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Soldier raises fresh concerns about Mnangagwa safety
IN A shocking development, one of the soldiers guarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House fired several rounds of live ammunition earlier this week, before he was apprehended as he was about...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2778 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's return sends shockwaves in Zanu-PF
TENSION is rising in Zanu-PF as the party counts down to its annual conference, with the imminent return of ailing Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga from China where he has been receiving medical tr...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3146 | by Staff reporter
Parliament walkouts: MPs must serve the national interest
ZANU-PF legislators' decision to boycott the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) sitting where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding how the US$3 billion...Published: 8 hrs ago | 468 | by Nyasha Chingono
RBZ conceals US$1bn fat cat loans
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has refused to hand over a list of beneficiaries of non-performing loans (NPLs) totalling US$1,13 billion which were inherited by the taxpayer via the Zimbabwe Asset...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1088 | by Staff reporter
There's a US$1,13 billion skeleton in the RBZ vault
EARLIER this year, I conducted an investigation into the catastrophic failings of Zimbabwe's governance architecture. For the most part, the probe focussed on the contribution of failed governance to ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 235 | by Brezh Malaba
Mortgages gold to pay loans
PARLIAMENT has accused the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) of illegally mortgaging the country's future gold sales as security for the central bank's external loans while slamming the apex bank for fai...Published: 8 hrs ago | 148 | by Staff reporter
China corners Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday held crunch talks with China's Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhao Baogang following a nasty fallout over development-partner support figures presented in the...Published: 8 hrs ago | 568 | by Staff reporter
RBZ raids US$3,2bn in depositors' funds
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) raided depositors' accounts, wiping out US$3,2 billion in the process, before introducing bond notes in 2016 and eventually outlawing the use of foreign currency in ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 546 | by Staff reporter
'Stringent capital controls spook Zimbabwe investors'
AFRICAN insurance group Hollard Companhia de Seguros says it has been eyeing investing in Zimbabwe for close to two decades, but tight capital controls have been forcing it to delay its entry, a top c...Published: 8 hrs ago | 96 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots MDC carnage
ZANU-PF has reportedly set in motion plans to purge MDC chairpersons of parliamentary portfolio committees using its majority in the august House, setting the stage for another bruising fight between ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 199 | by Staff reporter
US roasts Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under immense pressure to act and stop the wanton attacks on unarmed civilians.This came as the government and the European Union have started "high level" talk...Published: 8 hrs ago | 757 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 254 | by Staff reporter
What happened to voice of the people?
When Zimbabwe was on the verge of political and economic collapse in 2007, it took the late former President Robert Mugabe and his long-time nemesis Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC, to dialogue the count...Published: 8 hrs ago | 100 | by NewsDay Comment
Mnangagwa averts potential water crisis in Gweru
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa ordered the urgent release of $651 000 for the purchase of four new low-lift raw water pumps for Amapongobwe Dam thereby averting a potential water crisis in Gweru. Officia...Published: 8 hrs ago | 81 | by Staff reporter
Brutal axe attack in donkey row
A FIREWOOD vendor from Mkoba 4 suburb in Gweru is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was allegedly attacked with an axe all over his body by a colleague following a misunderstandi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces hotel room deficit
Government is concerned with the country's hotel room stock which it says projections show would be over 2 000 rooms short by end of 2020 thus curtailing the growth of the tourism sector. This...Published: 8 hrs ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Re-naming of streets above board
Cabinet's decision to re-name some roads in urban local authorities, places and Government buildings after national heroes and regional nationalists and beyond is in accordance with the country's laws...Published: 8 hrs ago | 86 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3149 MSU graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today capped 3149 graduands at the 20th congregation of the Midlands State University (MSU) graduation ceremony in Senga, Gweru.Of the 3149 graduands, 771 were post-graduate studen...Published: 8 hrs ago | 66 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 results are out
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has announced that 2019 Grade Seven results are out. Indigenous languages recorded highest pass rates with Shona and Ndebele recording above 80 percent...Published: 8 hrs ago | 272 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa roads
Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after "national heroes" - including 10 streets named after President Emmerson...Published: 8 hrs ago | 126 | by BBC
Zimbabweans migrate to liquid petroleum gas as load shedding bites
The use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Zimbabwe is expected to hit 50 million kilograms mark per year as electricity power outages worsen, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) official has...Published: 8 hrs ago | 49 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to order importers to declare forex sourcing
Zimbabwe will force importers to declare sources of foreign currency and those who fail to prove they obtained the money from banks will forfeit their goods to the state, a government official said on...Published: 8 hrs ago | 147 | by Reuters
Pastor Mboro claims credit for rainfall in Zimbabwe
Incredible Happenings church leader, self-proclaimed prophet Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng on Friday said the downpours of rain being experienced in South Africa and Zimbabwe were a result of his publicis...Published: 8 hrs ago | 132 | by African News Agency/ANA
Mnangagwa named 10 roads after himself
With the haste of a man not certain of history's judgment of him, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday renamed 10 roads in all provinces after himself.Enterprise Road in Harare, which lead...Published: 8 hrs ago | 77 | by ZimLive
Pastor Mboro takes credit for Zim/SA rains
Controversial South African clergyman Paseka Motsoeneng popularly known as Pastor Mboro has claimed credit for the rains recorded in Zimbabwe and South Africa which he attributed to his interces...Published: 9 hrs ago | 648 | by Staff Reporter
CITY OF BULAWAYO : Domestic and non-domestic meter replacement programme
CITY OF BULAWAYO PRESS RELEASE: DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME The City of Bulawayo is currently implementing the Bulaway...Published: 9 hrs ago | 728 | by BCC
