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Armed bandits on terror spree in Zimbabwe
Law enforcement agents are on high alert following a recent spate of armed robberies and heinous rape incidents around the country - including in the capital, Harare where a gang of rogue taxi drivers...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:37hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig off the hook
MDC women's assembly chairperson Lynette Karenyi, who was accused of insulting former president Robert Mugabe, is off the hook after the State indicated yesterday that it was withdrawing the charges....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 422 | by Pearl Matibe
Condom uptake on the rise
The National Aids Council has installed 400 condom dispensers at tertiary institutions, hospitals, hotels, drinking spots and other public places across Zimbabwe as part of efforts to curb the spread ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:20hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Marange diamond comes under the spotlight in Brussels
Human rights abuses in Marange and plans by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to rope in artisanal miners risk putting the country on the agenda of the Kimberley Process Certification S...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Grand theft: How diamonds were looted in Marange
In June 2006, one of the world's largest alluvial diamond deposits was discovered at Marange in eastern Zimbabwe. Estimated to yield between US1 to 1.7 billion dollars per annum, the revenue from thes...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 13:59hrs | 3527 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lies can never contribute to peace Warikandwa
A posting by Chigumbu Warikandwa that appeared on the 8th of November 2018 has a grossly misleading title "Give Peace A Chance". It is just a lunacy. No peace can ever be built on lies, delibera...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 21:00hrs | 1214 | by Mkhululi Zulu
ZACC's Goodson Nguni wanted for fraud
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission commissioner in charge of investigations Goodson Nguni is a fugitive from justice who is wanted in South Africa to answer charges of defrauding his former emplo...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 09:49hrs | 2753 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe judge gets top Sadc post
FORMER Bulawayo High Court senior judge Justice Francis Bere has been elected president of the Sadc Administrative Tribunal (SadcAT) during the court's elections held in Gaborone, Botswana on Monday. ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:24hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Construction of Sakubva's $1m new vegetable market begins
THE construction of a $1 million state-of-the-art Sakubva Produce Market is set to start next month after the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) finally awarded the tender to a local ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:59hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Chipangano bounce back
HWANGE have made a quick return to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) after clinching the Zifa Southern Region Soccer League title with a win over contenders Tsholotsho at the Colliery Stadi...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Stricken family in limbo over witchcraft
LOCAL leaders in Nyanga have been accused of stalling progress in an attempt by an MP to help a stricken family suffering from a rare disease.Chivi South lawmaker Killer Zivhu last year bought...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe oligarchy conundrum
Zimbabwe is full of drama that lacks focus. Have we been zombified by politics?Over the past two decades, former President Robert Mugabe was the problem. In November last year, the country bad...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1611 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Churches and faith leaders seen backing Mnangagwa against Chamisa
As religious leaders urge the two warring sides in Zimbabwe to resolve their political impasse, many Zimbabweans suspect them of backing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and accuse the clergy of fueling t...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 08:19hrs | 7384 | by Agencies
Joel Luphahla's TelOne promoted to PSL
TelOne have gained promotion into the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League after winning the Central Region Division One Championship.The Joel Luphahla coached side beat Tongogara 1-0 on Sunday ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:25hrs | 4893 | by Staff reporter
Professor Manyureke under attack over her questions
The Kgalema Motlanthe led Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August 2018 post election violence's public hearings at Cresta Lodge in Masasa Harare enters a third day with witnesses appearing before the ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:06hrs | 2265 | by Sithabile Mafu
Prosecutor-General interviews set for next month
THE Judicial Service Commission will next month conduct interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General (PG), which fell vacant after Ray Goba resigned in August. Goba stepped down after a tribunal ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 4212 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mpopoma, Luveve swimming pools re-open after 15 years
THE Mpopoma and Luveve Bulawayo City Council-run swimming pools re-opened on 1 October after being closed for 15 years.This was much to the joy of school going children who have been thronging...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aide gets 3 years for defrauding job seekers
A MUTARE nurse aide has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding desperate jobseekers in the eastern border city.Juliana Tinonesana (24), who works at Casticas Syndicate as a nurse...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
'There is no Mambo in Ndebele kingdom'... Cal_Vin whips up tribal storm
Twitter users were recently treated to unexpected drama when rapper Cal_Vin posted a tweet that some believed to have tribal connotations as his ongoing battle for the Bulawayo hip-hop crown with man ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 3808 | by Nomazulu Thata
International airlines raise red flag over funds stuck in Zimbabwe
INTERNATIONAL airlines operating in Zimbabwe are reportedly contemplating cancelling their routes after failing to recover a cumulative more than $130 million repatriation funds they are owed by the c...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1204 | by Anonymous
Mnangagwa makes maiden UNGA appearance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make his maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which opened on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level Genera...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1325 | by Elijah Chihota
Mthuli Ncube directs all traders to accept bond notes
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has directed all traders to accept bond notes as they remain legal tender in the country. This comes as some unscrupulous whole...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?
LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic strea...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 362 | by Ian Scoones
Mthuli Ncube secures $250m loan
The new Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has secured a $250 million commercial loan facility from an international finance company, Gemcorp through the Reserve Bank...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 19:58hrs | 10656 | by Staff reporter
Banning White City Stadium and approving Vhengere is witchcraft
HIGHLANDERS have described as "witchcraft" the decision to continue allowing Vhengere Stadium in Rusape to host Premier Soccer League matches after falling 0-1 to relegation-threatened Mutare City Rov...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Bosso brought back to earth
Mutare City 1 - 0 HighlandersMutare City Rovers stunned Highlanders in a match played at Vengere Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.Veteran striker Evans Chikwaikwai scored the all-important g...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 19:25hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 3837 | by BBC News
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction
Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be condu...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Beyond the captive state
The phrase "state capture" comes very easily into our formal and informal communication these days.What is not easy, however, is true understanding of what the phrase fundamentally means. In S...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 163 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Monitoring Implementation of Economic Participation Agreements
The genesis of the Economic Participation Agreements (EPA) can be traced back to the historic economic and trade relation between European countries and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states....Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:30hrs | 155 | by NANGO
Chamisa's supporters under siege
Mutasa Central MDC Alliance MP-elect Trevor Saruwaka has accused Zanu-PF of abusing the country's legal system to haunt his supporters following his July 30 re-election through a blitz of arrests that...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:04hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Belling Zimbabwe's electoral-ideological cat
IT will take a while yet for the national after-effect of the 2018 harmonised election to wear off. Praise singers of President Emmerson Mnangagwa will continue justifying his eventual victory, while ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 457 | by Takura Zhangazha
Chiwenga to launch Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Legacy Foundation
ACTING President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, will today lead proceedings during the launch of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Legacy Foundation, a key tourism heritage project and a major highlight of this yea...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Normal to below-normal rainfall forecast for Sadc
SOUTHERN Africa is expected to receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season, according to the latest outlook produced by regional climate experts who predict that seasonal rainfall will...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Police recover stolen electrical gadgets
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered stolen electrical gadgets worth thousands of dollars following the arrest of two men suspected to be part of a gang that has been on a house breaking spree in the cit...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:57hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Church dispute rages on
THE United Pentecostal Church in Zimbabwe (UPCZ) has approached the High Court seeking an order interdicting a breakaway group from disrupting church activities and harassing congregants pending an ap...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Independence is fought for
MLF knew that some Mthwakazians who still believe they are Zimbabweans would be disappointed by the out come of the just ends elections in our eastern neighbouring country. MLF knew that some people l...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:08hrs | 869 | by David Magagula (MLF)
Baker's Inn to sink $20million into bread production
CONFECTIONERY giant, Baker's Inn, will invest over $20 million towards putting up additional plants at its Bulawayo and Harare factories next year as it seeks to further ramp up production to meet the...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | 1333 | by Staff Reporter
Anxiety as Zimbabwe awaits Chamisa vs Mnangagwa ruling
ANXIETY gripped Harare and other parts of the country as the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) began the much-anticipated hearing to determine the case in which MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is con...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime worships human heroes more than God - no wonder the endless problems!
As Zimbabwe lays to rest another ZANU PF - declared national hero, the late Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, one can not help but be bewildered as to why this regime pays more respect to human heroes more t...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 13:52hrs | 876 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 387 | by Igomombe
'Zanu-PF in partisan food distribution'
ZANU-PF officials in Chimanimani East are denying agricultural inputs to everyone they suspect to have voted against their party in the just-ended harmonised elections.The practice has been so...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:10hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: Your parents taught you better
The so-called experts fail to understand that it is the unshackled youths that can bring change in any country, not the rah-rah lying politicians. In addition, for street protests to work, they must b...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 22:27hrs | 12441 | by Sam Wezhira
Conductor up for rape
A MUTARE commuter omnibus conductor was on Saturday hauled to court on allegations of raping a 16-year-old pupil in the eastern border city.Benjamin Mutingwende (33), a conductor with Dragon T...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
African leaders are a weak cowardly treacherous bunch!
I have been following closely events in South Africa, as they mark Women's Week - with special focus on gender-based violence - and this led me to make comparisons between abusers and leaders we have ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 15:57hrs | 1941 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Smugglers cash in on porous Beitbridge border
SMUGGLING across the dry Limpopo riverbed has never been this high. Queues of vehicles loading goods illicitly brought into the country have turned dirty village road networks into busy streets....Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
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