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Musona linked to Chiefs
KNOWLEDGE Musona has been linked with a sensational return to Kaizer Chiefs, but this time around, we look at the reasons why it may very well happen!Former Kaizer Chiefs star Musona (30) is o...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Zimra commences deducting mining royalties
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started executing its recently added mandate of deducting mining royalties, through banking institutions, on behalf of Treasury.The tax authority sai...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 197 | by Agencies
Police in pirate taxis storm
MEMBERS of Parliament have expressed concern over pirate taxis which they said were being allowed to operate throughout the country without hindrance, as most of them are owned by police officers....Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2435 | by Staff reporter
Man axes father over food, 'roasts' his head
A LAZY Inyathi man fatally axed his elderly father in a dispute over food and threw his body into a fire in a kitchen hut resulting in the deceased's head getting roasted.Raighton Nkomo (29) o...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mines, banks in crunch talks over US sanctions
ZIMBABWE'S mines said on Friday they had kicked-off crunch meetings with banks, government and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to find a solution after operators reported that th...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions: Council gives cops big treat
Police officers conducting a demolition exercise in Chitungwiza were feted with takeaway food by council at a time service delivery has plunged to unprecedented levels in the town.This publica...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Questions to ask before starting a trucking company
For your information, when most people talk about starting a trucking business, they don't mean to become the operators themselves. It is a typically one-person controlled business that is divided int...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 1522 | by Staff Writer
Delta red-flags Zimbabwe policies
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation yesterday added its voice to growing concerns over policy inconsistency and currency volatility in the country, saying th...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:39hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia
MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is ma...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | 592 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
College student stabbed to death, body dumped by roadside
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the murder of a 25-year-old student from Esigodini Agricultural College in Matabeleland South who was stabbed to death on Sunday and his body was left covered with...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Police continue to enforce curfew
The Covid-19 public health and lockdown regulations, although more relaxed than at the peak of infection waves, are still being enforced and people have been urged to take them seriously to prevent a ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
'Gun smuggling fuels spike in crime rate'
HUMAN rights activists have alleged that gun smuggling from neighbouring South Africa, poverty and high unemployment levels have led to the surge in armed robberies in the country.This comes a...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Thumbs up to ZRP
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mvurwi is working tirelessly in arresting criminals that are coming people in and around Mvurwi.First was the arrest of Mvurwi Town Council three offic...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 14:16hrs | 1839 | by Ndou Paul
Non-productive farmers told to surrender land
Government is prepared to repossess land from farmers who are not fully utilising it and allocate it to deserving ones as it moves to strengthen the agricultural recovery plan ahead of Vision 2030....Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills daughter over sex
A Mberengwa woman, who two years ago killed her teenage daughter after the child admitted to indulging in sex with several men has been jailed for two years for culpable homicide.Bulawayo High...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:06hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
No plans for fresh lockdown
THERE are no plans to reintroduce a fresh hard national lockdown to forestall the threat of a Covid-19 third wave and Government will focus on fine-tuning the national vaccination programme to hasten ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:50hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Personal budget tips
If you want to control your spending and work toward your financial goals, you need a budget.A personal or household budget is a summary that compares and tracks your income and expenses for a...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:49hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Hospital amputates wrong leg
AN Austrian hospital has amputated the wrong leg of a patient, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake".The elderly patient is suffering from many illnesses, the Freistadt Cli...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Petrol attendant shot as violent crime wave sweeps Bulawayo
A petrol attendant was shot in the chest on Friday after armed robbers targeted a Flo garage in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb – the latest in a series of violent robberies in Zimbabwe's second city....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Harrowing murders by Zimbabweans in Diaspora
ENGLAND does not change people but it brings out what people were hiding all along. In five years I've been here, 30 Zimbabweans have become uxoricides. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:13hrs | 538 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Short term risks for Zim economy
The Zimbabwean economy is expected to register modest growth this year after 2 years of successive decline when currency changes, high inflation, extreme weather conditions and COVID-19 downturn wreck...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:26hrs | 689 | by Victor Bhoroma
2021 Mid-Term Budget Expectations
Zimbabwe's mid-term budget for 2021 is expected to be presented in the beginning of July amid encouraging signs of economic recovery in the last 12 months. The country is undergoing a period of relati...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:21hrs | 687 | by Victor Bhoroma
Harare residents to pay dog, bicycle fees
Harare residents who own at least a dog and a bicycle will now have to fork out an extra $2 500 on their bills, with the figure rising if one has additional dogs or bicycles.Latest figures ava...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on granite miners
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it has started investigating the black granite mining industry in Mutoko following reports that local authorities were being paid peanuts in taxes b...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | 501 | by Staff report
Civil servants should remain patient, says PSC
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) says civil servants should be patient and understand efforts being made to improve their livelihoods and working conditions as Government strives to balance between...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Granny axes man over firewood
