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Nelson Chamisa's worst nightmare
ON November 4 2023, the High Court of Zimbabwe issued a judgment in favour of Sengezo Tshabangu in the case of Prince Dubeko Sibanda and others.The case was filed by former legislators, who we...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | 11 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
'CCC will not boycot Parliament and council'
Following CCC's declaration of nullifying the entire election process and results yesterday, a party's senior official has said that they will not d...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
'Zanu PF will never win free elections!' said CCC. True. So, why is CCC one insisting on elections with NO reforms?
When it comes to elections, Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22 situation. After 42 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule that has left the country in economic ruins, a pariah state and forced mil...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
ANC cannot continue treating Zanu-PF with kid gloves
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) should once again confront its sister revolutionary party Zanu-PF over the escalating immigration crisis across the Limpopo, with analysts sayi...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Forex only for housing stands for Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has availed stands in Pumula South that are exclusively sold in foreign currency, with interested individuals being given six months to settle the payment or risk losing them...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare city a huge stink
RESIDENTS of Harare have blasted opposition parties in charge of the city for neglecting service delivery saying the country's capital deserves better.Presently, residents are exposed to disea...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Engraving the political tombstone of Douglas Mwonzora
Mr Mwonzora has no political currency and does not know exactly which political party he intends to lead.Currently his party is sufferi...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 08:39hrs | 10 | by Leonard Koni
Government targets 26,6% renewable power
THE Government is targeting a renewable energy installed capacity of 26, 5 percent of total output from domestic power generation by 2030, a senior official has said.Secretary for Energy and P...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Can I loan lobola money to my partner?
I want to become a polygamistAmai, I hope you are doing well. I have been dating a girl for the past two years although I have a wife. I am 32 and my wife is 25. We have three kids together....Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Govt told to rethink Zupco ban
HUMAN rights activists have described the move to bar unvaccinated people from using public transport as discriminatory and exposing victims to psychological harassment.Government last week wa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF attacks on MDC will galvanise and blind supporters to Wizard of Oz Scarecrow trickery
Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22! We a stuck in a political and economic mess and those who have landed us here are the ones profiting from our suffering and misery and, worst of all, they have the po...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 07:43hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa's councillors abort full council meeting over mayoral chaos
Beleaguered Harare City Council yesterday had to postpone the critical decision making full council meeting due the ongoing mayoral chaos.Management was in confusion on whether to report to th...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youth Perception on Implications of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No2 on elections now and the future.
Zanu pf Youths are totally happy on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2, while MDC Alliance Youth are totally against the Amendment Bill number 2 for they say they create a one party state in Zimba...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Zim to start talks to clear foreign debt in 2020' - Banks want money not more talks, this is catch 22
"Zimbabwe plans to start talks in early 2020 on clearing arrears on its international debt, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said, as it seeks to rebuild confidence in an economy ravaged by high inflatio...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 13:38hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Power cuts cripple Victoria Falls
HOTELS in Victoria Falls are reeling from the current power outages that have forced them to use generators for hours as cuts intensify, businessdigest has established.This has seen operating ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in catch 22 situation
MDC Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora has spilled the beans on how the defiant Nelson Chamisa and his cabal's ignorance of the legal opinion document on the late Morgan Tsvangirai's succession issue...Published: 14 May 2019 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wedged between a rock and hard place
THE recent wave of price hikes leaves government in a catch 22 situation. Their history of populism and new trends set by the new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to be contradicti...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Editorial - Daily News
SA banks block Zimbabwe currency imports
SOUTH African banks have blocked their Zimbabwe counterparts from importing United States dollars as a measure to mitigate the risk associated with dealing with Harare-based institutions, a senior Res...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ justifies gold miners' forex thresholds
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe reduced foreign currency retention thresholds for small- scale miners as a way of managing cash challenges the country is currently going through after foreign banks mainl...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
SAA & SAX merger - two losses don't make a profit
Is the proposed merger between loss making South African Airways (SAA) and SA Express (SAX) a marriage made in hell brokered by SA banks?According to Banking Council chair Cas Coovadia in rece...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by FMF
Mnangagwa's govt in catch-22 situation
Government is caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to use force in quashing escalating anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) protests or stick to its desire to project itself as a refo...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP exposes rot in party
Incumbent Zanu-PF legislator for Chiredzi West, Darlington Chiwa has said the level of corruption in ruling party is so alarming that he chose to stand as an independent candidate in the July 30 water...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mama: please give us a sign; Mat'land region is doomed with either Chamisa or Mnangagwa as president! What should we do, Mama?
Chamisa's advisers tell him to lie, shout, make a lot of noise and utter falsehood as much as he can until July the 30 the election day. Chamisa does that eloquently, does not disappoint. Malema's wor...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
It's those Zanu-elite-leaders and not majority Shonas
Mr Kernan Mzelikahle: hate speeches has become the culture of Zimbabwe since the inception of Zimbabwe as a nation in as much as violent culture is identity of the nation, hate speech is now Zimbabwe ...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 22:04hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Wither Zimbabwe?
