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‘Zanu-PF fears diaspora vote could push it out of power'
ZIMBABWEANS in the diaspora yesterday challenged the ruling Zanu-PF party to allow them to vote in the 2023 elections, saying denying them their right exposes the ruling party's fear of losing polls....Published: 10 hrs ago | 988 | by Staff reporter
'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1784 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Anti Mnangagwa CSOs petition Sadc
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe have petitioned the new Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairperson and Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately intervene and or...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:46hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Grobbelaar interested in being next coach of Zimbabwe
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has expressed his desire to be the next coach of Zimbabwe. His comments come a day after the Zimbabwe FA (Zifa) dismissed Croatian Zdravko Logarusic and hi...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:21hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames US sanctions for IDs crisis
GOVERNMENT says delays in the processing of identity documents, passports and birth certificates is a result of sanctions imposed on the country by the West.Giving oral evidence to the Defence...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:19hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt wants to appear wealthy 'Mbinga' in the eyes of the world, yet can't even feed own children!
So, the Zimbabwe government is up to no good - again! I am sure we have all come across (at least once, in our lives) that guy who wants to appear wealthy in the eyes of the community - shops ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1224 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jah Prayzah, Killer T performs at 'G40' party, detained at Airport
Musicians Jah Prayzah and Killer T were detained for more than four hours at RGM International Airport on Monday after performing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political archenemies in Cape Town,...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | 4382 | by Staff reporter
Partisan security forces Zimbabwe's biggest election risk
Zimbabwe's security forces are the biggest threat to free and democratic elections because of their partisan nature, human rights watchdogs have said.The army has been widely implicated in par...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Coalition vs single party election approach
IN the past three weeks, I discussed the importance of reforms ahead of the 2023 elections. While the discussion is gaining momentum, it is yet to be matched by action on the ground.The object...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 846 | by Tapiwa Gomo
We are not abandoning Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa
To be a woman activist in Zimbabwe is totally different from being an activist in the comforts of Germany. I have come to terms with this fact. Women activism especially in our societies does not mean...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 14:56hrs | 5733 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa told to stop Mugabe remains fiasco
PreSident Emmerson Mnangagwa must intervene to stop spirited attempts to exhume former president robert Mugabe's remains for reburial at the Heroes Acre, the late strongman's family has said.A...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 5291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Andrew Mukuba making waves in US College football
As a small child in the African country of Zimbabwe, he dreamed of playing American football. Fast forward several years, and the now Texas resident is the first true freshman to start at safety for C...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:53hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Online Gambling Vs. eSports: Key Differences
Technology affects everything, how we spend leisure time. The internet unlocked new entertainment opportunities. That includes esports and online gambling. But before you choose an activity, you shoul...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 43 | by Staff writer
Court okays Mugabe exhumation
A CHINHOYI magistrate yesterday gave the nod for the exhumation of former President Robert Mugabe's remains from his rural home in Zvimba after dismissing an appeal filed by the late Statesman's famil...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:43hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2815 | by Staff reporter
The era of strongman politics over in Africa
THE era of damaging personality-driven politics in Africa, including Zimbabwe, may soon be coming to an end due to democratic reforms by the African Union and changing political dynamics fuelled by a ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi will haunt Mnangagwa in 2023
THERE is no doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to address key economic issues and implement electoral reforms as recommended by various observer missions in the 2018 polls.Mnan...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:26hrs | 350 | by KK Zvauta
High Court postpones teachers' unions case
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo on Wednesday postponed, on a technicality, the case in which a nine-year-old pupil is seeking to stop teachers from engaging in industrial action over ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi opens up on EPL move collapse
WARRIORS midfielder Marshal Munetsi has revealed the reason behind his failure to make a move to England's Premier League (EPL) despite reported interest from a couple of clubs.The 25-year-old...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
'Kids with Zanu-PF parents are more Zanu-PF than their parents,' says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has opined that many grown-up kids with Zanu-PF parents are more Zanu-PF than their parents.Prof Moyo said this on his Twitter page."AN UNT...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 18:32hrs | 3112 | by Staff reporter
Zhuwao speaks on his divorce
IN A recent Instagram post, Jason Swanepeol Zhuwao said he did not divorce his wife because she cheated, nor did they separate because of a dwindling financial situation as is rumored by certain media...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:18hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rule is about aggrandisement
ADDRESSING Zanu-PF supporters in Mutare soon after the Zambian elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that what happened in the northern neighbour will "never ever" happen in Zimbabwe. The q...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:17hrs | 373 | by Martin Stobart
Learn soccer livescore results in a convenient format
A new season of the Spanish championship has started. In order not to miss a single important news about it, be sure to go to the sports statisti...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 05:39hrs | 132 | by Staff writer
Jonathan Moyo says sorry to Zimbabweans
EXILED former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has made a passionate apology for draconian laws and ruinous policies which were implemented during his time in government.Moyo served as Informati...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 22:27hrs | 4843 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa sheds crocodile tears over Mugabe'
