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Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 12 hrs ago | 428 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa against 'stoking political fires'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against "stoking political fires" through arbitrary arrests of his opponents and silencing of divergent voices....Published: 14 hrs ago | 2907 | by Staff reporter
'Mafia manipulating public transport sector'
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has alleged that the public transport sector was being manipulated by "mafia groups" which do not care about the rights as well as safety of passengers....Published: 14 hrs ago | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told release Chin'ono, Mahere, Sikhala
AMNESTY International has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration immediately and unconditionally releases incarcerated opposition leaders, MDC Alliance vice-chairman, Job Sikhala ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:02hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares hike riles commuters
THE hiking of bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) from $16 to $30 and $24 to $50 for kombis has riled the commuting public, with transport associations and residents saying tha...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Zupco shuns bad road routes
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has abandoned some routes in Bulawayo due to bad roads. Bulawayo's road network is in a terrible state and this has been worsened by the incessant rains t...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Govt doubles Zupco fares
THE Zimbabwean government has approved a hike of fares for state-operating intra-city public transport to prepare for reducing business amid a new Covid-19 lockdown.The fares will see a nearly...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:16hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime getting taste of own medicine, and shouldn't mourn about US 'hypocritical' bullying
If ever there were profound lessons life has taught me, these are that, 'we reap what we sow', 'what goes around, eventually comes around', and that 'poetic justice' is never far away from those who b...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 973 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Drop charges against Chin'ono, Mahere and Sikhala, demands Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean government to drop "malicious" charges against journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition MDC Alliance officials Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 524 | 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 | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 628 | by Mirian Mangwaya
NRZ suspends commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) on Friday suspended commuter trains in line with the COVID-19 regulations recently announced by the government.The suspension of commuter trains came am...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2473 | by Samantha Power
71 inmates test positive to COVID-19
SEVENTY-ONE people at the Beitbridge isolation centre as of yesterday tested positive to COVID-19 with 59 of them being local cases referred from the district hospital, it has emerged.This was...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala challenges arrest
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala believes his arrest is unconstitutional as the law he is being charged under was struck off by the Supreme Court in 2014.Sikhala is being ch...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 15:42hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime exposes its tyrannical tendencies in seeking to force South Africa into a dictatorship
If ever there is one thing I 'like' about someone with a criminal and rogue character - who always seeks to deny and hide their waywardness and lawlessness - is that, they always, somehow, manage to e...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 561 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
200 exam markers test positive, claims Unions
Teachers' unions have made sensational claims that at least 200 of their members currently marking recently completed public examinations have tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the un...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Zupco implements social distancing on commuter omnibuses
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company in Bulawayo yesterday started implementing social distancing on its buses with kombis now obliged to carry a maximum of eight passengers per trip as part of the ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:50hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown fatigue kicks in
The Herald Herald Reporters More people and vehicles are flouting Covid-19 lockdown rules as evidenced by a flurry of movements in residential areas and the Harare central business district. Manufactu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
We look up to the MDC Alliance
After successfully submitting my doctoral disquisition in October 2019, I thought of taking a three-month break as I waited for my examiners' feedback. This meant travelling to South Africa where my w...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2802 | by Mutsa Murenje in Queensland, Australia
Zimbabwe journalists dogged by poor wages, harassment
Poor wages, a devalued currency, and intimidation are haunting journalists in the southern African country of Zimbabwe.With over a decade of experience as a freelance journalist under his belt...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:24hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | 457 | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
Vehicle radiation checks to start
Food and water testing for cancer causing radiation elements in imported foods will begin this year as the Government has already set up a Gamma Spectrometry Laboratory in Harare which is expected to ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 431 | 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
Modalities for exams tweaked
Authorities have put in place adequate measures to cater for public examination candidates affected by transport challenges without compromising the credibility of the system by allowing latecomers to...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:54hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Storm helps stranded travellers at Beitbridge
A VIOLENT storm that lashed Beitbridge on Tuesday night brought smiles on thousands of stranded Zimbabweans crossing into South Africa as the harsh weather forced immigration officials to hurriedly cl...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 3561 | by Staff reporter
Storm saves stranded travellers at Beitbridge
A VIOLENT thunderstorm that lashed Beitbridge put smiles on hundreds of travellers stuck at the South African border after officials hurriedly cleared them fearing a disaster.Most Zimbabweans ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Rule of law must be observed during COVID-19 lockdown
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) calls upon the government to uphold human rights and observe the rule of law during the COVID-19 national lockdown.This follows the issuance of ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:34hrs | 86 | by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
DPA installs electric vehicle charging stations across Zimbabwe
DISTRIBUTED Power Africa (DPA) has started deploying electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Zimbabwe as a way of encouraging the uptake of environmentally friendly cars. In a statement...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Trump likened to Zimbabwe's Chamisa
Political analyst Mr Goodson Nguni likened President Trump to MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who declared before the 2018 elections that he would not recognise the election result if he did no...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Munenzwa dies
REPORTS say prominent bus operator Regis Munenzwa has died from Covid-19.Munenzwa is also president of the Zimbabwe Long Distance Bus Operators Association.The transport mogul, who was...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 19:39hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, police leading human rights violators'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have been ranked top in the violation of human rights which occurred in December last year, latest findings by the Zimbabwe Peace Projec...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand urgent salary review
TEACHERS have called on government to urgently review their salaries this month as per government tradition at the beginning of each year, owing to the rise in the cost of living.Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:28hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Is Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy?
