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Is it legal to keep US$70,000 cash at home in Zimbabwe?

In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has experienced an alarming increase in armed robbery cases, with criminals specifically targeting individuals and businesses that keep large amounts of cash at their premises or homes. This uptick in robberies ha…

Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff writer

Zimbabwe should ditch the toxic US dollar

Zimbabwe's economy has been intertwined with the US dollar for over a decade, a relationship that began as a pragmatic response to hyperinflation and economic collapse in the late 2000s. The adoption of the US dollar and other foreign curr…

Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:46hrs | 58 | by Staff writer

'I'm intentional about provoking empathy' Sue Nyathi

Congratulations on your latest novel! Can you tell us a little about A Family Affair?A Family Affair peers behind the facade of what appears to be a picture-perfect middle class family. The Mafu family is headed by the patriarch, Abraham, …

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 16 | by Staff writer

Lack of star-studded heavyweight clashes gives lower weight classes chance to shine

In many ways, 2019 has been a sort of stop-gap year for heavyweight boxing. The major players of Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have avoided each other for the time being, content to take on lesser opponents to maintain thei…

Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff Writer

Incredible demographic and social concepts

It's clear that the human population changes daily where there are those being born and others are dying. And this makes it hard to get the exact records of composition, spatial distribution, and size in a specified population. Remember, t…

Published: 04 May 2019 at 11:16hrs | 4 | by Staff Writer

How to choose the right specialty in university and not spoil the life

When you're getting ready to go to university, it's vital for you to choose the right specialty if you want to make sure that you don't spoil the life that you've been dreaming of. After all, the profession that we choose has a huge impact…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff Writer

Mnangagwa must engage the 'bullies' to win this economic war

The United States of America (US), this week, once again tightened the noose on Zimbabwe when it extended sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in a show of no confidence â€“ something we think will further harm o…

Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff writer

Tafataona Mahoso: A man of many hats

Rupise: Poetry of Love, Separation and Reunion 1977-2017; By Tafataona Mahoso; Mutare, Samwasika Heritage Products.136 PagesISBN: 978-1-7706-070-9 (Paperback)INDEED Tafataona Mahoso, an academic in his own right, is a man who wears so many…

Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:09hrs | 58 | by Staff writer

MDC Alliance lie has no legs

A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them.The NGOs and MDC-A have been busy pushing a…

Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Hats off to Zifa for online ticket sales

YESTERDAY, a refreshing change in the way ZIFA have been handling issues related to the Warriors happened when tickets for our 2019 AFCON qualifier against Congo-Brazzaville went on sale online. Refreshing because it represents an innovati…

Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Want a goblin? Ask these guys

MR Lameck Banda from Waterfalls, Harare is a shrewd and cunning businessman.Better known as Sekuru Chitsuwi, Banda understands the basic premise of capitalism: supply and demand.Each day, the 60 year-old wakes up at 4am and goes to nearby …

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Let's fix the stadiums first

WHEN the Warriors complained bitterly over the poor state of the National Sports Stadium pitch which they said deprived them of a chance to maximise on home advantage, they were not speaking for themselves only, but for the entire domestic…

Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Open letter to Mnangagwa

Dear Mr PresidentThere is no doubt you will win the July 30 election. Even Thomas in the Bible would believe that if he were here today. Though my vote is supposed to be private, you may want to enjoy the knowledge ahead of the election th…

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Mugabe: Factor or bogeyman on July 30?

At a bar somewhere a guy â€“ possibly some political party panjandrum or activist â€“ was shouting knowingly and betting his last dollar that in the few weeks to come we were going to see former president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Rober…

Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Chamisa, Grace marriage doomed to fail

THE 2018 harmonised elections set for 30 July seems have like any other election in Zimbabwe, generated a lot of interest, but it looks like this year we are in for dramatic surprises, some of them turning out to be comical.In very electio…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:24hrs | 2 | by Staff writer

MDC Alliance 'bullet train' political campaign

The MDC Alliance's "bullet train" political campaign has clearly been quick off the mark (no pun intended).Perhaps too quick off the mark to the extent that they had raked up in excess of 40 rallies without a manifesto from which their cam…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:21hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

What Zanu-PF was MDC has become

For some, South African struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who sadly passed away on April 2, 2018 (may her dear revolutionary soul rest in peace!) is a controversial figure, what with the perceived length she was prepared to go in th…

Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Zimbabwe leaders must simply fix health care system

Vice President Kembo Mohadi has gone abroad for medical treatment. The reason for exercising this choice is pretty obvious: he lacks confidence in the Zimbabwe health systems and can also afford the trip given that the expenses are paid fo…

Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff writer

Why does Mugabe not just shut up?

