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Chief Mugabe selection process rocked by disputes
Five houses that constitute the Mugabe chieftainship namely Dumbu, Chipfunhu, Haruzivishe, Mudavanhu, Chikanhe - Muzondo have petitioned authorities to register their displeasure with the on-going sel...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
South JetOne demands US$50m for planes' software from Air Zimbabwe
THE two Airbus A320 planes at the centre of a wrangle between Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and an Isle of Man company, South JetOne Ltd, were leased to the troubled airline with the latter demanding a US$50 ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Spirited efforts to smear Mthwakazi leadership
There has been a spirited effort in the past few days by known and unknown MDC members and sympathizers on social media networks as well as some online publications to smear campaign the Leadership of...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:27hrs | 1405 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Chamisa's MDC underplays tribalism in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo based analyst views the fracas involving the second capital's deputy mayor and the town clerk as evidence that the Nelson Chamisa led MDC has underplayed the issues of tribalism in the prov...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 3080 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa convicted
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced MDC activist Paddington Japajapa to three years in jail after convicting him of inciting the public to commit political violence when he accused the Zimbabwe El...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa survives Cosafa ouster
Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) has rejected Zifa's bid to recall Philip Chiyangwa from his position as the president of the regional football body.Chiyangwa is Cosa...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Zifa to pull out of Cosafa?
COSAFA have said Zifa have no authority to recall Phillip Chiyangwa from his position as president and advised the domestic football leaders they can choose to opt out of the regional group if they so...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi meets Midlands chiefs over Gukurahundi
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday met chiefs from the Midlands Province to consult on national healing, peace and reconciliation mechanisms as part of efforts to address issues of Zimbabwe's fract...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:36hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the MDC RELOAD document
Many people had high hopes that since Mugabe no longer there, probably Mnangagwa will change the economy of Zimbabwe, people will get jobs, industries will open, a strong Zimbabwe dollar will return, ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2433 | by Etiwel Mutero
Chamisa ramps up pressure on SADC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC will continue engaging Sadc in a bid to solve the country’s crisis although President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon chair the bloc’s organ on Politics, Defence and Securi...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 5798 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo steps in to resolve BCC, ZPC rift
GOVERNMENT has stepped in to resolve the dispute between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and power utility Zesa Holdings over the ownership of the coal-fired Bulawayo Power Station.The BCC has...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Man up for torching neighbours' huts
A CHIRUMANZU man last week appeared before the courts on allegations of torching huts and destroying property worth thousands of dollars belonging to his seven neighbours in a dispute over payment for...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
White farmer thanks Mnangagwa
Top Chipinge coffee farmer and owner of Farfell Estates Mr Richard Le Vieux has thanked President Mnangagwa for resolving the ownership dispute of a portion of the farm enabling exports of the crop an...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:54hrs | 2756 | by Staff reporter
Sympathizers turn against Chamisa after by-election defeats
The opposition MDC has received criticism from unlikely quarters after losing two council by-elections in Bikita and Nyanga to the ruling Zanu-PF party.The by-elections held yesterday saw Zanu...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 5102 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Mthwakazi Institute Of Research has been putting together pieces of a question on the lips of many in the binary state of Zimbabwe and beyond borders. The question whether Zimbabwe will remain United ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 7484 | by 'Zimbabwe' will not last long - Mthwakazi Institute Of Research
Zvinavashe estate in shambles
FIVE beneficiaries of the estate of the late national hero, Vitalis Musungwa Gava Zvinavashe's Trust have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to remove the current Trustees accusing them of fai...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2068 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chamisa calls for health minister's arrest
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for Health Minister Obadiah Moyo to be arrested for corruption after a leaked letter showed how Zanu-PF plans to use medical drugs as a campaign tool in the Lupane...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:33hrs | 5832 | by ZimLive
Chamisa blocked from visiting Sikhala
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was barred from seeing incarcerated party deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, charging that the situation in the country will now drive people into ta...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 3396 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in soup over forgery claims
A HARARE lawyer allegedly forged a colleague's signature and produced a joint pre-trial conference minute that was used to obtain a court judgment in a civil matter. Batanai Pesanai, a legal p...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
MDC tribalists' plans exposed
It has come to our attention that the recently elected MDC-A Bulawayo leadership which is predominantly Shona, and stand accused of bribing their way up on tribal grounds is fully behind Kambarami in ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:40hrs | 1751 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Row over beer ends in death
A Gokwe man died on the spot after he was struck in the head with a log by a fellow imbiber following a dispute over traditional beer.Shepherd Tazarura died on the spot after allegedly being s...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:36hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Woman threatens ex-lover with false rape
A Bulawayo man is living in fear of his ex-lover who is allegedly driven by revenge and supposedly wants to "fix" him by making spurious allegations that he raped her allegedly as punishment for endin...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:47hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 16824 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mugabe, ex-manager battle rages on
The battle between former president Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace and their ex-general manager Stanley Nhari is raging on after the manager who is demanding a whopping $756 00 from the former first fa...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe returns to Fifa World World Cup after 2018 ban
