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MDC councillors in bid to oust Bulawayo Mayor
THE MDC Alliance has resolved to investigate corruption allegations against Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube while city Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni reportedly survived an ouster bid by counc...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3819 | by Staff Reporter
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 4125 | by Staff reporter
How Chiwenga's soldiers took over ZBC studios
The dramatic November 2017 coup that claimed the life of CIO Boss Peter Munetsi and ended 37 years of President Robert Mugabe's iron rule is captured in the Hagiography Two weeks in November by Dougla...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 14:01hrs | 16464 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New funding round launched for Zim startups at FasterCapital
On the 11th July 2019; more than 20 African countries bring into effect what is going to be the largest Free Trade Area in the world. A free trade area means an agreement between several countries to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1107 | by Tawanda Mutukwa
inDriver starts recruiting Harare drivers
A unique international online ride hailing service, inDriver, which allows passengers to negotiate the fare with drivers, has begun recruiting drivers in Harare for the service, which it intends to la...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:46hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
For Auxilia Mnangagwa to kick and scream: tip of the iceberg: she has seen the limit of what it takes to be married to Emmerson
Putting some pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together, we shall indeed not get all of them, it's not possible. We are now told that Mnangagwa got a child with a student from MSU. We read too that Auxilia ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 14865 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF youths dare old guard
The Zanu-PF youth league, which triggered a storm early this month when it listed several people as being corrupt, will soon release a list of multiple farm owners mostly bigwigs in the ruling party. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3938 | by Staff reporter
5 things to know about the upcoming immigration raids in major U.S. cities
A series of immigration raids is expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, according to President Donald Trump.It's part of the Trump administration's crackdown on...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:47hrs | 786 | by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
Bribes for passports as crisis worsens
Desperate Zimbabweans are parting with huge sums of money to pay bribes in order to obtain passports amid reports that applicants are being told to wait until 2022.The Registrar General's offi...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Bribery allegations rock RG's office as passport crisis deepens
Zimbabweans are allegedly paying as much as US$400 to obtain passports, as officials at the Registrar General's office cash in on a crisis that has seen production of the travel document coming to a v...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:32hrs | 1922 | by Judith Sibanda
Sikhala to appear before Bikita magistrate
The MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Monday for allegedly subverting a constitutionally elected Government is expected to appear before a Bikita magistrate to...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Outpouring of support for Sikhala after Chamisa MDC dumped him
Zengeza West MP and MDC deputy national chairman Job Sikhala presented himself to a police station in Harare on Tuesday, hours after a government spokesman described him as a "miscreant" who belonged ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | 4884 | by ZimLive
Khama Billiat fails to open Euro doors
There is a reported scramble for Warriors attacker Khama Billiat, but while he would have wanted that interest and fight for his signature to come from European clubs, it is only African clubs that ar...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:43hrs | 3602 | by Staff reporter
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 358 | by Ian Buruma
'Coup plotter' Sikhala to appear in court today
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government and is expected to appear in court today. He was by last ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe 'war to overthrow is constitutional' just as 'coup is legal' - no wonder we are in a mess
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because our political leaders have no respect for the constitution, the rule of law, the truth, the freedoms and rights of others and not even the sanc...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1417 | by Nomusa Garikai
'MDC will overthrow Zanu-PF before 2023' - irony of irony, ones foolishly keeping illegitimate regime in power
The country is in serious trouble with unemployment a nauseating 90%; basic services such sheath and education all but collapse; facing fuel, cash and medicine shortages; 19-hour power cuts; 5.7 milli...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 1375 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
When losers seek to overthrow winners
Quite burdensome are the times we are living in, and one hopes to wake up from this nightmarish existence wiser. What with all this talk about overthrowing a constitutionally elected Government or coe...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 838 | by Elliot Ziwira
Khaya Moyo warns MDC
ZANU-PF has warned the MDC leadership against making any threats of trying to overthrow a constitutionally-elected Government. The call comes after the opposition said it is going to overthrow Pre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | 929 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's MDC to overthrow Mnangagwa govt before 2023
THE opposition MDC says it is going to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before his term of office expires in 2023.At a rally in Bikita, Masvingo province on Saturday as the main oppositi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 5023 | by Staff reporter
Answers still needed for Warriors horror show
THE horror show in Egypt as we succumbed to a 4-0 thumping to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at AFCON on Sunday night sums up the mediocrity in the ranks of Zimbabwean football. We wer...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1031 | by Phillip Zulu
A woman is raped daily in Bulawayo
ABOUT 30 women are raped in Bulawayo every month, statistics that have prompted police to issue an alert over the development and release rape hotspots around the city.Acting Bulawayo spokespe...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:24hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's Yadah Hotel gutted by fire
Fire fighters were battling a blaze at a Harare hotel owned by Prophet Walter Magaya on Thursday evening.The cause of the fire is unknown, but videos and pictures from the scene showed an inte...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 21:31hrs | 9195 | by Staff reporter
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 403 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
Tajamuka shut down flops
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday ignored desperate calls by a shadowy, pro-MDC Alliance group, Tajamuka and its affiliates to shut down the country on an anti-Government move to demonstrate against President Mna...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Gilmore Tee makes Forbes list
