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Over 124 artisanal miners were arrested at Mazowe mine, (Jumbo) yesterday following an operation to clear machete wielding illegal gold panners at the mine.The operation which started yesterday forced over 1000 armed police officers from Support unit, Guruve, Mt Darwin and Bindura districts to flood the area.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the case.“We started the operation yesterday and about 124 illegal miners were arrested the operation is still on-going,” he said.However, some…

‘GVT bans MDC by enforcing unconstitutional regulations and laws that prevent the MDC President Chamisa from holding any public meetings’ ‘HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE Alert and Gross Inhumanity Fears as gvt bans MDC by enforcing unconstitutional regulations and laws that prevent the MDC President Advocate Nelson Chamisa from holding any public meetings’ *Human Rights Abuse Alert and Gross Inhumanity Fears* The Zimbabwe government has banned the MDC by putting in place and enforcing unconstitutional regulations and…

The number of cattle that have succumbed from Anthrax attack in Bikita in Masvingo province has risen to 40 from 24 …The number of cattle that have succumbed from Anthrax attack in Bikita in Masvingo province has risen to 40 from 24 last week while 33 people have also been diagnosed with the deadly disease.Bikita District Development Coordinator Mr Benard Hadzirambwi confirmed the new developments and said government has since availed 5000 vaccines. “We have…

Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) president Peter Magombeyi resigns from leadership of junior medical practitioners Union Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) president Peter Magombeyi has resigned from his position as leader of junior medical practitioners, but vowed to continue the struggle to better conditions for health professionals.In a letter to the Health ministry as well as the Health Services Board on Sunday, Magombeyi cited personal reasons for his decision to step down amid speculation that…

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has banned the erection of tombstones at the Athlone West Cemetery and other new cemeteries.THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has banned the erection of tombstones at the Athlone West Cemetery and other new cemeteries.The local authority has said only headstones must be erected on graves.In a statement, Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube said the erection of headstones will promote effective maintenance of the cemeteries in line with the Cemeteries Act. “The…

FORMER Cabinet minister, Patrick Zhuwao has been kicked out of his 232 hectares farm in Zvimba district, Mashonaland West province by Lands Minister Perrance Shiri.Zhuwao is currently in exile in South Africa after fleeing the country in November 2017 when a military coup removed President Robert Mugabe from power.The now late Mugabe was an uncle to Zhuwao. The ex-minister was part of the G40 faction that was blocking the then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ambitions…

‘ACTING PRESIDENT CHIWENGA’S ESTRANGED WIFE, MARRY, has 3 passports, 3 government cars,suffers from flashbacks, lack of sleep and has difficulties in breathing, symptoms of illicit drug abuse and should be under the care of a physician, a surgeon and a psychiatrist’What every Zimbabwean knows is that Vice President Chiwenga, is the man who brought down the feared Mugabe, and has been a staunch Zanu pf leader since the war of liberation which he fought, and…

‘ DRACONIAN LAWS: POLICE BLOCK Mbare MDC rally scheduled for Wednesday, citing lack of police due to schools reopening this week ‘The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police are busy with the schools that are opening this week, as if the police have anything to do with opening of schools.Tomorrow’s…

The crop and livestock situation in Matabeleland South province remains critical with little or no improvements recorded in terms of pastures and in some cases, the farmers have failed to plant.The provincial agricultural extension services officer, Ms Simangaliphi Ngwabi said rains have remained erratic with some areas virtually getting nothing.Ms Ngwabi said they will soon conduct a crop and livestock assessment exercise in the province that will inform the way forward among other interventions.“We have…

INTERCAPE BUS ACCIDENT-ONE KILLED near Masvingo Show grounds.In a typical display of driving without due care by a bus driver, an assistant driver of a Harare-bound Intercape Coach died on the spot near Masvingo Showgrounds along the Harare-Masvingo highway on Tuesday morning after falling off the bus .The Intercape bus, hit a Toyota Hilux which had indicated to turn left but instead continued straight at around 10 am on Tuesday morning.The dangerous Intercape bus swerved…