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Ghana's ruling party falls
Ghana's vice president and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat Sunday to opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama in the West African nation's presidential e...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 17:43hrs | 4123 | by Staff reporter
MRP blasts Munhumutapa over private member bill
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has blasted 'King Munhumutapa' Timothy Chiminya over his private member bill tabled in parliament seeking to take traditional leaders' authority from the ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 09:43hrs | 293 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa blasts US for crippling Zimbabwe's economy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed grave concern over the suffering endured by ordinary Zimbabweans due to economic sanctions, despite these measures being targeted at specific individuals. Hi...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:53hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo blasts Zanu-PF over policy confusion
Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has blasted Zanu PF government over policy which he blamed for economic quagmire in the country.In...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:21hrs | 568 | by Stephen Jakes
Chitembwe blasts 'clown' Nees, ZIFA
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was left fuming yesterday after his key player, captain Godknows Murwira, was barred from participating in the highly anticipated Castle Lager Premier Soccer League d...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Chiedza Chedenga makes strides in gospel music
Mvurwi-based Acapella gospel group Chiedza Chedenga is rising in the gospel music industry.Speaking after the anti-drug Galla dubbed Indaba Boss birthday bash in Guruve recently the group lead...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:17hrs | 135 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dhuterere 'blasts' manager, promoter
Musician Mambo Dhuterere has expressed his disappointment after his planned tour to the United Kingdom was canceled due to a dispute between his manager and the promoter.In a Facebook statemen...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:23hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
United Nations of Africa congratulates ED for assuming SADC Chairmanship ...as he blasts opposition for being disorganised
United Nations of Africa (UNA) Zimbabwe representative, Max Mkandla has congratulated President Emmerson Mnangagwa for assuming the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Chair position, adding...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 16:51hrs | 870 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF blasts Malema
ZANU-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has slammed the leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party, Mr Julius Malema, for attempting to incite anarchy in Zimbabwe.To...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Jere blasts unruly Caps United fans
PREMIER Soccer League and Caps United president Farai Jere has torn into his team's supporters after they invaded the pitch in protest against the referee's decision to disallow their equalising goal ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Themba Gorimbo blasts Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry again
Themba "The Answer" Gorimbo, Zimbabwe's sole Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) representative, has once again criticized Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry, expressing his dis...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UFC star Themba Gorimbo blasts Kirsty Coventry
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) standout Themba Gorimbo finds himself in conflict with Minister of Sports Kirsty Coventry and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) due to their refusal to gr...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blasts EU for extending sanctions on Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF has jumped to the defence of Zimbabwe's security sector in its latest rant after the European Union's (EU) extension of sanctions targeted on Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI).Sanction...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Minister blasts civil servants
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Judith Ncube yesterday blasted slothful civil servants in the province as she demanded servant leadership from public officers.Minister Ncu...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube blasts 'charlatans who think truth does not matter'
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Fresh Kambucha maker blasts copycats
Fresh Kambucha Private Limited, a beverages manufacturer, has distanced itself from counterfeit products that have saturated the market and damaged the company's reputation. Kambucha is produced throu...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:58hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Shock as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blasts Transgender people
On the fourth day of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made controversial statements regarding gender identity, straying from the generally supportive ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 16:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joseph Kalimbwe blasts Hichilema's government...later deletes tweet
A now-deleted tweet by Joseph Kalimbwe, the spokesperson for Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), has shed light on growing dissatisfaction with President Hakainde Hichilema's...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:18hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Joseph Kalimbwe blasts Hichilema's government...later deletes tweet
A now-deleted tweet by Joseph Kalimbwe, the spokesperson for Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), has shed light on growing dissatisfaction with President Hakainde Hichilema's...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mutambara blasts Mnangagwa
Prominent Zimbabwean academic Professor Arthur Mutambara, who is also former deputy prime minister, has lambasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for appointing a cabinet stuffed with ethnic cronies, fri...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube blasts hooliganism
Highlanders benefactor Tshinga Dube has strongly condemned violence in modern sports and society, particularly in light of the recent disturbances that led to the abandonment of the highly anticipated...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP blasts Zanu PF over Conferment of Guti as National Hero
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has blasted President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for conferring national hero status to the founder of Zaoga Church who died on July 5 in South Afr...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:34hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Zuma blasts IMF stance on Zimbabwe
