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Zanu-PF's bid to dissipate MDC might return to haunt it
LAST week's Zanu-PF politburo meeting was interesting in two ways - the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the party's vice president, and second secretary. I have never under...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2671 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF's eagerness to dissipate MDC might return to haunt them, as could be spur needed to finally urge Zimbabweans to stand up
Yesterday's ruling ZANU PF party Politburo (supreme body) meeting was interesting in two ways - firstly, the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the organization's vice preside...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:23hrs | 2303 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
African universities' science A faculties a mockery
AFRICAN universities should discontinue their science faculties and concentrate their financial resources on the development of the arts, histories and music than misrepresent the sciences through pre...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 479 | by Reinford Khumalo
Japan gives Zimbabwe US$8,6 million
JAPAN has given Zimbabwe US$8,6 million in emergency funding to support vulnerable people who have been most affected by the humanitarian crisis in the country.In a statement yesterday, the As...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:53hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
King 98 lightens up Xmas with Tanzanian connection
Zimbabwean rapper, King 98 has teamed up with two Tanzanian music sensations, Juma Jux and Shebby Medicine to lighten up the festive mood with an explosive hit song, Jogodo which is a fusion of Afro-p...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:47hrs | 360 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Rats cannot think beyond peanuts
AROUND this time in 2018, witty cynics, the majority of whom have happily found a convenient playground on social media platforms, were whining and whingeing that shortages of Coca-Cola which is a gen...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | 139 | by Bishop Lazarus
Well Taylored future for Wesley Madhevhere
The Chevrons are currently on tour in Rawalpindi in Pakistan and a lot has been anticipated from their outing. On the 30th of October 2020 Pakistan played host to its first ODI of the year with Babar ...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 10:31hrs | 857 | by Energy Mavaza
When the undertaker wishes you long life
This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 307 | by Bishop Lazi
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 342 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Unemployed volunteer nurses pitch up, turned away from Masvingo hospital
There was a circus at Masvingo Provincial Hospital Thursday after a group of 15 trained but unemployed nurses turned up at the health facility to purportedly take up posts rendered vacant by nurses wh...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:50hrs | 858 | by newzibabwe
RBZ launches foreign exchange auction today
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)today replaces the interbank market with weekly foreign exchange auctions to determine the Zimbabwe dollar exchange rate with those in industry and commerce cautiousl...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is clueless'
The investor and I had just come to the realisation that the Victoria Falls Formula 1 Grand Prix project had been politically-infiltrated and most politicians wanted in at any cost. We decided to aban...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 17044 | by Shami Fred
Indecisiveness will be the death of opposition politics in Zimbabwe
"In a world in which many people are indecisive and overly cautious, the use of speed will bring you untold power. Striking first, before your opponents have time to ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:09hrs | 418 | by Leonard Makuya
COVID-19 virus no match for global political thuggery
Clearly, the world has been turned upside-down, inside out.The new coronavirus - Covid-19 - has made possible what we previously thought unimaginable.It has weaned sports junkies from ...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:56hrs | 100 | by Bishop Lazi
Don't Africans get tired of being poor?
And so it begins - Africa's gladiator fight with the most virulent of viruses to affect mankind in recent memory.And for the umpteenth time we are being reminded that this would be another Dav...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:03hrs | 169 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe @40: It's not yet uhuru as we yearn for true independence
It was sometime in 1980 as the independence euphoria swept the nation.There were thousands of expectant faces at Induba Primary School in Pelandaba suburb, Bulawayo.Within minutes the ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 149 | by Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo
Lockdown locks out rank marshals' earnings
IT was midday and the sun was blazing as pedestrians in downtown Harare went about their frenetic daily chores. The sidewalks were crammed with merchandise ranging from food items to accessories, laid...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 414 | by Staff repprter
BCC clinics overwhelmed as hospitals' OPDs close
BULAWAYO City Council clinics are overwhelmed with patients after the city's central hospitals closed their Out Patients Departments (OPDs) and started attending to emergency cases only. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo braces for Covid 19
I love walking the streets of my hometown, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Every street, edifice and alley way holds many memories for me. Memories of happier times, when our now old and frail parents...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 449 | by Terence Msuku
Zanu-PF is worse than coronavirus
"Gukurahundi" loosely translates from the Shona language (one of the main languages spoken in Zimbabwe, alongside English and Ndebele) to mean "the early rain that washes away the chaff." The killings...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 10:06hrs | 2366 | by Knowledge Hakata
20 Ugandan nationals deported from Zimbabwe
Court in Zimbabwe has ordered the deportation of 20 Ugandan nationals over illegal entry while en-route to South Africa. The Ugandans including a five-year-old were arrested along Bulawa...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Bone and ligament clinic a welcome development
MPILO Central Hospital is of strategic importance in the country's health sector not only in Bulawayo where it is domiciled and its surroundings but to the southern part of the country as it is also a...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 07:53hrs | 382 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF land barons exposed, what next?
