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Marvelous Nakamba Is Becoming a Fan Favourite at Villa Park
Generally speaking, it takes a while for local fans in the English Premier League to be convinced of any new players that arrive at a club. That's not to say that there isn't a murmur of excitement wh...Published: 20 hrs ago | 784 | by Staff Writer
Drama at Chief's funeral
THERE was drama at Chief Nyamukoho's funeral in Mutoko on Monday after some of his children refused to set foot at their father's homestead due to a feud over the late traditional leader's estate....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3593 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
New RBZ Monetary Policy Committee members named
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, on Sunday, appointed five new members to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The new members,...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Magashule Houdini act, a Damascus moment to Zimbabwean politics
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule pulled a fast one this past week when he took a swipe at his party's national executive committee saying that only party branches can remove him from his position. ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1277 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Vice President Mohadi's weapon of mass destruction misfired or was he trapped?
One American writer by the name Samantha Rose Hill once said" we can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don't stand on common ground"So how vulnerable ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3204 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF praises Mnangagwa on Mugabe Day
ZANU-PF youths yesterday ignored the late former party leader Robert Mugabe during commemorations of the National Youth Day, a brainchild of the 21st February Movement.Instead, ruling party yo...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for ZANU PF cards at Kwekwe offices
Hundreds of Zanu PF members defied Covid 19 lockdown regulations by scrambling for party cards at Zanu PF Kwekwe district offices today....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:17hrs | 1109 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Mangwana defends Mohadi's workplace sexual misconduct
Government spokesman Nick Ndabaningi Mangwana went on a social media spree and put his foot in his mouth on Saturday, defending Vice President Kembo Mohadi's sexual misconduct in the workplace saying ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:06hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
Why the colonial UK sanctioned Zimbabwe security chiefs
UNITED Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says the British government is not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's pace of reforms.Robinson (MR) told Alpha Media Ho...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 540 | by Ken Mufuka
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers
Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his e...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3159 | by Staff reporter
Zacc gets new secretary
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has finally recruited a secretary to fill up the top post, which has gone for over a year without a substantive accounting officer following the departur...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna died a bitter man
THE late Filabusi traditional leader Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu reportedly died a bitter man after government failed to apologise and compensate for his unlawful arrest and torture during the Gukurahundi ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the opposition's failure confirms long-held suspicions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1944 | by Staff reporter
Harare in quandary over town clerk
HARARE City Council remains in a quandary over the appointment of a town clerk, and has now forced health services director Prosper Chonzi to assume the post in an acting capacity, despite him turning...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:27hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
'Chief Maduna death a blow for traditional institutions'
MINISTER of Local Government and Public Works July Moyo has described the death of Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu as a blow to the country and the traditional leadership saying he will be remembered for his i...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi has been dating a married woman?
