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'Mnangagwa not committed to reform' America says
The United States has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not committed to reforms following a spate of kidnappings and torture of government critics in what observers have described as state repress...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2523 | by Staff Reporter
Living together during a divorce - What you should know
Living together during or after a divorce might sound really strange, you might even think that that could be the worst idea ever! You got divorced for a reason, right? But you would be surpri...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1333 | by Staff Writer
General Chiwenga and Mphoko to take Mnangagwa to court?
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is working with ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a plot to challenge the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa a weekly newspaper Zimbabwe In...Published: 13 hrs ago | 9853 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa goes for the kill
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa is cranking up the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, amid revelations that the MDC will soon launch fresh mass protests against the government ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 11171 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won people's mandate and will not share it with MDC' - illegitimate, rigged elections
Zanu-PF is treating the issue of the regime's lack of legitimacy and the MDC's call for a power sharing arrangement as if the two are one and the same thing."The people pronounced themselves a...Published: 19 hrs ago | 537 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Business partner seeks dismissal of Mombeshora's property claim
HARARE businessman Tendai Jemwa has taken former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and his wife, Millicent, to court seeking dismissal of the couple's application in which they were seeking an order d...Published: 20 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
'New GNU will address legitimacy deficit' argues Biti - he is still breathtakingly incompetent
Some of us castigated Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, Welshmen Ncube, David Coltart and the rest of the MDC leaders as "breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent" as far back as 2010; whe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:51hrs | 3983 | by Wilbert Mukori
Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren't working
Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy of coercion and dialogue has hit a series of hurdles. These include the continued opposition by the MDC and on-going scepticism of ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 849 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Mnangagwa scared of being eaten by protests: run Mnangagwa run!
Not too long ago, protests would not subdue a dictator. Not now! Second only to military coups in deposing dictactors, protests have developed huge teeth that can crush a dictator to nothing in a matt...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3674 | by Israel Dube
Interpol declines Zimbabwe requests to arrest former Mugabe ministers
Zimbabwean authorities' attempts to employ Interpol to secure the return to Zimbabwe of former top officials of ousted president Robert Mugabe have hit a brick wall.In one such case, the inter...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:24hrs | 8141 | by ZimLive
Currency devaluation slashes Zimbabwe wages by 90%
Zimbabwe's rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap, from which there's little chance of escape.If they implement the polit...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 603 | by Bloomberg
TelOne FC officially unveils Rahman Gumbo
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League debutants TelOne FC officially unveiled Rahman Gumbo as the club's new head coach on Tuesday evening. The appointment of the former national senior team's as...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
SADC cannot be entrusted with resolving the political crisis in Zimbabwe
Statement on the 39th SADC Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania on the 17th and 18th of August.Mthwakazi National Party accompani...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 19:39hrs | 1336 | by Mthwakazi National Party Information department.
BREAKING: Saviour Kasukuwere acquitted of criminal charges
Former ZANU PF Political Commissar is a free man after a High judge ruled that the magistrate who handled the case was conflicted and was used by other forces.In a snippet judgement posted by ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 16:53hrs | 7616 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1159 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 4905 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa denies Majonga 'love rivalry' allegations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied involvement in the incident that permanently confined veteran broadcaster and charity worker Godfrey Majonga who died yesterday to a wheelchair.Former P...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 6456 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youth leader attacks Jonathan Moyo
ZANU PF deputy youth league boss Lewis Matutu has said former party spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has not only lost relevance but has become a useless and permanent fugitive.In a Twitter...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:58hrs | 3396 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa threatened to kill Majonga over High school lover'
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the late veteran journalist Godfrey Majonga did not open a court case against President Emmerson Mnangagwa because he was threatened with death. Majonga is alleged...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 6475 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC in crisis meeting
THE opposition MDC's top leadership is convening in Harare today to review their foiled countrywide protests which were ruthlessly crushed by the police and soldiers.The leaders are expected t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Teachers threaten chalks down
TEACHERS have threatened to withdraw their labour when schools open for the third term next month to force government to pay them in United States dollars or the equivalent of US$550 at the interbank ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni fights conviction & sentence
JAILED chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni and his 23 subjects who were last week jointly convicted for destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna, have approached the High Court challenging t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1917 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo, Kirsty Coventry mourn Mnangagwa's 'love-rival'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has wrote a tweet mourning the late veteran broadcaster and Deputy Director and Chairperson of Danhiko Annual Paralympic Games, Godfrey Majonga who passed away around 11p...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | 10504 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | 387 | by Cliff Chiduku
Govt floats $60m Treasury Bills
GOVERNMENT has floated Treasury Bills (TBs) valued at ZWL$60 million, the second auction in a month geared towards financing various programmes.In a communique yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 635 | by Staff Reporter
