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DDF in bridges, road rehab
The District Development Fund (DDF) in Mashonaland Central has started repairing bridges and 2 400km of roads after receiving $546,2 million from Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and Gov...Published: 20 hrs ago | 183 | by Staff reporter
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$8,6 million
JAPAN has given Zimbabwe US$8,6 million in emergency funding to support vulnerable people who have been most affected by the humanitarian crisis in the country.In a statement yesterday, the As...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Parked car crushes toddler to death
A one-year- four month-old toddler was crushed to death by a parked vehicle after it rolled back and ran over her while playing behind it with her sister.Mashonaland Central acting police spok...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in crocodile attack
A MOUNT Darwin man was fatally attacked by a crocodile while trying to cross a flooded Ruya River on Friday.Nebart Doro's body is...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 2804 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Heavy rains leave farmers concerned
Farmers' organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have potential to ruin crops. Most parts of Mashonaland Cent...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave Zimbabwe farmers concerned
FARMER'S organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have the potential of ruin their crops.Most parts of Mashona...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Jim Kunaka denied bail
Political activist and National Patriotic Front (NPF) member Jim Kunaka was on Tuesday denied bail on allegations of trying to incite the public to engage in violence in August. Kunaka was fac...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:31hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Paedophile stepdad gets 18 years behind bars
A Mt Darwin man has been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in jail for raping his six-year-old step daughter.Crimson Zvipundu aged 50 who was convicted for raping his 6 year old step daughte...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 15:17hrs | 908 | by Staff Reporter
Reuben Barwe wins Zanu-PF election
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief correspondent Reuben Barwe has been elected unopposed as secretary for information and publicity in the Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elec...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 5017 | by Staff reporter
PPC Zimbabwe shelves Mt Darwin clinker plant construction
The country's largest cement maker, PPC Zimbabwe, has shelved plans to construct a clinker plant in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central Province, due to reduced construction activity in the country....Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Patient vanishes from hospital, found dead
A 25-year-old woman suffering from severe depression and admitted to Mount Darwin District Hospital disappeared from her ward on October 20 and was found at Concession, some 136km away, two days later...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:01hrs | 464 | by Staff writer
Game Park miner loses claims in violent takeover
UMFURUDZI Game Park miner, John Maungwa has lost control of his gold rich mining claims to Shantelle Chikafu, who once claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter and Shamva North legislator...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Mt Darwin man lures minor with zap nax
A 33-YEAR-OLD Mt Darwin man who lured a 9-year-old girl with zap nax before raping her was sentenced to 14 years behind bars by Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mbobo.Austine Kapiri of Makaza ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:36hrs | 751 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers jostle for Zanu-PF positions
TWO serving civil servants in Mwenezi are campaigning for positions in the Zanu-PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections to be held early December in violation of the law, it has emerged....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2139 | by Staff reporter
Woman sets husband on fire during dispute
A Mt Darwin woman who allegedly locked her husband inside their bedroom and set it on fire following a domestic dispute after she came home late, has been remanded in custody on attempted murder charg...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Harare closes off Mbare Musika bus terminus
The country's busiest bus terminus Mbare Musika has been closed to the public for renovations, the City of Harare said on Monday.The terminus was temporarily shut down following an outbreak of...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 3365 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over the rise in murder cases reported throughout the country, with a record eight cases recorded at the weekend.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
'Zanla cadres were poorly trained'
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary (Zipra) fighter Esau Ncube has sensationally claimed that his Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) counterparts were poorly trained so much so that ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Teacher steals exam students' laptops
A Mt Darwin primary school teacher has been slapped with a two-year jail term for stealing laptops and cell phones valued at $30 401 from candidates who were sitting for their examinations at a Great ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6623 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Impala Car Rental's benevolence hailed
Peter Chirata, the father of a 12-year-old Mt Darwin girl who suffered serious burns in a inferno in 2013, was a relieved man yesterday after Impala Car Hire paid for her medical bills and donated cas...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1091 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Political nobodies should not comment about land
I write to dissect and expose the lies and hypocrisy in the statement issued yesterday by one Kudakwashe Ndavara on behalf of the so called Zimbabwe National Service Graduates Association (ZIM-NASGA)....Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 1830 | by Kundayi Masekesa
Shiri, Tuku connection revealed
THE late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) was a sucker for Tuku Music and had the departed superstar's entire music collection, which he "guarded jealously".According to family frien...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba eyes huge comeback
NATHAN Shamuyarira, Webster Shamu, James Makamba and Supa Mandiwanzira are some of the names that easily come to mind as having made the successful transition from journalism into the murky world of b...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, CIOs threaten nurses
NURSES at St Alberts Mission Hospital, Mt Darwin, were reportedly threatened by Zanu-PF youths and State spy agents after notifying the district medical officer Kelvin Mupunga last week of their inten...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 3401 | by Staff reporter
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 183 | by Bishop Lazarus
Uproar over constitution overhaul