CORRUPTION and maladministration by the Zanu-PF government are the two twin evils that have to be uprooted from our society. However, it is disheartening to hear the recently-elected MDC-T leader Doug...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2146 | by KK
Lockdown hits exam classes
THOUSANDS of students writing Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council "O" and "A" Level examinations were yesterday caught in the crossfire due to the absence of clear-cut directives which resulted in t...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
70% of Govt staff working from home
Government has suspended face to face meetings in the public service to ensure safety of its employees and has trimmed its workforce to 30 percent as the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges lockdown compliance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zimbabweans to comply with the second lockdown, imposed by Government to curb the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, which he described as the final push again...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Congestion, panic buying in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents yesterday defied stay-at-home lockdown measures that Government imposed with effect from Saturday to combat the spread of Covid-19. It was a hive of activity in the city cen...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:04hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new dispensation is clueless
IT'S now three years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn into office.Surprisingly, Mnangagwa gave himself 100 days for people to see positive changes in the economy, but up to now not...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:24hrs | 345 | by Chiororo
Urban transport a nightmare for commuters
OUR country used to have one of the best urban transport systems to carry workers to and from its vibrant industries — the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco).Workers used to pay half ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 402 | by Tinashe
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
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 927 | by Ken Mufuka
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 second wave deaths, infections soar alarmingly
AMID soaring deaths and numbers of people infected by the lethal coronavirus, concerned health experts warned anew yesterday that the country was facing a Covid-19 storm which could have devastating c...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 16:29hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to import buses duty free
The suspension of duty on public service buses for Zupco is valid for 12 months with effect from yesterday.According to the latest Government Gazette, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in consulta...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
A toast for 2021, but......
We bid 2020 goodbye, the year many would want to quickly forget contrary to views, at least if one wears Zimbabwe's political lenses. The past nine months have been notorious given the COVID-1...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition must smell the coffee
Politics is a clumsy game. As we approach 2021 there are going to be interesting moments.The whole thing is now in the public eyes. The writing is on the wall.People must be wary of th...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:52hrs | 1446 | by Leonard Koni
Zinara mulls tolling voucher as gridlocks mount
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) says it is planning to introduce a tolling voucher as part of a broad strategy already underway to ease congestion throughout its system.Ult...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:05hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Weakened Chalane lashes Zimbabwe
Tropical Depression Chalane moved into Zimbabwe early yesterday and is now moving across the country towards Botswana, losing strength as it downgrades from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:29hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Weakened Chalane hits Zimbabwe
Tropical Depression Chalane moved into Zimbabwe early yesterday and is now moving across the country towards Botswana, losing strength as it downgrades from a tropical storm to a tropical depression....Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 07:58hrs | 2964 | by Staff Reporter
Zim govt preparedness for Chalane proves was negligent with Cyclone Idai and should be held responsible for deaths
There is a popular local adage, "Mhosva hairovi" - which, loosely translated means that no crime goes unanswerable - that I keep hearing in my mind, as I watch, with amazement, the seemingly swift res...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 07:40hrs | 365 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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