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The role of Zimbabwe's diasporas in economic development
This article was 1st published on engineeringnews.co.zw. Zimbabwe is battling a water, fuel, forex and electricity crisis. Can diaspora funds save us? ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 584 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mthuli Ncube not different from the greedy MPs
If the unverified media reports on Finance Minister, Ncube's perks are true then why should we be surprised he is defending the MPs demands for vehicles. Scarce foreign currency will be made a...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2498 | by AT Kadada
Zimbabwe's Queen Bee unmasked
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been unmasked as the mysterious Queen Bee character who is behind then majority of the shady corrupt companies that are benefitting from fraudulent deals in the countr...Published: 11 hrs ago | 8184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Did you vote MPs to live large' asked Nkosana Moyo - how insulting, when he helped rig the vote
"As you continue to suffer, your representatives in parliament and government are preparing to receive brand new cars. Is this what you vote them in to office for? To live large in the face of crisis?...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1766 | by Wilbert Mukori
Trump focuses on Mnangagwa
President Donald Trump says his government continues to keep a beady eye on developments in Zimbabwe, as Washington is being lobbied to review its long-standing targeted sanctions on Harare. T...Published: 22 hrs ago | 8283 | by ZimLive
'No freedom after expression in Africa'
A PRELIMINARY report on the implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), has revealed gaps in implementing the African Union charter on human rights such as fr...Published: 23 hrs ago | 314 | by Staff reporter
'Separate local government election from national elections'
FORMER Bulawayo councillors have said the power struggle at City Hall involving MDC councillors is a result of skewed local government election processes.The aldermen said local government ele...Published: 23 hrs ago | 565 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC raps Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seems determined to ignore recommendations made by observer missions to level the political playing field and run free and fair elections, a top opposition offi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP's life in danger
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Mutasa South, Irene Zindi says her life is under threat after unknown persons besieged her farm last week and kidnapped her supervisor.Writing on her Twitter, the...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1823 | by newzimbabwe
'Masvingo solidly behind Mnangagwa'
Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial chairman Ezra Chadzamira has said the province is solidly behind the leadership of President Mnangagwa, saying time for electioneering is now over. Addressing thous...Published: 23 hrs ago | 267 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says MDC are cry babies
The opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been called upon to stop being cry babies but focus on developing the lives of those it purports to represent.In an interview after a s...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3541 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump says 'looking into Zimbabwe right now'
United States President Donald Trump said his administration was "looking at Zimbabwe right now" in a brief response to a journalist who had asked him a detailed question on his Africa policy and sanc...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:27hrs | 13140 | by ZimLive
Mugabe coup announcer will not divorce his wife
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Sibusiso Moyo says he will not be arm-twisted to divorce his wife simply because she has been appointed to lead the country's anti-graft commission.Moyo's wife, Loice ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:26hrs | 14996 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa to address high-profile rallies in Lupane East
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will address two high-profile rallies in Lupane East ahead of the parliamentary by-election in the constituency on August 3 where the opposition party will try to wrestle the...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | 2551 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vote-buying scandal raises alarm
A leading election monitoring group has condemned Zanu-PF's alleged attempts to use medical drugs to influence the outcome of the Lupane East constituency by-election, saying the move violates the pri...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 760 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
City fathers or city dealers at council chambers?