ZIMBABWE's Warriors are likely to avoid the preliminary round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers after Caf revealed they will be reverting to an old format based on Fifa rankings. The Warr...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misleading SADC
The MDC is concerned by President Mnangagwa's attempts to mislead regional leaders on the situation in our country. This follows a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa where he indic...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 3912 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Hodzi to contest Chivayo High Court judgment
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday got the green light to contest a High Court judgment clearing Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo of any criminal liability in the $5,6 milli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father to save marriage
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Mberengwa allegedly fatally axed his 72-year-old father and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft to save his marriage which his father was against. Lonias Jojo (25) a...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo presents an Alternative, Clear and sound Development plan which will take Zimbabwe forward
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:A policy is a declaration of an intention of an organisation or institution. These are rules and regulations which will set terms of references for an o...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 737 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Botswana to appeal ruling to decriminalise homosexuality: a closer analysis
Human rights are an integral part of life of all people.While this is true and it also encompasses the rights of homosexual people, this is contrary to the norms and values of African societies.Every ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 715 | by Njabulo
Fatal stabbing in church
A 24-year-old Masvingo man allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow congregate with a knife during a prayer vigil following a dispute over badly cooked relish, police have confirmed. Tinos Mud...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi plan faces collapse
A coalition of civil society groups from Matabeleland that struck a deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa that paved the way for a government intervention on the Gukurahundi killings is disintegratin...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:29hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Govt warned against farm leases
The government should not allow newly-resettled farmers to sub-let their farms as this will promote corruption and inefficient use of land, analysts have said.Government recently granted farme...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's Intratrek ordered to complete Gwanda solar project
Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has ordered Intratrek Zimbabwe to deliver on a 100-megawatt solar power plant in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, following a visit to the construction site.Chasi, acc...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:29hrs | 2681 | by ZimLive
Destroying Bulawayo towers is akin to destroying the Great Zimbabwe monuments
A STAND off between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the Zimbabwe Power Company over the demolition of cooling towers at the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station looms after council officials yesterday w...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 2597 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors walk out of Zesa, Chasi meeting
BULAWAYO councillors yesterday walked out of a stakeholder consultative meeting between government and Zesa officials, protesting against lack of consultation over demolition of the Bulawayo thermal p...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zinara finance director sued over US$169k rentals
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike, who is facing criminal charges of abuse of office, has again been dragged to the High Court by a local proper...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:06hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa-Chamisa dialogue to bring light to Zimbabwe'
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says the dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will bring light to the suffering masses of Zimbabwe. "My belief i...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:27hrs | 5137 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Silaigwana's appointment dents ZEC credibility
The MDC is worried that Utoile Silaigwana, a former army Major who joined ZEC as a serving military officer, has now been confirmed as the electoral body's substantive chief elections officer....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:04hrs | 2712 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Dictatorship clearly anachronistic
The propensity by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictatorial tendencies is probably the biggest drawback to his well-intentioned efforts to reform the country's economy, which has been in a tailspin ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Chombo re-arrested
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for the temporary release of former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo's passport.Magistrate Estere Chivasa argued that she could ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | 6470 | by Staff reporter
15 000ha farmland for war vets
GOVERNMENT has allocated war veterans 15 000 hectares of farmland in the country's eight agricultural provinces following complaints that the liberation war fighters were excluded from the Land Reform...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Chombo denied passport again
Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo has failed in his appeal to get his passport returned to allow him to travel abroad to seek medical attention.His passport was allegedly recently seized...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 18:28hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga risks imprisonment
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Frank Buyanga risks imprisonment over a 2014 US$172 000 debt owed to Patison Sithole which has remained unserviced since four years ago.Sithole has petitioned the Hig...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after row with son
AN 80-YEAR-OLD Chipinge man hanged himself in an abandoned hut following a dispute with his son who blamed him for his misfortunes. Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa defends himself
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has defended himself against critics on Twitter who are saying he is spending time preaching and tweeting instead of taking practical action in leading the people of Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 11:10hrs | 8756 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa will not allow Mnangagwa to stay up to 2023
Zimbabwe's economic crisis has potential to breed instability in the country and needs urgent redress, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said.Chamisa, mandated by the MDC congress in May to...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3403 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles carrot to war veterans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has ordered all the country's eight provincial ministers to reserve land and allocate it to war veterans. It also ordered that all land disputes involving the...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
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