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A narrative is created around Mrs. Auxilia Mnangagwa!
Auxilia married a murderer Emmerson Mnangagwa, a minister for security back then who went on a killing frenzy in Matabeleland and Midlands and left a carnage, curiously never acknowledged by the ICJ i...Published: 11 May 2025 at 13:32hrs | 971 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimplats narrows down costs
Zimplats narrowed down costs in the quarter to end June although it is still investing in capital projects such as a solar power plant that is due for commissioning and a concentrator project....Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 14:06hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Madzorera climbs down to councillor
Former Minister of Health and Child Care Minister, Dr Henry Madzorera has thrown his hat in the race for ward 10 in City Council in the August 23 harmonised electionsHe is contesting on Citize...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC clarifies Roadworks notice
The Bulawayo City Council has said while noble, the efforts by the public to patch and repair roads, such should be done above board and involve the local authority.This seems to be a major cl...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders probe into 'Gold Mafia' scandal
Government says it has ordered an investigation into shock revelations of gold smuggling and money laundering by name dropping individuals recently exposed in a four-part Al Jazeera documentary....Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 02:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa salutes Winky D - 'Famba Winky Famba!'
Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has heaped praises on Zimdancehall singer Wallace "WinkyD" Chirumiko after the release of his controversial album Eureka.Winky D has been a subject of ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 09:29hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF youth secretary makes U-turn on Winky D's album criticism
Zanu-PF's secretary for youth affairs, Tinomuda Machakaire, has made a major climb down on his criticism against Zimdancehall kingpin, Wallace Chirumiko, better known as Winky D, urging fellow critics...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare mayor climbs down on steep building inspection fees
CITY of Harare has rescinded an earlier resolution to hike building inspection fees, which were unattractive and pushing away investors in infrastructural development.Speaking during a special...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 20:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers get greenlight to conduct extra lessons
THE government has given teachers the green to conduct extra lessons.The government banned extra lessons last year and at one time reportedly unleashed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission ...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed security thwarted protests?
HEAVILY armed security detachments yesterday thwarted a nationwide shutdown called by university students, teachers and nurses.Government deployed armed security forces in the capital and othe...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Printing $100 note an admission of failure
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) this week announced that they will issue a new $100 bank note, amid fears that the bill could stoke inflation in an economy already battered by exchange rate volatil...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says he is a peace-loving man
UNDER fire Vice President Constantine Chiwenga Friday made a climb down on his highly inflammatory statements in which he likened opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to parasitical i...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Public confidence in Zimdollar keeps waning, no end in sight
THE revelation by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya that the widening gap between the official and parallel foreign currency exchange rates is due to locals preferring the greenbac...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
In Europe desperation of some male-Africans is horrendous and pathetic
Seek first the advice from Prophet Makandiwa, make a pilgrimage to Nigeria and seek audience with TB Joshua immediately; With prayers you will win the 2019 EU parliamentary elections; said the young N...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 17:24hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
A toast for 2021, but......
We bid 2020 goodbye, the year many would want to quickly forget contrary to views, at least if one wears Zimbabwe's political lenses. The past nine months have been notorious given the COVID-1...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I downed a quart of beer without paying
What a great sigh of relief, my favourite Lion Lager beer is now retailing at 6 RTGS a quart from OK outlets. I could not help it but smile as I walked with a spring in my step towards the Liquor Corn...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa
Mai Tombi's bananas are now 50 cents each
Aaah! I am tempted to believe magic is for real, abracadabra. How can 2 lts cooking oil price climb down from 21 rtgs to 16 rtgs in one week at TM Chadcombe? Even anointing oil cannot match that...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa
Prolific VP Trio to see MDC score freely in 2023 and beyond!
It is imperative and inescapable for any objective coach to field the best team for the match regardless of affection or disaffection thereof, for individual players at his or her disposal. In that re...Published: 06 May 2019 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Dialogue: the panacea to Zimbabwe's economic and political fortunes
When the US Democrat Presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton lost the election in 2016 to Donald Trump she did not lose heart, but she put the United States national interests first and moved on. As an...Published: 02 May 2019 at 11:44hrs | 11 | by Elijah Chihota
The current monetary policy review will worsen current fiscal imbalances
Background and Review It was trajectory, forex premiums is hurting Zimbabweans and hostile to business environment. FCA accounts have yielded positive r...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 17:25hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa's move to go after rogue soldiers welcomed by analysts
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who first swept to power through a popular military coup in November 2017 - yesterday vowed to bring to book rogue members of Zimbabwe's gung-ho military who left a trail...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Seek first advice from Prophet Makandiwa; only then can you win EU parliamentary elections!
