Wed, Mar 10, 2010
Harare — Zimbabwe's mining sector has failed to contribute meaningfully to the country's economy in the recent years with Government now working towards reviewing tax laws to ensure maximum benefits from its huge mineral resources.
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Harare — ACTING Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has described President Mugabe as a hero while challenging the nation to appreciate the sacrifices made by their fellow Zimbabweans to liberate the nation reports the Herald - a ZANU PF mouthpiece.
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Harare — The 17-year-old Ruwa boy charged with killing his parents in cold blood last year has, in turn, accused his father of using him as a "goblin" to sustain his "mysterious" business empire.
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
Harare — Three notorious armed robbers, who were among Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals, were yesterday shot dead following a fierce exchange of fire with police detectives near Snake World at Somerby Estates.
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
ZHOMBE twin sisters have shocked the community by moving around semi-naked, claiming to be following a religious cult that seeks to "restore" what was practised in the Garden of Eden.
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Harare — Two self-styled prophets stunned Glenda-le villagers when they mysteriously retrieved a baby's leg still dripping blood from a woman's hut and accused her of practising witchcraft and causing the death of the minor.
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Harare — GIANT-KILLERS Monomotapa basked in the global limelight yesterday with some respected analysts even labelling them as potential champions of Africa as Zimbabwe's romantic flirtation with the Champions League reached new dizzy heights at Rufaro on Sunday.
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Harare — Booing and jeering, which many thought had ended with the formation of the inclusive Government, returned to the House of Assembly on Tuesday when legislators failed to debate two motions with the respect and dignity that had characterised proceedings
Thu, Aug 13, 2009
Harare — Five youths were killed when a BMW they were travelling in rammed into a tree along Milton Avenue next to Parirenyatwa Hospital over the long weekend and three others were injured, two very seriously, in Harare's worst holiday accident.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
Harare — Chitungwiza town clerk Mr Godfrey Tanyanyiwa last week thwarted attempts by embattled mayor Israel Marange to resume duties through the back door.
Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Harare — TWO Kwekwe men who stole 120 kilogrammes of railway copper conductors worth more than US$30 000 from the National Railways of Zimbabwe will each spend 15 years in jail for theft.
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
Harare — Government has frozen assets of four companies linked to the Meikles family and commenced investigations into allegations of externalising huge sums of foreign currency levelled against the entities.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Harare — Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has concluded a US$200 million deal with ZTE of China and Ericsson of Sweden to supply and install equipment for the expansion of its network.
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Harare — Harare Central Hospital has acquired theatre equipment worth US$43,000, which will see the referral institution resuming operations once refurbishment is complete.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Harare — Gono alleges that Zimbabwe spurned over US$173 million in lines of credit from the PTA Bank, which has withdrawn the offer owing, it is understood, to Finance Minister Tendai Biti's intransigence on external loans.
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Harare — A Harare policeman who is already facing several counts of assault and theft was on Wednesday arraigned before a Harare magistrate facing rape charges.
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Harare — THE Zanu-PF Politburo will select a candidate for nomination to the post of Vice President of the party if the three Matabeleland provinces fail to agree on a single candidate by Wednesday, secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa said yesterday.
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
One of the world’s leading suppliers of Traditional Chinese Medicine and nutritional herbal supplements, Tasly Group, is steadily making inroads into the Zimbabwean market.
Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Harare — OK Zimbabwe Limited has indicated that negotiations with South Africa's largest supermarket chain Shoprite, which were reported to have collapsed two weeks ago, are still ongoing.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Harare — HARARE magistrate Ms Chioniso Mutongi, who recently jailed a senior prosecutor for disrespecting the court, has resigned from the bench citing alleged interference, harassment and abuse by the prosecution authority.
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
Harare — ZANU-PF has accused MDC-T of raising non-Global Political Agreement matters to divert attention from such strategic issues as the removal of economic sanctions reports Mugabe's mouth-piece , The Herald.
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Harare — A Chinamhora man has been hauled to court for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl at gunpoint while taunting her saying she could not do anything about it because he was a "war veteran".
