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Zimbabwe to receive drugs, ambulances from India
Indian Vice-President Shri Venkaiah Naidu, who left the country yesterday, assured President Mnangagwa that his country will offer immediate assistance to Zimbabwe's health sector, in what has come as...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:25hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
DRC envoy meets Mnangagwa
An envoy of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila, Mr Kikaya Bin Karubi, who is also an advisor in the office of the president, met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa this morning....Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1872 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Putin set for key talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will meet Russia's President Vladmir Putin early next year, as he continues his engagement and re-engagement drive that is calculated to integrate Zimbabwe into the global...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:10hrs | 779 | by Staff Reporter
Parly holds hope of displaced people
A FORTNIGHT ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the first session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe, delivering a State of the Nation Address (Sona) that elicited various reactions a...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 154 | by Francis Mukora
Biti attacks outgoing UK envoy
OUTGOING British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing was a card-carrying member of Zanu PF, who had no right to the diplomatic title, opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Tendai Biti has sens...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3061 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'open for business' mantra not enough, says India envoy
INDIA has urged the Zimbabwean government to implement policies that attract investment, saying President Emerson Mnangagwa's "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra is not enough to lure foreign inves...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa is a dictator unfit to lead the Integrated MDC
Word on the street and in the opposition circles is that the MDC-Alliance is going to re-integrating and morph into one political party, reverting to something resembling the original 1999 MDC project...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 8369 | by Gangemukange
China will continue supporting Zimbabwe projects
OUTGOING Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping says China will continue to support several projects they initiated in the country, including the construction of a proposed new Parliament building ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Daunting task awaits Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
WITH Zimbabwe in serious economic woes, announcement of the new Cabinet was obviously a keenly awaited event. Tongues had for some time been wagging, posturing on a number of possibilities, ranging fr...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1043 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Belarus envoy delivers special message to Mnangagwa
Head of the Belarus Presidential Affairs Mr Viktor Sheiman has delivered a special message to the President Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulating him on the victory in the just ended elections and invitin...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 11:48hrs | 1588 | by Staff Reporter
China To Africa: don't blame us for working with corrupt govts, you voted for them
Chinese officials have defended their government for working with corrupt African governments saying that China did not have a choice as it was not responsible for selecting the governments. F...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:04hrs | 2455 | by Sithabile Mafu
Mnangagwa takes economic gospel to China-Africa summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday pledged a cocktail of economic reforms set to improve the investment climate and enhance policy clarity, consistency and predictability. In his address at the 2018 Summit...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for new gains at Focac
Zimbabwe is expected to sign new deals in China this week, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government upscales its economic growth agenda.President Mnangagwa is in Beijing for the Forum for ...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:22hrs | 324 | by Staff Reporter
UK forces Mnangagwa, Chamisa into talks
FORMER colonial master Britain is actively pushing for opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and for the Zanu-PF leader to reach out to h...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 4650 | by Staff reporter
British ignorant of Zim affairs - Felix Mafa Sibanda
MDC Alliance Bulawayo spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda has said the British are not qualified to commend President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his appointment of the commission of inquiry into the August s...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1208 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's Cabinet appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to appoint his Cabinet ahead of his trip to the Far East on Friday where he is scheduled to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooper...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 14761 | by Staff reporter
Germany to resume Zimbabwe funding
Germany has pledged to open lines of credit for Zimbabwe and deepen bilateral relations as the international community warms up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration following free, fair an...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:14hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
China places strategic ground to air missiles in Zimbabwe
COLOGNE - In what all but amounts to turning Harare into a satellite outpost of Beijing, China has reportedly deployed and installed a dreaded new generation of surface-to- air missiles (SAM) in Zimba...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 37624 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mugabe endorses Mnangagwa
The state media today reports that former President Mr Robert Mugabe has endorsed and congratulated his successor President Mnangagwa on his election victory and sent his daughter, Bona, to represent ...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | 4883 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa told to investigate rights abuses
OUTGOING European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Philippe Van Damme has said although he has not personally met President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa in the past few weeks, he was hopeful that govern...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lied over shootings: EU
Mnangagwa lied over shootings: EURELATIONS between President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and the European Union (EU) hit a new low yesterday, with the influential bloc's point person...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | 3236 | by Staff reporter
Kofi Annan dies
The former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, has died aged 80.International diplomats said Annan was the first black African to take up the ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 12:12hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
US cranks up pressure on Mnangagwa
United States President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on embattled President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa by demanding that he institutes a transparent and credible investigation...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | 3194 | by Staff reporter
Freak accident mars Heroes Day celebrations
HEROES Day commemorations in Beitbridge town were yesterday marred by a freak traffic accident that left four people, including the driver, seriously injured.The driver identified as Jildah Ml...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Russia to deliver a special message
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has arrived in Moscow Russia, where he is expected to deliver a special message to the government of Russia following the just ended harmonised elec...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 19:03hrs | 8067 | by Staff Reporter
Raila Odinga's ally fingered in Zimbabwe violence
