National Railways of Zimbabwe sinking like Zisco, warns former executive
A former executive at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has warned government to keep its hands off the company lest it collapses like the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco). Zisco has not...
View ArticleZimbabwe must criminalise child marriages says Chief Mutasa
Child marriage remains widespread in rural areas, disproportionately affecting girls and endangering their lives and livelihoods Former magistrate and current Chief Mutasa has said the constitutional...
View ArticleVP Mnangagwa human rights report trashed in Geneva
Civil society organisations from all over the world confronted President Mugabe’s government last Thursday at the United Nations Human Rights Council and strongly objected to Zimbabwe’s human rights...
View ArticlePresident Robert Mugabe scared of retiring says Dumiso Dabengwa
Our Bulawayo reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi spoke to Zapu president and former Home Affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa. Below are the excerpts of the interview. Q: You had congress late last year where you...
View ArticleZimbabwe policeman must compensate torture victim
Zimbabwean courts have ordered a deduction from a police officer’s salary as compensation for torturing a high school pupil to induce a confession. Pupil Brighton Sanyanga had in 2014 been tortured at...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Red Car Women Rape Passenger, Throw Him Out of Vehicle
Three suspected female rapists recently pounced on a Mutare Polytechnic male student who was on his way home for a weekend. Chipinge district police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Blessing...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Court Orders Violent Cops, Police Chief Chihuri to Pay Victims...
A local magistrate has ordered police Commissioner General, Augustine Chihuri, to pay $5 000 in compensation to six villagers who were assaulted by his subordinates. Six Chinyamukwakwa villagers were,...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Minister's Ex-Wife 'Punished for Joining Mujuru'
MASHONALAND WEST provincial affairs minister Faber Chidarikire has failed to protect his former wife who now lives in fear of vengeful Zanu PF youths who have reportedly besieged her farm ostensibly to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Bantu, Shabanie Mine in Limbo
[Zimbabwe Standard] NEWLY-promoted Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs Bantu Rovers and Shabanie Mine's dance with top-flight football is in jeopardy as they have been given a seven-day deadline to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Mujuru London Visit and a Panicky Zanu-PF
[Zimbabwe Standard] The recent visit by Joice Mujuru to London shook the foundations of Zanu PF hegemony, triggering some panic in the disintegrating party. ......
View ArticleZimbabwe: Eisteddfod Marimba Challenge Draws Big Crowd
[Zimbabwe Standard] With a week left, the 2017 National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) Eisteddfod continues apace, keeping this year's adjudicators extremely busy. Italian-born adjudicator and...
View ArticleZimbabwe: 'Tokwe Mukosi Flood Victims to Get Compensation Before Elections'
GOVERNMENT will finally pay off villagers displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi Dam in Chivi before the next year's general elections, Masvingo provincial affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa has said. Speaking at a...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Wife Scalds Husband With Cooking Oil for Playing His Music 'Too Loud'
A Zimbabwean woman has been sentenced to 315 hours of community service after she poured hot cooking oil over her husband because she was fed up of his loud music, a newspaper reports. Husband Lewis...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Urban Tolls A Necessary Evil - Minister Kasukuwere
LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere says government will forge ahead with plans to introduce urban toll gates, adding this was a "necessary evil" which will help restore Harare's battered road...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Tobacco Farmers Cry Foul
[Zimbabwe Standard] Tobacco farmers have criticised the e-marketing system which has been marred by technical glitches amid claims the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) did not inform its...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Light Bulbs Ban to Save 40MW
[The Herald] A NEW law that bans all trade, manufacture and use of inefficient incandescent bulbs will save Zimbabwe up to 40 megawatts of electricity, enough to power a small town like Rusape for...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Utilising Land and Water for a Bumper Harvest
[The Herald] With the drive to rebuild and grow our economy a gear up, it is now imperative that we utilise our abundant resources (water, land and human) especially on the agricultural front....
View ArticleZimbabwe: 'I Collected a Tin of Lice for Mugabe' - Mugabe Death Prophecy Pastor
A pastor who's just spent six weeks in jail for predicting Robert Mugabe's death says he collected a tin of lice to show the Zimbabwe president just how bad prison life is, according to a newspaper....
View ArticleZimbabwe: Pro-Mnangagwa Veterans Approach Opposition Politician Dabengwa
THE Zanu PF faction aligned to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly making overtures to ZAPU regarding a possible coalition ahead of next year's general election. Mnangagwa supposedly heads...
View ArticleZimbabwe: 'Bumper Harvest' - Minister Credits Controversial Land Reform
Zimbabwean Agriculture Minister Joseph Made is confident the country will have a bumper harvest amid revelations government has stopped the importation of grain. Made predicts Zimbabwe will attain more...
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