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Chamisa's MDC confirmed its violent streak
263Chat reports that Member of Parliament for Makoni central, David Tekeshe who was attacked by a group of hoodlums at the funeral wake of a deceased member, says the MDC Alliance is confirming its vi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1805 | by Staff reporter
Minister throws party in violation of lockdown
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe allegedly hosted a party at his Dorking farm during the weekend.Apparently, over a hundred people attended the party and social distancing was not observe...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:23hrs | 6230 | by Anonymous Writer
Zimbabwe to get over 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Zimbabwe is set to get over three million doses of vaccines at a cost of US$25 million from the 270 million jabs available to the African continent. The vaccines will cover 15 percent of Zimba...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists' arrests 'ploy for sanctions renewal'?
Recent allegations of targeted arrests and human rights abuses in the country have been described as a ploy by opposition linked political activists to influence the outcome of a sanctions review proc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:12hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zumbani selling like hotcakes in Bulawayo
SOME enterprising vendors in Bulawayo are now selling Zumbani plant leaves in the streets and in their cars.The Zumbani plant, which has a strong balsamic citrus-like scent, is widely believed...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Ramaphosa closes Beitbridge border posts
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa has closed Beitbridge border post and 19 other land ports that are currently open until 15 February.Ramaphosa announced the development during his family time br...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 19:05hrs | 8384 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 2370 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
BREAKING: Chamisa's spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere arrested
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has been arrested and charged with 'publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state' for posting widely circulated video which purported ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:56hrs | 7419 | by Staff reporter
Police nab suspected armed robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men who were caught with machetes, axes, a knife, catapults in a Honda Fit that had no number plates. Parked in the middle of the road in Cowdray Park, X...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Teachers warned on private lessons
THE Government has warned teachers against conducting physical extra lessons as they risk being prosecuted for violating Covid-19 containment regulations, it has been learnt.The move comes ami...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine in weeks
Zimbabwe could receive its first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine next month, with Government now finalising its national vaccine deployment plan and training of health care workers who will administer t...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Rights doctors flag Zimbabwe govt for weak Covid-19 lockdown measures
THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has raised concerns over non-compliance to Covid-19 lockdown regulations by some citizens.The measures were imposed by government a...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to cut holiday as Covid-19 spirals in Zimbabwe
There are growing calls for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his annual holiday because the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has "run over" his government.One of his de...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:50hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter
Police, army restore sanity in Beitbridge
THE Beitbridge Border Post chaos that dominated news headlines worldwide in the last week ended yesterday as the last in the long queue of south-bound vehicles were cleared into South Africa.T...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Indeed, the US never been paragon of democracy, but laughable that a worse tyranny would dare comment
As much as my health is not well today, and, would have preferred staying far away from the pen, the most recent outbursts and ranting by the perennially and inherently unrepentant brutal, barbaric an...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 13:19hrs | 582 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kazembe orders ZRP to deal with windscreen smashing cops
HOME Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to take stern action against police operatives who smash vehicle windscreens in attempts to arrest offending motori...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Cash in Transit Robbery at Gwebi Bridge lay-bye in Zimbabwe, US$2.5 million stolen
The Zimbabwe police are searching for people suspected to be involved in a cash-in-transit robbery at Gwebi Bridge lay-bye on Wednesday 6 January 2021.The robbery at around 2PM on W...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | 5267 | by Staff reporter
Govt told to tailor-make measures for COVID-19 hotspots
GOVERNMENT should identify COVID-19 provincial hotspots and implement tailored measures or different levels of the lockdown depending on the incidence of the virulent disease, human rights doctors hav...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:25hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
If South Africa still believes there isn't a serious crisis in Zimbabwe, then they should just look at the Beitbridge border pos
The debate on whether there is a crisis in Zimbabwe has been raging on ever since the early 2000s - and, is as old as whether targeted sanctions imposed on certain top individuals, or economic mismana...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 527 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC Alliance remains a cry baby
Whenever die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was hell manifesting, except that this time it is a braai not hell. It is common cause that the victims of Tho...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1677 | by Robert Sigauke
'Humanitarian crisis' at SA's border posts
Long queues and desperate attempts to enter South Africa have placed a huge strain on the country's border posts with neighbouring countries.And, while acknowledging that a "humanitarian crisi...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 15:59hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's tighter lockdown measures gazetted
The lockdown amendment order moving Zimbabwe from Level Two national lockdown back to a Level 4 for 30 days, with a few additions suspending permission for church services and other gatherings, was ga...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:08hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
How did exercising one's democratic rights in Zimbabwe suddenly mean 'engaging in public violence'?
Ever since the so-called 'new dispensation' come into power in November 2017 - via the barrel of the gun, in a military coup d'etat, that ousted long-time brutal dictator, Robert Gabriel Mugabe - the ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 369 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jonathan Moyo wants Kuda Tagwirei arrested for breaking COVID-19 regulations
Controversial oil tycoon Kuda Tagwirei is in the middle of a storm for allegedly breaking COVID-19 regulations.Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo posted a video on Twitter ple...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 19:58hrs | 3874 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after falling from rock
A 52-YEAR OLD Shamva man died after falling from a rock and fructured his skull.Charlse Tembo's body is at Shamva mortuary pending post-mortem.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson I...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:41hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Police impound 100 vehicles in operation 'Mntakagogo'
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded more than 100 pirating vehicles operating from undesignated pick-up points in its ongoing "Operation Mntakagogo" which is a blitz on unlicensed operators. The...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:33hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Songstress, Congress, Compress not Oppress
Whenever the die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was gehena manifesting, except that this it is a braai not gehena. It is common cause that the victims of Khupe's ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:19hrs | 651 | by Robert Sigauke
BREAKING: Deviation of 2021 School Calendar
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education would like to advise its valued learners, parents, guardians and other stakeholders, that in light of the surge in COVID-19 infections and the new and m...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 12:03hrs | 8191 | by Staff Reporter
Spouses can now disinherit each other
The Supreme Court has ruled that parties to a marriage are free to disinherit each other, in a landmark judgment likely to spark fierce debate. A five-judge panel of the Appeals Court unanimou...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Whilst the politicians scramble for power, who cares about suffering Zimbabweans?
