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Legal woes mount for Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati as CID and Home Affairs are roped in
In the sinister saga unfolding within Zimbabwe's gold mining industry, Francesco Marconati emerges as a dark specter, casting a menacing shadow over the operations of DGL Investments Number Five (Pvt)...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 13:29hrs | 678 | by George Tshuma
Mnangagwa out to impress Sadc leaders
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government are renovating several roads in Harare as part of preparations to host the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit in the capital in August...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:46hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
Jekenishen church commended for transforming communities, complement govt
The Saint Luke's Apostolic Ejiwel Jekenishen church under Arch-bishop Dr Phillip Pferedzai has been commended for empowering less priviledged members of communities in and around Manicaland province, ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 23:00hrs | 296 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Chipinge
Mnangagwa commissions Pupu Monument today
THE official commissioning of the Pupu Battle National Monument by President Mnangagwa today will be a huge milestone in correcting distorted historical narratives and amplifying the brave Zimbabwean ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:43hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Kanopula embarks on Harare's development overdrive
In the wake of cholera scourge and Infrastructural decay amongst some parts of Zimbabwe's capital city, residents from Harare South have witnessed massive enrollments of infrastructure face-lift being...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:03hrs | 1249 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's plan to stay in power past 2028
President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to extend his second and final term by at least two years until 2030 after abandoning plans to abolish term limits through a constitutional amendment which would req...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:25hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
APPN Zimbabwe Caucus establishes Provincial Portfolios and the Secretariat
The National Executive of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) Zimbabwe Caucus has spearheaded the setting up of the Secretariat and Provincial Heads. This follows the meetings held by...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 12:29hrs | 103 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF 'hijacks' govt recruitment
Zanu-PF has reportedly hijacked the recruitment of government workers as it ostensibly intensifies its third term campaign bid for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, NewsDay has established.The rul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:58hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala - Morgan Komichi unite to revive Tsvangirai legacy
Veteran opposition figures Job Sikhala and Morgan Komichi are poised to forge a formidable alliance, signalling the birth of a new political movement reminiscent of the legacy of the late Morgan Tsvan...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:49hrs | 898 | by George Tshuma
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
Mnangagwa's Presidential solar scheme on cards
GLEN VIEW residents will be the first beneficiaries of a Presidential solar scheme set to be rolled next month as Zimbabwe moves to alleviate a power crisis.The project is being spearheaded by...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host military games
ZIMBABWE will play host to the 15th World Military Golf Championships in Victoria Falls in June.The event, to draw participants from 20 defence forces from across the globe, will be held from ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mopani worm porridge, blood samples
SOME parents and guardians in Gwanda's Mawane district, Matebeleland South province, have expressed fear after a group of people collected blood samples from learners as part of the national school fe...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 596 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Tshabangu and Chamisa battle over CCC party offices, court reserves judgement
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgement in a case involving the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Sengezo Tshabangu posing as its Interim Secretary General seeking spoliation damages from...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:39hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2
Mnangagwa assures food security for urban dwellers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated that his Government will ensure that all the vulnerable households across the country receive food aid, including those staying in urban centres.Speaki...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu's political fate has reached a dead end?
SELF-IMPOSED Citizens' Coalition for Change secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's political fate has effectively reached a dead end after a new steering committee led by former Entumbane-Njube MP Ding...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 5084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chiefs' welfare top priority
The Government is committed to improving the conditions of service of traditional leaders who are not only custodians of the country's moral and cultural fabric, but also accelerators of economic deve...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:02hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt makes another empty promise to rehabilitate roads in other cities, towns
GOVERNMENT will soon rehabilitate and construct roads in the country's major cities and towns which have been neglected by opposition-run local authorities for the past 20 years.Despite receiv...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 155 | 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
War vets up in arms with govt over unpaid fees
WAR Veterans have expressed disgruntlement over failure by government to pay tuition fees for their children for the past two semesters.Government pays tuition fees for children of ex-combatan...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Major roads in Harare closed for rehabilitation
MAJOR roads in Harare have been closed for massive rehabilitation ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled to be held in Harare in...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:25hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson moves to promote investment and trade in Tanzania
Revered by communities in Tanzania, Ambassador Dr. Edd Branson has been commended for his relentless efforts in advancing investment and trade initiatives in the country. The Africa Tourism Promotion ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 12:16hrs | 491 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BHA ventures in anti-drug campaign
BULAWAYO Handball Association (BHA) has stepped up efforts to eliminate drug and substance abuse in the province through sports. The association hosted their first drugs and substance abu...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 08:52hrs | 202 | by Stephen Jakes
Mutasa, Mliswa land fight deepens
FORMER State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa has refuted claims made by his nephew, Temba Mliswa, regarding share ownership in Muungwe Investments Private Limited as the fight for vast pieces of land...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 3462 | by Staff reporter
Housing project to go ahead
THE development of Muungwe Royal Estate, an uptown housing scheme in Rusape is proceeding well despite attacks by former Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa following a fallout with his uncle and landow...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
A doomed holiday for unrepentant genocidaires!
