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Lawyer calls out corruption in Zimbabwe legal profession
SEASONED legal practitioner, Lloyd Mhishi, has condemned corruption in the legal profession in his latest book titled Being the Best Lawyer.The book was officially launched by Justice minister...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bigger than all of us
ZIMBABWE, as a State, is bigger than all of us.By definition a State is characterised by four things: A permanent population, defined territory, sovereignty and government. These traits of a S...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:00hrs | | by Nicholas Aribino
Mnangagwa inauguration under a dark cloud
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today be inaugurated in Harare for a second term after his hotly-disputed re-election under a dark cloud of illegitimacy as the main opposition abandoned i...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sadc observer report a run away 'gun'
THE choice of words by the Sadc observer mission bordered on incitement, propelling a legitimacy crisis with the potential to harm the country. The report was by any standard a threat to human and nat...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Dr Matthew Mare
Fikile Mbalula at it again
It was another blundering from the African National Congress Secretary General Mr Fikile Mbalula who again was caught offside on matters concerning the political and economic situation on great Zimbab...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa 'agonises' over Zanu-PF youth leader
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly agonising over the appointment of a new Zanu-PF youth leader to drum up support for the ruling party ahead of the 2023 polls.Mnangagwa was expected t...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa agonises over murders, armed robberies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday expressed concern over rising cases of ritual murders, armed robberies and traffic accidents and implored the justice system to curb thevices.Mnangag...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans agonise over price hikes
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabweans, feeling the pinch of sporadic price hikes, have called for long-lasting measures to arrest the price increases as inflation continues to erode workers' salaries....Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sombre atmosphere at ZCC Mutendi Church
A sombre atmosphere engulfed the ZCC Mutendi Church in Bikita today where thousands of pilgrims are gathered for the church's Easter festivities blemished by the death of 36 church members in a road t...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public warned against street drugs
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has warned the public against buying pharmaceutical products from unregistered institutions and dealers as they will be risking their lives .The stree...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Debunking the 'targeted sanctions' myth
A CROSS-SECTION of the country's population still believes the political falsehood meant to deodorise sanctions as targeted at certain individuals and specific corporations.The happenings on t...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Council agonises over water leaks
THE Bulawayo City Council has accused Zesa workers of damaging water pipes in the process of repairing underground electricity cables resulting in several leakages.Sikhululekile Moyo, chairper...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC unperturbed by ex-inmate activists joining Chamisa
THE Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T says it respects the decision by Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere to align themselves with the rival MDC Alliance faction following the pair's recent release fro...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Let's mend Zimbabwe's battered image together, says Shava
FOREIGN Affairs minister Frederick Shava has rallied the media to play a critical role in the country's quest to improve its "battered image".In a first of its kind engagement between the Fore...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:51hrs | 8 | by Staff rpeorter
Civics must drive the VP's office
In our new kind of normal, where restraint, moral integrity and sound values have been replaced by lumpen orgy, profanity and clown foolery, I meet the question: So what do you think of the latest VP ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
New political party emerges
A NEW political party has entered the country's turbulent political terrain to change the fortunes of the country's masses for the better.The party, christened the Zimbabwe African National Co...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wasn't going to win MDC-T presidency, says analysts
There was no way MDC-T acting president, Thokozani Khupe, could have won the party' presidency at the Sunday congress, notwithstanding the violence that marred it, political analysts told CITE this we...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere calls for 'popular revolution' against Mnangagwa
EXILED former G40 kingpins, Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere have said the only option available for suffering Zimbabweans in getting rid of the current Zanu-PF government was staging "a popular r...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
2017 coup targeted 'criminals around Mugabe' and now it's payback time - we are but mice to these Zanu PF thugs
Three years ago at 04.00 hours local time on 15th November 2017 Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) spokesman, Major General Sibusiso Moyo, addressed the nation and the world at large, live on Zimbabwe Broad...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 20:50hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
G40 calls for 'popular revolution' against Mnangagwa
EXILED former G40 kingpins, Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere have said the only option available for suffering Zimbabweans in getting rid of the current Zanu PF government was staging "a popular r...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya agonises over gold smuggling
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has expressed concern over rampant smuggling of gold, warning Zimbabwe could as a result miss its official 25 tonnes production target for the yea...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to megaphone diplomacy Zimbabwe, US agree
Zimbabwe and the United States have agreed to cooperate and resolve their differences diplomatically as opposed to the public spats that had characterised their relations since the turn of the millenn...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
The high cost of being a repressive regime
IT is an inescapable fact that America, as the most influential State in the world, lays claim to the world's most powerful military.But military might is nothing compared to the repercussions...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
The curse of education?
