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MDC Alliance accused to recent fire outbreaks
MDC-Alliance sent some of its members for military training in some southern African countries ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections and the recent outbreak of fires in several cities could be the...Published: 8 mins ago | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa likely to testify as post-poll violence probe team resumes duty
THE Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 disturbances that resulted in the death of six people and damage to property is resuming today amid reports that MDC-Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, is ...Published: 31 mins ago | 75 | by Staff reporter
'Detectives beat suspects to death, shoot corpses in cover-up'
NINE Bulawayo police detectives allegedly fatally assaulted two suspected armed robbers and shot the bodies in a bid to claim that the suspects were killed while trying to flee from custody during ind...Published: 34 mins ago | 111 | by Staff reporter
Korean cult leader gives journalists with $20 each
Korean cult leader of Unification Movement Hak Ja Han Moon today resorted to dishing out goodies to journalists who attended her press briefing held in Harare on Tuesday in a bid to motivate the...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hell has no fury like scorned voters
When people vote for a political party or politician they expect so much from that act including respect. However, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa chose to discard that template and poured scorn on his...Published: 16 hrs ago | 745 | by Elijah Chihota
Mawarire attacks Tsvangirai's daughter
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire clashed with Glen View Member of parliament Vimbayi Tsvangirai after the latter accused President of Emmerson Mnangagwa of using state funds to ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4959 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa in major climbdown
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is now amenable to appearing before a Commission of Inquiry investigating the post-election violence that killed at least six people in central Harare on August 1, the Daily ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5654 | by Staff reporter
MDC savages Eddie Cross
THE opposition MDC has reacted angrily to suggestions by former party policy chief Eddie Cross that Zimbabwe's economy is on "sound footing" and set for a take-off.Cross, a founding member of ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3345 | by Staff reporter
MDC antics rile Zanu-PF Chief Whip
UNJUSTIFIED attacks on the nation's leadership under the guise of Parliamentary debates will not be tolerated, Zanu-PF Chief Whip Pupurai Togarepi has said. Proceedings in the National Assembl...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1197 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's actions smacked of a fake leader'
The move by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to reject his supporters who demonstrated on August 1 has exposed him as a "political viper" who can sacrifice anyone in his camp when it suits him, p...Published: 23 hrs ago | 799 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa violates MDC constitution to cling to power'
INTERNAL strife within the main opposition MDC Alliance is escalating following allegations that its president Nelson Chamisa and his supporters violated sections of their own constitution in a bid to...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax threatens mines operations
THE mining sector survey says the 2% transactional tax imposed last month has resulted in price increases across the value chain, which, if not reviewed, would lead to suspension of operations by some...Published: 24 hrs ago | 948 | by Staff reporter
Deadly snake in 45 metre well derails efforts to retrieve corpse
A SNAKE that allegedly fatally bit a 25-year-old man from Lupane in a 45-metre deep well on Wednesday last week has kept rescuers at bay as everyone is afraid to enter the well and retrieve the body. ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Guard jailed for fatally shooting theft suspect
A former security guard at Ratelshock Tea Estate in Chipinge was sentenced to an effective six months in jail for fatally shooting a suspect who had allegedly stolen irrigation pipes at his workplace....Published: 24 hrs ago | 801 | by Staff reporter
Govt rules out price controls
Government will not impose price control measures, but employ a host of strategies to ensure commodity prices are stable and that there will be adequate supplies, Industry and Commerce Minister Mangal...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking from an academic entrepreneur
It is now common in Zimbabwe to find many claiming to be professional public speakers, who, in most cases charge a fee in the name of 'public speaking.' The 2018 publication by an academic entrepreneu...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 14:37hrs | 516 | by Brian Maregedze
Plot to arrest Nelson Chamisa via Kgalema Motlanhe Commission
Under normal circumstances, commissions of inquiry should appear to the public to be independent. The Kgalema Motlanhe Commission appointed by President ED Mnangagwa has failed to get widespread accep...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 13:43hrs | 9144 | by Don Chigumba
Shock as Zim man commits suicide in UK
A Zimbabwean man from Lower Gwelo has died in Manchester United Kingdom after committing suicide on Sunday through jumping from Scammonden Bridge on the M62.The unnamed man was run...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:12hrs | 7505 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans rob,rape and kill South Africans?
