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Motorists cheat deaths; as haulage truck overturns
At least two motorists survived an accident in Chipembere area yesterday when a haulage truck overturned at the 60-kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare highway.According to witnesses, the haulage...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:36hrs | 912 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Gordhan gave tenders to his cronies, leaves a fractured legacy
ONCE praised as an "incorruptible" crusader in South Africa, Pravin Gordhan has left behind a legacy tarnished by mistakes, poor leadership, and growing corruption claims, giving rise to the question ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:35hrs | 1138 | by Sizwe Dlamini, Thabo Makwakwa, Manyane Manyane
Murder accused Gweru businessman strips in court
The trial of Peter Dube, a Gweru businessman accused of double murder and two attempted murders, was delayed this week after he displayed erratic behavior in court, raising concerns about his mental s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
The power of goblins (Ontikolotshe)
A FEW days ago, my attention was drawn to some screaming and sensational headlines on social media. "Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Malawi." I never thought the story that appeared in the Malawi Voi...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:19hrs | 238 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Zimbabwe national park to get 3 new airstrips
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is set to enhance connectivity in Matusadona National Park by opening three new airstrips at Tashinga, Fothergill, and Kanjedza. This development a...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:01hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Falcon Air introduces regular flights to Kariba
Falcon Air has launched regular flights into Kariba and Matusadonha National Park, a move that has been positively received by local operators. Using a 12-seater Cessna F406 Caravan, Falcon Air will f...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The imbecility of Macron - 'Africa can't manage the world!'
Imbecility of MacronFollowing a wave of anti-French feelings across Francophone Africa, a former Economic Minister for France, one Thierry Breton, took to twitter and posted the following: "It...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:43hrs | 198 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
How Poverty Drives Innovation in Bulawayo's Ngozi Mine Landfill
Located in the outskirts of Bulawayo, the Ngozi Mine landfill is home to a resilient community that has learned to adapt and innovate in the face of extreme adversity.Families there live in ho...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Maize trading liberalised in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) will begin trading maize on the commodities market after the Government liberalised the trading in the strategic grain.ZMX contends the development would...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt ramps up anti-human trafficking efforts
What seemed to be a good escape from poverty back home in Zimbabwe quickly turned into a nightmare for Chipo* when she landed in Oman in 2022.Like many economically impoverished citizens, Chip...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC abandons 'blackspot' roundabout project
FUNDING constraints have forced the Bulawayo City Council to abandon a three-year-old resolution of replacing traffic lights at the intersection of Khami Road and Siyepambili Drive with a roundabout a...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls stiffer penalties for human traffickers
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has revealed that the country will impose stiffer penalties for human traffickers who he accused of robbing the nation of human capital in the name of recruiting pr...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Did thousands die so that only a few enrich themselves from our minerals and land?
Having just woken up this Saturday morning, and turning on the television - I never expected to be greeted by such a heart-wrenching scene. There was a documentary narrating a harrowing ambush...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 08:53hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's name mired in underworld gold activities
FROM the Macmillan family and their gold-smuggling activities to the Kwekwe underworld mining adventures and Henrietta Rushwaya's sensational arrest three years ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nam...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:00hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Proposed prisons law raises eyebrows
The proposed Prisons and Correctional Services Bill strips the Prisons and Correctional Services Commission (PCSC) of several decision-making powers, which will be given to the president and commissio...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord blocked from starting new life in Zimbabwe
Plans by an Irish drug lord, Christy Kinahan Snr, to start a new life Zimbabwe were blocked recently when he was reportedly denied residency after buying properties, with authorities arguing he was no...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big energy users to import 500MW
Zesa is set to import more power to meet demand from the country's biggest energy consumers — the Intensive Energy Users Group (IEUG) — who require more than 500 megawatts (MW) to run their operat...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manager bashes wife, strips and dumps her
A MANAGER at a Bulawayo clothing company was on Monday brought before provincial magistrate Nobuhle Ndlovu to face charges of abusing his wife after accusing her of denying him his conjugal rights....Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru City Council grinding to a halt
A DIRE financial situation threatens to ground Gweru City Council (GCC)'s operations by September, unless drastic action is taken, Southern Eye has learnt.Speaking at a breakfast meeting hoste...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Abortion: Pro-Choice; Pro-Nothing; Pro-Life - Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi
THE DEONTOLOGY Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:12hrs | 5 | by Blessed Mupatsi
Hospital workers nabbed for supplying stolen Covid Test Kits
Two Bindura hospital employees were on Wednesday nabbed by officials from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly supplying &nb...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 22:53hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Desmond Nleya
ZITF public day brings Bulawayo to a stand still
BULAWAYO virtually came to a standstill yesterday as thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre to witness the official opening of the 62nd editio...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda pledges more for Dembare, Bosso
SAKUNDA Holdings founder Kuda Tagwirei on Friday pledged to do more for Zimbabwe football giants Dynamos and Highlanders. It's now six months after Sakunda Holdings announced a milestone spons...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to pay a heavy price for Mnangagwa's proposed draconian law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of seeking to sacrifice the lives of millions of people that survive on humanitarian aid by trying to ban non-governmental organisations through a c...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
UBH, Ingutsheni health staff recover from COVID-19
HEALTH workers at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and Ingutsheni Mental Hospital, who tested positive for COVID-19 virus late last year, have recovered.This was revealed by UBH chief executive...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggled minerals surpass royalties
THE value of minerals being smuggled out of Zimbabwe far outstrips the royalties that government earns annually from resources, fresh data shows last week, as calls to crackdown on black market trade ...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
$30bn for DDF roads rehab
GOVERNMENT has set its sights on accelerating infrastructure projects, including upgrading roads, airports and drilling of boreholes at a cost of about $30 billion.Through the District Develop...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's State of the Nation address
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address and officially opened the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe yesterday. He tackled a wide r...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Have we Witnessed the Biggest Transfer Window in Recent Football History?
