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South Africa's celebrity snake handler dies of snake bite
One month after he was placed in an induced coma following a snake bite, South African YouTuber, Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman, has passed away.In a statement, 44-year-old Dinkelman's wife Kirsty D...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3116 | by TimesLive
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 8 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Who owns South Africa?
FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma did not bring the Guptas to South Africa. His folly was allowing the Guptas to be bigger than the Oppenheimers.Atul settled in Johannesburg and sold s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by New York Times
'The enemy is within the ANC,' says former intelligence chief
A group calling themselves "ANC cadres", led by a former chief of military intelligence, claims that the party faces a leadership crisis because the members of its higher echelons have credentials "no...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | | by TimesLIVE
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by The Sunday Times
The Crocodile in Crisis
Editorial by The Times newspaper, Britain's newspaper of record, on Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a "state that is close to collapse"ZIM...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | | by The Times
Dabengwa knew his time here was up, says relative
Fallen national hero Dumiso Dabengwa, 79, knew his time on earth was up and wanted to die at home, according to a family source.Dabengwa, president of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:55hrs | | by Sunday Times
Smart money is in rural Matebeleland
While Zimbabwe grapples with a foreign-exchange shortage, rural districts in Matebeleland North and South have fostered a thriving South African rand economy.Since the abolition of Zimbabwe's ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:54hrs | 1 | by Sunday Times
CIO boss 'beaten to death' in 2017 coup, autopsy reveals
Peter Munetsi, a senior Zimbabwean spy operative, died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries during the military-led coup that ousted former president Robert Mugabe, an autopsy report has revea...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:11hrs | 85 | by TimesLIVE
Buyers stampede for Mugabe property
Bargain hunters yesterday morning thronged former president Robert Mugabe's dairy farm to buy equipment and other farming implements at a private auction.Gushungo Holdings' dairy enterprise, t...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:19hrs | | by Timeslive
Mutsvangwa blames 'Queen Bee' for high fuel prices
Trafigura, the global commodities trader, is facing accusations that it used a partner's connections to Zanu-PF to gain an unfair advantage in the supply of fuel to the southern African nation.The...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:12hrs | 4 | by Joseph Cotterill and David Sheppard I Financial Times
Zimbabwean man wins R12 million SA lotto
A Zimbabwean man has bagged the R12m South African national lottery jackpot, Ithuba said on Wednesday.The man, who has been in South Africa for the past 10 years, decided to try his luck for t...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | | by TimesLive
'Whites created Cyclone Idai' - SA Politician
Black First Land First (BLF) has blamed Tropical Cyclone Idai on whites and wants the African Union to demand reparations and relief from the West for the disaster.BLF president Andile Mngxita...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:25hrs | 2 | by TimesLive
Mthuli Ncube speaks about adopting the rand by Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the possibility of his country either adopting the SA rand as its main currency of trade - alongside its local unit, the RTGS dollar - or joining the rand...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | | by TimesLive
SA plans border drone patrols to keep illegal immigrants out
SA may soon turn to drones to help it to protect its porous borders from illegal immigrants.Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Sunday the country could consider using the unmanned ae...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by TimesLive
WATCH: Intercape bus from Zimbabwe rams into passengers in Pretoria, 6 injured
PASSENGERS and a driver were injured after an Intercape bus coach arrived at a station in Pretoria and struck people waiting at the stop.Intercape management said on Wednesday that the bus was...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:24hrs | | by Times LIVE
Mugabe blasts Mnangagwa for killing only 17 people in Harare
Song and dance bellowed from the Blue Roof mansion in the usually quiet upmarket Borrowdale suburb, as hundreds of invited guests on Saturday attended the birthday party for former Zimbabwean presiden...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by TimesLive
Opposition parties walk out of Mnangagwa's post-election dialogue meeting
The second session of the national dialogue with July 2018 presidential candidates at State House in Harare on Friday got off to a rocky start, with some candidates and their representatives walking o...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 20:59hrs | | by TimesLive
Zimbabwe new dumping ground for second hand Chinese chrome smelters
Zimbabwe has become a target for Chinese companies that are looking at dumping second-hand chrome smelters following the promulgation of an environmental law prohibiting use of heavy environmentally u...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Business Times
Chamisa's MDC welcomes firmer stance from US against army violence
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday welcomed the US government's call for "a neutral third party" to preside over dialogue between Zimbabwe's political rivals....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by TimesLive
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | | by The Times (UK)
The horror Zimbabwe govt is hiding behind blackout
Hundreds of people, including children as young as 10, have been killed or beaten in Zimbabwe in recent days in a crackdown the regime has tried to hide by shutting down the internet and deporting for...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by The Times (UK)
SA government says life in Zimbabwe is ‘returning to normal'
SOUTH Africa's department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) says it is business as usual in Zimbabwe following almost a week of bloody protests that claimed several lives and left doz...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by TimesLive.com
'Racist' SA party to approach international court if Ramaphosa fails to intervene in Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa's Democratic Alliance party has threatened to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) if President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to intervene directly to stop the ongoing human rights vio...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by TimesLive.com
Shops, schools still closed
It was meant to last only three days but the stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions entered its fourth day on Thursday.Most businesses, schools and a few government departme...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:54hrs | | by TimesLive.com
Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place for LGBT migr...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | 3 | by Irish Times
Zimbabwe left with less than a week of fuel supplies
POOR planning by the Zimbabwe government has resulted in the country facing dwindling fuel supplies.For the past two weeks there have been long, winding queues countrywide. The most affected a...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 23:03hrs | | by Times Live
Grade 1 Zimbabwean stabbed to death in SA
A grade one learner of Zimbabweans origin has been stabbed to death in Makapanstad, North West, allegedly by a learner from another schoolBasic education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by Times Live
South Africa-based motor spares firm eyes Zimbabwe market
A South Africa-based motor spares company, Last Power Spares, plans to open a branch in Zimbabwe's capital Harare by first quarter of next year, Business Times has reported.The company, which ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | | by businesstimes
Mugabe boys laying low as govt cracks down on big-spenders
Following the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fight corruption – particularly in government and the business sector – several public figures have been either briefly caged, released on...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.co.za
Mugabe's 'I can come back' meme go viral
Social media is awash with memes of former president Robert Mugabe naughtily asking if he should return to office‚ complemented with jokes suggesting he should get dressed up just in case he's calle...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by TimesLive
Nhlanhla Nene 'fired' as SA finance minister
Nhlanhla Nene has resigned as finance minister, the presidency announced on Tuesday.Tito Mboweni, a former Reserve Bank governor, will replace him as finance minister.The announcement ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by TimesLive
Rigging the economy proves harder for Mnangagwa?
