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Bulawayo enlists rangers to tackle illegal structures
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has taken decisive steps to address the increasing number of dangerous and unauthorized structures in the city, enlisting the help of rangers and urging the public to r...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police intensify crackdown on land barons
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ramped up operations against illegal land allocations nationwide, targeting land barons responsible for the spread of unlawful settlements on communal, local aut...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:16hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's milestones shake Zimbabwe's political landscape'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's transformative economic strategies and significant achievements have caused disarray within the opposition, pushing them toward early political retirement, according to ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
When dark babies are not good enough! Thank you Andile: what an article!
It is a pity such articles never attract attention they deserve. Your article Andile was a good read and spot on. I do not need to seek far, why our African communities do not see the need to read it....Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1346 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zapu calls for SADC action against Zanu-PF
ZAPU has joined the list of growing organisations concerned about the government's clampdown on citizens ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Harare, questio...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
NRZ hits back at Mafume
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has refuted claims by Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume that it approved illegal structures at the Raylton Sports Club, calling these allegations misleading. Du...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:09hrs | 3567 | by Staff reporter
51% of Bulawayo City Council vehicle fleet grounded
AT least 51 percent of Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) 336 vehicles have outlived their lifespan, a development that is affecting service delivery.This is contained in the latest council report ...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 20:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe is on cusp of construction boom
Zimbabwe has embarked on a major construction drive that is now evident in the housing boom the country is experiencing in residential and non-residential infrastructure, both in rural and urban space...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Lake Gwayi Shangani inches closer to completion
THE gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani will be completed ahead of the 2023/24 summer cropping season, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, has said....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZIPRA demands inclusion in Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi resolution initiative
FORMER ZIPRA cadres have demanded to be part of the Gukurahundi resolution stakeholders, warning that any efforts to resolve the longstanding conflict without them and ZAPU members will not yield the ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses plot on parastatals
Zanu-PF never ceases to amaze to a point that many of us end up wondering whether it really understands what it means or entails to be a ruling party. At every turn it increasingly makes it super diff...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African companies gets a flake over eGodini delays
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo have demanded immediate cancellation of contracts given to two South African companies, citing delays by one while the other has been accused of usurping council.Terracot...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele artists compelled to perform in their 'oppressor's' language?
In his analysis of ethnicity and tribalism in Zimbabwe, Eleph Gula-Ndebele explains that the ethnic cleansing of Ndebele people during the Gukurahundi genocide is a sore that refuses to go away for ma...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | 8 | by Gibson Ncube & Gugulethu Siziba
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's industry capacity utilisation rises
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry is projected to increase to 58% in the third quarter of this year, an improvement from 54% in the second quarter of 2021.In its second...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Ignatius Banda
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huge boost for construction sector
The construction industry in Zimbabwe will be revolutionised following the commissioning by President Mnangagwa yesterday of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe's dry mortar mix plant, dramatically expanding the ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff writer
Expert tips for better essay writing
The essay writing is an independent educational and scientific research of a student, which provides for the systematization, consolidation, expansion of theoretical knowledge, and practical skills in...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:41hrs | 6 | by Staff writer
Beitbridge road contractors on track to complete revamp
Five Zimbabwean companies contracted to widen, rehabilitate and upgrade the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway are confident of completing all the roadworks and have the revamped road fully working ne...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Bulawayo residents pushed to go solar
SITTING in the dark due to Zesa's prolonged loadshedding, Mr Arthur Maphosa decided it was time to take the bull by the horns. Mr Maphosa said he realised that he had to find a lasting solution to Zes...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt in Murambatsvina 2 drive
THOUSANDS of families risk being left homeless as government is mooting a massive eviction and property destruction programme to clear out illegal settlers occupying Harare wetlands and council land....Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dirty, dirty Harare water
The toxicity levels in Lake Chivero have reached alarming levels, twice the stipulated minimum, with Harare City Council spending US$3 million monthly on a cocktail of water treatment chemicals to rem...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Museveni to officially open ZITF
UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni will officially open this year's 60th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) here on April 26. The trade fair, being held under the theme, "Propagating Indust...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
The crisis in world leadership
