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Britain based NGO says Zimbabwe voters favour Chamisa over Mnangagwa
Results of a British organisation survey of Zimbabwean voters show that Nelson Chamisa will defeat ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 409 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula takes to streets over Zimbabwe permit extension
Members of Operation Dudula demonstrated outside the high court in Pretoria on Monday in opposition to the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP) extension.The lobby group wants to join a court appli...Published: 3 hrs ago | 545 | by Staff reporter
Maranatha learner collapses, dies during sports
A form three learner at Maranatha High School in Bulawayo reportedly collapsed and died during sports, CITE reported on Thursday.According to the publication, the incident occurred on Wednesda...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 09:20hrs | 1338 | by Staff Reporter
Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 5082 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Birthday celebrations turn tragic
A WOMAN who was celebrating her birthday at Bulawayo's Hillside Dams was reduced to tears after a knife wielding man grabbed her by her neck and stabbed her on the thigh before allegedly robbing her o...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Soldier rapes girl (15) offers her US$1 for silence
A SOLDIER from Highfields, Harare, yesterday appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing allegations of raping a 15-year-old before giving her US$1 to buy her silence.Allegations are t...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:57hrs | 816 | by Staff Reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor defends Harare-Minsk twinning arrangement
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has defended his decision to meet a Belarusian delegation led by President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday, where he signed a memorandum of understanding to twin the capital ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor wants city's road rehab programme scrapped
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has called for the disbanding of government's Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP), arguing that the programme has been a monumental failure in the city....Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:42hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
New Magwegwe family seeks funds to get bone marrow treatment for son in India
A Bulawayo family from New Magwegwe is seeking help to raise funds to take their 13-year-old son to India for bone marrow treatment.The young boy, Brian Sibanda, fell sick last year and was ad...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:47hrs | 451 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabweans are angry'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have warned of simmering civil unrest due to unfettered corruption among President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lieutenants and cronies, after the country fared badly in Tra...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
CCC hell bent on participating in 2023 regardless rigging and damned consequences
The 2023 Zimbabwe elections will be taking place by August 2023, that is seven months to go. The political temperature is rising!When Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power following the November 201...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:25hrs | 447 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
It's tragic how 'Pan-Africanism' has become a refuge for those who ruined fellow Zimbabweans' lives!
I genuinely believe that I am actually more Pan-Africanist that most of those who claim to be Pan-Africanists. I, as so many others, have chosen to place my own safety and life in danger ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 566 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1720 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Zimbabwe plans to build new city for the rich
A brochure depicts pristine walkways, towering high rises and shining malls - all to be shared by a multiracial coterie of well-heeled residents. Plans also call for a solar plant, an important draw f...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:20hrs | 13090 | by Staff Reporter
'1987 Unity Accord brought peace!' Shut up! It brought capitulation and the de facto dictatorship
It is a matter of public record that Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) is one of Zimbabwe's many church leaders who have received far...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 00:18hrs | 1012 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe targets 40 tonnes of gold in 2023
Zimbabwe's gold mining sector is targeting to raise production to 40 tonnes this year, up from 35.38 tonnes last year, an official said Tuesday.Last year's output was a record high, spurred by...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:38hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Dembare surrender use of Rufaro to fate
DYNAMOS are keeping their fingers crossed the Harare City Council will ready Rufaro Stadium for use for the upcoming Castle Lager Premiership football season.The Glamour Boys have ordinarily u...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:29hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over opaque beer
Three Mudzi men are in soup after allegedly killing their colleague over a Super Chibuku bottle.The matter came to light at Mutok...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 08:23hrs | 564 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mutoko
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Headwinds ahead for Zanu-PF
NORTON Independent legislator Temba Mliswa remains a comical character but he is one you cannot afford to ignore.A rabble-rouser of note, he has been a thorn in the flesh of Zanu-PF ever since...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:26hrs | 2598 | by Staff reporter
Senior CIO directors given US$350 000 cash windfall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's financially struggling administration has given senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors US$350 000 housing loans each in a desperate bid to appease crit...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:43hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4147 | by Staff reporter
Collapse of Gutu South constituency challenged
THE parliamentary ad hoc committee tasked with analysing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's draft delimitation report has challenged the collapse of Gutu South constituency currently represented by t...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:32hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thrives on chaos
PHEW, what a chaotic start to the year!A dazed Zimbabwe dollar is wobbling precariously into an eventful 2023, as the authorities comically plead with government contractors to desist from tra...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in 2023: There is great disorder, chaos under the heavens
GEORGE Orwell wrote so much and so well that one day it became cause for a whole essay to explain to himself and the world why he wrote as such.In the essay of 1946, Why I Write, Orwell recoun...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1089 | by Dr William Jethro Mpofu
Zimbabwe's gold coins selling at above $2,000 each
Zimbabwe's gold coins introduced in July are selling above $2,000 for the first time.The so-called "Mosi-oa-Tunya" gold coin, named after Victoria Falls, a key tourism site which straddles the...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 19:09hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
Dad terrorises family with murder-suicide threats
"I'LL kill you, myself and the children…"An abusive Bulawayo man has reportedly developed homicidal tendencies after his wife left him, to get peace of mind.It seems like a no-win si...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Parliamentarians shreds Zec delimitation report
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday "tore up" the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s preliminary delimitation report tabled in Parliament last week Friday, describing it as flawed.Independent electi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalisation of Zimbabweans
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed "sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe".He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 1567 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
No nation should suffer this long like Zimbabwe
THE collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny of the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led to crimes against humanity and violations of internation...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:52hrs | 676 | by Fanuel Tambara
Zimbabwe will be a shell by 2030
SOUTHERN Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was slapped with United Nations sanctions in 1965 until 1979, but still managed to be one of Africa's richest nations.Zimbabwe was slapped targeted sanctions b...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:51hrs | 375 | by Black Eagle
Cricketer Mpofu burial today
Zimbabwe Senior Women's team coach Sinikiwe Mpofu's body is being laid to rest today at Lady Stanley cemetery, Bulawayo.Mpofu (37) was pronounced dead on arrival at a medical facility after sh...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 10:21hrs | 2099 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalization of innocent Zimbabweans by regime!
