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Guvamatanga faces censure over outburst
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) plans to summon Finance and Economic Development Ministry Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga to Parliament over his criticism of the recent auditor general's re...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:10hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 9 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge
Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the jud...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejects 'Let's Go Brandon's token sanctions review
NOTHING short of a prompt, unconditional and total removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States is acceptable and continued slanderous statements from Washington shou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso executive members 'no longer feel safe'
FEARING for the safety of Bosso executive members following a fight at the Highlanders clubhouse on 3 February, a concerned member has written to the club calling for punitive action to be taken again...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt throws out 'unfounded' application accusing Chamisa's lawyer of graft
The Constitutional Court has dismissed as "unfounded" and "devoid of any merit" an application by a man who accused prominent lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu of corruption and violating his rights to di...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers union condemns 'reckless' school openings amid cholera outbreak
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has strongly criticized the government's decision to reopen schools during a widespread cholera outbreak, denouncing the move as "reckless" and...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Probity warrants reinstatement of unduly recalled MPs
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, throughout history, true greatness of presidents has always been measured by the probity with which they stand up for the common good during tr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 10 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Ziyambi, Prison boss dragged to court
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu have been taken to court for failing to sanction a prison officer for dabblin...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Sexual harassment rampant in the Zimbabwean media
Sexual harassment is rampant in the Zimbabwean media and continues largely because the media ecosystem itself - the journalists, editors, media managers, Human Resources Departments and proprietors - ...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC legislators should face censure, says Zanu-PF linked analysts
According to Zanu-PF linked political analysts, CCC legislators should face censure due to their disregard for the will of the voters who elected them in the recent elections. Their boycott of parliam...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia's Swartbooi describes Mnangagwa as a 'puppet of the Zimbabwean military'
Namibian opposition leader Bernadus Swartbooi has strongly criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing him as a "puppet of the Zimbabwean military." Swartbooi launched a scathing attac...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sadc must probe Dr Mumba'
SADC must immediately investigate the conduct of the head of its election observer mission to Zimbabwe, Dr Nevers Mumba, for attempting to aid illegal regime change in the country through fomenting a ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Partisan institutions a danger to Zimbabwe democracy
ZIMBABWE'S elections since 1980 have been blighted by disputes and August 23 polls look no different.The culprits are the same - partial or politicised State institutions ranking from the Zimb...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 9 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Govt descends on price manipulators
THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) will soon impose heavy fines on retailers that have not reduced prices of their goods in line with movements of the exchange rate on the interbank market....Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF brand at risk
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my observations confirm that Zanu-PF has no culture of debate. Cadres are muffled, fearful of ruthless consequences as per threats you uttered ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa's UK visit fails to thaw relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not meet any high-level official of the United Kingdom administration when he visited London for the coronation of King Charles III.In contrast, the likes of R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane University Vice Chancellor off the hook on sexual harassment case
LUPANE State University (LSU) Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has escaped censure over allegations of sexually harassing a female staffer, it was established.A female staff member in 2021 accused...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Dunderhead' Chiwenga asking WHO to stem nurse haemorrhage - Wasting time treating symptom, treat the Mafiosi disease
Zimbabwe's VP and Minister of Health, Dr Constantino Chiwenga ask the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stem the haemorrhage of Zimbabwe health care workers. "One of the problems we disc...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tsvangirayi says no opposition party can unseat Zanu-PF
LATE MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Mr Vincent Tsvangirai, says there is no single opposition party in Zimbabwe with the capacity to defeat the ruling party, Zanu-PF, in the forthcoming electi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
I won't be balanced, fair towards blood suckers
OCCASIONALLY, I am accused of being predominantly biased against the Zanu-PF regime and that there was a serious lack of balance and fairness in my discourses.I plead guilty to the charges, bu...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Tendai R Mbofana
Why should I be 'balanced and fair' towards those who destroyed millions of Zimbabwean lives?
