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Forex crisis vexes Mnangagwa
AROUND mid-day on Tuesday, a decorated procession blasted off State House, its lash green lawns and flowering jacaranda trees complimenting to give breathtaking scenery.It was a long processio...Published: 1 hr ago | 960 | by Staff reporter
Friend killer faints in court
A 17-YEAR-OLD pupil from Bulawayo who accidentally hit his friend with a stone leading to his death during a rival teenage gang fight, yesterday fainted in court soon after his warned and cautioned st...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2875 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZCTU honours 2006 torture victims
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has honoured its members who were brutally tortured by police on September 13 2006 after spearheading countrywide protests against social injustices by for...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' dumps lawyer in court
THE trial of three robbers who allegedly waylaid and killed a drunken man in Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb before robbing him of a cap and jacket has been postponed indefinitely after one of the accused ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets shock reality check
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - who arrived in the country from Switzerland early this week amid a populist storm and blaze of publicity on how to fix Zimbabwe's critically broken econ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 13033 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's jaywalk in corridors of power
Mthuli Ncube, who was appointed Finance minister last week, faces the daunting task of resuscitating the economy amid huge political hurdles and public expectations.Ncube has tabled an ambitio...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:22hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets up emergency crowdfund to fight Cholera
The new Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube together with his colleagues at Ministry of Health has set up an auditable emergency crowdfund to further efforts to fight c...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 2356 | by Ndou Paul
UZ graduation postponed
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has deferred a graduation ceremony that was set for today owing to an outbreak of cholera which has claimed 25 lives and left several people hospitalised mostly in Glen...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa visits cholera victims
Today MDC president Chamisa visited the cholera affected area of Glen View where he interacted with the affected community members and families. His first port of call was the Glen View Clinic before ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | 2092 | by MDC Communications
Mujuru's NPP on the verge of collapse
FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) is on the verge of collapse after members of its national leadership have begun resigning en masse.Amongst those who have dit...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1422 | by Staff
It's not all doom for Zimbabwe; We just need to be honest with ourselves
AS a new chapter of our country's political landscape is slowly unfolding; it is also a time for self-introspection.There comes a time as a people where we need to be honest with ourselves, be...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 388 | by Terrence Muvoti
Power fault fire razes $50 000 property
PROPERTY worth more than $50 000 was reduced to ashes when a four-roomed thatched cottage caught fire after sparks from Zesa overhead cables ignited its roof in Bulawayo's Harrisvale suburb. B...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba, I disagree with you fully! Men are equal political turn-coats
Mukoma Chigumba, I read your articles online with great eagerness. I agree with most of your opinions, sometimes I don't, but this is what democracy is all about, to learn to agree and disagree. This ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1668 | by Nomazulu Thata
Jonathan Moyo lays into Grace Mugabe
SELF-exiled G40 cabalist Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday tore into former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe while revealing a nasty fall out between the two that led to the latter blocking him from all he...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe a nation of contradictions
If Zimbabwe was a patient on a hospital bed we the relatives of the patient would have been expecting nothing less than being told by the doctors that the hospital has tried all we could do and we hav...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:57hrs | 2095 | by Isaac Nkomah
'I will take Zimbabwe forward' twittered Coventry - how naïve, vote rigging ED is taking it backward
"I am honoured to be appointed by President Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Sports, Art and Recreation. I will continue to carry our Flag with pride and dedication of service so we can come...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5450 | by Wilbert Mukori
Man murdered at nightclub
A KADOMA man was stabbed to death with kitchen knives following an altercation with two others at a nightclub during a beer drink last week. The incident occurred at Nyamuzihwa Nightclub in Kadoma. ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa's Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has been well-received after his bold decision to bring in technocrats who are not necessarily politicians and the more to drop deadwood.Zimbabweans ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1281 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 13805 | by Staff reporter
Biti cries political persecution
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is being used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to politically persecute him.Biti said th...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:05hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge - Harare road dualization in limbo
GOVERNMENT could abandon the controversial US$2,7 billion deal with Chinese firm Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (Afecc) for the dualisation of the Chirundu-Beitbridge highway after ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 3934 | by Staff reporter
ZTA to restore Bulawayo's tourism legacy
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA)'s chief executive Karikoga Kaseke yesterday said they were committed to restoring Bulawayo's tourism legacy.Addressing a media briefing, Kaseke said they were ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
ED rigged elections, per se, illegitimate and 'Chamisa holds the key' argue Biti - what a narcissist
Zimbabwe is in serious trouble already with unemployment at the dizzying heights of 90%, basic services such as clean running water and health all but collapsed and 75% of our people living on US$1.00...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | 2520 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa urged to 'Scrap bond notes'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new administration should consider scrapping bond notes, as a way of restoring confidence in the economy, industrialists have said.Zimbabwe introduced the surrog...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 15:46hrs | 7315 | by Staff reporter
Two vital pillars towards 'fixing' Zimbabwe
THESE are trying times we find ourselves in; the election has come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss of life....Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 462 | by Stakes Chigs
Murder over puppy in Tsholotsho
A MAN from Tsholotsho has been arrested for allegedly killing a colleague during a misunderstanding over ownership of a puppy. Villagers apprehended Bhekimpilo Ncube (25) of Malilahunda village, under...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa losing grip?
