lake Kariba have reached their seasonal peak of 481,22 metres, which is about 41,2 percent above the minimum operating level for power generation, as levels start declining.Level...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2572 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions over re-opening of schools in Zimbabwe
Various stakeholders across the southern African country have expressed mixed feelings over the reopening of schools on the 28th of July this year.Prior to the reopening of schools, the govern...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 22:15hrs | 3957 | by Daniel Itai
Murder duo to be hanged
TWO Harare men who murdered a taxi driver in November 2018 are now awaiting execution after the High Court sentenced them to death.Justice Tawanda Chitapi sentenced Romeo Jambura and Norest Ta...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's superstitious regime unmasked
Behavioural economists and psychologists tell us that we have inherent biases that influence our actions. These experts tell us that we humans have some default behaviours as a result of our lived or ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 12:21hrs | 13617 | by Edzai Zvobwo
It's too risky for Mnangagwa to let soldiers go hungry
REPORTS that morale has hit rock bottom in the army make for sad and terrifying reading. Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation, coupled with a severe food crisis, hyperinflation and cash shortages p...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:25hrs | 5817 | by Staff reporter
R4 million cigarette smuggling racket busted
Smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe into South Africa through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, always a problem because of the tax differences, increased dramatically from the beginn...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1856 | by Clement Moyo
Chamisa abducted, dumped near railway line
MDC Alliance youth chairperson for Goromonzi South, Davison Chamisa, who claims abduction by suspected state security agents in Ruwa Sunday, has been found, with claims of being drugged and dumped som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1875 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe constitution amendment (bill no. 2) - 2019
Written submission in accordance with section 328 amendment of constitution ZAPU notes with grave concern about the implications of the proposed r...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 877 | by Sakhile Sibanda
What's in a name and history?
SOMEWHERE in Buhera East, near Dorowa Mine before you cross Save River into Ziyambi Purchase Area, there is a school named after King Mzilikazi kaMatshobana. I would give everything to know if posteri...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 248 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Rhodies wanted Gagisa for a war trophy
I first met Stanley Nleya (Elish Gagisa), who died in Bulawayo on 16 June and was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday last week, at Morogoro in Tanzania in 1969.I had tra...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 318 | by Retired Brig-Gen Mazinyane
Sticky-fingered conductors strike Zupco, again
PILFERING staffers have been the proverbial monkey on Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)'s case ever since it was brought back to life.Last year, the mass public transport operator jett...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:15hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Technical glitch adds to Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has shut down water pumps supplying water from Ncema Dam to the Tuli Reservoir due to a technical fault, forcing prolonged water supply interruption in the city. The problem come...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1538 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
'Join protest demanding legitimate state' Chamisa called – he gave away legitimacy, wandering Jew
In Christian legend the wandering Jew is a character doomed to live until the end of the world because he taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion. He is doomed to wander, looking for something he ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 23:26hrs | 6193 | by Nomusa Garikai
Border authorities intercept 21 smuggling commercial trucks
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have increased surveillance and anti-smuggling activities during the ongoing lockdown and 21 trucks and 22 other vehicles smuggling an assortment of goods worth m...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Zupco crews on go-slow
DRIVERS of Mutare-based conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise have gone on a go-slow to force government to review their daily commission, leaving thousands of commuters stranded....Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
'Kombi' operators turn vehicles to mobile stores
Known as kombis in Zimbabwe, commuter omnibuses are no more, but in residential areas they have resurfaced, with conductors this time not shouting out for passengers, but for customers to rush for buy...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1093 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu News
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Driving School Owners urges government to re-open VID depots
The Vice President of Zimbabwe Driving School Owners Association ( ZDSOA) Edwin Ndlovu has called for the government of Zimbabwe to direct VID depots across the country to commence testing aspir...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 11:43hrs | 1409 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Selective outrage retrogressive to the African plight
WHEN we speak of the year 2020 the name Gorge Floyd wields more weight than the COVID-19 pandemic for obvious socio-political reasons. George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, in the USA....Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 114 | by Nqaba Matshazi
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bravo Tours loses court case
THE High Court has dismissed an application by Bravo Tours Bus Company seeking an order directing a Zambian accident victim suing the company and its driver for US$35 000 to pay $15 000 security costs...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3236 | by Staff reporter
Banks urged embrace 99-year leases
GOVERNMENT is ready to work with the banking sector to fine-tune the 99-year land leases to enhance productivity in the agriculture sector, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ramaphosa deploys soldiers to deal with Taxi drivers
President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa's government has deployed members of the South Africa National Defense Force to remove striking taxi drivers from the streets. ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 10:26hrs | 6734 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rename Victoria Falls, and Lake, after African luminaries
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa, liberation starts by "Decolonising The Mind," to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong'o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans w...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 850 | by Milton Allimadi
Harare man with Covid-19 escapes from centre
A Harare man last week escaped from a quarantine centre at Harare Polytechnic after testing positive to Covid-19 and police have launched a manhunt to prevent the spread of the virus. Police are also ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Police accident kills 4
Four people died, while two others were seriously injured this afternoon when a speeding Toyota police vehicle they were travelling in veered ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 21:36hrs | 9103 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo residents sleep in water queues
Twice a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:46hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Same frog now in lipstick
IN more ways than one, courting love is similar to stalking prey.Although motivated by different designs, courting and stalking essentially entail stealthily winning an advantage in order ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 244 | by Bishop Lazi
Why fathers need to step up…Bigtime!
