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Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry
Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been fre...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru distributes millions in aid to vulnerable Africans
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 19, 2024 - Next-generation financial services platform, Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), has successfully distributed millions in aid to disadvantaged recipients in Africa throu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:41hrs | 112 | by APO
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services recruiting
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services is recruiting physically fit correctional officers, who should be aged between 18 and 30 years.In a statement, ZPCS said applicants should submit...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 20:57hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa cannot run for a third term or benefit from term limit extension'
Zimbabwe's constitution prohibits President Emmerson Mnangagwa from running for a third term, as it limits the incumbent to two terms and forbids extensions, according to a legal expert, Matshobana Nc...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 13:25hrs | 3321 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators glorify Zec
THE National Assembly degenerated into a comical spectacle this past week after Zanu-PF legislators heaped praises on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (Zec), for successfully conducting last year's ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge 'thieving' cops on the run
TWO Beitbridge traffic police officers are on the run after tampering with records and stealing money from their employer.According to a leaked memo, Tinashe Chatseta and Gift Marange between ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 11:20hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's son loses US$33,000 to conmen
FORMER Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's 21-year-old son Christian lost close to R550 000 in a botched grocery supply deal.The suspects Jethro Mubaiwa (32) and Jonathan Mbunga (25) on Satu...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:16hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
Deportation risk for Zimbabweans as UK care sector sponsors lose licenses
Several Zimbabwean nationals who went to the United Kingdom (UK) to work in the care sector are facing the risk of deportation because their sponsors have lost their licenses. Since November 2023, abo...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:50hrs | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt invites applications for Presidential Scholarships
GOVERNMENT has invited disadvantaged but academically gifted university students to apply for the Presidential scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate programmes amid calls for learners from ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 2815 | by Staff reporter
Axed CCC MPs lose court battle
The High Court has once again dismissed an application by the second group of recalled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs axed by Sengezo Tshabangu who claims to be the party's secretary general....Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:09hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tightens screws on businesses
GOVERNMENT and the business sector are headed for a showdown after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday announced a raft of tough measures limiting the formal traders' access to commoditie...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU under pressure
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), which of late has been accused of being captured by government, is facing fresh controversy after it summoned Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabw...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:38hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
South Africa cracks down on Zimbabwean children entering the country to visit their parents
The government is cracking down on Zimbabwean children entering South Africa. These children are mostly entering the country to be with their parents over the December holidays.The use of unla...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:14hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Settle voters roll dispute outside court, says Judge
ELECTORAL Court judge Justice Esther Muremba on Wednesday directed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to find common ground on a dispute ove...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council blames human error for 'Barnabas' land ownership dispute
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is locked in a fraud allegation with a local war veteran, Jackson Barnabas Sibanda emanating from an error of omission involving a piece of land that the latter bought ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:22hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Dzino thinks Mnangagwa was a minor and peripheral player in the liberation struggle
Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraI later lose my autographed copy of Wilfred Mhanda's b...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 4226 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Our feelings matter too
I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to be a volunteer at an online free teen support hotline last year. It was a place where young individuals could seek solace, guidance, and a listeni...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:29hrs | 214 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Judge under probe for making phantom ruling
JUDGE President Mary Zimba-Dube is now investigating a case in which High Court judge Webster Chinamora gave a ruling in a case he never heard involving Balwearie (Pvt) Ltd, and has written to lawyers...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:25hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Resilience Behind Bars: A reflection on seven months in prison
It is seven months since magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka sentenced me to four years in prison for "calling for anti-corruption demonstrations". One year was suspended and am effectively serving three yea...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 12:47hrs | 1750 | by Jacob Ngarivhume
Zimra urges public to follow pre-clearance procedures
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has called on vehicle importers to adhere to pre-clearance procedures for all imported vehicles. Pre-clearance involves completing customs import procedures befo...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Student takes Zimsec to court over results
A FORMER pupil at Drake High School in Torwood, Redcliff, has taken the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to court for allegedly failing to release his November 2020 Ordinary Level results...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:57hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Watchers wait on Chamisa's next move
Zimbabweans and those around the world who have been watching the recently ended elections are wondering what Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa will do next after he rejected Emmers...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election re...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 728 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
ZEC dismisses claims it is calling agents and observers back to sign new V11 forms
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed reports that polling agents and observers were being recalled to sign new V.11 forms.Social media was on Monday awash with reports of election...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:11hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses fake V-11 media reports
