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Zimbabwe doctors give up, trickle back to work
A MAN lies on a stretcher, visibly in pain but at ease while three other people sit on wheelchairs, with over a dozen more sitting on benches — chatting and waiting.If one had been here just...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:26hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for paperless courts
While piles of paper still rule in all Zimbabwean courthouses, the new Commercial Court Division of the High Court, which is getting ready to move at the end of the year into Bristol House now under r...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:55hrs | 33 | by Staff rpeorter
Russian PM and government resign after Putin speech
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his government was resigning to give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changes he wants to make to the constitution....Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 15:59hrs | 5971 | by Staff Reporter
Harare-Nyamapanda road accident declared national disaster
GOVERNMENT has declared a state of national disaster the accident in which 13 people died when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst its tyre and veered off the road at the 186 km peg along...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 17:07hrs | 8722 | by Staff Reporter
Prominent Bulawayo businessman to lose property
A prominent Bulawayo businessman, who was once arrested for duping a fellow businessman of over US$380 000, is now set to lose vehicles, household property and company shares after the High Court orde...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 08:12hrs | 7290 | by Staff Reporter
Thabani Mpofu tears into Justice Luke Malaba term extension plans
On December 17, 2019, the nation became aware that the Cabinet had considered and approved Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 which seeks to introduce a gamut of amendments to the Constitution of Zimb...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2679 | by Thabani Mpofu
'Chiwenga wants SA properties'
THE court case of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has opened a can of worms amid indications that the former army commander was also demanding part of the properties his wif...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:09hrs | 2121 | by Staff reporter
G40 pays Chiwenga wife's legal fees
Self-exiled G40 kingpins are scheming to exploit, for political expediency, the case of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, by launching a sustained smear campaign aga...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:51hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga approaches High Court for bail
The estranged wife of the Vice President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa Chiwenga who is facing charges of attempted murder, externalisation of funds, money laundering and fraud h...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 8129 | by Staff Reporter
FULL TEXT: Marry Chiwenga's alleged crimes detailed
TO : COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATIONSFROM : MR MASIMBA AND TEAMDATE : 14/12/19SUBJECT: ARREST OF MARRY MUBAIWA FOR EXPORTING CU...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 08:08hrs | 6569 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Businessman loses property over debt
A BULAWAYO businessman had his property which included three vehicles attached by the Sheriff after he failed to pay a debt of US$384 177 he owed a fellow businessman.The property attached fro...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 3901 | by Staff reporter
Massive tender scam sucks in top officials
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo and Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu have been implicated in a massive tender scandal at Harare City Council (HCC) after they allegedl...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:58hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Muddy affair at Zanu-PF conference
HEAVY rains that are pounding Goromonzi have threatened to make the Zanu-PF 18th people's conference a muddy affair.The grounds where the conference will be held are waterlogged and muddy, for...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu speaks on Muchinguri replacing General Chiwenga
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu has dismissed rumours that Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri is set to replace General Constantino Chiwenga as Vice President during the ZANU PF ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:03hrs | 18149 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Liberation mine property goes under the hummer
Liberation Mining (Pvt) Limited in Gwayi area Matabeleland North will on Saturday have numerous of its property worth millions of dollars auctioned to settle debts the mining firm owes to two companie...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:46hrs | 742 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga to reveal secret for the Zanu-PF conference in his province
Mashonaland East province which is the province which house the Vice President of Zimbabwe retired Army General Chiwenga sets to witness fireworks as the ZANU PF conference begins. It's great to be he...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 12:03hrs | 11926 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's 48-hour moratorium: Doctors trickle back to work
AT least 10 percent of junior doctors have reported for duty countrywide with Government ready to consider extenuating circumstances for doctors reporting to work after the moratorium extended by Pres...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:02hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Nengomasha in divorce row with Tuku daughter
FORMER Warriors star Tinashe Nengomasha's marriage is on verge of collapse after his wife, Samantha (nee Mtukudzi), has filed divorce summons against him.Samantha, daughter of the late veteran...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 5068 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Parly squabbles escalate
MDC Senate chief whip Lillian Timveous says her party legislators will next week enter Parliament with their mouths gagged in protest over Zanu-PF MPs' disruptive behaviour during committee meetings....Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:23hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies asset recovery
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified its asset recovery programme in the past two weeks by impounding several vehicles suspected of being smuggled into the country without paymen...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:52hrs | 130 | by Comm John Makamure
Chamisa's chosen mediator meets Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who is taunted as Nelson Chamisa's chosen mediator, at state house. Mr Obasanjo was accompanied by two promine...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 16:33hrs | 17944 | by Staff reporter
Masawara donates to Jairos Jiri Association
Masawara, a pan-African investment company, has partnered with the Jairos Jiri Association and donated $30 000 for its daily operations as well as a tonne of fertiliser as part of farming inputs. The ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:46hrs | 812 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF MPs cannot remove committee chairs
AFTER her ouster from the chair of her committee, Concilia Chinanzvavana commented that her ouster had been unconstitutional, not procedural and contrary to Parliament's Standing Rules and Orders....Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:49hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Lacoste holding 'bush meetings' again: Trouble in the paradise!