The government's push to overhaul the constitution only seven years after it was adopted was met with fierce opposition during the countrywide public hearings organised by Parliament.President...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:42hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill hearings begin
People in Lupane in Matabeleland North and Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central who attended the public hearings on the Constitutional Amendment Bill gave a range of views from enthusiastic support or eve...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
ZCIEA starts distribution of Masks
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association (ZCIEA) has started distribution of Masks, Gloves, Sanitisers, Infra-Red thermometers, COVID-19 Information Posters to informal workers and traders...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 530 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through alleged harassment.Harare West MP Joanna Ma...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1573 | by newzimbabwe
Mashonaland Central malaria cases blamed on artisanal mining, proximity to Mozambique
THE record increase in malaria cases in Mashonaland Central has been attributed largely to widespread socio-economic activities such as mining and farming that predisposed populations to malaria....Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns principal security officer
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent a condolence message to the family of Mr Albert Vunganai, a close aide to the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who died from injuries sustained in a car accident in Mt...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults wife, another takes poison
A HARARE man appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the murder of his wife during the current lockdown called by the Government to contain the spread of Covid-19. The case comes against t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Bindura town fumigated
BINDURA Municipality has partnered Freda Rebecca gold mine in disinfecting the mining town to mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.The municipality town clerk Shangwa Mavesera confirme...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 15:40hrs | 1156 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Soldier kills colleague
A solDier has been charged with murder after he allegedly hit his colleague with a canoe paddle while they were crossing the Zambezi river in Kanyemba, leading to his drowning.Munyaradzi Kanda...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says we are our own liberators
THE various strategies being employed in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus will continue even after the pandemic has been contained in order to improve the country's readiness to deal wi...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Soldier 'kills' colleague with a canoe peddle stick
A member of the Zimbabwe National Army is in trouble after he allegedly murdered his colleague at Zambezi River in Kanyemba.Munyaradzi ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 17:44hrs | 2463 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Malaria kills 131 Zimbabweans...135 585 test positive
The Ministry of Health has reported that malaria has killed 131 people in Zimbabwe in the past months. According to the Ministry, the cumulative figures for malaria are 135 585 and 131 deaths. ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 17:39hrs | 3439 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere apologises for Gukurahundi
Former ZANU PF Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has, for the first time, publicly condemned the Gukurahundi genocide that killed more 20 000 people in Midlands and Matabeleland. In a Ind...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 11:24hrs | 5140 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Italian parcel thief nabbed
A 38-YEAR-OLD Mt Darwin man appeared before a Bindura magistrate Samantha Dhlamini yesterday for allegedly stealing an Italian parcel from OK Zimbabwe, Bindura branch parcel counter.Edwa...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:02hrs | 2067 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Govt geared to eradicate Theileriosis disease ...as development partners scramble to assist
The Government through the department of Veterinary Services and its development partners, has intensified efforts to curb the spread of Theileriosis, a tickborne disease, that has caused deaths of ma...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 14:53hrs | 752 | by Innocent Mujeri
ZBC moves to stop staffers from politics
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future politica...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:20hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP dresses down ZBC journalists
ZANU-PF MP for Uzumba, Simbaneuta Mudarikwa took time during a parliamentary hearing last week to dress down Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chairperson Josiah Tayi and his colleagues over all...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:04hrs | 762 | by newzimbabwe
Gold buyer kills three pedestrians
THREE pedestrians died on the spot, while one escaped with minor injuries after being knocked down by a car being driven by a Mount Darwin gold buyer on Saturday at the 157km peg along the Harare-Mkum...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:44hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu says we cannot pretend all is well
Following the suspension of Zanu-PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke strongly against corruption outside the party par...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2779 | by Staff reporter
Transport crisis hits Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has been hard hit by a transport crisis, amid reports that the country's 46 prisons are being serviced by 11 security vehicles. Mechanical...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC newscaster acquitted
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) newscaster, Musorowegomo Mukosi, who was in court on allegations of allowing his pistol to be used during an assault on his workers at his mine claim in ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:11hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs outed for defending machete gangs
THREE Zanu-PF legislators in Mashonaland Central province have been accused of stifling the police's crackdown on illegal gold miners and machete gangs.The countrywide police blitz, dubbed Ope...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Axed Zanu-PF youth leaders in extortion storm
TWO of the three former Zanu-PF youth leaders, who were axed from their positions last week, allegedly extorted goods and services from businessman and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) cha...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 4238 | by Staff reporter
Former broadcaster, presidential guards granted $500 bail each
THREE presidential guards and a former broadcaster, who allegedly went on the rampage, assaulting artisanal miners while armed with a pistol in Mt Darwin, were yesterday granted $500 bail each by a Mt...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
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