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Zanu-PF confident of retaining Gutu East seat
ZANU-PF says it is confident of retaining the Gutu East parliamentary seat in the upcoming by-election, set for Saturday, June 14, pointing to a track record of development projects under the party's ...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 13:57hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF commits US$ 30,000 Presidential empowerment fund
ZANU-PF has reaffirmed its dedication to grassroots development and empowerment during a highly successful rally held yesterday at Sweet Home, Ward 13 in Insiza North Constituency. The ev...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:48hrs | 220 | by Stephen Jakes
Gardener masterminds Hillside break-ins
A cunning housebreaking syndicate that terrorised residents of Bulawayo's affluent Hillside suburb for nearly three months has been brought to its knees, thanks to swift police action and a vigilant c...Published: 22 May 2025 at 18:14hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Power Sales workers fume over salaries
Powersales, a retail clothing chain in Bulawayo, is embroiled in a dispute with its employees after management decided to offset outstanding salaries with sewing machines, leaving workers dissatisfied...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:57hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
The growth, legacy of Pelandaba Bus Company
ESTABLISHED in 1958 by the late Mtshumayeli Joseph Ngwenya in Bulawayo, Pelandaba Buses, born out of poultry selling, is still growing 50 years later.It is also proving to be a lifelong legacy...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act on prices
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on businesses that are working behind the scenes with vested foreign countries to hike prices to make the people suffer and turn against the Zanu-PF-led...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP bust smuggling rings
POLICE have bust smuggling rings operating at the country's three ports of entry and arrested seven people.Two of them, Onias Moyo and Brighton Moyo were arrested at Mphoengs Border Post while...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe securocrats asked to account for proceeds of DRC war
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has challenged securocrats to account for "proceeds" from Zimbabwe's participation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war of the late 1990's....Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reviews schools curriculum
GOVERNMENT is reviewing the skills-based schools curriculum amid concerns over the implementation of continuous activity learning assessment (CALA) by parents and guardians. The Ministry ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League to elect new leadership
Zanu-PF Youth league will hold the 7th National elective Youth Conference in May this year to elect its new leadership.The last youth conference was held in 2014.Speaking at a press co...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimcare trust receives Christmas presents from NetOne
State owned mobile networks operator, NetOne has donated Christmas groceries worth ZWL $ 300 000 to Rubatsiro Zimcare Trust School in Kadoma. Rubatsiro Zimcare Trust was founded in 1986. The school ha...Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:00hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kadoma
Army commander's wife tipped for Zanu-PF top post
Zanu-PF Nyanga North constituency MP Chido Sanyatwe is reportedly leading the race to take over as the Manicaland Zanu-PF provincial women's league chairperson, with several districts said to be backi...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Steward Bank partners Kunashe Foundation to support underprivileged girls
HARARE - Zimbabwe's largest bank by depositors, Steward Bank, has joined forces with Kunashe Foundation to end period poverty in the country by supplying reusable sanitary wear to underprivileged girl...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:48hrs | 2 | by Agencies
3 thieving soldiers denied bail in Chiwenga case
THREE soldiers accused of stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava have been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.Anesu M...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 more in court over Chiwenga property theft
ANOTHER soldier yesterday appeared in court on allegations of jointly stealing property worth more than $1,6 million from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens Farm in Domboshava. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses US$1,6m property to security aides
TWO members of the Presidential Guard and their two alleged accomplices appeared in court yesterday charged with stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Dombosh...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
Job opportunity in Botswana
Vacancies exist for the following positions at Premier Clothing (Pty) Ltd, A frontline manufacturer of Protective Clothing and accessories in Botswana. 1. Senior Sewing Machi...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 11:11hrs | 122 | by Staff Reporter
School benefits from Auxilia Mnangagwa's pads project
Learners at Dimbe Secondary School in Marondera have become the first beneficiaries of the First Lady, Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa's reusable sanitary wear project.The initiative was launched by th...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 13:05hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe regime' grand looting exposed
A government agency was used to siphon thousands of dollars to finance weddings and political rallies during former president Robert Mugabe's reign, an audit has revealed.Auditor-General Mildr...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Power to empower ...how energy projects are brightening Zimbabwe economic prospects - Mthuli Ncube
In today's world, energy has revolutionised all of our lifestyles. From the palm of our hands we have instruments more powerful than the largest and most sophisticated computers from just a few ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
Bulawayo police hunt 4 armed, masked robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who attacked a family in Mahatshula on Sunday, and got away with some money and goods.Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspe...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages frustrate Bulawayo clothing factory
ONE of Bulawayo's clothing factories, Femina Garments, is operating at 30 percent capacity utilisation due to persistent foreign currency challenges, blamed for frustrating operations.The comp...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women in Hwange to benefit from reusable sanitary pads
WOMEN in Hwange West constituency's impoverished rural areas are set to benefit from reusable sanitary pads and sewing machines supplied by Love a Child founder, Cindy Schemel.Schemel founded ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe releases $24 million war chest
FORMER president Robert Mugabe has surrendered $24 million held in a private Zanu-PF bank account with a local commercial bank which does business with government and the ruling party after his ouster...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces funding crisis
MDC-T, the biggest opposition party in the MDC Alliance, has been hampered in its election campaign by lack of funding, in sharp contrast to the ruling Zanu PF which is riding on a massive war chest t...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 16:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arm-twists Zimra on duty
ZANU-PF campaign material worth millions of dollars is being imported into Zimbabwe without paying duty at a time the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is struggling to meet its collection targets an...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confession of a murderer
A woman vividly remembers gruesomely killing her son after he developed epileptic seizures.The Seventh Day Adventist Molline Gomo says she still sees the images and how it all occurred as if i...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family survives arson attack
A SIX-MEMBER Hwange family escaped death by a whisker after a stranger allegedly stormed their homestead at night and locked their hut from outside, before setting ablaze their grass-thatched bedroom....Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
US gives grants to Zimbabwe grassroots organisations
The United State Embassy in Harare has said it President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has recently given grants to seven grassroots organizations. The Embassy said ShamwariYemwana...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 07:08hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Strange condition afflicts Nyanga family
It is mid-afternoon and 49-year-old Ronica Kembo drags herself to a nearby shrub to answer the call of nature.As she crawls, her eldest daughter, Chisina, sits in the sandy soil under a mango ...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 12:33hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Five Fun Ways to Repurpose Old Nursing Uniforms
Finding ways to repurpose old uniforms is always a creative and fun endeavor. Sometimes you aren't even aware of the possibilities that your own uniform may possess. Perhaps you completed your ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 13:11hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF invade MDC-T's strongholds
MOST Zanu-PF councillors in Harare are reportedly on the ground canvassing for support ahead of next year's general elections, as the ruling party seeks to retain all its seats and wrest some from the...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo: A pain in the everything!