We all have very short memories. Looking back over the 20th Century, we can see how a global conflict like the First World War can break out over what seems like a tiny, inconsequential incident in Au...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Beitbridge outlines modernisation plan
The Municipality of Beitbridge has outlined a modernisation plan that will result in the transformation of the border town to a fully urbanised settlement.It is still a town where livestock ro...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Mayor challenges govt to fund Harare decongestion
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has challenged government to avail funds towards decongesting Harare roads, saying the situation was unattainable, with traffic accidents now rampant.Speaking after ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
$153 million Mugabe airport upgrade begins
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the $153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upgrading and rehabilitation project, as Government modernises the country's infrastructure to m...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheap fabric tears clothing sector
The clothing and textile industry is weighed down by cheap sub-standard fabrics that are continuing to flood the local market despite a raft of measures to protect local players, industry officials ha...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma will whittle down presidential powers
Daily News editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an alliance of six opposition political parties about the ...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare or Salisbury: The epicentre of 'bloodless transitions'
The difference had always remained the same between Harare and Salisbury. As latest events unfold in Harare, it has become just a mere reminder that some things never change. Actually the more things ...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 04:50hrs | | by Albert Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Chinamasa's WhatsApp work clearly cut out
I was pleased to learn that Zimbabwe now has an entire ministry dedicated to dealing with cyber security. This is progressive and shows that President Mugabe is in touch with the times we live in....Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe juggling balls in the air
THE current situation in Zanu-PF is fragmented and fractious; it needs a unifier. There is serious factionalism, infighting and political hostilities. It's a dog-eat-dog affair.So President Ro...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ARV shortage: A stitch in time saves nine
Zimbabwe is among sub-Saharan African countries working tirelessly to meet the United Nations' 90-90-90 ambitious target to help end the HIV and Aids pandemic by 90 percent in 2020. On Monday, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Treachery of African philosophy
One of the unseemly decorations of Western science and philosophy has been, in this century and its many forerunners, its vaunting and chest-beating arrogance.Without a single dot of shame, Fr...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:27hrs | | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Mugabe's nephew demands apology from Caf
Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa insists his birthday celebrations will go ahead in Harare next week despite massive resistance from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Issa Hayat...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Study Abroad Opportunities
ZIM SCHOLARS offers interested students the opportunity to study at prestigious Russian State Universities and to get Higher Education in more than 200 Medical, Engineering, Technical, Economic and Hu...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Dr Dany Muzenda
Donald Trump: a reminder
Donald Trump should be reminded in strongest terms that he can never bypass human consciousness that rest squarely on freedoms of expression, human rights and dignity, by down playing the reality that...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 19:52hrs | | by Nhlanhla Dube
Separate politics and development
Our country is manifested with toxic politics. Development means improvement and expansion. As we speak people regret having independence and nothing to celebrate because everything including the good...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:19hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
TB Joshua Receives Humanitarian Award In Israel
The statement below was published on TB Joshua's official Facebook Page yesterday. I felt it was newsworthy, hence my decision to send it to you alongside pictures:After the recent earthquake ...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by TB Joshua Ministries
Tribalism or ethnic disharmony retards Zimbabwe's development - Part 4.3
Tapping wisdom from Zambian humanism, Tanzania's Ujamaa and German's multi-culturalism! They implemented social policies that made multiculturalism possible, coped well in integrating multiple societi...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 22:45hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
A'Level: Daily Divinity presentation by Witness Dingani
•Today the writer will educate/remind the reader about the sources of "Gobbets"•The sources of gobbets has challenged 99% students ,I hope today you will learn something soon after...Published: 31 May 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by Witness Dingani
Government starts Harare-Beitbridge road dualisation process
Transport minister Joram Gumbo says government is restarting the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu road and rehabilitation of the country's border posts. The minister said the ...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda residents in solidarity with Harare residents of demolished houses
Gwanda Residents Association spokesperson Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo has extended solidarity to the Harare residents who are continuing tom loose their houses through demolitions and called for the autho...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean-born activist in Rugby World Cup final
Teddington - The Australia squad heading into the Rugby World Cup final is an eclectic mix, described by coach Michael Cheika as "jokers, lovers, and fighters."David Pocock, the Zimbabwe-born ...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zanu-PF: a genuinely nationalist party
IF there are any political parties in Africa known for nationalism today, certainly Zanu-PF will be counted among them. It is a party founded on nationalism, rooted in the liberation legacy that broug...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Grace Mugabe Presidency possible!
LAST week I highlighted the few but incisive leadership transitions that have taken place in Zanu-PF since its formation in 1963.Those transitions were neither smooth nor broadly consensual, e...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Allen Hungwe
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