THE revolt by councillors against MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, over his alleged attempts to impose candidates in the coalition-controlled councils is significant in showing his loose grip o...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 800 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Biti in $30 million NSSA scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday indicated that it was keen to interview Finance Minister during the Government of National Unity era Tendai Biti over allegations that he instructed t...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillors mustn't abuse new mandate
THE just-ended election has proved once again that residents in urban centres still have confidence in their opposition councillors after the MDC Alliance nearly clean-swept all local authority seats,...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 887 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa 'moved' to charter plane for Grace Mugabe but not to save 100 000 babies' lives
According to a New Zimbabwe report, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was "moved" to facilitated the return home from Singapore of former first lady Grace Mugabe whose mother died last week. "...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 5592 | by Nomusa Garikai
'GNU is best foot forward' some say - feeble excuse for appeasing vote rigging Zanu PF, again
Desperate people do desperate things but there is nothing more irrational that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.Everyone knows that Zanu PF rigged these el...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1457 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa wants Mnangagwa to fire Chiwenga, Mohadi
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has reportedly demanded the axing of Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi in a list of demands he has reportedly placed before President Emmerson Mn...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:16hrs | 19481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blamed for failure to address 'legitimacy' issues, prices soar
THE prices of basic commodities have risen sharply since elections held on July 30 to levels that are too high for a dollarised economy.The bout of inflation is blamed on excessive government ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bungling lawyer says, 'You can't expect fresh water from a salty well'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who lost in the July 30 presidential elections to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, rejected the results, claiming that the polls had been stolen. He approached the Con...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 4600 | by Staff reporter
Over the Zimbabwean horizon
These are trying times we find ourselves in, with the election having come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 274 | by Stakes Chigs
Zimbabwe aviation industry faces collapse
THE aviation industry faces collapse, owing to failure by monetary authorities to remit ticket sales to foreign airlines, which have now ballooned to $76 million, making Zimbabwe an unprofitable ticke...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Bungling Chamisa lawyer bares all
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa reportedly faced serious legal obstacles in mounting his Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against the presidential results last month, with fresh...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's likely trajectory
THE most significant political fact about Zimbabwe today is that it is mired in a complex and turbulent multi-dimensional transition of which the just-ended elections were a part. The bitterly contest...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:48hrs | 3156 | by Eldred V Masunungure
Mthuli Ncube to replace Chinamasa at finance?
GLOBALLY respected economist and public policy expert, Professor Mthuli Ncube, is thought to be in the frame as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's puts together his cabinet after the bitterly disputed Jul...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:36hrs | 8517 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson to be cremated
THE family of Zimbabwe's former Ambassador to Senegal, Mrs Trudy Stevenson, yesterday announced she will be cremated next Friday. In an announcement on her Twitter handle, the family said: "Th...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Vice Presidents' appointments failed to jump-start our bedridden economy
I am convinced that ED is not alone to blame for the recent appointments of our two Vice Presidents in Zimbabwe. ZANU PF should shoulder the responsibility and blame (for appointing Vice Presidents wh...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:16hrs | 2633 | by Don Chigumba
Govt abandons search for trapped miners
MINES and Mining Development ministry officials have abandoned the rescue mission at Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi, where a dozen artisanal miners were reportedly trapped last week when a shaft collapsed....Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Germany renew economic co-operation
GERMANY believes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government marks a new beginning for Zimbabwe and is eager to explore areas of economic cooperation with the country.Finance and Economic D...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2761 | by Staff reporter
Distressed firms splash costly Mnangagwa adverts
Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
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