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Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water reticulation system set for overhaul
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is yet to order equipment worth nearly US$300 000 for the completion of water reticulation works at Aisleby 1 and 2, nine years after council applied for the loan to implem...Published: 14 hrs ago | 298 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance wounds self-inflicted, says analysts
LIKE a deck of jacks, the MDC-Alliance is crumbling, triggering a mass exodus of distressed and disillusioned former officials who are joining Zanu-PF in droves. At the centre of the collapse ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 352 | by Staff reporter
BCC revenue collection in disarray
THE Covid-19 pandemic has hampered the Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) revenue collection, with the city fathers admitting it has exacerbated their already dwindling financial position. The late...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to cut off hooker's hands
TWO Bulawayo men who rescued a suspected sex worker from a client who intended to chop off her hands with a chainsaw before they allegedly went on to rob the man of US$ 210, have has been acquitted....Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:15hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu's posh Mercedes-Benz burnt to ashes
FORMER Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, yesterday alleged foul play after his posh Mercedes-Benz vehicle was burnt to ashes by yet unknown assailants.Zivhu was fired...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3432 | by Staff reporter
Rogue security agents warned
GOVERNMENT is dealing with armed robbery cases involving members of the security sector and has said those who resist arrest will be shot. Increasing armed robberies, mainly targeting banks an...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Government to avail land
ZIMBABWE agricultural land backlog stands at over 200 000 and the Government will soon be availing the land to potential beneficiaries once modalities on the land audit are complete, a Cabinet Ministe...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Motorist loses car, cash to armed robbers
Two armed robbers stole a Mercedes Benz, US$900, $110 and cellphones after blocking a vehicle last Thursday night along Amalinda Road near Churu Farm in the south-west of Harare. The robbers, ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Matiza family to complete late minister's projects
THE family of late Transport minister, Joel Biggie Matiza has set sights on completing projects that were started by their patriarch in his home constituency of Murewa South. Matiza succumbed ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 958 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3932 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zapu executive in double-dipping storm
SUSPENDED Zapu organising secretary Derek Katsenga has been accused of being a mole and working with Zanu-PF to lure the party into joining the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) initiated by President...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2141 | by Staff reporter
Residents must resist road levy
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is calling all residents of greater Harare and motorists to resist the introduction of a roads levy by the City of Harare.The move comes at a t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 459 | by Combined Harare Residents Association
Fast-food outlets urged to preserve environment
FOOD outlets and drink producers across the country have been urged to ensure proper disposal of their litter in order to preserve the environment.The call was made last Friday by Environment ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean vehicle maker partners US-based company
A LOCAL vehicle manufacturer, Hende Moto, has secured a partnership with a United States-based Max Sound Corp, which will see the two providing high-definition audio technology on all the company's ve...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Govt to 'demolish, repave' Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, says Chiwenga
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says the government is very concerned about the deplorable state of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, which is the gateway to the country's prime tourism desti...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
'Crocodile farmer' harasses wife's lover
A BULAWAYO man who claimed to be a crocodile farmer, has been fined $200 for threatening to feed a 42-year-old Nkulumane man to reptiles after accusing him of impregnating his wife.Mkhululi Du...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Woman gang raped
A FOUR-MAN gang travelling in a silver Honda Fit in Bulawayo robbed a Cowdray Park man and woman before taking turns to rape the woman at Nkulumane Heroes Acre.The two victims aged 51 and 32, ...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Police net 25 mshika shika vehicles
POLICE in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, impounded 25 illegal taxi operators popularly known as mshika shika during the Easter holidays. The police launched an operation code-named "Oper...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:55hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Ex Victoria High head tries luck in Zanu-PF
John Muzamani, the former Victoria High head who had a disgraceful departure from the school last year is now trying his luck in Zanu-PF.Muzamani is among 11 candidates who have submitted thei...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:41hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 2624 | by Staff reporter
Electric shock: No power to treat transformer 'thief'
In an ironic twist of fate, a Bulawayo man, who sustained horrific burns while allegedly attempting to steal a Zesa high voltage transformer at Mpilo Central Hospital, could not be fully attended to f...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
High Court reinstates Binga RDC chair
THE High Court has reinstated Binga Rural District Council chairperson Wilson Siampolomba, who had been suspended by Local Government minister July Moyo. High Court judge Justice Sylvia Chiraw...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:37hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Police stall investigation into 2018 crash involving Chief Justice Malaba's vehicle
Police have been accused of a cover-up over a December 2018 road traffic accident in which a cyclist was badly injured after being run-over by Chief Justice Luke Malaba's vehicle in Matopo, Matabelela...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:30hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Tourism goods VAT scrapped
