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Zimbabweans' political consciousness now very high
MDC Alliance deputy chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said Zimbabweans' political consciousness as a people can now be taken for granted by those blinded with oppressive power but in the mind of every pai...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1069 | by Stephen Jakes
How Mnangagwa squandered his goodwill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses ZANU-PF supporters on his return from brief exile in South Africa last NovemberIN the euphoria of Robert Mugabe's fall, Zimbabweans would have done anyth...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 20:27hrs | 3369 | by newZWire
Mliswa body-shames 'flat-bottomed' Zanu-PF rivals
FIERY Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has waded into simmering Zanu-PF factional wars, accusing some party elements of plotting to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In a leaked 16-minute audio...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:41hrs | 4285 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa breathes fire
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for labelling innocent citizens as terrorists after they expressed anger over his maladministration.Chami...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11393 | by Staff reporter
'Poverty could bring back machete gangs'
DISRUPTION of employment and increasing levels of poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced artisanal small-scale miners to resume their activities, raising fear of the resurfacing of the dread...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:08hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
CIO bosses violated the constitution
ONE crazy thing happened last week. Not quite surprising, but shocking, nonetheless. A brazen case of crass impunity and criminality in the ruling Zanu-PF.The ruling party held a politburo mee...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1616 | by Tawanda Majoni
Crackdown on activists intensifies ahead of July 31 protests
POLITICAL activists in Bulawayo have said the alleged abduction of opposition political party members and activists is an attempt to close the democratic space and clamp down on dissent.The ab...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay US$3.5 billion compensation to white farmers
Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay US$3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one the ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:10hrs | 687 | by Reuters
Mr Mnangagwa: Are you not kicking the can down the road?
DEAR President ED Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, I hope I find you well. The political script playing out in Zimbabwe is quite familiar not only to me, but many other citizens now fed up with the ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:07hrs | 3712 | by Rashweat Mukundu
'Gono must be arrested'
ZAPU has called for the arrest of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono and the simultaneous setting up of a commission of inquiry into the extravagant Farm Mechanisation Programm...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:44hrs | 2807 | by newzimbabwe
A selfish proliteriate, a voracious educated elite and a rapacious ruling class - The opiate numbing Zimbabwe
Wrote in 1943, Karl Marx's celebrated dictum, "religion is the opium of the people," entered popular lexicon and according to Rosie Blau ,still resonates with 4,5 billion people the world over who ide...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 23:10hrs | 1763 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Mnangagwa has failed to justify imposition of curfew
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) after a sharp increase in infections in the country....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:23hrs | 3276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers now the least paid civil servants
Teachers are worried about the difference between their salaries and those of other civil servants such as the armed forces after noticing that they have become the least paid among the government wor...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:20hrs | 6467 | by Stephen Jakes
Thokozani Khupe's letter to American government
Chairperson of the POLAD International Relations and Re-engagement Sub-Committee Thokozani Khupe wrote a letter to Americas House of Foreign Affairs Committee requesting to appear because the Committe...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:35hrs | 5484 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Mnangagwa petitioned to appoint Ruth Labode as Minister of Health
The President of the Republic of ZimbabweState House1 Chancellor AvenueHarareZimbabweYour Excellency Sir, Chapter 2 Movement AND Abantwana BoMzabalazo (Children of ZPRA cadres)...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 21:56hrs | 7451 | by Chapter 2 Movement
'Half of ZANU PF MPs never reached Form 2' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says half of the ruling ZANU PF Members of Parliament did not reach Form 2 and that makes them fail to debate progressively at the August House. Said M...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 15:06hrs | 8573 | by Mandla Ndlovu
All War Veterans invited to dump ZANU PF and join The Patriotic Front
Secretary General of the newly formed The Patriotic Front (TPF) Andrew Nyathi has called upon all former liberation war heroes to dump ditch the revolutionary party ZANU PF and join TPF. In an...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 13:30hrs | 8609 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panicky Mnangagwa spoils security forces
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is pampering security forces to forestall an uprising amid growing discontent over the deteriorating economic situation in the country, analysts have said.Mnangagw...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:12hrs | 11338 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe was better under Mugabe,' says Hopewell Chin'ono
PROMINENT journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says Zimbabwe needs political reforms to end the multifaceted crisis facing the country.Chin'ono (HP), who has become a target of Zanu-PF attacks for exp...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter
ZiNA seeks army, police, judiciary protection during July 31 protests
The new pressure group called Zimbabwe National Anthem has petitioned the state institutions which include the army, the police and the judiciary to protect citizens from the power-hungry political le...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1222 | by Stephen Jakes
The foreign hand in the 31st July demonstrations uncovered
Zimbabwe is braced for another act of provocation by America. Information and intelligence available shows that the opposition and particularly the organisers of the demonstrations have been given thr...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 17:14hrs | 14588 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans should refuse to be abused, and used as sacrificial lambs for a self-serving ruling elite opportunist clique
Whenever any government resorts to habitually and incessantly using the 'national interests' tag, then a wise nation should immediately know that their leaders have reached record lows in their parasi...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:32hrs | 843 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ngarivhume leading calls for the planned July 31 protests
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume, who has been leading calls for the planned July 31 protests, said the action they were taking would not be partisan."We are doing this for the gener...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
