Search / Chairs
Mnangagwa orders Ncube to arm riot police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed Treasury to urgently buy a fleet of brand new vehicles for the police, including all-terrain troop carriers, water cannons, buses and equipment used by riot...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:51hrs | 14834 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Mnangagwa petitioned to appoint Ruth Labode as Minister of Health
The President of the Republic of ZimbabweState House1 Chancellor AvenueHarareZimbabweYour Excellency Sir, Chapter 2 Movement AND Abantwana BoMzabalazo (Children of ZPRA cadres)...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 21:56hrs | 7450 | by Chapter 2 Movement
Lockdown violations worry Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland West leadership has stepped up efforts to educate the community on the Covid-19 pandemic following an increase in lockdown violations across the province. A recent case...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:38hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Lindiwe Sibanda to be a jury member of the world's largest food prize
The jury of the Food Planet Prize, the world's largest prize in the food arena, has been announced by the Curt Bergfors Foundation in Sweden.The ten international top professionals include lea...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security chefs fingered in mobile money suspension
Zimbabwe's security force leaders sidelined the nation's economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 22:44hrs | 5851 | by Staff reporter
Shot in the arm for Mzingwane High
FORMER Mzingwane High School pupils have donated 148 chairs and desks to the school as part of efforts to enhance learning at the institution.The donation comes at a time the school is facing ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
I am happy to be recalled for standing with the people: Happymore Chidziba
MDC Alliance Happymore Chidziba who was recalled by the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T from parliament has said he is happy that he was recalled from the house of assembly for standing with the people rath...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 13:40hrs | 1666 | by Stephen Jakes
FULL TEXT: MDC MP accepts removal from parliament
Dear Highfield West residents, you elected me in good faith, to represent you and serve. You chose me above all on the 31st July 2018. Today I come back again, as your former MP, thanking you for the ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 14:20hrs | 8097 | by Happymore Chidziva
Let's pray against economic demons on National Day of Prayer
TOMORROW June 15, 2020 has been declared the Presidential Day of Prayer in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic whose infections have spiked. After Zimbabwe recorded its first case on March 20, 2...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:28hrs | 1085 | by Robin Mungate
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1185 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa faces a people-powered change
Emmerson Mnangagwa told us the voice of the people is the voice of God. He didn't listen to either. Now he faces a people's power movement.This article was first published by ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 22:50hrs | 11232 | by Siphosami Malunga
Tendai Biti: The story of my arrest in Mnangagwa's tinpot Zimbabwe
"It was farcical and surreal like a poorly scripted Mr Bean film without the comedy", says MDC Alliance vice-president of his recent arrest.This article was first published by ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 19:23hrs | 6815 | by Tendai Biti
Strengthening transparency, during Covid-19 response
JUST like all countries across the globe, Zimbabwe was caught off-guard by the coronavirus pandemic.The country has had to divert huge amounts of scarce public resources originally meant for o...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 71 | by Comm John Makamure
Khupe is being used by the system to foment turmoil
THE opposition MDC is in the middle of a political crisis, with rival groups fighting for the heart and soul of a party whose founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai made decisions that are now at the centr...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:16hrs | 4132 | by Staff reporter
118 returnees flee isolation
NEARLY 120 Zimbabweans returning to the country have escaped from isolation and quarantine centres across the country as government said they posed the greatest threat to efforts to curb the spread of...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium still far from meeting Caf standards
BARBOURFIELDS Stadium is still far from meeting the Caf minimum standards, with the size of dressing rooms a mere 10 percent of the required Fifa measurements. According to Fifa, a standard dressing r...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has embraced reforms, will repeal POSA' - rigged elections to repeal POSA, how nauseating
"For too long our country has been held back by the old ways of doing things. In our society, politics, economy and culture; everything was old. New ideas have been resisted; new developments, rejecte...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2237 | by Wilbert Mukori
The fear of lightening is called astraphobia
Folklore and hearsay has it that some people from Manicaland could and still can 'even it out' with home made lightening. The fear of lightening is called astraphobia which is very prevalent i...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 115 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mopane Foundation is appealing for sponsors
Mopane Foundation is appealing for sponsors to assist with the Rural secondary school kids' move to Richmond, Bulawayo this second term.Mopane Foundation International (Charity number 1167272)...Published: 21 May 2020 at 20:06hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
'Indefinite lockdown is a sinister ploy to deny vendors a livelihood' - triple jeopardy of living in a pariah state
Mnangagwa was confident his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would open the flood gate of investors and lenders and kick-start the country's economy. The economy had stalled following dec...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:56hrs | 714 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police sued over Bulawayo man's lockdown death
Bulawayo resident Levison Ncube, 25, died from "subarachnoid haemorrhage and head trauma" a few days after police allegedly beat him for allegedly violating Zimbabwe' s Covid-19 lockdown rules in Apri...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loyalists arrested
Two MDC Alliance councillors in Marondera have been arrested for allegedly breaking into their provincial party headquarters to remove property before hiding it at an unknown location.Charles ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs threatened with death if they attend parliament?
Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena has sensationally claimed that the MPs belonging to the MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa have been threatened with death if they disobey ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:35hrs | 3372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti fingered in Chamisa party fissures
FISSURES have erupted in the main opposition MDC Alliance after three legislators defied a party directive to disengage from all parliamentary business and showed up for duty, triggering allegations o...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 6853 | by Staff reporter
8 sworn in as Judicial Service commissioners
The Judicial Service Commission now has new faces following the appointment of an eight member team.Supreme Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu, chief magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi, Law So...Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:57hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Ugly fight for MDC property ensues
AN ugly fight for control of MDC Alliance assets has erupted in Mashonaland East after officials aligned to party leader Nelson Chamisa allegedly seized property at the party's provincial offices in M...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 3090 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stares at another war in Mozambique
THE Zimbabwean government has placed its security forces on high alert amid threats of infiltration along the border with Mozambique where Islamist fighters and opposition Renamo militia have escalate...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3967 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MPs mull mass resignations
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's national standing committee yesterday reportedly resolved to order its Members of Parliament to resign from the august House en-masse in protest over the recall o...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:17hrs | 9285 | by Staff reporter
3 private Covid-19 testing labs identified
GOVERNMENT has urged companies to buy rapid test kits and arrange with designated testing facilities for their employees to be tested for Covid-19 with three private medical laboratories in Bulawayo h...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Botswana ambushes Zimbabwe
Vice President Kembo Mohadi says Botswana is ambushing the government by deporting Zimbabweans without giving prior notice. Mohadi who is the national chairperson of the ministerial taskforce ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 6781 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says Zimbabwe ill-equipped to fight Covid-19
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi says Zimbabwe has to avoid cross border infections at all costs as it is poorly equipped to handle infections.Mohadi, who chairs the Covid-19 national taskforce, ma...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Govt happy with Beitbridge facilities
Government is satisfied with the state of Beitbridge quarantine and Covid-19 isolation centres where an estimated 3 000 returnees from South Africa will be housed upon arrival, with more resources bei...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique after government kills 129 people
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's is expected to meet Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi after Mozambican contract killers gunned down 129 extremist Islamic rebels. According to reports Nyus...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:22hrs | 11144 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dear Mr President have your lockdown extension but if covid-19 deaths soar you MUST and WILL step down
Dear Mr President, "Balancing the need for economic growth or saving the lives of the people?" you said."I came to the conclusion that if citizens die, if our people die, we cannot res...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 12:06hrs | 3441 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mutare prepares for large overseas returnees
A large group of returnees on its way to Beira by ship is expected in Mutare soon, prompting the provincial Covid-19 taskforce to identify more facilities that can be used as quarantine centres. ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF denying MDC elected councillors to do their mandate: Manyenyeni
Former MDC Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has revealed that Zanu PF government has for the past years been blocking the opposition elected councillors in the capital city to exercise their mandate of...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 619 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID19 initiative donates to Bulawayo vendors
Bulawayo vendors and informal traders breathed a sigh of relief after I Am4Byo Against COVID19 initiative made a timely intervention to donate food hampers to deal with the dire food shortage situatio...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 11:06hrs | 885 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's tricky test
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa disregarded the advice of health experts who recommended a 21-day Covid-19 lockdown extension, preferring instead to listen to his Zanu PF and Cabinet colleagues who argue...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 8385 | by Staff reporter
Social distancing a mere formality for Mbare flats
ZIMBABWE does not have time.The government has to do many things in the shortest possible time - before the effects of the rampaging Covid-19 epidemic become insurmountable.From setting up...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge East legislator tours storm hit Tshituripasi area
Zanu PF Beitbridge East legislator Albert Nguluvhe on Thursday last week toured Tshituripasi area in Ward one Beitbridge and area which was recently hit by a hailstorm that left a trail of destruction...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 09:05hrs | 926 | by Stephen Jakes
Victoria Falls Rainforest, vegetable markets disinfected
THE Victoria Falls Municipality has started disinfecting public areas in the resort town and on Friday partnered with the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) on a simi...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Expedite Covid-19 testing, says Mohadi
GOVERNMENT has set a target to have at least 40 000 tests done for Covid-19 by end of April, as part of efforts increase the rate of testing in the country, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said. ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi tour Covid-19 centres
While Zimbabwe has done much to cope with a major outbreak of Covid-19, more needs to be done ,Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi said yesterday as they toured facilities to assess ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium maintenance intensified
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has intensified work at Barbourfields Stadium in an effort to make the facility Caf compliant to host international matches. Caf further condemned Barbourfields Sta...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:28hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Hwange family isolated after sudden death
A 52-year-old woman collapsed and died at her homestead after experiencing difficulties in breathing and her family has since been placed under isolation as a precautionary measure.Ms Agneta T...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 16:29hrs | 2670 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours pledge to Kwekwe man
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday honoured their pledge to donate a wheelchair and groceries to a man living with disability from Amaveni suburb in Kwekwe. T...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:14hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi reassures frontline workers
FRONTLINE health workers in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic have been assured that their safety is a priority. Vice President Kembo Mohadi said this when he toured Parirenyatwa Group of Hospit...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:10hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
'More Covid-19 drugs coming'
Plans to manufacture more drugs to manage the symptoms of Covid-19 are gathering pace, with Treasury requested to release US$617 000 for the importation of the required raw materials. Industry...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi tours Wilkins Hospital
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday toured Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital and expressed satisfaction with renovation works at the institution following its designation as a Covid-19 isolation ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