Former South African President Cde Jacob Zuma yesterday took a swipe at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2001 stance to starve Zimbabwe of credit facilities, describing the move as unjust and u...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's son blasts Ziyambi over nomination fees rant
THE opposition Zapu party on Saturday blasted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi's remarks that the electorate must not trust political parties that fail to pay nomination fees saying that they will ste...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Raisedon Baya blasts CCC Cowdray Park candidate
Senior cultural expert Raisedon Baya has teared into the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s aspiring candidate for Cowdray Park constituency, Pashor Raphael Sibanda over his controversia...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
House crumbles in Kwekwe
A Kwekwe family escaped death by a whisker after their flat at Globe and Phoenix compound caved in due to illegal mining underneath the compound.Family spokesperson, Ms Kimberly Rusike, said t...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Mnangagwa
Some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week include child rapists, it has emerged.One fiend who raped a nine-year-old girl had served ju...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blasts absentee ministers
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda on Thursday blasted ministers who are failing to attend Parliament and warned that they were abusing their offices.Only a handful of Cabinet mini...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION legislator Tendai Biti has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for attempting a constitutional coup with a bizarre general notice hiding procurement processes in the Health ministry....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMAZ blasts informal sector
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has blasted the informal sector which is flooded with their products at the expense of the formal sector.In a statement, GMAZ chairperson Dr Tafadz...Published: 10 May 2023 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zinara blasts contractors over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) has warned private companies contracted by government to rehabilitate national roads against shoddy work after some of the rehabilitated roads developed p...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
China calls for investigation into Nord Stream blasts
China called on relevant parties to conduct an objective and fair investigation into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosions incident and supported the accelerated investigation process to fin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blasts Bulawayo City Council for shooting, injuring vendors
The ruling party Zanu-PF has criticized Bulawayo City Council for shooting and injuring unarmed vendors in the CBD. GOVERNMENT spokesman Nick Mangwana said on Twitter: "Yesterday @CityofBulaw...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 23:00hrs | 8 | by Moyo Roy
Chinono blasts ZANU PF over the appointment of Tshinga Dube
Award-winning International Journalist Hopewell Chinono has blasted ZANU PF, particularly the President, President ED. Mnangagwa over his recent appointment of the retired Colonel, Tshinga Judge Dube ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 22:59hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zinara blasts councils over shoddy jobs
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has condemned local authorities over poor quality workmanship on some road rehabilitation projects across the country, and red-flagged overcommitting...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa blasts parly ad hoc committee
OUTSPOKEN independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week attacked the composition of the Parliament ad hoc committee analysing the preliminary delimitation exercise report cautioning on possible...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra veteran blasts liberation war pretenders
PROMINENT Zipra war veteran Thomas Ngwenya says the country's independence has lost its essence 43 years on because people are failing to enjoy the fruits of the hard-fought for liberation struggle....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blasts ZEC's delimitation report
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has dismissed Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) recently released 900 page delimitation report, insisting the constitution had not been adhered to in...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnanagwa's government
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says government's decision to provide free solar systems for top officials at the expense of impoverished taxpayers is a "self-serving" gest...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mthuli Ncube's paltry 2023 budget tax free threshold
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's tax free thresholds in the 2023 National Budget are a blow for the workers who will continue to carry the yoke of ove...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blasts Mnangagwa's 'lame duck' SONA address
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday reiterated the need for political players to shun violence as the country prepares for the 2023 general election.Mnangagwa said this during his State of ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blasts Zanu-PF MP Wadyajena
INDEPENDENT Norton Member of Parliament (MP), Temba Mliswa has unleashed a vitriolic attack against Zanu-PF legislator Mayor Wadyajena for allegedly abusing his position as Chairperson of Portfolio Co...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare blasts CCC led council over collapsed Rufaro Stadium re-development
DYNAMOS has lashed out at Harare City Council for backtracking on its agreement to partner energy company Sakunda Holdings on the renovation of the dilapidated Rufaro Stadium.Dynamos, keen to ...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morocco blasts Ramaphosa
Morocco on Thursday blasted what it called Pretoria's "gesticulations and agitations" over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, in reaction to the South African president backing the region's ind...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Zanu-PF Midlands leadership
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has reacted angrily after being snubbed for central committee (CC) position in the Midlands province.Sources ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Botswana opposition blasts Masisi over Zimbabwe anti-sanctions removal call
Opposition Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi's blind calls for scrapping of sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe by the west while ignoring what brought the measures ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: UFP blasts ZEC over nomination fees
We are again faced with the ugly head of an intolerant regime reeling its head in the democratic space of Zimbabweans. The contestation of elections is a constitutional right in Zimbabwe but the recen...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 10:21hrs | | by UFP
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