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Teacher shortage hits Gwanda school
Jahunda Primary School in Gwanda has been hit by a massive teacher shortage, a development that has affected the smooth running of the school.The council-run school urgently needs 19 teachers ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police launch blitz on protesters
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested 34 suspects on Thursday night as part of a crackdown on MDC youths who participated in a flash demonstration in Harare on Wednesday.According to the...Published: 12 hrs ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it is ready to thwart any unsanctioned dissent in the wake of threats by the country's opposition political party - the MDC - to unleash crippling protests in a bid to push P...Published: 22 hrs ago | 4496 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must stop inciting violence
After almost a year of rejecting broad-based dialogue preferring exclusive discussions with Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance has shockingly claimed its efforts for talks have failed and now seeks violent confron...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now ready to fight Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says his party was now ready to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in the streets, despite the threat of bloodshed from State security agents....Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 4743 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi commissions nothing but a waste of taxpayers money
The meeting that took place between ZANU-PF president Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa , who is also the chief architect of the Matabeleland Gukurahundi Genocide and so called Matabeleland Civic Society (fo...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 195 | by Mr Mbonisi Gumbo
Grace Kwinjeh quits MDC
The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) representative to the European Union (EU), Grace Kwinjeh, has resigned from her post to focus on her studies in South America.Nehanda R...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 2823 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops a bombshell
Opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, dropped a bombshell in today's press conference held at the party headquarters as he declared that only he matters and others in the party structures are insignifica...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 20:17hrs | 4220 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to apologise for Gukurahundi genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on Friday asked to apologise for the Gukurahundi atrocities when he met a group of Matabeleland-based civil society organisations and political parties in Bulawayo....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government wasting money and resources on trivial issues
Editor Sir. I am deeply disgruntled by the Zimbabwe government for wasting money and resources on trivial issues. Zimbabwe is at the edge of collapse due to corruption and mismanagement ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1057 | by Esther Tafadzwa Munyira
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4435 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zimbabwe needs new politics, says Nyongolo Nkomo
CIVIL society activist Dumisani Nkomo has said Zimbabwe needs "new politics" which is independent from the ruling Zanu-PF, opposition MDC, Zapu and other political parties if the country is to progres...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health ministry not ready for Coronavirus
Currently in Zimbabwe, the immigration officers have been screening passengers for the coronavirus without protective clothing but only thermometers which sparked discussions about the country's prepa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:52hrs | 774 | by Rangarirai Kudakwashe Chivaviro
Govt emphasises need to capacitate State disaster management agencies
THE Local Government ministry has emphasised the need to capacitate the State's disaster management division, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), and other agencies to prevent continued flood-induced los...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:54hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Nyongolo Nkomo launches new book
HUMAN rights activist and Habakkuk Trust chief executive Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo, launched his new book, No Holds Barred, on Friday night at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Museum.Nkomo shared his ex...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:48hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
'Matabeleland Collective was a Mnangagwa scam' Jonathan Moyo says
Former Minister of information Professor Jonathan Moyo says the now-defunct Matabeleland Collective was a creation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cover up for the Gukurahundi genocide that l...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:03hrs | 2051 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe needs new political ideas'
The government must allow the free exchange of ideas if the country is to develop, said Dumisani Nkomo a prominent social activist at the launch of his new book, titled No Holds Barred in Bulawayo on ...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda, Hungwe must be charged with treason'
MDC national vice chairperson and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has described his ongoing trial at the High Court on subversion charges as a persecution of democracy, saying the S...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4362 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records unprecedented jump in sextortion
Zimbabwe loses close to $2bn (£1.5bn) to corruption annually, contributing to financial instability, according to Transparency International. Photograph: BloombergZimbabwe has recorded an unp...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 10:22hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe refugees lose fight to remain in Botswana
About 60 Zimbabwean refugees have lost their battle to remain in neighbouring Botswana. The host government rejected their appeal against repatriation. The refugees are reluctant to return to Zimbabwe...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 16:18hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no to food politicisation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given assurances there shall be no politicisation of food distribution in a country facing massive starvation due to drought.Addressing members of the diplomat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 428 | by newzimbabwe
Prophet Freddy courts controversy with 'drag queen' role
CAN someone please present gospel musician, Prophet Freddy, with his award for Most controversial gospel musician as he has already hogged the limelight again after appearing as a drag queen on his Zv...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government criminalises its critics
Dear Editor The Zimbabwe government has stepped up its mechanism to silence everyone who criticises them by dragging them to court and charged with treason. This is unbelievable to see J...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2397 | by Esther Tafadzwa Munyira
Beyond capture? Mnangagwa's Queen Bee puzzle
SOME way into their Press conference on Monday, where they were supposedly berating corruption and "State capture", Zanu PF youth league leaders, Lewis Matutu, and Godfrey Tsenengamu - perhaps as an a...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:26hrs | 3801 | by Nqaba Matshazi
After naming Kudakwashe Tagwirei then what?
