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Mnangagwa prepares for UK trip
President Mnangagwa yesterday met British Ambassador Melanie Robinson and discussed his forthcoming trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be hosted by Britain ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 437 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets two water tenders donation
BULAWAYO City Council recently got a donation of two water fire tenders from Operation Florian Mission in Bulawayo which requested the local authority to fund the transportation of the equipment from ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:22hrs | 780 | by Stephen Jakes
Britain dumps MDC Alliance?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the UK Ambassador to Zimbabwe advised Tendai Biti, the Deputy President of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa that Britain is s...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 7176 | by Ndou Paul
British American Tobacco (BAT) negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests
A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.Documents show British American Toba...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 10:26hrs | 3652 | by BBC
Peace and reconciliation in the Second Republic
The inherent Western footprints in the ontology and epistemology of African nationalism in the past has stagnated the dream of realising how we can reconstruct the past and re-imagine the future....Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 119 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Sanctions won't hold us back, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the alleged economic sanctions imposed on the country by Western countries should no longer continue to hinder government's economic turnaround plans.Spea...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:48hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Life without a visa in Diaspora a nightmare
STAYING in the UK without a visa or a right to stay is intolerable, the worst thing that can happen to a human being is to become an illegal immigrant in a 'hostile environment'. People wh...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:16hrs | 558 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
King Mzilikazi II's demands to Great Britain
Demands to Great Britain. Further and emanating from this Charter, HRM King Mzilikazi II has already presented the following demands to Great Britain through their Sovereign Monarch who is also t...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1868 | by King Mzilikazi II
The era of strongman politics over in Africa
THE era of damaging personality-driven politics in Africa, including Zimbabwe, may soon be coming to an end due to democratic reforms by the African Union and changing political dynamics fuelled by a ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele King says his legitimacy was confirmed by Njelele
CLAIMANT to the ancient Ndebele kingdom, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, who has christened himself King Mzilikazi II, has claimed his legitimacy as a king was confirmed by ancestral spirits at the sacred Nj...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:38hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Grobbelaar was declared a persona non grata during Mugabe era
FORMER Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has made sensational revelations that he had been declared a persona non grata and his passport confiscated by the Government in 2007. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:22hrs | 4074 | by Staff reporter
Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates
Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the la...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 193 | by Evans Mathanda
Zimbabwean writer wins 2021 Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Short Story Prize
A Zimbabwean writer Gift Nyoni has won the 2021 Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Short Story Prize with a thrilling story, The Ritual Seat of the King.4thWrite Prize judge Aimée Felone said: ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 20:15hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Chitepo School of Ideology goes virtual
Zanu-PF is conducting virtual orientation lectures for its members including those in the Diaspora, the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology principal, Munyaradzi Machacha has said. In an interv...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:22hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Loga gets desperate
DYNAMOS and FC Platinum defenders Godknows Murwira and William Stima are the latest players to be added to the Warriors squad as coach Zdravko Logarusic seeks for defensive alternatives following the ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:52hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema invites regional opposition leaders to inauguration
Zambia's incoming president Hakainde Hichilema sent dozens of invitations to foreign leaders for his inauguration on Tuesday, but breaking with tradition, he is also inviting opposition leaders from Z...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:34hrs | 5800 | by Staff reporter
80 border jumpers arrested daily
ABOUT 80 border jumpers are arrested daily at Beitbridge Border Post as the Department of Immigration working with other border agencies is tightening screws to minimise cases of illegal migration bet...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Immigration tightens vetting at border post
The Department of Immigration, working with other border agencies at Beitbridge Border Post, is tightening vetting of travellers to curb illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa. ...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1428 | by Jamwanda
UK deports 50 more Zimbabweans
A SECOND charter flight is scheduled to leave the Britain next Wednesday with 50 more Zimbabweans set for deportation to Harare.They are currently being detained at Brooke House Immigration Re...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:17hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
Rushesha nears return at Swansea City
ZIMBABWE senior national football team target, Tivonge Rushesha, is nearing a return to full fitness at English Championship side Swansea City after enduring eight difficult months on the sidelines be...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records high Covid-19 deaths
BULAWAYO recorded the highest Covid-19 deaths on Thursday following the demise of eight people from 17 that succumbed to the virus nationally.Harare recorded three fatalities, Manicaland and M...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:29hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
British spaceports under development
Two new British spaceports could be the catalyst to making Britain Europe's newest space superpower. If they can overcome planning challenges, the value to the UK's economy could be hard to measure....Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 20:37hrs | 397 | by Staff writer
London reaches out to Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the u...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 6571 | by Staff reporter
Unpatriotic, corrupt Zimbabwe govt sells country to China in exchange of 'tang'
"We have turned east, where the sun rises and given our back to the West, where the sun sets," Mugabe told a crowd at National Sports Stadium in 2005. This was a swift shift from one coloniser to anot...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | 2173 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwean engineer runs Afghanistan's gemology plant
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing proj...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | 3170 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabweans a lost cause irredeemably content with being oppressed?
