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UK still holding unto Zimbabwean skulls
The British Government has expressed its commitment to repatriating the skulls of Zimbabwean heroes taken to Britain during the colonial era, British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Peter Vowles said yesterday...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:30hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is hardly undiscovered ground for the world's miners
Zimbabwe has huge amounts of unexplored and underexploited mineral resource potential and the world's resource companies could be lining up to rebuild Zimbabwe's once-mighty gold mines and metal refin...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime perpetuating the normalization of oppression!
I think it was around 1978 or 79 - at the age of five or six years old - when I posed a very pointed question to my parents. We frequently drove past the outskirts of the low density suburb of...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:56hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC faction warned against Parliament withdrawal
POLITICAL analysts have warned that it is highly risky for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to withdraw from Parliament and local authorities at this stage des...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police move to stop wild-sex parties in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a message on social media mobilising children for a Vuzu party at Parklands Suburb and have immediately clamped down to stop the illegal gathering.Vuzu part...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 18:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Brighton Mutebuka blocked by Hopewell Chin'ono throws bricks at Petina Gappah
1. As many of you are aware, today I was blocked on Twitter by Hopewell.2. He cited several reasons for blocking me, such as allegations that I had "gossiped" and in that "gossip", I had said ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 06:02hrs | 14 | by Brighton Mutebuka
Ousted Mthwakazi executive digs in
The deposed national executive of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has rejected the legitimacy of the recently constituted interim committee in the ongoing power struggle to control the separatist p...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe digs for oil, gas despite environmentalists' opposition
Zimbabwe's government is continuing with oil drilling near the border with Mozambique and Zambia, despite opposition from activists who warn that fossil fuel exploration will damage the environment. ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate digs in
A "BOGUS" Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Marondera Central parliamentary candidate, Misheck Manyere, has vowed that he will not betray his followers by withdrawing his candidacy.Speaking ...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC linked independent candidate digs in
Masvingo City Mayor who is vying for Masvingo Urban seat as independent candidate Collen Maboke told Masvingo Urban residents that he was the best option for MP since he will be answerable only to the...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masarirevhu digs in, orders CCC to retract forgery claims
FREDDY Masarirevhu, Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) double candidate in St. Mary's Constituency, Chitungwiza has ordered the Nelson Chamisa-led party to retract statements that he forged signatu...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt digs in on steep nomination fees
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the high nomination fees for the elections this year will not be reduced and told opposition parties to "stop wasting their time"...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
'Thieves' beg Ramaphosa to stay
Ministers with "smallanyana" skeletons are drumming up support for President Cyril Ramaphosa not to resign because they are afraid of going to jail or their shenanigans being exposed once he is gone....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff rporter
Zec digs in on voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will not avail the voters roll through a portable electronic mode to protect it from possible tampering.The decision has, however, riled elector...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi digs in on Gukurahundi genocide
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has maintained that Gukurahundi is a buried chapter in Zimbabwe and accused those clamouring for justice for victims of the 1980s killings by the army of parroti...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwean poet pens poem in solidarity with Zuma
VICTORIA Falls-based award-winning praise poet, Obert Dube has joined hundreds of South Africans who have stood in support of former South African President Jacob Zuma who was recently sentenced to 18...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru council digs in on workers’ demands
GWERU City Council has refused to give in to demands by its workers that their salaries be pegged above the poverty datum line.Recently, workers went on strike after giving their employer a 14...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt digs in on truant teachers
GOVERNMENT vowed yesterday that it would not back down on its no-work, no-pay principle for teachers that are absconding duty, saying it was finalising recording names of all truant educators....Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers decry eviction threats
After toiling in South Africa for four years without amassing any wealth, Richard (not real name) decided to come back to his rural home in Chilonga to venture into farming.During the 2019/202...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's firm digs in
LABORATORY reportedly linked to former Health minister Obadiah Moyo, Klosad Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory, yesterday hit back at orders by the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) to clos...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family digs yard in search of hidden treasure
The search for treasure left by a deceased relative in 2004 has seen a Chinhoyi family doing the unthinkable after digging up the family yard.The late Vingie Gavi, a member of the Mutandwa fam...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo digs in
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has rubbished suggestions by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) that the association's disbursement of the Fifa Covid-19 relief funds was not in the best interest of the dom...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa insolvent
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is insolvent with its liabilities outstripping its assets by over US$92 million, a report by the Auditor General Mrs Mildred Chiri reveals. The...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa digs in
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says he will leave no stone unturned to make sure that Chinese nationals obey the laws of the country by desisting from abusing Zimbabwean employers. M...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 14:48hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Another soldier in the suspected armed robbery nabbed
Another member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was part of the alleged armed soldiers who pounced on Ocelia mine in Concession last week has been nabbed after being implicated by their injured...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nelson Chamisa digs in
MDC President Nelson Chamisa says there is no law that can stop the MDC from holding its congress and pursuing a democratic change in Zimbabwe.Chamisa was commenting after a High Court judge o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa digs in on Mnangagwa talks
Pressure mounted on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa last week to engage in dialogue to solve the country's worsening economic and political crisis.Chamisa ignored ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
An ode to Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi achieved both in life and in death what our national leaders have failed to do: uniting a deeply polarised and fractured nation.Such was his greatness.In life, he performed...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa digs in despite violent protests
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended this week's steep fuel price increase amid violent protests which rocked Harare and Bulawayo on Monday.Mnangagwa announced a 150% fuel price increase ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 23:01hrs | 9 | by newZWire
16 days activism, so what?
