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South Africa's celebrity snake handler dies of snake bite
One month after he was placed in an induced coma following a snake bite, South African YouTuber, Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman, has passed away.In a statement, 44-year-old Dinkelman's wife Kirsty D...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3100 | by TimesLive
Cancer leading cause of death in Zimbabwe
Cervical and prostate cancers remain the leading causes of death among cancer patients in Zimbabwe, according to the delayed 2019 report from the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry (ZNCR). The report h...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:24hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections
On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a repo...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 654 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
90% of Zimbabwe adults in the informal sector
Millions of adult Zimbabweans have been driven into the informal business sector due to the declining formal market, according to a recent statement from the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:53hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
The new Champions League format
The Champions League has a new format, and leaving aside the sporting part, the business it means is quite considerable because it increases the matches and the excitement, this obviously is also mone...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 19:13hrs | 701 | by Staff Reporter
'Enact law for title deeds to all citizens'
The Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) is urging Parliament to pass legislation that would facilitate access to title deeds for low-income citizens. This push comes amid concerns th...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:48hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed for chopping off man's leg
TWO men who made several trips to the court for brutally attacking a fellow villager and chopping off his leg over US$6 have each been sentenced to serve 10 years in jail.Sibanengi Ncube (21) ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso issues call to Arms: Let us fill up BF for May 23 Showdown
Highlanders Football Club has issued an impassioned call to their devoted supporters, urging them to turn out in numbers for the crucial home match on May 23rd, despite the necessary increase in gate ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 09:39hrs | 215 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals
VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabha...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 40 | by Staff Reporter
Chaos in ACCZ, as dismissed clergymen resist Ndanga's unconstitutional authority
In yet another dismal performance episode and absolute testimony of failure, the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe's few remaining bishops have resisted dismissal by its former leader, Arch-bish...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 08:01hrs | 46 | by Ndou Paul in Zvishavane
A generation of EDiots
THE politicians keep fiddling while Zimbabwe is burning. The opposition is at sixes and sevens, while Zanu-PF is at sea when the education system is now in comatose and the peril of having a generatio...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
President Mohadi mourns hero Mabuya
ACTING President Kembo Mohadi has joined President Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning Colonel (Retired) Kenny Ridzai Mabuya, who will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Wednesday....Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli must resign
Two weeks ago we saw the exchange rate going berserk as the Zimbabwe's economy nose dives. The saying goes- one can rig the election but one cannot rig th...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 22:26hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Man grows floppy breasts
IN an eerier than fiction story, a man from Cross Dete in Hwange District, Matabeleland North province developed huge lady-like breasts amid chilling revelations that at night they are being suc...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ruined Zanu-PF business empire
THE predictable appointment of FBC Holdings chief executive John Mushayavanhu as the incoming Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor has completed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's critical post-electio...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 18:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
If Ramaphosa was firm with Mnangagwa, he wouldn't need a border authority!
So, President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to establish a BMA (Border Management Authority) specifically to curb illegal crossing into South Africa, mainly from Zimbabwe!I am sure that is all w...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Disastrous collapse of the country's health sector laid bare
The death of Dr Mthabisi Nembaware, a Zimbabwean medical doctor, in Mutare after a car accident as a result of Mutare Provincial Hospital's lack of an Intensive Care Unit to attend to emergencie...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:12hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Death sentence passed by Zimbabwe court
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday sentenced to death Tapiwa Makore Snr (60) and Tafadzwa Shamba (40) for the murder of a Murehwa boy.Mutevedzi said the duo showed no mercy ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa would win Zimbabwe's next elections, says Johannesburg research comapny
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party would win next month's Zimbabwean elections by a margin of between 8% and 9% - if the elections are free and fair - a...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 18:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Will the next ZANU PF leader call Mnangagwa a 'dimwit'?
The ruling ZANU PF is always full of drama, which never ceases to amaze, if not bemuse.So, after current President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's monumental failure to resuscitate the country's...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 13:05hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Absence of property rights eroding investor confidence'
UNAVAILABILITY of title deeds and property rights is eroding investment confidence in Zimbabwe, the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) has said.Currently thousands of urban ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
At what stage does a president concede he has failed?
