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Corporate Zim unites in the fight against Covid-19
WHILE the coronavirus pandemic has exposed mankind to one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern times, it is also bringing out the best in people.With global giants such as Alibaba, Roche a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:13hrs | 496 | by Robin Mungate
Can the judiciary choose for the people?
Zimbabwean politics is a joke and it is now at its rotten state. Politics and judiciary are never near each other. The juduciary consists of lawyers, laws and judges whilst politics has people, ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:01hrs | 747 | by Leonard Koni
Mealie-meal fights break out in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo were yesterday called to restore order at mealie meal queues in the city centre and Nketa Suburb as residents fought over the commodity. Anti-riot police were called to disp...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba breaks silence on Zororo's death
PROMINENT businessman and politician James Makamba yesterday opened up for the first time about his son Zororo's death, saying it has left a void which cannot be filled.Zororo, 30, became Zimb...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:13hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean police soiling the war against Covid-19
The President of Zimbabwe cde Dambudzo Mnangagwa introduced drastic new measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, including banning public meetings of more than two people who do not live together....Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 11:17hrs | 3863 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe to be in hard times after corona virus
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China, has infected more than a million people and it's still counting. Its spread has left businesses around the world counting costs and rea...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 658 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Of shrinking internal democratic space in MDC
One of the key changes which President Mnangagwa rang on his assumption of power in November 2017 was opening up the democratic space. This saw MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa clockin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 333 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Achieving an efficient interbank market
The Zimbabwean government announced that it was going to introduce a managed floating exchange rate system in order to manage exchange rate volatility. The move is also aimed at bringing transparency ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:32hrs | 1129 | by Victor Bhoroma
Achieving an efficient interbank market
The Zimbabwean government announced that it was going to introduce a managed floating exchange rate system in order to manage exchange rate volatility. The move is also aimed at bringing transparency ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 11:58hrs | 918 | by Victor Bhoroma
350 farmers to get back lost land
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government says it will give back land to 350 indigenous farmers who lost their farms during the land reform programme, as well as all land under Bilateral Investment Pr...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 2440 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on Zororo Makamba's death
The Minister of Health and Child Care, Obadiah Moyo has officially confirmed the death of Zororo Makamba, who was the second person to test positive for Covid-19 in Zimbabwe.Makamba was ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 13:29hrs | 9517 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police arrest 700 illegal forex dealers
Police in Bulawayo arrested more than 700 suspected illegal forex dealers and vendors in a four-day blitz to restore sanity in the central business district of the city. About 80 percent of the suspec...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
Zesa's US$500m plan to end load-shedding
Zesa has cobbled up a US$500 million plan to end rolling electricity cuts by building solar power plants across the country in partnership with private investors.Zimbabwe last year introduced ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors on lockdown ordeal
UNDER normal circumstances, Turkey-based Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe would have been allowed time off by his club to fly back home to be with his newly-born twins, Alwande and Lwandile, who were ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:27hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
'Preparedness plan will minimise import of covid-19' - boastful dog putting out fire with his puny fart
"My Government, through the Ministry of Health and Child Care, has put in place measures to minimise the import of COVID-19 into the country and ensure health safety to all citizens,” said President...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 19:26hrs | 867 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC knives out for Komichi
Movement for Democratic Party (MDC) National Standing Committee(NSC) has summoned former vice president Morgen Komichi to explain himself following revelations that he had resigned from the party as i...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube wants tourist to visit cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani
THE Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has called for the rebranding of Chimanimani as a tourist destination after the devastating Cyclone Idai.One year after...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
'Constitutional changes to dent 2023 poll credibility'
INDEPENDENT elections watchdog, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has urged government to withdraw the Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2 from Parliament and refer it for further consultations to ens...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be quarantined
Zimbabwe will not survive the Corona virus if God allows it to ravage our beautiful country. It is painful that some idiots are literally hoping that the virus be found in Zimbabwe. We have insane peo...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 18183 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga left Harare aboard Mnangagwa's 'private plane'?
