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'Why we are talking to Mnangagwa'
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is one of the opposition parties that have embraced calls for dialogue by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is meant to address the country's political and economic ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 658 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo artistes more popular outside Zimbabwe'
Southern region artistes say they are more popular outside Zimbabwe due to a number of reasons, chief being the imbalance in airplay which favours artistes from the other parts of the country....Published: 7 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 8 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dembare face collapse
TIME is up for community clubs to continue to run on the old template of members whose contributions are just a drop in the ocean.Many great names in sport have gone extinct because the so cal...Published: 8 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
First private teachers' college opens doors
Zimbabwe is adopting a vibrant education system that imparts knowledge, which is suitable for the exploitation of locally available resources for its transformation towards industrialisation and moder...Published: 8 hrs ago | 442 | by Staff reporter
NRZ slashes commuter train fares
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has announced that it is charging $1 for a return trip on its City-Cowdray Park route while its multiple ride ticket has been slashed to $5 from $9.NRZ ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 266 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aware of Chamisa's renewed bid to relaunch violent protests
Government is aware of a renewed bid by the MDC-Alliance and its allies to relaunch violent demonstrations, and will deal decisively with elements that are hell-bent on making the country ungovernable...Published: 8 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lie has no legs
A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them....Published: 8 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff writer
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 8 hrs ago | 309 | by Nick Mangwana
24 bodies retrieved from the Battlefields Mine disaster
24 bodies have been retrieved from the Battlefields Mine disaster as rescue operations continue to search for survivors.They have laboured for 24 hours and the fatigue is showing but they are ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3557 | by Staff reporter
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) is set to hand down a new set of sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in the wake of persistent human rights violations as well as the deteriorating ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams US big brother mentality
ZANU-PF has condemned the United States' big brother mentality saying Donald Trump administration lacks moral authority to lecture Zimbabwe on how to conduct its affairs. The party said it is ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 135 | by Staff reporter
BCC ordered to stop mining activities
THE Government has ordered Bulawayo City Council to immediately cease mining activities at its Aisleby and Good Hope Farms as individuals and companies carrying out mining activities at the two farms ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up police officers, throws plate of sadza at them
A tout has been sentenced to 105 hours of community service for resisting arrest and assaulting four police officers at Family Of God (FOG) church illegal commuter pick up point along Robert Mugabe Ro...Published: 20 hrs ago | 506 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor still holed up in SA in the wake of army crackdown
Masvingo Urban Ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone remains holed up in South Africa where he sought refuge in the wake of a national crackdown against perceived instigators of the national shutdown pr...Published: 20 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
US told to stop lecturing Zimbabwe
THE United States must stop lecturing Zimbabwe on how to conduct its affairs as it has no moral ground to do so, Zanu-PF has said. In a statement yesterday, the ruling party's Secretary for In...Published: 20 hrs ago | 280 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners, NGOs outed on demos
A number of foreign individuals and non-governmental organisations have been outed in their efforts to destabilise the country, following a workshop they held in Mutare this week which discussed how t...Published: 20 hrs ago | 183 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions made in MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance yesterday celebrated resolutions by the European Union (EU) Parliament for the bloc to effect and strengthen sanctions on Zimbabwe, indicating that the party's efforts to invite hostile i...Published: 20 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City FC used ratepayers' $1.2 million at the expense of service delivery
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni was in defensive mode after it emerged the council-bankrolled Bulawayo City FC gobbled over $1,2 million during their two-year stay in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer Leag...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:45hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa banks on peace, dialogue
President Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his commitment to peace and dialogue and maintaining an open door policy to resolving challenges facing the country. Addressing diplomats in Harare yesterday...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Journalist's 'death' another hoax
Elizabeth Zimunda, the woman identified as a veteran journalist who was allegedly killed by security forces in Chitungwiza during last month's violent protests organised by MDC-Alliance and its associ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 136 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1348 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe needs 173 million condoms annually
ZIMBABWE on Wednesday joined the international community in marking World Condom Day with reports that the HIV burdened country needs 173 million condoms a year.International Condom Day is obs...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:30hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Comparative Analysis of current political Developments in Zimbabwe: Case Study - Shutdown and arrests of opposition officials
It is critical and paramount of importance to do case studies, researches and analysis in any situation, mainly because they curb problems, and act as an indicator and eye opener for future events. Ba...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:26hrs | 370 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
The aftermath of violent protests and the way forward
The MDC Alliance and their regime change agenda cahoots in the civil society instigated violent protests that took place from the 14th to 16th of January 2019 and the inconceivable repercussions will ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:06hrs | 760 | by Peacemaker Zano