Global citizen Gilmore "Tee" Moyo has made it into this year's list of the Forbes Africa list of 30 under 30, a list which includes Africa's top entrepreneurs, entertainers and leaders and influencers...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
How Obert Mpofu acquired his wealth
A myth has been brewing across Zimbabwe which claims that Obert Mpofu corruptly acquired wealth while he was Minister of Mines and now owns half of Victoria Falls and half of Bulawayo. These old wives...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:54hrs | 13226 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mthuli Ncube's currency move triggers chaos
GOVERNMENT's Monday move to dump its basket of foreign currencies, opting to use its own currency in local transactions, triggered chaos on the market yesterday, with some retailers closing shop for t...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 16:35hrs | 4450 | by Staff reporter
Massive scandal rocks Lupane Passport office
Mthwakazi Republic Party is saddened by the level of corruption at Lupane Passport office. The party's intelligence department through a tip-off raised by the Lupane residents has today unearthed a ma...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:13hrs | 5642 | by MRP
Baboons terrorise Gwanda
Baboons are causing havoc in the mining town of Gwanda, where they are raiding homes for food and ambushing shoppers outside retail shops.The troops of baboons are also said to have been causi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:30hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter
Good back-up power now essential for security systems
Safeguard Security has advised householders and business people to ensure their properties are secure and that security alarm batteries are adequate to protect their properties during electricity load...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:02hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares for ruthless demos crackdown
AFTER subjecting more than a thousand regular police officers to paramilitary training, purchasing an assortment of weapons, including AK assault rifles and sniper rifles, government has moved to acqu...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:27hrs | 13481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe journalist, one of the first black female journos to report on the genocide in Rwanda
Long-time Southern African regional correspondent Susan Njanji from Zimbabwe was one of very few black African female journalists to cover the genocide in Rwanda. Here she reflects on the challenges t...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Summer as a perfect time to start new relations
Have you noticed that love strikes when we do not expect it at all? Summer relationships have a unique charm. Do you agree? Maybe it is just a feeling that summer is the perfect time to start a new ro...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 16:12hrs | 415 | by Staff Writer
'Suffering of the populace is 'normal' under the economic transition,' says Mutsvangwa
Zimbabwe is experiencing severe birth pangs of transforming into a fully-fledged capitalist economy from a centralized economy, former presidential adviser Christopher Mutsvangwa said.His rema...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 08:32hrs | 5400 | by Staff reporter
Rural teachers thrown to the deep end
With learners at heart, pregnant with a passion of serving the nation and refining young brains into doctors, engineers, lawyers and accountants among other professions, *Mrs Bongiwe Nyoni welcomed he...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for 'carjacking, rape'
A SOLDIER has been arrested for allegedly hijacking a car from a woman who had offered him a lift before robbing her of RTGS$400 at knifepoint. Pym Vengai Togara (35), who is based in Harare, ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Good back-up power now essential for security systems
Safeguard Security has advised householders and business people to ensure their properties are secure and that security alarm batteries are adequate to protect their properties during electricity load...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:44hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Carjacking & rape charge for 35-yr-old
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hijacking a car from a woman who had offered him a lift before robbing her of RTGS$400 at knifepoint. He later raped another woman that he had offered a li...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
From Bingu wa Mutharika to Dambudzo wa Malaba & Chigumba
The deteriorating economy of Zimbabwe is a vindication that President ED Mnangagwa was imposed on Zimbabweans by none other than the controversial Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) and the Supreme Co...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 12:36hrs | 2435 | by Don Chigumba
Rural teachers' union leader detained after strike call
The deputy leader of a union for rural teachers was arrested in Gweru on Tuesday, detained and interrogated before being freed without charge.The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:05hrs | 969 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa putting Zimbabwe under an undeclared 'state of emergency'
THE main opposition MDC has accused government of putting the country under an undeclared state of emergency, with security forces virtually camped in cities and high-density suburbs.MDC spoke...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe under State of Emergency'
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa claims that Zimbabwe is now under an undeclared state of emergency as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has deployed s...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 17:29hrs | 7669 | by VOA
Zimbabwe economic update with Economist Eddie Cross
We are now 9 months into the Transitional Stabilisation Program and a great deal has been achieved. Let's summarize:* We have eliminated the Fiscal deficit that was the main driver in the past...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:56hrs | 3275 | by Eddie Cross
Government threaten security of citizens
Recent developments in the country have exposed a failed government that is running scared of citizens' demands to be governed differently and effectively.The country is effectively on militar...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1586 | by Jacob Mafume
State agents 'harass' NGO leader
Local NGO Heal Zimbabwe Director Rashid Mahiya's house was raided by state security agents on Tuesday in what the organisation has described as the perpetuation of a clampdown on civil society organis...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 14:52hrs | 1133 | by Gibson Nyathi
Heal Zimbabwe condemns CIOs
Heal Zimbabwe has condemned the attack on their Director, Rashid Mahiya by perceived state agents. On Tuesday suspected Central Intelligence Organisation besieged the house of Mahiya, surround...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 12:21hrs | 2881 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Knowledge Musona considering his next move
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona is considering his next move after a frustrating time at Belgian league side Anderlecht, a club he joined a year ago.The 28-year-old says he plans to move to ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:16hrs | 5929 | by Staff reporter
The MDC congress: All froth, no beer
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people, but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god of the p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 394 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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