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Mnangagwa urges ZDF to confront emerging security threats
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to broaden their operational scope beyond traditional military defence to address evolving security challenges, including c...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:15hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Kenya to drive DRC peace process with Ruto
SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Kenya ahead of a high-level meeting with Kenyan President Dr William Ruto, the Chairperson of the East African Community (EA...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:47hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's colonial name to be changed?
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) and other political parties plan to approach parliament and the Constitutional Review Committee to change South Africa's name to the Republic of Azania, among...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 19:36hrs | 3889 | by Staff reporter
Obasanjo visits Mnangagwa in Harare
Former Nigerian President and respected African statesman, His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a courtesy visit to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare today, in a high-...Published: 02 May 2025 at 19:43hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Trump unveils new global tariffs, Zimbabwe faces 18% reciprocal tax
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday acted on his campaign promises to "build that wall" and announced a raft of tariffs targeting countries around the world, including some of America's closest tra...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:00hrs | 737 | by Staff reported
Mnangagwa, Ruto to set terms of reference for DRC mediation panel
Consultations are underway to set a date for a high-level briefing between Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his East African Community (EAC)...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks 3rd African country highest diesel prices
Unlike last month, when diesel prices in Africa were reported to have been fluctuating, diesel prices in the continent for the current month seems stable.While this may appear as a positive, i...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:19hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Africa declares Mpox public health emergency amid surge in cases and deaths
Africa's top health authority, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has declared an outbreak of mpox a public health emerge...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 06:44hrs | 510 | by Staff Reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe are real, US Bank to close accounts
Mercury Bank, a fintech based in the United States offering banking services to more than 100,000 early-stage startups, has included Nigeria in a list of countries restricted from opening and operatin...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:57hrs | 23536 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors face grim Afcon draw
Zimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, faced a setback in their FIFA rankings after recent losses to Lesotho and South Africa, dropping seven places to 129th globally and 38th in Africa. Thi...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's reckless statement to Putin positions Zimbabwe as a security threat
THE southern Africa region has, by and large, been regarded as a peaceful place.Save for a few conflict zones - such as Mozambique, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo - we have avoide...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Russia donates 25,000 metric tonne wheat to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has received part of Russia's 25,000 metric tonne wheat donation and an additional 10 tonnes of fertiliser.The donation is part of Russia's 200,000 metric tonne aid to six African cou...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 08:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Russian corporation assists Zimbabwe in fighting hunger
Over 23,000 metric tons of bulk potash and NPKS fertilizer intended for Zimbabwe have been fully loaded onto a vessel in the ports of Riga, Latvia, and Ghent, Belgium; the shipment is intended for hum...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Russian free grain due to begin landing in Africa within days
RUSSIAN shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its bid to bolster its influence in the continent.President Vladimir Putin promised t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
400 delegates jet into Zimbabwe for diamond Indaba
Approximately 400 delegates hailing from 59 countries, including Zimbabwe, are set to gather in Victoria Falls next week for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) summit. The focus of thes...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Redi Thlabi: the black woman weaponized against South Africa
South Africa is under attack by Western countries led by the US due to its BRICS membership and non-aligned geopolitical policy. This isn't surprising, given the West's frustration with the country's ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46hrs | 14 | by Larmbert Ebitu
Nigerian cleric prophecies Mnangagwa victory, says opposition wasting their money
NIGERIAN cleric Primate Elijah Ayodele, who is the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has issued prophecies on the presidential elections of Zimbabwe, Central African Republic (CAR) and Sout...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he stands in solidarity with Putin over Ukraine war
Zimbabwe stands in solidarity with Russia as it wages war on Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.In comments that will anger we...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:12hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Putin offers 50,000 tonne free grain to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that his country was food-secure but was grateful for an offer of free grain from Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit in...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$700k splurge on Chinese private jet for Russia trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a private jet from China to fly him to Russia on Tuesday at an estimated cost of nearly US$700,000.Mnangagwa, attending the Russia-Africa summit in St Peters...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry confident Warriors will play at home
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry is confident that the senior national team, the Warriors, will play their matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at home following the ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in World Cup draw
ZIMBABWE has been placed in one of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying draw pots ahead of the expected lifting of its ban by the World governing body.A delegation from Fifa, Caf and Cosafa are ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 20:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 15 | by Ian Beddowes
Russia's Wagner has 'footprints in Zimbabwe'?
