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SA opposition parties demand Ramaphosa fire Mapisa-Nqakula
President Cyril Ramaphosa's reprimand of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for taking ANC officials on an air force jet to Zimbabwe isn't enough - she should be fired, two...Published: 10 mins ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
Teachers, govt clash over schools opening
The standoff between the government and teachers yesterday reached tipping point with all teachers' unions declaring total job action while government sought to placate the angry educators and at the ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3022 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands courts to speed up trial of child gruesome murder
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has condemned the brutal killing of young children for ritual purposes in the wake of the death of a sevenyearold Murewa boy, whose mutilated body was found while being fe...Published: 11 hrs ago | 281 | by Staff reporter
Govt recruits 6 000 teachers
Government has scrapped Second Term school fees, while 6 000 teachers are being recruited ahead of the phased reopening of schools starting tomorrow.This comes amid reports that a crash progra...Published: 11 hrs ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Russian plan to dig biggest Zimbabwe platinum mine advances
A project that aims to develop Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine has cleared a significant hurdle, with the African Export-Import Bank completing a due diligence study allowing it to proceed with a $50...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa requests Zimbabweans to pray for Joana Mamombe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to pray for jailed MDC MP Joana Mamombe and other political prisoners who are languishing in prison. In a Twitter post on Saturda...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 11:06hrs | 3609 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Parliament should veto land compensation
ZIMBABWE in 2000 embarked on a revolutionary nationalisation of agricultural land that saw a massive 4 500 white commercial farmers pushed out of their land without compensation. The fast-track land r...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 309 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa mourns of ill-treatment by way of sanctions at the UN
Mnangagwa says Sanctions against Zimbabwe are in breach of international law. May I remind this illegitimate President that it is actually his poor governance and policies also his refusal of all form...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | 268 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Mandiwanzira cleared of corruption charges after 2 years
Former Information Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira was acquitted on a charge of criminal abuse of office on Friday, more than two years after his arrest.The Nyanga South MP had been char...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Open letter over illegal immigrant Indians in Zimbabwe
The borehole drilling industry is a lucrative industry that has the capacity to transform Zimbabwe's agricultural sector.It is unfortunate that illegal Indians are running this industry and ta...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 16:44hrs | 3866 | by John Mbizvo
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6370 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Hashtag gimmicks aren't real politics
THE only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to draw international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation.This, indeed, persuaded Luthuli House...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:04hrs | 285 | by Robert Sigauke
5-year jail term for distributing nudes
PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that citizens preferred a five-year jail term for people who take and distribute nude videos and pictures without the victim's consent.This is contained a report by ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
CID director nabbed over corruption
CID director Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira was arrested this Thursday by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) on allegations of accepting protection money from drug and gold dealers to stop crim...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 743 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi District Council withdraws order to suspend CEO
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has withdrawn its application at the High Court in which it sought an order interdicting its suspended chief executive officer Mr Zimbabwe Ndlovu from accessing coun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Top police detective arrested
CID director Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira was arrested yesterday on allegations of accepting protection money from drug and gold dealers to stop criminal investigations. He was arrested by...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Matiza grilled over vehicle plates shortages
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said government ordered a clampdown on vehicles without number plates after witnessing a spike in accidents involving unregistered vehicles.Resp...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 3356 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 10710 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss suspended a year after court recommended his probe
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza took almost a year to suspend Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairperson Michael Madanha after a Harare magistrate recommended he should be ...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
'ANC' Loses it on ZANU PF
The only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to get international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation. This indeed persuaded Luthuli House to dispat...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 5769 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Kombis given green light to operate
GOVERNMENT has given commuter omnibuses the nod to start operating but they have to register with relevant authorities and also strictly comply with Covid-19 health guidelines. The kombis amon...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:34hrs | 12431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe student leaders expose US Embassy
TWO of Zimbabwe's leading student unions yesterday united under the banner "Collective Students Union" and claimed that the United States Embassy in Harare was sponsoring them to engage in demonstrati...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:31hrs | 3851 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men facing rape charges in the UK because of cultural norms
