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Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe video after backlash
American comedian Tiffany Haddish faced backlash from some Zimbabweans after posting a TikTok video of her visit to a supermarket in Harare. In the video, Haddish expressed surprise at the store's siz...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:44hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Russian Post resumes delivery services to Zimbabwe
As summer starts, Russian Post will offer customers the ability to send parcels to 14 more African countries, bringing the total to 39, the state-owned company's press service announced on Monday....Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 12:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Russia donates 25,000 metric tonne wheat to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has received part of Russia's 25,000 metric tonne wheat donation and an additional 10 tonnes of fertiliser.The donation is part of Russia's 200,000 metric tonne aid to six African cou...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russian corporation assists Zimbabwe in fighting hunger
Over 23,000 metric tons of bulk potash and NPKS fertilizer intended for Zimbabwe have been fully loaded onto a vessel in the ports of Riga, Latvia, and Ghent, Belgium; the shipment is intended for hum...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Russian free grain due to begin landing in Africa within days
RUSSIAN shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its bid to bolster its influence in the continent.President Vladimir Putin promised t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Putin offers 50,000 tonne free grain to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that his country was food-secure but was grateful for an offer of free grain from Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit in...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry confident Warriors will play at home
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry is confident that the senior national team, the Warriors, will play their matches in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at home following the ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in World Cup draw
ZIMBABWE has been placed in one of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying draw pots ahead of the expected lifting of its ban by the World governing body.A delegation from Fifa, Caf and Cosafa are ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 20:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Life of refugees at Zimbabwe's Tongogara Refugee Camp
"Before Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) came into this camp, I was always full of stress and anger," claimed Elina (26), a refugee staying at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge."There was no pl...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK spurns Zimbabwe metal driver's licences?
THE UK's Driver's Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is refusing to convert the licences saying the old metal licences no longer meet the criteria set by the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Zimbabwe...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira pushes for quick implementation of Africa free trade area
Pan African Parliament (PAP) President Chief Fortune Charumbira has jolted the legislative continental body's committees to prioritise review of their work plans and ensure that activities, aimed at f...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jam UK work visa applications
ZIMBABWE is among top five countries that registered the highest number of citizens granted work visas to the United Kingdom (UK) in the past two years, latest statistics by the UK's Office of Nationa...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abstains from unbinding UN vote over Russia/Ukraine war
ZIMBABWE is among the 32 countries that abstained from voting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine on Thursday. Since the invasion of Ru...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Untrustworthy Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
United States President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa - one that has grown wider ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | | by Associated Press
Zimbabwe votes for 'Mother' Russia
ZIMBABWE on Monday voted against a United Nations General Assembly (Unga) resolution for Russia to pay compensation for the damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine.Ninety-four countries voted...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clears 90% of debt to airlines
ZIMBABWE has cleared 90% percent of its obligations to international airlines which amounted to about US$100 million, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed Wednesday.As o...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | | by Israel Dube
Fresh test for Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts as the US hosts crucial Africa meeting
DESPITE spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a public relations stunt and expending energy on an international re-engagement exercise, Zimbabwe continues wallowing in isolation amid reports that t...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe defends decision to abstain from UN vote
GOVERNMENT has defended its decision not to vote against Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, saying it chose to abstain because it does not support t...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abstains from anti Russia vote
Zimbabwe was among the 35 countries that yesterday abstained from voting against Russia when the United Nations General Assembly put the Ukraine crisis for a vote.The vote was 141 to 5, with 3...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA removed from UK Covid travel red list
Zimbabwe has been removed from UK Covid travel red list, the British government has said.According to BBC, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other 45 countries will be removed from the red list, whic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
IMF SDR release puts Biti in his place
IN April 2021, the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) granted debt relief to the 28 poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by catastrophic natural disaste...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nakamba to miss Bafana showdown
