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Why Mthuli Ncube's new currency is likely to be doomed
THE announcement by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of his intention to introduce "a new, fully-fledged currency" in 12 months piqued the interest of the general public in Zimbabwe.It comes soon...Published: 9 hrs ago | 298 | by Martin Tarusenga
Bulawayo man found dead
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo was stoned and stabbed to death allegedly by a group of unknown assailants. Edward Hlanganani from Old Magwegwe suburb was found by a passerby lying in blood on...Published: 12 hrs ago | 544 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill is cruel like POSA
There have been reports in the State-owned press that the Government was planning to repeal the "toxic" Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and replace it with a new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1520 | by Veritas
Why devolution should start with Manicaland
It has been brought to my attention that the villagers of Chakohwa all the way to Mutambara will soon be moved to pave the way for the new diamond field that have been identified during the recent exp...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | 530 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Sudan's revolution has melted the core - pray, new cast is not yet another dictatorship
"In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of all prisoners ja...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 205 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Nothing to show for it, 39 years on
ZIMBABWE today marks 39 years of independence with little to show for the sacrifices made in liberating this country.The only difference in today's celebrations is that former president Robert...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 264 | by Editorial - Daily News
Chiyangwa transactions haunt new Zifa executive
AN attempt by the former Zifa board led by Philip Chiyangwa to shield assets owned by the football mother body from being sold to cover its debts has come to haunt the current leadership after the Hig...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border staff braces for holiday influx
ZIMBABWEAN and South African border authorities have come up with a raft of measures to deal with the anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the Independence and Easter Holidays. ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo distances himself from Grace Mugabe's PhD
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from allegations that he was involved in the conferring of a Doctoral Degree to former First Lady Grace Mugabe. Zimbabwe o...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 7929 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa has failed to revive economy and Gono to take over in 2020 - he too will fail, guaranteed
Zanu-PF hardliners are in panic mode and for good reasons, the economic meltdown is in overdrive! The country's de fact local currency the Real Time Gross Settlement Dollar (RTGS$) has been losing mor...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:04hrs | 5841 | by Wilbert Mukori
Religious leaders must pray for bloodless separation of Matabeleland and Zimbabwe
China's revered revolutionary, Mao Zedong, was spot on when he said, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Zimbabwe is the product of the barrel of the gun so is the 2nd Republic tha...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3712 | by MLO
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance nomination process exposes party's lack of democracy
THE forthcoming opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance congress set for 24-26 May is fast turning into a farce following the withdrawal of secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora from the pr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 295 | by Editorial - chronicle
Government urges bakers to defer bread price hike
GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe to reconsider its position to hike the price of bread and allow for consultations to take place first before any increase is effected...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning suspect arrested on shopping spree
A Chitungwiza woman appeared in court yesterday for allegedly duping Pastel Paints Manufacturer of over $1 800 by using a cloned card. Vongai Majoko (40) appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Gutu to go into self-exile if Chamisa becomes Zimbabwe President
MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu has threatened to go into self-exile if MDC president Nelson Chamisa ever becomes the president of Zimbabwe. Gutu is quoted as saying: "I'm a principled...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:36hrs | 5147 | by Staff reporter
Trouble after man finds wife's marriage certificate
A CITY woman wept in court claiming her husband has been assaulting her for not cancelling her marriage certificate with her former husband. Challenge Muzama cried in court after applying for ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 5335 | by Staff reporter
War Veterans regain influence in Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has ordered its structures countrywide to incorporate war veterans into influential positions as part of implementing the resolutions of its 2017 extra-ordinary congress which confirmed Presid...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Wife basher escapes jail
A CHIPINGE man, who assaulted his wife with a burning log, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after she withdrew charges against him.Reuben Mhlanga (46) assaulted his wife, Vimbai Mubonisi for ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa militarises Zanu-PF party structures
THE ruling Zanu-PF party wants war veterans, seen as key allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to hold key positions as part of its restructuring exercise in a move observers say is akin to militari...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 2536 | by Staff reporter
Chief Njelele's subjects evicted by armed soldiers and police
AT least 3 000 families in Chemagora, Sikombela, Bhadha and Sibusiso, under Chief Njelele in Gokwe were left homeless after being evicted from their settlements by armed soldiers and police.Th...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers choke baby
FIVE robbers armed with a pistol and iron bars allegedly pretended to be police officers, handcuffed a woman who was breastfeeding and put her in leg irons before choking her baby while demanding cash...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post staff ready for holidays
ZIMBABWEAN and South African border authorities have come up with measures to deal with the anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the Independence and Easter Holidays. Aut...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
2 women up for armed robbery
TWO women, who were part of a terror gang arrested in connection with a number of armed robbery cases in Marondera and Goromonzi, were on Friday arraigned before Marondera magistrate Arnold Maburo....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Who should lead the MDC after Congress? A View from the grassroots voter
Although the MDC has been a beacon of hope for most Zimbabweans since its inception in 1999, the same cannot be confidently asserted this time around. Successive splits that have been rocking th...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:25hrs | 1678 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zanu-PF provinces directed to 'incorporated' war vets in their structures
Zanu-PF has ordered that key posts within the party's structures be reserved for liberation war veterans, in a move driven by the party's military element.Zanu-PF secretary for the commissaria...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:43hrs | 522 | by ZimLive
Marriot International to finalise US$500 million deal for Zimbabwe hotel
GLOBAL hospitality group, Marriot International will next month finalise its US$500 million deal with a local company that will see the company constructing a boutique hotel and a riverside camp in Vi...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assists Banana's widow
THE widow of former President Canaan Sodindo Banana, Mrs Janet Madade Banana, who returned to Zimbabwe after an 18-year stay in the United Kingdom is admitted at a private hospital in Bulawayo where P...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:03hrs | 4592 | by Staff reporter
SA bound bus armed robber arrested
A BEITRIDGE man, who was part of a five-men armed robber gang that robbed 32 Brooklyn Bus passengers of cash and property valued at about R200 000, $16 300 and US$340 in February, has been arrested wh...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Boy loses leg because of church belief
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy from Bulawayo is precariously clinging to life, as his parents, who are staunch Jehovah's Witnesses are allegedly refusing that he undergoes a blood transfusion to save his life, ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe have the information Security and Cyber Security Experts to protect itself?