Mon, Nov 23, 2009
Harare — THE arrogance Gugulethu Mayuni exuded on her first visit to the newsroom had vanished and in its place a remorseful and troubled countenance had set in when she walked in for the second time recently.
Thu, Nov 26, 2009
Harare — POLICE have arrested seven suspected members of a drug trafficking syndicate, including two Mozambicans, and recovered 1 400kg of mbanje worth about US$1,4 million.
Fri, Dec 04, 2009
Harare — HARARE City Council is seeking intervention from the courts to evict war veterans' leader Cde Joseph Chino-timba from a council house he has been renting since 2006.
Fri, Dec 04, 2009
Harare — The State has filed a notice in the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court decision to grant MDC-T transport manager Pasco Gwezere bail on allegations of stealing 21 rifles from army barracks at Pomona.
Mon, Dec 07, 2009
Harare — THE proposed reform of the country's income tax system in the 2010 National Budget statement will be done within the next three years.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
THE African National Congress has promised its unwavering support for Zanu-PF, saying it has always been indebted to the party for assisting the South African liberation struggle and that of the whole region.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
A Rushinga woman allegedly dragged a mentally-ill man almost half her age to her bedroom and forced him to be intimate with her.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Harare — FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti yesterday said cash shortages affecting some financial institutions were spawned by an unexpected surge in demand and not a result of liquidity problems.
Mon, Jan 04, 2010
Harare — GOVERNMENT has earmarked part of the US$510 million International Monetary Funds to bail out strategic distressed companies, Finance Minster Tendai Biti has said.
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Harare — POLICE have expressed concern over the increase in rape cases with 37 cases reported in Harare last month alone.
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Harare — FOUR women were raped in separate incidents on Saturday alone in Harare, with police raising concern about the increase in cases of sexual assault in the city.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010
Harare — DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara yesterday criticised Prime Minister Tsvangirai and British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary David Miliband over their handling of the removal of the illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe reports the Herald, a Zimbabwe government mouthpiece.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
Harare — MORE than 1 000 local and international delegates converge in Harare today for the 5th Pan African Tourism Investment Summit and the International Conference on Investment Opportunities in Tourism and Related Sectors.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
Harare — KINGDOM Financial Holdings Limited and Meikles Africa Limited may soon relist on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after the Government last week de-specified Kingdom Meikles Africa Limited.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Harare — The trial of a former Saltlakes Holdings general manager accused of swindling the crop-contracting firm of 50 000 litres of diesel worth US$44 000 opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates' Courts with Simbarashe Muchengeti (37) being formally charged and denying the allegations.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Harare — Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu's offices in Harare were broken into by unknown people while he was away and police have since launched investigations into the matter reports the Herald.
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Harare — Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries is on the verge of collapse after failing to secure US$3,4 million to repay the debt it owes Itochu, a Japanese company, which supplies Mazda kits.
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
The diplomatic row sparked by the arrest and subsequent conviction of three armed Batswana game rangers who had strayed into Zimbabwe has been resolved.
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Harare — A PROMINENT farmer and businessman here has admitted to stealing and selling 48 cattle to fugitive businessman James Makamba's wife.
Tue, Oct 12, 2010
Harare — ZIMBABWE is experiencing extremely high temperatures, with some places recording up to 44 degrees Celsius, breaking the October record that has stood since 1995.
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Harare — THE Harare businessman who nailed together the hands of a homeless 19-year-old man with a six-inch nail after he failed to settle a US$250 debt has been slapped with an effective 18-month jail term.
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Harare — THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is plotting to institute an International Transport Workers' Federation boycott of Air Zimbabwe flights, a strategy the national carrier described as tantamount to sabotage.