POLICE in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central province arrested a 52-year-old who went beserk and axed a man who confronted her over cutting fire wood in his field on Sunday.Eustina Lucia Gomwe of G...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1633 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mines endorse RBZ move
MINING industry executives yesterday commended the central bank's move to give the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) the sole mandate to collect fees and commissions previously paid to the Minerals M...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:05hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest gold panner for murder case
POLICE in Matabeleland South province are investigating a murder case where a teenage gold panner was struck on the head by his colleague with the back of an axe and three months later, he died from s...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:52hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Woman axes ex-boyfriend
Police in Centenary arrested a 20-year-old woman who attempted to kill her ex-boyfriend with an axe over the weekend.Sandra Makosa of Archiford farm, Centenary is assisting police with investi...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:04hrs | 2248 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robbers raid cop
THREE armed robbers from Gweru have been sentenced to 10 years in jail each after they were convicted of robbing a Redcliff policeman of his vehicle, money and clothes.They broke into the cop'...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Man axes parents over witchcraft
A MAN from Filabusi in Matabeleland South province ran amok and axed his parents after accusing them of witchcraft.Stephen Chinyaure (36) was convicted of two counts of domestic violence when ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation and the legend of Chief Zvimba
I will not enter the debate on where the late Robert Mugabe's body must be buried or reburied.Hearing the debate raging in the media reminded me of the legendary Chief Matthew or Matewu Zvimba...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1489 | by Tererai R. Mafukidze
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | 828 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe gets backing in anti-sanctions war
ZIMBABWE scored big in its quest to have the punitive and illegal economic sanctions imposed by the West two decades ago removed after the United States' House of Representatives Committee admitted th...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for armed robbers
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have launched a search for five suspected armed robbers who raided a house, stuck the occupant with an axe and got away with cash.Matabeleland South actin...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
What are we really worth?
Recently I had breakfast with three friends and we were charged at the rate of ZW$115 to US$1 for our food, which was priced in US dollars.later I had coffee with another group of friends and ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | 896 | by Eddie Cross
Supermarkets feel heat as consumers spend on fuel
ZIMBABWE'S retailers have said the government must take action against high fuel prices that have been blamed for pushing production costs up, making the environment "unpredictable and difficult" for ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Murder at 6th Avenue
A Hairdresser in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed a rival to death in a fight over a client.Ayanda Moyo (29) allegedly stabbed Claitos Muzorori (38) of Old Magwegwe with a knife on the left shoulder...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 1706 | by Staa reporter
Vehicle registration
CLIENTS are advised that they can register newly imported or freshly built motor vehicle at selected Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) offices nationwide. All that clients need to do is bring two set...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Mechanic plunges client's car into Mazai River
A MECHANIC in Bulawayo, who allegedly took a Mazda Axela vehicle he was repairing for a spin, plunged into the effluent filled Mazai River after misjudging a bend near Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Mako...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'rogue shadow' worries World Bank
A WORLD Bank (WB) executive has warned that Zimbabwe's recovery efforts will be held back by a "Rogue Shadow of Informality" that will affect revenue flows into the fiscus and aggravate deepening pove...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
5 major hospitals without chief executives
ZIMBABWE'S five major hospitals are still without substantive chief executive officers (CEOs) more than a year after they were fired, while most departments in the Health and Child Care ministry are b...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:20hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Man battles for life after being axed by wife's lover
A 42-year-old Silobela man is battling for life at Kwekwe General Hospital after he was axed on the forehead by his alleged wife's lover.Mr Tawanda Denhere was attacked by Mthokozisi Moyo when...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe supermarkets face implosion
ZIMBABWE's retail industry says it is facing an implosion unless the mid-term fiscal policy review set for July makes wide-ranging reforms to stimulate demand after 12 million consumers hit hard times...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:45hrs | 5160 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean artistes flock to SA
Zimbabwean musicians are making a beeline to South Africa lately where they are hosting shows in that country after spending months on the tangential due to the country's "strict" Covid-19 regulations...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
PG guns for forex looters
MORE than 1 800 individuals and corporates who were linked to externalising nearly US$1 billion by contravening exchange control regulations will soon be hauled before the courts.Prosecutor-Ge...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for ex-minister Prisca Mupfumira
A warrant of arrest was issued yesterday for former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira, at present in South Africa on official Parliamentary business, after she failed to attend court for her trial on ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:45hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police launch crime curbing initiatives
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a number of crime-curbing initiatives that have started to bear fruit, with community engagement strategies paying off.After a rise in criminal activities in t...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Man hospitalised after attack by wife's lover
A 42-year-old man from Silobela is battling for his life at Kwekwe General Hospital after he was axed on the forehead by a man he had confronted for allegedly having an extra marital affair with his w...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:10hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
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