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Harare Poly bars students with fees arrears from writing exams
DOZENS of Harare Polytechnic students due to sit for examinations were left stranded yesterday after being locked out of the premises over non-payment of fees."The security at the gate is not ...Published: 14 mins ago | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts issuing Covid-19 vaccination 'passport'
ZIMBABWE has started issuing a specialised electronic Covid-19 vaccination card with security features that shall be used for traveling purposes outside the country. Members of the public who ...Published: 22 mins ago | 65 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling case: Police rope in Interpol
Police have widened investigations into the smuggling of 23 gold pieces worth US$783 000 by a Zimbabwean who was arrested in South Africa, and are waiting for a detailed report from Interpol officials...Published: 26 mins ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Parliament summons Kazembe
Parliament has summoned Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe to give a ministerial statement on the security situation at the country's borders following the arrest of a Zimbabw...Published: 14 hrs ago | 995 | by Staff reporter
US$780k gold smuggler linked to Rushwaya?
ZIMBABWE'S lax security at ports of entry and airports has come under spotlight again after Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya's ex-aide was arrested at the OR Tambo Interna...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
RG's office 'shields' corruption accused officer
The Registrar General's office is allegedly refusing to cooperate with investigators in the case involving passport processing officer, Prisca Moyo, who is facing charges of soliciting for a US$20 bri...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Kindness Paradza's militia in violent clashes with fellow Zanu-PF youths
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza is in the eye of a raging storm after an armed gang linked to the Zanu-PF politician fought running battles against fellow party youths in Chinhoyi Saturda...Published: 10 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana fumes as Zanu-PF youth leader shows up 'inappropriately dressed' to meet Mnangagwa
INFORMATION Ministry secretary Nick Mangwana has warned people coming to State House to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be respectful and sharply dressed.His counsel follows a recent phot...Published: 10 May 2021 at 08:14hrs | 6729 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa embroiled in ugly wrangle over school
THOUSANDS of pupils at Southlea Park, a community primary school in Harare South, face a bleak future after a controversial decision by a dodgy consortium to turn the learning centre in the low-income...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | 4248 | by Staff reporter
Moyo fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo says state-sponsored persecution has inspired him to cause government sleepless nights as he described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as worse than th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | 2420 | by Staff reporter
Bosso unveil season squad
HIGHLANDERS Football Club last night officially unveiled their 2021 squad and also set in motion their partnership with Sanctuary Insurance Company at a Bulawayo hotel.A squad of 26 players, 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:12hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Hospital finally re-opens
AFTER numerous attempts and false starts, Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to the public on Friday.Another Bulawayo Hospital, Thorngrove Infectious Diseases is also s...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Do you need a college degree to become a mercenary? The surprising answer...
If you always had boyhood dreams of becoming a mercenary, or the more formal term of private military contractor, you may have the misconception that all you need is a large machine gun and some kille...Published: 08 May 2021 at 21:16hrs | 764 | by Staff writer
Mthuli Ncube, Kazembe, Matanga evade jail
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube, Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, and the Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have evaded imprisonment after compensating Loveness Chiriseri, a victim of a p...Published: 08 May 2021 at 20:00hrs | 2230 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery goes wrong
A robbery went wrong in the early hours of today after the driver of a kombi that had been stashed with stolen tyres lost control of the vehicle and fell on the roadside after a high-speed chase by th...Published: 08 May 2021 at 19:15hrs | 2496 | by Staff reporter
'Buy Zimbabwe' noble initiative, but sub-standard local products threaten success
As the "Buy Zimbabwe" campaign was busy lauding its successes (and, hopefully, also evaluating its failures) over its ten years of existence, my mother wa...Published: 08 May 2021 at 10:18hrs | 580 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Justice Malaba's tenure set to be extended next week
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is on course to remaining in office beyond 15 May (next Saturday) when his tenure ends by operation of law following the passing of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Loan guarantee beneficiary denies Zanu-PF crony links
LUXAFLOR Roses, the company which got a US$750 000 bank loan guarantee from government that has raised eyebrows, says it does not have any link with Zanu-PF, despite its manager having previously expr...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
High Court stops Mamombe, Chimbiri trial
THE High Court yesterday stayed the trial of MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova which a Harare magistrate was insisting should start despite the...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:10hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa board chair acquitted of bribery as Chivayo remanded
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, who was being accused of receiving a US$10 000 bribe from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has been acquitted of the charges before plea....Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
CSOs move to challenge Zupco monopoly
BULAWAYO civic society organisations (CSOs) meet today to deliberate on the steps to be taken regarding government's insistence on a Zupco monopoly despite widespread condemnation of the policy....Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
'Financial distress to persist for Zimbabwe's urban poor'
USAID food security unit, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), says most urban families in Zimbabwe are expected to remain in financial doldrums due to skyrocketing cost of living....Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
US investors trickle into Zimbabwe despite sanctions
A group of American investors is currently in Zimbabwe exploring business opportunities. This comes as a group of Indian investors has been in the country after being attracted by the Second R...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:25hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe snubs supporters, sneaks out of prison
ON a very Wednesday cold evening, dozens of MDC Alliance members were left frustrated after receiving a phone call that their bailed-out compatriots, Joanna Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri had sneaked ou...Published: 06 May 2021 at 08:31hrs | 6134 | by Staff reporter
Are new-technology online casinos overtaking the old online casinos?