If I were the president of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under these circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each and every day without electricity, and most urban a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Election buzz has not gripped Zimbabwe
ELECTION 2023, A FIRST IN 43 YEARS: As Zimbabwe holds a General Election in the Heroes & Defence Forces MonthWhen it comes to the meaning of things whose spiritual force can move mou...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:46hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Jonathan Moyo takes a dig at Chamisa
EXILED former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed any chance of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa unseating Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa and declared Zimbabwe's wan...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Epworth tittle deeds ignite raging debate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give title deeds to Epworth residents has sparked debate, with opposition parties describing his action as a vote-buying strategy by the ruling Zanu-PF to boost ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Councillors in massive workshops looting scam
CCC-led councillors are allegedly looting council coffers through the conduit of holding workshops, with each of them having a target of fundraising US$5 000 as a war chest for the upcoming harmonised...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm working for investor-friendly environment" insist Mnangagwa. Watch again Al Jazeera Gold Mafia. I rest my case!
The spirit is willing, but the intellect is weak! "Zimbabwe is open for business!" is the most enduring thing President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ever said since taking over from the late Robert ...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | | by General Franco
Zanu PF launches 'Zimbabwe is open for business: Mark 2' Someone is making a killing from these dunderheads!
The Zanu PF spirit to revive the Zimbabwe economy is willing but the intellect is weak!When then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fellow conspirator staged the November 2017 military ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's latest revised plan: 'Nyika inovakwa inorakashwa ivenevayo imashefu namaChina!'
"Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications" screamed the headline. 8 363 skilled and semi-skilled Zimbabweans were granted UK work permit in 2022 up from 499 in 2019. The truth is Zimbabweans have bee...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 18:57hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Knives out for Zapu's Nkomo
Knives are out against Zapu president Sibangilizwe Nkomo with some former top officials plotting his ouster for allegedly frustrating the growth of the opposition party.They also accuse Nkomo ...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Failed leadership with nothing to offer nation allows corruption in order to appease restless population!
It is no secret that Zimbabwe has become a lawless country! Whenever I move around, observing laws being openly violated at every turn - I always say to myself, 'Mnangagwa is really not in cha...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MPs scrimmage for US$40 000 loan shows how we all are dependent on the dictator's benevolence
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to the...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 10:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimra to intensify revenue collection
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is intensifying domestic resource mobilisation to guarantee the availability of adequate financial resources required to fund critical Government programmes....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on the brink, analysts say
POLITICAL analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa will likely retain his post in Zanu-PF at the party's October congress but his political life is on the brink ahead of the 2023 polls due to the com...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Civil unrest inevitable in Zimbabwe'
THE Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) research group has said civil unrest cannot be ruled out because of the deepening economic crisis in Zimbabwe.In a report, Comaliso di...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new political party launches, promises economic revival
A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) was launched last Friday at the Bulawayo Media Centre.Addressing journalists, the party's 38-year-old leader Fanuel Lisenga said Zimb...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 6 | by Rashweat Mukundu
When a govt needs media to help highlight its achievements then it has nothing to show!
When I was still a young lad, there was a television advertisement that I used to enjoy a lot.If my memory serves me right, it was by the now comatose state-run Cold Storage Commission (CSC) -...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:37hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
HIV+ Zimbabwe man (21) who died of HIV was neglected by healthcare staff
A 21-year-old man died due to neglect, after he was not given treatment for HIV while he was a prisoner at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Chelmsford, an inquest has determined. HIV is a "treatable" condit...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Picking Zimbabwean Sitho Mdlalose as Vodacom SA boss raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwean diaspora seems to ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | | by Gugu Lourie
Bulawayo needs new economic soul, says ZITF chair
ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair (ZITF) board chairperson Busisa Moyo has urged Bulawayo entrepreneurs and policymakers to use this year's ZITF edition to discuss problems affecting industries and pr...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Germany's biggest airline dates Victoria Falls
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest leisure chains yesterday predicted a dramatic upswing in arrivals, as Germany's biggest airline prepared for its maiden adventure on the Windhoek-Victoria Falls route today....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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