Over a hundred Zimbabwean men in the UK have been either charged or convicted of rape. Most rape charges in the UK are due to cultural differences and sheer ignorance. The Crime Survey f...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 16:03hrs | 5651 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 12045 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa calls for broad-based confrontation against Mnangagwa
THE MDC Alliance has threatened to stage a fresh broad-based confrontation against the Zanu-PF-led government in the wake of deteriorating socio-economic conditions.In a communique signed by p...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 7265 | by newzimbabwe
Priscah Mupfumira trial date set
THE trial of former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, on charges of defrauding the National Social Security Authority by diverting US$95 million from its coffers, kicks off on October 19....Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents hail Zacc probe
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the move by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate reports of alleged land scams involving city fathers, saying this would help bring sanity at th...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 3079 | by Staff reporter
Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Man bites police officer
A GWANDA man has been arrested after he bit a police officer who tried to apprehend his for assaulting his wife.Barbson Pande (40) from Jacaranda Suburb pleaded not guilty to charges of physic...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Hubby apologises to wife before Magistrate
A Harare man, Mr William Chikoore, today promised to stop hitting his wife when Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Meenal Narotam granted his wife, Nyarai Nziramasanga, a protection order against him....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya gets four-year jail term
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Jason Machaya, has been jailed for four years after being convicted of abuse of office.He was sentenced together with former Midlands Provincial ph...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under tyranny 40 years on, says Khama
OUTSPOKEN former Botswana President Ian Khama has made a scathing evaluation of the Zanu-PFled regime's performance saying nothing, except for name and leaders, had changed in Zimbabwe since independe...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 3204 | by Staff reporter
Ray Kaukonde being probed by ZACC
The legal dispute over the status of a 1 000ha farm in Goromnzi has sucked in former Mashonaland East Governor Ray Kaukonde who is now under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Z...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Former Governor convicted
Former Midlands Governor Jason Machaya has been convicted by the Gweru magistrate court of abuse of office and will be sentenced today (Tuesday), his lawy...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1509 | by Staff Reporter
ZLHR commemorates International day of peace
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Day of Peace with a call for both state and non-state actors to embrace and strengthen the idea...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:11hrs | 157 | by Stephen Jakes
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3633 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
More questions over SANDF jet misuse by Ramaphosa's ANC to Zimbabwe
The ANC delegation to Zimbabwe shared a flight with Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, which was en route to the neighbouring country.Political analyst Ralph Mathekga has questioned the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Whistle-blowers help bust Covid-19 looters
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is on record calling on all those entrusted with managing resources earmarked for fighting Covid-19 to exercise a high degree of transparency and account...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:27hrs | 209 | by Comm John Makamure
MP stalking saga in new twist
OK Zimbabwe was forced by the courts to release video footage of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe doing her shopping amid concerns the authorities violated the young legislator's privacy, it has emerged....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:21hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1442 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa tells critics that they won't get help from region
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday claimed that regional leaders were laughing off claims that there was a crisis in the country.Addressing a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare ye...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 4601 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Zanu-PF that 'soldier needed to silence nurses'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare that he appointed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to head the Health portfolio to sort out striking doctor...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 6705 | by Staff reporter
Either Zanu-PF is out of touch, or its leadership is hopeless
REPORTS of last week's explosive meeting between Zanu-PF and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party of South Africa make interesting reading.On face value, one can be forgiven to mis...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged corruption in the sale of stands as well as in pro...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts door on Zimbabwe intervention
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has put paid to any hopes of external mediation into Zimbabwe's crisis, telling Zanu-PF loyalists Friday his government will not entertain any foreign attempts to remedy t...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland hospitals management accused of abusing local drawn staff
HOSPITAL across Matabeleland region who have management from Mashonaland are reportedly to be rocked by serious tribalism and nepotism with the management being accused of abusing most local drawn mem...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1770 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa ally says hunger will fuel uprisings
ZION Christian Church leader Nehemiah Mutendi, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's closest allies, yesterday warned that the high levels of hunger in the country could trigger mass uprisings, hence ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 5364 | by Staff reporter
We're still Zanu-PF, says G40
EXILED members of the Zanu-PF's G40 faction have said they are still Zanu-PF members and are fighting tirelessly to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to return to constitutionalism, accusing President Em...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trashes ANC in explosive meeting
FRESH details have emerged from last week's stormy meeting between Zanu-PF and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), revealing that the two former liberation movements main...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | 5068 | by Staff reporter
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