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Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lie has no legs
A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 254 | by Staff writer
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing her of two cellphones, was yesterday senten...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:08hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 987 | by House of Commons Library
Chamisa rejects 'meaningless' dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would not be bulldozed into "a meaningless dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, vowing that any talks with the Zanu-PF leader to resolve ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suspectedly poisoned with deadly Polonium-210
Vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is suspected of suffering from the lethal polonium- 210 poisoning, and is reportedly admitted at an undisclosed Indian military hospital.High ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 47610 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa, Newsday lies over Kaitano exposed
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa and the privately-owned, opposition-leaning newspaper Newsday, peddled fake information about the death of Tinashe Kaitano, of Kadoma, in the recent anti-Zimbabw...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, NewsDay shamed
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and pro-opposition daily NewsDay peddled fake news about the death of Tinashe Kaitano of Kadoma in the recent anti-Zimbabwe propaganda campaign, The Herald report...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions' myth - countries with tougher sanctions performing better
When the Robert Gabriel Mugabe regime was toppled in a military coup in November 2017, most people believed that his successor's much touted 'new dispensation' would do away with excuses for the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28hrs | 2112 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers
I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2860 | by Terence Simbi
'Dead' protestor in the dock
NON-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that are cooking up figures of people who died during last month's MDC-Alliance-instigated violence were exposed after a man they claimed to have been shot dead&n...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:50hrs | 4365 | by Hon. Dr. Bekithemba Mpofu
'Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful'
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 06:37hrs | 5086 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Court confirms Matiza victory
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Matiza as the legitimate National Assembly member for Murehwa South. Minister Matiza beat Mr No...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to march for Mnangagwa on Mugabe's birthday
The Zanu PF youth league will on February 21 - the day former President Robert Mugabe turns 95 - march in Harare in show support to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Addressing about 300 district y...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
2 die in separate road accidents
Two people died in separate road accidents that occurred in Madziwa and Rusape at the weekend.One person died, while four others were injured when a Mazda pick-up truck they were travelling in...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still hopeful about joining Commonwealth
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scoffed at reports that an influential British lawmaker wants the UK to withdraw its support for Zimbabwe's application the Commonwealth.Mnangagwa told French tele...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1144 | by newzimbabwe
Criticism of Ncube's Oxford professorship part of an anti-Zimbabwe plot
Last week a British freelance writer covering teaching, learning and student issues, as well as higher education in Africa and the Middle East, Anna McKie let the world in on the increasingly rabid ob...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 3026 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?
One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations,...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2565 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Man kills village head
A 20-year-old Zaka man allegedly fatally struck his village head and uncle with an axe for summoning him to his traditional court to censure him for attempting to rape his brother's wife. The brother ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zim Judge to deal with army killings in Lesotho
Top judge Justice Charles Hungwe is in Lesotho as one of the foreign judges who will preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians and members of Lesotho's army, police, ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dialogue is critical but requires sincerity and progressive mindset
Political dialogue takes place in many forms, it is initiated and facilitated by a variety of actors. One cannot be an initiator and actor at the same time. Four main types of political dialogue have ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 15:56hrs | 1453 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwean man jailed for life for killing SA doctor
A 29-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was on Wednesday condemned to life imprisonment by a Lephalale High Court in Limpopo province for killing a South African doctor.Petrus Standford Moyo, was also se...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:21hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
A partisan military: The most potent weapon against democracy
That Zimbabwe has become the proverbial cursed nation, which simply can't unshackle itself from an economic abyss and political crisis that has rankled for decades, is beyond doubt.The highly-...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 808 | by Learnmore Zuze
2 long-distance bus robbers arrested
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a five-man gang linked to a spate of robberies targeting long-distance and cross-border buses.In one of th...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
UK moots punitive measures on Zimbabwe
THE British government has all but lost confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and yesterday threatened more punitive measures, including adding more names on the sanctions list, ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 508 | by newzimbabwe
Man jailed 28 years for fatally axing lover
HIGH Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa yesterday sentenced a 32-year-old Shurugwi man to 28 years in jail for killing his girlfriend with an axe after they broke up.Tapiwa Tavaziva Chinyam...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Man murders sex worker
A Bikita man allegedly fatally stabbed a commercial sex worker with an Okapi knife at Nyika Growth Point last week after a dispute at her house. Leonard Gwari (24) of Duma Location, Nyika, all...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 3574 | by Staff reporter
Maimane, a thorn in the flesh for Mnangagwa?