GOVERNMENT has removed Value Added Tax (VAT) payable on selected goods and services in the tourism sector in an effort to promote domestic tourism and catapult the industry back to its hey days. ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:42hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi drivers, touts 'celebrate' death of Mnangagwa wife's convoy biker
POLICE at the Chinhoyi Traffic Section are reported to have Wednesday arrested hordes of pirate taxi drivers and touts for celebrating the death of an escort motorbike rider on Easter Friday.S...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:36hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC suffers double legal blow
Opposition MDC Alliance today suffered a double legal blow after its violent member Makomborero Haruzivishe was thrown behind bars while the opposition party's attempt to claim finances from Governmen...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:27hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political tension escalates afresh
POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inci...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should've learnt how to run country from Rhodesians, not the wearing of colonial wigs
If ever there is anything in Zimbabwe that infuriates me to the core, it is the sight of a once prosperous nation - whereby (irregardless of the numerous glaring racial injustices) the economy was so ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:22hrs | 2303 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cocaine dealers arrested at Robert Mugabe Airport
A BRAZILIAN national and her local accomplices have been arrested for illegal possession of 230 grammes of cocaine valued at $1 932 000.Patience Muringa (32), Siege Fried Zibusiso Dhlovu (33) ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | 1863 | by Staff reporter
9 killed in car crash
Nine people were killed and several others injured in a road accident between Rusape and Mutare late yesterday afternoon. Chief police spokesperson, Assistant Commisoner Paul Nyathi last night confirm...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife convoy biker's death linked to juju
SOCIAL media in Chinhoyi is abuzz with claims the sudden death of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider, Sergeant Freddy Chipato, was a result of witchcraft by a motorist ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | 4943 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP loses gold ore to workers
FORMER police officer and three co-workers employed at Eric Mine in Matabeleland South province have been charged with theft of unspecified quantities of gold ore and concentrate from their employer....Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to manufacture vehicle plates locally'
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has told Senate that government is working with the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry to come up with locally-made vehicle registration plates in order to cut down ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
2 die in accident
TWO people, one of them a driver who was trying to avoid a pothole, died on the spot while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after two vehicles collided head on in Insuza along the Bulaw...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Used car import rules clarified
Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old from the date of manufacture on the day they enter Zimbabwe on or after April 2 are no longer automatic and now need specific import licences for...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Harare proposes road levy
THE Harare City Council (HCC) plans to introduce a road levy for residents as the local authority seeks to raise funds to rehabilitate its dilapidated road network. This comes after the HCC De...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:58hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
147,000 kombi workers lose jobs
OVER 140 000 workers in the transport sector in the capital lost their jobs owing to measures put in place by the government to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic, the secretary-general of Greater Harare C...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:55hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents to pay for roads rehabilitation
RESIDENTS in Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle in Bulawayo will be required to contribute money towards the rehabilitation of the poor road infrastructure in the suburb.This comes amid revelations th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Hwende in trouble
PARLIAMENT has approached the High Court seeking to recover a motor vehicle granted to MDC Alliance MP Chalton Hwende during his time in office. Alternatively, Parliament wants an order compel...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:53hrs | 5401 | by Staff reporter
Cop in trouble for killing colleague in Mnangagwa wife's convoy
A HARARE police officer is in trouble with the same law he administers daily after he allegedly caused the road accident that claimed the life of a colleague who was escorting First Lady, Auxillia Mna...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:51hrs | 3623 | by Staff reporter
Police on high alert
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned that it will descend heavily on traffic offenders and violators of Covid-19 regulations during the Easter Holiday.This comes after President Emmer...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's convoy in an another fatal road crash
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) executive escort motorbike outrider (name withheld), who was leading First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's motorcade, died on the spot this afternoon after colliding head-on...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:47hrs | 604 | by Sytaff reporter
Zimra blocks importation of used cars without deadline notice
Without any warning, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Good Friday in the middle of the day blocked all imported cars that were manufactured before 2011 from leaving the border posts.C...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | 4882 | by Bhebhe Mandla
Woman loses US$1k to bogus car dealer
A 25-YEAR-OLD Harare woman Brenda Matola was allegedly conned U.S $1000 after she wa...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 16:21hrs | 2192 | by Shelton Muchena/Desmond Nleya
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