FOR years it has been a public secret that Zanu-PF bigwigs and government bureaucrats, together with all their associates across the Zimbabwean society have been behind the often chaotic urban housing...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:00hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Come for more cash: RBZ
Banks have to continuously draw cash from the central bank to ensure uninterrupted supply to depositors, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has said.New cash and coins - ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
Government to train community midwives as health scare hits the country
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to train community midwives to assist pregnant women in child bearing amidst health crisis that has hit the country due to the indus...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 896 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Expectant mothers overwhelm Mpilo's maternity wing
MPILO Central Hospital's maternity wing is overwhelmed by numbers of expectant mothers seeking its services thereby compromising service delivery. The hospital is attending to an average of 20...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:00hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Let's give the MPC time to deliver
The newly constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had its inaugural meeting on the 28th and 29th of October 2019. This was another milestone for the Central B...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 12:41hrs | 1564 | by Nathan Chikara
God is not like Job Sikhala's tailor
Nostalgia is quite climactic, and there is nothing as pleasurable as going down memory lane.When Bishop Lazi was having a haircut last week, he could not help but think how life was so fashion...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:40hrs | 213 | by Bishop Lazi
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1324 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Employment law changes in the UK : proposals in the pipeline for HR
Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws revealed as Boris Johnson's tenure in 10 Downing Street begins.Many of t...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1603 | by Muchie Shamuyarira
Democracy and philanthropism in governance and five of Africa's most rare men in politics
Democracy is a system of governance in which the people choose their leaders by voting for them in elections. ... Philanthropy is free-giving of help or money to those in need. Governance is control o...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:34hrs | 902 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 6038 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The bane of rabid, frenzied media
Again, dear reader, if ever you are in doubt, if ever you are confused, if ever you need a moral compass, or whenever you find yourself agreeing with Jonathan Moyo, you should know that you are close ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 149 | by Bishop Lazi
Of poor political performers, protests and stupid protestors
Those who attended or listened to the speeches delivered during Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) May Day commemorations in Dzivarasekwa, Harare, last week will testify of how the labour body's...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | 1627 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming fr...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4809 | by Staff reporter
Eating soil, a pregnancy craving that can kill . . .
The smell of soil after light rains is divine. I like to think of it as the smell of nature, pure and fresh. Many women experience iron deficiency during pregnancy and subsequently develop a craving f...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:12hrs | 1270 | by Andile Tshuma
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 798 | by Learnmore Zuze
LIVE- All eye on Mangudya #MonetaryPolicyStatement speech
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will today (Wednesday) at 14:30hrs release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). The market is eagerly waiting t...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:16hrs | 11282 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mangudya
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will tomorrow (Wednesday) release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). And on Friday, Mangudya will meet various stakeh...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 17:09hrs | 3707 | by Staff reporter
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 3139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for dialogue with MDC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally succumbed to the calls for national dialogue which the MDC has been calling for since the disputed 2018 election results were announced.President Mnang...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 06:28hrs | 17839 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calling for talks from burning anthills
There is so much talk about a Government of National Unity (GNU); talk which seems to be gaining traction, especially so with the coming on board of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), and the dem...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | 254 | by Elliot Ziwira
Acting President Chiwenga is a 'dangerous cancer' which needs to be suppressed urgently.
President Mnangagwa has been on record telling Zimbabweans to be patient as his government continues its brutal policies of killing innocent citizens by the means of economic hardships which has led t...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 00:50hrs | 20217 | by Knowledge Hakata
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 5382 | by Leonard Koni
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2230 | by MDC
'Oskido stole our song'
WHEN the two members of Izikhali Zomsakazo met Kalawa Supremo Oscar Mdlongwa and handed him a demo with their songs on 27 December in 2013, they thought lady luck had smiled on them.Many artis...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:07hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
'Install CCTVs in hospitals'
The Government should consider installing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in major health institutions to ensure patients receive appropriate and quality health services, a local non-governmental hea...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fails to cope, maternity patients sleep on the floor
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is failing to cope with the high number of maternity patients resulting in some of the expecting and new mothers sleeping on the floor, a situation described as depl...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:32hrs | 862 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2984 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Expectant mothers vacate clinic over goblins sexual attack
HEALTH workers, expecting mothers and some patients have allegedly vacated a clinic in Lupane following sexual attacks by suspected goblins, authorities have confirmed.Expecting mothers in wai...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
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