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Mnanagwa lashes UK
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday told the United Kingdom (UK) to stop interfering in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs.In an address ahead of a Zanu-PF Politburo meeting, Mnangagwa said that h...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Funding challenges haunt Zimbabwe's digitalisation programme
Zimbabwe's digitalisation programme requires about $7,6 billion against $1billion that was allocated to it by Treasury in the 2022 National Budget, legislators heard.Secretary for Information ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells UK not to meddle in Zimbabwe affairs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Government will institute full and thorough investigations into the United Kingdom's unwarranted and blatant interference in Zimbabwe's internal affairs, which is contrary...Published: 20 hrs ago | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to investigate alliance between teachers unions, UK
President Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the British Government's unwarranted and blatant interference in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs through an unholy alliance with some teachers unions, saying...Published: 20 hrs ago | 153 | by Staff reporter
Women's groups gun for Chiwenga
Women rights defenders are convening a virtual indaba tomorrow to deliberate on the continuous harassment and alleged abuse of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa Chiwe...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:05hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Stadium crisis haunts Zimbabwe football
THE last 20 minutes of the Chibuku Super Cup semi-final clash between Cranborne Bullets and Ngezi Platinum Stars was a painful reminder of the poor state of the country's football infrastructure....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:48hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ready for elections under Covid-19
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come up with a policy that will ensure the country resumes electoral processes even under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, which previously affected the...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 572 | by Staff Reporter
I have never come across anyone who blames sanctions for our suffering - outside political rhetoric
The debate over the real cause of the seemingly unending untold suffering and unimaginable poverty that ordinary Zimbabweans have painfully (but, most worryingly with the patience of the pope) endured...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 22:24hrs | 1168 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to officiate at Cultures conference
THE intangible phenomenon of tangible cultures will be under spotlight at the International Conference of African Cultures (ICAC) 2021 that commences today with President Emmerson Mnangagwa expected t...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teen pregnancy rate rises
ZIMBABWE'S teenage pregnancy rate has risen by two percent to 24 percent, with the majority being schoolgirls that are forced to drop out of school.The worrying trend has also led to debate ov...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1896 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Zimbabweans' fear of their oppressors makes them an attractive magnet for dictators!
I have often wondered whether Zimbabweans were the easiest people to oppress on this planet.I once even wrote any article, some years ago, postulating that Zimbabweans themselves were the main...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:45hrs | 302 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
By-elections spook opposition
PROSPECTS of by-elections in the first quarter of next year have spooked the broke and divided MDC-Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa, which is now threatening to boycott the polls for alleged absence ...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:12hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Have sex but Don't get married
The past week has seen a heated debate on social media after government has through the Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi gave the green light over the age of sexual consent to...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3111 | by Desmond Nleya
ZANU PF court challenge vs MDC court challenge
There is an interesting case between the 2018 MDC court case and this ZANU PF case that is in front of the courts right now, while these cases look similar in the eyes of many there are major differen...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 19:37hrs | 1274 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
South African govt to ban foreign drivers?
The South African government will announce several policy changes for drivers following widespread protests in the truck and freight industry.Drivers are aggrieved about foreign nationals taki...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 7307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt running scared: CSOs
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said government's move to introduce the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill was motivated by the desire to clamp down on human rights def...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Headwinds stalk Zimbabwe insurers
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has warned that Zimbabwe's insurance sector faces one of its toughest times, with geopolitical tensions and disruptions to business models under ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not immune to prosecution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa can be sued as he is not immune to court proceedings and has to respond to any lawsuit challenging his legitimacy as the Zanu-PF leader, law experts said yesterday....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter
There is need to audit works of NGOs
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 98 | by Teddy Ncube
Mnangagwa's cocktail encounters and futility of summit diplomacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his publicists climbed Mount Everest celebrating inevitable chats with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and happenstance exchanges at a cocktail with Un...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
COP26: Mnangagwa tried too hard
THE Glasgow COP26 meeting in Scotland, United Kingdom, painted a grim picture about the environment and imminent dangers of climate change. However, besides Africa and the third world carrying the can...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1044 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chamisa's supporter kills Mnangagwa's supporter
A heated debate between an MDC Alliance supporter and ZANU PF supporter ended fatally on Sunday.Zulu Kondwani (50) (MDC A) ...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 14:48hrs | 4890 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nkayi villagers to name, shame violence perpetrators
VILLAGERS in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, have resolved to investigate and expose perpetrators of the 2002 to 2008 electoral violence.After compiling the names of the terror groups, the...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over deputy mayor appointment
MDC Alliance councillors in Chitungwiza have expressed dismay over the appointment of Zanu-PF councillor, Kiven Mutimbanyoka as deputy mayor.Mutimbanyoka was appointed Chitungwiza deputy mayor...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:28hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions a divisive matter in Zimbabwe