It is indeed challenging to critique this young man by all account. When the article read "Jonathan Moyo the competent face of an incompetent corruptocracy:" it was the best description we could get. ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Dynamos property to be auctioned
Property belonging to Dynamos and a number of their officials will be auctioned today in the capital to recover a $250 000 debt owed to CBZ Bank Limited.According to a notice published in ...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two teens burnt beyond recognition in 'ritual murder'
TWO Zimunya teenagers were last Sunday night burnt beyond recognition in an inferno that gutted a hut they were sleeping in. Villagers of Mafuke Village, who are still at pains to think through the tr...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 11:50hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo: marking his death on the 1st of July
If I was at home I would be drinking utshwala bamabele, but I am here in Germany where our party Zapu sent us to acquire that education which was to fight economic independence, you said. However, I a...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 15:33hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Only a devolved Zimbabwe can bring development - Mabuka
The ZAPU Bulawayo Provincial Council held its monthly meeting at the ZAPU office on Sunday 26th June. The meeting was assessing the ongoing mobilization programs and was told that there are new breakt...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by Mkululu Zulu
Mental patient 'kills' sangoma
A MENTALLY-ILL Bulawayo man allegedly killed a 75-year-old traditional healer he had consulted and buried the body in a shallow grave, a High Court judge has heard.Bulawayo High Court judge Ju...Published: 26 May 2016 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Teacher offers $30 upkeep for three kids after lobola loan
A TEACHER yesterday offered $30 maintenance for his three children saying he was repaying a loan he took in 2012 to pay lobola for his wife of 15 years, but the couple has since separated.Alex...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Patient Sibanda
Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi: Some critical perspectives on Zimbabwe politics
The Mahatma Gandhi philosophy, the seven sins that will destroy mankind are: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without h...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Minister dismisses sex pills claims
THE Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Nyasha Chikwinya, has dismissed reports that she distributed sex-enhancing tablets at a Zanu-PF rally in Gokwe-Nembudziya last Saturday...Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 06:59hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Uncle seeks protection against nephew
INCESSANT witchcraft accusations from his brother's sons left a Marange man with no option but to approach the civil courts for a protection order.Hardwork Munyu appeared before Yeukai C...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Talented farm worker has launched her own bag label in Botswana
Nelly Bag, created by a 35-year-old Nelly Ndlovu from a locally based Zimbabwean caught the eyes of many during the recently held 5th edition of Rotary Annual Winter Night Market.The Voice...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jabulani Sibanda a fellow combatant, says Mphoko
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday revealed that former war veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda was once arrested in Angola for allegedly sodomising a fellow combatant during the country's libe...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mphoko donates 2 sewing machines to revamp Byo
VICE PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday donated two sewing machines (embroidery and overlocking) worth $1 400 saying its part of re-industrialisation of Bulawayo.Mphoko also donated a grin...Published: 24 May 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mpilo Central Hospital issues sawing machine tender
Scandal ridden Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo has issued a tender for the raft of equipment including supply of sawing machine and kitchen utensils.The tender falls under 'invitation for s...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Educational development appeal to BaKalanga, Esp of Bulilima-Mangwe
Mabuyani bakanyikwedu. Molweni sapho. I trust this message finds you well. I've previously contested an election having wanted to be MP or MPC (Member of Provincial Council) because of my firm bel...Published: 14 May 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami
Messenger of Court public auction inventory
Messenger of Court, Bulawayo Sale on Friday 27th February 2015 @ 09:00 G1PF Complex, Khami Rd, BulawayoThe following movable goods will be sold by publ...Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 09:23hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Australian Ambassador to commission direct aid projects in Bulawayo and Gwanda
On 12 and 13 February Australian Ambassador Matthew E.K. Neuhaus will be in Bulawayo and Gwanda district to commission projects funded under the Direct Aid Program (DAP) of the Australian Embassy in H...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 10:17hrs | | by Australian Embassy Harare
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