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Mnangagwa admits late Ndabaningi Sithole a national hero
President Emmerson Mnangwagwa has made a surprise admission late former Zanu founding leader and Second Chimurenga co-pioneer Ndabaningi Sithole deserves his due recognition as a national hero....Published: 4 hrs ago | 886 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces 72 hours of water shedding
BULAWAYO residents could soon be faced with a 72-hour water shedding regime as the water situation in the city continues to deteriorate, with vandalism of both electricity instalments and pipes on ser...Published: 14 hrs ago | 84 | by Staff reporter
Investors talk up Zimbabwe gold coins
Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins, which were released into the market by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on July 25, are an alternative investment option to US dollars, stocks and the property market, and ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 197 | by Staff reporter
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | 2232 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police defend CCC rallies ban
POLICE claim they have been fair in implementing provisions of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa), and have instead blamed opposition parties and civic society organisations (CSOs) of faili...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Security guard plotted to kill Mugabe in South Africa
An ITV security guard plotted to kill Robert Mugabe at the World Cup Final in South Africa by breaking his neck, a sports commentator has claimed.Sports journalist Ned Boulting, 53, said that ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:51hrs | 6290 | by Staff reporter
BCC offers domestic debtors 50% discount
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is now offering a 50% discount to domestic debtors and 30% to industrial debtors paying their bills in foreign currency.Councils began indexing rates in foreign cur...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council does not build dams, says Mayor
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday shot back at Zanu-PF claims that the local authority had failed to provide enough potable water to residents because it had not built an adequate number of dams for...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells his followers to 'faka pressure'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa was Monday encouraged his supporters to 'faka pressure.'Chamisa sent the cryptic message on Twitter....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:21hrs | 3683 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of Ndebele teachers hits Zhombe, Silobela
ZHOMBE and Silobela districts in the Midlands province have been hit hard by a shortage of Ndebele teachers, which has been blamed on speakers of the language that are hesitant on taking the language....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC remembers August 1 shooting victims
ON this day four years ago, security forces fired on Harare residents in the central business district (CBD) following post-election protests after delays by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:08hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lashes at Chamisa's mazizi
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has lashed at Mazizi for insults targeted at him.Said Prof Moyo, "You can dot me, call me names, body shame me or lie about me for all you want; no...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 09:52hrs | 4897 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners cry foul
OVERCROWDING, failure to access health services and poor living conditions continue to stalk inmates at Harare remand prison where they share few toilets and showers.The exact number of inmate...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:13hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation spikes to 257%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation jumped to 256,9% this month, up from 191% in June, evoking memories of the 2008 hyper-inflationary era nightmares as prices of basic goods continue to skyrocket....Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:09hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Residents challenge BCC over 'unreasonable' bills
BULAWAYO residents have challenged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) over astronomical bills, but city fathers said they are not to blame because inflation has pushed up the cost of everything.T...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:08hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF holding of nation at ransom makes us wish they had never embarked on liberation struggle!
When a person is saved from a place of bondage, and rescued from the dungeon where he has been held captive under the most intolerable anguish and agony - subjected to the most horrendous unbelievable...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 22:58hrs | 745 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa responsible for CCC attacks on Jonathan Moyo's family, and abuse of his late daughter
FORMER information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, has directly blamed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa for online attacks targeting his family, including his late daughter ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 7111 | by Staff reporter
If Edmund Kudzayi is gay, so is Chamisa
PROFESSOR Jonathan Moyo has jumped to the defence of journalist Edmund Kudzayi, who has over the past week fallen victim to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters' attacks for criticising thei...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4175 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa intensifies efforts to charm rural electorate in Masvingo
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reportedly making efforts to sneak into Zanu-PF's strongholds in Masvingo where the opposition party is intensifying its voter mobilisation strategy known as...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes villagers to traditional court for bunking party meetings
SCORES of Hurungwe villagers were Monday summoned to appear before a traditional court to explain their continued absenteeism at Zanu-PF meetings and events.About 50 people, mostly Citizens Co...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
'Military running Zimbabwe affairs'
ZIMBABWE has been described as a military-run State whose future is being determined by the army.This was revealed on Monday during a Twitter space discussion hosted by Open Parly, which discu...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | 7934 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold coins start circulating
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday released the first batch of 2 000 Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins into the market to provide a store of value alternative to the US dollar in a development expect...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi experiment backfires?
IT was always coming and it has proven to be an expensive experiment for Ngezi Platinum Stars.The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League side yesterday went separate ways with their coach Benjani ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Harare's opposition councillors of being corrupt, at a time his own minister, July Moyo, is being investigated for allegedly forcing council into shadowy deals...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 21359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faction in panic over Chiwenga popularity?