TWO months after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe‚ President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spirited efforts to turn around the economy are so far gaining limited traction.His closest rival in...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 17:52hrs | | by TimesLive.com
WATCH: Tendai Biti arrested at Zambian border while trying to flee Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition figure Tendai Biti's lawyer says he was arrested on Wednesday morning by the country's police - while trying to seek political asylum in Zambia.https://www.youtube.com/wa...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 12:07hrs | | by TimesLIVE
Mnangagwa yet to prove that the vote was fair
Last week's national elections in Zimbabwe were a critical test of whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa was really prepared to lead the revival of a country brought to ruin by his autocratic predecess...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by The New York Times Editorial Board
SA billionaire denies funding Zanu-PF's election campaign
South African billionaire Robert Gumede has vehemently denied allegations that he funded Zimbabwean president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential election campaign or donated cars to his Zanu-PF....Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by TimesLive.com
WATCH: Events leading to the military killings in Harare - New York Times
What triggered the military killings in Harare...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by New York Times
Biti says it was clear Chamisa had won
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition party is preparing a court application to force the election commission to release results from Monday's national ballot, a senior MDC offici...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by TimesLive
BREAKING: Grace Mugabe's diplomatic immunity 'unconstitutional'
The decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is "inconsistent with the constitution", the South Gauteng High Court found on Monday. Judge Bashier Vally s...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by TimesLive
Facelift and toll road for Beitbridge border post
The Beitbridge border post will be upgraded to improve traffic movement between South Africa and Zimbabwe‚ the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) said on Thursday.Sanral spokesperson Vusi Mon...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by TimesLive
Zimbabwe economy desperate for election turn-around
Zimbabwean factory manager Sifelani Jabangwe is a survivor of the Mugabe years, overseeing a company that stayed in business through hyperinflation, the national currency being abandoned and an exodus...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:56hrs | | by TimesLive
Mugabe-less Zanu-PF is still the party to beat in Zim elections
Zanu-PF goes into the upcoming general election in Zimbabwe as the party to beat – but a lot has happened since former president Robert Mugabe was forced to step down in a military-assisted transiti...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by TimesLive
SADC will not endorse a sham election in Zimbabwe
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission says it will not endorse a bogus election in Zimbabwe.The 63-member SADC team‚ led by Angola's secretary of state in the Ex...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by TimesLive
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe set to frustrate eager investors
A European investor's phone rings in a Harare restaurant and it's good news: an $80 million construction deal has been agreed with the Zimbabwean government.All that's needed now is a central ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:53hrs | | by TimesLive
Whites bought their land, says Mosiuoa Lekota
COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota says white people who own land in SA bought it. So if the government wants their land‚ it must pay for it.In an interview with TimesLIVE‚ Lekota explained why he...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 14:39hrs | 2 | by TimesLIVE
Chamisa threatens to pull out of election
One of Zimbabwe's opposition leaders has threatened to boycott this month's general election after claiming that ballot papers have been rigged to favour President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Nelson Ch...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Financial Times
Security breaches since 15 November Zimbabwe coup
Since coming to power through military assistance in November 2017‚ Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought to do things differently compared to his predecessor‚ Robert Mugabe‚ but that...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by TimesLive
Bread shortage scare grips Zimbabwe
THE government is racing against time to avoid a potential bread shortage by providing much-needed foreign currency to pay for wheat imports.Since the country started experiencing foreign curr...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by TimesLive
Mnangagwa under scrutiny
With less than two months to go to Zimbabwe's crucial general election, opposition parties and rights organisations are warning that the ruling party is not doing enough to implement the reforms neces...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:51hrs | | by irishtimes
Zim children in SA miss exams as Home Affairs sends them from city to city
SOUTH Africa: Three Zimbabwean refugee children‚ aged seven‚ 12 and 14‚ have been out of school for two weeks and missed examinations because they had to travel from Johannesburg to Cape Town to...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by TimesLive.com
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