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MPs gang up against Mthuli Ncube over Mnangagwa measures
LEGISLATORS across the political divide joined hands in strongly condemning recent economic containment measures introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying they were piece-meal and counterprod...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 2142 | by Staff reporter
Chiza prays for Mahachi
EAGLE Life Assembly leader Prophet Blessing Chiza has revealed that he is praying for troubled Warriors winger Kudakwashe Mahachi, who is accused of having scalded his four-year-old son with boiling w...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rubbishes Mnangagwa's economic hitmen conspiracy
FINANCE minister Mtuli Ncube has said the current economic crisis rocking the country is a result of global upheavals, effectively disputing his principal, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that th...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maintains neutral stance on Russia-Ukraine conflict
THE Zimbabwean government has refused to be dragged into the Russia-Ukrainian conflict, calling for dialogue between the warring countries.Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry chie...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda criticises Bretton Woods institutions
The Bretton Woods institutions have been slammed for punishing African countries that seek to control and exploit their natural resources for the benefit of their nationals.Speaker of the Nati...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ncube fret over failing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is fretting over the possibility of losing the 2023 elections at a time Zanu-PF members of Parliament say launching a serious campaign for themselves and their leader will...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:26hrs | 2258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Parliament building 100pc complete
WORK at the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden on the outskirts of Harare is now complete, with furnishings for offices and chambers done.Presently, what is outstanding are ancillary wor...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar under attack from saboteurs
THE sharp decline in the value of the Zimbabwean dollar is a result of a sustained onslaught on the currency by economic saboteurs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has claimed.Respon...Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:43hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Parliament summons July Moyo over failing ZUPCO
Monopoly public transport company ZUPCO "has demonstrated incapacity to be able to carry every passenger," an MP said on Tuesday as parliament summoned local government minister July Moyo to give a mi...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:06hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt corrupt, says opposition MPs
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) from across the political divide yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was presiding over a corrupt government.This came as Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher M...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives kits to assemble 21 buses from China
KITS for the assembly of 21 buses arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday from China, as Harare moves to reduce the forex import bill and create more jobs through assembling buses locally.The project wi...Published: 04 May 2022 at 06:58hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR pay tribute to brave journalists
ON World Press Freedom Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has paid tribute to the brave media practitioners in Zimbabwe and across the globe, who continue to pursue the truth despite the pe...Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:07hrs | 115 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe sees rise in new political parties
TYPICAL of all general elections, Zimbabwe is witnessing the emergence of new political parties ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.The country has seen new political parties being launched...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:05hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa improves MPs, civil servants perks
Government has fixed up to US$10 000 worth of vehicle that civil servants can import duty free while Members of Parliament will now be allowed to import two vehicles duty free as the Second Republic s...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:51hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR salutes all workers for resilience
ON this International Workers Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has saluted all workers in Zimbabwe for their immense contributions to the country and their resilience in the face of the e...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:48hrs | 137 | by Stephen Jakes
Top civil servants sent to Zanu-PF lessons
ZIMBABWE's top civil servants are undergoing indoctrination lessons under the ruling Zanu-PF's school of ideology amid claims that the training will be cascaded to the rank and file of the public serv...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:27hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over murky govt vehicle deals
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will not investigate various cases in which the government, local authorities and parastatals have been prejudiced through the non-delivery of mo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:25hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law's move, an exercise in futility
THE much-hyped Zifa extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was held in Harare last Saturday with assembly members voting for the dismissal of the Felton Kamambo-led board.The same resolution also...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:22hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams price madness
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said the resurgent price madness being experienced in the market is unjustified given the prevailing stable economic fundamentals and the supportive fiscal a...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:56hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
'PVO Bill to curb terrorism'
THE Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment Bill is meant to curb financial terrorism and money laundering by some non-profit organisations that an inter-governmental organisation, Financial Action T...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:56hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Mutare Mayor barred from attending Chamisa meeting
FORMER Mutare mayor, Blessing Tandi was last Friday labeled a traitor and barred from attending a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) provincial assembly meeting presided over by party president Nelso...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:59hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda nailed it on corruption
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda must be commended for hitting the nail on the head on the issue of corruption in this land, pointing out why Zimbabwe's fight against corruption is headi...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases US$22m agric equipment for hire
GOVERNMENT has capitalised two agricultural leasing companies with equipment worth over US$22 million to hire out mechanisation services to farmers in its bid to modernise the sector.Zimbabwe'...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 10:11hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda says penalties for corruption too lenient
SPEAKER of the National AssemblyJacob Mudenda has described the penalties meted out to those found guilty of corruption as too lenient and a major hindrance to the country's anti-corruption drive....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
'We are never going to hold a Congress' CCC says
The CCC Deputy Spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba says his party is not going to hold a Congress because their path to power has no Congress inside. Speaking at a press Conference on Friday, Si...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 12:02hrs | 1649 | by Mandla Ndlovu
What's to celebrate; that independence replaced white oppressors with black ones?
