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ED2030 agenda turns deadly
Tensions are rising within the Zanu-PF party as knives are drawn against Youth League deputy secretary John Paradza, who is accused of attempting to rally support for a controversial motion to amend t...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 2503 | by Staff reporter
Big test for Mnangagwa 2030 push at indaba
The ruling Zanu-PF party is set to hold its annual conference in Bulawayo this week, where a controversial proposal to amend the constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office i...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:34hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Bosso lacks depth
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu is concerned about the lack of squad depth and ongoing disciplinary issues as his team prepares for the city derby against Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premiership mat...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:36hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Please stop making our children idolize tyranny, Mr. President!
Children usually become like their parents.That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as a lear...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:21hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parliament to investigate Zimbabwe's stateless crisis
Parliament in Zimbabwe has initiated an investigation into the issue of undocumented individuals in the country following criticism from Amnesty International. Amnesty International raised con...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hamba Kahle ANC, we won't miss you!
IF you are not following the unfolding electoral drama south of the Limpopo River, you can't be real.When South Africa votes, Zimbabwe catches a proverbial cold. And for good reason.Of...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 26 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Charumbira to rebrand PAP
NEWLY re-elected Pan African Parliament president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has pledged to unite and rebrand the continental legislative assembly and help end conflict in Africa as he returns to the ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa breaks silence on his game plan
OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he had personally embarked on grassroots campaigns in villages to map his next political move and distanced himself from any other politica...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mired in election mode months after disputed poll
ZIMBABWE has remained in election mode with Zanu-PF and members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) holding mini-rallies a few months after the disputed August 2023 elections....Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Intimidation, harassment galore in Seke by-election
AS widely expected the ruling Zanu-PF swept all the six parliamentary by-elections held on February 3, gaining what critics claim is its much sought-after two-thirds majority in the National Assembly....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma prohibited from seeking re-election as president: electoral commission
It's official, former president Jacob Zuma cannot be the president of the country after this year's general elections because of his criminal record.This was clarified by the Independent Elect...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools start online Form 1 selection today
GRADE Seven results will be uploaded on the e-map system today with headmasters expected to start selecting learners for Form 1 places, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary Mr Moses Mhi...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt awards chiefs hefty bonuses
The government has awarded traditional leaders a 100% bonus this year as a "performance reward" after they played a key role in mobilising their subjects to vote for Zanu-PF during the August election...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Joseph Kalimbwe blasts Hichilema's government...later deletes tweet
A now-deleted tweet by Joseph Kalimbwe, the spokesperson for Zambia's ruling United Party for National Development (UPND), has shed light on growing dissatisfaction with President Hakainde Hichilema's...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa's health and well-being must be closely monitored
AS the sun was setting on August 7, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa was captivating his supporters who had waited the whole day for his message of hope and change in Norton.For the youthful o...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses his voice
As the highly demanding election campaign takes its toll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is literally losing his voice. At 80 and turning 81 next month, he is the oldest candidate in Zimbabwe's 23 Augus...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 22:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa feasts on ZANU PF territory
Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa continues to feast on ZANU PF territories ahead of the watershed elections scheduled for next month.The opposition leader this Friday criss...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:38hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe Headmen earning less than US$1
Zimbabwe's 36 000 village heads who have been accused of intimidating their subjects to support Zanu-PF are earning a paltry $5 000 in allowances, which is less than US$1 at the official exchange rate...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The day Zanu-PF stole the election
WITH less than four days to go before the nomination court sits, the opposition is in disarray and still trying to find its way out of the political dust raised by Zanu-PF this week.The ruling...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa buys swanky US$54 million presidential jet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken delivery of a US$54 million presidential jet - a Dassault Falcon 7X, ZimLive reported.The aircraft was delivered in March, but it was not put into servic...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 19:01hrs | 19 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC big guns feel the heat
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs are in a last-minute rush to influence supporters to endorse them in the party's supporters-centred candidate selection process, where the party'...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean paedophile flees UK before he could be jailed
QUESTIONS have been raised over the court's decision to grant bail to a paedophile found guilty of raping a young girl who "fled the country" before he could be jailed.Dubindlela Magonya, 23, ...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unsettled Chamisa spies on all Matabeles in the CCC top leadership
Many people in Zimbabwe were shocked when news filtered that Nelson Chamisa recently acquired intelligence gathering equipment and busy spying on top CCC leaders more than his purpoted ZANUPF rivals. ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 14:41hrs | | by Israel Dube
Job Sikhala for CCC President
If tribalist CCC members are serious about replacing the terrorist ZANU PF government, they must, as a matter of urgency, install firebrand, Job Sikhala or Tendai Biti as CCC President. But if...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Chinamasa, please also explain why ZANU PF imposed sanctions on my one-year-old son!
