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Who are the best South African poker players?
If you're an avid fan of poker, you'll know that the majority of the big-name players on the circuit, particularly in the World Series of Poker, and at the top rankings of the all-time money list are ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 311 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate doubles in June to 176%
Zimbabwe's inflation rate almost doubled in June from the previous month.Annual inflation accelerated to 175.7% from 97.9% in May, the statistics office said in an emailed release on Monday....Published: 10 hrs ago | 809 | by Staff reporter
Paltry salary increment angers farm workers
THE agriculture national employment council approved wage increase for farm workers of between ZW$195 and ZW$390 for varying grades, has infuriated unions who feel the adjustment was far below expecta...Published: 12 hrs ago | 963 | by Staff reporter
I am made of thick skin: Matsunga
IN the country's political sphere, it has almost become a trend that the majority of female politicians are now making it to Parliament through the Proportional Representation route, set by government...Published: 12 hrs ago | 543 | by Staff reporter
Hwange roast Chicken Inn
Hwange 2-1 Chicken Inn A fired up Hwange FC helped themselves to a sumptuous Chicken Inn meal after coming from behind to silence the visiting Gamecocks in a Castle Lager Premier League matc...Published: 12 hrs ago | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trounces MDC Alliance in by-elections
Zanu-PF snatched a ward from the MDC-Alliance in Nyanga and retained another in Bikita by considerable margins in by-elections held over the weekend, underlying the ruling party's dominance in local p...Published: 12 hrs ago | 457 | by Staff reporter
600 000l fuel disappears
Auditor General (AG) Mildred Chiri has expressed concern over the disappearance of a donation of 600 000 litres of fuel by a South African company.The fuel was meant to transport prisoners, bu...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Nyanga and Bikita by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF has wrestled the Nyanga South ward 26 seat from the MDC Alliance in a by-election which was held Saturday and retained Bikita Rural District Council ward 31 on the same day....Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 825 | by newzimbabwe
7 January protesters acquitted
SEVEN people, including an entertainment promoter-cum-DJ, alleged to have taken part in the violent January protests this year, which saw three cars belonging to Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial Women's Le...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Sables off to a flier
Zimbabwe 39 - 10 ZambiaZIMBABWE'S Sables may not have played with the fluidity that their coach Brendan Dawson would have loved but they were still good enough to get their Victoria Cup rugby camp...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:31hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must be proud patriotic ambassadors' - deny truth, we are serfs in a banana republic
"The peace loving Zimbabweans must condemn the violence and destruction that has accompanied the visit of the minister of Foreign Affairs by the misguided elements of the opposition in the UK state," ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 17:56hrs | 5290 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bulawayo Town Clerk not off the hook yet
It is now clear that tribal battles at Bulawayo now over shadows service delivery.The city is facing serious water shortages,have poor roads, busting of sewer pipes posing a health hazard especially i...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 17:43hrs | 2617 | by Etiwel Mutero
Mnangagwa owns the expensive Dubai luxury jet?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa owns the controversial luxury jet that is hired for him and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has alleged. Biti was res[pon...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 16:38hrs | 27939 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ousted Bulawayo Town Clerk back in office
BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday lifted the suspension of Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, as the Government condemned the violent manner in which he was ejected from his office. Council...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mangwe, Glen View South by-elections date set
President Mnangagwa has set September 7 as the day for National Assembly by-elections in Mangwe, Matabeleland South and Glen View South in Harare that fell vacant following the deaths of Obedingwa Mgu...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must condemn the violent protest by MDC in the UK
The peace loving Zimbabweans must condemn the violence and destruction that has accompanied the visit of the minister of Foreign Affairs by the misguided elements of the opposition in the UK.V...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 760 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Having Zanu-PF and MDC for leaders is like having parents who are not a full shilling - life is hell-on-earth
In the rural village where I grew up lived an odd couple, both the husband and wife were "not a full shilling", people said. As luck would have it, the two were blessed with a child. The two would not...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 831 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Unpacking the Kambarami -Town Clerk suspension saga
The wait is over.Yesterday (11 July 2019) I promised to give my opinion on the “alleged suspension pending disciplinary investigation” of the Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr. Christopher Dube by th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4614 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Nelson Chamisa caught lying
MDC leader Nelson has been exposed for lying to the nation that the MDC run Harare City Council built a clean in Hopley as part of the opposition party's SMART policy. Posting on Twitter Chami...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 12:00hrs | 11451 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers rob Sino Non-Metal Resources of US$44,000
Six armed men robbed four Chinese nationals on Wednesday morning of US$44 200, ZWL$2 920 and 500 Chinese yuan at Sino Non-Ferrous Metal Resources gold milling company in Shurugwi.The robbers a...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Convicted thief suspends Bulawayo town clerk - Full letter
Christopher Dube has been suspended as the Bulawayo town clerk after councillors accused him of incompetence and abuse of office.The retired army Major, who joined the Bulawayo City Council af...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | 4330 | by Staf reporter
Our illness is decades of bad governance, cure is free elections – must take it or die. Simple!
