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'Americans sponsor violence in Zimbabwe'
ZANU PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Pupurai Togarepi has fired salvo at the United States of America government for allegedly funding opposition party members and civic society activists to unleash a ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 5732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa walks tight rope
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is still walking a tightrope between extremism and moderation as he approaches the end of the first year of his election last July.Perhaps nothing demonstrates his...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1253 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Warts of democracy can be an eyesore
Cynics often say politics is like a sewage as it allows stinking and filthy scum to rise to the top.In a twisted way, it's pretty much like milk, which, as it matures, allows cream to rise....Published: 22 hrs ago | 57 | by Bishop Lazarus
If Zanu is not for Mugabe, Sithole, Nkala, Mujuru or Gumbo, then how can it be yours?
Anyone who thinks is a Zanu Member, is a proper fool who will never Learn. Foolishness is the Quality to be Unable to Learn, and unfortunately, in Zimbabwe, we have a surplus of that Quality.D...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1049 | by Multiverse Dungani
Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | 358 | by Victor Bhoroma
White farmer convicted of ‘mistakenly' shooting black employee
A CHIPINGE white farmer, who shot and injured his employee claiming that he had mistaken him for a stray dog and blaming the victim for the incident, has been convicted of negligently causing serious ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:02hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
The Army is coming after you Mr. President, just like what happened to Omar al-Bashir in Sudan
The trigger for the demonstrations that brought the downfall of President Omar al-Bashir in April was the trebling of the price of bread last December. It came after a devaluation of the Sudanese poun...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2613 | by Knowledge Hakata
The Army is coming after you Mr. President, just like what happened to Omar al-Bashir in Sudan
The trigger for the demonstrations that brought the downfall of President Omar al-Bashir in April was the trebling of the price of bread last December. It came after a devaluation of the Sudanese poun...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 621 | by Knowledge Hakata
Police 'block' Chief Ndiweni solidarity march
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked a solidarity march organised by various political and civil society groups in support of Ntabazinduna's Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is being hounded for al...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora humiliates Chamisa?
MDC Alliance secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora left his leader Mr Nelson Chamisa holding his head in shame when he exposed the party's flawed process in the holding of internal polls that led to t...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2630 | by Staff reporter
CAF ban Zimbabwe's National Sports Stadium
THE Confederation of African Football have barred ZIFA from using the National Sports Stadium for the next two official home matches following the chaos that led to loss of life and injuries at the gi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:55hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | 3345 | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3220 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo's tenure littered with allegations of corruption
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo was this week unceremoniously demoted to a junior ministerial post due to a string of corruption allegations, gross incompetence and fuel short...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 1706 | by BBC
Zanu PF to review wages again as prices double every 21 days - back on hyperinflation roller-coaster
"Government says it will award its workers another pay increase in June as prices of basic commodities continue to sky rocket, eroding the purchasing power of disposable incomes," reported Bulawayo24....Published: 16 May 2019 at 17:17hrs | 1512 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chasi strikes Mthuli with fuel fortune
A fuel crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those used as ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:25hrs | 9797 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's beef industry stampedes back to life
After more than a decade in limbo, beef farmers are back in business Zimbabwe's famed beef industry, which collapsed in the 2000s following outbreaks o...Published: 15 May 2019 at 20:50hrs | 1827 | by Ray Mwareya
WATCH: Mwonzora nails Khumalo, Biti on elections corruption
Embattled MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has cleared his name over allegations that he signed for an unofficial candidate to contest in the Cowdray Park Council by-election that the party lost...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:40hrs | 5279 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa sacks Gumbo, NOIC boss
Amid a deepening electricity and fuel crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reshuffled Energy and Power Development Minister Jorum Gumbo and appointed Zanu-PF's rising star Fortune Chasi, fo...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3110 | by ZimLive
How Mnangagwa's government is perpetuating fuel crisis
When the fuel crisis escalated last January, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to announce a 150% price increase.Amid the outrage and riots which followed, one important detail went larg...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1630 | by newZWire
How Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe
What do Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Mugabe, and Nicolás Maduro have in common? Other than being leaders who kept the Communist Manifesto at their bedside, all three ushered in devastating hyperinflati...Published: 14 May 2019 at 10:14hrs | 5267 | by Prof. Steve Hanke
Chamisa gets hostile reception in Bulawayo
DISGRUNTLED MDC Alliance officials in Bulawayo yesterday gave their leader Mr Nelson Chamisa a hostile reception to the city by painting graffiti at the party's provincial offices denigrating him for ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3276 | by Staff reporter
'Fascist Mthwakazi denying people a voice' - we must remove dictators and stop fascists
"A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply," wrote Nomazulu Thata. "We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of ma...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:14hrs | 507 | by Wilbert Mukori
We must flash out all the sloths
Hairdressers of Natpharm head honchos must understandably be worried since they might not be seeing their clients anytime soon, especially after they received quite the "hairdryer treatment" last week...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:34hrs | 315 | by Bishop Lazi
Matebeleland South gold wars turn bloody as gangs rampage
Avigilant Masotsha considers himself lucky to be alive.Masotsha, who hails from Kwekwe, was one of the more than 20 illegal miners who were panning for gold underground when a tunnel suddenly ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:31hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
South African election results brings painful memories to MDC
General elections were held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. These were the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid ...Published: 11 May 2019 at 19:11hrs | 5186 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Politicians mustn't get away with slandering judges
The habit of the main opposition MDC of getting itself into a mess and then some rabid elements in the party blaming everyone - from the government to the courts - except themselves has to stop....Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:13hrs | 1694 | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa sharpening swords against Mudzuri, Mwonzora
LAWYERS for the opposition MDC spent the better part of yesterday studying High Court Judge Justice Edith Mushore's ruling nullifying Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the party in order to give advice o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3643 | by Staff reporter
Illegitimate Nelson Chamisa what next?
