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Sir Wicknell, actually you're the poorest man in Zimbabwe!
When I read a recent diatribe by self-proclaimed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, I felt like puking.He exhibited zero shame berating and disparaging legendary musician Thomas Mapfumo, as well as...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:12hrs | 3162 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans should be wary of Trojan horse constitutional amendments!
So, the Zimbabwe government is planning more constitutional changes.This is according to Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, in an interview with the state-cont...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:12hrs | 239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean permits: Helen Suzman Foundation takes on Motsoaledi in Constitutional Court
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal against a ruling that he may not terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats shields US$1,8 billion expansion plan
PLATINUM giant Zimplats says the current cost-cutting initiatives aim to lessen the effect of budget cuts on its growth strategy, which includes a US$1,8 billion expansion programme.The compan...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | 1533 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZUDAC affiliates extort passengers, corrupt
THE Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC), including its affiliates, have been fingered in an extortion scandal and being accomplices in abusing commuting passengers, an investigation expos...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:07hrs | 702 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Mr Kudzai Mutisi, the German 'Economic wonder' after the WW2 had multiple favourable factors!
I am writing this article as a reply to your article you wrote last week: My article is not in any way or form critiquing your own but including factors that must be known, but, however, adding to wha...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 426 | by Nomazulu Thata
Kaindu defends Muduhwa and Mbeba
HIGHLANDERS coach Kelvin Kaindu has come to the defence of his players' conduct after defenders Peter Muduhwa and Andrew Mbeba have been criticised for overly aggressive behaviour on the field of play...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:16hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 111 | by APO
Understanding suicide among diaspora-born youths
The prevalence of media reports highlighting the suicides of young Zimbabweans born in the Diaspora is a deeply concerning issue. The time has come for us as Zimbabweans to understand the underlying f...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:10hrs | 481 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chief Dakamela announces second edition of Appreciation Awards
Chief Dakamela of Nkayi District has been hailed as a beacon of transformative leadership for his remarkable efforts to uplift his rural community. Through a series of innovative initiatives, Chief Da...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:54hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter
CCA-ZOU partnership deal to transform communities
The Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) and Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) partnership deal will help in transforming communities whilst also complementing realisation of Education 5.0, leaders of th...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 683 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa's daughter granted bail
Former Norton legislator's daughter Mudiwa Mliswa Chanetsa (20) has been granted bail by the High Court. The accused person was arraigned before the Harare Magistrates' Court and was denied bail for U...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:50hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Former Police Commissioner's wife jailed
Sakhile Tanyanyiwa aged 34 (wife to former Commissioner Mekia Tanyanyiwa) appeared before the Gweru Magistrates Court today facing charges of kidnapping an infant aged two months. She was sentenced to...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 06:40hrs | 2845 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed for life in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN man who committed a series of crimes in South Africa, including murder, armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, housebreaking, escaping from jail and unlawful possession of a firearm, was yester...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on traditional healer
TWO armed robbers reportedly pounced on a traditional healer, after they posed as patients who needed spiritual services, getting away with R3 000.According to the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya in fresh mining storm
SEVERAL people who entered into mining deals with Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya are seeking legal recourse after failing to receive their shares, seven years after depos...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:15hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved
IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death ...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Shambolic start for Harare minions
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was left to rue missed opportunities in his team's defeat to Chicken Inn, as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season got off to a disappointing start for all th...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
African-American investors eye Zimbabwe opportunities
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from investments valued at more than US$500 million in several sectors of the economy from a group of African-American owned businesses that have set their eye on the local ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:52hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Olinda and Chivayo in nasty TWAR
Olinda Chapel-Nkomo and Wicknell Chivhayo engaged in a heated altercation on social media recently. It all began when Olinda publicly criticized Chivhayo and individuals who have received cars from hi...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 11:58hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson extends invitation to US Trade Secretary Gina Raimondo to strengthen trade relations with Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean business mogul Edd Branson has extended a cordial invitation to United States Trade Secretary Gina Raimondo and her team to visit Zimbabwe with the aim of bolstering trade and comme...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 355 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe unstoppable, says Mnangagwa
Despite the albatross of illegal, unjust, and baneful economic sanctions, Zimbabwe will continue marching on the path towards upper-middle-class economic status by 2030 with every Zimbabwean having a ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:13hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zambia calls for complete sanctions removal on Zimbabwe
