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Zimbabwe army, police morale hits rock bottom
Parliament yesterday heard that soldiers and police officers' morale had hit rock bottom due to a shortage of food and uniforms, with a meagre 39 cents being spent on each soldier's daily diet, causin...Published: 2 hrs ago | 551 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga alliance 'haunts' Mwonzora
OPPOSITION MDC deputy secretary for international relations, Douglas Mwonzora, has been accused of consulting for the army during the military coup that led to the ouster of the late former President ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 371 | by Aljazeera
Zanu-PF MP quits Facebook after hacking incident
Zanu-PF Umzingwane MP and former army senior officer Levi Mayohlome has announced that he is quitting Facebook after his account was hacked.Mayohlome said he was leaving the platform for secur...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2983 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Presidential guard fires bullets at Mnangagwa residence
Tensions are running high between the military and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after a soldier stationed at State House emptied an AK 47 magazine in the aiAccording to former Zan...Published: 10 hrs ago | 15078 | by Staff Reporter
'ZANU PF trying to ban MDC'
The opposition MDC has accused ZANU of using State apparatus ban its activities and its existence in the country. The remarks were made by the Spokesperson of the MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, Dr...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare derby test for Caps
CAPS United face one of their biggest tests in their bid to win the championship this season when they clash with old foes Dynamos in a potentially explosive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League tie at ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bombing investigations turning into cold case
Investigations into the White City Stadium bombing in Bulawayo is turning into a ‘cold case' as there are no leads pointing to potential arrests almost 17 months after the blast which killed three a...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3075 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Tshinga Dube ready to launch book
ALL is set for former Cabinet Minister, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube's much-anticipated 'Quiet Flows The Zambezi book launch. The autobiography will be launched at the National Art Gallery of ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 799 | by Staff reporter
Musona silences army of critics
KNOWLEDGE Musona answered his critics in the best manner possible last night with an influential role as he guided his Warriors to an historic AFCON qualifying victory over Zambia at the Heroes Stadiu...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2317 | by Staff reporter
How Jonathan Moyo and Kasukuwere fled Zimbabwe
Two years after a military coup that ousted former president Robert Mugabe, one unresolved mystery is how two top loyalists of the late president escaped from the country after soldiers peppered a hou...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:39hrs | 4912 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora speaks on his alleged links with General Chiwenga
Former MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has disputed reports by National Patriotic Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire that he met with the Generals at KGVI during the November 2017 bloody coup that ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 10887 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bona Mugabe, Kasukuwere to lead war against Mnangagwa'
Bona Mugabe, the late President Robert Mugabe's daughter, is set to be the liberator of the people of Zimbabwe political analyst and semiotician Dr Jethro William Mpofu has said.In a highly ch...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 09:50hrs | 17579 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to reform at his own pace
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he will implement political and economic reforms at his own pace, and insisted that the impetus for change and reform comes from within.In ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Carnival atmosphere expected at Chibuku final
A CARNIVAL atmosphere will envelope Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo when the Chibuku Super Cup final between Highlanders and Ngezi Platinum Stars is played on November 30. The Premier Soccer...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora assisted Chiwenga to do the November coup'
Former MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora offered legal advice to Vice President Rt General Constantino Chiwenga during the November 2017 coup that ended 37 years of President Robert Mugabe's rule...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 15:09hrs | 12114 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2576 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Zimbabwe army
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says Zimbabweans must deal with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces if they want a solution to be implanted in dealing with the challenges affecting the ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:56hrs | 11740 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1083 | by Ayanda Manala
WATCH: No doctors or nurses at Parirenyatwa Hospital
A video of an empty Parirenyatwa hospital without any members of staff has surfaced online. The video which was posted by award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono shows the patients ward...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3781 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Free tillage for villagers
THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose dra...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube pens explosive book
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Judge Dube has penned his autobiography which is set to be launched at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Friday....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
One dead, several injured as grenade explodes in house
ONE person died on the spot while several others were hospitalised after an object believed to be a grenade exploded in their house in Silobela.The incident happened in Dambridge area Mtshogwe...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba consults Peter, Benjani
THEY say experience is the best teacher.For Marvelous Nakamba, when it came to sourcing tips on life in the fast lane of the English Premier Soccer League, there was no better mentor than the ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli
Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the intimate and inextricable relationship between man and nature.Nowhere is man fo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 210 | by Bishop Lazi
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 50515 | by Nancy Mabaya
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Why is Zanu PF dragging the nation into its fights?