AS Sadc mounted a fresh campaign to force the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) to lift two decades-long sanctions against Zimbabwe this week, a war of words erupted between opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:27hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Nkayi trainee nurses recruitment
Nkayi is one of the districts in the Matabeleland region, which are facing serious challenges in having qualified nurses recruited from the local people.It has also been difficult for local el...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Freddy speaks of woman defecating in church
GOODNESS and Mercy Ministries leader, Prophet Tapiwa Freddy has defended the video circulating on social media where an elderly woman is filmed relieving herself before the congregation.Prophe...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 19:40hrs | 3540 | by Staff Reporter
Netherland gambling adverts will be regulated
The Netherlands persists to prioritise consumer rights in its soon-to-be-launched gambling industry, with the media oversight committee, the Commissariaat Voor de Media (CdvM), and the nation's bettin...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | 228 | by Staff Writer
African Leaders Must Urge G20 to Stop Covid-19 Vaccines Apartheid to Save Our World
The novel coronavirus has shown glaring flaws in the world's collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, with none more evident than wealthy countries' self-destructive unwillingnes...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 22:05hrs | 491 | by Penny Lutung Amor
'Cannot accord diaspora vote due to legislative challenge' - in plain language; we are a quintessential Banana Republic
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was a senior member of Robert Gabriel Mugabe's government for 37 years. It is not that Mnangagwa did not know what the Zanu PF government was doing was wrong and even outri...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:22hrs | 362 | by Nomusa Garikai
Legislative, logistical challenges stalling diaspora vote
The Zimbabwe's Consul General to Johannesburg, South Africa, Melody Chaurura has blamed the legislative and logistical challenges in the country as currently stalling the possibility of the Diaspora c...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:46hrs | 589 | by Stephen Jakes
Judges face new credibility test
THE Zimbabwean judiciary faces a new credibility test as it comes under fresh scrutiny following a High Court application by Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:53hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns road contractors against shoddy jobs
TRANSPORT minister, Felix Mhona has warned contractors who are rehabilitating roads across the country against poor workmanship, saying those who compromise quality will be compelled to redo the work....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC needs to grow up if it wants to be electable
It is difficult to understand the MDC-A's continuous pressure to have the financial sanctions against Zimbabwe maintained, and what looks like a willingness to manufacture evidence of Government wrong...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Parliament resumes sitting
Following the official opening of the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament, the National Assembly resumed sitting yesterday with parliamentarians commending President Mnangagwa for the State of the ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation a replica of the old
DEAR President.Your Excellency, your ascendance to the Presidency was a political upstage which kindled hyped deliberations in the court of public opinion. Discussions on the probable directio...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 284 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Matebeleland politicians have let us down'
MATABELELAND human rights and political activists have blasted the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC formations for letting the region down by not fostering development.This came out...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa acquiring more public debt to fund second term bid
WINNING or losing an election is a referendum on the economy by citizens. More often than not politicians are aware of this fact and, therefore, go out of their way, sometimes, contracting huge debts ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 889 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
BCC climbs down on rates hike
BULAWAYO City Council has been forced to reduce the proposed increase in rates for the 2022 budget from 216% to 200%.This was revealed yesterday by mayor Solomon Mguni, who described the move ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deliver SONA tomorrow
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will officially open the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament this Thursday.He will deliver the State of the Nation Address in which he will set a legislative ag...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 14:08hrs | 1862 | by Staff Reporter
Mark Zuckerberg speaks out
I wanted to share a note I wrote to everyone at our company.Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you. First, the SEV that took down all...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1756 | by Mark Zuckerberg
Why elections matter in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we ach...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 79 | by Fay Chung
Varsities ordered to strategise for Mnangagwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly ordered intellectuals and the academia from the country's State universities to come up with a document that will form the basis of President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:06hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's Mnangagwa bootlicking remarks spark outrage
BULAWAYO rights groups have reacted angrily over utterances on Wednesday by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to the effect that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the best boss ever, saying Ncube was exhib...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under attack as the united nations special rapporteur is deployed
THE United Nations (UN) will deploy a special rapporteur to Zimbabwe to probe the impact of sanctions on the country and determine if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was not using them as a ...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 1759 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Local authorities are struggling because of enmity in govt
MDC legislator for Magwegwe Anele Ndebele has revealed that local authorities headed by the opposition MDC are struggling with service delivery because of bad blood between the opposition and the gove...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 452 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa is the best boss ever, claims Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has showered praises on President Mnangagwa's leadership, describing him as the "best boss" to ever work with and under.Since...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:14hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa lashes out at mining companies for destroying roads
Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has lashed out at some mining companies for destroying roads during their activities.He hailed Minister of Transport Felix Mhona for diligent Ministe...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 16:08hrs | 700 | by Stephen Jakes
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