With constant headlines of electronic fraud, mobile money fraud, RTGS fraud and other means of payments that are constantly reported in the media on a daily basis. There is now a need to build a datab...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:39hrs | 566 | by Dr Robert Shonhiwa
'Werksmans law firm got Zimbabwean renditions case wrong'
The circumstances around two conflicting reports involving the Zimbabwean renditions case were explored by former IPID head Robert McBride, in day two of his testimony before the Zondo Commission of I...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:32hrs | 345 | by Jessica Bezuidenhout I DM
Man assaults wife with burning log
A CHIPINGE woman is battling for her life after she sustained serious burns after being assaulted by her husband with a burning log.She was assaulted after delaying giving him a cellphone torc...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:16hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Is it now conducive to introduce new currency in Zimbabwe?
FOR many years now, ever since Zimbabwe realised that it was pointless to keep propping up its useless hyperinflation-ravaged Zimbabwe dollar, the rallying call from government has been that the count...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes senior appointments
President Mnangagwa has, with immediate effect, appointed Mr Martin Rushwaya as Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration and Finance, while Ambassador Mark Grey Marongwe is the new Secretary for Defe...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:09hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean white farmers lodge a R1.9bn compensation claim against South Africa
In what we hope is the final phase of a protracted legal struggle for justice in Zimbabwe, Willie Spies, the legal representative of AfriForum, a South African civil rights initiative, lodged papers i...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
Death threats against top Zimbabwean journalist feature in Ace Magashule book 'Gangster State'
The Weekly's most significant media battle occurred much earlier, however. In 2011, Zimbabwean-born journalist- turned-media entrepreneur Basildon Peta launched the now-defunct Free State Times....Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
Students ordered to cut short holiday for Mnangagwa visit
Masvingo district administrator (DA) Roy Hove has torched a storm after he reportedly ordered schools to recall pupils from holiday so that they provide entertainment during President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Time to stop mischief of bashing under guise of reporting
IN the first analysis and final analysis, newspapers — in spite of and despite their editorial slant — should — and must — be guided by accuracy. Accuracy is the be-all and end-all."Wh...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:49hrs | 140 | by Conway Tutani
Prophet gave burglar charms to evade arrest
A HABITUAL Chipinge burglar has been jailed for two years for theft of goods worth over $600 in Buhera and Bikita after being given a charm by a prophet to evade arrest.Tinashe Mutete was conv...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery suspect sues Home Affairs Minister
A SUSPECTED robber who was shot by detectives while fleeing after he allegedly raided a bar in Zvishavane and looted beer, is suing Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema and Police ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal price set to go up
THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says the country should brace for an increase in the price of mealie meal in the next few days in line with the new producer prices. In an int...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
China pledges to fund Zimbabwe's road, rail network
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun yesterday pledged to assist Zimbabwe access funding for infrastructure development from the $60 billion pledged by his country to assist African nations las...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 339 | by Staf reporter
Just because it's my Motherland's Birthday!
This year Zimbabwe is turning 39 and we are celebrating BIG with a whopping up to 39% discount off all the items listed on the website!!!As we celebrate 39 years of Independence, we as techsce...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 20:49hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Nyagura to stand trial
Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura will now stand trial on May 16 after his application for exception was today thrown out by a Harare magistrate.Nyagura is acc...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 18:27hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Two celphones thieves caught on camera
Two elderly man in Harare were caught by CCTV Camera stealing a cellphone at some shop in Harare. They are filmed loitering around the counter and one of the distracts the lady who is selling ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:37hrs | 3112 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Terror leader arrested
Police in Marondera have arrested a leader of a suspected gun-totting gang which was terrorising residents in the town and nearby areas, getting away with cash and cellphones, among other things....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to update IMF on Zimbabwe
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is in Washington DC, the United States of America (USA) for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank 2019 Spring Meetings, where ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions lies exposed
Standard Chartered Bank has been fined US$18 million for violating the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) sanctions on Zimbabwe in a development that ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
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