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Zanu-PF female politicians not interested in VP's post
Zanu-PF's Women's League national political commissar, Maybe Mbowa says senior female politicians in the ruling party are not interested in being appointed to the powerful post of the country's vice p...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party re-brands
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has embarked on a re-branding exercise, which will see the opposition changing its flag and party regalia.The party's spokesperson, Velile Moyo confirmed the...Published: 5 hrs ago | 934 | by Staff reporter
Pandemic jump-starts Zimbabwe online retail sales
Kenneth Mudzingwa has worked and studied in Turkey for five and a half years. To help his two siblings with groceries, the Zimbabwean citizen used a money transfer service that sometimes took days....Published: 5 hrs ago | 446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF refused 1 million J&J vaccine doses, 6 months after FDA approval and now J&J is gold dust
A few weeks ago, Zimbabwe was refused one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine offered through the Africa covac initiative under the pretext the country did not have the extra cold facilit...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1283 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo says 'Zimbabwe opposition, CSOs a big let down'
ZIMBABWE on Sunday marked three years after six civilians were fatally shot by State security agents in the August 2018 post-election violence, with exiled former Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moy...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2017 | by Staff reporter
Harare faces grave diggers, nurses crisis
HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of grave diggers with the few remaining at the local authority's eight cemeteries overwhelmed as they are burying at least 40 people per day....Published: 5 hrs ago | 750 | by Staff reporter
Schools up reopening preps
SCHOOLS have heightened preparations for reopening for the second term with fumigation of buildings and grounds currently in progress.This comes a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Marange villagers, ZCDC bury the hatchet
KUSENA villagers in Marange, who last week had resisted an order by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to temporarily vacate their homes so that the diamond miner can engage in explorati...Published: 5 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
'Time Zimbabwe sets educational qualifications for MPs'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC) says Zimbabwe must draft a law which stipulates minimum qualifications for legislators so that they understand and effectively contribute to policymaking pr...Published: 5 hrs ago | 527 | by Staff reporter
BCC workers demand bribe to fix burst sewer pipe
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) employees have been implicated in a scandal where they allegedly demanded US$35 bribe from the Anglican Church in Luveve to repair a burst sewer line.The issue emer...Published: 5 hrs ago | 251 | by Staff reporter
$500,000 sexual harassment suit hits snag
A HARARE woman's bid to obtain a $500 000 compensation through a default judgment against former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive officer Mr Farai Bwatikona Zizhou and the or...Published: 5 hrs ago | 367 | by Staff reporter
Chinese steel plant roars to life in Zimbabwe
A NEW town is set to be born between Mvuma-Chivhu and Manhize where Tsingshan Group Holdings, a Fortune 500 listed company is set to build a world class iron and steel plant that will also come with f...Published: 5 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Of the Madhuku strategy
Zimbabwe needs politicians who think beyond receiving twin cabs in order to achieve its economic goals not of the Madhuku strategy.The international community cannot be hoodwinked by such kind...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1470 | by Leonard Koni
War vets fume over Kazembe's rogue co-options
A fresh war has erupted in Mashonaland Central province after the Zanu PF embattled chairman Kazembe Kazembe allegedly made co-options into the provincial executive structure in a bid to realign his a...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1748 | by Staff Reporter
2 bogus cops arrested
Two people who were masquerading as police officers have been arrested in separate incidents in Harare after they were found extorting money from pirate taxi drivers and a suspected ‘fraudster'....Published: 16 hrs ago | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for stealing ammunition
A 25-year-old employee with Ballistics Arms and Security has appeared in court on allegations of stealing ammunition from his employer.Brighton Kanyandu was facing theft and an alternative cha...Published: 16 hrs ago | 644 | by Staff reporter
Buying time and delaying the inevitable. The case of Zanu-PF resistance to political reforms
Playing a game without prior knowledge that Zanu-PF was a participant, a dearth of awareness of said rules dictated that Zanu-PF preference of a political system would be one patterned on its sponsor'...Published: 16 hrs ago | 454 | by Nancy Makurira
Covid-19 crisis: Can corporate leaders stand up and be counted!
