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THE widow of Andrew Zigara, believed to have been involved in the ZB Bank US$2,5 million heist, was yesterday jailed for money laundering after she bought houses in Masvingo with proceeds from the crime. Zigara was shot dead in Zaka as he sought to flee from police officers who had …

Zimbabwe’s 100 Trillion dollar note introduced by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr. Gideon Gono in January 2009 LEEDS City Museum will this month showcase Zimbabwe’s 100 trillion dollar note in an exhibition focusing on the evolution of money over the past century. The bill, released by the Reserve …

Suspended Zifa President Felton Kamambo YOU can now officially call him the AXE MAN. His real name is Felton Kamambo and yesterday he announced that three of his fellow board members – Farai Jere, Sugar Chagonda and Barbra Chikosi – are no longer part of the country’s football leadership. Why? …

Easing up … A woman receives a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021 (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South Africa …

Advocate Jacob Mudenda A Conglomeration of civil society organisations (CSOs) have written a letter to the National Assembly speaker, Jacob Mudenda, expressing their collective concerns regarding the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which they say infringes on their work and autonomy. In a letter to Mudenda, seen by NewZimbabwe.com, the …

Zec spokesperson Joyce Kazembe THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has formed a committee to monitor local media, a move which observers said was tantamount to a clampdown on journalists covering electoral processes. Addressing a Press briefing yesterday, Zec spokesperson Joyce Kazembe announced that Zec had activated a media monitoring committee, …

The late Dr Tapiwanashe Bwakura A distinguished Zimbabwean specialist physician Dr Tapiwanashe Bwakura considered a “gentle giant in the field of medicine” has died. His colleagues in the medical fraternity said Dr Bwakura died on Sunday morning (January 30) in South Africa where he was being treated for cancer. Dr …

Some of the #padagirl campaign beneficiaries Hwange Bureau A final student at Lupane State University (LSU) is raising awareness on the plight of the girl child failing to access sanitary wear for her menstruation period through campaigns in Matabeleland. Gugulethu Dlodlo has embarked on the project and has teamed up …

Hwange Bureau Police in Matebeleland North have embarked on carrying out awareness campaigns aimed at discouraging communities against crossing flooded rivers during the current rainy season. This follows the recent drowning (19 January 2022) of a seven-year-old Lubimbi boy from Bumbuti village under chief Kavula in Binga after attempting to …

Bindura Bureau Bindura’s Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) has partnered with Huawei Technologies to assemble and sell their electronic products and devices for consumers in Zimbabwe. ZEGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology Dean, Mr. Justice Makota confirmed the development Monday and said the technology giant had so far trained …