[The Herald] Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo was temporarily closed on Tuesday night after the Traffic Control Tower was struck by lightning, resulting in a blackout which affected lighting on the runway. The closure of the airport affected an Air Zimbabwe plane from Harare, which aborted landing and made a U-turn back to the capital. The same plane was supposed to depart back to the capital the same night if it had landed. ......
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Zimbabwe:Lightning Shuts Bulawayo Airport
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Zimbabwe:Traditional Chiefs Ordered to Campaign for Mugabe
[CAJ News] Harare -Rights groups are concerned next year's elections in Zimbabwe will be credible after chiefs were ordered to campaign for President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party. Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Chief's Council, ordered the traditional leaders to ensure their subjects also endorsed Mugabe (93), claiming the veteran leader recognised and respected the leaders. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) criticised the call made during the just-ended National Conference of Chiefs in the second cit ......
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Zimbabwe:Typhoid - Harare Councillors Demand Answers
[New Zimbabwe] Harare councillors have warned of a ravaging typhoid plague in the looming rainy season and demanded that city managers share information on how they are addressing service delivery problems blamed for outbreaks. ......
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Zimbabwe:Makuti-Chirundu Road Survey Almost Ready
Treasury says the final survey for the rehabilitation of the Makuti-Chirundu Road is expected this November. The results of the survey will inform the Japanese government on the allocation of funds for the project in 2018. ......
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Zimbabwe:Man Found With Copy of National Exam Paper in His Phone
A 25-year-old Harare man was Tuesday dragged to court after he was caught with a copy of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council English paper 2 examination paper. Victor Tamanikwa from Mabvuku appeared before magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta facing charges of gaining access, reveals or contents of examination material. ......
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Zimbabwe:Former Big Brother Africa Contender Seals Pan-Africa Deal
[New Zimbabwe] Former Big Brother Africa contender Vimbai Mutinhiri continues to shine in foreign lands after landing a managerial post with a leading Nigerian company, Temple Management Company (TMC). ......
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Govt Vows to Tackle Armyworm
[The Herald] Government has secured knapsack sprayers that will be distributed to smallholder farmers in an attempt to fight the risk which might be caused by the fall armyworm this season. This development comes after chiefs told President Mugabe when he attended their annual meeting in Bulawayo last week that their subjects almost lost their crop to the pest last season. The traditional leaders also said they wanted the District Development Fund to be revamped so that it could continue to offer tillage services to co ......
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Zimbabwe:Rufaro Host Chibuku Cup Final
[The Herald] Harare City hold the aces in this year's Chibuku Super Cup after organisers yesterday confirmed this year's final pitting the Sunshine Boys and How Mine will be played at their Rufaro home ground on November 11. The Sunshine Boys, who are looking to become the only team to win the silverware twice since 2014, have had a fairy-tale run in the knockout competition despite their woes in the league marathon. ......
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Ecocash Rolls Out Cash Transfer Facility
[Financial Gazette] Ecocash, a unit of the country's largest mobile telecommunications network operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, yesterday launched its swipe-to-Ecocash facility expected to create convenience to customers. ......
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High Court Orders Former Gweru Mayor Reinstatement
[The Herald] Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief Former Gweru mayor Mr Hamutendi Kombayi and Mr Kenneth Sithole are set to be reinstated to their former positions having won their case challenging their dismissal from council after a Bulawayo High Court judge ruled in their favour on Tuesday. The two councillors have been contesting their sacking from council early this year. In his judgment dated October 31, 2017, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi set aside the decision by an independent tribunal, ......
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Power Company Gets Gwanda Solar Project Licence
[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has granted Zimbabwe Power Company licence for its $140 million Gwanda solar plant project, which will have capacity to produce 100 megawatts, paving the way for the start of plant construction works. This comes as it emerged the Ministry of Energy and Power Development had endorsed the consent by the State Procurement Board for the reduction of the cost of the Gwanda project from $170 million to $140 million, which will impact on the cost of the plant's powe ......
