Tropical storm Dineo causes damage in Inhambane Province Mozambique before heading off towards Limpopo river
Tropical Storm Dineo made landfall in Inhambane Province, Mozambique, on the evening of February 15, causing flooding and strong winds. It reached the strength of a Category 1 hurricane on the international Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds registered at 130km/h., while in the Mozambique Channel, the cyclone generated waves 6 metres high. The coast of Inhambame is popular […]
Zimbabwe’s Flamboyant Businessman Phillip Chiyangwa’s Senior School Shuts Down
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa, has closed Divaris Makaharis senior school owing to viability problems. Built in Harare’s suburb of Bluffhill, the senior school did not open for the 2017 first term amid indications that it failed to recover from last year’s massive exodus of pupils and teachers to other schools. Insiders at the school said […]
Darted Lion Wakes Up in Zimbabwe As Huge Crowd Gathers
Wildlife vets were trying to take a snare off a lion in western Zimbabwe but the rescue mission nearly went terribly wrong. Darted in thick bush right next to a house in Nyamunga township in Kariba, the young lon appeared to be asleep. Wildlife vets from the AWARE Trust moved in cautiously to try to […]
Domestic Violence Cases Up 20% in Zimbabwe’s Capital Harare
Domestic violence cases increased by 20 percent last year in Harare as compared to 2015, as police officers have been urged to continue sharpening their crime prevention strategies in order to safeguard life and property and reduce fear of crime in the province. Last year, police also managed to reduce crimes of concern by 5,4 […]
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) using letters for railroad signals
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is relying on letters to communicate with train operators, risking derailment and collisions, board chairman Larry Mavhima has told Parliament. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport on Monday, Mavhima said the ailing parastatal desperately needs $400 million to turn around its waning fortunes. NRZ is […]
Alleged Zimbabwean Rapist Burnt to Death in S.Africa’s Limpopo Province Mob Justice Attack
A Zimbabwean man has died after he was set alight, allegedly by residents of Mpheni outside Louis Trichardt in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo confirmed the man’s death saying they were investigating a case of murder following the mob justice incident. Community members had reportedly apprehended the victim, accusing him of […]
White Opposition Politician Slams Mugabe’s ‘Racist’ Land Laws
MDC-T Bulawayo Senator Michael Carter has ripped into the Zanu PF sponsored Land Commission Bill for allegedly being racist and impoverishing nearly a thousand former white land owners and their black workers. He was speaking during debate on the proposed law in the upper house on Thursday during which fellow Senators took turns to slate […]
Over 100 Million Condoms Distributed in 2016 – Is Zimbabwe The Hub of Safe Sex?
OVER 100 million condoms were distributed in 2016 up from 80 million in 2014 during the same period, the ministry of health has said. Information from the ministry says 109. 5 were used last year. According to the ministry, 105 million male and 4.5 million female condoms were distributed, with the female condom uptake remaining […]
Will Zimbabwe Govt Approve Power Tariffs Increase Proposal?
Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge dropped a bombshell when he told Senate recently that he was contemplating hiking power tariffs. Dr Undenge’s proposal to hike electricity charges comes after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) rejected a similar proposal from the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). ZERA’s argument for the […]
Namibian Embassy to the Rescue As Zimbabwean Envoy’s Car Breaks Down
ZIMBABWEAN diplomats in Europe are using battered cars with some relying on fellow African envoys’ transport to attend business, a government report has revealed. One such diplomat is Rudo Mabel Chitiga, Zimbabwe’s ambassador to France. According to a recent report by the Parliamentary Portfolio on Foreign Affairs, to the speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, Chitiga’s […]
