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Prophet Magaya receives PhDProphetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader, Prophet Walter Magaya has been conferred with an honorary doctorate in theology by the University of South Africa (UNISA). Hundreds of people...OnlineCulture & Society19 November 2017
Govt renames all army barracksGovernment has renamed all army barracks after the country’s national heroes. The new names were announced by Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi in Statutory Instrument 138 of 2017 published in the Go...HeraldCulture & Society18 November 2017
Update : President Mugabe caps 3 339 ZOU graduandsPresident Robert Mugabe, who is also the Chancellor of the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU), has conferred degrees to more than 3 000 graduands at the 15th graduation ceremony held at the institution’s....OnlineCulture & Society17 November 2017
50 homeless, 10 injured as hailstorm pounds Bulawayo suburbMORE than 10 people were injured and rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital after their homes collapsed following Wednesday night’s hailstorm that left 50 families homeless in Emthunzini suburb on the outsk...ChronicleCulture & Society17 November 2017
ZRP one of the world's worst police forces - surveyA new international report has confirmed what Zimbabweans already knew; the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is one of the world’s worst police forces. According to the World Internal Security and Polic...TheSourceCulture & Society14 November 2017
'Family basket rises by $6'THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says the family basket increased by $6,42 to $593,55 in October, following the September 22 “panic buying” which triggered massive increase in prices of basic co...NewsDayCulture & Society13 November 2017
'Weed popcorn' hits GweruGWERU has been hit by a new glut of drugs where youths are mixing marijuana and popcorn to form a concoction which they now call weed popcorn, The Herald has learnt. A snap survey by The Herald establ...HeraldCulture & Society13 November 2017
Junior cops forced to surrender voter registration slips to bossesOPPOSITION parties have raised concern over reports that junior police officers in Matabeleland North were being forced to surrender their voter registration slips to their bosses, describing the move...NewsDayCulture & Society13 November 2017
General warns of security 'threat'A top general has warned that the chronic funding of the army has become a threat to national security, saying soldiers may fail to defend the country in the event of a major attack. Major General Dou...TheStandardCulture & Society13 November 2017
Six killed as truck rams into trainSIX people died on the spot yesterday morning after an Isuzu pick-up truck they were travelling in crashed into a goods train while overtaking at a railway crossing in Mt Hampden along Chinhoyi Road o...HeraldCulture & Society11 November 2017
Reprieve for Zim nationals in S. AfricaTHE South African government has extended the closing date for submission of applications for Zimbabweans willing to get Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) to January 31 next year. The three-year Zimbabw...HeraldCulture & Society11 November 2017
MPs fume over male involvement in Women's BankPARLIAMENT has expressed dismay over failure by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Gender to appoint a woman to chair the board of the Women’s Bank. The issue came up when secretary in the Ministry of....NewsDayCulture & Society11 November 2017- MPs fume over male involvement in Women's BankPARLIAMENT has expressed dismay over failure by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Gender to appoint a woman to chair the board of the Women’s Bank. The issue came up when secretary in the Ministry of....NewsDayCulture & Society11 November 2017
Missing Form 4 girl found living with boyfriendA VICTORIA FALLS teenager, who had been reported missing has resurfaced. She was found at her boyfriend’s house. The teenage girl, a Form Four student at Sizinda Secondary School, allegedly went missi...NewsDayCulture & Society11 November 2017
ZPCS struggles to feed prisonersZIMBABWE still struggles with a high prison population of around 19 000 inmates against a capacity of 17 000 inmates, a development which comes at a time government cannot adequately provide for the p...NewsDayCulture & Society11 November 2017
Martha O'Donovan released on $1 000 bailAMERICAN citizen, Martha O’Donovan, has been released on $1 000 bail after languishing in remand prison since last week following her arrest over a tweet deemed to have demeaned and undermined the aut...NewsDayCulture & Society10 November 2017
4 in court for booing First LadyThree men and a woman from Bulawayo have been taken to court for allegedly booing First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe at the zanu-pf Presidential Youth Interface Rally held last Saturday at White City Stadium....HeraldCulture & Society10 November 2017
Bail hearing for American journalist Martha O'Donovan on todayAmerican journalist Martha O’Donovan (25)accused of plotting to overthrow President Mugabe’s Government using Twitter spent another night in custody pending the hearing of her bail application at the....HeraldCulture & Society9 November 2017
BVR clocks 2 millionTHE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has registered more than 2 million people under the ongoing Biometric Voter Registration (BVR), with Bulawayo province having the least number of registered vot...ChronicleCulture & Society9 November 2017
'Distribution of condoms to prisoners morally wrong'Chief Ngungumbane of Midlands has expressed concern over government plans to distribute condoms to prisoners, saying the move was morally wrong. Speaking during a legislators’ workshop held in Kariba....NewsDayCulture & Society6 November 2017
Byo celebrates 74 years as a cityBULAWAYO yesterday held a civic service to celebrate its 74th anniversary as a city. Speaking at the celebrations, which were held at the Large City Hall, Mayor Councillor Martin Moyo said Bulawayo ha...ChronicleCulture & Society6 November 2017
Horror crash: 12 Zimbabweans killed in SA accidentTWELVE Zimbabweans are said to have died when a Polokwane-bound kombi they were travelling in collided with a truck and caught fire near Botlokwa village along the N1 North highway. The kombi was trav...ChronicleCulture & Society4 November 2017
Police arrest American national over tweetTHE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday pounced on an American citizen and arrested her on allegations of undermining authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe through a message which she...NewsDayCulture & Society4 November 2017
Aliens are not citizens: MudedeREGISTRAR-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede yesterday said people referred to as aliens were clearly not citizens, adding that being issued with a birth certificate did not guarantee one citizenship. Mudede...NewsDayCulture & Society3 November 2017