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Lack of Political will has brought unnecessary calamity
We are in this mess because we have a political question which remain unanswered. The question lies on legitimacy. We have a deep deep crisis centered on legitimacy, failure by our country's electoral...Published: 22 May 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1177 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Soldier, taxi driver fined for stealing Cyclone Idai aid
A CHIPINGE soldier and a taxi driver who were accused of stealing Cyclone Idai relief aid escaped jail, but were fined $500 after their charges were amended by the State.Bigbrain Sithole (23) ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:23hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zim group raises money for Cyclone Idai through British Red Cross
Zimbabwe Leeds Community (ZLC) group have raised over £500 to help support communities in Zimbabwe after the tragic events of Cyclone Idai at the beginning of March in Zimbabwe and Mozambique....Published: 20 May 2019 at 12:31hrs | 917 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zanu-PF youths condemn wanton price hikes, to name, shame rich cartels
Zanu-PF National Youth League has condemned unjustifiable price increases of basic commodities across the market saying the sabotage behaviour undermines efforts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of sta...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:46hrs | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa walks tight rope
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is still walking a tightrope between extremism and moderation as he approaches the end of the first year of his election last July.Perhaps nothing demonstrates his...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1413 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Shops refuse bond notes
COMMUNITIES in rural areas such as Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matabeleland South Province are at the mercy of unscrupulous businesspeople who are refusing to accept RTGS dollars, demanding consu...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:06hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Khupe must report for duty at Harvest House if she is now the President of the MDC
1. Harvest House is not under threat2. Any other assets and buildings are very safe3. Chamisa's Presidency is very safe4. They can simply resort to MDC Alliance and use this co...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:21hrs | 7390 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
School loses 50 students and headmaster
UNICEF Zimbabwe has revealed that Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani lost 50 students, their headmaster and 3 teachers to Cyclone Idai which struck Manicaland region in March.The organisat...Published: 09 May 2019 at 10:07hrs | 9144 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe still committed to migration to digital analogue'
ZIMBABWE is still committed to migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting but scarcity of foreign currency is hampering progress, a Cabinet Minister has said. Giving a public lecture at G...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's deployment of State security criticised
LOCALS in Marange and Chimanimani are up in arms with government over its deployment of State agents manning diamond fields as reports of abuses continue.Headman Ngorima recently told a Stakeh...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 4792 | by Staff reporter
Tripartite negotiating forum establishment to address workers' plight
LABOUR and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza says the establishment of a tripartite negotiating forum (TNF) would assist in addressing the plight of workers and in solving the economic crisis....Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:49hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa meets 13 Chimanimani, Chipinge chiefs
GOVERNMENT will quickly resolve concerns and grievances raised by 13 chiefs from Chipinge and Chimanimani whose communities were ravaged by Cyclone Idai, President Mnangagwa has said. While ad...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delays visit to graves in Mozambique
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has advised President Mnangagwa to delay his visit to graves of 158 Zimbabweans who were swept away by Cyclone Idai floods across the border because the area is still...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | 2971 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet chiefs in Cyclone Idai-hit areas
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to meet with traditional leaders from areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai to discuss efforts to rebuild the affected districts. This was said by the Minister...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
True prophesies come to pass
Later day prophets, yes, so called seers. Can they please give the nation some rest? Randomly 'choreographed' and selectively pre-discussed political prophesies are pronounced to amuse those who harbo...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2959 | by Tondorindo
Woman rapes man
Three men reportedly kidnapped a male adult in Mutare Central Business District and drove him along Mutare-Chimanimani road where they forced him to be intimate with a woman before harvesting his seme...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:44hrs | 4004 | by Staff reporter
Inside the MDC VPs race
The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa will hold its elective congress in May, and four of the candidates for the vice presidency are females, Tracy Mutinhiri, Paurina Mpariwa, Lynette Karenyi Kore, and Lillia...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe varsity students invent anti-balding cream
STUDENTS studying Chemical Technology at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) have invented an anti-alopecia cream that reverses baldness as local tertiary institutions continue to innovate ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
CPU warns of Cyclone Kenneth, landfall
The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has issued a warning of a tropical storm that is developing into a cyclone named Cyclone Kenneth, which is projected to make a landfall in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
China takes over Chimanimani roads rehab
THE Chinese government has offered to rehabilitate all roads washed away by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani at its own cost and has already contracted six private Asian companies to carry out the project....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai victims resist tent homes
PLANS by government to settle displaced victims of Cyclone Idai in tents, while authorities look for long-term accommodation solutions, are facing resistance from some families. The families say they ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:08hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa won't take Zimbabwe anywhere'