There are unconfirmed reports that people speaking Shona language are terrorising people in neighbouring South Africa in a bid to rob, rape and kill them.Twitter whistleblower who use th...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4724 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Our economic fundamentals are sound' - not whilst remain a pariah state
It is John Acton who said, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." In countries like Zimbabwe where the great majority of the peo...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:33hrs | 609 | by Nomusa Garikai
Barking at the wrong tree
It all came down to me in the strangest place of all the places one can imagine. There I was, sitting in my Chinese class where I came to the realization that that My President - E.D Mnangagwa is bark...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1608 | by Nicholas Nhau
Zimbabwe's current political structure too self-centered
Investigations by the commission of inquiry established to look into the post-election violence on August 1 continued with hearings from various individuals, including senior government officials....Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 547 | by Tapiwa Gomo
One year after 'Asante Sana', coup sounds still rumbling
One Tuesday, November 14 2017, military elites took control of all security arms of government and moved tanks into Harare's central business district to take control of government. Four hundred and f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1898 | by Pearl Matibe
'Zanu PF MPs trying to scuttle Hwange probe'
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Temba Mliswa has accused some Zanu PF MPs in his committee of trying to throw spanners and scuttle efforts to investigate alleged underha...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's selective arrests erode anti-graft campaign
ZIMBABWEANS, who were very hopeful for progress after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for zero tolerance to corruption in his maiden speech, have reason to now feel despondent.Talk is chea...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 860 | by Editorial - newsday
Soldier supplies AK47 rifle, ammunition to armed robbers
A HARARE court last week heard that a soldier stationed at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks allegedly supplied a loaded AK47 assault rifle to four robbers who went on to commit a motor vehicle robbery...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Musimboti cashes in on drugs crisis
CERTIFIED herbal medicines manufacturer, Musimboti Traditional Science and Technology Institute (MTSTI), has over the past two months experienced a surge in business as patients resort to traditional ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross gives economy thumbs up, scoffs at doomsayers
The country's economy is on a sound footing due to Government policy initiatives that have seen growth in the GDP and exports among other indicators, former MDC-T policy advisor Mr Eddie Cross has sai...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1867 | by Staff reporter
Komichi kills two in-laws in witchcraft row
A BIKITA man allegedly fatally struck his mother-in-law and brother in-law after battering his wife over witchcraft allegations, police have said. Isau Komichi (44) of Tanyanyiwa Village under...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe ripe for investment'
DEVELOPING markets investment bank, Exotix Capital Limited says Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership is ripe for investment with potential investors now looking at the country with...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Doctor ordered to pay $20 000 damages over negligence
A Mutare farmer who lost his wife due to medical negligence has been awarded $20 000 in damages after an eight-year legal battle. The High Court last week ordered Dr Miriam Kanyenze to p...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
5 MDC assault soldier
Five MDC supporters were last week arraigned before a Kwekwe magistrate facing allegations of beating up a soldier whom they accused of shooting and killing civilians during the August 1 illegal and v...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Airforce bus in head-on collision near Bindura
One person died on the spot when a Toyota sedan collided with an Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) bus some 5km outside Glendale along the Bindura-Harare highway.The driver of the Toyota Sedan, who ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 19:00hrs | 5850 | by Staff Reporter
'Second Republic saw expansion of democratic space' boasted ED - didn't last, tyranny returned with a deadly bang!
"Mupakati anokubirwa nomutsitsi; akakupa chisvanda, anopendedza nenyika!" (A tyrant robs you by the bushel full; if he gives away a bowl, he will make a big song and dance of his generosity!) So goes ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | 1292 | by Wilbert Mukori
1893 MHRRM set to demonstrate against Motlante Commission outside RSA embassy
The 1893 Mthwakazi(Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement is set to demonstrate against Motlante and his Commisson on the 15th December 2018 outside the UK RSA embassy for its failure to prot...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 13:38hrs | 2268 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
ED's First Ever Conference As The First Secretary
The Zanu-PF National People's Conference will be held in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province in December, the party's secretary for information Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said.The 17th Nation...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1980 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Christopher Mutsvangwa, the Mhofus and the PPI
I was in Harare responding to the Zimbabwe is Open for Business call by the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa and stayed at the Cresta Lodge. For a man from Mhandamabwe, this was one of the mo...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 13:30hrs | 4587 | by Sam Wezhira
'Aug 1 victims feared seeking help from State hospitals'
John Muza* left home on August 1 to purchase a new laptop in Harare's CBD after saving for more than six months.It was a poignant moment for him as a disc jockey (DJ) at a night club.M...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:45hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
MDC supporters in court for assault
FIVE suspected MDC Alliance supporters allegedly assaulted a soldier in Kwekwe, accusing him of shooting and killing civilians on 1 August during skirmishes that broke after the party's supporte...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:12hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Killer security guard jailed six months
A CHIPINGE security guard who in the course of duty, shot and killed a thief will taste freedom after the Mutare High court dropped murder charges and alternatively convicted him of culpable homicide ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Skeletons tumble as MPs begin investigation
FORMER Mines deputy minister Freddie Moyo has become the latest politician to be linked to the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), a development that left the lives of thousands of famil...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally declares West Nicholson accident a national disaster
Local Government minister July Moyo told journalists yesterday in Bulawayo that another person had died later on admission at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, bringing the death toll to 33. ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:47hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Bus inferno: 33 not 42 dead
The number of people burnt to death in a South Africa-bound bus on Thursday night has been revised downwards from 42 to 33 amid appeals for relatives of the dead to undergo DNA tests to help identify ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:47hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Relegated Bulawayo City thump Caps United
Bulawayo City 4 - 1 Caps UnitedIT was not the kind of football that was expected from an already relegated Premier Soccer League side.Bulawayo City yesterday produced a master class ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:42hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims to be buried after two weeks
THE identification of the Brooklyn bus accident victims will take two weeks with the Government calling on families of the victims to be patient as authorities go about the meticulous process of ident...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:39hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Sondelani Ranching readies for tomato paste exports
ONE of the country's leading agribusiness concerns, Sondelani Ranching will soon start exporting tomato paste from its newly commissioned processing plant in Bulawayo into the region as it forges ahea...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:37hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:35hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Paupers' burial for 80 bodies
A TOTAL of 80 bodies of paupers were laid to rest at Luveve Cemetery last Thursday before sunrise.Pastors that included Reverend Archford Balance and Washington Jembere and councillors Febbie ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
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