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It is very much in SA's interest to ‘interfere' in Zimbabwe
For about 20 years South Africa has watched, rarely exerted pressure, and in some instances aided and abetted, the tragedy Zimbabwe has become.South Africa is now home to millions of Zimbabwea...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:20hrs | 405 | by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
Masarira pens open letter to Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition LEAD party, has penned an open letter to the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, over the country's status quo.Masarira who some believe is linked...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:00hrs | 9597 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
South Africa plays an unofficial Big Brother to Zimbabwe
The government of South Africa and the ruling ANC have raised concern over the latest developments in Zimbabwe - perhaps so much earlier than many would have anticipated.South Africa plays an ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 14:41hrs | 3575 | by finx
Mozambican govt begs Zimbabwe for military rescue
THE Mozambican government, battling an Islamist insurgency which has cost more than 1 000 lives, has abandoned the idea of seeking military intervention from the Southern African Development Community...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 3496 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man douses ex-wife and son with petrol, sets room alight
A 26-year-old Bulawayo woman miraculously escaped from her burning bedroom and rescued her four-year-old son after her jealous ex-husband allegedly doused them with petrol before torching the room the...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:08hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders in renewed drongo call for Mnangagwa and Chamisa dialogue - make rational call or shut up
The drongo, "nhengure" in Shona, is a loud quarrelsome black bird with a shrill loud cry to march. Many of Zimbabwe's church leaders have started behaving like the drongo in their repeated calls...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 22:19hrs | 2752 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Church warns Mnangagwa
AMID the country's deepening political and economic crises, church leaders have once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to take the initiative to launch an inclusive national dialo...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 19:25hrs | 10853 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 142 | by Panashe Chigumadze
'Mthuli Ncube cannot revive the economy within a few years'
Zanu-PF Politburo member, Tshinga Dube, has said Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, cannot revive Zimbabwe's economy, which has been mismanaged for 40 years in just a f...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 17:47hrs | 2815 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to pay more to make calls
In a notice to operators on Wednesday, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) said operators may now use dual pricing on their tariffs.This is in line with...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:49hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecom operators get forex greenlight
Zimbabweans will now pay more to make calls and use the internet after the telecoms regulator authorised operators to peg their tariffs at the official exchange rate and in United States dollars....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2708 | by Staff reporter
NGO plans Africa's self-determination, sovereign development programmes to fight Covid-19
A non-governmental organisation - International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) is planning to conduct programmes that are meant to enable Africa to have self-determination, sovereign devel...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 132 | by Stephen Jakes
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1969 | by Bishop
The Patriotic Front white President Darryl Collet's message to Zimbabweans
My fellow Zimbabweans;This is the first time I address you as President of The Patriotic Front. And I do it with great honor and humility. TPF is a multiracial movement born out of a collectiv...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 19:16hrs | 5344 | by Darryl Collet
Only essential services staff to report for duty
As the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe passed 1 700 yesterday, with more than half the patients infected within the country, the Government has decided that only civil servants providin...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2844 | by Staff reporter
Former Bulawayo mayor says govt estates must be independent of each other
Former Mayor of Bulawayo Martin Moyo has said government estates such as the parliament, executive and the judiciary must work independent of each other so as to influence public interests issues and ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 1860 | by Stephen Jakes
Kariba tension-gripped as government departments dither tactlessly
Kariba is a tense town this week for both tourists and local stakeholders, with emotions boiling over in some instances. Government departments' inept handling of important issues is at the core of th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 18:47hrs | 4870 | by Laiton Kandawire Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Environment and Tourism Correspondent
31 July a defining moment for Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe is a like a soldier marking time and not going anywhere.Our government has been so dysfunctional for a very long time, but the majority of the people feel in the air the winds of chan...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 4184 | by Leonard Koni
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2059 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa fails to honour promises'
ZIMBABWE is currently going through political and economic crises that have caused untold suffering to citizens. At the same time, factionalism appears to be devouring both the ruling Zanu-PF and oppo...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 5766 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, despite the city experiencing a crippling water shorta...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Rugare 'Gamatox' Gumbo bounces back into Zanu-PF
THE only surviving member of the Dare Rechimurenga, Rugare Gumbo is on his way to bounce back into the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF.Announcing the comeback, Zanu-PF Acting National Spokesperso...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2531 | by Staff reporter
Amending constitution unfair, undemocratic
To be frank, the late former president Robert Mugabe made so many errors of commission and omission during his 37-year rule.However, in my singular opinion he also omitted to groom a successor...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 355 | by Martin Stobart
Tsenengamu vows Mnangagwa confrontation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has made startling claims the country was better governed by late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now under Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2652 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo water problems littered with superstition and politics: Bajila
