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Council top brass in US$8m binge
FORMER Harare City council top brass are facing arrest for illegally authorising over US$8 million in packages for managers and splashing millions on allowances, personal vehicles and holidays that mi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 612 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash revenue continues to dwindle
CASSAVA Smartech Zimbabwe Limited's subsidiary EcoCash's revenue contributions to the group continue to dwindle following recent operating measures effected by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to cu...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
SA deploys soldiers to stop truck attacks
CRISIS talks about trucking violence were continuing on Saturday after police minister Bheki Cele said soldiers would patrol roads targeted by saboteurs.Violent attacks have claimed the life o...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 15:58hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mines now 'death traps'
AN investigation by the auditor general Mildred Chiri revealed that a number of mining operations across the country do not adhere to occupational health and safety regulations, exposing miners to dan...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Popular prophet engaged to solve Mtshabezi Bridge mystery
ONE of the most talked about mysteries in Gwanda Town is of a mysterious creature which reportedly lies hidden in Mtshabezi River near Mtshabezi Bridge that is said to have claimed the lives of a numb...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Karo Resources venture raises eyebrows
KARO Resources directly employs just eight people, two years after it was allocated vast platinum claims sitting on 23 000 hectares under a project the government said the company would set up a US$4,...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:04hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
CMG presents ZAA Global Virtual Summit
CMG International Media Group has announced a two-day ZAA Virtual Summit penciled for 26 and 27 November, to create an engagement platform for diaspora home-based stakeholders.The online event...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | 364 | by Agencies
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 17531 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants action against 'dictators'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says institutions such as the African Union (AU) must take a tough stance against leaders on the continent that abuse human rights, including killing peaceful pro...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:01hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Hope fades in Zimbabwe 3 years after Mugabe's ouster
ZIMBABWE'S former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule.His resignation came days after military tanks rolled throu...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:34hrs | 629 | by AFP
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga political tussling escalates
A FIERCE row has erupted between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) over the manner in which investigations are being handled, relating to alleg...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 10484 | by Staff reporter
Malawi court releases Bushiri, wife 'unconditionally'
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary were "released unconditionally" from custody by a magistrate in the Malawian capital Lilongwe on Thursday afternoon.Magistrate Viva N...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Govt injects $1 billion into Gwayi-Shangani Dam project
GOVERNMENT has since the beginning of last year injected more than $1 billion towards the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North as the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa steps up efforts to ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Musona says Warriors ready to rock and roll
WARRIORS captain, Knowledge Musona, says his troops are ready to turn the tables when they meet old foes Algeria at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon. Kick-off is 3pm.Fans will not be...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Blessing Chitapa wins The Voice UK
Blessing Chitapa has been crowned as the winner of The Voice UK.The 18-year-old singer, originally from Zimbabwe, was named as the winner during Saturday's episode of the ITV talent competitio...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 20:40hrs | 3094 | by Press Association
Ginimbi had no child
IT is a Thursday afternoon and people with homesteads around the late socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's mansion start trooping in for the buffet which would be served at lunch time.The bu...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | 5889 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's comments offer hope on end to the Pandemic
African Union Special Envoy in the fight against COVID-19, pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa, has said an end to the deadly pandemic could be in sight as new treatments emerge that offer hope fo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1162 | by Agencies
Chaos mars Gringo burial
THE burial of the late popular comedian Lazarus "Gringo" Boora at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape, yesterday was marred by chaotic scenes as the family clashed with members of the Johanne Masowe eCh...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 3103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forces Newsday to apologise
THE Office of the President and Cabinet has challenged a privately-owned newspaper, NewsDay and a syndicate of online publications to provide evidence that link the President with Tarirai David Mnanga...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Gringo laid to rest
Comedian Lazarus Boora, better known as Gringo, was yesterday buried at his rural home in Rukweza village, Nyazura, with mourners describing his death as a great loss to the local film industry. ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns Tarirai David Mnangagwa
The Office of the President and Cabinet continues to view with consternation what clearly is a sustained media campaign by NewsDay and other syndicated online news outlets against His Excellency the P...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 20:15hrs | 14592 | by George Charamba
Gringo's burial on today
THE late popular actor Lazarus "Gringo" Boora, who succumbed to cancer on Monday morning at a private health institution in Harare, will be buried today at his rural home in Rukweza, Rusape.Ye...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2070 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's police issue arrest warrant for top ANC official Magashule
South African police have issued a warrant for the arrest on corruption charges of Ace Magashule, a top official of the governing African National Congress party, a spokeswoman for the country's elite...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
National Arts Council mourns 'Gringo'
