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Businesswoman in court over illegal forex scheme

Harare businesswoman Tariro Masiwa Musekiwa has been hauled before the courts alongside her company, Chrisha Boutique, on allegations of running an unlicensed foreign currency transmission business involving more than US$371,000.Musekiwa, …

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:28hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter

Court ends 15-year service station dispute

A protracted 15-year legal battle over ownership of a Mutare service station has finally been resolved, with the High Court ordering Nashcrystal Motors to vacate the property and accept an US$80,000 refund.Justice Muzenda dismissed Nashcry…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:26hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe suspends new urban fuel station licences

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced a suspension on issuing new licences for fuel stations in urban centres, citing concerns over uncontrolled growth and clustering.The regulator said some suburbs now have filling…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 06:40hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter

Panners stone rival to death over stolen gold ore

Two illegal gold panners from Filabusi have been arrested after allegedly killing a fellow miner in a violent dispute over stolen gold ore.Melusi Dube, 28, and Ntuthuko Moyo, 31, appeared before Gwanda Magistrate Gillian Padzakashamba on c…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:58hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter

Police Station escapee jailed

A 25-year-old man who made a dramatic escape from Nkulumane Police Station by crawling through the ceiling and smashing a window has been sentenced to an effective one year in prison.Joseph Madzivanyika, of Emganwini West, pleaded guilty t…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:56hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter

Govt unveils low-cost fuel retail outlets for rural areas

In a major step towards improving fuel accessibility in underserved communities, the Zimbabwean government has announced plans to roll out containerised, portable, and low-cost fuel retail outlets in rural and remote areas.The new initiati…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:58hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter

Cop flogs suspect to death at station

A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Ruwa, Constable Prince Ndavambi (Force Number 078641D), is at the centre of a serious investigation after allegedly beating a suspect, Blessed Believe Juruvenge (30), to death. The inci…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter

Hwange Power Station output increases as repairs near completion

Zimbabwe's largest coal-fired power plant, the Hwange Thermal Power Station, is steadily recovering operations after a technical fault earlier this month disrupted power production on several units.The incident, which occurred on May 4, wa…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:41hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter

ZBC to launch another propaganda radio station

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is preparing to launch a new heritage-based educational radio station in Bulawayo, marking a major milestone in the national broadcaster's expansion and its efforts to promote inclusive, cultural…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 07:58hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter

Hwange Power Station breaches 1 000MW output

Consumers across Zimbabwe have expressed their satisfaction with the recent improvement in power supply, attributed to the successful completion of maintenance works at the Hwange Power Station. The facility, which has breached a daily out…

Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:52hrs | 3153 | by Staff reporter

Zera shuts down 73 unlicensed fuel stations

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has taken decisive action against unlicensed fuel stations, shutting down more than 70 facilities suspected of selling petroleum products from unauthorized suppliers and failing to comply wit…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:19hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's ZERA wants to 'streamline' new fuel station licensing

Zimbabwe's energy regulator ZERA says it plans stricter regulations on the construction of fuel stations, The rising number of new petrol stations has raised safety concerns. In its quarterly report, ZERA says: "ZERA is working with the Mi…

Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 12:59hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights

SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.This came out during a recent sensitisation work…

Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Police deployments to Beitbridge flagged for graft

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) deployments to Beitbridge have come under scrutiny from insiders who allege some members paid their seniors for reassignment to the district believed to be a place where cops easily make rich pickings.The…

Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Hwange Power Station technical faults cause increased load shedding

ZESA has said technical faults at the Hwange Power Station have led to a decrease in power generation, resulting in increased load shedding.In a statement,  Zesa Holdings said that the  Hwange Unit 7 will undergo necessary Class …

Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 15:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Battles to watch in today's Zimbabwe election

AFTER five very short years, we are back to the polls.It feels it was just yesterday when President Mnangagwa gave us that signature dance to the Kutonga Kwaro soundtrack. It feels it was just yesterday when the stage that Mr Nelson Chamis…

Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Police warn against gatherings at polling stations

