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Memory Mbodiah accuses Mliswa of touching her breasts
The MDC-T and independent Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa were trading acrimonious recriminations on Tuesday following a physical and violent confrontation in parliament during which the opposition party...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:44hrs | 4664 | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
MPs in Parly fistfight over Chivayo
MPs from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday exchanged blows in Parliament over whether controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo must be summoned to testify on corruption allegations invol...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2910 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chipfumbu wins EFC bantamweight title
THE Gladiator, Sylvester Chipfumbu, was crowned the Extreme Fighting Championship new bantamweight champion after his superb victory in South Africa at the weekend. The Gweru-born fighter wres...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:24hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC parly candidate falls in UK local elections
A FORMER MDC parliamentary candidate for Bindura North constituency, Elliot Pfebve who tried his luck in the United Kingdom local council elections representing the British Labour party was defeated b...Published: 09 May 2021 at 10:06hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T a Zanu-PF surrogate,' says Chamisa aligned MDC veterans
MEMBERS of the MDC Veterans Activists Association (VAA) have joined civil society organisations and opposition parties in condemning the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for supporting Zanu-PF in passing th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
'Buy Zimbabwe' noble initiative, but sub-standard local products threaten success
As the "Buy Zimbabwe" campaign was busy lauding its successes (and, hopefully, also evaluating its failures) over its ten years of existence, my mother wa...Published: 08 May 2021 at 10:18hrs | 581 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We are vindicated!!! Mwonzora is indeed a Zanu puppet: MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDC VAA)
The MDC Veterans Activists Association faced a salvo of accusations and insults from the varakashi cyber bullies and The doggie sycophants for condemning the MDC-T's unholy tag team with ZANU PF...Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2658 | by Mandava Blessing
Chitungwiza workers give strike notice
THE Chitungwiza Municipal Workers Union (CMWU) has given the council until May 16 to address their poor working conditions or face a crippling strike.In a letter, addressed to acting town cler...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:19hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Commuters bear brunt of Zupco's shambolic transport system
IT'S 5:10pm and Harare's Market Square bus terminus is teeming with commuters desperate to get home before dark, but there are no Zupco buses.Two young men exchange blows as they both wrestle ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Council workers in bribes-for-stalls storm
GWERU City Council (GCC) employees in the Housing and Community Services department are allegedly demanding US$150 bribe from vendors desperate for stalls at the refurbished Kudzanayi long-distance bu...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wins court battle, but not the war
Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.After the court ruling by High Co...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
CRICKET: Zimbabwe suffer heavy defeat in first Test against Pakistan
ZIMBABWE suffered heavy defeat on day three of the first Test cricket encounter against Pakistan when they were beaten by an innings and 116 runs at Harare Sports Club yesterday.After being bo...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:40hrs | 209 | by Staff Reporter
Killer Zivhu donates to Mnangagwa home school
Former Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) and philanthropist Killer Zivhu has donated furniture worth more than US$10 000 to President Emerson Mnangagwa's home school Lundi Primary School under Chi...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:24hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Government must expeditiously engage ZIST
Zimbabwe has for a very long time been experiencing boorish governance which led to unprecedented economic abyss coupled with gross violation of human rights and other ignoble injustices manufactured ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:31hrs | 217 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF, MDCs spar over law amendments
THE ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC continue to butt heads over Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2, with opposition legislators arguing that this will give a sitting president too much power if approve...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Man's leg amputated after fight over woman
A SHURUGWI-based artisanal miner had his left leg amputated after rivals brutally axed him in a suspected love triangle. Mr Simon Vingirayia court heardlost consciousness as blood gushed from ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 775 | by Staff writer
How blockchain is transforming Zimbabwe's economy
Zimbabwe is perhaps the first example that comes to anyone's mind when they think of failed states or economies. The country has been regularly making global headlines for the wrong reasons, with its ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:33hrs | 1916 | by Staff writer
Church whirlwind injures congregants
COULD this be a sign of a visit by the Holy Spirit or some demon bent on destroying the church? These are some of the questions being asked by Victoria Falls residents after a whirlwind struck...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:02hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Man 'stabs' neighbour in beer brawl
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 30-year-old man from Cowdray Park suburb who allegedly stabbed his neighbour with an okapi knife following a beer brawl. The incident occurred yesterday when...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour in beer brawl
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 30-year-old man from Cowdray Park suburb who allegedly stabbed his neighbour with an okapi knife following a beer brawl.The incident occurred yesterday when ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 531 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt caves in on salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has bowed to pressure and agreed to consider another adjustment on civil servants' salaries after teachers threatened a full-blown strike last week as their e...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 7946 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's graft buster in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is allegedly under pressure from Zanu-PF bigwigs to act on his trusted corruption buster Tabani Mpofu whom they accuse of extortion.Mpofu is the head of the Specia...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora suffers Matabeleland blow
MDC Alliance says leaders of the rival MDC-T in Matabeleland South are tracing their footsteps back to the party after initially joining the Douglas Mwonzora-led outfit.Former MDC Alliance Mat...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 4651 | by Staff reporter
Constitution: Mnangagwa power play 'a great betrayal of people'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is repeating mistakes made by his predecessor Robert Mugabe by seeking to amend the constitution to entrench his rule, political analysts have warned.Mnangagwa and...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala et al join in the scramble for land - they're now indistinguishable from Zanu PF