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) has joined the nation in mourning the passing on of popular yesteryear actor Lazarus "Gringo" Boora this morning.Gringo (47), succumbed to cancer a...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 16:11hrs | 1126 | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest spear-wielding serial robbers
POLICE in Kwekwe last week arrested Panashe Masekera (20) and Mathwe Mawino alias Mawindo (37), both of no fixed abode, after they allegedly terrorised Kwekwe residents and miners around the Midlands ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Medical practitioners come to Gringo's aid
THE plight of the ailing popular actor and comedian Lazarus "Gringo" Boora has touched the hearts of members of the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) who have d...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Mboro: No love lost with Bushiri
Incredible Happenings church leader, Mboro Motsoeneng, has said there is no love lost between him and the leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri.T...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 14:18hrs | 3982 | by Daniel Itai
Worthy win for Zimbabwe Chevrons at last
Match tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over) ZIM - 278/6 (50) PAK - 278/9 (50) Player of the Match: Blessing Muzarabani Player of the Series: Babar Azam Zimbabwe fought well in the...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:31hrs | 926 | by Energy Mavaza
'I'm intentional about provoking empathy' Sue Nyathi
Congratulations on your latest novel! Can you tell us a little about A Family Affair?A Family Affair peers behind the facade of what appears to be a picture-perfect middle class family. The Ma...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 159 | by Staff writer
Zimbabweans await US election with apathy, anticipation
THE upcoming vote could mark a major shift in American politics, but it's unclear how the outcome will affect the two nations' frosty relationship.Whether the issue is the coronavirus pandemic...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gazettes Mphoko's benefits
President Mnangagwa last week gazetted benefits for spouses of former presidents and vice presidents that have served the country since 1987. The benefits are contained in Statutory Instrument...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guarantees Grace Mugabe's windfall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has defended its move to ensure that former first lady Grace Mugabe receives a luxury car and a house as part of a host of benefits.On Friday, the gov...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 6784 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers flee police, vigilantes
BEITBRIDGE armed robbers blamed for numerous violent incidents including some unsolved murders on the banks of the Limpopo River have fled their bases after vigilante groups killed three of the suspec...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Brave performance by Brendan Taylor as Pakistan pips Zimbabwe
Shaheen Afridi tops Brendan Taylor to make it 1-0 for PakistanPakistan 281 for 8 (Sohail 71, Imam-ul-Haq 58, Chisoro 2-31) beat Zimbabwe 255 (Taylor 11...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:22hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Kazungula Bridge: Zimbabwe set to lose billions
ZIMBABWE is set to lose billions of dollars in potential revenue to the new Kazungula River Bridge which is expected to be functional by year-end, offering a shorter alternative route to road transpor...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 19915 | by Staff reporter
Zacc uncovers rot in BCC land allocation and sales
MORE arrests over corruption are imminent at Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other local authorities following a series of investigations on land allocation and sales by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira's bid to relax reporting conditions flops
Former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira had a bad day in court yesterday after her application to have her reporting conditions relaxed was thrown out because the lower court has no jurisdiction to a...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:04hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Bail bid flops for terror gang member
A BID to secure freedom through the High Court by police officer Tapiwa Mangoma, 27, who harboured Zimbabwe's most wanted seven-member terror gang at his residence in Beitbridge supplying them with am...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:20hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blames everything on sanctions
The sanctions which were imposed by the British, the Americans and European countries on Zimbabwe were as a result of human rights abuses and the land which was taken from the white farmers.I ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 296 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe cricket players test negative for COVID-19
ZIMBABWE cricket players and officials returned negative results from the COVID-19 tests they were subjected to on their arrival in Pakistan. The side immediately got down to business when the...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Bright future awaits those who dare to dream
Although with the Covid-19 pandemic and two decades of economic downturn the situation in Zimbabwe looks dire, a bright future awaits those who dare to dream, graduates of the Institute of Chartered S...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 10:32hrs | 2072 | by Agencies
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3092 | by Staff reporter
De-listing wave hits ZSE
FIVE counters have announced plans to de-list from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), precipitating fears that a new forex-denominated bourse planned for Victoria Falls could ground one of Africa's ol...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 3429 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 20368 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Mnangagwa's govt detests being held to account
GOVERNMENT'S failure to answer critical questions around the procurement of Zupco buses using public funds in a deal that involves Landela Investments is indicative of a government that is averse to s...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | 1963 | by Staff reporter
Goche freed on $50,000 bail
Former state security minister Nicholas Goche was freed on Z$50,000 bail on Thursday after he was charged with stock theft.Goche appeared at the Bindura Magistrates Court following his arrest ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Heroic mother who saved baby from crocodile grip honoured
CHIREDZI woman Morina Musisinyani (30) who, in April this year saved her three-year-old son from the jaws of a crocodile, was honoured on Friday by a feminist organisation.Whispers, whose lead...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ratchets up anti-sanctions drive
REGIONAL countries will make an emphatic stand against the continued imposition of economic sanctions on Zimbabwe on October 25 through various activities to commemorate the day of solidarity against ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
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