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BREAKING: Zimbabwe suspended from International Cricket Council
International cricket chiefs on Thursday suspended Zimbabwe over a failure to keep the sport free from government interference, putting in doubt their participation in qualifiers for the World T20....Published: 6 hrs ago | 2175 | by AFP
No judgment on Tinashe Kambarami's case
The highly anticipated judgment between 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement and Bulawayo Deputy Mayo4 Tinashe Kambarami was still not out at the time of writing on Thursday evening. Cite repor...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1811 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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: 14 hrs ago | 6651 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Now we know the culprits behind Zimbabwe's agricultural failure
THE case of former Police Deputy Commissioner-General Innocent Matibiri being dragged to court for failing to pay back a US$189 000 debt is not only very intriguing, but it is also infuriating in a bi...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1288 | by Editorial - NewsDay
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: 17 hrs ago | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Harare losing millions in billing chaos
HARARE City Council could have lost millions of dollars revenue in the past three months due to the failure by officials to handle a smooth transition between two billing systems.Harare was us...Published: 17 hrs ago | 287 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe passport not printed by Nikuv'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa and fellow opposition legislators Wednesday took Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema to task on why government was making citizens' lives unbearable through failure to pr...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1004 | by newzimbabwe
Highlanders FC clamp down members' social media dissent
HIGHLANDERS' members that antagonise the team's leadership on social media will now have their membership revoked as such actions damage the club and sponsors' brands. This was one of three ma...Published: 18 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa threatens to sue Govt, Parly over his poor $1,800 salary?
Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa has threatened to sue the Government and Parliament over poor remuneration for parliamentarians. Mr Mliswa said this in the National Assembly yesterday while ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 530 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean consumers helped bankrupt Zesa'
Consumers played a part in bankrupting Zimbabwe's power utility, Zesa Holdings by failing to pay their bills on time resulting in the institution now failing to provide the much-needed electricity, pl...Published: 18 hrs ago | 427 | by New Ziana.
'Kambarami has a string of legal battles'
1893MRM lodged a case against Tinashe Kambarami following the 31 July 2018 Zimbabwe harmonized national and municipal government elections. The movement had discovered that Mr Kambarami, the councilor...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:55hrs | 2412 | by 1893MRM
Unpacking the MDC RELOAD document
Many people had high hopes that since Mugabe no longer there, probably Mnangagwa will change the economy of Zimbabwe, people will get jobs, industries will open, a strong Zimbabwe dollar will return, ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2375 | by Etiwel Mutero
Poor salaries jolt civil servants
Civil servants representatives yesterday demonstrated in Harare and handed over a petition to the government demanding a restoration of their salary to at least the equivalent of US$475 using the inte...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Women give Gweru council 14-day ultimatum
WOMEN Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Midlands Chapter has given Gweru City Council 14 days to explain the source of funding for former town clerk, Daniel Matawu's exit package as well as resolve the cit...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
'A coup against Mnangagwa is about to explode'
The November 2017 military coup which forced tyrant Robert Mugabe from power is still haunting Zimbabwe almost 18 months down the line. The remnants of the coup and its footprints will not disappear s...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:59hrs | 17340 | by Blessing Ivan Vava
Mthwakazi National Party takes ZANU PF and MDC head on
Mthwakazi National Party has condemned the imposition of public officials who do not have the people of Matabeleland at by the two dominant parties ZANU PF and MDC.In a statement of Tuesday MN...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 13:11hrs | 2993 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How to prepare for military school admission tests
Applying to a military school or academy presupposes not only submitting your test results, but also passing a fitness exam. Take a look at the steps you need to take to get enrolled, as well as famil...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | 1426 | by Staff Writer
Kambarami: A pig in royal robes still finds amusement in mud
The Tinashe Kambarami cabal's crass exhibition of foolishness unmasks the failure of the MDC to run urban councils. The exalted office of councillorship has been defiled by the repugnant behaviour of ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1666 | by Ndabazabantu Sondokhulu
Zvinavashe estate in shambles
FIVE beneficiaries of the estate of the late national hero, Vitalis Musungwa Gava Zvinavashe's Trust have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to remove the current Trustees accusing them of fai...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1998 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Gukurahundi 'architect' threatens
Zanu-PF party Politburo member Perrance Shiri has called on members not to be swayed by opposition elements who want to make the country ungovernable through demonstrations. Addressing thousan...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1044 | by STaff reporter
Nomazulu Thata Misinformed
Nomazulu Thata who regards herself as the custodian of all Mathebeleland issues has a tendency to twist facts to suit her agenda. It is very curious that she refers to Bulawayo as the City of Kings an...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:15hrs | 1764 | by Lizwe Dube
Zanu-PF trounces MDC Alliance in by-elections
Zanu-PF snatched a ward from the MDC-Alliance in Nyanga and retained another in Bikita by considerable margins in by-elections held over the weekend, underlying the ruling party's dominance in local p...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
'MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate' - amused and irritated SADC in equal measure
"Chamisa: We went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate!" screamed the headlines in New Zimbabwe.Every SADC leader involved in the Zimbabwe political crisis during the 2008 to 2013 GNU was amused...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 2464 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 3798 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF 'shame list' brews huge storm