ZAMBIA has called on the United States and her allies to remove all forms of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, not just the piecemeal adjustments it made on Monday.The US made fringe adjustments ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa disappointed...says feels betrayed by Hichilema and Biden
The United States recent adjustments to its sanctions program on Zimbabwe has left Chamisa and other likeminded opposition leaders disappointed. Chamisa and his colleagues are also furious ove...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 09:24hrs | 4725 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zanu-PF gate-crashes US's sanctions Press briefing
Zanu-PF yesterday accused the United States of shutting the door for engagement after its members were barred from gate-crashing a Press conference where US embassy officials were explaining the new s...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 2262 | by Staff reporter
19 countries confirm ZITF participation
ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair (ZITF) chairperson, Busisa Moyo, yesterday said 94,9% of exhibition space has been taken up with exhibitors from 19 countries having confirmed participation at this y...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch rail fibre optic project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to launch the second phase of the National Rail Fibre Optic Project today in Somabhula on the outskirts of Gweru, Midlands Province, as the country scales up the moment...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
US slams door on Mnangagwa
UNITED States Senate Foreign Relations member Jim Risch and analysts have said the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights violations is a damning indictment of his...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe cement manufacturers exceeding local demand'
AFTER years of subdued production, local cement manufacturers are now exceeding local demand, Cabinet has revealed.Some 2.6 million tonnes of cement are now being locally produced against a de...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders
KELVIN Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders. After twice coming close to ending the long-standing title drought at Bosso, which has now stretched to 18 years, the Zambian gaffer ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 19:36hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Billiat unveiled in glitzy ceremony
YADAH Stars yesterday set the bar high with a glitzy unveiling ceremony for their mega-dollar star, former Warriors kingpin Khama Billiat at the Yadah Complex.Billiat joined the Prophetic Heal...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mother of three remains positive after four cancer operations
The 40-year-old mother of three who on Tuesday was one of the first three patients ever to be operated on in Zimbabwe by means of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has had a long battle...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 11:29hrs | 699 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa's daughter denied bail, to remain in custody until trial begins
Temba Mliswa's daughter M'diwa Mliswa Chanetsa, a model, has been arrested on drug charges and has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate. She will remain in custody until March 12th when her trial b...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 06:56hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ministers says social media is a security threat
GOVERNMENT has said the misinformation and disinformation being peddled on social media platforms have become a security threat amid plans to introduce laws to curb the practice.Information mi...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi repeats anti-sanctions call
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says sanctions must be removed for Zimbabweans to enjoy rights enshrined in the Constitution.He said this during the high level segment of the 55th Session of ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Company employees linked to robbery case
THREE employees at Quest Financial Services have been implicated in a robbery that occurred at the firm's Belgravia branch in Harare on Saturday.The three allegedly teamed up with six others, ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury exposes abuse of sugar tax for profiteering
GOVERNMENT has condemned the abuse of the Beverages Sugar Content Tax and other tariff measures by some businesses that deliberately misinterpret clear policy propositions for profiteering while unjus...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:27hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa Chanetsa arrested for possession of dangerous drugs
On 22 February 2024 at around 1200 hours, detectives from CID Drugs Harare received information that the accused persons had drugs at number 35 Colchester, Avonlea Harare. Pursuant to the supp...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 08:26hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Cholera-causing bacteria found in Harare boreholes
UPPER Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) has detected Escherichia coli (E.coli), a cholera-causing bacteria in boreholes that were tested in 14 residential areas of Harare.The results, reve...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for major medical breakthrough
ZIMBABWE is earmarked for another major medical breakthrough as it is set to conduct a minimally invasive thoracic surgery today.The development is the first of its kind in the country and foc...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Isaiah Sovi aims to raise US$1.5 million to drill 200 boreholes for cholera mitigation efforts
In a bid to combat the alarming cholera outbreak that has engulfed 62 districts in Zambia, Dr. Isaiah Brian Sovi, the Chairman of the IBS Foundation, aims to implement a project that will amount ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 15:20hrs | 406 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers US$6,8 billion trade gap
ZIMBABWE has operated in negative trade deficit of US$6,8 billion for the last four years, a trend which is unsustainable in the long run according to Buy Zimbabwe, a campaign outfit that advoca...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:21hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe national anthem producer dies
PROMINENT Bulawayo resident, Mr Mishack Ndlovu, who is also famed for having played a significant role in harmonising music and lyrics for the Zimbabwean national anthem has passed on.He was 9...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:17hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP says Bosso/Dembare match deliberately fixed as season opener
The Premier Soccer League says it deliberately fixed the 2024 season opener between Highlanders and Dynamos at Barbourfields Stadium in a bid to defuse tensions between the two clubs.League ch...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 14:00hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Petition for Uebert Angel's arrest
Zimbabwe's ambassador-at-large, Uebert Madzanire, alias Uebert Angel, after he was implicated in an alleged money laundering and gold smuggling scam by international news channel, Al JazeeraOV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:37hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
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