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Coldplay's Chris Martin grew up in Zimbabwe
Coldplay fans are only just discovering where frontman Chris Martin spent a lot of time growing up – and they reckon it makes ‘so much sense'.Love them or hate them, Coldplay have establis...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa farm battle turns nasty
More than 150 families at Old Citrus Farm, located on the outskirts of Chinhoyi, find themselves homeless after their homes and belongings were destroyed amid a contentious land ownership dispute. The...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:20hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:12hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 644 | by Brighton Chiseva
Man admits to stealing underwear to please wife
COURTROOMS are typically places of solemnity and seriousness, but every now and then, a spark of humour ignites, often unexpectedly.Such was the case when a man charged with breaking into a bo...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 837 | by Staff reportrer
NRZ eyes new passenger coaches to win back public trust
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) urgently needs new passenger coaches to resume its transportation services and compete with private buses in terms of ambience and speed, according to General M...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3507 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zuma's MK Party confirmed as official opposition in South Africa
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza says the rules committee concluded last night that MK Party is the official opposition. The newly formed MK did surprisingly well in the elections, becom...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is responsible for scuttling development in rural areas!
Forty-four years after Zimbabwe attained her independence, rural areas are still largely as backward as they were under colonial rule. Nothing much to write about, in terms of development, has...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 18 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 4 | by Sipho Seepe
Who is protecting Henrieta Rushwaya?
Zimbabwe is in a state of disaster where the leaders are caught in a web of corruption, putting the young people and the next generation into a hopeless future of wallowing in abject poverty wit...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:21hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Revised Starlink Policy for Sustainable Growth - A dedication to Eng. Chemist Siziba
Honorable Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, all protocols observed, please receive a request from a group of ...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 07:04hrs | 50 | by Robert Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt targets recruiting 5 000 teachers this year
The Government has so far employed 1 800 teachers with the recruitment of 5 000 more educators underway.Apart from that, Government is also in the process of building 2 800 schools to further ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt workers starving
FUNERAL policies and medical aid contributions are gobbling up a huge chunk of civil servants earnings, leaving most of them with little for food, rent, school fees and transport, NewsDay has been inf...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors ditch Zimbabwe capital markets
FOREIGN investors continue to lower their interest on the local capital markets, with investor participation on annual value traded averaging 3%, due to policy inconsistency and inflation, leading res...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thief forced to eat raw, unplucked chicken
A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo will forever rue his love for chicken when a vigilante group in the neighbourhood forced him to eat the raw meat of the bird that he had been caught stealing....Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tycoon 'loses' US$65m in SA deal
Zimbabwean tycoon Danny Mavura Huruyadzo is set to lose substantial money after a multi-million-dollar deal with his erstwhile business associates based in South Africa turned sour.To avoid lo...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry players call for Budget taxes review
Organisations in industry and commerce want Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to review some of the tax proposals he made in the 2024 Budget saying...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants scoff at split-bonus payments
CIVIL servants are not happy with government splitting payment of their annual bonus into two batches, saying the arrangement was meaningless considering their meagre salaries.They have been d...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are going abroad because medical and dental practitioners are not
Following the good news of the open heart surgery milestones on 27 September 2023. This is a remarkable advancement which the majority of Zimbabweans are not aware of. In pre-pandemic times, pow...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:51hrs | | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Moses Moyo
'Zimbabwe law graduates enrolling for nurse aide courses just to leave Zimbabwe'
OPPOSITION parliamentary aspirant Ephraim Ndlovu has said Zanu-PF party has failed to address youth and empowerment issues despite governing the country since independence.Ndlovu who was makin...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023, with the local currency losing over 55% of its value in both...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 12:42hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF says opposition youths should grab opportunities
Zanu-PF youth quota candidate for Midlands province, David Mnangagwa, has called on opposition youths to ignore the political party barriers and embrace empowerment opportunities availed by the ruling...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council pursues US$ residential stand deal
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pursuing its controversial programme to presale housing stands in foreign currency despite opposition from residents, latest council minutes indicate.The council...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gold Standard pauses issuance of CO2 credits from Zimbabwe
GOLD Standard, a verifier of carbon offsets, is temporarily pausing the issuance of credits from projects based in Zimbabwe, after the country's announcement earlier this year that it plans to take ha...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MPs join Zanu-PF
TEN MDC-A parliamentarians have defected to Zanu-PF citing a lack of direction and infantile politics in the country's opposition parties.Yesterday four of the 10 legislators namely; Hon Lindi...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
What Happened with Debris from Chinese Rocket Booster Falling Back to Earth?