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Harare — Former Seventh-day Adventist youth leader Nqobile Sibanda -- who was convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend eight years ago -- on Monday had his application for permanent stay of prosecution dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Harare — DOVES Morgan Funeral Services have unveiled a funeral scheme for the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe aimed at helping the members and their immediate families in time of bereavement.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Harare — HARARE City Council could lose 33 trucks to its chief accountant, Mr Tendai Kwenda, who wants to attach the cars to recover US$650 000 he says the municipality owes him in unpaid salaries and benefits.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Harare — Police have arrested two principal immigration officers for allegedly demanding US$6 000 bribe from two Ugandan traditional healers who were working in Zimbabwe without permits
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Harare — Zimbabwe is poised to achieve the 2010 Abuja Target of reducing malaria cases by half from 136 per 1 000 in 2000 to 68 per 1 000 by year end, a senior Government official has said.
Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Harare — A Masvingo man has been arrested for allegedly killing his brother by striking him with a blunt object after forcing him to go on a fishing expedition.
Mon, May 17, 2010
MDC-T treasurer-general and non-constituency senator Roy Bennett has opposed the State's intention to appeal against the High Court decision acquitting him on charges of terrorism, banditry, insurgency and trying to depose a constitutionally elected Government.
Fri, May 21, 2010
Harare — Zimbabwean and South African officials have failed to agree on the recently introduced Temporary Travel Document and the matter could now have to be handled by the two countries' Home Affairs ministers.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Harare — POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a Dotito man who allegedly raped and impregnated his 19-year-old daughter-in-law with his son's full consent on the pretext that it was a family tradition.
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
Harare — WARRIORS caretaker coach Norman Mapeza believes his charges are ready and focused on their dream international friendly against world soccer giants Brazil at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow.
Wed, Jun 02, 2010
Harare — Zimbabwe and China yesterday signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen economic ties.
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Harare — THE European Union is not committed to re-engaging Zimbabwe in dialogue to normalise relations and lift the illegal economic sanctions the bloc imposed on the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said.
Mon, Jul 05, 2010
Harare — Police here have arrested a 21-year-old man from Mushandike resettlement area after he allegedly forced four boys to sodomise their 10-year-old friend while he watched.
Tue, Jul 06, 2010
Harare — A 27-year-old Zimbabwean man drowned while fishing in South Africa's Nandoni Dam near Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province.
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
Harare — Government is not bound by last week's Sadc Tribunal judgement allowing two white former farmers to go back to the farms they held and resume operations, arguing any determination by the body is of no consequence to Zimbabwe, a Cabinet Minister revealed yesterday.
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
Harare — THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has called for more time to facilitate the switch over to the electronic fiscalised tax register system as most companies might fail to meet the current deadline.
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
(Pictured: ZANU PF cadre on a conscientising mission) 'Cde Hungwe said the DCC chair had only been involved in conscientising people on the party's position on certain constitutional issues.'
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Harare — ZIMBABWE's Small-to-Medium Enterprises have been urged to adhere to positive corporate governance practices for the sector to experience real growth.
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Harare — ZIMBABWE has won the bid to host the prestigious 2011 Integrated Resorts Tourism Conference.
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the new crop of African leaders to learn from the principled stance of the continent’s founding fathers if they are not to undo the selfless work into decolonising the continent reports By Caesar Zvayi recently in WINDHOEK, Namibia
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
ONE cliché that every journalism student quickly masters is that it is not news when a dog bites a man.
Tue, Sep 07, 2010
Harare — London-based Amstel Securities NV says Zimbabwe's economy is "the final frontier market in Africa" and very attractive.
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Harare — Government has reiterated it will not introduce any supplementary budget but will stick to a cash budget where it will expend money that it will have earned, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Harare — Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has lashed out at critics who continue to distort facts about his term of office.
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Harare — Diesel n'anga Rotina Mavhunga who has been on the run for one and half years told a Chinhoyi magistrate, during a default inquiry last week, that she was unaware that police were looking for her.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Harare — A Harare man, who for three months paid for the upkeep of a baby who was not his, was this week reprieved from paying further maintenance after DNA tests proved he was not the child's father.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Harare — A 26-year-old Bulawayo man, believed to be a policeman, last Friday became the latest victim in a string of sexual assaults by gangs of women on men.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
Harare — Police have arrested six foreigners and two Zimbabweans who allegedly gunned down and dehorned three rhinos worth US$45 000 in Masvingo and Guruve.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
Harare — Police have arrested the 19-year-old headboy of a school in Murehwa (name supplied) for allegedly sodo-mising 10 boys he shared a dormitory with.
