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Chiyangwa survives Cosafa ouster
Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) has rejected Zifa's bid to recall Philip Chiyangwa from his position as the president of the regional football body.Chiyangwa is Cosa...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu: The nation still needs answers
IT IS hard to forget the day the Warriors of Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals and the manner they exited the 24-team foootball competition and the ghost of that humiliatio...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:57hrs | 525 | by Michael Kariati
Duduzane Zuma found NOT guilty of killing Zimbabwean lady
Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma, has been found not guilty of the charge of culpable homicide in the Randburg Magistrate's Court.The charge relates to a 2014 car crash th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 358 | by Ian Buruma
Billiat 'threatens' to quit national team
STILL reeling from falling out of the Africa Cup of Nations finals following their disastrous showing, Zimbabwe now have to deal with their star player Khama Billiat's threats to quit international fo...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1943 | by Staff reporter
Homela speaks on Warriors early 2019 Afcon exit and late John Sibanda scenario
Football is regarded as the beautiful game when you are winning and scoring goals . The beautiful game turned ugly to many Zimbabweans as they hoped that the Afcon 2019 was on their side. The day the ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2545 | by Enos Denhere
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 744 | by Wilbert Mukori
Warriors cleared by Caf
THE Confederation of African Football have said despite the red flags raised following the 2019 Afcon Group A game between Zimbabwe and the DRC, there is no suspicion of any corrupt acts in the game....Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:07hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
The gnashing of teeth is nigh
The nature of Bishop Lazi's job, which often involves endlessly counselling the stricken, the infirm, the indisposed and the emotionally wounded, naturally makes him a couch potato, especially during ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:01hrs | 119 | by Bishop Lazi
Mystery men fiddling with Chamisa lawyer car's caught on camera?
Dramatic pictures have emerged showing three mystery men apparently fiddling with a vehicle owned by Nelson Chamisa's lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu.A lawyer who was driving out of the basemen...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 21:33hrs | 12149 | by ZimLive
Warriors in match fixing scandal?
A French publication has reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo is being investigated for a case of possible match fixing in their game against Zimbabwe in the Afcon finals on Sunday. ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 17:37hrs | 26066 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's MDC must wake up before it's too late
READING through the biography of Chris Hani, one cannot help but notice the frustration that he went through during his days in exile in Zambia, where the ANC was preparing the Umkhonto weSizwe gueril...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 12:10hrs | 8453 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Police name Featherstone crash victims
Police have released names of 14 people who were killed in the Featherstone Bus Disaster last week. The 14 were part of the 19 who died in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Chikwinya, a life full of drama
Hailing from humble beginnings and rising to fame as a politician of note, Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) is a man of iron will.His life story is full of theatrics.Chikwi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Chipezeze crashes Warriors out of 2019 Afcon finals
Zimbabwe 0-4 DRC A NIGHTMARISH performance by stand-in goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze dominated a horror night for the Warriors as they crashed out of the 2019 Afcon finals, under a cloud of humiliati...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3921 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar return: Financial engineering not the answer
If the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was a ship it would be the Titanic, sailing with the patronage of a well-heeled elite with privileged access to the life boats towards a deadly iceberg.Th...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:04hrs | 330 | by Sipho Malunga
Back to 2008 as Zimdollar returns
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, the re-introduction of the national currency a decade after its demise is a return to "normalcy".For most of the country's citizens, it's a bitte...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1934 | by Bloomberg
Car thief crashes into 3 vehicles
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 24-year-old man who allegedly stole a Honda Fit and crashed it into three other vehicles as its owner precariously hung onto it. Wilbaw Gundane of Iminyela s...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:18hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga and Mnangagwa's fight reaches boiling point
The country's presidency is now reportedly paraplegic thus causing tectonic divisions in government, amid disclosures that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his second in charge, Vice President, Rtd Ge...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:34hrs | 25845 | by Itai Mushekwe
MDC blasts war veterans
Following a recent statement by Mashonaland Central province war veterans leader Sam Parirenyatwa that the province is a "no-go area" for the opposition and they are ready to crash the alleged plot by...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1366 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Mashonaland Central a no-go area for Chamisa's MDC'
War Veterans in Mashonaland Central province have threatened to crash demonstrations by MDC youth in rural areas.Responding to threats made by MDC youth leaders during commemorations to mark t...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
American billionaire Tudor Jones flies into Zimbabwe
Sixty-four-year-old American billionaire - founder of Tudor Investment Corporation and Hedge fund manager - Paul Tudor Jones II landed at Buffalo Range Airport in Chiredzi yesterday afternoon aboard a...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash survivor sues for $30 000
A MAN from Gweru who survived when a commuter omnibus he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident that claimed 10 lives, is suing the driver and the owner of the vehicle for more than US$30 ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1300 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Chamisa lawyer in road accident, not ruling out foul play
Prominent Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu is not ruling out foul play after his vehicle overturned, trapping him for several minutes last Saturday.Mpofu, who represented MDC leader Nelson Chamisa ...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:30hrs | 10069 | by ZimLive
MDC bigwig crashes his Toyota Hilux
On Monday this week, the MDC said its chairman for Matabeleland South Solani Moyo had crashed his vehicle, a Toyota Hilux, while travelling from rural Plumtree to Bulawayo. He is in a stable c...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:27hrs | 5828 | by Staff reporter
Man returns returns $100,000 accident scene cash
A Good Samaritan on Saturday retrieved over US$100 000 and three pistols which he handed over to a security company whose cash-in-transit vehicle had been involved in a fatal accident near Lupane. ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to 'wake up and smell the change'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his peers in Africa have failed to read the mood of young people on the continent and risk being swept aside by the rising tide of demand for change.Chamisa to...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:33hrs | 5303 | by newzimbabwe
Tsvangirai accident survivor speaks out
THERE was no foul play in the accident that led to injuries that resulted in the death of the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter, Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, a survivor has said.Mrs...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3725 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga transferred to Harare medical facility
Street preacher and fearless government critic, Talent Chiwenga is still battling for his life after being involved in a horrific car crash that claimed the life of his 28-years-old wife Rejoice Jerin...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 5463 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in ICU
Controversial pastor Talent Chiwenga was involved in an accident which allegedly claimed the lives of his wife, son and sister-in-law near Chatsworth turn-off at the 80-kilometre peg along the Harare-...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 5454 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in fatal crash
Reports coming from Harare indicate that controversial clergyman Apostle Talent Chiwenga was involved in a serious accident 50km from Masvingo Town on his way to Harare on Wednesday....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 16:43hrs | 15653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa compares self to Biblical David?
