A vendor with cooking oil meant for the black market was involved in an accident in Norton, leaving his wares all-over the scene.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's patience with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya could be wearing thin, NewZimbabwe reported. Mnangagwa has failed to hide his annoyance with his incompetent lieutenants who have failed to rein in the parallel currency market that has continued to wreak havoc in Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa said everyone must play according to rules as economic saboteurs

THREE men clad in army uniform on Wednesday went on a rampage, forcing Mutasa shop owners, "at knife point", to reduce prices of selected goods they went on to purchase, an MP from the area has reported.Trevor Saruwaka reported weekend that Farai Siduli, Rufaro Mashayanembwa and an unnamed driver of a Toyota Corolla, registration number ACD2000, descended on God's Will General Dealer run by Cleopa

The United Methodist Church, Mvurwi Youth Circuit embarked on a clean-up campaign  on Saturday, which saw energetic church members together with the local council collecting refuse and litter in the smartest town of Zimbabwe in a bid to curb the cholera outbreak.Led by their pastor Lovemore Sithole, the faithful took the whole day to clean the town with Mazowe North ward 28 councillor Fanuel

When President Emmerson Mnangagwa campaigned in July for Zimbabwe's presidency, he promised to be a business friendly leader, and to return his country's economy to twentieth century times of plenty and prosperity.But Mnangagwa has already shown himself incapable of jettisoning the state centrist, rent-seeking predilections of his predecessor. A “big-bang" sharp break with Zimbabwe's recent past

Top officials in Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party are set to receive expensive Land Cruisers from South Africa despite a severe foreign currency shortage, a newspaper is reporting.The 50 new vehicles, which include Toyota VX 200 Land Cruisers, will cost the ruling party around $5 million and will be a perk for party heavyweights recently side-lined from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet, r

Guruve vendors have denounced their local council for removing them in the streets where they have been operating in for four years while paying $3 per day saying the move is meant to fix the struggling villagers.Their rural council has put in place Guruve rank as their designated point of business but the vendors allege the place is a health hazard since raw sewage flows daily and bad odoucan be

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is back on his feet and yesterday attended a prayer meeting at his rural home in Hwedza where he took people down memory lane explaining how he joined the liberation struggle. Chiwenga kept the crowd in stitches with his  liberation struggle account. After he was introduced by Minister Perrance Shiri, Chiwenga took to the podium and greeted the crowd with a

The Zimbabwe National Army has urged traditional leaders in the Midlands province to partner law enforcement agents in thwarting violent clashes between artisanal miners in and around Kwekwe. The miners have become notorious for using machetes to attack each other. Addressing traditional leaders from across the Midlands province at commemoration of Traditional Leaders Day at 5 Brigade, Battlefield

THERE will be no more liberalism in Zanu-PF in Manicaland because cases of indiscipline are increasing and creating fissures within the ruling party, the party's provincial chairman, Michael Madiro, has said. He said his the party would not hesitate to take action against individuals for indiscipline and creating chaos. He said they had made headway in a few hearings involving party cadres who had

ZANU-PF party will square off with the MDC Alliance and NCA in the Mutoko North by-election set for November 24, writes our Mashonaland East correspondent Victor Maphosa. Rambidzai Nyabote of ZANU-PF, Mr Boniface Mushore (MDC Alliance) and Mr Edson Mugoma (NCA) will contest the seat after they successfully filed their papers at the nomination court recently. The Mutoko North constituency seat beca

A WOMAN from Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo has accused musician Mrs Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi of viciously demanding that she repays nearly $90 000 which was stolen last week in an illegal money changing deal that went sour.Mrs Lindiwe Moyo lost $80 000 (bond) and US$ 8 330 to three suspects - two men and a woman - who offered her a lift from Beitbridge to Bulawayo only to speed off without her after

FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has refuted allegations that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is at the centre of fuelling parallel market trading in the economy. Of late, there have been incessant accusations that the monetary authority was actively involved in the parallel market, sourcing hard cash required to sustain key economic requirements such as fuel, wh

FUEL consumption in the country has gone up by 100 percent in recent months, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Dr Joram Gumbo, said yesterday. In an interview, Dr Gumbo said the new dispensation had brought about business confidence which has seen a surge in demand for fuel. He said locals have also imported thousands of vehicles leading to a sharp demand for petrol and diesel. The Min

A MAN from Binga left villagers from his community in shock when he shot three times into the air in a military style gun salute for his late father who once served in the Rhodesian army. The incident took place last week in Sianungu Village under Chief Siansali where villagers had just finished burying Gideon Muchimba who served as a soldier in Ian Smith's regime. The late Muchimba's son, Jefati