An international money laundering watchdog has put Zanu-PF bigwigs and prominent people on its radar after ruling party youths named them in a list of people that are allegedly driving the foreign cur...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | 4754 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu: The nation still needs answers
IT IS hard to forget the day the Warriors of Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals and the manner they exited the 24-team foootball competition and the ghost of that humiliatio...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:57hrs | 523 | by Michael Kariati
Zimbabwe to narrowly avoid recession
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe's economy will flat-line this year, narrowly skirting recession in the face of growing headwinds.Initial forecasts had suggested that the economy wo...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:56hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
The calibre of councillors
THE Auditor-General's (AG) Local Authorities Report for 2018 makes for some serious, but disturbing reading.It reports the state of financial management of local authorities and shows the exte...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 441 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mayor humiliates Kambarami, lifts suspension of town clerk
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has reversed a decision by his deputy Tinashe Kambarami to suspend town clerk Christopher Dube, as the battle for control of the City of Kings intensifies.Kambaram...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans want country to remain on sanctions, says Chamisa
SANCTIONS imposed on Zimbabwe by the US mirror the aspirations of Zimbabweans, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said.The measures imposed on former President Robert Mugabe and his administration ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 508 | by newzimbabwe
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2910 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the Kambarami -Town Clerk suspension saga
The wait is over.Yesterday (11 July 2019) I promised to give my opinion on the “alleged suspension pending disciplinary investigation” of the Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr. Christopher Dube by th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4843 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
'Oh Ntuthuziyathunqa, my heritage, kindly refuse to die!'
It is with utter dismay, sadness and inexplicable shock, to native Bulawayans and Matabelelanders in general, to hear through the grapevine, of the proposed monstrous intentions of the culturally inse...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1208 | by Nhlanhla Moses
MDC's RELOAD road-map is the road to nowhere - as long as Zanu-PF remains in power Zimbabwe is going nowhere
MDC is a party of corrupt and incompetent individuals; I did not expect the party's promised road-map plan, Road to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness And Democracy (RELOAD), to be worth much. I ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 658 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
'Project delays costing RG’s Office'
THE Registrar-General (RG)'s Office has been incurring huge costs for unfinished district registry office projects, whose prices have since doubled or trebled due to late implementation.This w...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami suspends Bulawayo Town Clerk, trying to capture City council
Acting Bulawayo mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reportedly suspended the city's Town Clerk Christopher Dube on allegations of misappropriating council funds.In a letter dated July 11, 2019, Cllr K...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 4994 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in an audacious bid to undercut Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in an audacious bid to undercut President Emmerson Mnangagwa, visited a newly completed clinic at the run-down settlement of Hopley, south of the capital a day before the Zan...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 6177 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo fears cholera outbreak
BULAWAYO residents are wary of a cholera or typhoid outbreak in the city after the local authority indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city on Tuesday without notice.The indefin...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Cranborne Boys High School students in demo
CRANBORNE Boys High School staged a demonstration earlier today against the school head Mr Dennis Masenga who is being accused of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds at the school.Mr M...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:30hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Residents Association calls for a shutdown of schools
The Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BUPRA) is calling for a shutdown of schools until the water situation returns to normalcy in Bulawayo. It is further calling for heads to roll in counci...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 3265 | by Ndou Paul
'We don't eat Nationalism' says Mthwakazi President
So many people in Zimbabwe particularly shonas and some of our Ndebele speaking people do not really understand or comprehend with what is meant by the term "Nationalism". To Shonas, nationalism means...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1168 | by Mqondisi Moyo
How to remove ZANU-PF: Overthrowing or Fair Elections?
This piece seeks to demonstrate that ZANU-PF has been provoking citizens to revolt since 1980s. President ED Mnangagwa should change his party's dictatorship system of governance and electoral fraud. ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:43hrs | 2808 | by Don Chigumba
MDC Youths rally behind Job Sikhala
The MDC Youth Assembly is riled by the state and ZANU PF's overtures to flagrantly and wantonly disregard the right to freedom of expression through the ill thought move to charge MDC National Vice Ch...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2426 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Clean-up as a sustainable policy option: Transform Zimbabwe implores government
There are so many ways the Government of Zimbabwe can adopt in improving its environmental performance other than setting aside a day for National cleaning which Transform Zimbabwe views as a reactive...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 126 | by Staff Reporter
US blocks Cyclone Idai aid
The Japanese religious movement, Soka Gakkai Foundation is failing to forward its US$10 000-00 donation to Cyclone Idai victims, citing the unilateral sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States, Harar...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 2628 | by Gondai Kamumango
Zimbabwe economic crisis a silhouette of the political crisis
The enduring crisis in Zimbabwe presents a conundrum to a lot of people.To the generality of Zimbabweans,whose only desire is the pursuit of a dignified existence, the debilitating liquidity c...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 354 | by Learnmore Zuze
'Public loses confidence in police force'
POLICE recorded an increase of 26 percent in road accidents and 20 percent in crimes of national concern in 2018. According to the Auditor General Mrs Mildred Chiri in her 2018 report, the fai...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
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