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Mnangagwa comes face to face with bitterness of Matebeleland people
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came face to face with the simmering bitterness of the people of Matabeleland related to the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early to mid 1980s.This came a...Published: 12 hrs ago | 764 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo takes on Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came face to face with the simmering bitterness of the people of Matabeleland related to the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early to mid 1980s.This came a...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3173 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 hrs ago | 418 | by July Moyo
Mnangagwa's wife cuts short UN event attendance
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa had to cut short her attendance at the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday to assist affected citizens following the devastating effects of Cyclone ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 611 | by Staff reporter
Young Warriors miss flight to Maputo
THE Mozambique bound Young Warriors missed their connecting flight in South Africa yesterday and are now set to arrive in Maputo Thursday afternoon. Tonderayi Ndiraya's boys take on Mozambique...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:08hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs warn that govt may have to exhume Cyclone Idia bodies
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo for crunch meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived at Joshua Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo ahead of an Indaba with the civic society.The meeting will be held at the Bulawayo state House....Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 7658 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pastor demands an end to 'elitist dialogue' - confused, doesn't even know elections were rigged
Confusion reigns supreme in Zimbabwe. Confusion is when one says this, the other says that and the third says something else which is neither this nor that in a matter as simple as 1 + 1 = 2. ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1267 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Fury over burial of cyclone victims
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2459 | by Staff reporter
Slovakia club disown Zimbabwe U-23 player
SLOVAKIA Super Liga club, AS Trencín, has refuted reports that Enrique Ndlovu, who was called up to the Zimbabwe Under-23 squad, is in their books, raising suspicions that influential player intermed...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa cannot lead dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his opposition counterpart Nelson Chamisa can never be the best candidates to conduct dialogue as they cannot represent the ordinary people's wishes on the ground, the...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
#Cyclone Idai: Mnangagwa on the ground
President Mnangagwa will today tour areas that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani to assess the extent of the damage and get a realistic appreciation of the situation on the ground. ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's disaster response is a disaster
There are few things that reveal the priorities of a government better than a national disaster. In Zimbabwe, Cyclone Idai, which had left at least 65 people dead and more than 100 missing in its wake...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2659 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe land audits fail to resolve disputes
FARMERS have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of the government-initiated land audits in resolving land ownership disputes across the country.This emerged at the second launch of ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, former lieutenants shift blame: Who really was behind Gukurahundi genocide?
WHEN former president Robert Mugabe was swept away through a popular coup, the world celebrated the departure of an "evil dictator". Many hoped for a fresh start but that dream remains elusive...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:13hrs | 9824 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Concerns raised over Gukurahundi hearings
Matabeleland chiefs fear that the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) could miss crucial evidence on the Gukurahundi massacres of the early to mid 1980s, unless it abandons its current...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho FC folds
FORMER Premier Soccer League side, Tsholotsho, have withdrawn their participation in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League due to financial constraints. Tsholotsho spent three seasons i...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Farmer's son brutally killed over pastures
THERE has been another murder at Chemagora farms in Gokwe South after two illegal settlers at Farm 26 brutally killed the son of the property owner following a dispute over pastures. Last mont...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:00hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Article on Chief Ndiweni's 'recall' was disappointing - Felix Ndiweni not a chief
EDITOR,Response to article entitled, "Chiefs' leader disowns bid to recall Ndiweni", published on March 6, 2019. I refer to the above article which was published on March 6, 2019, (also availa...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 757 | by Joram Kaisa Thambo Ndiweni
Ramaphosa arrives
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in the country last night ahead of today's third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission Summit in Harare. President Ramapho...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:48hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs to issue statement on Jonathan Moyo
The Secretary for Matabeleland North Chiefs, Mr Nothiwani Dlodlo has announced that Matabeleland Chiefs will soon issue a statement regarding exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo who...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 21:02hrs | 8495 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe be tried for Gukurahundi massacres'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe must be tried for the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.In a video uploaded on SMTV on Saturday, Matemadanda also s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi commander hero status irks activists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under fire from Matabeleland activists for declaring the late Emilio Munemo a national hero despite his links to the Fifth Brigade, which is blamed f...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
Young spirit medium unsettles Chief
Intriguing claims by a 24-year female spirit medium that the Munyaradzi chieftainship is in wrong hands could see Urayayi Munyaradzi losing his position as chief.The Munyaradzi chieftainship h...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:45hrs | 2854 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cranks up reform gears
A TEAM of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Economic revival unstoppable, claims Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is on an inexorable and unstoppable economic and political trajectory that will definitely lead to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The country, he said, is like a tr...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chief to be buried in Johannesburg