For the last two years I have warned that Zimbabwe was facing a perfect storm - the unique convergence of several factors which could tear the country apart. The eye of that storm hit Zimbabwe in mid ...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 17:12hrs | 2 | by David Coltart
Zimbabwe Opposition to brace up for challenging times ahead
In the quest to rebuild and rebrand Zimbabwe, there are more players who have been caught in this euphoria and trying to impress and be part and parcel of this rebuilding process. In this stampede, th...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans living in SA in Catch-22 situation
With a big basket, Hitele Hlalathi furiously picks grapes in a vast plantation that goes as far as the eye can see at a farm on the outskirts of South Africa's largest city.It is still 6am, bu...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators mull fare hikes
Bus operators are contemplating to increase bus fares citing a new trend whereby the motor industry is now demanding foreign currency only for the supply of motor vehicle spare parts.The bus o...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 15:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Failure of governance affects all communities, no one is spared
Once upon a time Zimbabwe used to boast of sound and well articulated economic policies where the poor citizens could afford to put a decent meal on their table.Zimbabwe's economy is no doubt ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 11:30hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Gwanda community raise alarm over water
COMMUNITIES in gwanda here have raised alarm over lack of action by authorities in addressing the water crisis after five dams burst and emptied following heavy rains in the last season.The da...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai in catch 22
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai faces a serious political dilemma as the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections loom — in terms of how to approach, and whether to talk up or down the waters...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai warned on Mugabe Gukurahundi immunity
The Bulawayo24.com article entitled 'Tsvangirayi pledges to protect Mugabe against Gukurahundi prosecution' of May 22, 201...Published: 23 May 2017 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Crunch time for warring Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe is in a catch 22 as the warring ruling party's bigwigs gather in Harare tomorrow for an eagerly-awaited politburo meeting - which is set to deliberate on t...Published: 16 May 2017 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FAKE NEWS: RBZ not introducing $10 and $20 bond notes with expiry date
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya has refuted claims that the Reserve Bank is going to introduce bond notes in bigger denominations such as $10 and $20. After the Constitutional Court re...Published: 09 May 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to oust Zuma leaves SA opposition in catch 22
Opposition parties trying to get Jacob Zuma to resign are in a conundrum: if they bring down an unpopular president they may lose their best chance to win the next election."I suspect oppositi...Published: 03 May 2017 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Paul Vecchiatto and Mike Cohen, Bloomberg
Husband and I live like roommates
WHEN I married my husband he was recovering from a relationship that he had really cared about and put a lot of energy into.The woman he loved before me broke his heart and dumped him for ...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Letter to Mai Chisamba
Chinamasa, Mugabe bonus flip-flop
Seventeen months ago - on April 13, 2015 to be precise - Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa held a game-changing press conference in Harare in which he announced that government had suspended civi...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm married to a hothead
Dear Mai Chisamba, my heart is bleeding as I write to you. I am happily married and we are blessed with four kids. My husband is 37 and I am 35 and we have been married for a decade. My youngest child...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:21hrs | | by Mai Chisamba
Govt was right on banning imports - Mangawa
The Zanu PF UK Chairperson Nick Mangwana has said the government was right by banning some imports saying though the move was hash is was meant for the good of the local industry and the people ...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai clueless on stopping Zanu-PF
A MEMBER of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)'s shadow cabinet has admitted that his party does not know how to deal with Zanu-PF's strategy of meddling with urban constituencies....Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Own Correspondent
'Mugabe's Zanu-PF packed with liars'
Opposition political parties have said President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is chasing shadows and is packed with liars who have no clue on how to solve the myriad of problems that Zimbabweans ...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 13:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Dear Lenox, I read your article "Where have the good maids gone?" on Bulawayo 24 7th May 2016 with great excitement because the plight of maids in Zimba...Published: 08 May 2016 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Why ANC will not recall Zuma
Calls for the resignation of President Zuma are reverberating across South Africa and have reached an alarming crescendo.With his inclination towards Machiavellian modus operandi its highly unlikely t...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 13:50hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
War veterans deserve to be discredited for being accessories to Mugabe's misrule
Robert Mugabe the President of Zimbabwe met his hitherto all weather friends, the War Veterans few days ago for the much hyped make it or break it Indaba. At face value the raison d'etre was to addres...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 11:32hrs | 3 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Tsvangirai's MDC-T in a fix
MDC-T is in a catch 22 situation on how to deal with ex-Zanu-PF top officials following reports former Mashonaland West chairperson Temba Mliswa wanted to be readmitted into the ruling party. ...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimene snubs Mnangagwa, minister for touts
Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Manicaland Mandi Chimene was on Friday place in a catch 22 situation in which she had to choose between hosting VP Emmerson Mnangagwa at a public lectu...Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Domestic work in Zimbabwe means modern slavery of the 21st Century
Case study: Sibusisiwe Dlodlo I was born in Bulilimangwe in 1955. I managed to pass standard six well with division two. I did not have the money to...Published: 02 May 2015 at 19:12hrs | 24 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prostitution is the most lucrative trade world-wide; should never be part of the equation
Third letter to the Workers of Zimbabwe: 1st of May 2015 Dear Workers of Zimbabwe,Thousands of women, young women, teenagers in Zimbabwe ar...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prostitution is the most lucrative trade world-wide: should never be WORK ethic
Third letter to the Workers of Zimbabwe: 1st of May 2015Dear Workers of Zimbabwe,Thousands of women, young women, teenagers in Zimbabwe are going for the oldest trade in the world: pr...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 17:03hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chinamasa in a catch 22 situation
PATRICK Chinamasa, the Finance Minister, is in an ultimate catch 22 as he struggles to squeeze money out of nothing with apparently no ample legroom to manoeuvre to deliver for the broke country as th...Published: 23 Apr 2015 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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