On 18 April 2022 Zimbabweans should have been celebrating the country's 42 years of independence. For the overwhelming majority, there was really no cause to celebrate, and many did not bother. The pe...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 22:37hrs | 436 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa says 'never allow anyone to divide the nation'
ZIMBABWEANS must refuse to be divided as the cords that bind the country together are stronger than any differences, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.Addressing thousands of people who atten...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature
SEVERAL Zimbabwe commentators have interpreted recent by-elections as raising the possibility that Zanu-PF's 42-year-long grip on power is loosening and, come the 2023 general elections, opposition le...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1363 | by Derek Matyszak
Ziyambi defends PVOs Bill
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on Tuesday told Parliament that the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill is necessary in order to improve transparency of charities operating in the co...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Govt justifies hefty varsity fee hikes
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira has justified the widely criticised university fee hikes as necessary to promote and finance quality education in the country.He issued a mi...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urges SA based Zimbabweans to come back home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has urged Zimbabweans who sought economic refuge in South Africa and are now under attack by xenophobia-crazed locals to return home claiming the country's ec...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4001 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt deploys police, soldiers for census
THE involvement of members of the security sector in the upcoming population census has raised eyebrows, with observers describing it as a calculated move by the Zanu-PF government to manipulate the r...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo needs new economic soul, says ZITF chair
ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair (ZITF) board chairperson Busisa Moyo has urged Bulawayo entrepreneurs and policymakers to use this year's ZITF edition to discuss problems affecting industries and pr...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs gang up against Biti
Zanu-PF MPs jeered and booed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti and prevented him from contributing to a motion under discussion in the National Assembly Tuesday, accusing ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 17:54hrs | 3323 | by Staff reporter
World Bank and the IMF have remained largely colonial in character to this day
Most people assume that inequality between the global South and the global North (the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia) has been declining over the past few decades. After al...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 07:43hrs | 357 | by Professor Jason Hickel
Zanu-PF goes after unpatriotic Zimbabweans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party purportedly plans to fast-track a controversial law that would punish citizens deemed "unpatriotic".The National Assembly last week adopted ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Zec failing to level playing field, says NGO
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of failing to level the political playing field."The conduct of the election management body (Zec), has ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs appeal to SA to act on Operation Dudula
LEGISLATORS yesterday expressed concern over an anti-migrant group championing Operation Dudula in neighbouring South Africa, saying the recent brutal killing of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi was xenopho...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Precedent that undermines credibility of Human Rights Council
On April 7, the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia's membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Cou...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 94 | by Alfred de Zayas
Zec rolls out last phase of voter registration
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday started rolling out the second and last phase of the mobile biometric voter registration (BVR) countrywide ahead of the delimitation exercise in Augus...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 157 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Biden angry at Ramaphosa after South Africa abstains from UN Russia vote?
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held telephone talks Friday with United States President Joe Biden, a day after the continental powerhouse abstained from voting on a resolution suspending Russ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 3657 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames 'NATO expansion' for Russia's invasion of Ukraine
In his first public comments over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said it was a "robust" response by President Vladmir Putin to "provocation" by NATO, a military alliance of...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2352 | by Staff reporter
ZEC launches second phase of voter registration outreach
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday launches the second phase of its mobile voter registration exercise after the first outreach in February.ZEC registered 81,742 new voters in t...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:26hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mass protests in Pakistan against 'US imported' government
Ex-PM Imran Khan said the country is headed for a new "freedom struggle," blasting his ouster as "US-backed regime change"Massive demonstrations rocked multiple Pakistani cities, including the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths bay for Khupe's blood
THERE was drama at the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo provincial assembly meeting on Saturday when angry youths tried to violently block MDC-T faction leader, Thokozani Khupe, from atten...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Europe cannot beat a bitterly cold winter through fire from faggots
They can't make fire from faggotsAS I write, for the short month of conflict in Eastern Europe, global food prices have risen by an average 17 percent.Energy costs have gone through th...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 134 | by @ Jamwanda2
EU MP calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
A MEMBER of the European Parliament, Fulvio Martusciello, has called for the removal of illegal economic sanctions that were imposed by the Western world on Zimbabwe, saying Harare needs a fresh start...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:15hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
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