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Police remove artisanal miners from Jumbo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have launched an operation to remove illegal artisanal miners from mining sites in the Mazowe district of Mashonaland Central. This action follows a directive aimed ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer writes to Sanyatwe, demands Genaral sit down
Nelson Chamisa's lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has written to army commander Lt Gen Anselem Sanyatwe demanding that he retracts statements made at a rally where he vowed that 'Zanu-PF will rule...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 13:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Flimsy tactics to resist use of ZiG exposed
Some shops in Bulawayo are defying government regulations by exclusively trading in US dollars and South African rand, ignoring the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, despite legal obligations under Statut...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED2030 sloganeering lacks practicability
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, the ED 2030 campaign sloganeering lacks practicality. It is corrosive, divisive and erosive. It contradicts the time-honoured lead...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:26hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chamisa and the dangerous dance of religion and politics
As the Chaplaincy Department, aligned with Nelson Chamisa's CCC faction, descends into infighting and power struggles, it becomes clear that the foray of religious leaders into politics is a recipe fo...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:54hrs | 1 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zimbabwe schools defy govt fees policy
Several public schools are disregarding a government directive instructing them not to deny entry to students due to unpaid fees, according to a survey conducted by NewsDay.Despite a recent ci...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Underground stream floods Harare Town House
A major disaster is looming at Town House as the basement has been filled up with water seeping through from an underground stream that flows under Julius Nyerere Way.The city's historical doc...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sweet boys hold champions Ngezi Platinum
Arenel 0-0 Ngezi PlatinumCASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) new boys, Arenel Movers, got off to a good start, earning a point after holding off champions Ngezi Platinum Stars to a nil all dr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate in dock over grocery bribe
A SENIOR magistrate stationed at Murehwa Magistrates Court, Terrence Mashaire, who is accused of receiving bribes in the form of groceries and stationary, was yesterday remanded out of custody on US$1...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths in violent clashes
Zanu-PF supporters were left nursing injuries after a violent encounter over a residential stand owned by a deceased party supporter in Grobly Park, Waterfalls in Harare.Zanu-PF shadow council...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: America-Europe sets up propaganda fund against China and Zimbabwe over lithium
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has shed light on what he alleges to be an intricate war propaganda scheme devised by American and European interests. According to Charamba, the object...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:00hrs | 1 | by George Tshuma
'Bulawayo 80% forex rates illegal'
GOVERNMENT has said the decision by the Bulawayo City Council to force residents and businesses to pay 80 percent of rates strictly in foreign currency is illegal and ordered the local authority to re...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy Bulawayo council directive
IT was business as usual yesterday for vendors operating along 5th Avenue in the City Centre, as they openly defied a Bulawayo City Council directive to vacate the street by Sunday to pave the way for...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Informal traders reject high rentals at Egodini Bus Terminus
INFORMAL traders in Bulawayo continue to shun trading bays at the recently opened Egodini bus Terminus Phase 1 saying the monthly rentals are too exorbitant.Following the re-opening, the Bulaw...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
44 vehicles impounded in crackdown on errant kombis
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in conjunction with police yesterday launched a blitz against pirate taxis and errant kombis defying a directive to move to the newly upgraded Egodini bus terminus and othe...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools defy Mnangagwa govt directive
Some rogue schools, including some in the public sector, are defying a clearly stipulated Government directives banning the exclusive charging of fees in foreign currency and forcing parents as well a...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stopped Zanu PF getting 2/3 majority!' was CCC's excuse for participating in flawed 2023 election. What now Zanu PF has 2/3?
"Zanu PF now has the two thirds majority it craved in parliament after the party won all six by-elections held Saturday, triggered by the recalls on CCC MPs by Sengezo Tshabangu. Zanu PF needed to win...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 14:13hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Survivors petition chiefs over Gukurahundi hearings
A CIVIC society organisation (CSO) fighting for victims, the Gukurahundi Genocide Survivors 4 Justice (GGS4J), has cautioned traditional leaders not to be hoodwinked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections ballot paper distribution begins today
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now 100 percent ready to deliver seamless by-elections on Saturday, with the distribution of ballot papers set to start today.ZEC has printed 230 000 ballo...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'A PhD to become the minimum qualification for headmasters in Zimbabwe'
THE Government is set to review school heads and teachers' qualifications with a PhD being the most desirable qualification for a school head as it moves to ensure delivery of quality education in the...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not forming new party
NELSON Chamisa, Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC leader who quit his party on Thursday in a huff after its descent into political turmoil due to recalls of MPs and other elected representatives by self-...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa surrenders hard-won political and democratic space
"THIS is to officially, and under my hand, inform you fellow citizens of Zimbabwe and the world, that, with immediate effect, I no longer have anything to do with CCC."With these words, Zimbab...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops a political bombshell
Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa, who has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for his money in two tightly-contested and disputed presidential elections, has abandoned hi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
All in place for February 3 by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said everything is now in place for the February 3 by-elections after the High Court upheld a challenge by the CCC secretary-general, Mr Sengezo Tshabangu to bar ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu wins again
CCC's interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu yesterday dealt the party's beleaguered leader Nelson Chamisa yet another blow after High Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ruled in favour of his a...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:08hrs | | 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
Tshabangu seeks to bar 23 candidates
CCC interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu has struck again after filing a High Court application seeking to bar 23 candidates from using the party name in the by-elections slated for February...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-'dissidents' advocate for inclusion in Gukurahundi hearings
Former dissidents have suggested the government should have included them in efforts to solve Gukurahundi alongside chiefs as they were the target of the government-sponsored mass killings.The...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
What constitutionalism when citizens barred from exercising their rights?