The Orange Democratic Movement has refuted claims that Silas Jakakimba travelled to Harare on behalf of party leader Raila Odinga to cause election chaos. Zimbabwe police claimed Jakakimba wen...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:33hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sends overtures to Mnangagwa - report
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa is facing increasing isolation after being dumped by a team of scholars he had roped in as advisors and also by close lieutenants who are not happy with his failu...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:15hrs | 17404 | by Staff reporter
British envoy accused of ridiculing Chamisa
British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing has come under spotlight after two legislators who visited the country before last week's national harmonised elections accused of her of ridiculing oppos...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:22hrs | 4676 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa - Mugabe feud reaches historic nastiness
It's a deepening feud - playing out on TV stations and on Twitter and Facebook - that has now ballooned well beyond a small political quarrel.For President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecess...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 12:27hrs | 3197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a big pretender: Ex-US envoys
FORMER United States diplomats have described Monday polls as a mere political charade and urged the world's biggest economy to be wary of deeply engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In an ar...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
'DRC envoy to Zimbabwe out of order'
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mawampanga Mwana-Nanga has come under attack from the opposition after he was quoted by the State media, arguing that the government of Zimba...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe characterised by too much freedom, diplomats declare
THE pre-election environment has been characterised by "too much" freedom and some opposition parties are now abusing that liberty, diplomats said yesterday.The envoys, who met Foreign Affairs...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Angola is sending top envoy to Harare
MDC Alliance leader and presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa told his supporters that Angolan president Joao Manuel Goncalves has dispatching his foreign affairs minister to Zimbabwe to assess the si...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:44hrs | 3336 | by Staff reporter
'SADC throw MDC petition in the dustbin,' reports Herald - bloated Chamisa balloon is deflating fast
The blatant cheating and wanton violence of 2008 elections have proven one thing beyond all doubt - that Zimbabwe cannot hold free, fair and credible elections without first doing something to take aw...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:11hrs | 1491 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa declares polls stalemate
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday disclosed that he had triggered a regional diplomatic offensive to pressure Sadc to convene an urgent extra-ordinary summit on "the Zimbabw...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:39hrs | 4254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on track to hold credible elections: Sadc
Zimbabwe is on track to record credible, free and fair elections as the pre-election environment has been peaceful while the majority of people are confident of the electoral processes, Sadc has said....Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Walking with an umbrella, waiting for the rains
NAPOLEON Bonaparte was really prophetic when he said: "In politics, absurdity is not a handicap." Political developments in Zimbabwe over the past few weeks have shown that indeed, the floodgates of a...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 12:57hrs | 576 | by Bishop
Zimbabwe freer under Mnangagwa, than Mugabe
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's removal from power, under the weight of a military intervention in November last year, brought forth renewed hope in citizens and Zimbabweans are freer now than they h...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:15hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
'It's the law which is arrogant,' says Chigumba
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairwoman Justice Priscilla Chigumba says ZEC cooperates with foreign election observers and missions, but does not take instructions from anybody because it is an...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 08:59hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ropes in ZCTU for joint demo
Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has roped in erstwhile allies, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, vendors and college students for a joint massive demonstration on Wednesday to demand transparency and le...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appointed ZEC commissioners
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he played a crucial role in the appointment of commissioners to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), which today he condemns as lackin...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 3439 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa on a regional diplomatic offensive
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday rejected the "sham" ballot papers produced for the July 30 elections and immediately dispatched his emissaries on a regional diplomatic offensiv...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1230 | by Staff rpeorter
Statement by advocate Nelson Chamisa
Fellow Zimbabweans, I come before you to express my gratitude for the tremendous support, solidarity and kindness that you have shown to the cause, to us, particularly myself and my esteemed colleague...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 12:40hrs | 8240 | by Nelson Chamisa
UK ambassador to Zimbabwe angers Mnangagwa challengers
BRITISH ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Liang's has come renewed under fire over her conduct on social media.The envoy angered the local opposition after she reportedly endorsed a tweet by a s...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Moyo, Chinamasa on reengagement crusade
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Retired Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Moyo embarks on another re-engagement crusade to the Netherlands this Monday night following the first leg tour ...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 17:18hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
US top official speaks on Zimbabwe poll
United States envoy Matthew Harrington has expressed mixed feelings over the progress made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration towards creating a conducive environment for free, fair and ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:05hrs | 2637 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa came to power through violence'
AMERICAN think-tank, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), yesterday said the weekend explosion at a Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo was confirmation that Zimbabwe's political landscape has not yet shed off i...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:37hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doesn't trust Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that he does not trust former First Lady Grace Mugabe and her G40 acolytes, adding he could not rule out their involvement in the fatal bomb atta...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 3079 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ditches Tamborinyoka
MDC-T president Mr Nelson Chamisa has appointed Dr Nkululeko Sibanda as his spokesperson, replacing Mr Luke Tamborinyoka who has been ditched after indicating his intention to contest the Goromonzi We...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Youth can be agents of positive change
Jayathma Wickramanayake, 27, from Sri Lanka, is the new UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. Her role is to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts. She also serves as an adviser t...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:50hrs | 333 | by Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy
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