Wed, Jan 12, 2011
THE Government of Zimbabwe will today unveil a commission of inquiry into suspected Constitutional infringement bordering on conspiracy by several Zimbabweans, including Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and certain elements within the MDC-T party, arising from WikiLeaks reports according to the Herald
Sat, Jul 02, 2011
A Tsholotsho family is being terrorised by mysterious fires that have burnt down four homesteads belonging to its members.
Thu, Mar 31, 2011
HARARE giants Dynamos failed to travel to Algeria as scheduled yesterday afternoon amid revelations that Zimbabwe's remaining Champions League representatives had not paid for airfares to the North African country.
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
FORMER Highfield MP Munyaradzi Gwisai and five others who are facing treason charges are likely to have the charges altered to a lesser crime.
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
THE Labour Court has upheld the dismissal of an Air Zimbabwe pilot who failed simulator examinations for First Officer on the MA60 aircraft.
Wed, Jun 22, 2011
BRIGADIER-GENERAL Douglas Nyikayaramba has been booted out of Copac at the behest of donors battling to control the constitution-making process.
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
ZIMBABWE requires US$13 billion, double its Gross Domestic Product, to resuscitate its energy sector to achieve full economic recovery and service the rural population, the World Bank has said.
Thu, Sep 08, 2011
POLICE stations countrywide are failing to provide food to suspects owing to lack of funding, a development legal experts described as unconstitutional.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
VISITING African National Congress secretary-general Cde Gwede Mantashe has accused Zanu-PF of influencing the thinking and actions of its national youth league president Cde Julius Malema.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
ZANU-PF should correct the mistakes it made in Government and ensure they will not be repeated again, visiting African National Congress secretary-general Cde Gwede Mantashe has said.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
A Chitungwiza woman (22) appeared in court yesterday facing charges of intentionally infecting a Form Two pupil with a sexually transmitted disease, The Herald reported on Saturday.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
AFRICAN National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe believes it's high time professional Zimbabweans in South Africa return home and help in the rebuilding of the economy.
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
Gyeongju — ZIMBABWE and Zambia yesterday moved closer to clinching the bid to co-host the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly after many high profile people including UNWTO secretary general Mr Talib Rifai, said the two countries had displayed enough commitment and seriousness to guarantee their success.
Fri, Oct 14, 2011
Beitbridge — SOUTH AFRICA yesterday deported 261 Zimbabweans who were living in that country illegally while 300 more such immigrants are expected to arrive at Beitbridge Border Post today.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
AB Communications yesterday gave oral evidence at a public hearing supporting its application for a free-to-air national radio broadcasting licence.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
Made in Kenya: A constitution for the people, by the people
Wed, Nov 02, 2011
Bulawayo — PROFESSOR Welshman Ncube on Sunday described MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai as a habitual liar who is clearly out of his depth on the political arena reports the Herald.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
THERE is urgent need to establish an independent body to oversee the production and sale of diamonds, as recorded output of the gem appears grossly understated, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. The minister said while Zimbabwe was projecting an output of about 45 million carats this year, it has since been established that Anjin, one of the diamond firms, has the capacity to produce that output in just three months.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
THE Zambia football team's heroic performance in winning the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations title has won the admiration of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who joined the neighbours yesterday in celebrating the historic feat. The Copper Bullets were crowned champions on Sunday night when they beat favourites Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shootout following a goalless draw at the end of extra-time.
