Opinion / Interviews
South Africa's tycoon to set up renewable energy institute in Gwanda
Energy poverty is defined as the lack of adequate modern energy for the basic needs of cooking, warmth, lighting, and essential energy services for ma...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 3046 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Zimbabwe has reached deepest depth of a crisis'
Zimbabwe has reached the deepest depth of a crisis, which is a culmination of unresolved political and economic problems, Briggs Bomba, the convenor o...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls water flow increases
THERE has been a marked improvement in water flows into the Zambezi River, in the process increasing the turbulence in the Victoria Falls.This...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:03hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
When fathers go missing
BASED on his life experiences, Greyson Fungai Chipote saw it fit to pen his first book as a way of empowering the boy child.The book basically...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:03hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
NRZ spends US$10m on wagon refurbishment
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has successfully refurbished more than 500 wagons at an estimated cost of US$10 million.NRZ traction a...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Falcon College headmaster steps down
FALCON College headmaster, Reginald Querl is stepping down from his position, with the revered educator leaving the Esigodini private institution wher...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi holds Xhosa cultural festival
ZIMBABWEANS and South Africans are one people who must come together and stand against xenophobic tendencies, an official has said.This was sa...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
'The C'wealth officer jumped from his seat when I threw my AK-47 at him'
Today we conclude the series of interviews that we have been doing with former Zipra guerilla, Tapson Ncube aka Makhula. Ncube was a maverick ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3409 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo regrets
Part 2 of the Newsday interview with self-exiled former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo. ND: It has been two years since you left Zimb...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 15:29hrs | 10316 | by Staff reporter
Health crisis moves from tragedy to farce
GOVERNMENT has failed to solve its impasse with medical doctors, who have withdrawn services from the country's major hospitals for 89 days today. Whi...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says 'No foreign mediation, no dialogue'
Since its formation in 1999, the MDC has been perceived by Zanu-PF as a "puppet of the West" and a regime change agenda proponent with the backing of ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
'We're going to improve lives of our people,' says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabweans are bearing the brunt of soaring prices of basic commodities and cash shortages. They are also worried about the continued loss of value o...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
China still committed to financing Zimbabwe projects
THE African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad), together with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), this week hel...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Bosso cut off Wi-Fi connection
Highlanders 2 - 0 TelOneHighlanders scraped through to win over visiting TelOne following a late surge in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League mat...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says he is not a sell-out
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu-PF for financial gains, last week t...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals turn into horrific hellholes
NURSING a swollen face, with eyes blinded by the soreness, Clayton Banda (35) lay helplessly on the hospital bed, his lower body covered by a threadba...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business, labour confront govt over TNF
GOVERNMENT has been taken to task for failing to take the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) seriously at a time the country's economic crisis is wors...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taken to court over inflation figures
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) has been dragged to the High Court by National Social Security Authority (Nssa) employees who, in conjunction...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2608 | by Staff reporter
Firing doctors won't ease Zimbabwe health crisis
ZIMBABWE'S health sector is mired in a crisis as public hospital doctors have been on strike for over a month. The job action has resulted in patients...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
'Economic environment in Zimbabwe difficult to operate in'
THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Zimbabwe (Icsaz) held its annual conference in Victoria Falls last week under the theme "...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Top banker upbeat amid turbulence
Zimbabwe's currency reforms that began in February have pushed up inflation to record levels.The country, which adopted the United States doll...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 13:12hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa regime is shameless'
THE opposition MDC celebrated its 20th anniversary at Rufaro Stadium at the weekend. NewsDay senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga (ND) had earlier spoken t...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 09:08hrs | 2627 | by Staff reporter
EU diplomat crossed the line, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi speaks to our senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga on electoral reforms, diplomatic relations and the late former Presiden...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will answer to God, says Mukonori
Former president Robert Mugabe's spiritual advisor Father Fidelis Mukonori has revealed that the late Zanu-PF leader complained of a troublesome leg i...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 5514 | by Staff reporter
Civil service undergoing massive overhaul
Public Service Commission (PSC) chairperson Vincent Hungwe has revealed that the civil service is under massive transformation to improve professional...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:51hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Phumuzile Phiri geared to grab Mangwe constituency from ZANU PF
Phumuzile Phiri a 30 year old lady is running for MP in Mangwe Constituency which has 17 rural wards and is found in Matabeleland South. The c...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | 5303 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Rep...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor speaks on his two days of horror
Bulawayo City Council was recently rocked by unrest after a coterie of councillors led by deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami tried to oust town clerk Chri...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
I'm my own man: Vincent Tsvangirai
MDC Alliance's aspiring Glen View South legislator Vincent Tsvangirai (VT) says Zimbabweans must unite to save the country from collapse. He expressed...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1343 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya should contend with being unpopular
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube on Thursday presented a $10,85 billion Supplementary Budget and the 2019 Mid-Term Nat...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Unions clash with Mnangagwa's govt
AS the nation plunges deeper into economic turmoil, trade unions have come under the spotlight as they clash with government and business over the wor...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 5966 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally says 'Time not yet right for protests'
THE main opposition MDC went to congress two months ago and the new leadership is getting down to work. Newsday senior reporter Obey Manayiti ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says he exist to remove Mnangagwa from office
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala (JS) became the 21st person in Zimbabwe to face charges of attempting to subvert President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gov...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2918 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ups re-engagement drive with UK, Diaspora
Since the coming in of the new political dispensation, Zimbabwe has set its eyes on re-engagement. One of the critical countries that Zimbabwe has set...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:18hrs | 327 | by Isdore Guvamombe
'External MDC branches key in national politics'
MDC external branches have not been seen as key players in national politics because the diaspora vote has been shut out of local elections.Ho...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:28hrs | 247 | by Staff repirter
'Zacc won't spare high-profile personalities'
THE appointment of Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za-cc) chairperson in May sparked controversy and raised the...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube was also surprised
It's almost a year since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help turn around an economy weighed down by de...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | 13842 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of F...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo daughter storms America
Thembelihle Terry-Lynne Zulu is the founder of Girl Grandeur Zimbabwe which is a social club for women. She is one of the 42 fellows selected to repre...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 5552 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why Zanu-PF youths are targeting heavy weights
Zanu-PF youths threw the cat among the pigeons recently when they released a list of alleged corrupt people that included senior ruling party official...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 6283 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the part...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | 4921 | by Staff reporter
Why Fadzayi Mahere joined Chamisa bandwagon
Prominent lawyer Fadzayi Mahere saw her stock rise in the run-up to last year's harmonised elections after launching an audacious campaign as an indep...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:02hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe to blame for Zimbabwe crisis'
Zanu-PF's new commissar Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims that his recent appointment was meant to address growing concerns about the re-emergen...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Director's Life in grave danger: Q & A Interview
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) has had contact with the Director of the Dr Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation who is now in...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 16:46hrs | 1046 | by Thembani Dube
'Mnangagwa can't shoot entire nation'
THE opposition MDC party has vowed to drag President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiating table kicking and screaming through civil disobedience, int...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3226 | by Staff reporter
Coltart raises red flag over education crisis
FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to confront Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
BOUYED by his victory at the just-ended MDC congress, the party's leader Nelson Chamisa says he is ready to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Za...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4017 | by Staff reporter
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