By Thandiwe Garusa AT LEAST 30 families are now homeless after a fire broke out at a block of flats at Matapi hostels in Harare late Wednesday afternoon. The fire is suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault. The affected families lost property worth thousands of dollars and are now appealing for food,
BBC A FIREFIGHTER has carried the body of his own seven-year-old daughter from the rubble of the apartment block that collapsed near Miami last week. He had kept vigil at the site for nine days and was there when she was extracted from the ruins. Stella Cattarossi was one of two more victims pulled from
By Staff Reporter MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda has defended the political standing of his boss, Nelson Chamisa arguing he was not a “spent force” but instead, the opposition leader remained dear to Zimbabweans. Addressing journalists in Kwekwe this week, Sibanda rubbished statements that Chamisa had become irrelevant in national politics after some senior
Daily Maverick REPORTS analysing corruption and State Capture in Zimbabwe seem to be coming thick and fast. Maverick Citizen has obtained a new report published on Thursday that zooms in on the burgeoning offshore business empire of Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Zimbabwe’s richest businessperson and a close adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s role is already both
BBC US comedian Bill Cosby has left prison hours after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. The judges said there had been a “process violation” by the prosecution, but admitted their ruling was unusual. Mr Cosby, 83, served more than two years of a three to 10-year sentence at a state
Leopold Munhende THE government has moved the clearance and monitoring of all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to provincial development coordinators (PDC) in a raft of measures meant to keep track of their activities. The directive is effective from 9 July. In a letter dated 30 June 2021, and signed by Tafadzwa Muguti, the Harare Metropolitan PDC,
By Nkosana Dlamini A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawed tender process and the supplier’s history of blacklists and bribery reports. The Zimbabwean government, through the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC)
By Thandiwe Garusa HUNDREDS of informal traders in Glen View Harare Tuesday lost goods worth thousands of US dollars after Harare City Council workers backed by heavily armed police officers demolished market stalls. The demolitions were mainly centred at the densely populated Glen View 8 complex and Tichagarika shopping centre. NewZimbabwe.com photographer Thandiwe Garusa visited
By Paidashe Mandivengerei POPULAR Urban Groover, Ex Q, born Enock Munhenga, and dancehall chanter, Nutty O, real name Carrington Chiadzwa, were Monday granted $5 000 bail each. The duo was arrested at the weekend at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upon arrival from South Africa, and allegedly producing fake Covid-19 certificates to immigration
TimesLIVE NEWLANDS EAST in Durban is far from the glitzy heights of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, but that is where Duduzane Zuma is seemingly launching his bid to become president. The young Zuma has met leaders of the ANC’s ward 11 branch, which includes the former coloured township of Newlands East, and the impoverished
By Paidashe Mandivengerei RISING Zimdancehall stars, Poptain and Anita Jaxson have confirmed dating rumours after letting fans speculate for weeks. The two just dropped a track, ‘More’ and had sparked dating rumours on social media with fans after posting images getting cosy. The track’s visuals were shot in Kariba after a show they had gone
By Thandiwe Garusa ZANU PF acting political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has declared the ruling party will not entertain calls for a diaspora vote until sanctions imposed on the country by western powers are removed. Speaking to journalists at the party’s main headquarters in Harare Thursday, Chinamasa said allowing millions of Zimbabweans living abroad to take
By Alois Vinga FAIRVIEW Park residents have challenged exorbitant power connection fees which have been levied on them by the developer in violation within the area. The developer, it has been said, is demanding payments which are almost four times those legally charged for new housing units to be connected on Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority
By Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT has postponed the country’s schools opening by two weeks following the continued surge in new Covid-19 cases in the country. This was announced at a post cabinet media briefing Tuesday by Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa. “The Nation is informed that Cabinet has approved that the re-opening of schools and other learning
By Paidashe Mandivengere RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has thrown its employees captured sharing an intimate moment at its building under the bus after receiving backlash on social media. This comes after social media was awash with images of a ‘couple’ hugging on one of the Central Bank’s floors creating insinuations that the two were
By Mary Taruvinga A HARARE lawyer, Lawman Chimuriwo is facing deregistration after he allegedly misappropriated trust funds amounting over US$100 000. Chimuriwo was found guilty of unethical conduct by a tribunal chaired by High court judge Justice Felistus Chatukuta. He has been in practice since 2012 when he opened Lawman Chimuriwo Attorneys soon after he
By Thandiwe Garusa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Monday all but gave Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Covid-19 lockdown directives the middle finger when he presided over iconic Roman Catholic cleric Father Ribeiro’s burial attended by hundreds of mourners at the National Heroes’ Acre. Chiwenga, who doubles as the country’s substantive health minister, recently decreed a maximum of
TimesLIVE THE Hawks say they have no knowledge of fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri having been in SA in the past few months. This follows a City Press report which claimed Bushiri managed to again to flee from authorities in the country. According to City Press, Bushiri was in SA in April and managed to flee before
By Paidashe Mandivengerei ZIMDANCEHALL star, Enzo Ishall has dropped his latest offering, ‘Hillary Makaya’ paying tribute to the multi-award-winning Zimbabwean teen model. The 19-year-old model, Hillary scooped the Miss Teen World Heritage and Miss Zim Intercontinental beauty pageant crowns in 2016 and 2018 respectively making a name for herself in the modelling industry. The new
By Robert Tapfumaneyi/Bulawayo Correspondent MOST citizens have rated President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to be performing badly, but if elections were to be held tomorrow, he would win with a narrow margin over his arch-rival Nelson Chamisa of MDC Alliance. This is part of the findings by Afrobarometer – a South Africa-based non-profit research network. However,
