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Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 443 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe speeding into the territory of charter cities
FINALLY, Al Jazeera aired the first of the four-part series documentary Gold Mafia. Social media went into overdrive, with many people condemning the attitude and character of some of those implicated...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 514 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Fawcett Security guards up for stealing US$12,000 from thief
Two Fawcett Security guards appeared in court for allegedly stealing over US$12,000 cash from a theft suspect they had just apprehended with his loot from Total Energies in Hillcrest, Bulawayo....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:46hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Lovendale: A forgotten township
Have you ever heard of Lovendale Township? It's a small community located just 17 kilometres from the Bulawayo CBD, under Umguza RDC. Built in 2014, Lovendale Township is a relatively new development ...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 11:01hrs | 803 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Mnangagwa expected to attend Zulu Lithium plant official opening
DIVERSIFIED mining group, Premier African Minerals Chief executive officer, Mr George Roach says Government is delighted with rapid progress at the Zulu Lithium plant in Fort Rixon coupled with height...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back - now in Zimbabwe
A gold smuggler implicated in a scandal that robbed Kenya of 10 percent of its GDP in the 1990s has moved his smuggling operation to Zimbabwe and Dubai, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can re...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:50hrs | 636 | by AFP
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Malema holds 'the most successful shutdown ever in the history of struggle in SA'
EFF leader Julius Malema has claimed success in his party's bid to shutdown the country to protest against President Cyril Ramaphosa's incumbency and the energy crises in the country.Speaking ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 2788 | by Staff reporter
Girl kidnapped, drugged and dumped at cemetery
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl from Old Luveve suburb was kidnapped by two women and a man who were driving a white commuter omnibus on 16 March.The juvenile had left her home at around 5PM going to Chigu...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
2 prisoners escape, rob shop owner
TWO prisoners who were serving three-year sentences for unlawful entry escaped from Gokwe Prison on Saturday evening before robbing a shop owner at Gwehava business centre.One of the escapees ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:44hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni gazetting application abandoned
A High Court application by Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini and his business partners Siphosami Malunga, Charles Moyo and Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Ltd in which they were seeking nullification of the gazetting of ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi High wins Bulawayo Public Speaking contest
MZILIKAZI High School is this year's winner of the Bulawayo Public Speaking competition.The event was hosted last Friday at the Zimbabwe Academy of Music by the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South a...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:38hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
GMB invites transporters
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is inviting transporters owning 3-tonne to 36-tonne trucks to register to carry grain across the country.In a statement, GMB said all interested transporters mu...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Vending in Zimbabwean towns with kids declared an offence
DURING the peak hour, human traffic in Central Business Districts (CBDs) across towns and cities naturally swell, as commuters frenziedly make their way to various pick-up points for transport to take...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's thriving car breaking industry
When you think of industries that offer opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, the car breaking industry is probably not the first one that comes to mind.However, in Bulawayo, Zimb...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead in church
The body of a 34-year-old woman believed to have been assaulted and strangled was last Wednesday found in a prayer room at a church in Beitbridge.Investigations revealed that the woman had gon...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 17:56hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Hungry EcoCash fraudster jailed
A notorious Concession EcoCash fraudster was sentenced to a year behind bars after conning 10 bottle stores and shops respectively.Dunmore Ngorima (21) was sentenced by Concession magistrate J...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 14:09hrs | 523 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's airports to be assessed by international aviation team
An assessment team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is in the country to monitor compliance with global standards and health awareness at Zimbabwe's airports.ICAO's ma...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Imports only occupy 20% shelf space in Zimbabwe?