Political analysts have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a hypocrite after the Zanu-PF leader praised the late former President Robert Mugabe a few years after celebrating his ouster in a Nov...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's property escapes hammer
THE High Court has confirmed the provisional order granted on February 28 last year for stay of execution of a judgment allowing Tony Sarpo to attach former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's property over...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
MDC: A case of burning ambition, failed leadership
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as an opposition party from members of a broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "no" vote in the 200...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 675 | by Cedric Steele
Mnangagwa will never reverse Mugabe's land reform
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed he will never reverse the land reform which was pioneered by the late former President Robert Mugabe.Mugabe died on September 6 i...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:27hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Reckless drinking is destroying the youths
Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa'...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 535 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa's new biography confirms political brinkmanship with Chiwenga
THE political war of attrition between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga has found expression in the President's controversial new biography as internecine unresolved le...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4564 | by Staff reporter
Banks wary of lending out US dollar loans
ZIMBABWE'S banks are sitting on US$1.7 billion and not willing to lend it to corporates due to the uncertainty around currency reforms which exposes them if they issue United States dollar-denominated...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2436 | by Staff reporter
Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates
Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the la...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 193 | by Evans Mathanda
Zesa to develop load-shedding schedules
POWER utility Zesa Holdings is developing load-shedding schedules which will be availed to all customers through different media platforms.Responding to questions from Sunday News, Zesa acting...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Are Tray Packers A Necessity For Industries In 2021?
A key piece of American history since the later part of the 1800s has been robotic case packing. Although it was at first only used to pack a considerable quantity of food, it's since then been renova...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 20:12hrs | 218 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa is nothing without the army as G40 plots Zanu-PF takeover
THE beleaguered Zanu-PF faction under the moniker G40 says it is still alive and planning the takeover of the ruling party ahead of the 2023 polls.Several members of the G40 cabal were hounded...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 3713 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs Chiwenga's estranged wife
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa was hospitalised last week after her health continued to deteriorate, and claims she has not received financial assistance from her ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:48hrs | 5063 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, wife die in limo accident
A Bulawayo-based soldier and his wife died on the spot after a Limousine Lincoln they were travelling in burst its rear left tyre and veered off the road before hitting a tree.The accident hap...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Hlatshwayo Davis named health director of U.S. city of St Louis
Zimbabwean Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis has been named director of health for St. Louis, the second biggest city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America.The infectious disea...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers military
GOVERNMENT has pledged to build shopping malls, residential flats, garrison shops and robust armouries for soldiers in several barracks and cantonment areas, a move observers viewed as part of P...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 8343 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions won't stop Zimbabwe growth, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe was geared to prosper with or without support from the West that imposed sanctions on the country, adding that China remains there to assist....Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi excited to be back
STAR midfielder Marshal Munetsi says he is happy to be back in the Warriors fold and expects to help his side get a "winning start" when they host South Africa in a World Cup opening qualifier at the ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Allow the diaspora vote
This new dispensation must live by its promises and allow the people in the diaspora to exercise their democratic right by voting a government of their choice.The ruling party has failed to ch...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 19:31hrs | 720 | by Leonard Koni
Manual for sports betting top betting sites in Nigeria
Sports betting in Nigeria is filling in fame. In any case, there is still some disarray about different parts of betting on sports. There are many wagering...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 19:30hrs | 183 | by Staff writer
Import Substitution: A case for soya beans
For the past 10 years, Zimbabwe has produced an average of 56 000 metric tonnes (mt) of soya beans per year against national demand of 240 000 mt for food, animal feed and industrial consumption. In t...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 392 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF to give youths land
Zanu-PF is dangling a carrot to youths ahead of the 2023 general elections, promising to dish out land and agricultural inputs to lure them to vote for the ruling party in the polls in which young peo...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Befitting send-off for Mugabe
CAPS United legend Joe "Kode" Mugabe, who died early last month, received a huge send-off at a service held at Raylton Sports Club ahead of his burial at Glen Forest Cemetery in Harare yesterday....Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Broos pits Loga
BAFANA Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he sympathises with Warriors coach Zdravko Logarušic whose plans for the two nations' blockbuster clash in a Group G World Cup qualifier were thrown into disarray ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:31hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Khanyi Mbau dumps Zimbabwe's Kudzai Mushonga?
South African socialite and media celebrity Khanyi Mbau has told the neighbouring country's media that she is well and alive after Twitter went ablaze with concerns of her safety emanating from her bo...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | 2287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa removed Chiwenga from army to prevent another coup - Book
The book that President Emmerson Mnangagwa colourfully endorsed recently claims he removed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from the army to avoid another military coup.'A Life of Sacrifice...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 08:19hrs | 5260 | by Staff reporter
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