We have been witnessing this merry go round drama in Zanu-PF for years, and this is either a simple diversion from the real things happening on the ground or they are factions manifesting from within ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 17:24hrs | 3021 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Open Letter: Response to Mbonisi Gumbo's story concerning Zesa
Response to Mbonisi Gumbo's story concerning Zesa published yesterday 03 February 2020.Following the article published here yesterday about the ZESA Bul...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:44hrs | 1187 | by Zesa Bulawayo Thermal Power Station concerned employee
Police reluctant to write slain vendor’s inquest report
A HARARE court yesterday heard that the police were reluctant to bring to court a detailed report on MDC activist Hilton Tafadzwa Tamangani, who was allegedly assaulted to death by law enforcement age...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists hijack Gwanda food relief programme
ZANU-PF activists have been accused of politicising a food relief programme at Sifanjani village ward 13 in Gwanda Central, leaving opposition supporters, widows and orphans out in the cold.On...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP in soup
BINDURA South legislator Remigious Matangira (Zanu-PF) and his driver Tichaona Svinurai (32) are in soup after they allegedly assaulted an MDC activist.The matter came to light at Bindura Magi...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa following Mugabe's playbook'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of following the autocratic rule of the now late former President Robert Mugabe.The accusations were made by an international human rights organis...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 2275 | by newzimbabwe
Parliament petitioned over nurses recruitment
A group of Matabeleland activists assisting aspiring nurse trainees from the region with the recruitment processes is petitioning Parliament to push for an overhaul of the enrolment exercise they cond...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:23hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
'ZBC employees die of stress and depression'
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation employees have died of stress and depression related illnesses, media activist Busi Bhebhe has said. Posting an obituary of the late former Spot FM Bos...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 09:45hrs | 2606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why safeguarding Mzilikazi heritage sites matters
"UMzilikazi ka Matshobana Inkosi yaMaNdebele. Intaba yaDilika Ngo 5 September 1868. Zonke Izizwe ziti Matshobana! Bayete . . . In Memory of UMzilikazi, King of the AmaNdebele Nation who settled in thi...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:24hrs | 299 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mohadi offers $85 000 to abduction victim
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi together with his 15 other co-defendants have agreed to pay $85 000 compensation to MDC activist Pieta Kaseke, who was abducted by State security agents in 2008.Kas...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
UK's double standards exposed
The British government has exposed its hypocrisy and insincerity following a proposal to enact new laws that seek to outlaw foreign spies, yet it has its own spies in almost every country. The...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:02hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Pressure piles on State to drop charges against anti-Mnangagwa activists
An Ireland-based international human rights organisation, Frontline Defenders, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to drop charges against seven local activists arrested in May la...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:59hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Gay Zimbabwean teacher flees to US
FEARING for his safety after being outed, an educator and novelist flees Zimbabwe to become Harvard Scholar at Risk Educator and novelist Neal Hovelmeier's life changed forever in 2018.The lon...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 15:16hrs | 3022 | by Staff reporter
The dictators club at it again (SDAC)
The Executive Secretary of (SADC) Dr Stergomena Tax met with the Ambassador of USA to Botswana, H.E. Craig Cloud where Dr Tax reiterated SADC’s call for the immediate removal of sanctions on Zimbabw...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 20:35hrs | 2430 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Mnangagwa quakes over US$1bn democracy war chest
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been sent into a panic mode after American billionaire George Soros pledged US$1 billion for a new university network project to fight the erosion of civi...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:28hrs | 8178 | by Staff reporter
Njube High School students' actions are true reincarnation and revival of 16 June 1976 Soweto revolutionary spirit!
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow female schoolmate - fleeing from a volley of fatal bullets being fired ...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 11:36hrs | 1990 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZUJ condemns MDC Alliance for journalist harassment
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has condemned MDC Alliance security officials for harassing journalist Robert Tapfumaneyi at a party event in Harare on Tuesday. Tapfumaneyi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:27hrs | 931 | by Staff Reporter
Sikhala's supporters to storm Masvingo courts
MDC Vice Chair Job Sikhala reportedly wants to intimidate and undermine the court by hiring crowds of MDC supporters to storm the Masvingo courts when he appears for hearing on 27 and 30 January 2020....Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:49hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Why Kasukuwere, Mzembi are doomed to fail
Since November 2019, former ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been attempting to effect a political comeback and went as far as threatening to contest the 2023 presidential e...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 528 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Mnangagwa has failed on human rights'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week released a damning report, describing Zimbabwe's human rights record as appalling despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reform pledges...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 302 | by Staff rpeorter
Chipangano terror campaign emboldened me, says Mashwede
HARARE businessman Alex Mashamhanda says the political torture he endured at the hands of a Zanu-PF-linked militia, Chipangano, and some top Zanu-PF officials, during the formative stages of his busin...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 465 | by Staff rpeorter
A tribute to the late Dr Oliver Mtukudzi
On 23 January 2019. I received a text message from my daughter Hazel Rumbidzai saying "Nematambudziko Tuku atisiya your favourite musician"."Tuku" Mtukudzi was a musician, businessman, philant...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 14:55hrs | 5920 | by Leonard Koni
Liberation: Did somebody say Fanon?
DURING the African struggles against settler colonialism the name of Frantz Fanon used to scare settler colonialists that understandably banned his books and pamphlets. In the present era the name and...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 369 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zimbabwe governance system beyond fixing
Of late, I have been quite irritated by my smartphone's maddeningly frequent demands for me to upgrade its system at times, as little as only two days after my last upgrade. What I, however, found ver...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 186 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 198 | by Derek Matyszak
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