It was quite curious listening to the Chief Justice of Zimbabwe Luke Malaba urge Zimbabweans to respect constitutionalism. He made these comments at the occasion to mark the opening of the 202...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe donates US$35,000 to Embassy of Palestine
Zimbabwe has donated US$35 000 to the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Zimbabwe to support its operations in the country.The donation complements a donation sent to the State of Palestine ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs defy Nelson Chamisa
In a surprising turn of events within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Members of Parliament have defied the direct order of their party leader, Nelson Chamisa, to withdraw from parliament. Th...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 08:54hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Suspensions expose serious Zanu-PF wars
Zanu-PF has lifted the suspension of provincial and district officials in Midlands and Harare with party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa saying the measures were in violation of a politburo prohib...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'David Coltart faces opposition as some councillors refuse to disclose assets'
Some councillors are apparently dragging their heels in complying with Bulawayo mayor, Councillor David Coltart's call to disclose their assets, CITE has learnt.When Coltart assumed office, he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy govt directive
HARARE fruit vendors have defied a government directive to vacate the streets as a way of curbing the spread of cholera which has claimed more than 150 lives.Government last week ordered urban...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's worst nightmare
ON November 4 2023, the High Court of Zimbabwe issued a judgment in favour of Sengezo Tshabangu in the case of Prince Dubeko Sibanda and others.The case was filed by former legislators, who we...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Gweru proposes 73% vendor penalty fee hike
GWERU City Council has proposed a 73% hike in penalty fees for illegal vending in its next year's budget.Speaking at a budget consultative meeting, assistant finance director Owen Masimba urge...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'prophets of Baal'!
This may help them understand how some in the Christian community have opted not only to dine with the devil but also sell their souls to him - whilst at the same time pretending to be serving God....Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa can't benefit from removal of presidential term limit!
It is common knowledge that Zimbabwe has become a lawless place.Some may even call it a jungle - where the ruling elite flagrantly flout the country's laws with arrogant impunity.In fa...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa's withdrawal from Parly an empty thunder'
CCC's threat to withdraw its members from Parliament and councillors from local authorities across the country is empty thunder that will not have any effect on Government business even if it is imple...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Chaos as Chamisa's MPs defy Parly recall
Parliament was engulfed in chaos yesterday as anti-riot police were summoned to remove opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators who were protesting the recall of their 15 colleagues....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fallout over campaign vehicles escalates
Unsuccessful Zanu-PF candidates in the recent harmonized elections have criticized the Harare provincial leadership for their perceived punitive actions, including threats to involve the police in the...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba councillors defy Chamisa directive
Allegedly, councillors affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Kariba disregarded an order from their party leader, Nelson Chamisa, to elect George Masendu, the ward 6 councillor, a...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Z.A.A South Africa Nominations Announced
The nominees shortlist for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa 8th Edition has been released, featuring some of the most enterprising personalities in South Africa as well as a list of ho...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 19:58hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe police operation goes wrong in Mbare
During their 'Tame The Traffic Jungle' operation in Mbare, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) encountered resistance that was documented in a video circulating on social media. In the video, a private...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defied by his councillors
On Monday, the councillors of Victoria Falls demonstrated their independence by defying their leader, Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and instead, cast their votes for their...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief reverses decision to fine CCC activists for refusing to vote for Zanu-PF
Chimanimani Chief Timothy Munorowazve Muusha has reversed his controversial decision to fine two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists three goats. This fine was imposed on them for allegedly ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters spend weekend in remand
Zanu-PF supporters, who were arrested for their involvement in an unauthorized demonstration at the party's national headquarters in Harare, remained in custody over the weekend as the State opposed t...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
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