POLICE Commissioner General, Godwin Matanga, has warned members of the public against unsanctioned gatherings at polling stations as he urged voters to maintain peace and stability during the election process.He commended the peaceful envi…

Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Who is who inside a Zimbabwe polling station

Typically, a polling station has about 10 polling officers headed by a Presiding Officer, who is in charge of the polling station and the voting process from start to finish. The setup inside a polling station with a single entry point is …

Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 08:21hrs | 5 | by Jonathan Moyo

Hwange Power Station Unit 7 put into commercial operation

TRIALS have ended for the new Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7 which has now been successfully put into commercial operation to provide an uninterrupted 300MW electricity supply to the national grid while Unit 8 is expected to be at f…

Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean dad and daughter (5) among victims of petrol station blast

A ZIMBABWEAN dad and his five-year-old daughter were among the 10 people killed by an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.The victims of Friday's disaster include five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe a…

Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Manama's radio dream comes alive

THE long-cherished dream of the Babirwa people in Manama to have a local radio station broadcasting in SeSotho is finally coming to life as the Ntepe-Manama Community Radio is expected to go on air next month.Following the completion of re…

Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mutsvangwa explains new TV stations roll-out

All the six new free to air private television stations that were issued with broadcasting licences have got a statutory 18 months within which to go on air, legislators heard yesterday. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Min…

Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Hwange Power Station expansion 65% complete

The major expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station by the addition of units 7 and 8, each of 300MW, is now 64,63 percent complete despite Covid-19 amid finance challenges that have pushed back completion by 258 days. Government is happy w…

Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Cop bashed by wife hides at station

A HAPLESS COP sprinted to a police station to ask the law to protect him from his wife who had turned him into a punching bag for allegedly cheating on her with his colleague. Sophia Mazhindu (27) got wind that her husband constable Pangan…

Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:46hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter

More radio stations coming, says BAZ

Zimbabwe's media reforms are moving swiftly forward with the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) now verifying information and carrying out fact-finding missions in the communities that submitted applications for radio licences to hel…

Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Decoders to access new TV stations

MEMBERS of the public are not going to be able to view newly licensed television stations using their analogue television sets and will have to buy decoders which will enable access, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has said. B…

Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Attack on Police Station preplanned

Commanding Chitungwiza Police District Chief Superintendent Sekayi Mujiwa says protestors that laid siege on Makoni Police Station in Chitungwiza, burning cars and destroying windows on Monday last week, had planned the attack and appeared…

Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Thieves steal from police station

POLICE were left twiddling their thumbs, after daring thieves vandalised and stole copper cables from right under their noses.Police have since registered a case and are carrying out investigations. The thieves stole copper cables from pol…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

War time anti-tank mine rocks Gweru police station

AN explosion which rocked Gweru Rural Police Station sending tremors across the Central Business District was allegedly caused by a war time anti-tank mine planted inside the station. The explosion sent officers at the station, which is si…

Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Polling station-based voting legalised

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has taken the final step needed to give legal effect to polling station-based voting.Chigumba has done so by gazetting the requisite amendments to the Electoral Act that ha…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 16:09hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to commission Kariba South station tomorrow

President Mnangagwa will tomorrow commission two new units (Unit 7 and 8) at Kariba South Power Station, which have added an extra 300 mega watts (MW) to the national grid.The additional power supplies will help reduce the country's import…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Robbers blast filling station

A SEEMINGLY evasive gang of 10 notorious armed robbers, that pounced on several businesses in Mutare and stole thousands of dollars after blowing up safes, resurfaced on Tuesday morning and hit a Sakunda Service Station in the city using t…

Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Thermal Power Station rehab begins next year

THE upgrading of the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station is set to commence next year with about $30 million to be injected towards the project by the India Export Import Bank.Towards the end of last year, India Exim Bank extended a loan facili…

Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:08hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter

Toyota recalling almost 1.7 million cars

Toyota is recalling nearly 1.7 million cars, the bulk of them in Japan, for various defects that may cause fuel leakage âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ã¹ the latest in quality control woes for the world's No. 1 automaker.Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesda…

Published: 26 Jan 2011 at 15:34hrs | 30 | by Byo24NEWS

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