IMPORTED products have been reduced to 20% on local retail shelves after the government introduced the import substitution policy, a senior government official has claimed.Government promulgat...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:43hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 695 | by Cremio Mabauwa
Man kills friend over snooker tokens
Police are hunting for a murder suspect Learnmore Dzuda (32) who allegedly murdered his friend in a snooker dispute in Shamva on Saturday.It is alleged Dzuda stabbed Gilbert Chibanda (23) in t...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:13hrs | 853 | by Tarisai Mudahondo and Simbarashe Sithole
Smuggler, police in 250km high speed chase
A truck driver fleeing Beitbridge Border Post with a load of smuggled groceries in his 30-tonne rig was cornered after a 250km high-speed chase and although he managed to run off into the fields, his ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of refuse disposal space
BULAWAYO residents could be faced with a possible health hazard after it emerged that the city's only landfill site in Richmond suburb has run out of refuse disposal space.This comes at a time...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 863 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean gospel star Everton Mlalazi shares much-needed message of hope with SA
A post-pandemic world seems to be dominated by bad news and despair. This is why Zimbabwean gospel star Everton Mlalazi feels the message of hope is essential and why he's ready to spread the gospel t...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:52hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
City Parking gives grace period, steep fine remains
CITY Parking of Harare yesterday moved to end the uproar over its clamping penalties with a 60 minute grace period before vehicles were clamped if the driver had not bought enough parking time and a 3...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes private sector
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted the country's private sector which has risen to the occasion through the production of the majority of goods found in local supermarkets.This is testimony...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Dzamara's wife demands answers 8 years on
The wife of "abducted" journalist-cum-activist Itai Dzamara's wife, Sheffra yesterday expressed disappointment over the failure by the State to provide answers to what happened to her husband who has ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the collapse of Zimbabwe
THE first two decades that followed the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980 were characterised by a number of major developments. Government expanded social services such as health and education — the ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 855 | by Eddie Cross
$20 Zimdollar notes rejected by traders
Public transport operators and traders must accept $20 notes as they are legal tender and failure to accept legal tender in transactions is outside the law, the Finance Ministry warned yesterday....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: No wedding, no sex, wife tells her ZANU-PF aspiring MP husband
The only thing that humbles a married man is being denied sex by his wife, especially a second wife. The situation is not only frustrating but traumatising after possibly dumping the first ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 12:11hrs | 2342 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe: Eight years on, authorities yet to give update on the disappeared journalist and pro-democracy activist
Eight years after journalist and pro-democracy activist, Itai Dzamara went missing authorities are yet to give progress report on their investigation efforts to ensure his family receives justice, tru...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 09:15hrs | 517 | by APO/Amnesty International
Aspiring Zanu-PF legislator jailed for stealing diplomat's fertiliser
Zanu-PF's aspiring Nyanga North legislator Evans Kamombo was yesterday sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing fertiliser worth US$44 075 belonging to Zimbabwe's envoy to Tanzania, Anselem Sany...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Churches challenge registration directive
GOVERNMENT'S decision to register church prophets and bishops has hit a brickwall after some lawyers challenged the directive describing it as unconstitutional.Government last week ordered tra...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
'US$30 fine for litterbugs'
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has started enforcing a by-law compelling litterbugs to pay a fine of US$30 as the local authority seeks to restore cleanliness in the dormitory town."We want waste ma...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
OyOs announces official release of the OyOs Online Stores and the OyOs Chatbot
OyOs hereby announces the official release of two top of the range IT related products onto the Zimbabwean digital space, OyOs Online Store and the OyOsBOt. OyOs standing for Own Your Online Store is ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 22:28hrs | 296 | by Agencies
The Nkulumane Complex: A sleeping giant
The Nkulumane Mall is named after Nkulumane who was King Mzilikazi's son. Nkulumane was born in Mhlahlandlela, near modern-day Pretoria in South Africa. Nkulumane was named after Kuruman, where Dr. Ro...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 10:18hrs | 4351 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Beitbridge woman builds successful business empire
ONLY yesterday, Beitbridge-based businesswoman, Dr Anna Muleya (50) operated a barbershop in the border town.Today, she is a multi-award-winning successful businesswoman with a thriving busine...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 8299 | by Staff reporter
Religion influences politics
The religion is very influential in shaping the lives of the people this is because it directs their way of life. Zimbabwe is largely Christian dominated and the people's behavior is influenced by the...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 10:51hrs | 322 | by Grace Chekai
Murder suspects on the run
THREE men are on the run after they allegedly teamed up and beat up a man to death for stealing from a shop.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena confir...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa poses major threat to Mnangagwa, but....
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 5019 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Croco's Matsika gets a lifeline
EIGHT years after acrimoniously falling out with his cousin and Croco Holdings boss Moses Chingwena over the ownership of a busines empire worth more than US$100 million, Harare automobile tycoon Fara...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 18192 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe is on cusp of construction boom
Zimbabwe has embarked on a major construction drive that is now evident in the housing boom the country is experiencing in residential and non-residential infrastructure, both in rural and urban space...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:18hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Operation Dudula leader threatens to arrest Julius Malema
Activist and former Operation Dudula movement leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini has threatened to "arrest" EFF leader Julius Malema if he "does not work within the boundaries of the law" on March 20. ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:21hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
5-year-old wreaks havoc between neighbours
A-FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy's alleged sexual misconduct has caused some misunderstanding between Harare neighbours who have taken the matter to the civil courts.One of the parents of the affected chil...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Harare couple in court over tuckshop wrangle
A COUPLE from Hatfield, Harare, had a verbal showdown in the civil court yesterday over ownership of a tuckshop.Joanna Gasa claimed that she was the owner of the tuckshop and was seeking to ba...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
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