Fri, Nov 25, 2011
A-24-YEAR-OLD man from Panda Mine, 60km east of Beitbridge committed suicide by hanging himself from the roof of his hut on Tuesday night after being accused by his wife of being weak in bed.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
The High Court on Monday reserved ruling in a case in which five prosecutors are seeking nullification of the withdrawal of their prosecuting certificates by Attorney General Mr Johannes Tomana.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
KISS-FM reportedly lost its bid for a national radio licence after it submitted a plagiarised South African Broadcasting Corporation's technical plan as part of its bid document reports the government owned newspaper - The Herald.
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Eng Mzembi said dual pricing should be introduced so that there were two rates - one catering for locals by making the destination cheaper and the other for international tourists reports the Herald.
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
ONE of the most understated, but significant, consequences of the decade of economic debility that Zimbabwe underwent was the decimation of its middle class.
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
CONSTITUTION-making is back on track after the Copac Select Committee yesterday agreed that the drafters resume their work next week.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
HE Air Zimbabwe saga took a new twist yesterday with workers demanding the immediate resignation of the management and board for failing to pay them outstanding salaries and retrenchment packages reports the Herald.
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
TELECEL Zimbabwe's new managing director Mr John Swaim says he will lead the mobile phone operator on an interim basis while the shareholders seek a Zimbabwean to take over.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
CASES of multi-drug resistant TB continue to increase with 76 cases recorded so far, a senior health official has said.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
THE High Court is yet to make a determination on an application by some Air Zimbabwe workers to have the national airline placed under judicial management.
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Zimbabwe will hold elections this year as the only condition to guarantee tangible reforms in the country, Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Prof Moyo was delivering a lecture on the Political Situation in Zimbabwe to officers attending the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 25 at the Zimbabwe Staff College.
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Legislators insist they will not use the US$15 000 windfall they recently received from Treasury to offset their car loans.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
GOVERNMENT yesterday confirmed the new salary structure for civil servants that will see the lowest-paid employee taking home $296, up from $253.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
GOVERNMENT has introduced measures to flush out foreigners and unscrupulous locals who have been abusing Zimbabwe's marriage laws. The new measures include computerisation and serialised marriage certificates to curb multiple marriages, marriages of convenience and immigration fraud reports the Herald.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
GOVERNMENT has broken its silence on Air Zimbabwe by filing a notice of opposition against a High Court application by the airline's workers seeking to have the firm placed under judicial management.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
CHITUNGWIZA town clerk Godfrey Tanyanyiwa, who is facing charges of defrauding council of over $700 000, was yesterday placed under house arrest.
Mon, Mar 12, 2012
THE newly formed Air Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd has secured an A320 airbus for leasing as Government intensified efforts to revive the fortunes of the national airline reports the Herald.
Mon, Mar 19, 2012
It's almost four years to the day Dr Simba Makoni quit Zanu-PF to form his Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn Party. State senior reporter Fortious Nhambura caught up with Dr Simba Makoni to talk about this and other issues
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
A CHINHOYI security guard who killed his teenage sister-in-law was last Friday sentenced to death.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
THE Economic Report on Africa 2012 has noted that there have been significant improvements in Zimbabwe's political and economic climate, expected to boost foreign investor confidence.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
A woman in Hurungwe has stunned a village court by confessing that her teenage daughter was not fathered by her estranged husband.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
The trial of a Harare medical doctor who allegedly drugged and raped a 21-year-old patient at his surgery opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Court. Dr Alfred Mamsa denied the allegations when he appeared before regional magistrate Mr Adiona Masawi. In his defence through his lawyer Advocate Moses Mthombeni, Mamsa told the court that the woman, an economics student at Africa University in Mutare, had genital infection and he therefore could not have raped her.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
ZIMBABWE'S justice delivery system is riddled with a complicated corruption network that involves prison officers, the police, lawyers and court officials.
Wed, May 16, 2012
The high-profile diamond trial continued at the High Court yesterday with a key State witness giving an account of how the US$2 billion diamond investment deal was bungled. In his testimony yesterday, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation chairman, Mr Godwills Masimirembwa, said Zimbabwe lost US$2 billion investment because the Core Mining and Marange Resources diamond mining venture excluded the principal investor Benny Steinmeitz Group Resources.
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