Mine collapses on three artisanal miners
A mine shaft allegedly collapsed on three illegal miners at farm 161 Chesa, Mount Darwin killing one on the spot while injuring two on Wednesday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspect...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:33hrs | 980 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Radical Economic Structural Transformation (part 6 of 10)
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:25hrs | 1662 | by Vince Musewe
We need a transitional government: CSO
Pressure Group Ibhetshu Lika Zulu has called for a Transitional government as the economy is sinking at a very fast rate.The pressure group secretary Mbuso Fuzwayo said the only way forward fo...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 2156 | by Stephen Jakes
A Win for Malawians ls A Win for Zimbabweans
Democracy has triumphed over in Malawi.The Courts proved they can deliver justice independently without external influence from those in power.In the end the Court declared a new election afte...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1046 | by A Kadada
Killer arrested after staging suicide
A GWANDA miner has been arrested for allegedly strangling his workmate before dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initiall...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3994 | by Staff reporter
Malaria death toll rises to 279
THE malaria death toll in Zimbabwe has risen to 279 since January amid reports that 306 365 have been infected with the disease. In April the deaths stood at 201 with 185 585 cases countrywide...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to go back to the drawing board
BATTERED and bruised MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, should go back to the drawing board and come up with new strategies to fight for his political life in the wake of the political and legal loss...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:49hrs | 2137 | by Staff reporter
Council worker drowns in sewage
Chegutu Town council employee Love Chengeni (35) drowned yesterday while fixing sewage pipes in Chegutu.Sources familiar with incident allege a trench collapsed while he was changing dil...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:50hrs | 1652 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe environmental law association conduct research on formalisation of artisanal miners
A local Non-Governmental Law Association, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association i s seeking to carry out a research on formalization of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 301 | by Stephen Jakes
Machete gangs resurface
ARMED robbery cases involving machete-wielding gangs have resurfaced in Matabeleland South province, invoking memories of terror-filled moments linked to the thugs that traumatised communities....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 170 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
'US$1 billion to back Zimbabwe forex auction'
Local banks have $1 billion in foreign currency accounts (FCAs) while the country has healthy inflows to sustain the newly introduced forex auction system that replaced the interbank with effect from ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya suspends mobile money agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended mobile money agents from facilitating mobile financial transactions and has placed restrictions on merchant transactions.This follows a pronouncement...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3651 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clarifies phone based mobile money platforms position
Below is a statement released by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on the suspension of phone based mobile money platforms.On the Suspension of Monetary Transactions on Phone Based Mobile Money Pla...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:42hrs | 5102 | by Staff reporter
Zim Government under spotlight over property rights: Paul Westwood saga
During the 2017 episode, one of the key fundamentals which the military reiterated during the seizure of power, was the restoration of legacy, getting rid of the purported criminals around Robert Muga...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1092 | by Charles Murindo
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1549 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Factionalism not peculiar to Zanu-PF
FACTIONALISM is not a phenomenon peculiar to Zanu-PF. Political parties, the world over, are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance the...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 136 | by Lovemore Sibanda
Biti and Job Sikhala to be struck off the roll?
Zimbabwean politics has always been full of mystery. Politicians are normally identified by their getting into public office. There are a lot of politicians fine politicians who had never ran for an o...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 23:05hrs | 15620 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mliswa slams 'bunch of empty head' MPs
CONTROVERSIAL Norton MP, Temba Mliswa was Wednesday suspended for a continuous six house sittings by Speaker Jacob Mudenda over rowdy behaviour.But an angry Mliswa, reacting to the move, accus...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2936 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo Zanu-PF youths complain over COVID-19 fund
ZANU-PF youth from Bulawayo have complained over the "turning of COVID-19 relief funds into loans" with stringent conditions to access the funding.The government recently set up a $17 million ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Factionalism in Zanu-PF: G40 vs Lacoste
Factionalism is not a phenomenon peculiar to the ZANU PF. Political parties are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance their agenda wit...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 4750 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
CBZ dismisses gold buying license reports
CBZ Bank has dismissed as false reports that the financial institution has been awarded a gold-buying licence by the Government.Some sections of the media had claimed that CBZ was now buying g...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:31hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa moves in to deal with his successor'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ZANU PF party is pushing for the amendment of the constitution to deal with the succession plan that is provided by the constitution, Constitutional law expert Professor...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 12:16hrs | 17663 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Erick Knight to launch radio station
VETERAN radio and TV presenter Erick "The General" Knight has disclosed that he is set to launch a radio station, Radio54 African Panorama Live, which will focus on Africa.Knight told News Day...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2265 | by Staff reporter
MDC losing support base, claims Nixon 'Mao' Nyikadzino
THE secretary-general of the smaller MDC-T, Nixon Nyikadzino says current power struggles within MDC factions will see the opposition lose its traditional support base as party leaders concentrate on ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 705 | by newzimbabwe
Fragmentation in Zimbabwe is of our own making: APA
The Dr Nkosana Moyo led Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has lamented that the fragmentation that is rocking the country is of the citizens' own making.The party said the fathers day could b...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:11hrs | 572 | by Stephen Jakes
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
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