OPPOSITION Freezim Congress leader Joseph Busha has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prove to the nation that he has the capacity to resolve the rising economic challenges facing the country...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:37hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
Econet raises RTGS$479 287 for Idai relief through EcoCash
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm Econet Wireless has raised RTGS$ 479 287 through its EcoCash platform towards Cyclone Idai relief efforts. In a notice yesterday, Econet Wireless said: "We would like t...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:34hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai pupils, teachers death toll rises
THE death toll for pupils and teachers who died during Cyclone Idai last month has risen to 92 while 102 pupils are still missing.The cyclone affected most parts of Manicaland and Masvingo pro...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
Over 270k people receive cholera vaccine in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts
More than 270 000 people in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts of Chimanimani and Chipinge have so far been vaccinated against cholera under a government led initiative that is targeting to reach at least...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 18:01hrs | 503 | by Staff Reporter
Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming fr...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 97 | by Takura Zhangazha
Soldiers arrested over Cyclone Idai aid
AFTER weeks of frenzied speculation, some members of the military have finally been exposed for allegedly looting goods donated to survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai which left a trail of dest...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3487 | by Staff reporter
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5598 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mnangagwa's aide defends Gukurahundi genocide
The announcement by the government that it was rolling out a number of measures to help victims of Gukurahundi to get birth certificates and death certificates for their slain relatives has divided op...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1522 | by Staff reporter
'Bin it for Zimbabwe' launched
Dunedin Hospital staff are banding together in a bid to help people affected by Cyclone Idai, which devastated swathes of Southern Africa last month.The natural disaster caused serious flooding ac...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:25hrs | 872 | by Brenda Harwood
ID, passport delays to persist as resource shortages bite
Registrar General Clemence Masango has said resources needed to print identity cards and passports were in short supply, leading to the issuance of paper identity documents and long delays in processi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3349 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns cyclone donations looters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned against those bent on looting donations mobilised for Cyclone Idai victims, saying the long arm of the law would catch up with them.Addressing a r...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to start training cadaver dogs
Government says it will soon start training local dogs to undertake specialised searches that include finding human bodies.This comes after the State was forced to seek help from South African...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF did not steal anything in Chimanimani'
Bulawayo based Pastor Anglistone T. Mthiyane Sibanda has absolved ZANU PF from allegations that its officials have been looting aid meant for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge and Chimanimani. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:38hrs | 2142 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe in serious trouble now
Two months ago I started sharing my political opinions in video format. This included negotiating airspace on popular political YouTube channels and Facebook groups. In trying to obtain airspace I hav...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 5187 | by Terence Simbi
Cyclone Idai donations thieving cop gets bail
A HARARE police officer, who on Monday appeared at the Rusape Magistrates Court charged with stealing foodstuffs donated to victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland, has been granted $200 bail and remand...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dogs only trained to sniff for marijuana, says Minister
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended Zimbabwe's recent hiring of South African sniffer dogs to help search for Cyclone Idai victims buried under rubble in areas hit by the catastrophe....Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1048 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe govt committed to growth of ICT
INFORMATION Communication and Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the country was employing a litany of initiatives to create and promote an enabling environment for internet conn...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
'3.8 magnitude earthquake hit before Cyclone Idai'
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chimanimani and Chipinge shortly before Cyclone Idai which left 344 people dead and destroyed property worth billions of dollars, Government revealed yesterday. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, Zanu-PF politicising Cyclone Idai relief aid distribution
THE Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T has accused Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance of politicising Cyclone Idai relief aid in Chimanimani and other parts of Manicaland which were hit by the whether induced catastroph...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 810 | by newzimbabwe
Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations
A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donati...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 328 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nust to identify deceased Cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT says it is working with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)'s Applied Testing Genetic Centre (AGTC) to identify deceased victims of Cyclone Idai which ravaged the count...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Khupe throws weight behind Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:30hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 141 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa lied on Trump's US$2.5 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently told residents of Manicaland that America's President Donald Trump sent his Ambassador to meet him and handover US$2.5 million. Contrary to Mnangagwa's st...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 10:46hrs | 22425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe endorses Mnangagwa legitimacy
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Diamonds panner assaults, disarms ZCDC guard
A CHIMANIMANI illegal diamond panner on Saturday appeared in court for allegedly teaming up with 15 others, still at large, to assault and disarm a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) securit...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
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