In a state of panic President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction has reportedly deployed varakashi to defend their principal. Information at hand indicate that Varakashi in an urgent briefing meeting held l...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 10:15hrs | 9317 | by Bokang Nleya
Mnangagwa bomb attack mystery deepens
Four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived an assassination attempt it has emerged that a former soldier, who was convicted by the military for the grenade attack, was in India on the day ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:03hrs | 2541 | by Staff reporter
Thieves target city boreholes
BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Berita's husband blames Nyovest, publicist for marriage breakdown
THE break-up of the marriage between Zimbabwean songbird Berita Khumalo and South Africa's Nhlamulo "Nota" Baloyi took a new twist last week, with the music personality blaming rapper Cassper Nyovest'...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:00hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Mugwadi scorns Chamisa for hiring a 'self-confessed hooker'
SUSAN Mutami's allegations about claimed abuse at the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as her supposed relationship with 2017 coup announcer, the late foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Mo...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 7322 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC invents plan towards Zimbabwe sanctions removal
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere says her party has invented a comprehensive strategy on how it plans to free the country from two decades of western imposed sanctions i...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 6626 | by Staff reporter
POLAD electoral reform declaration forces ZEC to announce results in 72 hours
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of 16 political parties which took part in the 2018 elections, including Zanu-PF, has released a declaration recommending electoral reforms before nex...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1988 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Zimbabwe struggles with daily blackouts
ZAMBIA'S integrated power utility ZESCO has declared that the country how has surplus capacity of about 1,000 megawatts (MW) at a time the country is also enjoying an economic rebound.Across t...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala being persecuted, claims lawyer
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday said the endless arrests, without conviction, of Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (Citizens Coalition for Change, CCC) was a clear case of political ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister dishes out sweets to lure voters
POLITICAL temperatures are rising ahead of the Kariba Ward 5 by-election pencilled for Saturday, amid accusations by the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) that a top Zanu-PF official dis...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 5805 | by Staff reporter
Zec blames voter apathy on economy
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has blamed voter registration apathy on the state of the economy, saying even civic groups faced resource challenges in mobilising people to register to vote....Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Your 'new dispensation' claims are banal
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, authority of the Office of the President is being undermined by the incumbent.Oftentimes your speeches are unwholesome and not in tan...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 519 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Sikhala challenges placement on remand
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (MP) Job Sikhala has denied charges of defeating the course of justice on police investigations into the murder of opposition activist, Moreblessing Ali.The State...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:49hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa ally says Zimbabweans should be in their home
ZIMBABWEANS should be in their home country and all nations "need to take responsibility of their citizens" a South African cabinet minister and senior ruling African National Congress (ANC) party off...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:20hrs | 8388 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens to block Kariba's development if opposition CCC wins by-election
Zanu-PF has hinted it will not facilitate infrastructural development in the already marginalised Kariba Urban constituency if its candidate loses the local authority by-election scheduled for Saturda...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:15hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Kezi villagers accuse local leaders of stifling development
VILLAGERS in ward five, Humbana in Kezi district, Matabeleland South province, have blamed their councillor Madalaboy Ndebele and legislator Saul Mahalima Ncube for stifling development by failing to ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:31hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora faces pressure to step down
THE MDC-T is in fresh chaos amid renewed pressure for party leader Douglas Mwonzora to step down for failing to respect the constitution, alleged abuse of funds and hobnobbing with Zanu-PF while destr...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:38hrs | 6036 | by Staff reporter
300 Bulawayo couples seek divorce in 6 months
MORE than 300 couples have applied for divorce in the High Court in Bulawayo in the first six months of the year, translating to about an average of 50 cases every month, a worrying trend observers bl...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite has no conscience
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elite in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I cannot help wonder how far these people ar...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite will sell their own mothers if they believe can get away with it!
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elitist clique in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I can not help wondering how far th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 10:08hrs | 2354 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is ED honestly proud of his five years in office?
All too often I encounter disturbing media reports of ordinary Zimbabweans being callously arrested and hauled before the courts for ostensibly "undermining the authority of/or insulting the president...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 2476 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe will never prosper as long as we have turned our politics into cults and idolatry!
A few days ago, as my wife and I were attending to some errands in the city centre, we visited a tailoring shop, whereby we were greeted by attire advertising the tailor's work. To say we were...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | 934 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube
THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hiding behind Ukraine-Russia war'
GOVERNMENT has been accused of using the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a scapegoat for its failure to manage the country's ailing economy.On Monday, Women's Affairs, Small and Medium Enterpri...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:06hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe puts demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold
KWEKWE City Council has put the demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold pending consultations with stakeholders.The local authority had given an ultimatum to illegal tuck shop and gas vendors...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Bosso draw away again
Ngezi Platinum Stars 1-1 HighlandersNGEZI Platinum Stars survived a late onslaught to share the spoils with visiting Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played here yesterday...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:56hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
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