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- Man Defecates and Steals from Four HousesA 23-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who relieved himself in four houses that he broke into in a 12-day housebreaking spree and stole a vehicle and property worth more than $5 000, was yesterday sentenced to ni...ChronicleCulture & Society12 August 2017
Discipline Your Children First, War Vets Tell GraceZimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNWLVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has debuted a T-shirt imploring First Lady Grace Mugabe to deal with her children first before lec...NewsDayPolitics12 August 2017- Leaking 'Nudes' BannedThe Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Bill, currently at the Attorney-General’s Office for drafting, will criminalise the leaking or publishing of nude pictures of former lovers on social media or onlin...NewsDayLaw12 August 2017
- EMA Revokes Kaylite ReprieveSupermarkets and restaurants are in a quandary after the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), revoked a reprieve earlier given to expanded polystyrene ( kaylites) users for up to three months fol...HeraldGreen12 August 2017
Ecocash Service DownEconet Wireless will carry out scheduled maintenance work on its mobile money transfer platform EcoCash over the weekend to optimise the system ahead of increased transaction volumes anticipated in th...HeraldServices12 August 2017
Zim Cricket World Cup Bid Takes ShapeZIMBABWE’S quest to host next year’s World Cup qualifiers seems to be taking shape, with the visiting International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar and Minister of Sport and Recreation Makho...HeraldCricket11 August 2017
Energy Mutodi arrested on allegations of treasonHarare businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi was today arrested following an article he posted on Facebook regarding President Mugabe’s succession. Police sources said Mutodi was arrested by detectiv...HeraldCulture & Society11 August 2017
2017 Tobacco season endsTHE 2017 tobacco marketing season is expected to close on August 11 after 103 days. The government’s output forecast for the current season was 215 million kilogrammes (kgs). However, indications are....OnlineAgriculture11 August 2017
Former Barca stars land in ZimbabweBARCELONA legend Patrick Kluivert and former Dutch teammate Edgar Davids arrived in the country last night to meet government officials as Zimbabwe seeks international partnerships for football develo...NewsDaySoccer11 August 2017
Govt finally 'licenses' Kwesé TVGOVERNMENT has licensed telecommunications guru, Strive Masiyiwa’s Kwesé TV, a development which will bring competition to MultiChoice’s Digital Satellite Television (DStv). NewsDay heard yesterday th...NewsDayEntertainment11 August 2017
Jibilika introduces French dance contestJIBILIKA Dance Festival organisers have introduced a French hip-hop dance competition dubbed Battle Rivalskool as the highlight for this year’s edition in Harare in a bid to maintain the fiesta’s spar...NewsDayArts11 August 2017
OLD Mutual Zimbabwe posts 614 percent increase in profitOLD Mutual Zimbabwe posted a 614% increase in profit after tax to $89,4 million for the half year ended June 30, 2017 buoyed by a strong performance in equity investments. In the same period last year...NewsDayBusiness11 August 2017
Ecocash dominance unsettles governmentINFORMATION Communication Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has expressed disquiet over Econet Wireless’ dominance of the country’s mobile money payments system saying this exposed the country to....FingazServices11 August 2017
Palm markings solve paternity disputeA TRADITIONAL way of identifying biological father of a child called palm reading in Nyanga solved a paternity dispute between a kraal head and his nephew in Nyatate Village, Nyanga, who were involved...OnlineCulture & Society11 August 2017
Gideon Gono acquires Heritage schoolFORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor and businessman Gideon Gono has acquired a majority shareholding in The Heritage School (THS), one of the country’s leading private schools. The elite in...FingazInvestments10 August 2017
Transnet wins $400m NRZ tenderGOVERNMENT has awarded the tender for the $400 million recapitalisation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to South Africa’s Transnet, which is partnering a consortium of non-resident Zimbabwe...FingazBusiness10 August 2017- Drug-Resistant HIV Strains Hit ZimDrug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of Zimbabwe as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold on the general population. The World Health Organisation has...DailyNewsHIV10 August 2017
Byo Violence: Tsvangirai Suspends 5Barely 72 hours after trying to blame Government for violence that reared its ugly head at MDC-T offices in Bulawayo last Sunday, resulting in the hospitalisation of his deputy Ms Thokozani Khupe, MDC...HeraldPolitics10 August 2017- '$300m new bond facility only after first batch exhausted'The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the $300 million standby export finance facility will be made available once the bank has exhausted the initial $200 million to ensure that exporters continue t...NewsDayServices10 August 2017
Raging Ocean Sinks HwangeDynamos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2 Hwange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 OCEAN MUSHURE is currently the best footballer in the domestic Premiership, by a country mile, and in e...HeraldSoccer10 August 2017
Cabinet endorses $1bn RG Mugabe UniversityCabinet has approved plans to build a $1 billion high-tech university in Mashonaland Central Province in honour of President Mugabe’s visionary leadership and indelible mark in the development of the....HeraldUniversities10 August 2017
June A level results out: 83pc pass rateZimbabwe Schools Examinations Council Ordinary and Advanced Level results are out and have been dispatched to regional offices for collection. In a statement yesterday, Zimsec director Mr Esau Nhandar...ChronicleSchooling9 August 2017
ZRU board dissolvedZIMBABWE Rugby Union president Nyararai Sibanda and his board have paid the ultimate price for the Sables’ sensational fall from grace with the Sports Commission dissolving his leadership on Monday. T...HeraldRugby9 August 2017
Zimra online system collapsesCLEARANCE of goods at the country’s border posts has reportedly been at a standstill since Friday following a technical hitch with the customs and excise department’s automated system, also known as A...NewsDayServices8 August 2017