By Staff Reporter CHIMANIMANI- A group of farmers, from United States will be coming to Zimbabwe for a knowledge sharing project that will see local farmers benefitting through learning modern farming technology from their counterparts. This was revealed by US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols during a tour of Nemaramba Solar Powered Irrigation Scheme in
By Mary Taruvinga THE City of Harare, is seeking the High Court’s blessing to evict over 185 families from a piece of land in Budiriro high density suburb. Town Clerk, Hosiah Chisango has approached the upper court seeking an order to evict the families with a view to survey and service the said piece of
By Staff Reporter Buhera: A Murambinda man was slapped to death by a colleague he had accused of having an extra marital affair with a married woman. Police confirmed the incident, saying the suspect, Takesure Urayayi of Ngudu village under Chief Nyasha handed himself over to police after the bizarre incident. Manicaland province deputy police
By Staff Reporter HEADLANDS – An 11 months-old infant drowned in a 20 litre bucket of water while trying to retrieve his toy, police have confirmed. Manicaland province police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said the now deceased, Lashley Mawarira last week, at around 1000 hours, was playing with his toys at his parents’ homestead. His
By Staff Reporter AN angry Bindura resident has put up a fight to have Bindura area prosecutor Garudzo Ziyadhuma investigated for corruptly declining prosecution in a case he has handled, been promoted. To his chagrin, the resident, Caiphas Makuwe has actually seen Ziyadhuma promoted despite his claims of corruption. Makuwe told NewZimbabwe.com that he had
Bulawayo Correspondent PUBLIC solidarity with Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni continued Friday with a group of Bulawayo residents congregating at the statue of iconic ex-State Vice President Joshua Nkomo to show support for the defiant traditional leader. Chief Ndiweni torched a storm recently when he said the West and the US should maintain their sanctions on
By Mashonaland East Correspondent A 100 year-old Murewa man was recently stung to death by a swarm of bees while walking home in a bush. Police have confirmed the sudden death of Daud Chiwalo of Chitemere Village after bees attacked him around midday. According to the police, Munashe Mupezeni (15) from the same village, came
By Staff Reporter Chimanimani: While nearly all Cyclone Idai relief efforts have been directed at humans, a local animal rights organisation has moved to provide emergency aid to animals affected by the disaster, which ravaged parts of Manicaland province last month, causing massive death to humans and animals. The most affected places were Chimanimani and
By Leopold Munhende ARTISANAL mining has begun in earnest at Cricket No.3 and Silvermoon Mines, at Battlefields in Kadoma, two months after 24 people lost their lives following a flush flood, newzimbabwe.com has established. The two mines, which were closed off by authorities, after the catastrophe, that was declared a national disaster by president Emmerson
By Audience Mutema PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has assured villagers in drought-stricken areas that the country has enough food to sustain them for the coming season. Zimbabwe has been hit by a ravaging drought, after an unusual February dry spell, that left most crops a complete write-off. At least 7 million Zimbabweans, according to international humanitarian
By William Milasi WORKERS have once again renewed calls to be paid in the US dollars, following in the wake of soaring prices of basic commodities including bread whose which went up 505 this week. The solution workers argue is to have salaries and wages pegged on the coveted greenback. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
By Robert Tapfumaneyi ZIMBABWE currently has one of the poorest voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage rates in sub-Saharan Africa, with 14.3 per cent of men aged 15-49 circumcised as of 2017. This is according to the UNAIDS Zimbabwe HIV and Women report released last week. According to the report, this is despite Zimbabwe being
By Leopold Munhende GOVERNMENT is in negotiations with villagers in Chipinge and Chimanimani districts with a view to relocate them away from the cyclone ravaged region to “safer zones.” The two districts were left reeling after Cyclone Idai breezed through south-eastern Manicaland last month killing over 300 people, destroying infrastructure and leading over 40 000
By Staff Reporter OPPOSITION MDC councilor Lovemore Maiko was Wednesday elected as the mayor of Chitungwiza Town after beating Kiven Mutimbanyoka of Zanu PF. He will be deputised by Musa Makweza also of the MDC. Maiko polled 16 votes against Mutimbanyoka’s seven. The fresh election was held following the resignation of Gift Tsverere as mayor
By Mashonaland East Correspondent OVER 500 cash-strapped home seekers in the small agricultural town of Chivhu, have been left fuming after the local council ordered them to pay an additional US$1 000 each for their undeveloped housing stands. In letters, to residents last month, the Chikomba Rural District Council said all home seekers with undeveloped
By Staff Reporter RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mangudya’s Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) made earlier this year, is posing serious headaches for workers in the mining sector as employers are now backtracking on salary payments in US dollars. Workers in the mining sector have demanded that their salaries paid in the US dollars
By Bulawayo Correspondent VILLAGERS in Matabeleland North’s Binga district have petitioned the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) to set up a fund to compensate them for human losses and property damages resulting from human-animal conflict. The Binga District Residents Association (BIDRA) last week wrote a petition to ZimParks demanding the protection of their lives
By Robert Tapfumaneyi BORN with neither hands, knees nor feet, Sinikiwe Kademaunga (25) from Chitungwiza describes herself as just different. Kademaunga has so much confidence in herself that many able bodied people would only dream of having. She looks at her background as a specimen through which many can draw lessons and inspiration of how
By Idah Mhetu AN Environmental Management Authority (EMA) official, has claimed the wearing watches while drawing water from rural wetlands in the Midlands could be the reason they are drying up. EMA Environmental officer for Gokwe North Allan Machenjedze, told journalists recently during an event to mark World Water Day held in the Midlands that
By Mashonaland East Correspondent Chivhu: A total of 700 families in Chikomba district had their homes destroyed by Cyclone Idai last weekend following heavy rains and storms that pounded the area. This was announced on Friday by the Chikomba district council chairperson, Israel Dikinya while updating Chivhu residents on the aftermath of the disaster that
