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Mysterious black chicken causes stir at court
Feathers flew and tongues wagged last Monday when a mysterious black chicken wearing a red scarf strutted confidently into the Kwekwe Magistrates Court yard, as if it owned the place.The unexp...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:15hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Sello Maake kaNcube says Zimbabwe is rebuilding itself brick by brick
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa charmed veteran South African actor Sello Maake kaNcube, who has defied online critics to declare that indeed Zimbabwe is being built brick-by-brick.Maake kaNcube ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Mthuli Ncube transforms from technocrat to political player
IF ever there was any doubt, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has fully abandoned his posture as a neutral technocrat after being elected a Zanu-PF central committee member last weekend.The centr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa living in constant fear of coup - as long economic meltdown remains so too will coup threat
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. "President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Gu...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The right man to convene Mnangagwa-Chamisa dialogue revealed
As I was reflecting upon the Republic of Zimbabwe and the news headlines about Zimbabwe a Bible verse came into mind :John 1:46 - King James BibleAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can the...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa gets new scarf
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has found a new scarf after auctioning his famous one to fuel tycoon Kuda Tagwirei earlier this week during a Warriors fundraising dinner. Mnangagwa appeared for t...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 10:26hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: Mnangagwa dumps his scarf
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appeared for the first time in public without his signature multi-coloured scarf. He was touring the New Parliament building project at Mt Hampden to assess pr...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 14:08hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Oil tycoon splashes S$200k on Mnangagwa scarf
Oil tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei paid RTGS$200,000 (about US$33,000) for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signed scarf at a fundraising dinner for the Zimbabwe national football team on Wednesday night....Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 11:04hrs | 5 | by ZimLive
'ED in fix as prices soar and workers ask for more money' - déjà vu, now it us in fix
"ED in fix …. as government workers want more money" screamed the Daily News Live headlines! "With only less than a month gone after their pay cheques were reviewed upwards, government worke...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Baby girl for Kirsty Coventry
Expecting mother and Zimbabwe Sports minister Kirsty Coventry, on Friday gave the biggest hint yet that the country could be warming up to another lady swimming sensation.The swimming legend l...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits hospitals need fixing but cannot say when - rigged elections are milestone round his neck
On Friday 1st February Mnangagwa visited Parerenyatwa Hospital and admitted that everything from the floor, walls, windows, hospital beds and bed linen, everything were in a sorry state and needed to ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 30 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Of Zimbabwe Parly fashion police, odd dressers
The National Assembly is hardly the place you would picture participants being dressed down for not dressing appropriately, but opposition legislators Job Sikhala and Trevor Saruwaka have had their ba...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Caroline Chiimba
ED threaten US$ black market dealers - on what charge, 'Same shit … different thug!'
"Same shit …. different island!" A vintage Caribbean Tourist T-shirt depicting a ganja smoking black Rasta with his trade mark dreadlocks complete with red/yellow/green/black vest greeting a dumfoun...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Of the national flag, scarf and patriotism
On 28 September, the Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Conventry, was part of the send off ceremony of the Zimbabwean team which is participating in the ongoing Youth Olympic Game...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:27hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa's greatest test, camel through needle's eye, was to hold free elections - he failed miserably
The greatest test If Zimbabwe's 2018 elections were free, fair and credible would President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta have won the elections? The answer must be an emphatic YES. ...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
War vets feels heat from MDC Alliance
The ruling Zanu-PF party let loose the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (Znlwva) yesterday to denounce the MDC Alliance leadership for challenging President-elect Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chance of legitimacy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a military-backed veteran hardliner who outmanoeuvred Robert Mugabe and who now promises a fresh start for Zimbabwe.Monday's election offers Mnangagwa - nicknam...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:09hrs | | by AFP
Chigumba broke the law by wearing Mnangagwa scarf - Chamisa spokesman
MDC-T Leader Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda has said Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba broke the law when she was captured wearing an obvious campai...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Catriona Laing's tweet of shame
The People' Democratic Party is irked by Catriona Laing's unrepentant nauseating conduct, that coming from a diplomat and one from a country which is known for strong democratic practices....Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 11:18hrs | 3 | by PDP
Gweru calls for democracy, good governance
One of Zimbabwe's leading think tanks, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), held a transition dialogue meeting in Gweru this morning, focusing on democracy and the rule of law post Mugabe era.P...Published: 22 May 2018 at 20:13hrs | 1 | by Agencies
The woman who sold Zimbabwe
The place is Durban.The weather is curiously autumnal for a city that knows not winter. Not as we know it anyway.A man with a clean shaven head and bright multi-coloured scarf beckons ...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aux Mnangagwa exhibiting at Zanu-PF stand at ZITF
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is exhibiting at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) under the banner "Office of the First Lady", where the ruling party has taken up a whole Hall.Zanu-P...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mocks Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his scarf, adding that the 75-year-old politician does not even know what Wi-Fi is.Speaking at a rally in the capital thi...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 11:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
What's in Mnangagwa's scarf?
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited Davos, Switzerland where he reiterated the ‘‘Zimbabwe is open for business'' message, there was one thing that he also introduced; his multi-coloure...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Bridget Mananavire
Chamisa: Zimbabwe's rising young hope
As the day ended on February 18, MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa, who had arrived from the late Morgan Tsvangirai's home, jumped out of his car. He was eased, by a group of youths, through a sea...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Mugabe threatens to take over safari operations
Victoria Falls - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe threatened to take over local white-owned safari operations as he celebrated his 91st birthday in Victoria Falls on Saturday."We are not own...Published: 01 Mar 2015 at 11:52hrs | | by Sapa
Mugabe launches 90 birthday balloons
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'West must now climb-down,' says Mnangagwa
INTERNATIONAL unease mounted on Sunday over the re-election of President Robert Mugabe in polls denounced by the opposition as "stolen".Mugabe, 89, in power since 1980, trounced long-standing ...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 09:04hrs | 4 | by Reuters
Australia calls for a re-run of Zim elections
Harare - International unease mounted on Sunday over the re-election of Africa's oldest leader, Robert Mugabe, in polls denounced by Zimbabwe's opposition as "stolen".Mugabe, 89, in power sinc...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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