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'Cyclone victims being buried in mass graves'
RESCUE efforts continued yesterday in the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Chimanimani and Chipinge districts amid reports that some people who died in the disaster could have been buried in mass graves, although...Published: 2 hrs ago | 743 | by Staff reporter
Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Secti...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1774 | by Parliement
Mnangagwa to splash on riot gear
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government’s plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 3182 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi play gets Nama nomination
GWANDA-based Jahunda Community arts group is on cloud nine after its production, 1983: The Dark Years was nominated for the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), whose ceremony is set for the...Published: 4 hrs ago | 480 | by Staff reporter
#CycloneIdai: 500 still missing as rescue efforts continue
MORE than 500 people are still missing in Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani district as rescue efforts are being hampered by damaged roads, 3 Infantry Brigade commander Major General Joe Muzvidziwa, who is...Published: 4 hrs ago | 886 | by Staff reporter
New Zesa board tasked to curb corruption
Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has challenged the newly-appointed Zesa board to come up with initiatives to mitigate challenges such as corruption and illegal power connections that...Published: 4 hrs ago | 467 | by Staff reporter
Mash Central MDC youth leader out on bail
Jailed MDC Mashonaland Central youth chairperson Tonderai Samhu, together with four accomplices, were finally granted $100 bail each to challenge their six-year jail sentence.High Court judge ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
Headman leaves behind 35 children
BEITBRIDGE headman Judah Kohomela, who died last week, was laid to rest at his homestead 90 kilometres west of Beitbridge town.Kohomela (81), died after a short illness during which he was adm...Published: 4 hrs ago | 843 | by Staff reporter
MP takes council to task over floods
CHIREDZI West legislator Farai Musikavanhu has threatened to sue Chiredzi Town Council over that they destroyed property worth thousands of dollars in February, saying they were man-made and avoidable...Published: 4 hrs ago | 217 | by Staff reporter
Over 100 trucks transporting Zimbabwe wheat stuck in Mozambique
CLOSE to 100 truckloads of Zimbabwe's wheat imports are holed up in Beira after Cyclone Idai damaged infrastructure and made most roads impassable.Chairperson of the Grain Millers Association ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU bosses' freedom bid quashed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for refusal of remand filed by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) president Peter Mtasa, secretary-general Japhet Moyo and #ThisFlag lea...Published: 4 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
Potraz summons Liquid over tariff hike
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has summoned Zol Zimbabwe for questioning over its unauthorised data tariff increase, NewsDay reported.Zol Zimbabwe,...Published: 4 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Leyland eyes Zimbabwe bus plant
INDIAN investors yesterday swarmed Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, expressing their interest to do business in Zimbabwe, with one of the leading vehicle manufacturing companies, Ashok...Published: 4 hrs ago | 404 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants MPs to push for Department of Civil Protection reform
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa wants his legislators to push for capacitation and reform of the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) in the aftermath of the devastating Cyclone Idai.Currentl...Published: 4 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Water shortage to increase in Harare
The City of Harare is yet to experience a massive shortage of water due to unavailability of water treatment chemicals. In a statement on Tuesday, the Harare City Council announced that they w...Published: 5 hrs ago | 306 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Prophet Isaiah Sovi foretold Cyclone Idai
The leader of the Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi prophesied the destructive Cyclone Idai that has left more than a hundred people dead in Zimbabwe and hundreds missing.In a Fac...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3895 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Adultery & murder plot' nurse faces US$10 000 lawsuit
A NURSE from Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo is facing a US$10 000 adultery lawsuit after he allegedly engaged in an extra marital affair with a married woman and pressured her to kill her husband ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3659 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai affects wheat importation
Cyclone Idai has negatively impacted on the transportation of wheat from Mozambique into the country, with 100 trucks stuck at Beira due to poor road network, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe...Published: 13 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo pushes for a Policy Indaba
Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo's initiativeI'm driving a national agenda which has no political affiliation, but to assist on enhancing development. We simply ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 172 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Late Zimbabwe VP exposed for raping Harare school teacher?