If ever there is one major lesson I am so grateful to have learnt very early in my life, it was that, politicians, and participating in active political party politics, have absolutely nothing to do w...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 14:35hrs | 451 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Drunk man trying to flee from going home falls on rock, dies
VILLAGERS of Kroon claim, Shamva have been left shell shocked after a 52-year-old drunk man fell on a rock and cracked his skull on Monday.Charlse Tembo's body is being kept at Shamva mortuary...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 11:37hrs | 2852 | by Simbarashe Sithole
NRZ targets new mines
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is targeting several new mines that have been established in Zimbabwe to increase freight volumes while government scouts for fresh capital.Effo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sports stars shine amid Covid-19 pandemic
THE outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic at the beginning of the year did cast its dark shadow over the 2020 sporting season.Some sport codes lost at least four months while others resumed...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:09hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe magistrates now zombies very afraid to practice their legal knowledge as police now review their judgements
Zimbabwean judicial officers are feeling the heat of total disrespect and unreasonable interference by the police and Prosecution. To think that the prosecutors are supposed to be lawyers is a farfetc...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1853 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BREAKING: Bus from Joburg to Zimbabwe overturns
There are unconfirmed reports that a bus which left Johannesburg for Zimbabwe yesterday overturned in Louis Trichardt South Africa today in the morning.The accident happ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 08:32hrs | 14793 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga and the decolonisation of the field of political science
WHILE the repository of African political philosophy is awash with contributions from intellectual doyens like Marcus Garvey, Senghor Toure, Walter Rodney, Archie Mafeje, Ali Mazrui, Thabo Mbeki, Asan...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 163 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
US, British hypocrisy on Zimbabwe exposed
The United States embassy in Harare on December 5 expressed concern over the arrest of MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti in connection with an alleged assault of a Russian businesswoman Tatiana ...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:06hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 perfect cover for autocrats
ZIMBABWE has never been the same after March 30, 2020. Ever since then, the country has been in a lockdown and normal life in a constitutional democracy has been severely pared in the name of combatin...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:49hrs | 109 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The harassment of nurses is getting ridiculous!
THE Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday took a jab at nurses and we know the meaning of what the party bigwigs were trying to say — intimidation and harassing of health workers.This is the same p...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:47hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga triggers important political science debate
Black Epistemologies and the Non-Writing PoliticianWhile the repository of African political philosophy is awash with contributions from intellectual doyens like Marcus Garvey, Senghor Toure, Walter R...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1519 | by Richard Mahomva
Zimbabwean hearse driver jailed 15 years for smuggling explosives
A 38-year-old Zimbabwean man employed by a South Africa parlour as a hearse driver, was on Thursday jailed 15 years for smuggling explosives worth R420 000 into the neighbouring country through Beitbr...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's 50 children maintenance bill
BUSINESSMAN-CUM-POLITICIAN Philip Chiyangwa recently told a court that he is paying maintenance for more than 50 children.This came to light after his High Court appeal against a $40 000 maint...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4880 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers severely tortured 2 men while praying on mountain
TWO Harare men were recently severely tortured by soldiers while praying on a "prayer mountain".According to Takudzwanashe Mudenga, he and a friend Perfect Khumalo on 13 December went to a mou...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Senator dies
THE MDC Provincial chairperson for Bulawayo Senator Agnes Mloyi has died.The late Senator Mloyi is the only woman to have ever been Bulawayo Provincial Chairperson of th...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 18:03hrs | 3564 | by Staff reporter
NRZ passenger service fails to stay afloat
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s passenger service is operating at an "unsustainable" loss of $7 600 daily at a time when the company's mainline bulk cargo transportation business is constrai...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Reforming to rebuild Zimbabwe: A time for growth - Mthuli Ncube
With the recent announcements of vaccines to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is staring through their dark tunnel to get a glimpse of the light....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 05:55hrs | 892 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
Fair or Unfair 2023 Election - Opposition is going to Win - Teedzai
Maxwell Teedzai, the leader of Zimbabwe's newest opposition part Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) has advised the opposition camp in Zimbabwe to stop wasting precious time on...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 18:11hrs | 2258 | by Agencies
378 Zimbabwean women die during child birth
A TOTAL of 378 women died while giving birth in Zimbabwe since January this year which translates to a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of about 127 per 100 000 births. Of these women, 66 died at home w...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
5 killed in Ghana election violence - pray not slipping backwards to join likes of Zimbabwe
For many years now, Ghana has successfully held free, fair and credible elections, a successful and stable democracy. And the country has benefited greatly for with stable and functioning democracy th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1522 | by Nomusa Garikai
Woman pummels stepmom
A BUSINESS lady had to summon her athletic skills and sprinted to a police station to report her stepdaughter who had turned her into a punching bag after she allegedly barred her from running her fat...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:53hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
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