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA is now certainly out of the Warriors' 2022 World Cup qualifier against South Africa, next week. The English Premiership revealed they will not release any players for matches set for...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
101 Amazing Facts About the Life and works of Emperor Haile Selassie
On the occasion of the 129th birthday of the Emperor, I have selected one out of 101 extraordinary achievements he accomplished during his reign: from Ras Tafari- Emperor Haile Selassie. The May 5th V...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza originally written by Mulugeta Haile
Mnangagwa: When the mask falls off
ZIMBABWE has been going through a lot in the past week, trying to navigate through a constitutional crisis but one thing has stood out about the administration. It is autocratic both at home and abroa...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's govt votes against resolution to stop genocide
Zimbabwe inscribed its name on the "Wall of Shame" at the United Nations on Tuesday, voting against a U.N. General Assembly measure that seeks to protect vulnerable populations against "genocide, war ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Sports Stadium gets greenlight
THERE was relief within the domestic football family after the Warriors were given the greenlight to host Bafana Bafana, in their 2022 World Cup qualifier, at the National Sports Stadium, next month.&...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
US red flags Zimbabwe over workers' rights abuse
THE United States yesterday threatened to slap Zimbabwe with more sanctions over government's crackdown on labour rights and tightening freedoms of association and assembly.The United States T...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff writer
US reviews trade preferences eligibility for Zimbabwe
THE United States of America has announced that it will begin a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade preferences eligibility review for Zimbabwe.Belo...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying false narrative of a 'crisis' in Zimbabwe
For the past few months, Zimbabwe's internal and external detractors have been in overdrive, pushing a concocted narrative that there was a "crisis" in Zimbabwe. This false narrative is premis...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Pardon Muzavavi
Zimbabwe 7 - 1 Mauritius
Zimbabwe 3-1 Mauritius Zimbabwe win 7-1 on aggregate PRINCE Dube chose national colours to finally break his non-scoring record at Barbourfields Stadium this year when he scored a hat-tr...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa to hire foreign coach
ZIFA are looking to hire a foreign coach to replace Sunday Chidzambga, who resigned as the Warriors coach last week, and have since identified three possible targets that they think are suitable for t...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Eskom - Zesa deal on cards
President Mnangagwa yesterday held successful bilateral talks here with his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to find lasting solutions to Zimbabwe's power problems, clearing the w...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets out
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to join other Heads of State and Government for the African Union Extraordinary Summit that will see the launch of a single continental trade bloc.He...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF babysitting a time bomb
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party, Zanu-PF, have a ticking bomb on their lap. And they look quite cozy with that.The so-called "mabhemba" wars - a group reference to violence involvin...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:11hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Climate change: Africa confronts global warming
New IPCC report projects greater temperature increases in the region than elsewhere Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a p...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2 | by Dan Shepard
MDC Alliance dismantling patriarchy towards a people’s movement
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deep economic and political crisis, further worsened by Cyclone Idai that has ravaged the eastern parts of the country leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thousand...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 05:19hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
Zimbabwe is not the worst country on earth!
At the beginning of this new weekly column, more of which is going to come in the next months and years Inshallah, let me make this humble appeal to the authorities on behalf of the suffering resident...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 6 | by Baffour Ankomah
Mbwando lauds Johannes Ngodzo
GERMANY-based former national team defender George Mbwando on Monday paid homage to ex-Highlanders and Warriors midfielder Johannes Ngodzo whose blossoming career was cut short by an injury. N...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
A letter to Mugabe that could have changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
An Eritrean diplomat friend sent the attached letter to me last night and I was blown away by how prophetic it was to Zimbabwe's situation, and how if Robert Mugabe had applied the advice given to him...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 2 | by An introduction by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mnangagwa's choreographed plan to carve out his image as a reformer up in smoke
When Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the leadership of Zanu-PF and became the head of state there was a perfectly choreographed plan to carve out his image as a reformer.He would be presented to ...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Putin moots military base in Zimbabwe…….as Mnangagwa begs for Moscow bailout package
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE - Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has reportedly set his eyes on opening a Russian strategic military base in Zimbabwe, as Moscow ratchets up her new foreign policy in Afri...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
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