I was jolted by a friend's tweet last night. It said "I have learnt much in my life… but the biggest stumbling block to my learning has been my education!"So it turns out, life is really one...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:59hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Chamisa's MDC needs to rethink by-elections strategy
An inquest was inevitable following the opposition MDC's loss in the weekend by-elections, particularly the Lupane East constituency, with finger-pointing predictably being the order of the day. For m...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Bosso members refute 'social media ban' reports
SOME Highlanders members that attended the club's mid-year review meeting last Sunday have refuted reports that they resolved to revoke membership of those that antagonise the club's leadership on soc...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Token anti-corruption drive breeding apathy and despondency
Last week, I agonised on what to write about. I had travelled and had a bit of work to do, but still thought I could get my column in.In the end, I did not write anything because I failed to f...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Highlanders FC clamp down members' social media dissent
HIGHLANDERS' members that antagonise the team's leadership on social media will now have their membership revoked as such actions damage the club and sponsors' brands. This was one of three ma...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Zimbabwe dilemma
As Zimbabwe's economic and political situation teeters on the verge of chaos, SA takes a disjointed approach. By Ringisai Chikohomero for ISS TODAY.First published by ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Zanu-PF protesters celebrate MDC mayor
Zanu-PF youths on Monday (January 28) stormed the local authority' offices during a full council meeting protesting against Ward 4 councillor Gofrey Kurauone and Ward 5 councillor Daniel Mberikunashe ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators have themselves to blame
The modernisation of the mass public transport system in Zimbabwe through the introduction of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses will restore sanity and ameliorate the challenges that...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba
George Shaya rushed to hospital
Legendary ex-footballer George "Mastermind" Shaya, 72, was rushed to hospital yesterday after his health condition briefly took a toll on him but is now in a stable condition, the Daily News has learn...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents resisting school fees hike
Some parents at Chinhoyi High School with the help of a named Member of Parliament are resisting the fee hike, accusing the school authorities of unilateralism.Government has given some school...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda torches storm
MDC Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Felix Magalela Sibanda yesterday lambasted the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda over his comment...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bullet-train pledge, splits cost Chamisa
As Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa considers mounting a legal challenge to last week's election results, he's also counting the cost of fissures within his alliance and campaign pledges th...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Bloomberg
Zanu PF is rigging these elections, don't legitimise it by participating - 'Yatsvika musheche yamwa!'
"Collective active boycott is not the end of political activism, but the beginning of a political engagement to revolutionise and democratise the electoral college in Zimbabwe. The calling is not for ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 16:41hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Plumtree man appeals for funds for kidney transplant
My name is Hloniphani Ndlovu. I am 41years old. I live in Plumtree town in Zimbabwe Africa. I was diagonised with severe kidney failure in February 2015. Then started hemodialysis in the same year. On...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 20:14hrs | | by Hloniphani Ndlovu
Chamisa worried about opposition clampdown
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Wednesday said he feared the government would use a blast that hit a weekend rally by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an excuse to clamp down on opponents ahead of...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 10:16hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa agonises over Wicknell's Gwanda solar project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said the Government has learnt its lessons through the endless delays in implementing the Gwanda solar project.The Government, he said, will not repeat the same mistake of ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insults, nastiness do not win votes
The election date has been proclaimed and campaigning has shifted gears upwards for all serious political parties.We are seeing all sorts of attention- seeking gimmickry being deployed. The pr...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Warmonger's 'shoot-to-kill' policy revoked
The Botswana government has decided to withdraw military grade arms from its anti-poaching units on patrol along the country's borders.The move to recall what it called "arms of war" from the ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 17:26hrs | 13 | by Southern Times
BBC HARDtalk does not influence electorate
Perhaps nothing, in the past week, set tongues wagging as the BBC HARDtalk interview that had MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, as a guest.It would appear a lot is now being...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Obert Mpofu issues warning on Ndebele king
Home Affairs and Culture Heritage minister Obert Mpofu has warned those pushing for the installation of the Ndebele King to follow the constitutional procedures to avoid conflict with government....Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai succession bombshell
THE late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, has said he will soon release audio recordings of the late former prime minister speaking on his succession, as tempers cont...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe's Triple Jeopardy
Life is amazing. If you are lucky, you might just be in the right place at the right time and things turn out great for you. Sometimes you have it all planned, but bang! in a flash of an eye, you miss...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 11:31hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya,
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