Messi to PSG. Ronaldo to Man United. The transfer window that we have just witnessed will be one of the most influential we will see in football. PSG's transfer window alone is enough to make any of t...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 08:56hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Bitcoin pyramid scheme collapses
INNOCENT Matongo, a Zimbabwean expatriate worker based in Boksburg, South Africa is ruing the day he decided to latch on to a get-rich-quick scheme.After investing thousands of United States d...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Kafe
GMAZ happy with Mthuli Ncube and Mangudya
THE grain milling industry has hailed 2021 mid-term fiscal and monetary policies presented by authorities, underscoring that the twin policies would foster price and exchange rate stability, at a time...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 11:02hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
New flights to ignite Kariba tourism
TOURISM in Kariba is set to boost following the move by Crispy Fresh to resuscitate flights into the resort town and airstrips within the basin.The resumption of flights followed a seven year ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Medical equipment boost for Pelandaba Clinic
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)-owned Pelandaba Clinic yesterday received US$12 000 worth of medical equipment from the Korean International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) Alumni Association of Zimbabwe (KAA...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ inks deal to save auction system
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has inked a US$150 million facility with the Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) to ameliorate significant pressures being exerted on its under-fire foreign curr...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 6 | 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 | | by Agencies
No date yet for schools reopening
NO date has been set for opening of schools and once it has been set, the President will announce it to the public, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking yesterday after the launch of the Visio...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
High court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court rules in favour of police using spikes
Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Airstrip rehabilitation to boost Binga tourism
GOVERNMENT has started rehabilitating Binga airstrip and others countrywide, a move aimed at improving accessibility, especially in tourism areas so that they contribute to the national economy. ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cut the crap, Cde Kazembe Kazembe
HOME Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe, must be watching quite a load of blurred James Bond comic strips under this partial lockdown.This dude drew out a limping stunt last week. In the wee ho...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 9 | by Tawanda Majoni
Catch and release has the prosecutor general failed the fairness test in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe legal system bleeds and limps and trudge on as it staggers towards shame and doom. The people of Zimbabwe have always pointed blood-dripping fingers in the direction of the legal system. The ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Taming high inflation, economic priority
Despite the significant fall in annual inflation from 363% (In January) to 322% for the month of February 2021, prices for goods and services in the economy continue to increase marginally in every mo...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 22:31hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Heavy rains leave Beitbridge villagers homeless
The Civil Protection Unit in Beitbridge has started assessing rural wards where heavy rains accompanied by severe storms have left some villagers homeless.So far, those affected are from wards...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Albert Nyathi in life-saving projects
ALBERT Nyathi is working wonders at Kafusi Village - his rural home - in Gwanda, Matabeleland South.The renowned poet, musician, writer, actor and philanthropist seldom opens up about his pers...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Electronic Fund Transfers fuel money laundering in Zimbabwe
CROSS-BORDER money traders are collecting huge sums in foreign currency in Zimbabwe and smuggling it into South Africa through the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).The illegal traders tu...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Zimbabwe's unmonitored airstrips to be closed
Unmonitored airstrips will be closed, while a new radar control system to monitor aircraft flying in the country's airspace will soon be installed amid concerns some aeroplanes have become conduits to...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard's roller shutter doors keep buildings secure
With a general increase in crime, property owners are looking for affordable but secure ways of protecting their properties. Safeguard Security's engineering division now has a complete range of tried...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Gukurahundi genocide must not be swept under the carpet, says Gandawa
EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, Godfrey Gandawa has called for truth telling and prosecution among perpetrators of the Gukurahundi atrocities before steps could be put in ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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