THERE is a wide and telling difference, just like the North and South Poles, in stature and charisma, between city councillors of old and the current generation of men and women in the council chamber...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:06hrs | 354 | by Limukani Ncube
Mnangagwa gets Sadc boost
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pending assumption of the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation is indicative of the region's confidence in the Government of Zimbabwe and...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:04hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
'The electorate believes in Zanu-PF'
Zanu-PF win over MDC in the just-ended by-election in the Nyanga South Ward 26 indicates the electorate's trust in the governing party and the effectiveness of its issue-based campaign, senior party o...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:04hrs | 204 | by STaff reporter
A second President is possible for Zimbabwe to save the little left
The citizens may have lost out on many resources (mining) but remember we can still support anyone we want to turn our fortunes around. We need to have one we anoint as an economic leader, one we ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2246 | by Justice Maphosa
ZEC will display unverified voters roll but not verified roll demanded by law - why bother
"THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland Nor...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 06:47hrs | 671 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chief Mugabe selection process rocked by disputes
Five houses that constitute the Mugabe chieftainship namely Dumbu, Chipfunhu, Haruzivishe, Mudavanhu, Chikanhe - Muzondo have petitioned authorities to register their displeasure with the on-going sel...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:35hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube pleads with BCC over eviction
FORMER Zanu-PF legislator Tshinga Dube has pleaded with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to spare him eviction from a parliamentary office in Makokoba constituency to pave way for the incumbent MDC leg...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:32hrs | 5318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dates San community
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa is expected to commission the San community irrigation scheme next Saturday, a month after production started, with the project now flourishing with fresh vegetables....Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:29hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
'External MDC branches key in national politics'
MDC external branches have not been seen as key players in national politics because the diaspora vote has been shut out of local elections.However, Tawanda Dzvokora (TD), chairperson of the U...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:28hrs | 211 | by Staff repirter
Zec to pilot test display of voters' rolls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland Nort...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa activist released on bail
ANTI-Government activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing independent candidate in last year's harmonised elections, Josphat Ngulube, who was arrested for allegedly leading an illegal demonstrat...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:26hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights for Japajapa's freedom
MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende says the MDC is working flat out to make sure that jailed activist Paddington Japajapa gets bail after he was slapped with two years in prison.Said Hwende...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 5333 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should vote for a tried and tested revolutionary party w...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2076 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt works on 50:50 principle
GOVERNMENT will soon amend the Constitution to extend the provision which reserves 60 seats for women following the pending expiry of the subsistence of the 10-year legal framework in 2023, President ...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1480 | by Staff Reporter
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 3448 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Ramaphosa's donations from White Monopoly Capital must be made public'
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to publish all the donations he had received during his 2017 ANC presidential campaign, finding he had breached the executive ethics...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 17:33hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
ZESN condemns Zanu-PF vote buying
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has condemned requests by the Zanu PF Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda for medicine supplies at Lupane clinics to be used for vote buying in th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2919 | by Staff Reporter
The Fifth Estate: A threat to national security
The turn of the century has seen the evolution of various communication platforms. This development also saw the rise of citizen journalism. The bad side of citizen journalism is that the writer i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2080 | by Elijah Chihota
A currency backed by nothing
On February 25, 1862, United States President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act, a brainchild of Elbridge Spaulding. Those were terrifying times. The republic was at war with itself and woul...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1473 | by eBusiness Weekly
Late Zanu-PF MP's widow selected for by-election
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South Province has selected the widow of the late Mangwe MP, Obedingwa Mguni, Hlalani Mguni to represent the party in the upcoming by-election in the constituency.The Nomi...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2995 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa protest leader in court
Anti-Government activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing independent candidate in last year's harmonised elections, Josphat Ngulube, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly leading an illegal...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
MDC raises red flag over politicisation of State institutions
MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), raising concern over the politicisation of State institutions after Zanu-PF instructed NatPham to disburse...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Presuming 'no normal person votes Zanu-PF' is what makes MDC lose
Appearances can deceive big-time.Perusing the South African media before that country's general elections in May this year, one would have concluded that the ruling ANC was finished and would ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1426 | by Conway Tutani
Health Ministry clarifies Lupane drugs distribution
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is mandated to deliver services to every community including medicines fairly regardless of activities taking place in those localities, a senior official said ye...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Spirited efforts to smear Mthwakazi leadership
There has been a spirited effort in the past few days by known and unknown MDC members and sympathizers on social media networks as well as some online publications to smear campaign the Leadership of...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:27hrs | 1409 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Army confronts Mnangagwa over leaked audio
Information from Harare indicate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was locked up in a meeting with some senior officers from the Joint Operations Command on Thursday evening when he returned fro...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 21:00hrs | 26522 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3985 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Tajamuka plotting a national shutdown protest
Pressure group Tajamuka has issued a statement saying they are consulting various stakeholders towards implementing a national protest that will liberate the people of Zimbabwe. In a statement...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 11:50hrs | 7653 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa to launch mass protests
The Movement for Demcratic Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has vowed to "lead from the front" in what he described as a "peaceful and radical" face-off with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 10796 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa convicted
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced MDC activist Paddington Japajapa to three years in jail after convicting him of inciting the public to commit political violence when he accused the Zimbabwe El...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's fate has been sealed
THE MDC leadership has summoned its Bulawayo councillors who last week faced protests from ratepayers over poor service delivery and endless infighting among city fathers.The melee at City Hal...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 5974 | by Staff reporter
'Don't expect decent salaries from Mnangagwa govt'
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, in its present form, does not have the capacity to decently reward its employees unless there is change in the poli...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP demands probe into threats against Mnangagwa's wife
MUTARE Central MP, Innocent Gonese Wednesday demanded an investigation into recent threats on the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's life by a state security officer.The MDC politician also said ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1064 | by newzimbabwe
MDC Alliance activist Japajapa jailed two years
MDC-Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa was yesterday jailed for an effective two years after he was found guilty of contravening Section 66A of the Electoral Act Chapter 2:13 (unofficial or false d...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
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