Regional support thwarts regime change agenda
Zimbabwe has recently been on an onslaught from the West, who have been using local opposition parties and Non-Governmental Organisations in attempts to destabilise the country. The actions of the opp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:46hrs | 1333 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Police Act amendment rebrands ZRP
The government has finally amended the Police Act in line with the Zimbabwean constitution, which will see the country's police force, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) re-named to the Zimbabwe Polic...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:21hrs | 4552 | by Staff reporter
Towards a genuine national dialogue
In recent times, there has been much talk of a "national dialogue". Indeed, this is the precise term that President Mnangagwa used when he called the February 6 meeting with political parties that was...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1417 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
Chamisa's MDC welcomes firmer stance from US against army violence
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday welcomed the US government's call for "a neutral third party" to preside over dialogue between Zimbabwe's political rivals....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 814 | by TimesLive
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1361 | by newzimbabwe
Econet injects $45 million in solar project
UGESI Energy, a pan-African company within the Econet Energy Group, is targeting to invest $45 million in the first phase of its community solar programme launched in Bulawayo yesterday, an official h...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:21hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Sadc seized with Zimbabwe crisis, claims Tendai Biti
THE Zimbabwean crisis continues to exist in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) corridors despite efforts by regional leaders to portray the ugly scenes that rocked the country in recent...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:18hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
CEOs call for dialogue between Mnangagwa and Chamisa
BUSINESS executives in the country have called for a national dialogue to address the challenges facing the country. The call follows last week's meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and losin...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Botswana throws weight behind Zimbabwe
Botswana says it stands with Zimbabwe in the face of its "complex" situation and has called for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed by the West on the country. President Mokgweetsi Masisi...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Govt to license more radio stations
GOVERNMENT will soon license a number of radio stations, a development that will see more players joining the industry in line with Zimbbwe's constitutional provisions for media plurality. The...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North govt offices to move to Lupane
The Matabeleland North government offices are finally expected to move to the provincial capital of Lupane by August this year.The offices are currently located at Mhlahlandlela Complex in Bul...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:48hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for assaulting wife for not wearing panties
A 26-year-old Mbare man will perform 350 hours of unpaid work at Mbare magistrates court after he was convicted of assaulting his wife with a claw hammer handle for not wearing panties. Terren...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3324 | by Staff reporter
SADC a toothless bulldog
Sadc as a regional body presiding over issues of the member countries must up their game if they want to remain relevant in this new political era.It's high time African youths come toge...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 596 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe sanctions' myth - countries with tougher sanctions performing better
When the Robert Gabriel Mugabe regime was toppled in a military coup in November 2017, most people believed that his successor's much touted 'new dispensation' would do away with excuses for the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28hrs | 2067 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa will never rule Zimbabwe' says Mutodi
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is a puppet that will never rule Zimbabwe.Mutodi was agreeing with MDC-T Vice P...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:17hrs | 8108 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers
I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2814 | by Terence Simbi
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' protestor in the dock
NON-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are cooking up figures of people who died during last month's MDC-Alliance-instigated violence were exposed after a man they claimed to have been shot dead&n...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls US, EU to unconditionally lift sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) to unconditionally lift travel and trade sanctions imposed on the country, saying his administration was d...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Discredited 'rights groups' seek audience with Mnangagwa
THREE leading international human rights watchdogs - Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam International (OI) - have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to meet hi...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda community chases away teachers in satanism scare
TWO teachers from Lumene Primary School in Gwanda have been ejected from the school by irate parents who are accusing them of practicing Satanism after pupils collapsed mysteriously.The incide...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cuts off private land developers
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube has said private land developers are giving City Fathers a headache after failing to deliver, hence the local authority will no longer be providing them with la...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:37hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa whips NGOs into line
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in Kwekwe have called upon to be transparent in their operations and to desist from conducting community projects without approval from Government. ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:25hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Chief Chapoto dies
Chief Chapoto of Kanyemba area in Mbire district has died. He was 71. Chief Chapoto, born Peter Enock, succumbed to prostate cancer at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals on Monday. He...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:22hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
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