Robert Mugabe must never have imagined himself outside the Zimbabwean presidency.He was so drunk with power that his own family at some point actually thought Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans belonged to them.His SABC interview, organised by polit…

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff writer

Mnangagwa: Is the West now seeking new, better puppet?

ZIMBABWE'S political discourse is intriguing. What is particularly striking is how the same old narrative that shaped Rhodesia is today playing a central role in all the factional dynamics bedeviling or otherwise reshaping the country's fo…

Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Can MDC-T survive Tsvangirai's departure?

MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai issued a statement on Monday which has been widely interpreted as a signal that he is preparing to step down.He was diagnosed with cancer of the colon in June 2016 and has been unwell since then.  He…

Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff writer

No Woman is a sex toy!

TALKING about sex issues is not taboo, get that right, even though it has never been the easiest topic in conservative societies, couples should discuss it for women not to feel like sex toys.In some societies in the past and even today it…

Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Zimbabwe is the hottest stock market of 2017

The Zimbabwe Industrial Index, which is the main index on the exchange that contains every company except for a handful of mining stocks, is up almost 64% on the year in USD terms. The next best stock market, Latvia's OMX Riga, is up a mer…

Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff writer

Anti-Mugabe coalition turning into a monumental farce

WHILE a coalition of opposition parties, which was supposed to give Zimbabweans hope that a future without Zanu-PF is possible, is now turning into a monumental farce, there is lack of clarity on what happens next.First, there was drama ov…

Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff writer

Mugabe's nephew has bigger issues to fight

The chickens are surely coming home to roost!Remember the other time when Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere raged like a mad bull, railing at The Herald for reporting in a manner that he did not like?It was such a low…

Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

ZRP ignores voices of reason

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) continues to ignore calls by senior government officials - including President Robert Mugabe - to reduce roadblocks, a situation that has immensely affected the tourism industry and prejudiced the country…

Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff writer

Mujuru, Tsvangirai need to wise up

The ruling Zanu-PF party is reviving its election machinery in readiness for next year's polls.A string of "meetings" lined up by party leader President Robert Mugabe to "interface" with Zanu-PF youths should serve as evidence that the rul…

Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff writer

Give Arthur Mutambara a Bell's

Some truths are self-evident.The world ain't flat. You are your mother's child. President Mugabe will win the next elections. Single malt whiskey is for men, beer is for boys. Dynamos is God's own team. And Charles Mungoshi has a beautiful…

Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Biti not too amused with Tsvangirai at the helm

The chickens are surely coming home to roost!For a long time, the opposition MDC-T led by Morgan Tsvangirai has been putting on a brave face and stating publicly that it would win the next elections that are scheduled for 2018. Tsvangirai …

Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff writer

Mugabe should now step down

ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, will not seek re-election in August after decades in power. He will call an end to 38 years as head…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff writer

Whither Tsvangirai's grand coalition?

No love lost is an old adage too tiring to hear but which refuses to go in Zimbabwe's polarised political theatre.There is MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, People's Democratic Party front man Tendai Biti, newcomer Joice Mujuru and smaller MDC…

Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Staff writer

Game changer or another Zanu-PF dummy?