AILING Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was in fact airlifted to China on Sunday, as health woes continue to dog the powerful former military commander.It also comes after he missed two imp...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 14:47hrs | 8283 | by Staff reporter
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2019 | by Nhlanhla Moses
BREAKING: Chiwenga airlifted to China
Ailing VP Constantino Chiwenga was in fact airlifted to China Sunday, as health woes continue to dog the powerful former military commander. This comes after Chiwenga was reported to not feeli...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:49hrs | 18790 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deserves better
After decades of sanctions, mismanagement and corruption, Zimbabwe is in economic trouble. Zimbabweans are poor and hungry and can not make ends meet. In a country that was once among Africa's m...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 17:31hrs | 3166 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MPs baying for Mthuli Ncube's blood
IRATE legislators are baying for under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's blood - in the wake of his new economic measures which have led to the collapse of the wobbly Zimbabwe dollar and hefty hike...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:46hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank charges surge 900%
Zimbabwe's inflation is further expected to spiral upwards after local banks hiked transactional charges by as much as 900% as pressure mounts on the financial intermediaries to pay United States domi...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3286 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Mthuli Ncube's firing
IRATE legislators are baying for under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's blood - in the wake of his new economic measures which have led to the collapse of the wobbly Zimbabwe dollar and hefty hike...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:13hrs | 7041 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop empties magazine on mentally challenged suspect
A SENIOR policeman went berserk and fired 15 rounds of live ammunition towards a mentally challenged man who was resisting arrest at Beitbridge Police Station.It is understood Chief Inspector ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
Failure to provide vehicle number plates places citizens at risk
Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming a country where the absurd is becoming the norm. The cliché of normalising the abnormal is becoming the hallmark of Zimbabwean life. The level of deterioration in ec...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:36hrs | 889 | by Learnmore Zuze
'Muleya wants to fix Mohadi'
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's former wife, Tambudzani Muleya, has lost her US$13 394 per month maintenance claim after the High Court dismissed her application saying there was no need for her former ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:36hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's bitter ex-wife flayed in court
The High Court has dismissed an application by Tambudzani Muleya, the ex-wife of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, for post-divorce maintenance.Justice Esther Chiremba, in a judgement delivered Mon...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 21:00hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe diplomat breaks into United States home, gets immunity
A Zimbabwean diplomat who barged into a home in Montgomery County, United States, while shouting incoherently has avoided a jail term of up to 50 years after he was granted diplomatic immunity....Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:35hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
The season of political psychosis is upon us
We are in trouble comrades. Very big trouble. The political stage has been invaded by people of questionable morals. People with highly deranged minds are now grand actors in the Zimbabwean political ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 10:41hrs | 687 | by Innocent Mujeri
'Sikhala is not an American project'
MDC national deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has cleared the air on rumours purporting that he wants to take over power from his party's president Nelson Chamisa under the backing of the Americans sayi...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:54hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Sacked Herald Editor exposes Monica Mutsvangwa and Nick Mangwana
Sacked Herald Editor Jorum Nyathi has accused Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa and her permanent secretary Nick Mangwana of engineering his exit from the state controlled newspaper as they wante...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 19:52hrs | 13500 | by Staff Reporter
Upgrading prestige stadia but not neglected hospitals - bizarre, but then ruling elite don't use latter
Work on the upgrading of the National Stadium in Harare and Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo, prestige projects, has started in earnest. The Chronicle is full of coloured pictures of the work been do...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1260 | by Nomusa Garikai
Gweru barred from killing stray donkeys and dogs
The High Court has issued an order barring the killing of stray donkeys and dogs in Gweru urban following an application by animal rights organisation, the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:47hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Legendary former GE CEO, Jack Welch, dies at 84
Jack Welch, the champion of corporate efficiency who built General Electric into one of the world's largest companies and influenced generations of business leaders, has died. He was 84.His de...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 15:38hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA cadre gets farm relief
A ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) ex-combatant recently got relief from the Lands and Agriculture ministry which debunked claims by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) that land it lea...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
PepsiCo deal unsettles local firms
THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) is reviewing a bid by United States food and beverages behemoth PepsiCo to take over South Africa's Pioneer Foods amid revelations that the p...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 1090 | by Zenzo Moyo and Mbuso Moyo
The Politics of Being and Identity
The politics of being and that of identity are as old as humanity. People are not objects that are just freely floating in the air and rolling on the ground. We are subjects that are named and...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:49hrs | 129 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zimbabwe: Orwell's Animal Farm reincarnated
SATIRIC George Orwell novel Animal Farm has received classic status in literature. Millions have read the polysemic text, set on an imaginary farm where animals took over from the owner, Mr Jones, aft...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 392 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Public drinking and educated fools
WEEKEND afternoons in Harare as any Zimbabwean town go like this: The viscous African sun beats down furiously as gentle tropical breezes flirt pleasantly about.Gleaming SUVs and battere...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1671 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Harrison raises fitness concerns
HIGHLANDERS coach Mark Harrison will measure the strength of his squad ahead of the Castle Challenge Cup against FC Platinum next month, and the league with a planned friendly match against Black Rhin...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:37hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt has not brought desired change
THE Zimbabwean economy has been teetering on the edge of a crisis for the past 20 years, save for a brief interlude during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013.The econ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 771 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Arson, attempted murder in inheritance fight
A 16-YEAR-OLD teenager from Mberengwa is lucky to be alive after his uncle attempted to burn the hut he was sleeping in following a dispute over inheritance property. This was heard when Gweru...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's handling of Gukurahundi genocide is doomed
This lot do not get it, they probably never will because they are either clueless, unwilling or both.Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa have been at pains to try and tell us that this ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 361 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 15953 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni's hidden agenda to appease his handlers exposed
The collective voice of condemnation of the mischievous statement by the dethroned former Chief of Ntabazinduna must be amplified for the record. In not hidden agenda to appease his handlers in Chamis...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1366 | by Qinisela Dube
Government to criminalise extra lessons
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating schools that are demanding payment in foreign currency for extra lessons amid reports that some teachers at six schools that have receiv...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:40hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
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