Zimbabwe's economic mess is a man-made problem, a product of 39 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. Some people would argue that mismanagement and corruption is a human frailty found ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:09hrs | 621 | by Wilbert Mukori
CIO operatives fire shots over $10 bus fare
Mutare: Two overzealous Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives were recently arrested for allegedly firing shots into the air in fury over being charged exorbitant bus fares.Ligome...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 4024 | by newzimbabwe
Man axed over footpath
A ZIMUNYA man is battling for his life at Mutare Provincial Hospital after he was struck several times with an axe by two fellow villagers who accused him of blocking their footpath.Manicaland...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows by 71%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 71% to $325 million between February and May this year, with analysts attributing the decline to foreign currency shortages as well as a drop in the budget deficit...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get 40% pay rise (30% cut given 100% inflation), thin end of very thick hyperinflation wedge
"CIVIL servants yesterday started receiving a cushioning allowance while the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) convened a meeting to discuss an increment and other conditions of service for Go...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5148 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Crucifying 'Wiwa' for a mere political rhetoric: A countenance of the Devil
While we mutually admonish instigators of anarchy, despondency, divisiveness and secessionism we loudly criticize an all-out war on the deputy chairperson of MDC-Alliance over an address at a politica...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1314 | by Benny Gudo
Africa the 'Sun Continent' and Investors understand that Solar Energy is a Low Risk Business
Africa is often considered and referred as the "Sun continent" or the continent where the Sun's influence is the greatest.According to the "World Sunshine Map", Africa receives many more hours of brig...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 15:24hrs | 514 | by Enos Denhere
New Zealand edge out India in ICC World Cup semi final
The ICC Cricket World Cup is reaching fever pitch. The tournament kicked off in England on the 30th of May and is now just a few days away from the final. The first semi-final game was between New Zea...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 15:08hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
'We don't eat Nationalism' says Mthwakazi President
So many people in Zimbabwe particularly shonas and some of our Ndebele speaking people do not really understand or comprehend with what is meant by the term "Nationalism". To Shonas, nationalism means...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1153 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Linda Masarira declares war
LEAD President Linda Masarira has declared war against anyone who will rise up to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa outside the prescribed constitutional means.The fire brand gender activist...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 12:42hrs | 6073 | by Mandla Ndlovu
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 736 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 7494 | by Stanley Khumalo
Welshman Ncube speaks on Mnangagwa's government
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube says the current Zimbabwean government is poised for failure and anyone pinning their hopes on it will be disappointed."Is there still anyone who st...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5150 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt, parastatals owe TelOne $93m in unpaid bills
Telone trimmed its debtors' book by 7% from $162 million in 2017 to $151 million in 2018, but is still struggling to recover debts owed by government departments and parastatals totalling $93 million ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Eskom confirms Zimbabwe paid back the money
Eskom has confirmed that payment from Zimbabwe regarding outstanding debt is reflecting in the power utility's account. Earlier on Tuesday, Fin24 reported that Zimbabwe Energy minister Fortune...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 16:42hrs | 5280 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister apologises, posts R139 million proof of payment to Eskom on Twitter
Zimbabwe's energy minister Fortune Chasi was on Tuesday forced to put the proof of the country's US$10m (R139m) payment to Eskom on his twitter account, after earlier claims of having paid was refuted...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:58hrs | 6187 | by Staff reporter
Econet swings to $106,4m loss after tax
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited (EWZL) posted a loss after-tax of ZWL$106,4 million in the year ended February 28, 2019, from a profit after-tax of ZWL$132,3 million recorded in 2018 following the un...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:17hrs | 2884 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Mnangagwa is not bothered of Z$ disaster consequences no more than fable cat is of the bell
"Belling the Cat is a fable concerns a group of mice who debate plans to nullify the threat of a marauding cat," explained Wikipedia."One of them proposes placing a bell around its neck, so th...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 7263 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 981 | by ZimVigil
Zimra collects $230m in Q1 at Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has recorded a relative increase in revenue levied on commercial cargo which passes through Beitbridge Border Post in the first quarter of the year in comparison...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Audit exposes shocking govt rot
GOVERNMENT last year overspent by more than $2 billion without seeking parliamentary approval, while various departments and local authorities flagrantly flouted accounting procedures, Auditor-General...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:45hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF rigged 2018 elections, it was not the first but must and WILL be the last
Both Zanu PF and MDC know that the solution to ending Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is implementing the democratic reforms to ensure there free, fair and credible elections. Both parties ha...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2873 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We must make Z$ work', who is 'we' - it's doomed and quadrillionaires are to blame; how convenient!
The Zanu PF propaganda machine has gone into overdrive in a rearguard action to justify the regime's decision to reverse the 2009 decision to allow a basket of foreign currencies as legal tender. ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 18:33hrs | 1189 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's nephew behind banning of US Dollars
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew Edwin Manikai is the man behind the banning of the use of foreign currency in Zimbabwe Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged. Manikai is a member of t...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 14:16hrs | 24340 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti calls on Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe's crisis
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has invited South Africa's President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the Zimbabwe's crisis by mediating in the national dialogue. Biti who was addressin...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 10:34hrs | 5448 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man 'beats wife to death' after seeing her with another man
A 39-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly beat his wife to death after he saw her with another man. Enock Sibanda of Luveve 5 suburb allegedly killed his wife who was only identified as Mrs Si...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
'2018 elections were illegal' MDC A admit, finally - cannot confer legitimacy on selves, step down
"Legitimacy is an issue - last year's elections were illegal, and not free and fair. All reasonable observers concede that," admitted David Coltart, MDC Alliance Treasurer General. It has taken almost...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 13:00hrs | 4087 | by Wilbert Mukori
Police arrest female drug smuggler
...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 10:15hrs | 3497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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