Zimbabwe has undergone several crises over the years and each time disaster strikes, citizens have been known to put aside their differences - real or imagined - to put out the fire. It is thr...Published: 16 hrs ago | 74 | by Nathan Chikara
Zanu PF youth leader under fire
Mashonaland Central youth leader Esrom Nhete is under fire from youths in mashonaland Central's eight districts who are demanding for the 800 goats ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1214 | by Shelton Muchena
Municipal police vehicle runs over vendor
A City of Masvingo municipal police vehicle allegedly ran over a vendor after a municipal police officer pushed her into the moving council truck whilst they were raiding vendors along Chesvingo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:56hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Harry Kane bunks Spurs' pre-season training amid Man City transfer interest
Harry Kane has not shown up to Tottenham's pre-season training amid speculation around his future at the club.The 28-year-old was due to return to Hotspur Way on Monday following a short holid...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:53hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Single dose Covid-19 vaccine for Zimbabwe on the cards
ZIMBABWE may soon start administering the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine following approval by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe.The authority approved the use of Johnson an...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Man ducks two bullets in fight over land
A 35-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man cannot believe he ducked two bullets directed at him at close range by a rival in a fight over a piece of land in Inyathi.Mr Justice Vundla (35) Madala Site, Queen's...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | 2125 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 7679 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier-General Satuku persecuted in life, death
RETIRED Brigadier-General Fidelis Satuku was a man persecuted in life and death.The veteran of Zimbabwe's liberation war, a decorated military commander and strategist, was buried quietly, awa...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 4177 | by Staff reporter
Catholic nuns seize control of US$2m Covid-19 project
CATHOLIC Church nuns, through Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), owners of St. Anne's Hospital in Harare, have acrimoniously seized control of the refurbished health facility's Covid-19 cent...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2026 | by Staff reporter
Impala Car Rental faces collapse
STILL reeling from the Tawanda Muchehiwa abduction scandal by state security agents with its connivance, subsequent desertion by spooked clients, the death of its chief executive Thompson Dondo in Jan...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 3429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ropes in traditional chiefs to promote Chinese project
GOVERNMENT has roped in traditional leaders to convince reluctant villagers to agree to be evicted when a carbon steel project undertaken by a Chinese investor in the Chirumanzu area of the Midlands p...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:37hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023
THE Election Resource Centre (ERC), an electoral and democracy think-tank, says Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections in 2023 if the polls are conducted under current electoral laws.As ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:37hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents concerned over failure to access IDs due to material shortage
BULAWAYO residents have expressed their concerns over failure to access identity cards following reports of shortage of required materials to cater for th...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:02hrs | 257 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora party survives Alliance axe
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance principals have reversed their earlier decision to expel the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDCT to pave way for dialogue among political actors forming the grouping.Convener of ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3733 | by Staff reporter
Biti says Mthuli Ncube is 'clueless and incompetent'
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the current head of Treasury Mthuli Ncube is "clueless and incompetent" who hopes that God or the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda will keep the economy afloat....Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 budget dries up
ZIMBABWE'S COVID-19 fight might soon go off the rails if government does not urgently mobilise additional funding after exhausting US$93,2 million of the US$100 million budgeted for vaccine imports, w...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge residents rap Zinwa over water cuts
BEITBRIDGE residents were yesterday up in arms with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and the Lands and Agriculture ministry for failing to supply water to one of the country's busiest por...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
UZ student in court for fraud
A UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) student was on Friday arraigned before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga charged with fraud after he allegedly duped other students who intended to switch their programm...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed until August 10
GOVERNMENT has gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 210 of 2021 to allow for schools to remain closed until August 10, 2021, pending review of the COVID-19 situation in the country.SI 210 of 202...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 3 000 more schools, says Mathema
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema says 3 000 more schools are needed in the country to fully accommodate learners.Mathema made the remarks last Thursday at the United Congr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
State withdraws violence charge against Hwange activist
THE State has withdrawn the public violence charge against a Hwange activist who had been accused of leading a protest against a Chinese company carrying out coal-mining operations in Dinde.Ne...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Companies net $11bn in road deals
ZIMBABWE'S underfire construction industry has earned $10,7 billion through State-funded road rehabilitation and expansion projects since January, giving the sector respite after battling to forestall...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:41hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Varun enjoys business boom
BEVERAGES producer, Varun Beverages says there is good demand for its products, including the newly-launched Aquaclear bottled water, due to its world-class quality and low price.Varun Beverag...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor arrested for snubbing chief in development projects
POLICE have arrested and detained Nyaminyami Rural District Council Ward 3 MDC Alliance councillor, Taiti Busumani for deliberately sidelining traditional leaders in developmental projects in the wild...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
3 die as bus, Honda Fit collide head-on
THREE people died on the spot and two others sustained severe injuries when a Honda Fit they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus transporting Covid-19 patients along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
GMB, police crackdown on illegal grain dealers
THE police have joined hands with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to bring to book illegal grain dealers who violate Statutory Instrument 97 of 2021, which restricts marketing of maize and soya bean t...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Demand for graves surges in Gweru
THERE has been a surge in demand for graves in the city of Gweru amid indications that from January to date, 65 people have been buried at council cemeteries compared to 45 the whole of last year. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Omega says Methembe is Bosso's messiah
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Highlanders' life member Omega Sibanda has suggested that United States of America-based former club coach Methembe Ndlovu takes over ownership of the Bulawayo giants. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Missing Chinhoyi baby found 4 months later
A six-month-old Chinhoyi baby, Dadirai Seremwe, who was reported missing four months ago has been found dumped in Mt Darwin, some 215km from Chinhoyi. The baby, whose mother resides in Ruvimbo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped at prayer shrine
Police are hunting for a man who robbed two women and raped one of them after they had gone for an all-night prayer on Muchinjikwa Mountain in Chinamhora, Mashonaland East at the weekend. Repo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Family exhumes father after hospital morgue mix-up
A Mhangura family recently had to endure the pain of exhuming and re-burying the body of their father which had earlier been interred elsewhere, in a case of mistaken identity. The man had suc...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Criticism for Nakamba as Villa beat Bristol
DAYS after being praised for his performances, Zimbabwe international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, was the target of some harsh criticism after Aston Villa breezed to a 3-0 victory of Championship s...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:34hrs | 2654 | by Staff reporter
Polad principals optimistic
Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) principals are optimistic that President Mnangagwa will restore the dignity of the country through his sound policies which have already transformed the country as it...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
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