Occasionally, I do receive accusations that my writings are biased predominantly against the ZANU PF regime - and, that there was a serious lack of balance and fairness in my discourses. I ple...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 13:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Violence robbed CCC'
The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed its weekend by-elections defeat to violence and other coercive tactics employed by the ruling Zanu-PF party.The violence prio...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Words matter, political leaders must exercise restraint
IT is becoming increasingly clear that Zimbabwe is heading for a difficult period leading up to the elections likely to be held sometime next year.From obtaining indications, the election coul...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scapegoat for governance failure
AHEAD of the 2023 polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - after largely failing to fulfill its 2018 election promises - has found a scapegoat to justify its dismal bad governance record by ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:04hrs | 9 | by Brenna Matendere
Sparks fly over judges 'capture'
A Constitutional Court judge has come out guns blazing against a litigant who accused the bench of being captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Justice Bharat Patel said Tichaona Mupasiri mu...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, credibility crisis has dogged your leadership
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is my fervent conviction that your conferring the national hero status on Rev Ndabaningi Sithole was motivated primarily by ulterior motiv...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
SRC's adamant stance a real shame
IT is now six months since Zimbabwe was kicked out of the international football family after the Sports and Recreation Council (SRC) thought it was acting macho by suspending the Felton Kamambo-led Z...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabweans must copy Kenya on diaspora vote
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has applauded Kenya for allowing the diaspora vote and said Zimbabweans living outside the country should be allowed to vote in the 2023 polls...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
August 1 shooting victim wins $3m compensation
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri and her Home Affairs counterpart, Kazembe Kazembe, have been ordered to pay $3 million in compensation to a victim of the August 1, 2018 shootings by the army....Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa survives car accident
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka is lucky to be alive after a speeding commuter omnibus rammed into her official off-roader, a maroon Toyota Land Cruiser Prado VX....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 7 | by Rashweat Mukundu
Mudenda agrees to diaspora vote
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says the Constitution should be amended to allow people in the diaspora to vote, becoming the first senior official in the ruling Zanu-PF party to push t...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunkard kills church pastor
A GOKWE pastor was murdered on Sunday after he reproached an imbiber for drinking beer at a funeral church service.In a statement yesterday, police said: "Police in Gokwe are appealing for inf...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe among world's 56 authoritarian States'
ZIMBABWE has been adjudged as one of the 56 countries across the globe whose citizens are increasingly living under authoritarian leadership, the latest 2022 Freedom House report has revealed....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa activists eeks media censure over biased reporting
THE lawyers representing Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have filed a formal complaint with the court over alleged biased reporting by the ZBC, Herald and comments by government spokesperson, Nick...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Mukunda Chitova
Sakunda to give Rufaro a facelift
IN a move that could change the face of football in this country, Sakunda Holdings are set to give Rufaro Stadium a massive face-lift after securing the iconic venue on a long-term lease from Harare C...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
ESIDAKENI FARM: Obert Mpofu defeats Sipho Malunga in court
Matebeleland North ZANU PF political heavyweight and National Secretary for Administration Dr. Obert Mpofu has floored Sipho Malunga and his partners in the courts of law. George S...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 08:35hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
George Soros' rant, anti-Chinese movement in Zimbabwe
ON January 31, 2022, the founder of "Open Society Foundations", George Soros, who is a billionaire "political philanthropist", made a revealing statement about China that should shine a light on recen...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Blow for Esidakeni farm owners
HUMAN rights defender Siphosami Malunga and his farming partners recently suffered a major blow after a Bulawayo High Court dismissed their urgent court application for the eviction of Zanu-PF secreta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bombing of Gukurahundi memorial plague censured
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) has strongly condemned the recent bombing of a Gukurahundi memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South, describing the act as barbaric.It add...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa desperate for international community support to remove Zanu PF
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is on a diplomatic charm offensive to ensure that he wins the impending 2023 polls.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjTLBpyxX4Zimbabwe has frosty rel...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 18:34hrs | 6 | by Chamunorwa Guzha
Chief Charumbira in trouble again
THE Election Resource Centre (ERC) has asked Local Government minister July Moyo to censure Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira for allegedly violating the country's Constitution while address...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF can't celebrate violation of rule of law
Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira's shameful speech at the just-ended Zanu-PF annual conference was the latest showcase of the ruling party's disdain for the rule of law....Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Katsimberis loses Supreme Court appeal
HARARE-based building contractor had a bad day in court yesterday after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal in the case in which he was seeking to stop his former business partner from selling resi...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
An overdue apology from Jonathan Moyo
FORMER Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF arch-propagandist, Jonathan Moyo, currently living in exile, was chief-architect of some of the most draconian and oppressive laws in the country. He has now decide...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:23hrs | | by Cedric Steele
Jonathan Samkange faces ZLS censure
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Jonathan Samkange of Venturas and Samkange was given a 24-hour ultimatum by Sabonabona residents to withdraw papers he filed at the Supreme Court on their behalf without their ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants MP censured for calling Mnangagwa's wife a 'whore'
Zanu-PF'S Headlands MP Christopher Chingosho's political life is at stake after party national commissar Patrick Chinamasa said he should be censured for allegedly labelling First Lady Auxillia ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
The most overlooked but hard working woman in Zimbabwe, The Mazowe spirit.
Since the departure of comrade Matemadanda having been elevated to a diplomatic position the Commissariat has been left in the hands of the Iron Lady. Omega Sipani Hungwe the woman with the royal bloo...Published: 29 May 2021 at 18:55hrs | 15 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Professor Jonathan Moyo, why do you want us to participate in flawed elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy?
"Some people have said to me, 'If you want us to believe you are no longer working for Zanu PF then tell us how Zanu PF rigged the elections!’ They say that expecting some Mafia like, Movie like, wa...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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