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Mnangagwa's plans dead in water
THERE is no respite in sight for long-suffering Zimbabweans, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining other important bodies this week in warning that the country is headed for a mega econom...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for US$9,3m
Harare City Council is under scrutiny for allegedly abusing US$9,3 million availed to it by Government last year for urgent works at Manyame and Warren Control Pump stations that should have been comp...Published: 8 hrs ago | 423 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa speaks on joining POLAD
MDC leader Nelson Nelson Chamisa has reportedly shot down reports by Presidential Spokesperson George that he will be joining POLAD. Award winning Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono posted on social...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa is our Biblical Joshua,' says Chadzamira
The Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs has equated President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Biblical Joshua who will lead Zimbabwe through the final stretch to the 'Promised Land'.Sp...Published: 13 hrs ago | 950 | by Staff reporter
Typhoid scare hits Gweru
GWERU has been hit by fears of a fresh typhoid outbreak after two people in the densely-populated suburb of Mkoba died in the past three days showing symptoms of the disease, while dozens complained o...Published: 14 hrs ago | 374 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi villagers face starvation
OVER 100 000 Nkayi villagers are facing starvation, a government official has said.Speaking to journalists during a tour, district development co-ordinator Matilda Mlothswa said Nkayi had been...Published: 14 hrs ago | 490 | by Staff reporter
'Parly fact finding mission expose GMAZ'
Discrepancies emerged during a fact-finding visit to millers by a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee yesterday.The Justice Mayor Wadyajena-led Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces 300% surge in electricity tariffs
THE continuous low water levels on Zimbabwe's biggest dam, Kariba, could see a 300% spike in electricity costs, as the country battles crippling power cuts of up to 17 hours daily, the United Nations ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 779 | by Staff reporter
NRZ investor takes money to SA
IN the wake of the termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and related companies are shifting ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Residents beg BCC to reconsider 400% tariffs hike
BULAWAYO residents have appealed to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to review the newly approved 416 percentage increase in tariffs and other service charges to a practical percentage that residents c...Published: 16 hrs ago | 311 | by Staff reporter
BCC suspends services again due to fuel shortages
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended ambulance, refuse collection, attendance to water and sewer faults due to fuel shortages. In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr C...Published: 16 hrs ago | 181 | by Staff reporter
War vets storm Mthuli Ncube's office
A group of ex-civil servants most of whom are war veterans on Wednesday stormed New Government Complex seeking Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's audience to discuss their welfare upon realising their fo...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3517 | by Staff reporter
Man scalds friend with boiling water over wife
A Bindura man was arraigned before a Bindura magistrate Ngonidzashe Nduna yesterday for an attempted murder charge.Tawanda Mankili (31) of Chipadze, Bindura pleaded not guilty to the charge an...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1213 | by Paul Ndou
'ZESA committing genocide in Matobo' says Linda Masarira
LEAD Zimbabwe President Linda Masarira has taken ZESA head on over what she called systematic genocide through the continued lack of electricity in Matobo District. Masarira said the company was b...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1640 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube haunted by civil service welfare
A group of ex-civil servants most of whom are war veterans on Wednesday stormed New Government Complex seeking Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's audience to discuss their welfare upon realising their fo...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:12hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surges 44%
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surged 44% to 2.54 tonnes in January from 1.77 tonnes during the same period last year on the back of increased fuel allocations to miners.Experts said the country's...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Maize 'cartel boss' snubs Parly committee
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday snubbed the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture Water and Rural Resettlement when it visited hi...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:48hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth nations not spared by Climate change crisis
The Commonwealth of 54 countries, 32 of which are small, are facing a climate change emergency that is costing lives and presenting an "undeniable human rights challenge" to the world, the internation...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:50hrs | 124 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC raps govt for asking workers to subsidize the military
The MDC Secretary for Labour and Social Security Gideon Shoko has rapped the government for asking other civil servants to subsidise the military as if they are the only government employees affected ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 09:31hrs | 1079 | by Stephen Jakes
Police recover USD$ 229 000 stolen by security company employees
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that their details have recovered an amount of USD$ 229 000 of the USD$400 000 which was reportedly stolen at a security company.The police sai...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1193 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robbers ransack Tawanda Nyambirai's premises
ROBBERS yesterday pounced movie-style on the business premises of two top Harare businessmen, Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi, getting away with more than US$200 000, cellphones and jeweller...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3172 | by Staff reporter
Police besiege city centre to thwart MDC flash demo
Police in Bulawayo were on Tuesday out in full force in anticipation of a flash demonstration planned by the opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).Most parts of the city were under ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1646 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages cripple service delivery
SERVICE delivery has ground to a halt in Masvingo city owing to acute fuel shortages, acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa has revealed.Responding to residents' queries over failure to collect...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa relative' removed from remand
THE case in which a woman who claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "relative" who appeared in court facing charges of swindling a South African businessman of R290 522 has crumbled after a Har...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods destroy $110 000 property
THE Bulawayo Fire Brigade has revealed that the flash floods that pounded the city on Sunday caused an estimated damage to property worth $110 000.Despite the heavy downpour, supply dams locat...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels critical despite inflows