RUSSIAN mercenary group Wagner Group has been implicated in illicit gold mining dealings in Zimbabwe, according to a latest report by data analysts and an African research organisation.The Wag...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Elections can lead to conflict if they are not free and fair
At least two dozen presidential, national, regional and local elections are held across the African continent each year.The sometimes fierce electoral competition, a history of violence or vot...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 16 | by The Conversation
What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?
When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Afr...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The tragedy of Zimbabwe
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere last week spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy - a major United Nations conference that shines a sp...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Fadzayi Mahere
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe votes for 'Mother' Russia
ZIMBABWE on Monday voted against a United Nations General Assembly (Unga) resolution for Russia to pay compensation for the damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine.Ninety-four countries voted...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
20 Zimbabwean officers have died on UN duty
THE United Nations (UN) has commended Zimbabwe's contribution to peacekeeping missions across the world, saying the southern African country's officers have made "a real difference wherever they have ...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 18:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Fresh test for Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts as the US hosts crucial Africa meeting
DESPITE spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a public relations stunt and expending energy on an international re-engagement exercise, Zimbabwe continues wallowing in isolation amid reports that t...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Timely IMF boost saved Zimbabwe'
A PAN African lender has ranked Zimbabwe among the biggest beneficiaries of the US$33 billion injected into the region's economies by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year.Africa Exp...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Hakainde Hichilema speaks on American Army base in Zambia
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has broken the silence over the controversial setting up of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) office in the neighbouring country. Writing on Twitt...Published: 05 May 2022 at 10:33hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Setting up of US military base in Zambia divides opinion
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said Zimbabwe stood guided by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (AU) on reports that the United States Africa Com...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AMERICAN ARMY IN ZAMBIA: Ruling party UPND speaks out
Over the past days, there has been a serious agenda to paint Zambia and our leader as Western Sponsored using the false US Military Base existence narrative within our borders. The propaganda being pe...Published: 02 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 9 | by Joseph Kalimbwe
Dear Zimbabweans, time for brutal conversation about xenophobia in South Africa
I AM a Zimbabwean, so this is difficult to write, and I stand to lose a lot. But I will do it anyway.Anti-immigrant sentiments, or much simply xenophobia is difficult to write about because no...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Maynard Manyowa
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe on verge of becoming mbanje research hub for southern Africa
MBANJE, marijuana, cannabis or hemp, is one plant that has accounted for many people in Zimbabwe's prisons.Possession, let alone, cultivation or smoking it, has had serious consequences such a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Discontinue trophy hunting imports ban bill to save African wildlife'
A leading SADC Safari hunting company that has so far spent over US$367 000.00 to support wildlife conservation and socio-economic development in Tanzania has appealed to the British Government to dis...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 30 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
Zacc pushes for whistleblower protection
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has come up with a cocktail of measures to combat rampant corruption through amending the Anti-Corruption Act, pushing for a whistleblower protection law...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elected Kimberley vice chair
Zimbabwe was last night elected vice chairperson of the World Kimberley Process, which ensures that all global diamond mining and sales are done legally and following laid-down standards, with the vot...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi
Loga can't take all the blame, players must introspect
DIE hard Warriors supporters who had hoped that the gasping senior men's national soccer team would spring a shocker and beat Ghana in Tuesday's 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier, watched in disbelief as ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
IMF SDR release puts Biti in his place
IN April 2021, the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) granted debt relief to the 28 poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by catastrophic natural disaste...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Nobleman Runyanga
CAF removes sanctions on National Sports Stadium
CAF have given ZIFA the greenlight to stage the blockbuster 2022 World Cup qualifier, between the Warriors and Bafana Bafana, at the National Sports Stadium, in September. The two fierce Limpo...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Warriors, Bafana showdown off
FIFA yesterday announced the postponement of the 2022 World Cup Africa region qualifiers that were set for next month due to stadia crisis and rising COVID-19 cases on the continent. Zimbabwe ...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Gato
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