Opinion / Interviews
'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 | 1980 | 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 | 1607 | 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 | 7012 | 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 | 5759 | 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 | 7730 | 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 | 802 | 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 | 595 | 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 | 276 | 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 | 1478 | 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 | 3196 | 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 | 218 | 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 | 7703 | 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 | 473 | 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 | 712 | 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 | 4131 | 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 | 510 | 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 | 2994 | 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 | 2298 | 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 | 3387 | 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 | 249 | 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 | 3380 | 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 | 953 | 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 | 1597 | 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 | 6622 | 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 | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's real trouble will come after lockdown, says vendors
NATIONAL Vendors Union Zimbabwe (Navuz) chairperson Sten Zvorwadza (SZ) says informal traders face a huge task of restarting their businesses after th...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:37hrs | 7376 | by Staff reporter
Meet Madeline: The first female doctor in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a nation that is blessed with eminent personalities and luminaries who have defied all odds to engrave their names in history. One...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 10:10hrs | 2525 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa distances MDC from Harare market stall demolitions
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has distanced his party from the condemned demolition of market stalls by the Harare municipal police in the city's...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 5237 | by newzimbabwe
Polad a platform for failures, says Makamba Busha
ONE of the 2018 presidential election candidates, Joseph Makamba Busha (JMB) believes the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform convened by Presi...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1449 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU, LEAD react to COVID-19
Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) spokesperson Iphuthule Maphosa (IM) and Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats leader Linda Masarira (LM) have...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 152 | by Daniel Itai
Khupe isn't a Zanu-PF proxy, says Mwonzora
THE Thokozani Khupe-led opposition MDC-T has refused to be labelled a Zanu-PF project taking orders from President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scuttle MDC A...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 3225 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Zapu tiff escalates
ZAPU has claimed that Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu did not voluntarily join the ruling party but was forced to do so to avoid pr...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2264 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's coronavirus kitty raises stink
Government has imposed one of its ailing parastatals, NetOne, to exclusively manage the transfer of millions of dollars meant to cushion vulnerable po...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:05hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri says MDC has no other option after the court judgement
A fortnight ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Nelson Chamisa was an illegitimate leader of the MDC, paving the way for his rival Thokozani Khupe to re...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1030 | by staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is no longer in charge,' says Jonathan Moyo
Late president Robert Mugabe's exiled information minister Jonathan Moyo is convinced Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on his way out....Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 18113 | by Lenin Ndebele
Harare Mayor sets the record straight
Today the Mayor of Harare, Herbert Gomba has decided to decode his own narrative of the city's status quo.Whe...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 18:56hrs | 428 | by Daniel Itai
Tsenengamu couldn't trade his conscience for convenience
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu (GT), who was recently booted out of the ruling party for alleged intransigence and indiscipline, says...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2499 | by Staff reporter
Masarira, Khupe speak out
Today is International Women's Day a day which is celebrated on the 8th of March every year....Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 10:23hrs | 1814 | by Daniel Itai
Carl Joshua Ncube: Laughter keeps Zimbabwe going
Top comedian Carl Joshua Ncube says Zimbabweans use laughter as one of the ways to deal with many problems they encounter as a result of the political...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Meet Mukudzeishe Madzivire: Zimbabwe's child President from Bulawayo
Many people are not aware that the Child President concept in Zimbabwe is one of the major grooming grounds to produce future leaders who occupy posit...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2981 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa regime cannot silence me,' says Sikhala
Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu says we cannot pretend all is well
Following the suspension of Zanu-PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2773 | by Staff reporter
Zacc won't be used to settle personal scores
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lethargic approach in the fight against corruption has raised the spectre of distrust towards his administration's will...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Mushosho retires from Old Mutual
OLD Mutual Zimbabwe group chief executive, Jonas Mushosho has retired from the conglomerate after reaching the retirement age.Mushosho served as C...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop imitating Mugabe's style
Award winning author Petina Gappah, who is also a former advisor in the Office of the President and Cabinet, believes that President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Citizens' cooperation key to curbing Zimra internal corruption
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is conducting lifestyle audits for its staffers and dismissing and prosecuting those who cannot account for the...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:21hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Cash barons feel the heat
THE government has unveiled new steps aimed at thwarting cash barons who are causing chaos in the economy by fuelling the foreign currency black marke...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:27hrs | 4090 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs created to tarnish Mnangagwa'
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa (Shurugwi South MP, Zanu-PF), says it is the prerogative of the secur...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:26hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Nhaka Foundation begins charity at home in Zimbabwe
In this interview, Patrick Makokoro, the Founder and Chief Eexecutive Officer of Nhaka Foundation, discusses the organisation's efforts at supporting ...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 573 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
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 | 3261 | by Nicholas Ncube
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