AS always, each time one wakes up in Zimbabwe, they are treated to intriguing and curious circumstances that send either the heart or brain racing at life-threatening speeds.Yesterday, out of ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 375 | by NewsDay Comment
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1149 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa to abolish VP post reserved for Ndebeles in Zimbabwe govt?
The toxic politics of tribalism and clanism continues unabated in Zimbabwe as the process of "de- Zezurunisation" and "Karanganisation" of government and all sectors which begun when Mnangagwa (Karang...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:38hrs | 9876 | by Israel Dube
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
NELSON Chamisa's opposition MDC has dropped a key demand questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zim...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 10162 | by Staff reporter
War vets boss in trouble for scorning anti-sanctions march
A WAR veterans' provincial leader in Masvingo is in trouble with colleagues after he openly dismissed a recent government sponsored anti-western sanctions national protest that was presided over by Pr...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1459 | by newzimbabwe
ZNA condemns killer soldier
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has condemned its member who fatally shot his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before committing suicide with a service gun in Chitungwiza recently. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Sinking ship
With almost half the population now registered for food aid, the government is taking decisive action to deal with the threat - not by providing food for the people but by fattening up the army and po...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1877 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Widow challenges hero's will
THE widow of the late national hero Jevan Ben Maseko has approached the High Court seeking an order declaring as null and void a will left by her husband.Maseko, a former deputy minister and M...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks start issuing new notes, coins
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will tomorrow release the new Zimbabwe dollar notes and coins into the market, with depositors set to start withdrawing limited amounts when banks open in the mornin...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Bosso banks on army of supporters
HIGHLANDERS players troop into Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon knowing they would be 90 minutes away from making history by taking the club into the Chibuku Super Cup finals for the first time si...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a rebel: Cde Chipoyera
In a riveting account never before made public, Parker Chipoyera (PC) opens up on events leading to the arrest of the ZIPA leadership and how he ended up in captivity with his fellow comrades. ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora Perspective of Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe
Something big is happening to Emmerson Mnangagwa he has come to realisation that his approval ratings have slumped. With the public confidence at its lowest. The mega deals have not materialised...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1665 | by Mirriam Gasho
The Economic Factors of Military Coups
There has been rumours of coup in Zimbabwe. Most people are so worried and industry have down sized after rumours have gone wild. Despite the difficulties Zimbabwe is not ready for another coup....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2267 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police budget alone exceed Ncube's initial ceiling - we in deep hole, stop digging for Pete's sake
When you are in a hole, stop digging because you are not doing to dig yourself out of the hole by making the hole deeper! That is obvious, common sense, but clearly not to some people; but I never tho...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1041 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mthuli Ncube silences Zimbabwe soldiers, police
Under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is poised to pump billions of dollars into the coffers of the military and other security clusters when he announced his national budget next week - after ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 15308 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants bonus pay dates announced
GOVERNMENT last night announced the dates it will pay civil servants their annual bonus. In a statement, the Finance Ministry said the civil servants, security forces included, would get the b...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 6602 | by Staff reporter
Hungry Zimbabwe soldiers spark govt fears
There is growing disquiet within the rank and file of the military over the rising cost of living, poor salaries and difficult working conditions, with government now desperate for solutions to avert ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 3365 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in remarkable recovery, returning home soon
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears, is preparing to return home after making a remarkable recovery at a top hospital in Beij...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bemoans tourist drop
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has bemoaned the drop in tourist arrivals in the country. Speaking at an Economic Development and Financial Indaba in Harare on Thursday, Mnangagwa called for tour...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:27hrs | 3216 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's wife sucked into Buyanga, girlfriend child custody wrangle
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been placed at the centre of a custody wrangle between South Africa based property tycoon Frank Buyanga and his ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa.An audio leaked...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:43hrs | 3822 | by newzimbabwe
ZNA condemns wife killer
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has condemned the recent actions by one of their members who shot and killed his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before killing himself by the same gun fo...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
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