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'David Coltart targeting black administrators'
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has accused former Sports Minister David Coltart of targeting its black administrators with "baseless accusations" in a sharp rebuttal to his criticism of the board following the...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:00hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission demands proof of how it 'rigs' elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has demanded proof of how it "rigs" elections, describing as "bar talk" allegations that it manipulates the results in favour of the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mhlophe, Sibanda lock horns over Bosso top seat
HIGHLANDERS executive committee elections take place tomorrow with both incumbent chairperson Kenneth Mhlophe and challenger Johnfat Sibanda fighting for the top post.Mhlophe has been at the h...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette tycoon rubbishes Maverick Citizen bigotry
Businessman Adam Molai has denounced allegations that his Pacific Cigarette Company is part of powerful cartels accused of plundering Zimbabwe's economy and impoverishing the country's population....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans faking abductions'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday accused people who claim to have been abducted of being desperate attention-seekers, who would have been involved in domestic violence at their homes....Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elective congress and the Chamisa factor
Genuine leaders are elected into office and not appointed. To set the record straight it is health for the Chamisa led MDC Alliance to hold its elective congress. The forth coming congress for MDC All...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:32hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Dembare cap most disastrous season
Nichrut 3 - 0 DynamosRODERICK Mutuma scored a brace as Dynamos were handed a drubbing by already relegated Nichrut at Ascot yesterday.Ephraim Mwinga converted a late penalty to complete th...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inside Chamisa's winter of discontent
On Monday we woke up to a screaming headline in an opposition-leaning newspaper that told us that the MDC-Alliance had given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission an ultimatum of 24 hours to address...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Rugeje in Zanu-PF primaries bribery storm
ZANU-PF national political commissar (NPC) Engelbert Rugeje is being accused of demanding a bribe from one of the contestants in last week's hotly disputed party primary elections.Losing candi...Published: 08 May 2018 at 08:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Manager goes AWOL with 'company money'
Zimbabwe Leaf Tobacco (ZLT) Company Guruve aerial manager reportedly tendered his resignation recently after failing to account for the company's money.Allegations are that Andreas Mutumbwa fa...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 20:21hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Masvingo executive dumps Mujuru
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru's political star continues to fall with her entire Masvingo provincial executive resigning en-masse last week, citing several leadership irregularitie...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insult law still remains in force
While a number of citizens were arrested and dragged to the courts after being accused of undermining the authority of or insulting former President Robert Mugabe, even as he is gone, that law is stil...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chidzambwa busted in secret recording
ZPC Kariba head coach Sunday "Mhofu" Chidzambwa was secretly recorded while taking a swipe at the team's executive and sharing the real reasons why he has decided to quit the club at the end of the Ca...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Basic commodities such as cooking oil have automatically disappeared from the shelves
Economy does not need an iron fist or intimidation but just basic economics should be applied or else we have slided back to the 2008 situation.As an economist I don't rely on bar talk or rumo...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 21:14hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Caveat emptor on 'post-Mugabe' permutations
Let's all admit it: the "Zimbabwean question" has for the past two decades been subject of such plotting and planning; academicising and theorising; mapping and pontificating that have not been seen p...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza
Mugabe insult cases crumble
Like a deck of cards, President Robert Mugabe's countless insult cases have over the years collapsed one after the other, with the latest being that of former Zanu PF youth leader William Mutumanje - ...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbalula's big mouth is devil's postbag
The issue of criminality in South Africa is historical just as the issue of poverty. Black South Africans are poor in a country of plenty and that is the source of criminality not the Zimbabwean army....Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
Avenging spirits: Are they real?
When Pastor Charles Chiriseri died in a traffic accident in September last year, his death left the nation shell-shocked. Even those who didn't know him, felt the sorrow. That is how shocking sudden d...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | 6 | by Garikai Mazara
Chamisa wants Tsvangirai to discipline Khupe - report
KNIVES are out for one of the MDC-T vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, with calls for her censure and possible sacking for contradicting party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on forming coalitions w...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
An insider's account of Mugabe's regime is also a brave act of defiance
What is it about Southern Africa that creates so many moral heavyweights? It seems that adversity and repression in that part of the world stimulate rather than inhibit, and bring out the best in ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by David Coltart
Mujuru's Bikita West rally blocked
Opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) president Joice Mujuru was left devastated when her Bikita West rally was cancelled so Zanu-PF could hold its assembly.ZPF organised the event over t...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 16:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A new low, even for Eddie Cross
There are very few blogs that read like Eddie Cross', in its weird and nauseating way which betrays the psyche of an old, racist unrepentant "Rhodie". (And he should pay for this free advertising!) He...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
The Herald fights on Mugabe's corner, tears into Eddie Cross
TODAY, the State-owned by pro-Zanu PF Herald published an opinion piece in which it tears into Eddie Cross whom it described as a racist. Cross tore the line last week when he allegedly penned a blog ...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cheap media, cheap politics?
Something that appeared on one news website yesterday really got us to ponder: have the media become so cheap to the extent that it has become easy for the exploitation by characters of all colours an...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is going in 2018: MDC is on course
The Robert Mugabe regime should start packing now since their departure in 2018 is inevitable even if they attempt to steal the make or break plebiscite. The political institutions that w...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Gugugu Magorira Zvishavane
Police sticks to its guns on spot fines
ZIMBABWE Police will continue imposing spot fines and impounding vehicles from offending motorists because apart from the move being legal, tracing the culprits is difficult as most of them give wron...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 08:32hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Tsvangirai faces fresh revolt
A FRESH storm is brewing in the MDC-T with party leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatening to dissolve the party’s provincial structures accused of waging a social media campaign to hold another electiv...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
The confession that sold out Tsvangirai
The so-called opening up by the ex-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, if ever it was anything other than a futile attempt at deodorising a skunk,has been deemed by peers as a desperate attempt to j...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Caitlin Kamba
A Zimbabwean cartoon project launched online
It started as a simple project by a team of cartoonists throwing in ideas and making funny scenes through a culture window. Fast forward the scenes, the project has caught the attention of many Facebo...Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 06:19hrs | 4 | by Chido Wilcox
Bar talk gives away Zanu-PF offices bombing suspect
A 40-year-old Harare man has appeared in court on allegations of bombing Zanu-PF Machipisa offices destroying property worth thousands of dollars. Collins Chisunga of Old Highfield was arreste...Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Court Reporter
'Tsvangirai's position as MDC-T president is not safe'
The state media Sunday claimed that Tsvangirai's top position as MDC-T president is not safe as Mr Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the party, is reportedly eyeing the post, amid revelations that...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 05:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai calls an emergency meeting
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has summoned his troops to an emergency strategic retreat this weekend in a desperate attempt to hold his party together in the face of widespread frustration, anger and d...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 13:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Did Angel of Spirit Embassy attack T.B. Joshua!
The report from the Daily News which stated that Prophet Angel of Spirit Embassy had attacked Prophet TB Joshua in a sermon has been met with outcries of anger and defiance from those who actually ...Published: 29 May 2012 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Nosa Osazuwa
Bar Talk: The drinkers' 2012 resolutions
Welcome to all the members of the drinking constituency who have made it thus far into 2012. This is an achievement as it is a well-known fact that we are the most vulnerable demographic group when it...Published: 07 Jan 2012 at 08:38hrs | | by Bra Gee
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