IT is almost impossible to dispassionately describe the panorama. But elementary geography informs that some inestimable years ago, igneous rock lava inruded into this part of the world, resulting in the formation of the present day rollin…

Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:05hrs | 6 | by Staff writer

Mugabe must stop misleading people

President Robert Mugabe's claims that the Zimbabwean economy is â€œonly second to South Africa (SA)'s" is the kind of nonsense only dodos or the worst of his sycophantic supporters in his beleaguered Zanu-PF can swallow and believe.For man…

Published: 09 May 2017 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

This is just how low Thomas Mapfumo has sunk

In the 1990s, a story was told of how Chumurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo , refused to be compared with other, less eminent musicians.He described them in derogatory, obscene terms.According to this story, the superstar blurted expletives…

Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Zanu-PF violence cause for concern

Despite President Robert Mugabe's calls for calm in Zanu-PF in response to the several demonstrations held countrywide against embattled party national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, deadly violence erupted in Harare on Saturday a…

Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Mujuru still in dream land

The political dynamics associated with an election are typically a function of the interplay between political leaders and voters, as well as endogenous (having an internal cause or origin) and exogenous (relating to or developing from ext…

Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff writer

The media gave us Mujuru

For a person holding a doctorate degree, one would expect a polished delivery in terms of detail and simple pronunciation of the Queen's language.It is not clear whether opposition leader Joice Mujuru's dance with known hostile retrogressi…

Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Team selection cost the Warriors dearly at Afcon

AT least we don't have to watch the Warriors playing anymore. They suffered a catastrophic meltdown at the Africa Cup of Nations by crashing to two defeats and a draw to exit the tournament at the first hurdle.The 4-2 humiliation by a rath…

Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Staff writer

Pupil by day, hooker by night

IT is 11PM and she has attended to two men; three more and her work for the night will be done.But she has to make sure that her night shift ends before 2AM, if it doesn't, then she is doomed.*Vimbai Mukozho (15) is a pupil by day and a ho…

Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff writer

Bikita West by-election exposed Mujuru

THE emphatic victory by Zanu-PF in the Bikita West by-election at the weekend is significant in many ways in serving as an indicator of the outcome of the 2018 harmonised elections.Particularly, the by-election has all but sealed the fate …

Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff writer

Eyes on the ball Cdes

WE were taken aback by sentiments raised at a meeting of zanu-pf provincial chairpersons and political commissars who met at the party headquarters in Harare on Wednesday that appeared to walk out of step with the progressive resolutions o…

Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff writer

Mugabe must listen to people's calls

As calls from Zimbabweans, including opposition supporters, war veterans and even some in Zanu-PF for President Robert Mugabe to step down get almost deafening, it is becoming increasingly desirable for the nonagenarian to listen to the vo…

Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 14:03hrs | 2 | by Staff writer

Waiting for Mugabe's exit

Edgar Garwe sits repairing mobile phones behind the counter of his tumble-down stall, worrying about a scarcity of customers and how he'll pay his two children's school fees."We're just waiting," Garwe, 31, said in an interview in the town…

Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff writer

Mr Eddie Cross - you owe Mugabe an apology

MR Eddie Cross - the opposition Movement for Democratic Change chief whip - on Friday wrote a lengthy article on his blog in which he blatantly claimed that President Mugabe was incapacitated after allegedly suffering a stroke.Without a sh…

Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff writer

Sadc has no time for non-issues

Opposition parties in our country and their civil society runners clearly overestimate themselves and their agenda.They view themselves as fighting for the second independence of this country, for universal values that Zimbabweans have nev…

Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Judgment Night 4: The Sentence (Part 1)

I was a farmer and the God of Moses spoke to me! He said go and bring my people to the Promised Land! Something that is wrong in your life has to be corrected in the name of Jesus. God is going to make you fresh, God will do something wond…

Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff writer

MDC-T must stop its paramilitary agenda

The violent opposition demonstrations that have been occurring in parts of the country are uncalled for.They disturb peace and tranquility, create bad Press for the country and can drive investors and tourists away.We have seen them in Chi…

Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Time Zanu-PF used its two thirds majority

IN his writings, French philosopher Montesquieu outlines a constitutional government with three arms of State, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary with clear separation of powers to provide for oversight. Edmund Burke, contrib…

Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff writer

Opposition abusing democratic process

MDC-T and fringe opposition political parties are abusing the democratic process, and it is incumbent on Government and State institutions to protect the public from the political confusionists. The main opposition MDC-T, after nearly 17 y…

Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff writer

Bad apples soiling ZRP image

WE are worried about a growing trend of indiscipline within the Zimbabwe Republic Police and caution that unless this cancer is brought to an abrupt end, our police force is doomed. Our concern stems from a proliferation of reports of unbe…

Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

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