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Zimbabwe:PSL Summon Dynamos, Ngezi
[The Herald] The Premier Soccer League, battling to contain increasing incidents of violence at top-flight matches, have hauled the title-chasing pair of Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum to a hearing following incidents that rocked their top-of-the-table clash at Baobab last Saturday. In ugly scenes that reduced the domestic Premiership to an amateur league, there were even some pitch invasions by the Dynamos fans. ......
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Government Backs Warriors British Brigade
[The Herald] Government has said it is committed to help in the regularisation of the citizenship of the British Brigade called up by ZIFA to represent the Warriors. The first batch of the British Brigade is expected in the country next week for two friendly internationals against Lesotho and Namibia. Most of the players were born in the United Kingdom to Zimbabwean parents and currently hold British passports and, right now, cannot represent the Warriors in international matches like the African Cup of Nations or the ......
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Football Legends Raise Funds for Mandigora
[The Herald] AT least $1 077 was raised from the David Mandigora fund-raising football match in Birmingham, England, on Saturday. The legendary Mandigora recently had his leg amputated and former Zimbabwean players, who are based in the UK, decided to have a fund-raising day for the former Dynamos and Warriors ace. Former CAPS United midfielder Joe "Kode" Mugabe, Dynamos legend Memory Mucherahowa and former Black Aces defender Charles "Star Black" Kaseke were part of the show that saw the ex-footballers taking on Walsa ......
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Platinum Producer Takes Delivery of Base Metals Refinery
[The Herald] The country's largest platinum producer, Zimplats, says it has received delivery of equipment for the refurbishment of its non-operational base metals refinery (BMR) in Selous. The mothballed base metal refinery was set up by BHP, but failed to work because of technical difficulties. The platinum producer said it has to date spent around $23 million for the BMR project, which had been put on hold early last year on the back of a significant drop in international metal prices. Zimplats head of corporate aff ......
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Finance Minister Bows to MPs Over Allowances
[New Zimbabwe] Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo has bowed down to pressure by legislators demanding their sitting allowances and allocations to the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). ......
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New Twist to Sex 'By Mistake'
[The Herald] In a new twist of events, a Harare man who is accused of raping his housemate's unsuspecting wife yesterday denied the allegations and insisted that he had a love affair with the woman. Nkosilathi Sibanda (27) is alleged to have tiptoed from his bedroom while naked in the wee hours and got into the woman's blankets under the cover of darkness. It is the State's case that the accused started caressing and kissing his victim before raping her. ......
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Flamboyant Businessman Chiyangwa Eyes Parliamentary Seat
[The Herald] Walter Nyamukondiwa Mashonaland West Bureau Zanu-PF Central Committee member Dr Philip Chiyangwa has thrown his name into the ring to represent the ruling party in Chinhoyi constituency and has pledged to wrest the seat from the opposition MDC-T. Dr Chiyangwa, who lost elections for the same seat in 2013, said he will help galvanise the party to correct mistakes that led to his defeat. "Let it be known today that Dr Philip Chiyangwa will stand in the 2018 harmonised elections. I know I have all that is nee ......
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Pay for Interface Rally Venue, Ruling Party Told
[The Herald] Zanu-PF has lashed out at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for demanding payment for the party to use White City Stadium on Saturday for the Youth Presidential Interface Rally. According to the latest council report, city officials are demanding payment for the use of the stadium, saying although President Mugabe will be the guest, the event was not national. ......
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Opposition Accused of Politicking On Debt Firm
[The Herald] MDC-T councillors have been accused of politicking at the expense of service delivery after their renewed effort to cancel Wellcash Debt Collectors' contract barely a month after re-engaging them. The councillors, who are controlled from Harvest House, are torn between the need to boost the city's revenue and toeing the party line. MDC-T ordered the councillors to cancel the contract in fear of disappointing Harare residents ahead of the harmonised elections next year. The debt collectors have been contrib ......
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