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 573 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa chides Mnangagwa for 'rogue behaviour'
Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against his continued use of force on unarmed civilians, saying the Zanu PF leader was behaving like a dictator and has not...Published: 10 hrs ago | 808 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Mayor challenges men to rise during book launch
The Challenge of fatherlessness has been discussed, perhaps half-heartedly on different fora. In most cases, it is a by-the-way matter, in the midst of "more critical" subjects. It sometimes surfaces ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 267 | by Enos Denhere
We'll invest more in Zimbabwe - Nestle
The world's largest food and beverage processing company, Nestle, plans to continue investing in its Zimbabwean operations, which it says are poised for growth despite the prevailing economic challeng...Published: 11 hrs ago | 410 | by Staff Reporter
SB Moyo sanctions backtracking
In what seems to be a major U turn, by the Zimbabwe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, S. B. Moyo, whilst writing in the EU Observer. He seems to have finally read the script a...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4447 | by Thabo Makuyana
Mnangagwa's repressive regime continues to brutalise innocent protesters
For so many years we waited for it, even hoped against the hope that the long and painful draconian rule of Robert Mugabe would fall apart. Mugabe's hallmark was to pummel all those that didn't share ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1212 | by Deborah Harry
Man axes colleague over donkey
A FIREWOOD vendor from Mkoba 4 suburb in Gweru is battling for life at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was allegedly attacked with an axe all over his body by a colleague following a misunderstandi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Import duty on basics removed
Government has removed import duty on maize and wheat, among other basic commodities, as it seeks to ensure affordability of essential foodstuffs and to mitigate the effects of the drought experienced...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2598 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa and wife to grace arts indaba
President Mnangagwa and the First Lady are expected to be guests of honour during the Ease of Doing Business (EOBD) in the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in Zimbabwe conference slated for Bula...Published: 15 hrs ago | 672 | by Staff Reporter
Egodini project misses target
BULAWAYO councillors are unhappy with failure by the developer to complete the first phase of the Egodini project by this month-end and are now piling pressure to ensure that all works are completed w...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1937 | by Staff Reporter
High time Chamisa choose a jacket that fits him
"A jack of all trades is a master of none" is an old English adage that simply means a person cannot be an expert in all things. This saying should be rung in Mr Chamisa's ears as he is currently biti...Published: 17 hrs ago | 5555 | by Innocent Mujeri
By firing doctors Zanu PF delivered coup de grace on healthcare and, more notably, on Zanu PF itself
From November 2017 to July 2018 Mnangagwa had his party thugs, the rogue war veterans, the Police, Army and CIO on the leash. He did not want to see any violence because he wanted to claim the "2018 e...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1108 | by Wilbert Mukori
Institutional violence of the ZANU PF regime
Police Attack on Civilians on the 20th of November 2019 is unacceptable and abhorrent. This conduct by the Zimbabwean government is an attack on humanity and a fight against positive progress in the c...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1817 | by Bigboy Sibanda, Human Rights Activist
JETGATE: 'Mnangagwa uses luxury jet to loot diamonds and foreign currency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa seemingly sensing his imminent boot from power, is allegedly involved in grand looting of the country's scarce foreign currency coffers and resources using his chain of hi...Published: 18 hrs ago | 9018 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa should now engage Prophet Makandiwa to stop this, 'economic rot'
A shortage of foreign currency has put Zimbabwe in a dire economic situation with little means for short-term recovery....Published: 18 hrs ago | 3705 | by Knowledge Hakata
1893 MHRRM message of Hope, Will-Power and Vision
Since the fall of the Matebeleland Kingdom at Gadade in November 1893, our Kingdom has been in a journey of fighting for its freedom and the Restoration of the Rights of its people and Africans in gen...Published: 19 hrs ago | 695 | by Ayanda Manala
It is an honour but...
The clueless clowns occupying the echelons of power in our government have decided to rename streets and buildings. The timing is just wrong. lt is funny how they would think of this when our ec...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1135 | by A Kadada
United States condemns Zimbabwe police
The United States has condemned the "unprovoked use of force" by Zimbabwean police who broke up a gathering by MDC supporters at the party's headquarters in central Harare on Wednesday.Police ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:13hrs | 4470 | by ZimLive
EcoCash disappoints clients over poor service
Zimbabweans who use the Ecocash payment platform system have expressed disappointment over poor service which has haunted them since Sunday after the company embarked on a systems upgrade.Afte...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:11hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
435 Zimbabwean doctors fired so far
THE number of fired Zimbabwean doctors has surged to 435 doctors in an unprecedented government response to a prolonged industrial action by its hospital staff.This was revealed at a post-cabi...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:11hrs | 1526 | by newzimbabewe
Chamisa engages Sadc over Zimbabwe crisis
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday dispatched one of his deputies, Welshman Ncube, and the opposition party's secretary for international relations, Gladys Hlatywayo, to Sadc to plead with the region...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:10hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
Police summon more Zapu leaders over hospital demo
POLICE in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Tuesday summoned more Zapu leaders on charges of holding an unsanctioned demonstration at the Catholic-run St Anne's Brunapeg Hospital recently.Zapu ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:10hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
2 drown during swimming competition
A $200 swimming competition turned fatal after two competitors drowned in Musinje Dam in Juru Growth Point, Mashonaland East Province police has said.Allegations are that Marshal Dhlamini (25)...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:09hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Army, police predicament recipe for disaster
IT is quite unfortunate that Zimbabwe's army and police personnel find themselves in this very sorry state whereby they are reportedly practically starving while wearing faded uniforms and using antiq...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:09hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
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