MDC Alliance activist Descent Bajila has bemoaned that the saddest issue about the Bulawayo Water Problem is that it is littered with too much superstition and too much politics but too little science...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2585 | by Stephen Jakes
Young people, your country needs you
Talking success to a cross section of young Zimbabwean teens from across the economic spectrum, one theme was common.They all want to leave the country when they finish school. They do not see...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 199 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Renewable energy carries potential to propel Zimbabwe
Harnessing Zimbabwe's abundant renewable energy resources is key to helping the country support its development strategies and leapfrog towards low-carbon socio-economic progress.Energy is inc...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:36hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
73-year-old white Zimbabwean leads new opposition, The Patriotic Front
DISPOSSESSED former rancher, Darryl Collett has emerged to lead the newly formed The Patriotic Front and is set to contest President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 elections.Collett, a 73-year...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:06hrs | 2875 | by newzimbabwe
The Patriotic Front announces its national leadership
National coordinators of The Patriotic Front held a meeting Thursday evening, in which they elected members of the interim National Executive Committee, set to lead The Third Way until at least its of...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 12:12hrs | 5255 | by Mxolisi Ncube
We are our own enemy
THE issue of racism is far deeper than meets the eye. The United States of America scenario seems to suggest that mostly blacks from the marginalised communities are victims of police brutality....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 153 | by Boniface Manjeya
Covid-19 breakthrough drug dexamethasone is made in SA
The newly-discovered coronavirus breakthrough drug dexamethasone is produced and readily available in South Africa, giving hope amid a surge in both infections and deaths.The drug was already ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3346 | by Busisani Ncube
The commodification and tribalisation of Bulawayo politics
The current imported and tribalistic nature of politics in Matabeleland generally and Bulawayo in particular, is cancerous and anti-development. This commodification and tribalisation of politics is a...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1866 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 809 | by Tawanda Majoni
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1187 | by Siphosami Malunga
Shonas must support Republic of Matabeleland establishment for their own good
Tribal oppression is a double bladed sword that hurts both the oppressed and the oppressor. Shona people and all their families must support Matabeleland restoration as it is a good cause that seeks t...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 10:28hrs | 5245 | by Israel Dube
Zupco bus fares up 100%
THE Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has hiked fares by 100% barely three months after an increase by the same margin in March putting pressure on the already economically overburdened commu...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2790 | by George Mkhwanazi
'You have pinned my neck down. I can't breathe!': The spine-chilling cry of Matabeleland
The sad narrative of underdevelopment in the generality of Matabeleland is a horrendous and unattractive delineation of the unceasing marginalisation of the region since the primitive and callous deth...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 730 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chamisa 'can't breathe'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has psyched up hard-pressed Zimbabweans to liberate themselves from the heavy Zanu-PF yoke which he claims has shrunk the democratic space and deprived ci...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 5356 | by Staff reporter
Do Black lives really matter or we are just opportunists?
Racism has been a hotly debated subject of late, particularly in the light of the profoundly unsettling brutalization and ensuing death of George Floyd, an African American, at the hands of a law serv...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 06:01hrs | 402 | by Gift Tawanda, M
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a senior government official confirmed.As of ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
In crisis we know who our real friends are, and we have few better than Alexandr Zingman
It is said that in times of crisis you really know who your friends are. Zimbabwe has suffered a lot in recent years, especially economically and as a result of the harsh and demanding American sancti...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 770 | by Chris Mahove
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa administration failing to deliver on promises
Nurture rather than nature is more influential in moulding an individual's behaviour and character.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime have consistently displayed a DNA, which ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:44hrs | 228 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
An introduction to Radical Economic Structural Transformation (REST)
"We have been caught in a spider's web of lies about our history, our potential and our future as a country since 1980. The only way we can extricate ourselves from it is to first change our belief sy...Published: 28 May 2020 at 14:47hrs | 1032 | by Vince Musewe
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2130 | by Staff Writer
Motorists shun forex fuel
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo are shunning service stations which sell fuel in foreign currency and opting to fill their tanks from those charging in local currency as the exchange rate continues to shoot thr...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
Not yet Uhuru for Africa: Africa Day message from ZAPU
Africa Day has come and gone on May 25 2020, just like any of the previous years. A day that was set aside by mother Africa herself for commemorations, recognition and appreciation of our African iden...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 479 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
'Zanu PF has embraced reforms, will repeal POSA' - rigged elections to repeal POSA, how nauseating
"For too long our country has been held back by the old ways of doing things. In our society, politics, economy and culture; everything was old. New ideas have been resisted; new developments, rejecte...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2237 | by Wilbert Mukori
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic pay
Urban council workers demand $2 500 basic payTHE Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers Union (ZUCWU) has written to all urban councils demanding a minimum basic salary of $2 549 in line with the statutor...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
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