China faced a lot of criticism because it allowed more than one rocket booster to fall to Earth uncontrollably. Even NASA accused space operators in Berlin of not meeting responsible standards on spac...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 12:17hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
TelOne suffers US$7,4m loss
SATE-OWNED telecom firm, TelOne, says government's delay in paying its debt has caused a loss of US$7,4 million on its balance sheet as the local currency continues to depreciate.The Zimdollar...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC grim warning for Zimbabwe operations
SOUTH Africa's biggest cement producer PPC, which has operations in Zimbabwe, has warned that its headline loss per share from continuing operations will widen to between 7,75c (Rands) and 8,25c to en...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
5 'O' Levels requirement for councillors rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is battling fierce strife within its Women's League following exclusion of long-serving and supposedly deserving female cadres, who were disqualified from nomination as Proportional Representa...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to surpass wheat output
Zimbabwe is optimistic that this year's winter wheat production will surpass last year's yield of 375 000 tonnes following various interventions implemented by Government and the private sector to bol...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will never be genuinely revered by Zimbabweans!
It was so beautiful watching the final part of the coronation of the new British monarch, King Charles III, this afternoon.Although I m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is Zimbabwe a nation of liars and thieves?
When I was attentively watching the last episode of the Al Jazeera 'Gold Mafia' exposé yesterday - there were expectedly some more troubling revelations made pertaining to the acts of corruption root...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Ian Beddowes
Hoping to build economy by 'creating' entrepreneurs and innovators is delusional and misguided!
There is a popular saying - leaders are born and not created or made. That is very true.It is a futile exercise trying to make a leader out of someone who never had leadership qualitie...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 09:59hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bow out gracefully, respect voters
IT was refreshing to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling United States President Joe Biden that, "Israel does not make policies guided by pressures from abroad." This was after Bide...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Christians who support oppressors, looters and killers will answer to our Lord Jesus!
Of course, it is not particularly shocking when some of us witness the proliferation of so-called 'churches', and their leaders, who support evil.I can not deny that it hurts me in indescribab...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:42hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The curse of being a security guard in Zimbabwe
Being a security guard in Zimbabwe is a curse, the job is too demanding, with some of the most hostile working conditions one can ever think of. Working a 12-hour shift, 4 days a week in a retail shop...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:47hrs | 8 | by Cremio Mabauwa
As long as Zimbabweans believe flying on a airplane is an achievement then we're going nowhere as a country!
I have noticed a very disturbing trend in Zimbabwe - which I strongly believe is one of the main reasons we are not moving forward as a nation.As much as there is polarization in the political...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 12:46hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe heading nowhere faster!
I HAVE noticed a very disturbing trend in Zimbabwe - which I strongly believe is one of the main reasons why we are not moving forward as a nation.As much as there is polarisation in the polit...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:14hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
18 000 teachers get school fees support
The Government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC), has processed more than $820 million in school fees payments for children of 18 794 teachers.To date, the PSC has processed applica...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC MP 'sells' expired products
MDC MP for Makoni Central has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly selling expired food products at his shop in Chivhu.David Tekeshe (56) resides at 270 Rhodes Chivhu and is the owne...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC grabs land worth US$5m
LAND worth millions of United States dollars was parcelled among Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and management at the Harare City Council with the corruption also sucking in legislato...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will it take one or two more generations for Zimbabwe to finally be free?
The past few days have been quite encouraging for me – and, they have ignited in me a flicker of hope for the country that I love so much…Zimbabwe....Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 07:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Only 5% of Zimbabwe roads in good state
A REPORT by the Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) claims that only 5% of the country's road network is in good state."We know that the roads are so useful to our economy, otherwise if we d...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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