Let us start by defining the primary task the late Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends were entrusted to do by the people of Zimbabwe. The people risked life and limb to MDC leaders into power on th...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 3024 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF tricked MDCs on running mates, says Charamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Zanu-PF tricked the opposition MDC formations to consent to the passing of the Constitutional Amendment No 20 with a conte...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 4126 | by Staff reporter
Pakistan thump Zimbabwe in first T20 match
PAKISTAN 149 for 7 (Rizwan 82*, Madhevere 2-11, Jongwe 2-24) beat Zimbabwe 138 for Z7 (Ervine 34, Qadir 3-29, Hasnain 2-27) by 11 runsZIMBABWE made a disappointing start to their T20 series ag...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds thawing relations with France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa,, says Zimbabwe's frosty relations with key European Union (EU) countries have improved markedly ever since his government embarked on its dogged re-engagement drive with ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Zimra engulfed in corruption storm over whistle-blowers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which operates a whistleblower facility in a bid to eradicate tax fraud and duty evasion, is caught in a damaging storm of corruption in which its senior office...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Govt must extend vaccination programme to artisanal miners
ARTISANAL miners are challenging the government to extend the Covid-19 vaccination programme to outlying areas where thousands of people make a living through gold panning.Several players in t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:19hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe's land reform programme is non-negotiable
IN A sign that Harare may be hardening its stance towards the West, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says meaningful re-engagement with Washington and Brussels will only happen when they accept that there...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Motorist loses car, cash to armed robbers
Two armed robbers stole a Mercedes Benz, US$900, $110 and cellphones after blocking a vehicle last Thursday night along Amalinda Road near Churu Farm in the south-west of Harare. The robbers, ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Katsande unfazed by Chiefs exit talk
BATTLE hardened Zimbabwean midfielder Willard Katsande has shrugged off speculation about his future with South African Premiership side Kaizer Chiefs and insists he is fully focused on helping the st...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:37hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Ex Victoria High head tries luck in Zanu-PF
John Muzamani, the former Victoria High head who had a disgraceful departure from the school last year is now trying his luck in Zanu-PF.Muzamani is among 11 candidates who have submitted thei...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:41hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Cop bashed over girlfriend
A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER stationed at Bulawayo Central Police Station was left nursing a swollen face after he was allegedly punched several times by his love rival over a girlfriend.A source, ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 15:00hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
More misery for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suffered another blow after High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa dismissed an application to stop Treasury from disbursing money under the Political Parties (F...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:53hrs | 3803 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC suffers double legal blow
Opposition MDC Alliance today suffered a double legal blow after its violent member Makomborero Haruzivishe was thrown behind bars while the opposition party's attempt to claim finances from Governmen...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:27hrs | 3064 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths slam swift jailing of Makomborero while Mnangagwa allies walk free
MDC Alliance youths have blasted the swift trial and jailing of party activist and pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by a Harare court while several corruption accused top Zanu-PF offic...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora suffers major blow
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's manoeuvres to position himself as the main opposition leader suffered a double blow last week after the United States and the European Union (EU) signalled that they co...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 10:00hrs | 7595 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dream to end international isolation up in smoke
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's dream to end Zimbabwe's over two-decade-long international isolation suffered yet another blow after the United states gave a damning assessment of his government's huma...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:52hrs | 4834 | by Staff reporter
Divorce blow or couples
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday announced a new fee structure for its members that will see couples intending to divorce paying as much as US$2 000 or its equivalent - $170 000 in local cu...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Ex-referee killed in crash
PREMIER Soccer League match commissioner, Lovemore Marange, has died. He was involved in a car accident in Harare yesterday. ZIFA board member, Bryton Malandule, said the association the death...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:13hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 10379 | by Staff reporter
Warriors' Afcon dream shattered
ZIMBABWE'S dream to participate at the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Cameroon next year was shattered yesterday after they were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player - captain Know...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4975 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify hunt for school robbers
Police have intensified investigations into the case in which eight armed robbers raided Gateway High School in Harare over the weekend and used explosives to blow open the safe to steal over US$250 0...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimra gives land baron's firm 7-day ultimatum
Delatfin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by alleged land baron Felix Munyaradzi, has been given seven days to pay outstanding taxes of more than US$12 million, before the Zimbabwe Revenue Autho...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
2,4m urban households food insecure: ZimVAC
APPROXIMATELY 2,4 million Zimbabweans in urban areas are struggling to meet their basic food needs, the latest report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) has revealed.I...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:55hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Robbers hit Harare school, get away with US$250,000
Eight armed robbers raided Gateway High School in Harare over the weekend and used explosives to blow open the safe to steal more than US$250 000 cash. No one was injured and police have launc...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Obama's step-grandmother dies
Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.Mama Sarah, as the s...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1665 | by AP
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