With so many rapes going unreported and unprosecuted, victims are instead forced by circumstances to commit paternity fraud. Most have managed to keep their secrets, but the arrival of affordable DNA ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 6615 | by TRT World
Mawarire freedom bid flops again
#THIS Flag Movement leader Evan Mawarire on Tuesday failed in his bid for freedom after his application for refusal of further remand was thrown out.Mawarire is being charged with subversion, ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1304 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa attacks Mwonzora ally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa railed at party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's ally in Masvingo last weekend, blaming him for the opposition party's poor showing in the region during last year's harmo...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans Zambian energy drink, warning it can cause heart problems
A Zambian energy drink has been banned in Zimbabwe after regulators found it contains a dangerous pharmaceutical component that can cause blindness or heart failure.The Medicines Control Autho...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4519 | by ZimLive
40 bodies buried #CycloneIdai
BURIAL of victims of Cyclone Idai started yesterday with 40 identified bodies being interred at Ngangu Township in Chimanimani. Salvation Army Major Absalom Makanga confirmed the burial of the...Published: 17 hrs ago | 878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rejects criticism of slow cyclone response
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - widely condemned for its slow response to Cyclone Idai - said yesterday it had reacted swiftly to the disaster and was on ground to coordinate rescue effort...Published: 17 hrs ago | 456 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe comes to terms with grim scale of damage
ZIMBABWEANS are slowly coming to full terms with the horrific scale of devastation that Cyclone Idai wreaked in the country — amid confirmation late yesterday that torrential rains and landfalls had...Published: 17 hrs ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays Special Olympics team surprise visit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa paid a courtesy call on the Special Olympics Zimbabwe (Soz) team that is currently raising the country's flag high in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates giving them the much-...Published: 17 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce top diplomat on Friday
The eighth edition of the annual Diplomat of the Year Awards which are meant to celebrate the contribution of all diplomats in Zimbabwe to the development of the country and its people will be held on...Published: 18 hrs ago | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's grand lie on forex list revisited
In March 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a list on companies that engaged in illicit financial flows externalized through non repatriation of export proceeds.The much-hyped list ca...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3282 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jah Prayzah comes through for Chimanimani victims
Musician Jah Prayzah has mobilized blankets, foodstuffs and other goodies for the victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani.The Award-winning singer said he is overwhelmed by the support Zimbabwe...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2936 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ED and Chamisa must not use the cyclone as a tool for political mileage
Traumatic events, including natural disasters, are distressing. Strong reactions immediately after the event are very common. Fear, sadness, guilt and anger are all common emotions felt by children, t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1670 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Revisiting the ZUPCO urban transportation model
The re-introduction of ZUPCO buses to ply urban routes in the aftermath of January fuel protests was a welcome move for most urban commuters. This is largely because commuter omnibus operators had tak...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2545 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tour Chimanimani with a clean intention
In times of bereavement, people of different political and social persuasions, even those who do not see eye to eye bury their hatchets and converge to comfort the bereaved.The devastating Cyc...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2766 | by John Sigauke
New dispensation rejects corruption
The advent of the new dispensation in November 2017 has seen a new impetus in the fight against the scourge of corruption. Right beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President M...Published: 23 hrs ago | 655 | by Bevan Musoko
Cyclone Idai a disaster to the region
Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Mozambique since Jokwe in 2008 and the deadliest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2019. The tenth named storm and re...Published: 23 hrs ago | 353 | by Enos Denhere
Zanu-PF youths mobilise donations for cyclone victims
The Zanu-PF National Youth League executive has mobilised party members to donate towards assisting victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge, Manicaland province.Zanu PF Yo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:41hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe speaks on the arrest of Rashid Mahiya
Heal Zimbabwe takes great concern over the allegations leveled against Rashid Mahiya who is the Executive Director of Heal Zimbabwe and the Chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. He was arre...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1005 | by Heal Zimbabwe
Gugu Ncube drama: Unisa employee cleared of sexual assault
The University of South Africa (Unisa) says one of its employees has been cleared of wrongdoing following a woman's claims that he asked her to perform sexual favours so she could keep her job at the ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:52hrs | 3234 | by News24
Chamisa calls for international help
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday saw first hand the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, and vowed to rally international help for thou...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | 4773 | by ZimLive
Parliament releases list of 133 applicants for 9 ZACC posts
Former Zimpapers board chairman Tommy Sithole and former Chronicle editor Geoffrey Nyarota are among a list of 133 people who have applied to become commissioner of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commis...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2825 | by ZimLive
MDC told to divorce G40 members
Journalist Mr Brighton Musonza has called upon the leadership of MDC Alliance to disassociate themselves from the former member of a ZANU PF faction known as the G40.G40 was fronted by Exiled ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:28hrs | 6229 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's disaster response is a disaster
There are few things that reveal the priorities of a government better than a national disaster. In Zimbabwe, Cyclone Idai, which had left at least 65 people dead and more than 100 missing in its wake...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2309 | by newZWire
Food for PFee
On the 14th of March, in Masvingo - Zaka Ward 19 - ZANU-PF supporters were distributing food aid shouting: "Social welfare food aid belongs to President Mnangagwa, let Nelson Chamisa have his own prog...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2500 | by Kubatana
NMB donates to cyclone victims, facilitates public donations
NMB Bank has donated various foodstuffs and consumables to assist families who have suffered from the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai, which hit north eastern parts of the country.To help ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:16hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mocks doctors...as Cyclone Idai kills 98
In a thinly veiled attack on the Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR), Zanu-PF has called on doctors to come out and help the victims of Cyclone Idai as they did to the victims of Shutdown Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 6996 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zifa selectively applying Caf A requirements
FORMER Warriors forward Joel Lupahla has made a passionate plea to football authorities to look beyond just the Confederation of African Football (Caf) A coaching license as he bids to keep his job at...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo mayor defies Chamisa again
Tension continues to mount within the beleaguered MDC here, as Masvingo Mayor Councillor Collins Maboke yesterday vowed to continue with his duties at Town House despite being ordered to step down by ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2273 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages gnaws Zimbabwe's fertilizer industry
ZIMBABWE'S fertilizer industry says it is constrained by forex shortages, but it still has the capacity to produce enough to meet the country's demand this year and export excess production.Zi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
National Blankets faces imminent liquidation
BULAWAYO-BASED textile maker National Blankets is facing imminent liquidation after failing to court a suitable investor to inject fresh capital into the ailing company.The company, which was ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Warriors kit ready
ZIFA was last night expected to take delivery of the new national teams' gear from official kit sponsor Umbro ahead of the Warriors and Young Warriors' 2019 Afcon qualifiers against Congo and Mozambiq...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:33hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
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