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A Gukurahundi genocide survivor's story
Last week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence, the first point of call is the home of my uncle.Apart...Published: 3 mins ago | 4 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Covid-19 kills 57 in two weeks
ZIMBABWE has seen a massive jump in Covid-19 cases, with 2 374 cases and 57 deaths reported in two-and-a-half weeks of this month alone, triggering the Government to consider putting more areas under ...Published: 14 mins ago | 20 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally to lose stand
EMBATTLED former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami is set to lose an industrial stand barely two weeks after councillors endorsed a resolution awarding it to a company he co-owns with his wi...Published: 14 mins ago | 27 | by Staff reporter
How whistle-blowers are gaming the Zimra system
WHILE the gazetting of a statutory instrument on whistle-blowers who help sniff out tax evaders was seen as a useful move in promoting accountability, recent events and investigations have shown that ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Govt hunts mentally challenged teachers
GOVERNMENT has begun compiling names of teachers suffering from depression and other mental health conditions in a clear admission that the country's socio-economic challenges are taking a toll on edu...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe debt assumption promotes corruption
ZIMBABWEAN taxpayers continue to be burdened by debt from parastatals which are riddled with mismanagement and corruption, with the latest being the assumption of Air Zimbabwe's huge debt, as governme...Published: 17 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
CFU asks dispossessed farmers to compile evidence
THE Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) has urged its members who were evicted from their farms since 2000 to bring forward photographs and videos, among other evidence, showing how they were removed from...Published: 17 hrs ago | 366 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't get international Covid-19 rescue package
ZIMBABWE will not receive a dime from a multi-billion-dollar facility organised by international financial institutions which seeks to help countries of the global South in dealing with the socio-econ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi to return to Sundowns
WARRIORS and SuperSport midfielder Kuda Mahachi could make a return to Mamelodi Sundowns with reports from South Africa suggesting that the swap deals could be concluded during this transfer window....Published: 17 hrs ago | 1226 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers owe government $4,5 million'
AUTHORITIES in the Education ministry said they were failing to recover salary surcharge debts owed by teachers who left the civil service, a development which has prejudiced government of about $4,5 ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Auction market cannot end the parallel market
Despite launching the Dutch inspired Foreign Currency Auction System (FCAS) in June 2020 (Almost 1 year running), the Zimbabwean economy continues to face acute foreign currency shortages on the forma...Published: 23 hrs ago | 852 | by Port Louis Riverfront, Mauritius
Crisis hits Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition... as Vava is accused of employing divide and rule tactics
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) National Director Blessing Vava is under fire from members of the organisation who are accusing him of employing a divide and rule tactics to strengthen his grip on...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 14:45hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 procurement scandal revealed
ZIMBABWE was prejudiced of millions of united States dollars as a result of irregular procurement transactions around Covid-19 materials, with sharp scrutiny centred on tenders awarded to Young Health...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:06hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's woes have always been solved through open dialogue
Unity. Freedom. Work. These three words have been emblazoned on the official Zimbabwe coat of arms since the days the country attained independence.However, 40 years down the line, a lot of wo...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:01hrs | 188 | by Tatenda Nyakufuya
Kenneth Kaunda obituary the last man standing
Kenneth David Kaunda was born on the 28 April 1924. He was affectionately known as KK was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefr...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:33hrs | 4316 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fireworks at Mwonzora party meeting
THERE were fireworks at a meeting of opposition party MDC-T's standing committee on Wednesday over allegations of looting of funds by the party's executives.Party deputy spokesperson Khalipani...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 3680 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere claims credit on new Parliament building
G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has accused the department of communication in the office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa of misleading him on the construction of the new Parliament building in Mt Hamp...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:52hrs | 6670 | by Simbarashe Sithole
667 more Zupco buses coming
Zupco is buying 667 buses from China by year end, with delivery of the first batch of 100 buses expected soon. Further, through its intercity digital payment platform in partnership with Vaya, every i...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
USAID withdraws funding to four CSOs... and demand leadership renewal to replace looters of funds
The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly blacklisted and withdrew funding to four Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) after investigations ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3008 | by Political Reporter
US dangles millions to CSOs
The United States' State Department, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has dangled US$105 million to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe, which they sa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:09hrs | 1091 | by Innocent Mujeri
Smelly Dube's trial stopped
GWERU regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who was facing US$9 million fraud allegations, pending ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:17hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
RBZ goes for broke: names, shames forex abusers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday escalated plans to punish "outliers" including listed milling giant, National Foods, which it said were "abusing" foreign currency acquired through the auc...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2336 | by Staff reporter
Teachers desert school over machete gangs
TEACHERS at Mangwande Primary School in Lower Gweru have reportedly deserted the learning institution for security reasons after machete gangs terrorised the area since July 2018.As a result, ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
Musona linked to Chiefs
KNOWLEDGE Musona has been linked with a sensational return to Kaizer Chiefs, but this time around, we look at the reasons why it may very well happen!Former Kaizer Chiefs star Musona (30) is o...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Musona feature under the spotlight
WARRIORS' skipper Knowledge Musona's future is again under the spotlight at Belgian giants Anderlecht.The club regrouped on Monday, after a short end-of-seaon break, amid reports they are on t...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
NRZ-Turkish firm ink game-changing deal
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board is convinced that Turkish construction giant, Yapi Merkez, which has agreed to invest in the rehabilitation and modernisation of local railway infrastruct...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!
Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befe...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2031 | by Nhlanhla Moses
We have stopped prosecution of Smelly Dube - Gweru magistrate's court
Gweru Magistrate Christopher Maturure has accented to the High Court ruling granting Smelly Dube a stay of prosecution in a case in which the businesswoman is facing corruption involving $9 million....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 22:44hrs | 1572 | by Simbarashe Sithole
RBZ names companies abusing foreign exchange auction system
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has named 18 companies that have been abusing the foreign exchange auction system. The RBZ released a statement and said the companies that were found out by the F...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Police boss's trial set for next month
INVESTIGATIONS into police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, accused of corruptly abusing his post or concealing from the police the business dealings of his girlfriend on a police farm in Mashonaland Eas...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Court throws out Geogios Katsemberis' application
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Letwin Rwodzi has dismissed an application by controversial builder Geogios Katsemberis to have his matter reffered to the Constitutional Court saying it was frivolous a...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 207 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa! Hands off Comrade Sydney Malunga's farm, Revenge of Zapu in graves is barbaric
We have been saying for a long time now that that the evil in Mnangagwa is unimaginable by common sense. We can speculate what Mnangagwa and Robert Mugabe were smoking while he lived. Hon. Kate Hoey, ...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 15:35hrs | 1861 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe hospitals choke under new COVID-19 admissions
HEALTH officials and police have scaled up surveillance to curb the further spread of COVID-19 infections following a spike in hospital admissions while isolation centres are said to be fast filling u...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks sues army company
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has taken a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) company, Rusununguko Nkululeko (Pvt) Limited, to court demanding US$142 530 for use of its chal...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1430 | by Staff reporter
Police taken to court over spikes, teargas
HARARE High Court judge Justice Owen Tagu is today expected to preside over a case where the Zimbabwe Human Rights Non-governmental Organisation Forum on behalf of the Passengers Association of Zimbab...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough water for two years
ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (Zinwa) chief executive officer Engineer Taurai Maurukira has said the country has enough water to last for two farming seasons following rains that fell during the l...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths led by Kambarami push for provincial chairperson ouster
The Bulawayo MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has called for the dismissal of the party's provincial chairperson, James Sithole, accusing him of being in bed with the rival MDC-T party.The party yo...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA engage officials on exemption permits
THE Zimbabwe Community in South Africa organisation says it is in discussions with both governments on the future of Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders, which are set to expire at the end of this...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gearing to crush Chamisa's MDC?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's weekend attack on the MDC Alliance, calling it a terrorist organisation has attracted backlash from the opposition and political analysts who say that it was a ploy by t...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 4923 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa admits to Zanu-PF factionalism
ACTING Zanu-PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa yesterday confirmed deep factionalism in Manicaland province, leading to an emergency meeting to address the problems.Chinamasa made the re...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3181 | by Staff reporter
Constitution fuelling political fights, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said the Political Parties Finance Act, the Electoral Act and Constitution have deficiencies as they do not effectively deal with political squabbles...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmishes that occurred in the city centre last Wednesd...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Businessman shot 8 times
A gold dealer in Lower Gweru, Midlands province, died when suspected robbers sprayed eight bullets all over his body while his wife and children watched helplessly, in the latest of suspected armed ro...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Drama as ZANU PF MPs clash at PCC meeting
There was drama at Kazembe Kazembe's Mashonaland Central Provincial Coodinating Committee (PCC) chaired meeting today after Rushinga Member of Parliament Tendai Nyabani exposed Shamva North Osca...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:54hrs | 1711 | by Lloyd Rabaya in Bindura
When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!
Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:40hrs | 561 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chamisa's MDC-A are 'terrorists' smacks of 'Ndebeles are cockroaches'
First, they came for the Ndebele people of Matabeleland and Midlands, I did not speak out because I was not Ndebele. Then they came for white Zimbabwean farmers, I did not speak out because I was not ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1687 | by Nomazulu Thata
Cabinet meetings by Ndaba Sibanda: A review by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
The book kicks off with a scene featuring a technology-crazy old man who is drinking with a girl young enough to be his granddaughter. The old man's table manners do not endear him to the girl either....Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 12:13hrs | 552 | by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
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