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Mnangagwa govt failure to curb graft stalling development
OPPOSITION United Movement for Devolution (UMD) leader Lovemore Moyo has accused government of failing to deal with corruption saying graft has hindered financing of development projects.Moyo ...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:50hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
ZEC under fire over voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has come under intense scrutiny after registered voters and the opposition identified several anomalies during the voters roll inspection exercise which started...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar not going anywhere
THE Treasury has assured the market of continued usage of the local currency and that deliberate steps are being taken to strengthen its value so as to restore consumer purchasing power and buttress t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem at National Sports Stadium
REFEREE Jimmy Makwanda left the pitch with a heavily bandaged head yesterday after a section of incensed CAPS United fans ran amok at the end of their drawn game against Simba Bhora, unhappy with the ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:29hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Dembare woes continue
PRESSURE continues to mount on Dynamos coach Hebert Maruwa after his side surrendered an early lead to succumb to a 21 defeat against Ngezi Platinum Stars in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match...Published: 28 May 2023 at 20:00hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Inside Elections: Stalemate in Manicaland? Perhaps not
This is the second in a series of (inside elections) articles examining the politics and voting patterns of 2023 general election expected swing/marginal National Assembly constituencies.To wi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:39hrs | 276 | by Farai Chirimumimba
CCC to reopen a local bank account
Following the closure of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Steward bank account, CCC has decided to reopen another account under an independent Bank Trust.According to a highly placed source...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:22hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube confronts Osiphatheleni
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building, which houses the Bulawayo Magistrate Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo weds in South Africa
KING Mambo yesterday tied the knot with a South African, Queen Zandile Mhlambi, at a colourful ceremony held in the neighbouring country.In 2020, King Mambo married his then second wife, Queen...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
EPL Pfee:- Nakamba makes Marvelous Premier League return
AFTER being deemed excess baggage at English Premier Soccer League side Aston Villa and sent on loan to Championship side Luton Town in the January transfer period, Zimbabwe international Marvelous Na...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:01hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Limited Bosso 2023 replica edition runs out
THE 2023 Highlanders' black and white stripe replica jerseys have been received with high demand with the club revealing that the first batch has been sold out. Highlanders communications offi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube threatens crackdown on businesses
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building that houses the Bulawayo Magistrates Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pro...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Married woman disrupts church service, accuses Priest of having an affair
A Roman Catholic Priest stationed at St Bernard's Parish in Bulawayo's Old Pumula suburb has been drawn into potentially explosive infidelity accusations after a married woman stormed a church service...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:46hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora drops urgent polls case
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has withdrawn his urgent application in the High Court to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming the date for this year's crunch elections.MDC T ...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Battle royal at BF
Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Highlanders and Dynamos are primed for a bare knuckle fight at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow, with so much at stake for the two nemesis.Both teams ca...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt misplaced priorities on helicopters'
OPPOSITION party Zapu says government's move to buy helicopters from Russia was a misplaced priority and insensitive to the plight of the citizens who are struggling to access basic healthcare service...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chopper deal raises stink?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been criticised for presiding over a controversial deal that saw Zimbabwe acquire 32 helicopters from Russia worth a staggering US$320 million without following laid d...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Bosso prodigy told to muscle up
AUSTRIAN topflight football club SK Puntigamer Sturm Graz have told budding Highlanders Football Club's attacking midfielder Prince Ndlovu to muscle up and be strong, indicating that they might call h...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Scammers bleed Natfoods US$6m
IN what could be one of the biggest cybercrimes ever reported in the country, National Foods, a local manufacturer and marketer of food products, lost over US$6 million to criminals who hacked into it...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt takes price madness head-on
Government, whose responsibility is to protect the consumer and ensure stability, will "take all measures necessary", including painful ones if need be, to ensure price stability, the President has sa...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
The stakes will be high in Zimbabwe's elections
After the general election in Nigeria in February, the next most significant election in Anglophone Africa will be in Zimbabwe in July or August.There is huge interest in the conduct and outco...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:47hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
'If Auxillia Mnangagwa does not want you at her events, then don't go'
DEPUTY Information Minister Kindness Paradza has told journalists not to force themselves on First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who has developed a habit of hand picking reporters she wants and chasing so...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:15hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe museums struggling to attract visitors
Zimbabwe's museums and monuments, whose sustainability relies on revenue collected through entry fees by visitors, now face survival challenges after the Covid-19 menace has indirectly whittled down t...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:12hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Lupane villagers set up community parliament
LUPANE villagers have established their own community parliament to debate their development agenda.The assembly is a community initiative where people drawn from across the globe debate on de...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:11hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Journalist cleared of armed robbery charges
THE State has withdrawn armed robbery charges against freelance journalist, Xolisani Ncube, after conceding it had failed to prove its case against him.This prompted Harare regional magistrate...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:39hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora tells MDC Alliance partners to 'go hang'
MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora has said allegations that he is working in cahoots with the ruling Zanu-PF to postpone elections through his ZEC delimitation report court challenge are "stupid"....Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:41hrs | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students protest over 'judicial capture'
Students drawn from the country's various tertiary institutions on Monday took to social media platforms to protest against alleged ‘judicial capture' and weaponisation of the law against opposition...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:22hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens door to foreign observers
AHEAD of this year's harmonised elections whose dates will be proclaimed soon, President Mnangagwa has invited foreign countries interested to come and observe the polls.President Mnangagwa, w...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:08hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's shaky control exposed
INVESTIGATIONS into how a controversial government notice which subverted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority while he was in London attending United Kingdom King Charles III's coronation last we...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa foul law saga deepens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not formally withdrawn the controversial legal instrument that sought to hide the Health and Child Care ministry's procurement processes with new information indicatin...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:37hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to engage creditors on Zimbabwe debt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to travel to the United Arab Republic of Egypt, where he has been invited by his counterpart, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and will take advantage of the Africa Developme...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:32hrs | 119 | by Staff reportetr
Zanu-PF's 'terror' squad arrested
Police in Gutu have arrested four members of a Zanu-PF gang notorious for terrorising people in the district. Two of the members were arrested for allegedly obstructing the course of justice after the...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections set for August
ZIMBABWE will have its harmonised elections in August and people should vote for Zanu-PF to preserve their cultural heritage and independence, President Mnangagwa has said.He said Zimbabweans ...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'looting' law saga shows dysfunctionality at the heart of govt
A LEOPARD does not change its spots, goes a popular saying. Essentially, it means it is not possible for a person to change their character, that their innate nature always comes to the fore, no matte...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION legislator Tendai Biti has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa for attempting a constitutional coup with a bizarre general notice hiding procurement processes in the Health ministry....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backtracks on 'looting' law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scrapped the controversial law that sought to hide details of some procurement processes from the public after a public outcry, saying its gazetting was a fraud,...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Council of Elders
President Mnangagwa, who is also the Zanu PF First Secretary, yesterday held an inaugural meeting with the ruling party's Council of Elders where he emphasised that the recently constituted organ, has...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:31hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns public procurement disclosures decree
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has disowned a controversial order issued through his office directing blocking of public disclosure on government procurement of construction, medicines and drugs in a bi...Published: 10 May 2023 at 19:25hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaks 23-year diplomatic stand-off with UK?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's engagement and re-engagement drive has broken a 23-year-old diplomatic stand-off between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, a development that bodes well for bilateral relations an...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
2 minors die in scotch cart mishaps
Two children died in Gokwe and Zvishavane respectively in two separate incidents involving ox-drawn carts.Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incidents saying...Published: 09 May 2023 at 19:19hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Kariba snubs YES4ED launch
THE launch of yet another 4ED group flopped in Kariba on Friday last week after Zanu-PF supporters and their local leadership snubbed the event.Mashonaland West Youth Empowerment and Sustainab...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
School deserted as parents withdrew their children
Dear Minister of EducationWe, parents of pupils attending Murowa School in Zvishavane district write I form you that with immediate effect we have withdrawn our pupils from the school until th...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:44hrs | 3768 | by Concerned Parents
Mthuli Ncube inspired road rehabilitation at full throttle in Cowdray Park
THE Zanu-PF candidate for Cowdray Park constituency, Professor Mthuli Ncube has set the ball rolling in his development agenda of the area with road rehabilitation works, borehole drilling and Wi-Fi i...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold digital tokens to hit market on Monday
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s will release its gold-backed digital tokens into the market on Monday to serve as both an instrument for store of value and transacting.The bank has since ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 20:22hrs | 354 | by Staff reportr
Zanu-PF ward primaries re-runs tomorrow
Zanu-PF will hold primary election re-runs for local authorities in at least 27 wards tomorrow after a number of incidents in the initial polls. The re-runs will complete the party's sele...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
UK invite surprised Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was still surprised how he got an invite to attend the coronation of King Charles III, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, at the weeken...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Chihoro found guilty in 'juju' incident
DYNAMOS and their team welfare manager Richard Chihoro are set to be fined by the Premier Soccer League after they were found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute for the controversial half-time...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son in-law lists 21 farms in divorce case
The legal proceedings over the divorce of Bona Nyepudzai Ouma Mugabe, daughter of former President Robert Mugabe, and Simbarashe Mutsahuni Chikore are likely to involve complex disputes over how asset...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 4293 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says western imposed sanctions 'are good'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a strong hater of western imposed sanctions, on Friday made a tongue-in-cheek admission the measures were "good" for Zimbabwe as they have almost turned the trouble...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 19:06hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
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