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Doctors refuse to be capped by Mnangagwa
The 2019 class of graduating medical students at the University of Zimbabwe are to boycott their graduation ceremony at which they were due to be capped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.This in...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:41hrs | 7983 | by Staff reporter
Of human rights demands and regime change in ZImbabwe
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 162 | by Elijah Chihota
Of human rights demands and regime change
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1132 | by Elijah Chihota
Mashaba refuses to apologise for deadly xenophobic violence
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has said he has "nothing to apologise for" following a spate of xenophobic attacks in the city. Mashaba was being interviewed by CNBC Africa and asked whether...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 12:38hrs | 2998 | by AFP
Mugabe coup leaders forgiven
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvimba yesterday said they had pardoned those who removed former President Robert Mugabe from power through a military coup in November 2017 to foster national healing.S...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Health workers down tools over abducted colleague
The Health Apex Council yesterday said its members were downing tools starting today until the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) acting president Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted by suspe...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1306 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mliswa appeals to Mnangagwa over Rugare Gumbo and Mutasa
Norton Member of parliament Temba Mliswa has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reserve seats for founding ZANU PF members Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo during the funeral service of the la...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 23:03hrs | 8696 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Stanchart Bank closes branch
Standard Chartered Bank, one of the country's biggest and oldest financial institutions, has said it will close its Gweru branch next month and transfer the city's accounts to Bulawa...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
5 Ways technology has changed our music listening experience
Music lovers have benefited dramatically from the onset of technology as it has made music available to everyone, anywhere in the world. No one really knows if we can surpass the technology we h...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:21hrs | 324 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to control school fees increases
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has allayed fears of a possible fee hike following a spate of price increases after the government scrapped off official use of the United States d...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:49hrs | 2784 | by Staff reporter
Harare protestors brave riot Police to demand 'CHANGE!' - still with no clue 'WHAT CHANGES!' it's futile
The nation heaved a huge sigh of relief when it was reported that the Zanu-PF regime had given the green light for the MDC demos to go ahead. This morning it was clear the Police were deployed determi...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 15:46hrs | 1338 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | 5679 | by Reuters
Events at Mthuli Ncube's ministry disturbing
ZIMBABWE is indeed not only going through painful times, but an extra-ordinary period as the southern African nation grapples with very difficult socio-economic and political circumstances.Las...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 4341 | by Editorial - Newsday
God doesn't carry a red political party card
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, which simply means He is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere in that order.His sheer preponderance as a Supreme Being means He cannot be app...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 386 | by Bishop Lazi
'Mnangagwa will not stop flushing out corrupt officials'
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa yesterday said government will continue to flush out corrupt malcontents and officials as his administration seeks to right wrongs that have bled the country's economy of b...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:36hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Powercuts hamper milk production
THE rolling power outages in the country have hit milk production hard, businessdigest has learnt.Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chairperson Kudzai Chirima said the power outages...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 'illegal' budget causes chaos in parliament
THERE was chaos and drama in Parliament yesterday as tempers flared when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi ignored issues raised by opposition MDC Alliance MPs and Nor...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe electricity tariffs up next week'
Power utility Zesa will increase electricity tariffs next week as the country grapples with a crippling energy crisis that has brought industry to its knees.Speaking before a live audience dur...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Cartel mops up Zimbabwe's gold
Zimbabwe's new monetary reforms and unfavourable prices being offered by authorities have given life to side marketing in the gold sector following the emergence of a powerful cartel comprised of top ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
Health crisis looms at Bulawayo's makeshift kombi terminus
WITHOUT a care in the world, a visibly intoxicated tout staggers out of a parked commuter omnibus with a plastic bottle filled with a yellowish liquid and tosses it on a heap of trash in an alley just...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:17hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grapples with US$85m SAA debt
ZIMBABWE owes South African Airways (SAA) over US$85 million (R1,1 billion) in unrepatriated revenue from ticket sales as the country continues to grapple with biting foreign currency shortages amid g...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Solar energy is forever
Working for yesteryears PTC was everyone's aspiration and great wish. The entity was in comfort zone, it considered postage stamp sales its cash cow and permanent source of huge revenues till 'boys ca...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:56hrs | 1149 | by Thomas Murisa
Teachers shortchanging pupils, parents and cheating government
Dear, We, the Murowa Ward Community would like to air our complaint regarding the conduct, performance and attitude of Murowa Secondary (aka Chinembeure) School teachers. The school has the wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:12hrs | 2808 | by Murowa Ward Community
The calibre of councillors
THE Auditor-General's (AG) Local Authorities Report for 2018 makes for some serious, but disturbing reading.It reports the state of financial management of local authorities and shows the exte...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 466 | by Miriam Tose Majome
MDC councillors out of order
The purported suspension of the Town Clerk of Bulawayo by a Shona tribalistic cabal led by the convicted fraudster Tinashe Kambarami aptly demonstrates that even if one were to dress a pig in royal ro...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 18:59hrs | 1014 | by L Dube
Water and sanitation delivery deplorable
An assessment of the current State of Water and Sanitation delivery is revealing a sad chapter and deplorable conditions in the country.Community Water Alliance has witnessed serious and dange...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:42hrs | 472 | by H Rwambiwa
Why Mthuli Ncube fast-tracked Zimdollar return plans
Zimbabwe re-introduced its local currency earlier than scheduled because the market was rapidly re-dollarizing, putting more pressure on the government, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said Monday....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 17:59hrs | 5495 | by Xinhua
Mnangagwa jets out
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to join other Heads of State and Government for the African Union Extraordinary Summit that will see the launch of a single continental trade bloc.He...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 2244 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dollar strengthens in parallel market
For Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the re-introduction of the country's currency after a decade of US dollar dominance marks a return to normalcy.To many others, however, it heralded u...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:32hrs | 6912 | by The East African
Zimbabwe citizens missing in action
IN his 1957 ANC presidential address, chief Albert Luthuli once remarked: The length of the term of slavery depends largely on the oppressed themselves and not on the oppressor."Although his r...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 623 | by Levison Bhebhe
'The ANC owes the youth'
The first time I visited Freedom Park in Pretoria was in the year 2009. Until this day I remember very well how I felt that day. I had mixed emotions about the history of our country. The hurt of what...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:03hrs | 178 | by Eric Shikobela
Pregnant pupils divide Parliament
Parliament was left divided on Wednesday over a clause in the Education Amendment Bill which bans the expulsion of girls who fall pregnant while in school. Primary and Secondary Education Mini...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:31hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is one giant crime scene!