I cannot stand it when the powerful and wealthy whine over clearly banal ‘injustices' inflicted upon their high and mighty little angels - yet, these same people have, themselves, perpetrated the mo...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 16:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop blaming Mugabe on power crisis
It is so embarrassing that a grown up person like Chris Mutsvangwa blames the late Mugabe for all the woes the country is facing especially on this curren...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Leonard Koni
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF - govt conflation deepens
CONFLATION between Zanu-PF as a political party and the government spheres is deepening as shown by the increasing involvement in state activities by former vice-president Kembo Mohadi, The NewsHawks ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi continues to draw resources from the government
Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi is drawing fuel from the government for partisan political programmes, a leaked document shows.Mohadi has crisscrossed the country in recent months meetin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roads closed for Mbudzi Intercharge
MULTIPLE stretches of vital roads constituting a combined 4,5km will be shut down this Sunday, to allow for the construction of the US$88 million Mbudzi Interchange in Harare, officials said yesterday...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chefs attempt to sneak to UN
SENIOR government officials reportedly secretly contacted the United Nations (UN) secretariat seeking to attend the UN General Assembly and other routine meetings, a leaked memo from Agriculture perma...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs speak out against Zanu-PF coercion
Zimbabwe's rural areas have for decades been a Zanu-PF stronghold, and are turned into no-go areas for the opposition during elections.Previous Zanu-PF election victories in the rural ar...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
It wasn't constitutional to extend Malaba tenure but ZANU PF amended law, so why not do same for diaspora vote?
It smacks of foul deception, whenever the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe always hides its unwillingness to extend the right to vote to Zimbabwe citizens residing in the diaspora, behind issues of co...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:02hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is Zimbabwe's greatest curse!
As I stand outside my home, with the darkness of a winter evening steadily engulfing our small town of Redcliff, and the stars now gradually appearing - as if in a synchronized fashion ordered by a Di...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 20:58hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
I wonder how many Zimbabwean children have ever seen a train!
This morning I had a most interesting thought! I am not exactly sure how and why, but it just came to me that, due to the horrendous destruction of our economy by the country's ruling establis...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:02hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Obadiah Musindo takes Chamisa head on
Zanu-PF-aligned cleric Obadiah Musindo has challenged MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to address the rot caused by his opposition councillors in urban areas before taking his campaign to the rural ...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
'High temperatures won't stop 4th wave'
HEALTH experts have warned of a deadlier fourth wave of COVID-19 in the forthcoming festive months of December and January, saying the high temperatures being experienced in the country were unlikely ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Dr Stop It
The ZAPU NPC resolution to bar Nkomo is unconstitutional
The ZAPU National People's Council has upheld its resolution which seeks to bar Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo from contesting as a ZAPU President. The resolution to the effect that one has to be a member for ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 09:45hrs | 1 | by Thulani Nkala
We need to repair our sick politics
AS strange as it might sound or seem, you can be sure there is an imbecile somewhere in our beloved teapot-shaped country that is very unhappy the weatherman is forecasting we might have a very good r...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe not on a development trajectory but merely trying to return where it was a few decades ago
Two or so days ago, my wife and I were reminiscing about the past, and found ourselves - as we enjoy goofing around when we are alone - reciting popular advertisement jiggles that we still remembered ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa, Biti lock horns
Battle lines have been drawn between MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and one of his deputies, Tendai Biti over the recent decision by the former to forego primary elections and let communities c...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Political Reporter
Harare CBD put under lockdown during Nehanda statue unveiling
TRAVELLERS from Chitungwiza and other areas in and outside Harare were Tuesday morning blocked from access to the Harare CBD by police until President Emmerson Mnangagwa had unveiled long gone First C...Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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