We shall always remember the 21st of February as a doomed and diabolic holiday which has been set aside by the unrepentant genocidaires for openly celebrating the physical Gukurahundi genocide, which ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:34hrs | 605 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General for Freedom Alliance)
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 139 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Of CCC and the future of opposition politics in Zimbabwe
The ascent of Nelson Chamisa to the leadership of the MDC Alliance and later the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change) with the support of Tendai Biti and Prof Welshman Ncube has been widely discussed. ...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 21:23hrs | 761 | by George Tshuma
The history of the liberation struggle is incomplete without mentioning Sipolilo (Guruve) Battles
Sipolilo was the entry point for freedom fighters in Rhodesia from Zambia and Mozambique during the liberation struggle. ZANLA and ZIPRA freedom fighters infiltrated in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) through the...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:04hrs | 687 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Insimbi ZeZhwane join Zanu-PF?
CROWD pulling rhumba music outfit Insimbi ZeZhwane have officially joined the ruling party Zanu-PF.The trail blazing band, known for their lively performances lost lead vocalist Elvis "Ma Eli"...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:47hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo set for major transformation
BULAWAYO is experiencing a renaissance as investor interest is surging, reindustrialisation efforts taking root and multi-million dollar projects underway, signalling a promising future for the city....Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:00hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
US$15m State House works bill stuns govt
THE government has rejected an invoice for US$15 million submitted by a firm that clinched a deal to construct precast walls at State House, the President's official residence and offices, the Zimbabw...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 14:57hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt websites are stuck in the stone age
Here is one odd fact you may not know; Zimbabwean government-linked websites under the domain gov.zw, all go to bed for the night. You cannot access them for about 10 hours from around 10PM to 8AM the...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:16hrs | 494 | by Mike Murenzvi
7 000 ex-Zipra members, identifies 100 properties
EX-ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) combatants through their Nitram Properties will tomorrow submit a list of beneficiaries of buildings dotted across the country to Vice-President Kembo M...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Zapu leader calls out Charumbira's Gukurahundi genocide denial
Sibangilizwe Nkomo, leader of the ZAPU party, has criticised Chief Fortune Charumbira, the deputy president of the National Chiefs Council, for publicly denying that the atrocities during Gukurahundi ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:21hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 322 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Chamisa's 'blue ocean movement' picks up pace
Friction persists between traditional figures in the opposition and those aligned with former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.Following Chamisa's departure from CCC a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:29hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 2385 | by Ntando Dumani
Lack of strategy in Zimbabwe opposition politics
ONE of the biggest issues that one must contend with in politics is that it is a contested space. Allegiances and goals are ever changing and there is, therefore, a need to be able to maneuver these c...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 651 | by Munyaradzi Mapfumo
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | 4428 | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe lauds duty return on essential goods
Buy Zimbabwe has welcomed the Government's recent decision to reinstate import duties on essential goods as a positive development that will create a more level playing field for domestically produced...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:40hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi man arrested for fatally striking neighbour with brick
A FILABUSI man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally struck his neighbour with a brick on the head for assaulting his cousin.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:44hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Who will lead Chamisa-less CCC
Zimbabwe's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faces internal turmoiI after destroying itself from within amid political implosion, leaving the party rudderIess facing an uncertain future. The...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 11:36hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs left in limbo after Chamisa bombshell
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's shocking decision to quit the CCC caught the party's parliamentarians, councillors and mayors flat-footed while causing widespread confusion and panic within the ran...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:24hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa surrenders hard-won political and democratic space
"THIS is to officially, and under my hand, inform you fellow citizens of Zimbabwe and the world, that, with immediate effect, I no longer have anything to do with CCC."With these words, Zimbab...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:22hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops a political bombshell
Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa, who has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for his money in two tightly-contested and disputed presidential elections, has abandoned hi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 19:44hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
CCA honours Professor Mthuli Ncube
The Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) has over the weekend in Bulawayo honoured Zimbabwe's Finance Minister, Honourable Professor, Mthuli Ncube during Cowdry Park Constituency Thanksgiving Ceremony...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 08:08hrs | 1274 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Bulawayo
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