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Denying that there sanctions against Zimbabwe now a discredited position
All is primed for the observation of the Anti-Sanctions Solidarity Day which was declared by Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to take place every 25 October.The day this y...Published: 8 hrs ago | 145 | by Lovemore Chikova
Chamisa told to 'stop imposing yourself on the people'
Zanu-PF party says opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa is receiving self-deserving pain after he imposed himself on the villagers who are rejecting him for inviting sanctions in Zimbabwe.The par...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1402 | by Staff reporter
At times, I really wish Zimbabwe was a colony again!
Today is one of those mornings, which just leaves any person (no matter how good-natured they may be) furious and agitated, confused and dazed - wondering what really is going on, and where is all thi...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | 2537 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC getting hot under the collar over UN rapporteur's visit
Since the news of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan's visit to Zimbabwe was broken, the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) and other anti-Government elements like political activist Hopewe...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 709 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Youths urged to continue resisting illegal sanctions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has commended the country's citizens for resisting machinations by the country's detractors to effect regime change through the use of illegal economic sanctions imposed to alienat...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF policies driving poverty, not sanctions
WITH the arrival of United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, to look into the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, there is a danger that looking on the surface it can easily be argued that sancti...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 428 | by A Mbire
Sanctions devastate rural communities
RURAL communities are among the worst areas affected by illegal sanctions as the embargo has led to limited opportunities for communities increasing poverty levels.Studies have shown that the ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Granny (92) killed by nephew over dog's bowl
In a bizarre incident that left villagers of Gotshopo under Headman Mangubo, Hingwe in Plumtree shell shocked, a 92-year-old woman lost her life on Tuesday morning after having being severely beaten o...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 473 | by Desmond Nleya
Govt exposed over COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the public who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose might be forced to restart the vaccination exercise using Chinese Sino...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli must present people-centric budget'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to come up with a people-centric 2022 National Budget and move away from past practices where the Defence ministry got the lion's share at the expense of s...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 398 | by Staff writer
UN envoy itinerary raises red flag
OBSERVERS yesterday questioned the itinerary of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan, released by government, which excludes opposition parties and civic society.Douhan, who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1379 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's govt blocks UN Special Envoy from meeting Chamisa
THE government has excluded opposition parties and civic society organisations from meeting the United Nations special envoy, Alena Douhan.Douhan, who arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday, is in the ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:34hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
Reckless throwing of rubbish worry BCC
Bulawayo deputy mayor ward councillor Mlandu Ncube has urged Bulawayo citizens to adopt cleanliness as the culture that will attract tourists and transform the city.Ncube said this during the ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 11:21hrs | 589 | by Stephen Jakes
Biti begs for Ramaphosa's intervention
MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has called on South Africa President and leader of the governing ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene and caution his fellow liberation struggle colleagues i...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4988 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy flies into Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance war
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, who arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, flies into a storm with the ruling Zanu-PF party and the oppositio...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4639 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for natural disasters
Natural disasters loom ahead of the 2021-22 rainy season and the Government is putting all hands on the deck to avoid any fatal calamities.Through the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS-1) w...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
UN Special Envoy arrives
The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the US and her allies, Ms Elena Dohan, is expected in the country today on a 10-day visit.The v...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
He who acknowledges his failings has started his journey to success
Have Zimbabweans ever wondered why they appear 'cursed' - in a country seemingly entrapped in a never-ending vicious cycle of economic malaise and poverty, whereby each minute is expended on how to ju...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:22hrs | 578 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF a terrorist organisation MDC Veterans Activist Association (MDC VAA)
MDC Veterans Activiust Association (MDC VAA) National Spokesperson Mandava Blessing has described the Zanu PF as a terrorist organisation following admission by Zanu PF Commissar Patrick Chinams...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:18hrs | 1318 | by Stephen Jakes
Buyanga suffers huge blow
Prominent businessman Frank Buyanga has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a High Court ruling ordering him to return his six-year-old son to his estranged girlf...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
+200 arrested for not wearing face masks
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested more than 200 people in the past two weeks for flouting Covid-19 prevention and control measures among them failure to wear masks properly.Bulawayo provincial ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:02hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions lobbyists' days are numbered
THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Ms Alena Douhan, will be in the country from tomorrow to October 28, ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs our support now
I am not a member of MDC-Alliance. However, I will defend Chamisa with all my might. I consider Chamisa as my son and therefore he needs my support now.Chamisa is savagely attached on his way ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:26hrs | 1589 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa acquiring more public debt to fund second term bid
