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Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations by
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 17 hrs ago | 289 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Kalanga lobby group to produce textbooks
A lobby group has pledged to spearhead the production of Kalanga textbooks to ensure that there is enough material to facilitate the teaching of the language in schools.Lubahhe, a group made u...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:15hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga lobby group to produce textbooks
A lobby group has pledged to spearhead the production of Kalanga textbooks to ensure that there is enough material to facilitate the teaching of the language in schools.Lubahhe, a group made u...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets Sadc boost
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pending assumption of the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation is indicative of the region's confidence in the Government of Zimbabwe and...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:04hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders continue hunt for three points
HIGHLANDERS continue with their quest for the elusive three points when they face Manica Diamonds at Vengere Stadium in Rusape this afternoon.Bosso, under the tutelage of Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu a...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 979 | by Staff Reporter
PSL results
FC Platinum maintains dominance over Chapungu as Chicken Inn keep pace at the topFC Platinum stretched their dominance over Chapungu after posting a narrow 1-0 victory over their Midlands riva...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 18:04hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mugabe selection process rocked by disputes
Five houses that constitute the Mugabe chieftainship namely Dumbu, Chipfunhu, Haruzivishe, Mudavanhu, Chikanhe - Muzondo have petitioned authorities to register their displeasure with the on-going sel...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:35hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
How CIOs benefited from Jonathan Moyo's ZIMDEF funds
Professor Jonathan Moyo has published documents that reveal that the Central Intelligence Organisation and the Zimbabwe Republic Police benefited from the ZMDEF money that he is alleged to have abused...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 16:29hrs | 8051 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa should release Chihambakwe, Dumbutshena commissions reports
This is the third in a series of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the State...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Vengere's bumpy surface unsettles Highlanders
THE last time Highlanders visited Vengere Stadium in Rusape, they left a disappointed lot. They complained about almost everything.They were disappointed with the way the match officials had h...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers chiefs
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has said government will soon review traditional leaders allowances because their earnings are meagre given the prevailing economic situation.Speaking on the sideli...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Talking about Gukurahundi therapeutic, says Mohadi
Vice President Kembo Mohadi says talking about Gukurahundi openly is going to assist in healing broken wounds and finding a lasting solution for the country to prosper, adding that peace has been and ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:05hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe suspended from International Cricket Council
International cricket chiefs on Thursday suspended Zimbabwe over a failure to keep the sport free from government interference, putting in doubt their participation in qualifiers for the World T20....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 19:17hrs | 3628 | by AFP
'Magistrates should stop summoning chiefs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday revealed that government has given a directive that magistrates should not summon traditional leaders to courts over decisions made at traditional courts....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Nengomasha's warning to Billiat
ZIMBABWE and Kaizer Chiefs legend, Tinashe Nengomasha, has warned his countryman Khama Billiat against leaving Amakhosi for north African clubs saying the midfielder should avoid a "Neymar-like stando...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi meets Midlands chiefs over Gukurahundi
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday met chiefs from the Midlands Province to consult on national healing, peace and reconciliation mechanisms as part of efforts to address issues of Zimbabwe's fract...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3050 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
'A coup against Mnangagwa is about to explode'
The November 2017 military coup which forced tyrant Robert Mugabe from power is still haunting Zimbabwe almost 18 months down the line. The remnants of the coup and its footprints will not disappear s...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:59hrs | 18774 | by Blessing Ivan Vava
'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Mthwakazi Institute Of Research has been putting together pieces of a question on the lips of many in the binary state of Zimbabwe and beyond borders. The question whether Zimbabwe will remain United ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 7590 | by 'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Former SA footballer gunned down
The family of former Bafana Bafana, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs striker, Marc Batchelor has reacted with shock to the news of his death, News24 reported.Batchelor was gunned down in Bryansto...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:24hrs | 5724 | by Staff Reporter
Hwange roast Chicken Inn
Hwange 2-1 Chicken Inn A fired up Hwange FC helped themselves to a sumptuous Chicken Inn meal after coming from behind to silence the visiting Gamecocks in a Castle Lager Premier League matc...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pursues Mthwakazi Republic Party official over Gukurahundi genocide
When we heard that ZANU-PF president and the commander-in-chief of the defence forces was in Rwanda last week at the commemoration of the 1992 genocide that took place there, we thought he had gone th...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:39hrs | 886 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Yeni Malatyaspor unveils Hadebe
Yeni Malatyaspor has officially unveiled Teenage Hadebe as their new player.The defender joins the Turkish side from Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. He becomes the latest Zimbabwean player to m...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Bosso bullish ahead of Barbourfields blockbuster
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu believes their last two results, which saw them win against Dynamos before last week's draw away at Ngezi Platinum, have given them momentum ahead of their tough ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Hadebe breaks into Europe
Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe has broken into Europe following a good showing at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals as he has signed for Turkish topflight side Yeni Malatyaspor.The cl...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'King' challenged on Gukurahundi