BULAWAYO supply dam levels have gone up but remain critical despite recent rains received in the country over the past week. According to the statistics released by the Zimbabwe National Water...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman off the hook
BUSINESSWOMAN and Connect Water chief executive, Ms Smolly Moyo, who was facing allegations of duping a businessman of R290 000 has been freed. Moyo will only return to court by way of summons...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:46hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Eskom US$1m monthly
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said Zimbabwe is paying nearly US$1 million towards clearing its debt to South Africa's State power utility, Eskom, and expects improved power s...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Parliament to follow up on RBZ funds
Parliament will follow up on all companies that received foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to promote accountability and transparency. This came out yesterday when the L...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:44hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Guardian Security company loses box with US$400 000 cash
Guardian Security Services company in Harare lost a cash box containing US$400 000 at their premises in Waterfalls, in a case believed to be an inside job involving some of its guards who have since b...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 19:24hrs | 2358 | by Staff reporter
A lesbian Zimbabwean's struggle for UK asylum
Angel fled Zimbabwe in fear of her life after police found her in bed with another woman five years ago. It's taken most of the time since then for her to convince the Home Office that she is gay and ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 18:05hrs | 1991 | by BBC
GMB, Musarara clash over 'missing' US$8 million
After months of continuous haggling, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) finally appeared in parliament on Tuesday along with Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officials. They appeared ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 16:41hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that his 'Vision 2030' is key to ending poverty
Vision 2030 addresses aspirations contained in Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063 aimed at eradicating poverty in Africa.This was said by President Mnangagwa in his speech while off...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Harare public toilets deplorable
Harare is sitting on a health time bomb as most of its public toilets are in bad shape and no longer fit for use.While council has refurbished public toilets in some parts of the central busin...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri calls for anti-poverty policies
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has made a clarion call for policies that will help in eradicating hunger and poverty in Africa.Addressing delega...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Job-seeking expedition ends in tragedy
A JOB-SEEKING expedition ended tragically for Uzumba twins after one of them drowned while crossing a flooded Nyaguwe River in a makeshift canoe.Twenty-six-year-old Lovemore Gunde's body was r...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Fallen Zesa poles halt business
BUSINESS has come to a standstill in Guruve South after a storm uprooted 10 Zesa poles in January, leading to power outages.Zesa is reportedly yet to attend to the live power lines that are ly...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Caf requirements for Barbourfields Stadium
Pitch condition must be improved, and the surface must be green and marked clearly in white. - Team benches area needs general renovation and painting. - For evening matches, the floodlights L...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Calls to punish roller meal cartels soar
A cross-section of Zimbabweans has urged authorities to deal ruthlessly with those abusing taxpayers' money and depriving the market of subsidised commodities through hoarding or diversion to the blac...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Maize cartel 'boss' fails to account for US$27 million in Pairliament?
The Herald Herald Correspondent GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday failed to account for US$27 million which the association received from the Reserve...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:50hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Security company loses US$400K in suspected inside job
Police in Harare say a security company based in the capital has lost US$400,000 in a suspected inside job involving its employees. "A security company based in Waterfalls, Hre has lost cash a...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 17:08hrs | 1993 | by Staff Reporter
Latest on Mutoko headmaster who stole maize cobs
An unnamed school headmaster from Mutoko whose image has gone viral on social media after he was accused of steal maize cobs has been located in Harare. The man was located by H-Metro Ed...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:54hrs | 5360 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Patient sues top gynaecologist for $400 000
A top Harare gynaecologist, Dr Ashel Marume, has been slapped with a $400 000 lawsuit by his patient, who is accusing him of removing her uterus without her consent while she was delivering a baby at ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:21hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
215 Binga households displaced by floods
THE National Association of non-governmental organisations (Nango)'s latest report dated February 17 shows that 215 households totalling 967 individuals were seriously affected by the recent flash flo...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents sue 'nosy' minister
Harare residents have taken Local Government minister July Moyo to court to stop him from allegedly interfering with operations of the local authority.The residents under the Harare Metropolit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya dodges questions on 'risky' depositors
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday refused to publicly disclose the identity of the 200 depositors who own the bulk of the $34,5 billion bank deposits in the country.Man...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
IMF reviews Zimbabwe economic outlook
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started reviewing projected economic outlook for Zimbabwe for 2020 with preliminary indications pointing to a number of headwinds the lender thinks may weigh ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Trail of destruction after rains in Matabeleland South
HEAVY rains which fell over the weekend left a trail of destruction in parts of Matabeleland South province, with some homesteads having their roofs blown away. Schoolchildren in some areas ha...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:40hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 20 cattle to lightning
Midlands Provincial Public Service inspector, Mr Andrew Chimanyiwa, on Sunday lost 20 head of cattle after they were struck by lightning at his farm in Gwenhoro outside Gweru. This, offi...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena sets police on maize 'cartel' boss
Parliament has set police on Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson, Mr Tafadzwa Musarara to force him to attend a hearing and explain how the association utilised a US$27 million facility ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
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