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has described as false social media reports that election agents and observers are being recalled to sign V11 result forms.In a statement, the electoral...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:09hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not have all the 12,374 V11s: The case of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe
Factually it is not true that, unlike in 2018, Chamisa this time round has all the V11s from the 12,374 polling stations that were created for the 2023 harmonised general election, because he and his ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 15:16hrs | 2305 | by Jonathan Moyo
Verifying Zimbabwe presidential election results might take 2 days
VERIFYING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT MIGHT TAKE TWO DAYSIf the verification and determination of the result for the 2023 Presidential election is completed tonight, that will be a histor...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:52hrs | 1113 | by Jonathan Moyo
SADC also fed up with Zanu-PF roguery
For decades, SADC countries have been playing their usual big brother role to successive Zanu-PF governments, shielding them from international condemnation for oppressive rule and corruption and alwa...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:33hrs | 812 | by Simbarashe Jingo
ZEC says not captured
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it remained firm and focused on its work and reports on social media that it had been captured are false, misleading and ridiculous.In it...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
CCC voters roll court application confused and confusing, ZEC adds confusion
Going by today's NewsDay article headlined 'Voters roll mess to affect 1,8m people' reproduced below, the real mess is that the applicants in the court case referred to in the article apparently do no...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:33hrs | 19 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa's CCC hopes election will break Zanu-PF stranglehold
Zimbabweans vote next week in an election many hope could end the country's lengthy economic crisis, but those expectations are tempered by concerns that the contest is skewed in favour of a party tha...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gave candidates useless voters rolls
Addressing election observers yesterday, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Justice Priscilla Chigumba said ZEC gave local authority candidates copies of the ward voters roll, Nation...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:14hrs | 68 | by Jonathan Moyo
ZEC declares readiness for credible, free polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is ready to deliver free and credible elections next Wednesday with most of the logistical arrangements now in place.The chairperson of the electoral body, Ju...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
ZEC has printed ballot papers opaquely, secretly and in unknown quantities
ZEC HAS PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BALLOT PAPERS IN VIOLATION OF PEREMPTORY PROVISIONS OF THE ELECTORAL ACT IN BREACH OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE TO RENDER 2023 POLL NEITHER FREE NOR FAIR IN ADVANCE...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 21:32hrs | 14 | by Jonathan Moyo
Cop steals US$30 from the police station
A police officer stationed at Nyamapanda police station will spend the holidays behind bars after appearing before Mutoko Magistrate, Terrence Masha...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 09:42hrs | 23 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why Zanu-PF must win at any cost!
Let me start with that intellectual prostitute, Professor Jonathan Moyo, who, from his hide-out somewhere in Kenya is breathing fire and brimstone on a poor white man, David Coltart.David wrot...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
ZEC unfit to run free, fair elections - Study
A NEW study on Zimbabwe's electoral politics, processes and institutions has found that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is deeply distrusted by voters, hence cannot be trusted to preside over ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Another blow for Chamisa
High Court Judge justice Neville Wamambo has dismissed an appeal application filed by Citizens Coalition for Change on the bogus candidates who forged signatures of the party officials to file as repr...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 22:18hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
CCC double candidates ruling date set
HIGH Court judge Justice Neville Wamambo will on Thursday deliver a ruling on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates who allegedly forged signatures of party officials to file nomination p...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZEC keeps 4 types of voters rolls
... But only one is used for electionsAn election is a voters roll, yes but...Which voters roll?In keeping with the principle that the best politics is local, the Electoral...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:13hrs | 9 | by Jonathan Moyo
CCC double candidates 'sponsor' exposed?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday claimed that a Zanu-PF-affiliated organisation known as Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) paid nomination fees for certain candidates resulting in dual ca...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC questions Zimbabwe voters' roll credibility but participating in elections
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of availing an unanalysable voters roll with small fonts and several anomalies.ZEC released t...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's double candidates headache: CCC exonerates some members
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has absolved some of its double candidates including St Mary's Fredrick Masarirevhu while blaming ruling party affiliate Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ouster inspired author
BULAWAYO-based author Lucky Zihundi says the late former President Robert Mugabe's fall from power in November 2017 struck a chord in him to put pen to paper and come up with the novel On the way to D...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's localised voters' roll out Thursday
ALL National Assembly and local authority election candidates will receive copies of the voters' roll by Thursday this week, after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) distributed the national vote...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for selling fake birth certificates, asylum documents
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) apprehended a 41-year-old Zimbabwean man suspected of possessing fraudulent documents in the Tsakane area.According to EMPD spokesperson Lieutenan...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec scouts for examination markers
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has called for applications from potential markers ahead of this year's training course for marking Ordinary and Advanced Level Syllabi....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 13:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Candidates struggle to access Zec voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is reportedly rebuffing requests by nominated candidates to access the electronic voters roll more than two weeks after the nomination court sat, thrusting the ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZEC finalises postal voting list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is finalising the processing of applications for postal voting from members of the uniformed forces and election officials intending to cast their votes ahead o...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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