Vice President Kembo Mohadi was on Sunday left shaken and bleeding after a raucous showdown with a man accusing him of enjoying secret trysts with his wife, ZimLive reported.Following the conf...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:45hrs | 5723 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mourns Chief Maduna
Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has sent a condolence message to the family of Chief Maduna who passed on last Saturday due to diabetes saying the funeral will be State assisted....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:20hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Newly appointed ministers take oath of office
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in four new ministers at State House.The four include a cabinet minister, a provincial affairs minister and two deputy ministers.Honourable Felix...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mr Ramaphosa prefers American vaccines while Dr Mkhize prefers Sputnik V
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allegedly tussled behind the scenes over where to procure which jabs, resulting in the country's vaccine rollout programme being negativel...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF playing losing game in Harare'
TENSION is rising over the land issue in Harare, Chitungwiza and other major cities across the country with Zanu-PF accusing the opposition MDC Alliance of running down urban areas as well as being th...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:31hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe CEO retires after two years
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange- listed retail giant OK Zimbabwe says its CEO Alex Siyavora will leave the group at the end of next month, after assuming the role just over two years ago. He will be replaced ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:51hrs | 1856 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's US$400k case raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has allegedly been sitting on a dossier implicating former Labour and Social Welfare minister in the siphoning of public funds for over two years amid cl...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:50hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
To-do list for the new Information deputy minister
The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is optimistic that the appointment of Makonde legislator Kindness Paradza as Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister provides an opportuni...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:48hrs | 186 | by Media Alliance of Zimbabwe
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 462 | by Pathisa Nyathi
NRZ gets new acting GM
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board has appointed board member Mrs Restina Zinyanduko as acting general manager for three months as the parastatal moves towards restructuring top management....Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:43hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Late Chief Maduna wanted SK Moyo appointed VP
THE late Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu died a bitter man after the architects of the November 14 2017 military coup allegedly snubbed the Chief's suggestion to appoint Simon Khaya Moyo as the second vice pre...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:36hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7511 | by Staff reporter
Villagers clash with police in a volatile gold rush
POLICE fired live bullets and teargas canisters to disperse angry villagers in the Wondedzo area in Masvingo North amid protests and clashes over illegal mining and looting of gold by Zanu-PF and stat...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 1271 | by Geoff Nyarota
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 498 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Harare faces town clerk headache
Municipal ReporterHarare City Council has no town clerk and is in a quandary after its sole substantive department head, health services director Dr Prosper Chonzi, turned down an offer to become acti...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:29hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans get appointed to Rugby Africa sub-committees
Three Zimbabwean sports administrators are making inroads on the continent after being appointed into Rugby Africa sub-committees.Headlining the appointments is Zimbabwe Rugby Union president ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:03hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: A chip off the old block
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is following the footsteps of his mentor, the late former president Robert Mugabe in recycling deadwood in cabinet positions, as a key strategy to consolidate his powerbas...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | 387 | by Richard Muponde
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
Money changer runs berserk after finding lover with ex-husband
IN a dramatic incident a man ran berserk, beat his girlfriend and destroyed property after he found her with her ex-husband at her home in Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo.A source said Henry...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
Pensions scandal rocks CSC
Former managers and ex-board members of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) spirited away millions of dollars from the company's pension fund – magnifying the rot in State owned enterprises and parastata...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T faces implosion
PLANS are afoot to challenge the constitutionality of the MDC-T extraordinary congress (EOC), its election results and the subsequent appointments made by its new leader Douglas Mwonzora after an atte...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4129 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza mayor, councillor up for abuse of office
CHITUNGWIZA councillor Question Dingo (MDC Alliance) yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing a criminal abuse of office charge after he together with mayor Lovemore Maiko, who is alr...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:18hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba declared a national hero
ZIMBABWE Ambassador to Mozambique and former army general Douglas Nyikayaramba, who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday has been declared a national hero. Ambassador Nyikayaramba, w...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Trump's madness a reflection of American hypocrisy
Today people on Central African Time (CAT), like this writer, woke up to news that the madman from New York, Donald John Trump, will actually have to defend himself in an impeachment trial that seeks ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:16hrs | 686 | by Charles Motsi
G40 kingpins sing praise for Willowgate convict Shava
Newly-appointed foreign affairs minister Frederick Shava has won the praise of exiled G40 kingpins Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere despite being dragged online by critics, citing his role in the ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4658 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 8100 | by Staff reporter
Zapu accuses Mnangagwa of nepotism in Ministers' appointments
ZAPU has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of practicing nepotism in the appointment of Cabinet ministers.Commenting on Monday's controversial appointment of Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the Un...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 4110 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate scandal-accused takes on Zimbabwe's foreign affairs assignment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new Cabinet appointments on Monday, filling in positions at the transport and foreign affairs ministries following the Covid-19 deaths of Joel Biggie Matiza and ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 3424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes Ministerial appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe's ambassador to the UN Dr Frederick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade while Chikomba Central legislator Felix Mhona takes ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2573 | by Staff reporter
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