South Africa my motherland is in agony, Africa my home is bleeding. The agony carried by women and children in their hearts on daily basis. Each and everyday women and children are physically and emot...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Eric Shikobela
Auxilia Mnangagwa saga: Fadzayi Mahere digs in
Prominent human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere had questioned about who mandated the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to meet the doctors and solve their grievances.Mahere said the act is against co...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US based author releases book on Gukurahundi
UNITED STATES-BASED Zimbabwean author Novuyo Rosa Tshuma last week said working on her new novel titled House of Stone, which was officially launched on Saturday last week, has deepened her relationsh...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF fails to address pressing issues, 'cries' Chamisa party
The resolutions of the Zanu PF annual conference exposed their misunderstanding of the reality on the ground. They reflect the failed party's lack of care for the suffering masses of the Zimbabwe. As ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Unexpalined wealth: Mnangagwa digs in
Wealthy Zimbabweans are in for a fix after President Mnangagwa has pronounced they must explain their source of wealth otherwise it will be deemed as ill gotten wealth. "People should...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Time for West to back Zimbabwe
IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time fo...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Bruce Mutsvairo
Panners pose threat to NRZ tracks
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has raised the red flag over illegal gold panning activities close to railways tracks, a situation which could result in the rail collapsing under the weight of...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magaisa digs in on ZEC's ban of ZEC phones at polling stations
Political analyst Alex Magaisa has promised to dig in on the ban of mobile phones at polling stations on Monday.Zimbabwe Electoral Commission banned the use of mobile phones inside the polling...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa attracts mammoth crowd in Mutare
MDC Alliance yesterday pulled the biggest crowd in Mutare since its formation by packing Sakubva Stadium to the rafters, with close to 20 000 supporters turning up.Nelson Chamisa said in his s...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ digs in on cryptocurrency ban
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has defended the central bank's decision to ban cryptocurrency transactions and accused a local dealer of exposing the country, money-laundering, ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Expect bhora musango
My People, I trust this letter finds you well. I could not be better.I am still celebrating the loss of Lizard Ngwena's puppets during the Zanu-PF primary elections.More of his people ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Dr Stop It
ZEC boss digs in on ballot
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa raised the ante in the opposition's fight to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to be open about the selection of a printer for ballot papers for the f...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's father in law digs in, refuses to apologise
DYNAMOS president, Keni Mubaiwa has refused to bow to pressure and apologise to the club's supporters for the provocative comments he made after the fans had asked him to step down.Some sectio...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament digs in on POSA
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, led by Fortune Chasi, has defended the Public Order and Security Act (Posa), saying although the law was generally perceived as oppressive, it was nec...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
#ME-TOO movement in Zimbabwe will be supported by Zimbabwe men!
Fourth letter to the women of ZimbabweI wish you a happy women's day to you all my fellow Zimbabweans wherever you may be: kumativi mana enyika. There are several areas we need to celebrate ou...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa digs in
MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa says his appointment is above board and insists that reservations being raised by his political rivals are personal.The MDC-T national council, which is t...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
She turned him down free touristic, free boarding in Germany: NUST Professor insults her hard!
A woman of 64 years, I have been officially pensioned beginning of January 2018 at the same time can continue working for another 5 years if I so wished. My age will inform that under normal circumsta...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
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