Chief Albert Zwelibanzi Gumede the induna/traditional leader of Ndebeles in South Africa passed on in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a short illness is expected to be buries in that countr...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 20:37hrs | 5043 | by Staff reporter
Chief Khayisa single handedly destroys Mthwakazi
As a concerned, patriotic citizen sikaMthwakazi, I believe it is my duty to help people open their eyes with the way Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa of Ntabazinduna has managed to destroy efforts to sa...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 18:32hrs | 4013 | by Concerned Citizen
Gukurahundi haunts Mnangagwa
More than 22 years after the Gukurahundi massacres ended, that sad episode in Zimbabwe's history continues to rear its ugly head with the deputy minister of Defence, Victor Matemadanda this week rushi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 4783 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn, Bosso face off
BULAWAYO Premiership sides, Highlanders and Chicken Inn will tomorrow clash in a competitive friendly match as they seek to tie up loose ends before the start of the 2019 season. The two sides...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
'Mugabe going senile off Gukurahundi murders'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is losing his mind because of the genocide he presided over in the early years of Zimbabwe's independence, war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda has said.In a s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1662 | by newzimbabwe
Brig-Gen Munemo's national hero declaration & ED's speech dilemma during burial
Who is a better devil between a messenger and the sender? You should be able to help me in answering this question by the end of this discussion. The news that Brig-Gen Munemo has been declared a nati...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | 2511 | by Don Chigumba
Thulani Sibanda quits Bulawayo Chiefs
BULAWAYO Chiefs FC head into their second Premiership season without coach Thulani Sibanda who guided them into the topflight. The club announced in a statement that Sibanda has left the club,...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 10:41hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Universities should offer criminology degrees, says Judge
BULAWAYO High court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva has appealed to tertiary institutions to consider offering criminology degrees in order to find ways of preventing crime and appropriate ways of punis...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:52hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mtshane dismisses reports that he wants Chief Ndiweni recalled
THE deputy president of the Chiefs Council, Chief Mtshane Khumalo, has dismissed as false reports that he has written to the Government to recall Chief Nhanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna from his...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:25hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
MLF happy with progress towards the liberation of Mthwakazi thus far
Even those that initially regarded our claims of all forms of marginalization of Mthwakazi by the government of Zimbabwe can now prove us right. In our divorce document that we presented to the govern...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:21hrs | 271 | by David Magagula
Warriors squad to face Congo named
Warriors head coach Sunday Chidzambwa has today named the Warriors provisional squad to face Congo Brazzaville in a must win 2019 AFCON qualifier to book a place in the finals slated for Egypt later t...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:03hrs | 4103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs
Matabeleland chiefs secretary Nothiwani Dlodlo has reported that Chief Mtshane Khumalo has escalated his fight against Chief Vwezi Maduna of Filabusi and Chief Nhanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:53hrs | 4736 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Binga chief faces arrest for 'undressing' Auxillia Mnangagwa
A traditional chief faces arrest this week for publicly criticising first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, ZimLive reported.Chief Pashu of Binga is accused of "verbally attacking" Mnangagwa when she v...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 9775 | by ZimLive
Mangudya to appear before Parly committee
The Reserve Bank Governor of Zimbabwe, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya, is set to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to explain several monetary issues as the august House resumes sit...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele communal farmers evicted to pave way for shonas in Filabusi
Threats by the government to evict communal farmers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, to allegedly pave way for those from outside the province are stoking fears of tribal clashes in the area, analysts...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 7096 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa: First Lady par excellence and philanthropist
The online news publication, Zimeye whose credibility is very questionable, did the unthinkable this week by taking a jibe on the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa through publishing a shoddily-done...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1444 | by Elijah Chihota
MLF happy with the progress towards the liberation of Mthwakazi thus far
Even those that initially regarded our claims of all forms of marginalization of Mthwakazi by the government of Zimbabwe can now prove us right. In our divorce document that we presented to the govern...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1070 | by David Magagula
UN to send multinational force to intervene in Zimbabwe?
COLOGNE/HARARE, PRETORIA - The United Nations Security Council is likely to approve the intervention of a multinational force to Zimbabwe, to disarm and disable President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bloodthi...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:06hrs | 37096 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
No repatriation papers for 'resurrected Zimbabwean' man
GOVERNMENT yesterday dismissed claims that a Zimbabwean man was "resurrected" by a controversial pastor in South Africa as his body was being brought home, saying no repatriation papers had been proce...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aims guns at Chamisa's uncle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government looks to be lining up opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's uncle Peter to be the fall guy after the Zanu-PF leader angrily blasted an unnamed official for all...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 18:32hrs | 13530 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs demand answers on Gukurahundi
Traditional leaders in Matebeleland have written to the South African parliament requesting permission to be allowed to present "facts" about the 1980's mass killings in Matebeleland and Midlands as t...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Cleansing ceremony for Battlefields mines
Traditional leaders and spirit mediums from Mashonaland West Province will conduct a cleansing ceremony at Silvermoon and Cricket 3 mines in Battlefields, Mhondoro-Ngezi, where 24 artisanal miners die...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
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