Opinion / Interviews
New boundaries binding for next 10 years
THE gazetting of new electoral boundaries a fortnight ago by President Mnangagwa has paved the way for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to begi...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:17hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Meet Harare's Queen of fashion industry: Priscilla Matsambire
She is naturally born achiever who grew up with entrepreneurial blood in her veins and since childhood she has never looked back but has stood focused...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 08:35hrs | 897 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa snubs Joe Biden's US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE will, for the first time in two decades, participate at the US-Africa Summit starting next Tuesday.President Emmerson Mnangagwa will ...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:56hrs | 3825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 24 500km road network to be revamped by 2025
THIS week Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) business reporter, Freeman Makopa caught up with Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Felix Mhona (F...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a banana republic, mafia State'
NewsDay (ND) reporter Lorraine Muromo recently had an interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson Peter Mutasa (PM) on the country'...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:55hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora's MDC is too broke to hold an elective congress'
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora stands accused of delaying the party's elective congress. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Taurai Mangudhla interviewe...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Kanifing Mayor builds record of excellence
Youthful Mayor of Kanifing in The Gambia his lordship, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, born in 1986, is the youngest Mayor in the history of the Gambia....Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 20:02hrs | 408 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gambians prove capabilities of youthful leadership
Young people are driving development in West Africa and demonstrating capacity to lead and transform entire regions and cities.Youthful Mayor ...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 10:01hrs | 1153 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'
We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
EU's Timo Olkonnen lectures Zimbabwe on democracy and reforms
VARIOUS stakeholders are sceptical that next year's general elections will be free and fair before the implementation of electoral reforms.New...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
'I tried to change Zanu-PF from within'
Veteran politician and war veteran Margaret Dongo said she tried to change Zanu-PF from within by being outspoken and critical of the ruling party's p...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 3042 | by Staff reporter
Ajay Singh: The no nonsense Prosecutor
High profile criminals and persons of interest who came before the courts in the early 2000s hated state prosecutor Ajay Singh. Singh earned a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 13:16hrs | 1578 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zinara moves to weed out corruption
A LEGACY of corruption and operational challenges at tollgates has tainted the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)'s corporate image....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must abandon use of US$ immediately
ECONOMIST Eddie Cross, believes the best way to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country and spur development is to end the use of the Unite...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:57hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
By-elections went according to plan
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) held by-elections to fill 28 National Assembly seats and 122 council vacancies which had arisen due...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will be a net power exporter'
ZIMBABWE has commenced several programmes to improve power generation and plug a crippling electricity deficit.The projects are at various sta...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Public queries govt policy on PWDs
The public has expressed dissatisfaction with government's slap stick approach in addressing the plight of people living with disabilities (PWDs) in c...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'ECD struggling under COVID-19'
EARLY childhood development (ECD) is key for development and deserves funding from government and stakeholders to ensure children are well groomed. In...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa spooked by spectre of youth revolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba last week accused award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono (HC), who is also a stern cri...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:32hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Vocal sensation takes Mzansi by storm
Bongekile Portia Zondo known as Noneh is set to release a sizzling hot new single titled Muntuza Wami. The song was composed by Siyabonga Kitie Mkhize...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 16:07hrs | 43 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service s...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Police denied entry into Marange apostolic sect shrine
OFFICERS at Marange Police Station were reportedly denied entry into the Johane Marange shrine in Mafararikwa village, Bocha, since July 3 when over 3...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Boy pummels lion with fists to save sister
A 14YEAROLD girl from Muyondozi village in ward 26 under Chief Garahwa, Chipinge South, was on Wednesday mauled by a stray lion.The victim's f...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
5 Chinese, 3 Zimbos on Interpol most wanted list
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has handed over names of five Chinese and three Zimbabwean fugitives to the International Criminal Police Organisation (I...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:48hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Ruling elite roving bandits, says Biti
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti yesterday described the ruling elite as "roving bandits" who are clinging to power to loot national...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Peter Ndlovu's party is not a Zanu-PF project'
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu was recently named as leader of a newly formed opposition party, All People's Party (APP).However, Ndlovu, who is c...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:47hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe stares at another disputed poll in 2023'
SINCE the advent of COVID-19 in March last year, Zimbabwe suspended by-elections despite that several parliamentary and council seats fell vacant afte...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex rules 'a tragedy of good intentions'
LAST week's promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021, which penalises issuance of local currency receipt for foreign currency purchases and pr...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Teachers up in arms over assessment programme
TEACHERS have rejected government proposal to implement the continuous assessment learning areas (Cala) programme which they say has the potential to ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to pay nurses COVID-19 allowances 4 months on
GOVERNMENT has reportedly failed to pay nurses the US$10 daily allowances it promised them at the launch of the country's COVID-19 vaccination program...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Constitutional amendments thwart Mnangagwa's foreign engagements efforts'
THE recent constitutional amendments could result in foreign governments which were willing to strengthen economic and political ties with Zimbabwe ba...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwo...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says Patriotic Bill mustn't be allowed
POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) member and opposition National Constitutional Assem-bly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has been critical of constitut...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere was ready to die
Former Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has spoken in detail about how his family and that of former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonath...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Name confusion haunts Radar chief executive
RADAR Holdings Limited CEO Elias Hwenga is being haunted by a case of mistaken identity after his namesake appeared in court on charges of obstructing...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:46hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Fears of ARVs shortages allayed
The National Aids Council (NAC) says Zimbabwe has enough stocks of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to take the country through the year amid indications that m...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe hurtling towards stagflation'
LAST week the CEO Africa Roundtable (CEOART) gathered some of Zimbabwe's best economists and industrialists to digest economic developments during the...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
NRZ collapse was avoidable, says Alvord Mabena
Former National railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) chairman Alvord Mabena believes the collapse of the parastatal is closely linked to the decimation of the c...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:53hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 remodelled Nyaradzo Funeral Services' business
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new way of approaching issues among Zimbabweans who witnessed a huge number of fellow citizens succumbing to th...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Padare advocates for female vice-president
Female participation in politics has remained a contentious issue with various women organisations and pressure groups pushing for adherence to the Zi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top banker speaks on daring escape
NMBZ Holdings founder James Mushore has spoken of how he evaded arrest and fled to exile over a decade ago after being accused of externalising foreig...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Why I dumbed Chamisa
LAST week, two senior MDC officials, former Midlands senator Lillian Timveous and former Kwekwe Central MP Blessing Chebundo, jumped ship and joined P...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF playing losing game in Harare'
TENSION is rising over the land issue in Harare, Chitungwiza and other major cities across the country with Zanu-PF accusing the opposition MDC Allian...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bringing a new brand of opposition politics
THE country's main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
I'm not here to plunder Zimbabwe . . .
ZIMBABWE is seeking to establish fully-fledged diplomatic relations with Israel. Our (ND) senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza spoke to Zimbabwe's honorary...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe crisis presents immense opportunities'
IT has been an eventful year for Tendo Electronics MD and recent winner of the director of the year award at this year's edition of the Megafest award...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's hyperinflation challenges should be addressed'
THIS week we had Justin Machibaya (JM), the managing director of homelux Real Estate, as a guest on ‘In Conversation with Trevor', a weekly programm...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:25hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe Peop...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
We need to urgently fix Zimbabwe, says Makoni
Former Finance minister Simba makoni says Zimbabwe needs a culture shift to get the economy working again.Makoni (SM) told Alpha media Holding...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt likely to impose lockdown'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said his hands were clean in the US$6 million COVID-19 procurement scam in which he is implicated....Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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