Egyptian diplomat sues hubby's small house in Zimbabwe
A SENIOR Egyptian diplomat seconded to Harare, one Ms Raina, has been taken to court by a local woman Bilkis Banu Ismail, who is seeking $1,5 million compensation in adultery damages after the former ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3759 | by Staff Reporter
Mphoko flees poisonous injection
Zimbabwe's former vice president on Monday fled from anti-corruption after being tipped off that if he is detained, he will be injected with a poisonous substance.Phelekezela Mphoko, 79, who s...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:17hrs | 15832 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is brazenly and openly rigging elections' - that has failed to deter MDC, why
"These are the wages of rigging by the military, which now rigs elections in the rural areas brazenly and openly. For ZANU-PF to keep winning, it needs the military to keep rigging, and the rural area...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 17:23hrs | 1348 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa in show of force to thwart MDC Bulawayo demo
Anti-riot police were out in full force in Bulawayo on Monday to thwart any attempts by members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stage its planned demonstration.Most parts of the...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3305 | by Staff reporter
'Army rigged Jonathan Moyo in 2013 elections'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed that the military was behind his loss in the 2013 election where the Tsholotsho North seat was won by the then MDC candidate Rosemary Nkomo. J...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 13:44hrs | 6177 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court remands MDC Secretary General to October
Harare Magistrates Court has remanded MDC Secretary General, Chalton Hwende to 16 October.Hwende appeared at the courts on Monday for a routine remand. Hwende is facing charges of plot...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2067 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa bash for assuming SADC Troika chairmanship
ZANU-PF youths have called for a bash at the party's main headquarters in Harare to celebrate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's assumption of the SADC Troika chairmanship.A message circulated on ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Army chef sidelined over nasty fallout with Mnangagwa's wife
THE commander of One Presidential Guard Infantry Battalion at State House, Lieutenant-Colonel Samson Murombo, was sidelined from commanding the parade at the Defence Forces Day commemorations on Tuesd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:57hrs | 4734 | by Staff reporter
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
SADC leaders 'united and emphatic on removal of sanctions' - what do they know, sanctions are staying
In an exclusive interview with ZBC News on the sidelines of the ongoing 39th SADC Summit in Tanzania President Mnangagwa said he is pleased with the fruitful discussions at the summit regarding issues...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:27hrs | 402 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mphoko will be arrested, says Zacc
FORMER vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has said he is not corrupt, and never stole anything during his time in office.Mphoko said this during an interrogation by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Com...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 3953 | by Staff reporter
Have we reached a political stalemate or are we just barren of new ideas?
On August 17, Harare was rocked by demonstrations organised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.More of these protests against deepening economic hardships are planned in...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 241 | by Tapiwa Gomo
IMF warns Zimbabwe against pay boost as living standards crash
The International Monetary Fund's resident representative in Zimbabwe warned the government against boosting wages for state workers after the introduction of a new currency pushed up inflation and re...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2280 | by Bloomberg
Mphoko hits back at Mnangagwa's Zacc
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday rubbished claims that he refused to co-operate with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers on Friday, but instead, accused the latte...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Will the system change if Chiwenga collapsed and died today?
Good morning my dear friends, I have been reflecting like everyone else and I have realized that we are making the same terrible mistakes that we made with Robert Mugabe.I say so because we ta...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:56hrs | 11239 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Bad news for Mnangagwa faction
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe, has be...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 14:43hrs | 28394 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Fellow Zimbabweans, could you please help me find my young children who were abducted in UK?
I live in Swansea, and have lived there since 2007. In March 2008, l met a woman who comes from Swaziland and we were blessed with our first girl in January 2009.In 2012, we were blessed with a ba...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:17hrs | 2953 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Opposition leader blasts Chamisa over protest
AN opposition politician has lashed out at Nelson Chamisa for the latter's spirited attempt to delegitimise President Emmerson Mnangagwa when the MDC leader in fact endorsed the State president uninte...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1021 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa demands Chief Ndiweni's unconditional release
Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was jailed for an effective 18 months on Friday, a ruling criticised by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.The popular traditional leader was...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 4703 | by ZimLive
'Prisca Mupfumira wanted to remove General Chiwenga'
Embattled Former Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira wanted to remove the ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and install herself as the Vice President of the party and of the country. Pr...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | 19676 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man files US$300,000 lawsuit against wife's lover
A LOCAL businessman who sued his alleged lover for defrauding him did not realise that by doing so he would land in hot soup as he is now being sued by the woman's husband for having an adulterous aff...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Woman slaps hubby with lifetime sex ban
FOR a sex-deprived Bulawayo man sex seems to be the source of a man's self-worth.This was after he bitterly complained that he was living with his wife as strangers in the house after she alle...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
We need Zupco buses in Chiwesh, Mashonaland Central
The frequency of kombi arrivals and departure in rural Chiweshe, Mash. Central are not amusing. This is one area where tobacco farming was 'born' and got 'raised' elsewhere. The communal farme...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:49hrs | 139 | by Thomas Murisa
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