As the online casino indust...Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 265 | by Staff writer
My charges aren't clear, says Mupfumira
THE trial of former Labour minister Priscah Mupfumira on criminal abuse of office charges resumed yesterday where she claimed that her charge sheet did not specify the duties she allegedly abused....Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should now embrace racial minorities
It is now forty one years since Zimbabwe secured its independence from the white minority oppressive regime. Forty one years is a life time and the only minorities left in Zimbabwe are true Zimbabwean...Published: 05 May 2021 at 18:25hrs | 628 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
'Mnangagwa speech thieves' skip bail
TWO of the three daring thieves, who allegedly stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2020 Independence Day speech and a laptop have skipped bail after they were remanded to April 22 by Kwekwe...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1815 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to unleash soldiers on gold panners
GOVERNMENT has threatened to unleash "special security operations" on artisanal gold miners destroying public infrastructure such as railway lines in search of the yellow metal.This was announ...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:27hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni COVID-19 centre still closed a year on
BULAWAYO's Ekusileni Medical Centre is yet to admit COVID-19 patients a year after it was declared a coronavirus treatment centre, amid calls for strengthening of the health sector to effectively deal...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't have his cake and eat it
CONCERNS recently raised by the House of Lords in the United Kingdom over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and a call for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of opposit...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation quite a joke
WITH the 2023 elections around the corner, Zanu-PF can promise heaven on earth.The ruling party will promise all the good things that the nation wishes to be put on table if people vote for Za...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:22hrs | 713 | by Chief Chiduku
Ruwa school loses US$30 000 to robbers
Five unidentified robbers stormed Thorncroft Primary School in Ruwa, blasted a safe and went away with US$30 000 cash.The robbers who were armed with pistols first captured the security guard ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:50hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls' councillors reverse Town Clerk suspension
VICTORIA Falls councillors have reversed the city mayor's decision to suspend Town Clerk, Mr Ronnie Dube, and ordered his reinstatement with immediate effect saying the suspension was unprocedural....Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:49hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Gotcha Nyama restaurant in ownership wrangle
Young female entrepreneur Julian Mutukudzi has been locked in an ownership and lease wrangle with Indian Businessman Kiran Patel.It is alleged that Kiran Patel unlawfully broke into his tenant...Published: 04 May 2021 at 14:52hrs | 2998 | by Claris Magwenzi
Constitutional Amendment to give Mnangagwa Mugabe-era powers
Three years after sweeping into power through a military coup and promising a new and unfolding democracy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being compared to his authoritarian predecesso...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lands commission handling over 1 000 disputes
THE Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC) says it is handling over 1 000 disputes involving farm allocations and boundary rows.The ZLC has also admitted the fast-track land reform programme created ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:38hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe back on UK radar
THE House of Lords in the United Kingdom (UK) has raised a red flag over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and called for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of oppositi...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | 4833 | by Staff reporter
BCC under pressure to publish assets register
BULAWAYO City Council has come under pressure to publish a list of its properties to enhance transparency and accountability. The call by civic society group Habakkuk Trust came in the wake of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wins court battle, but not the war
Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.After the court ruling by High Co...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's mansion construction stalls
This means taxpayers' funds have been wasted on a property that Mnangagwa may no longer be keen on living in. The hideous property was being built as part of his state package. Usually the President a...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 7622 | by Staff reporter
Marry opens up on her relationship with Chiwenga
An ailing Chiwenga was airlifted to China from South Africa on 21 July where he underwent life-saving treatment at a top Beijing hospital amid revelations by his close associates that he could have be...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 4609 | by Staff reporter
Workers bemoan worsening poverty on Mnangagwa's watch
AHEAD of the 2021 Workers' Day commemorations, The NewsHawks (NH) caught up with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Peter Mutasa (PM), for an interview to mark the 2021 International Wor...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leadership dissolved ahead of congress
SECESSIONIST political party Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) has dissolved its leadership and appointed a taskforce to oversee its elective congress.MLF is known for burning the Zimbabwe flag...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chef in hot soup over army brutality remarks
MIDLANDS senator Maybe Mbohwa, who is also a senior Zanu PF official and women's league commissar, is in soup after she exposed cases of army brutality for which she will likely be dragged before the ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
Promote diverse media, Misa urges govt
GOVERNMENT has been urged to implement the Windhoek Declaration (1991) on promoting an independent and pluralistic media, as well as the 2013 Constitution which provides guidelines and guarantees to f...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:18hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Process to issue Zimbabwe passports online begins
Passport seekers will soon be able to apply for the travel document in the comfort of their homes and schedule appointments with the Registrar-General's Office online, following efforts being made to ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2263 | by Staff reporter
Police bust number plates gang
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men who were allegedly part of a gang that stole number plates from cars around the city and affixed them onto their Honda Fit before committing crimes. Bu...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to auction smugglers' vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has resolved to sell impounded vehicles used to transport smuggled goods in and out of the country as the entity escalates its fight against corruption.I...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:32hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mamombe trial
BRITAIN says it is following closely the trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other activists for allegedly faking their abduction.Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
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