Once you see the Lacoste faction holding meetings in the farms you know that the politics of Zimbabwe have entered turbulent waters again. The last time these meetings happened, the writing wa...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 17133 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa engages Sadc over Zimbabwe crisis
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday dispatched one of his deputies, Welshman Ncube, and the opposition party's secretary for international relations, Gladys Hlatywayo, to Sadc to plead with the region...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:10hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti should not be allowed to investigate others when he is under investigation
The person who is supposed to be in charge of discovering corruption in parliament is under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly instructing the National Socia...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7858 | by Mhungu Mushoga
Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa applauds his wife's philanthropic work
Philanthropic works by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, which have spread across the length and breadth of the country, have helped to shine a light on living conditions of most Zimbabweans, prompting G...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama snubs Masisi inauguration
Botswana President Mnangagwa yesterday joined thousands of Batswana and fellow SADC leaders at the inauguration of Botswana's fifth democratic leader President Mokgweetsi Masisi at a lively ceremony h...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Economic governance framework at the core of Zimbabwe's macro-economic problems
It is now a time-tested fact that the long-term macroeconomic and development outcomes of any society are not narrowly defined by simple answers to simple questions like which individual is presiding ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:54hrs | 503 | by Dr Nathan Matemera
Economic governance framework at the core of Zimbabwe's macro-economic problems
It is now a time-tested fact that the long-term macroeconomic and development outcomes of any society are not narrowly defined by simple answers to simple questions like which individual is presiding ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 13:03hrs | 526 | by Dr Nathan Matemera
Mliswa demands Parly committee chair reshuffling
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday called for rotation of parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons in a move targeted at removal of Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who l...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, MRP clash over Nurses recruitment
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and ZAPU traded barbs during a sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over the controversial recruitment of trainee nurses, with the former accusing ZAPU of 'selling ou...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:47hrs | 2348 | by Staff reporter
Ruining party's end is nigh
Why is that the prizes of fuel and goods continuing to escalate in our country? An infestation of a regime change so they say but is it? This question continues to trouble not just the elders in our s...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 415 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2984 | by Frank Kuwonu
Outcry over high graduation fees
GRADUANDS at various universities are in a quandary over whether they will be able to graduate after most institutions announced exorbitant graduation fees.Most universities hold their graduat...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Thief stuns court, disowns accomplices
A MAN who admitted to being part of a gang of thieves who allegedly broke into several houses in Bulawayo and stole household goods worth nearly $120 000, yesterday stunned a packed courtroom when he ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to finish off Mnangagwa's Presidential term?
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is increasingly set to finish off beleaguered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential term, through a vicious military coup said to likely involve...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 25909 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Chamisa's MDC mulls recalling 'incompetent' councillor
The Movement for Democratic Change in Masvingo is considering recalling Ward 3 councillor Mr Tarusenga Vembo over allegations of incompetence.In separate interviews yesterday, some senior part...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:04hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Man forced to drink 2 litres of cooking oil
A Jerera man was recently left severely nauseated after two robbers forced him to drink a half-full two-litre container of cooking oil.Jameson Zihura, of House Number 1236 Jerera, was forced m...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:11hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mocks Mnangagwa's address to 'thousands of empty chairs'
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa Saturday took amusement with political nemesis and State President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nightmarish address to "thousands of chairs" at the recent 74th United Nations Genera...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2705 | by newzimbabwe
Council failures rooted in legislative deficits
ZIMBABWE is burning while the central government dithers. For the second time in less than a decade residents in urban areas are feeling the effects of murky local government administration as Preside...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 127 | by Cliff Chiduku
Recruitment freeze cripples tertiary institutions
GOVERNMENT'S recruitment freeze has seen most departments, among them the higher education institutions, operating with skeleton staff, making it difficult for them to deliver expected outcomes, an of...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 16:57hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda university takes shape
Parlimentarians have applauded progress in the construction of Gwanda State University (GSU) despite limited resources available to the institution.GSU, whose main campus is being developed at...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:31hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa asks VP Chiwenga for exit package deal before exile
BERLIN/VANCOUVER - In all but the closing chapter of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's young presidency, the ruling Zanu PF leader has reportedly sent emissaries to request for an exit package deal from ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 06:32hrs | 14669 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya
Mugabe coup leaders forgiven
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvimba yesterday said they had pardoned those who removed former President Robert Mugabe from power through a military coup in November 2017 to foster national healing.S...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:27hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Kings and Mambos must be careful
In English they say "let lying dogs lie", in Ndebele there is a saying that goes "lala lulaza sikwengule."Have we been sleeping in the stupidity slumber that we haven't seen all this coming, some men ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2457 | by Presia Ngulube
Mthuli Ncube appoints advisory team for RBZ
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has appointed a nine-member Monetary Policy Committee that will render an advisory role to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1121 | by Staff Reporter
Parliament condemns inhumane police cells
PARLIAMENT has said conditions in the police holding cells are inhumane, conceding the rights of arrested people were being breached.This was brought into light by the Senate Thematic Committe...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
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