Forget Mr Justice Maphosa the businessman and philanthropist.Or that prayerful man who is always ready to give you a nugget or two regarding your spiritual uplifting and feed your soul.Mee...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 10:02hrs | 503 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Lodges, guest houses cash in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees
SOME lodges and guest houses have been cashing in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees who are desperately trying to evade the long arm of the law, The Sunday Mail Society can reveal.The growing pr...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 902 | by Staff Reporter
ZCC bishop dies in funeral car accident
A ZCC Wangamurena bishop was recently killed in a funeral service vehicle accident after a mysterious snake is said to have appeared from underneath the driver's seat causing the car to veer off the r...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:11hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Losing children to UK's social workers
Nesbert Shumba left Zimbabwe in 2003 and settled in the United Kingdom. His wife and two children joined him a year later and while in the UK, Nesbert was blessed with three more children. He moved to...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1077 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Learner drivers get lockdown reprieve
Learner drivers, holders of defensive driving certificates and bus drivers were granted a reprieve yesterday if their licences or certificates expired during the lockdown or they were required to unde...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
'Cash-rich' gold buyer invades Zimbabwe?
Confusion is reigning supreme in the gold sector over the existence of a licenced gold buyer who is reportedly paying more than the official price set by the country's repository authority, Fidelity P...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 11478 | by Staff reporter
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1695 | by Jonathan Chando
Incredible potable water potential around Bulawayo
SO the City of Bulawayo is re-commissioning Khami Dam sewer treatment works as another source of potable for the city. Why not go further and include Aisleby Farm sewer treatment works into its water ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 377 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Bulawayo
TWICE a week, Nothi Mlalazi joins a long line with dozens of other people - some of whom have slept there overnight - and stands for hours waiting for water in Zimbabwe's second-largest city.A...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled chicks intercepted, destroyed
POLICE here have intercepted two men smuggling a consignment of 19 600 day-old chicks across the Limpopo River from South Africa into Zimbabwe. The pair was arrested on Tuesday evening near Pa...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga outlines operational challenges
Police manning roadblocks and securing quarantine centres need more protective equipment, transport and allowances for food, with quarantine centres needing more lights and fencing, Commissioner-Gener...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's troops shut down Bulawayo city centre
Businesses including banks were forced to close shop after police and soldiers drove people of out Bulawayo's central business district in an early morning operation on Tuesday.Police checkpoi...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 14:11hrs | 5401 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for mass action
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has called for a mass stayaway throughout in country in protest over the flash roadblocks that are mounted by the details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 4255 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans ignore Mnangagwa's prayer day
ZAOGA leader Ezekiel Guti prays at the national day of prayer and fasting at State House in Harare yesterdayMOST Zimbabweans yesterday snubbed the national day of prayer and fasting pronounced...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shedding crocodile tears
THOSE whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. Ablating the lipstick off the crocodile would need quite an enumeration; the cacophony of deceit and deception, the apophasis in seeking divin...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:39hrs | 489 | by Evangelist Sendekai W T
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trio gets bail in SA armed robbery case
A Sekhukhune Magistrate Court has granted bail to three Zimbabweans accused of teaming up with six South Africans to rob a post office in Atok under Apel policing area on Wednesday last week. ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
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