Following the High Court ruling yesterday, that the appointment of Nelson Chamisa as one of the two additional vice presidents three years ago was illegal, thus his current presidency at the helm of t...Published: 10 May 2019 at 12:13hrs | 3802 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Student kills lecturer over thesis
An argument over a thesis turned fatal as a student allegedly killed his professor by slashing her throat.The incident happened Monday afternoon, May 2, at the North Sumatra Muhammadiyah Unive...Published: 09 May 2019 at 21:25hrs | 6001 | by Staff Reporter
5 miners die in mine collapse
FIVE illegal miners died when a tunnel at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South province collapsed while about 15 Amakorokoza were underground. The incident happened on Monday w...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1033 | by Staff Reporter
US demands arrest of Aug 1 and January killer soldiers
PRESIDENT Donald Trump's administration has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa punishes security forces who stand accused of killing civilians during last year's post-election demonstrations, ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2010 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Sanctions on Zimbabwe not to blame, says USAID chief
Zimbabwe is creating a straw-man by blaming sanctions for the lack of investment and a failing economy, a top official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says....Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2907 | by ZimLive
Parents struggle with school fees as economy bites
PARENTS yesterday said they were struggling to send their children back to school for the second term as they were failing to cope with rising fees and cost of living against stagnant salaries....Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
Parents face fees dilemma
Thousands of pupils, especially boarders, could fail to return to school when the second term begins on Tuesday due to skyrocketing fees, parents have said.A number of schools increased fees s...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:35hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Nadia Nakai proud to be associated with Zimbabwe
South African rapper Nadia Nakai is proud to be associated with Zimbabwe and just cannot get enough of the love she has received from her local followers.Born of a South African father and a Z...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:34hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
'If we fail to adapt, we are doomed,' says Mutsvangwa
SalutationsLadies and gentlemen,It is my great pleasure to join you today, at a moment we are marking the 2019 World Press Freedom Day commemorations under the international theme "Med...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:39hrs | 5854 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Police arrest 120 Bulawayo children
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested about 120 teenagers who had gathered at various points in the city centre allegedly to go to Vuzu Parties or cause general nuisance.The sting operation ne...Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 8791 | by Methusi Ncube
Minister Mathema's coup statement very unfortunate
After many Zimbabweans' lives have been plunged into deep impoverishment and great uncertainty by a series of price increases which have nearly become the order of the day since the declaration of Mna...Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:09hrs | 2616 | by Terrence Wuragu
Mnangagwa told to resolve legitimacy issue first
Dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa over the disputed 2018 presidential elections is the only way to rescue the country from the worsening economic gridlock, a ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Police to raid vuzu youths
POLICE in Bulawayo will today arrest any rowdy youths found in the central business district and have increased deployment of officers to deal with the scourge of vuzu parties. Teenagers take ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clueless on economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration looks increasingly clueless on how to contain consequences of its disastrous economic policies introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube through the Tra...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:47hrs | 2516 | by Staff reporter
Teachers will not back to work for 2nd term - no surprise, fallen wages don't cover transport costs alone
If the worker's wage is not enough to pay for his/her transport cost to work, let alone everything else; then it will be just a matter of time before the worker stops going to work because not many wo...Published: 03 May 2019 at 14:20hrs | 2714 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe teachers not returning to their work stations next Tuesday
Zimbabwe teachers said yesterday they would not be returning to their work stations next Tuesday when the schools open for the second term, unless the government reviewed their salaries.Progre...Published: 03 May 2019 at 10:05hrs | 9658 | by Staff reporter
#myzimbabwedream - Playing our role
As the world commemorates Workers Day, National People's Party (NPP) joins the Nation in mourning the loss of freedom and happiness of our workers..Freedom for the workers means eradication of...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 137 | by Themba Ndebele
Corruption is the elephant in the room
No rocket science is needed to appreciate that, coupled with the debilitating effects of sanctions, corruption is one of the major drivers of the political and socio-economic decay in Zimbabwe today. ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1096 | by Obert Gutu
NRZ blames Mnangagwa's govt
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has dismissed media reports suggesting that some of the parastatal's top managers were sabotaging the US$400 million recapitalisation project to save their jobs...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 3755 | by Staff reporter
Workers not intimidated by Mnangagwa govt threats
IN SPITE of the hair-raising threats issued by Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema on Monday, government has been told to brace for wildcat protests as the country's embattled workers demand solutions ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:12hrs | 2938 | by Staff reporter
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