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa says his continued call for street confrontation against the Zanu-PF led government was not at odds with his calling as a pastor, NewZimbabwe.com r...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 2890 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai daughter burial tomorrow
THE Tsvangirai family has urged members of political parties not to wear regalia during the burial of Mrs Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java tomorrow. Mrs Tsvangirai-Java died this week at the age of 36 from inju...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe mourns Tsvangirai's daughter
MDC-T President Dr Thokozani Khupe has mourned the passing away of Mrs Vimbai Tsvangirai Java the daughter of the founding MDC President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. In a statement issued on Mon...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 18:40hrs | 7418 | by Mandla Ndlovu
7 types of people who hold you back
AT times we allow people to control us. Some control us using fear, manipulation, and authority as tools.At times, we are controlled by what the crowds must think of us. Naturally, we want to fit ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 971 | by Jonah Nyoni
Military crackdown: What have they achieved in Zimbabwe?
Where the military has been used against its own people, the results have been the opposite of the intended purposes. The authoritarian rulers behind use of force against their own people never seem t...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 10:11hrs | 2084 | by AT Kadada
Bafana Bafana crashes out of the COSAFA Cup
Bafana Bafana have crashed out of the COSAFA Cup, losing to Botswana on penalties at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban on Sunday.The game started well for South Africa as Stuart Baxter's m...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 17:12hrs | 3533 | by Staff reporter
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | 293 | by Ranga Mataire
8 months ban for fatal crash driver
A DRIVER has been fined $300 and prohibited from driving for the next eight months after causing the death of a passenger in an accident. Liberty Nqobizitha Ngwenya (27) from Masvingo was conv...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:53hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's daughter clinches MDC post from hospital bed
THE late Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter, Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java won the party's women assembly's secretary-general post from her hospital bed.The Glen View South MP was involved in a car crash i...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
ANC had to boot out Zuma to win the elections – testimonial of Mandela's enduring legacy
"If ANC had failed to remove Jacob Zuma from office last year, the party would have lost the recent elections!" said Dumisani, a South African and ANC supporter. I was speechless! What a profo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 18:29hrs | 1814 | by Wilbert Mukori
Soldiers linked to Tsvangirai daughter's crash
Police have allegedly closed an investigation into the horror accident that took two lives and left the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter battling for life amid revelations it involved sold...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:58hrs | 5287 | by Staff reporter
Mhlauri opens up on coaching career, poultry business
GROWING up and playing football in the grubby streets of Mpopoma high-density suburb in Bulawayo, all Charles Mhlauri wanted to do was to be a footballer of note.It didn't therefore come as a ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:48hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike a step in some direction
With the unending queues and the bond crashing against the dollar, the Energy ministry has once again raised fuel prices to stem the so-called 'under-recoveries' of oil companies. According to the lat...Published: 26 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5459 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
PM May resigns over Brexit and sheds a tear – ED Pfee will shed buckets of crocodile tears but never ever resign
"Brexit means Brexit!" said British Prime Minister Theresa May when she took over from David Cameron in 2016. After three years of blundering from pillar to post, she has failed to deliver Brexit and ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:23hrs | 2596 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ncube, super-duper PAC member, blame povo for fuel price hike - how arrogant
"Presidential Advisory Council member Trevor Ncube has blamed ordinary Zimbabweans for the step taken by the central bank to liberalise the price of fuel by removing the 1:1 exchange rate," reported B...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1712 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Injuries compound Madinda' woes
HIGHLANDERS FC's woes continue to mount following the sidelining of their two rightbacks, Bukhosi Ncube and McClive Phiri, through injuries.The absence of the two defenders, expected to return...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3848 | by PUMA
Bosso draw blanks against Herentals
Highlanders 0 – 0 HerentalsBALL possession dominance, creation of scoring chances which they fluff; this is the sad tale of Highlanders as they continue to write their own piece of wrong history...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:23hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
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