Seek first the advice from Prophet Makandiwa, make a pilgrimage to Nigeria and seek audience with TB Joshua; only then are you going to win the European parliamentary elections; said the young Nigeria...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 15:42hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mthuli Ncube in currency volte-face
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who two months ago indicated that he would prioritise currency reforms, including demonitising the country's fiat currency last Wednesday made a huge climb down on the p...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Conflation of business and politics: An economic solution for Zimbabwe
September and October saw the prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rising beyond the reach of many. Medicines at pharmacies were charged in United States dollars only and those who could not afford...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:35hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Sustainable key ideas of resuscitating Zim economy
There is a huge gap between demand and supply. Our economy mainly survive on borrowing and imports. We have imports more than exports and therefore our balance of payments are in red. Zimbabweans must...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Will lift sanctions if implement constitution' USA is saying now - nonsense, and ignore vote rigging, again
"United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has said that all that is required for the United States to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe is for Zimbabwe to fully implement the 2013 Constitut...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Dabengwa condemns gukurahundi commission
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to review his appointment of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) whose composition he said was improper r...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa endorsement wake up call for Chamisa
For the past three weeks, the MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa derailed Zimbabwe's progress through a poorly-thought out court petition against President Mnangagwa's electoral victory on July 30, 20...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally caught offside
A ZANU-PF politburo member who became a symbol of resistance against former president Robert Mugabe's regime stirred a hornet's nest over the weekend by insinuating that former liberation war fighters...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru a failed political messiah
Women's breakthrough in politics will certainly remain a dream if the machinations by National People's Party (NPP) leader, Dr Joice Mujuru, to join the MDC-T are anything to go by. For a moment the b...Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:39hrs | 3 | by Caitlyn Kamba
Chamisa and Biti: Hubris personified
HUBRIS is defined as excessive pride or over-confidence. It is epitomised by arrogance. It often indicates a disconnection with reality and overestimating one's own competence. It is a disease that af...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Chamisa's roller coaster politics
MDC-T leader, Nelson Chamisa, is learning the hard way that 'good ideas sell themselves' as the United Kingdom (UK) trip bears shambolic and humiliating real life experiences for the 'youthful' opposi...Published: 11 May 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Caitlin Kamba
Parly grills Masimirembwa over $6 million bribe
FORMER Zimbabwe Mining Diamond Company (ZMDC) chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa was on Monday grilled in Parliament over the $6 million bribe which former President Robert Mugabe alleged he had receiv...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Generating more degrees not best way to intelligent economy
The extent to which farming and non-farming activities in developing countries can create decent employment remains a fertile ground for serious research.While some African governments and chu...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Charles Dhewa
'Chiyangwa is a liability to the game'
AS the clock ticks towards watershed Zifa elections to be held later this year, most of the key football stakeholders in Mutare feel that the Harare businessman Philip Chiyangwa is a liability to the ...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt in major climb down
The government made a major climb-down yesterday, saying today's war veterans meeting, which was meant to elect a new executive for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA),...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt in war vets climb-down
The government made a major climb-down yesterday, saying today's war veterans meeting, which was meant to elect a new executive for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA),...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Akbay warns Dynamos
Highlanders coach Erol Akbay has warned Dynamos that they will face a different Bosso side from the one that has gone on a four-match losing streak when the two sides clash in a Castle Lager Premier S...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai told to 'come down'
MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe has urged party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to defer the planned second launch of the MDC Alliance in Bulawayo on Saturday and organise an urgent meeting with his top...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's 8 days, Didymus' poverty lessons
According to Morgan Tsvangirai, the grand opposition coalition will be in place within the next eight days. The MDC-T leader was actually serious when he spoke about the July 31 deadline. On the other...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:51hrs | 1 | by Bishop
Zanu PF Has an Upper Hand in 2018 (Afro Barometer Report Analysis)
In 2013 the main opposition dismissed the afro barometer as fraudulent and biased but the truth be told MDC was heading for disaster. I've interacted with many politicians, academics, civic society, i...Published: 07 May 2017 at 17:32hrs | 3 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe's nephew in huge climb down
President Robert Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuwao had a stormy start to duty after he was appointed Indigenization minister in September 2015 as he threatened to close down foreign-owned companies t...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big brother mentality must end, all parties must come together in coalition
People's Democratic Party official Fortune Mlalazi has warned other opposition political parties with big brother mentality to swallow their pride and come together with other parties for a positive p...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 04:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
We lied on terrorism fears - ZRP
In a massive climb down, police in Bulawayo have admitted that there is no terrorism fear in the country, a day after claiming so.Police had banned People's Democratic Party (PDP) planned firs...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
War vets up the stakes by demanding Mugabe fire 8 key G40 leaders
Last week Mugabe agreed to meet the war vets who have found themselves being kicked round like a football in Zanu PF's factious factional wars. The war vets have set Mugabe an impossible task ahead of...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 18:44hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
RTUZ Statement on Bonus dates
The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) notes the announcement coming from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa, that civil servants bonuses which were due in Novemb...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 13:39hrs | | by RTUZ
People First - is it a pig with lipstick?
"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" The rich young ruler was confident that since he had followed all the Ten Commandments from the time he was a young boy, he therefore, automatic...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Bulawayo back-tracks on pre-paid water meters
Bulawayo City Council has made a major climb down on compulsory installation of pre-paid water meters. The city will now install the gadgets on a voluntary basis.The u-turn follows massive res...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe conceded key indigenisation demands but still no takers - it is now the mile stone round his neck
A few weeks ago this Zanu PF government carried out a major concession to its indigenisation law; instead of selling the 51% shares the foreign investors will be allowed to apply for exemption in whic...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Britain has bloody hands in Zimbabwe
Donald Trelford exposed Robert Mugabe's murderous methods 25 years ago, but couldn't persuade Whitehall to intervene ------- The baby was already dead, but the crowd weren't to know t...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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