WINNING or losing an election is a referendum on the economy by citizens. More often than not politicians are aware of this fact and, therefore, go out of their way, sometimes, contracting huge debts ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 868 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3503 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mnangagwa sleepless nights
THREE days before the 31 July 2018 general election, Harare erupted into a riot of colour as the top contenders brought their campaigns to a roaring crescendo.The capital city was hosting two ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
US plotting to discredit Chinese investments in Zimbabwe
THE Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State is implementing "an intricate plan" designed by Washington to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe "through disinformat...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Violence in Masvingo makes Chamisa a hero
The recent events in the Masvingo province against MDC-Alliance President Advocate Nelson Chamisa raised his bar graph very high. The MDC-A leader is in a meet the people whirlwind tour, meeting commu...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 17:41hrs | 1230 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Chamisa's MDC claims more attacks
THE MDC Alliance yesterday claimed that Zanu-PF supporters mounted a "roadblock" in Gutu, kidnapped and beat up some opposition supporters at their meeting with party leader Nelson Chamisa, who is on ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland stakeholders forge alliance ahead of 2023 polls
DIFFERENT stakeholders in Matebeleland, including civic society members, political parties, churches and the diaspora community have formed the Freedom Alliance, a social movement to lobby for improve...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife attends Third Eurasian Women's Forum in Russia
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is here to attend the Third Eurasian Women's Forum, on Wednesday had a heart-to-heart discussion with the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly o...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Illicit dealings cost Zimbabwe $2bn annually
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has said the country is losing about $2 billion annually through illicit dealings with the private sector being the ma...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:16hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Bullet proof car for Chamisa
MDC Alliance supporters have launched a fundraising campaign to buy a top-of-the-range bulletproof vehicle for the party leader Nelson Chamisa.The pledge follows this week's attack on Chamisa'...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 8100 | by Staff reporter
Shops shut down ahead of Chamisa's visit
POLICE Wednesday forced all shops at Janet Shopping Centre in Ward 17 Bikita, Masvingo to shut down while villagers were forced to go home blocking them from meeting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 6295 | by Staff reporter
'US, Zimbabwe fights not affecting citizens'
THE United States says it will continue to support the country with humanitarian aid in several key areas including the health sector despite political disagreements with the Harare regime of Presiden...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Zanu-PF onslaught
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's ill-fated visit to Masvingo province this week has heightened fears the watershed 2023 harmonised elections could be bloody as Zanu-PF goes for the broke to maint...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:37hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'teargassed'
RIOT police yesterday teargassed MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa at a private residence in Masvingo while suspected Zanu-PF youths attacked his convoy three times and injured several aides and his ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 8640 | by Staff reporter
Govt needs to stabilise bread and butter prices
THE looming increase in bread price will pile pressure on the country's citizens already battling a wildly inflationary environment aided by poor monetary policies by Treasury.To say that the ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 793 | by Eddie Cross
The impact of US sanctions on Zimbabwe
WHEN the American government passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment (Zidera) Act 20 years ago, it argued that the Act was not intended to punish ordinary Zimbabweans but to targ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 447 | by Eddie Cross
5 injured after Zanu-PF mob attacks Chamisa vehicle
At least five MDC Alliance officials were treated for injuries on Monday after party leader Nelson Chamisa's convoy was attacked in Charumbira in Masvingo province, the party said.MDC Alliance...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to reopen Moyo graft case
ZIMBABWEANS have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reopen the corruption case against former Health minister Obadiah Moyo , who was acquitted last week by the High Court over the irregular aw...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:03hrs | 3812 | by Staff reporter
What China's overseas coal exit could mean for Zimbabwe
IN response to What China's overseas coal exit plans could mean for Zimbabwe' XYZ says: Is being fair to acknowledge that the environmental accusations made towards China are somehow unfair.As...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1474 | by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora
Top economist warns of Zimbabwe dollarisation
ZIMBABWE is expected to dollarise its economy because of the collapse of the local currency and the failure of its auction system to stabilise the exchange rate, renowned scholar and economist Gift Mu...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 3519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must remove sanctions he has imposed on Zimbabwe first
A GROUP of academics last week announced that they had joined the anti-sanctions fight, and hoped to do something that the government and its shrill supporters have failed in nearly two decades: have ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
'People of Zimbabwe have become sanctions collateral damage'
WHEN the American government passed the Zidera Act 20 years ago, they argued that the Act was not intended to punish the people of Zimbabwe but to target those individuals and organisations that, in t...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 182 | by Eddie Cross
Bulawayo Public Library celebrates 125 years of existence
THE Bulawayo Public Library (BPL) will next week Monday commemorate its quasquicentennial milestone under the theme "125 years of serving the Bulawayo Community".From Rhodesia to the Second Re...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Democracy is not about generational entitlement
Following the United Parties for National Development's (UNPD) win in Zambia's August 12, 2021, general elections, the MDC Alliance faction leader Nelson Chamisa became unnecessarily excited.T...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 125 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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