Presently, a newspaper headline reports a ticketing scam by over a hundred Zupco conductors which prejudiced the company of thousands of dollars; fast-tracking the demise of a public transport project...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 22:29hrs | 4059 | by Washington Nyasha Gwarada
Mnangagwa ally's ACF restructures, suspends operations
One of Zimbabwe's major chrome producers, African Chrome Fields (ACF), has temporarily suspended operations as the company embarks on a restructuring exercise.Information at hand shows ACF pro...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2930 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean man boasting about drinking 'expensive' beer
A Zimbabwean man was filmed boasting that a beer he was drinking is beyond the reach of many.The man is heard on the video boasting that a quart of Castle Lager is worth two chickens, and that...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 12:30hrs | 3743 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over posts for 'losing' bigwigs
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa is sweating over how to accommodate losing party bigwigs who fell by the wayside in the just ended party congress. The congress claimed the scalp of severa...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
Africa in the age of surveillance capitalism, neo-imperialism
One of my first lectures in graduate school was on how "enlightenment era" Europe imagined and mapped Africa. And some of the first maps were silent about the interior save for pyramids to the north, ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 205 | by Takura Zhangazha
Violence agitators worry Mnangagwa's govt
Government last night expresssed concern at the subversive messages circulating on social media inciting people to disturb the prevailing peace and stability by engaging in illegal activities such as ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:46hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Smart money is in rural Matebeleland
While Zimbabwe grapples with a foreign-exchange shortage, rural districts in Matebeleland North and South have fostered a thriving South African rand economy.Since the abolition of Zimbabwe's ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:54hrs | 4719 | by Sunday Times
We continue to be anglicised bastards
There is a hauntingly true African proverb that claims that unless the lion learns how to write, every story will always glorify the hunter.here is a hauntingly true African proverb that claim...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:36hrs | 150 | by Bishpop Lazarus
Another Zimbabwe coup looms?
When former President Robert Mugabe was forced out of office by a military intervention in November 2017, the accusations were that he was surrounded by criminals.In the process of targeting t...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:34hrs | 3761 | by Staff reporter
Monetary policy unlikely to resuscitate Zimbabwe economy
ZIMBABWE'S new monetary system is unlikely to lead to a rapid improvement in liquidity - thus economic growth - in the short to medium-term, a report has revealed.In its monetary policy statem...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Chief Ndiweni
Dear Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni.As a concerned Zimbabwean citizen, I write this letter in dismay pertaining to the bad behaviour that you exhibited to the nation. To begin with, the path t...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:29hrs | 2736 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mnangagwa sacks Gumbo, NOIC boss
Amid a deepening electricity and fuel crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reshuffled Energy and Power Development Minister Jorum Gumbo and appointed Zanu-PF's rising star Fortune Chasi, fo...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3164 | by ZimLive
Sacked UK Minister reflects inherent imperial hangovers
Speaking on 16 February 2001 on the need for European Unity, then President of the European Commission, Romani Prodi exclusively told Britain's The Guardian newspaper something that anyone interested ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:33hrs | 242 | by Ranga Mataire
Chamisa's mayor showers praise on 'His Excellency' Mnangagwa
Chitungwiza Mayor Cllr Lovemore Maiko (MDC-Alliance) yesterday showered praises on President Mnangagwa for spearheading the national clean-up compaign and visiting the town where he came face-to-face ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 445 | by Staff reporyter
Mnangagwa Under siege from all sides
Civil servants with different political affiliations must not to sabotage the government. The government was aware that some civil servants still supported the previous government. Civil servants may ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 19:02hrs | 12174 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
War vets slam bread price hike
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has condemned the unjustified increase in the prices of basic commodities and called on responsible authorities to take urgent measur...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
A potent enemy always lives within
Hallelujah. . . But wait . . . why was he killed in the first place?You see, over time, societies evolve into hierarchical and stratified communities that pit the powerful against the powerles...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 138 | by Bishop Lazi
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