Opinion / Interviews
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 | 4805 | 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 | 1479 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3525 | by Staff reporter
Recalls have crippled council business, says Mafume
New Harare mayor Jacob Mafume (JM) still believes that the capital has what it takes to regain its Sunshine City status if city fathers can get their ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
'We moved in to end Khupe, Chamisa fights'
IN A dramatic turn of events, frustrated youths from the country's biggest opposition party, the MDC, last week seized the iconic national...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:12hrs | 3169 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe Ambassaor to Israel who is close to Mossad
I started my relationship with Zimbabwe more than 5 years ago through the leaders of the churches there, as part of my role in the last 20 years, as s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 10:32hrs | 7038 | by Ronny Levi Musan
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evi...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3098 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independenc...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1720 | by Staff reporter
'Less than 37 white farmers qualify for Zimbabwe land restoration'
On Monday, the Government announced that it will offer land back to two categories of farmers who were dispossessed under the land reform, namely blac...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala sold out to police by MDC Alliance members
THE arrest of MDC Alliance vice president Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, in Harare on Friday has opened a can of worms within the country's afflicted opposition,...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:43hrs | 8210 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets 5 million vote margin in 2023 elections
THE newly-elected Zanu-PF Bulawayo Provincial executive committee has been tasked with mobilising party membership to ensure the party wins the 2023 h...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:42hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gov't backtracks on striking nurses salaries
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB's) no-work, no-pay principle.Zimbabwe Nurs...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:41hrs | 5410 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono denied bail again
Freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono was denied bail for a third time by a court on Monday, over a month since he was arrested for allegedly incitin...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:40hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe problems won't lead to civil war'
AS pressure mounts for the regional grouping Sadc to end Zimbabwe's long running crises, University of Zimbabwe's politics expert, Eldred Masunungure,...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:40hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
Genocide happens when democracy is absent
Tali Nates founded the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) in 2008 to foster an understanding of the h...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 384 | by Kingsley Ighobor
We are our own liberators, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's socio-economic and political crisis has received the attention of regional political players and civil society, with many calling for SADC ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
July 31 exposed Mnangagwa
In order to legitimise anti-democratic politics, violence and human rights abuses to the world, Zanu-PF has gone back to its exhausted ideological set...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:36hrs | 9906 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Mwonzora's fight with Chamisa not personal
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says his fight with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is not personal, but is fuelled by his desire to insti...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army ready to deal with 31 July protesters?
PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS Minister for Mashonaland West, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka says Zimbabweans who ignored warnings not to take part in anti-government protes...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:32hrs | 7240 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feared being hanged by Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe he feared hanging by his predecessor if he heeded the latter's call to return...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:31hrs | 4976 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa has failed to justify imposition of curfew
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) after a s...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:23hrs | 3301 | by Staff reporter
'July 31 protesters will be jailed'
AS THE economy continues to tank amid rampant public sector corruption, opposition parties have upped the ante by mobilising for July 31 anti-governme...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4212 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official whips 7 women for stealing maize
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial administrator and war veteran Fannie Chikomba was recently captured on video beating up seven women and forcing th...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must ban sale of alcohol, says ZimPF
OPPOSITIOn Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has called government to consider a ban on the sale of alcohol in the country during the COVID-19-induced loc...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
'Free Zimbabwe from illegal sanctions'
President Mnangagwa has made international re-engagement, fighting corruption and achieving Vision 2030 his major priority areas. Political Ed...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe was better under Mugabe,' says Hopewell Chin'ono
PROMINENT journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says Zimbabwe needs political reforms to end the multifaceted crisis facing the country.Chin'ono (HP), ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinash...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC goes to court again
THE MDC Alliance is battling to retain possession of the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (MRT House) and has filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme C...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:03hrs | 7039 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa fails to honour promises'
ZIMBABWE is currently going through political and economic crises that have caused untold suffering to citizens. At the same time, factionalism appear...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 5777 | by Staff reporter
Meet the reigning Ndebele leader Queen Cynthia Khumalo Mzilikazi
The Kingdom of Mzilikazi Khumalo whose people are predominately found in present day South-Western Zimbabwe is marred with civil fights to select the ...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 7990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance itches for Mnangagwa showdown
THE MDC Alliance leadership has come out guns blazing, threatening a showdown with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to "resign or face the wra...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Police in corruption storm
SOME members of the police in Mvuma are in the eye of a storm following reports that they are demanding protection fees from illegal vendors, pirate t...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Corruption stifles economic growth
United States Agency for international development (USAid) country director, Stephanie Funk (SF), says failed economic policies and corruption, and no...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe slowly but surely re-dollarising'
GOVERNMENT last week announced a 50% increment and a Covid-19 allowance of US$75 for civil servants and US$30 for pensioners. This is despite governme...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3314 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Faces behind Zimbabwe's first Netflix hit
The cast and crew of Zimbabwe's first feature-length film to be featured on Netflix -Cook-Off - were recent guests on Alpha Media Holdings chairman Tr...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's next move and strategy
THE main opposition MDC-Alliance is locked in countless battles, in and out of court, as the party resists an onslaught it says has been orchestrated ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 7726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grain deficit seen widening to 1.17 million tonnes
Zimbabwe's grain deficit is expected to widen to 1.17 million tonnes this year despite a small increase in production, the latest official crop report...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 475 | by Reuters
Solving political turmoil key to addressing Zimbabwe's economic crisis
ZIMBABWE is experiencing one of its worst economic crises since independence characterised by cash and foreign currency shortages, fuel scarcities, ra...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:35hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Khupe is being used by the system to foment turmoil
THE opposition MDC is in the middle of a political crisis, with rival groups fighting for the heart and soul of a party whose founding leader Morgan T...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:16hrs | 4140 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s whe...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
'MDC squabbles benefitting Zanu-PF'
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later thr...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:57hrs | 3011 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation s...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2302 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks inevitable
DIALOGUE between opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains key in resolving the country's multi-layered p...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3390 | by Staff reporter
Where is our freedom of worship?
That known Christmas Holiday is no more, (voet-cookies) 'mafetikuku' in the winnowing basket and a steel kettle full of 'industrial boiler hot t...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 251 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabw...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
Strong leadership in times of crisis
CT GSB alumnus Mehluli Mpofu was recently appointed as the Managing Director of Central Africa Building Society (CABS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of O...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:01hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa pushing for one-party state'
RENOWNED lawyer and MDC-Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart says the crisis which played out in the last few weeks in the backyard of the country...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Khupe faces MDC-T ouster
THE fight for MDC-T presidency has taken a new turn amid reports of a plot to push out acting party leader Thokozani Khupe from the race because of he...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:29hrs | 6631 | by Staff reporter
'Maize meal price won't change until monthend'
THE country's national maize reserves have dropped sharply and authorities have to ramp up imports to save citizens from starvation, Grain Millers Ass...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
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