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe'.He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 760 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe is about to do the Zambia - One last chance to save democracy and bury Mnangagwa
Happy new year to all. 2023 is finally here after 5 long years. Zimbabwe is about to do the Zambia. It is time to bury Zanu pf for good. It is time to make the dinosaurs of the last Chimur...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 10:54hrs | 1530 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
4 Zimbabweans among Zama-Zamas killed as floods collapse illegal mine
The bodies of eight illegal miners were retrieved following a collapse at an illegal chrome mine due to heavy rains at Driekop near Burgersfort in Limpopo.Police spokesperson Motlafela Mojapel...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:53hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cricket coach dies
Zimbabwe Senior Women's national team coach Sinikiwe Mpofu died yesterday.She was 37 years of age.Mpofu was pronounced dead on ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 07:23hrs | 2136 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa fuelling Zanu-PF tension
POLITICAL analysts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's increasing use of parallel campaign groups for himself which are outside Zanu-PF structures is stoking tension in the ruling party....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says Bulawayo has been turned into a 'growth point', mayor hits back
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has hit back at Obert Mpofu following claims by the Zanu-PF secretary for administration that sitting councillors have turned the city into a growth point.Speaking...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:08hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Why should only ordinary Zimbabweans 'pay the price' whilst ruling elite enjoy lavishness?
For as long as I can remember - and, that goes back three to four decades - the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe has repeatedly alleged that economic hardships being faced by ordinary citizens were ju...Published: 31 Dec 2022 at 19:44hrs | 1632 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Suspected robber shot dead
POLICE gunned down a suspected armed robber and arrested five others during a crackdown after the suspects raided a gold mine in Shurugwi in Midlands Province and went away with 400kg of crushed gold ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans die in Joburg tanker explosion
Four Zimbabweans have been confirmed to be among the 18 people killed when a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in Boksburg, in South Africa's Gauteng province on Saturday morning....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official arrested
A former Zanu-PF youth leader was arrested and another man shot dead – both suspects after a Shurugwi mine was robbed of 400kg of crushed gold ore.Khumbulani Mpofu, 42, is being held with fi...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:52hrs | 2325 | by Staff reporter
How many of us dreamt of becoming street vendors after graduating from school?
Whoever dreamt of graduating from university - armed with first class passes in information technology or any other degree - only to undergo some training in primary health care, so as to travel overs...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 15:20hrs | 781 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Government policy destroying the formal economy
Policy missteps and inconsistency has turned the Zimbabwean economy on its head against the formal sector, posing a threat to business continuity, domestic resource mobilization and formal employment....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:06hrs | 841 | by Victor Bhoroma
Tough foreign exchange regime suffocating economy
Zimbabwe's broad money supply has grown from just under ZW$364,60 billion as of September 2021 to more than ZW$1,920 trillion as of September 2022. This represents growth of over 426% over a period of...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:02hrs | 411 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Zimbabweans are serial plan B people!' Where is plan B if millions are in the dark and starving
"Zimbabwe did not become a failed state overnight. The collapse of the country happened over a period of decades, starting as early as the 1980s," wrote Malaika Mahlatsi in an article circulating in m...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 10:01hrs | 816 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe public health collapse
The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatment...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
THE electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post-liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerabl...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 671 | by Eddie Cross
Chamisa's CCC, Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF unite to 'loot' State coffers
GIVEN the fluidity of Zimbabwean politics, one can only second guess President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 elections strategy.Cabinet ministers have been offered US$500 000 "loans" they have not...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 428 | by Sibanengi Mswazi Dube
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