Ibhetshu lika Zulu Secretary General Mbuso Fuzwayo has challenged the three claimants to the Ndebele throne to air their views on what needs to be done regarding the resolution of the Gukurahund...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:35hrs | 3307 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt must set up independent commission on Gukurahundi
This is the second installment of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the Stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts campaign for Lupane East by-election
ZANU-PF has officially launched its campaign to drum up support for its Lupane East by-election candidate, Mbongeni Dube, ahead of the election set for August 3. The launch was done at a rally...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Khama Billiat fails to open Euro doors
There is a reported scramble for Warriors attacker Khama Billiat, but while he would have wanted that interest and fight for his signature to come from European clubs, it is only African clubs that ar...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:43hrs | 3610 | by Staff reporter
Billiat 'threatens' to quit national team
STILL reeling from falling out of the Africa Cup of Nations finals following their disastrous showing, Zimbabwe now have to deal with their star player Khama Billiat's threats to quit international fo...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise over Gukurahundi: MDC
THE MDC has thrown its weight behind traditional leaders who are calling upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.Last week, Mnangagwa met chiefs fro...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan faces collapse
A coalition of civil society groups from Matabeleland that struck a deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa that paved the way for a government intervention on the Gukurahundi killings is disintegratin...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:29hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos in stoppage winner
Dynamos 1-0 ChapunguGhanaian midfielder Robert Sackey rose from the bench to score an injury time winner on debut as Harare giants Dynamos grabbed their first set of three points in four home matches ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:27hrs | 577 | by newzimbabwe
CAPS United in crisis
ZPC Kariba 1 - 0 CAPS UnitedCAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was for the second successive match conspicuous by his absence in the dugout as the Harare giants' title charge suffered yet ano...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:17hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets out
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to join other Heads of State and Government for the African Union Extraordinary Summit that will see the launch of a single continental trade bloc.He...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 2209 | by Staff reporter
Military commanders in diplomacy and defence
THE Africa Land Forces Summit 2019 (ALFS) jointly hosted by the United States Army Africa and Botswana Defence Forces aimed at strengthening partnerships between military forces of African countries w...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 981 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe can learn from Rwanda
Zimbabwe should take a leaf from Rwanda's post-genocide reconciliation model as it embarks on its own healing process, President Mnangagwa has said. In an interview at Kigali International Air...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 7532 | by Stanley Khumalo
Dictatorship clearly anachronistic
The propensity by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictatorial tendencies is probably the biggest drawback to his well-intentioned efforts to reform the country's economy, which has been in a tailspin ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
'Toothless' Human Rights Commission tackles Gukurahundi
THE Gukurahundi disturbances have been identified as one of the reasons why some people in Matabeleland North fail to access national identity documents. This emerged yesterday during a Zimbab...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses his cool as Matabele chiefs tell it all about Gukurahundi
Talk of a man who is sweating profusely under the searing heat of Matabeleland genocide, it is the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa. He has been to Matabeleland twice this year within a space ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:18hrs | 11118 | by Israel Dube
Ndiweni praises Mnangagwa? Setting the record straight
Outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni - who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu-PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government - has praised President Em...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5949 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his shona speaking chiefs must blame Gukurahundi not Ndebele chiefs
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT PRESS STATEMENT01 JULY 2019As chiefs we are deeply disappointed by statements by some that Chiefs from the Midlands province were invited to a meeting with the Pres...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1718 | by Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Mthwakazi activists picket ahead of Mnangagwa, chiefs meeting
MTHWAKAZI activists on Friday staged a demonstration outside hotel where Matabeleland traditional leaders were booked for two days ahead of their meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs urge Mnangagwa to urgently address rising cost of living
CHIEFS in the Midlands and Matabeleland regions have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the rising cost of living, including sharp increases in food insecurity.Mnangagw...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
REA targets to electrify 60% of rural areas
Government is forging ahead with its thrust to modernise rural areas, with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) pledging to bring access to electricity to 60 percent of the rural populace in line wi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy bites Madinda Ndlovu
OUTGOING Highlanders technical manager Madinda Ndlovu says the country's unstable economic situation was the reason he could not see out his contract at the Bulawayo football giants.Ndlovu ten...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for genocide, says chiefs
Chiefs have asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces during the period known as Gukurahundi.Mnangagwa met chiefs from ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Talk openly about Gukurahundi, says Mohadi
Gukurahundi should be discussed freely and openly by people in order to find lasting solutions and closure on the matter, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said.Speaking after a closed-door meet...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 08:59hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi on Gukurahundi
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi has said Gukurahundi should be discussed freely and openly by people in order to find lasting solutions and closure on the matter.Emerging from a closed door meetin...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1203 | by Staff Reporter
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