When I was reading renowned and award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's latest tweets where he clearly expressed open frustration and even infuriation at most Zimbabweans' apparent docility, subm...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 286 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
British football great condemns 'awful' decision to deport footballer to Zimbabwe
Gary Lineker has condemned an "awful" decision to deport a promising footballer who has lived in Britain his whole life.Christopher Arundell, who was accepted into Staines Town Football Club's...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 12:36hrs | 2419 | by Staff reporter
UK returnees released from quarantine
The 14 Zimbabwean deportees who arrived from Britain last month have been united with their families after finishing the mandatory quarantine, which the Government fully covered. The Governmen...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:23hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa is pampering Polad allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give luxury vehicles to members of the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) is part of an elaborate plan to delay elections while consolidating his s...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | 4089 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri slams West for advancing regime change agenda
Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has criticised Western countries for advancing a regime change agenda through funding opposition aligned non-governmental organisatio...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:46hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Most surprising Olympic moments in Tokyo
The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing and they've been more exciting than ever before. There is a good chance that you've been watching the games. If so, you've likely been thrilled, disappointed, and ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:28hrs | 396 | by Staff writer
Shona community in Kenya to get citizenship
The ethnic Shona community in Kenya, descendants from people who emigrated in the 1930s, and then in the 1960s as missionaries, will soon finally get certificates of citizenship following the decision...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Banana's widow dies
Janet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe's first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced.She died at Bulawayo's Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 12:03hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Whites more corrupt than us, says Mliswa
OUTSPOKEN Independent Norton legislator Themba Mliswa says white owned companies in Zimbabwe are looting the country's natural resources much more than those owned by indigenous people.In a se...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
101 Amazing Facts About the Life and works of Emperor Haile Selassie
On the occasion of the 129th birthday of the Emperor, I have selected one out of 101 extraordinary achievements he accomplished during his reign: from Ras Tafari- Emperor Haile Selassie. The May 5th V...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 1763 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza originally written by Mulugeta Haile
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
14 Zimbabweans deported from UK arrive
Fourteen Zimbabweans who have been released from detention in Britain after serving jail terms for various offences arrived in the country this morning.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Internat...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:08hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions akin to economic terrorism'
The illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on Zimbabwe are a form of economic terrorism against the country's citizens, Iranian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Abbas Navazani has said. Ambassa...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deputy minister shells out $770,000 on Rolls Royce
Deputy sports minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire has splashed US$770,000 on a Rolls Royce Phantom - the latest illustration of the gulf between Zimbabwe's poor and super rich political elites.Th...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:36hrs | 3496 | by Staff reporter
UK to deport 150 Zimbabweans
HUMAN rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger.The flight, scheduled for July ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Govt dithers over radar acquisition
THE scandal-riddled process to acquire a modern air traffic control system, commonly known as the radar, has taken yet another twist after it emerged this week the Office of the President and Cabinet ...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:05hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police a smoke without fire
In Zimbabwe, it is very rare for politicians holding ministerial positions or senior officers to resign on their own without a hint of scandal. So it has ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 2854 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
UK minister confuses Zambia with Zimbabwe at Kenneth Kaunda funeral
James Duddridge, the UK's minister for Africa, appeared to confuse Zimbabwe with Zambia in a speech at the funeral of Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and one of Africa's last surviving lib...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 17:11hrs | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Eswathini burns an attack on Africanism
The events in eSwatini formally Swaziland is indeed knee shaking. There is an onslaught to the only remaining absolute monarchy in the world. The events reminds me of Lybia. Sea is must look across to...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:46hrs | 1910 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe rejects Johnson & Johnson vaccine donation due to lack of storage facilities
ZIMBABWE's government has turned down a donation of three million doses from the African Union (AU) of the highly potent single dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine citing lack of storage facil...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Britain Zimbabwe Society honours Pathisa Nyathi with lifetime achievement award
The Britain Zimbabwe Society (BZS) has honoured renowned historian, poet and cultural custodian, Pathisa Nyathi, with its inaugural lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to Zimba...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:24hrs | 1849 | by Staff Correspondent
The Mauritius example on economic development
Mauritius is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the most competitive economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and high income country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$12,740 (Sub-Saharan Af...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 08:48hrs | 500 | by Port Louis Riverfront, Mauritius
Macron seeks Mnangagwa's military intervention in Mozambique
MOZAMBICAN President Felipe Nyusi visited Zimbabwe last week looking for military assistance to secure French investments in the conflict-ridden northern Mozambique at the behest of President Emmanuel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 4543 | by Staff reporter
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