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has emerged as a thorn in the flesh for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of a vicious military clampdown against opposition ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
It's time to abandon adversarial politics
In spite of my traumatic memories of the days of British colonialism, I hasten to admit that recent words of Queen Elizabeth II carry a powerful wisdom which we as Zimbabweans — bent on a reckless p...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:46hrs | 250 | by Andrew Wutawunashe
An ode to Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi achieved both in life and in death what our national leaders have failed to do: uniting a deeply polarised and fractured nation.Such was his greatness.In life, he performed...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 667 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF MPs heckle MDC MP in parly complaint over state crackdown
ZANU-PF MPs Tuesday heckled MDC legislator Innocent Gonese as he tried to raise a formal complaint through the house against an ongoing state crackdown on those accused of taking part in recent anti-g...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1249 | by newzimbabwe.com
False start to Air Force of Zimbabwe pilot's trial
THE trial of an Air Force of Zimbabwe pilot Tashinga Musonza (29) who is accused of brutally murdering his girlfriend Miss Lucy Duve (32) in a crime of passion late last year, failed to kick off on Mo...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:13hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
The role of peace in the economy
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:17hrs | 140 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Mnangagwa goes after killer soldiers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has succumbed to pressure from local and international human rights groups to rein in killer soldiers, and yesterday appointed a 10-member inter-ministerial taskforce to f...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up taskforce to implement Motlanthe recommendations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday established a task force to address issues raised by the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election fatal shootings by the military,...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 341 | by ZimLive
Judge calls for revamping of judicial system
HIGH Court Judge, Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has called for the revamping and capacitation of the institutions in the justice delivery system to enable them to adequately fight crime. Officiall...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:14hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
10 times maid stabber 3-year-run ends in suicide
A MURDER suspect who absconded to South Africa after allegedly fatally stabbing the family maid 10 times for spurning his sexual advances, committed suicide in the neighbouring country. Vincen...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend 'killer' pilot's trial kicks off
THE trial of an Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot accused of killing his lawyer girlfriend in a crime of passion late last year, kicks off in Gweru today. The case is part of the 17 murder cases line...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:38hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Violent protests and use of force
REFLECTING on the tumultuous events of the past week makes one realise how so much can go so wrong in a very short time. What was touted as a shutdown/stayaway to protest the surprise 150% hike in fue...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:11hrs | 250 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa's Commonwealth bid hits snag
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to rejoin former British colonies' club, the Commonwealth, as part of his re-engagement efforts with the West, appears to have hit a snag after the ex-colonial maste...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:12hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murdered in cold blood
A TAXI driver was murdered in cold blood allegedly by three suspected carjackers who had hired him from the Central Business District (CBD) in Gweru pretending to be going to Woodlands suburb. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 13:10hrs | 2403 | by The Language Coach
Cops launch manhunt for Shurugwi murder suspects
POLICE have launched a manhunt for four suspects linked to the murder of a Shurugwi artisanal miner recently.Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said Darlington Mangoma of Hlamba ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:27hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
6 kombi drivers remanded for 'fatal assault'
SIX kombi drivers who allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a protester who was among violent protesters who had barricaded a road, appeared in court yesterday. Mthulisi Sikwabayila (24) o...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:13hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers kill gun totting robber
A man believed to be part of a gang terrorising border jumpers and smugglers along the Limpopo River was last week fatally assaulted by a group of illegal immigrants he had attempted to rob at gunpoin...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa warm up for talks
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for dialogue involving the country's main political actors, church and leaders of civic groups to find a lasting solution to the country's deteriorati...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:21hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa seeks AU, Sadc intervention
MDC vice-president Morgen Komichi yesterday implored the Southern African Development Cooperation (Sadc), the African Union (AU) and the rest of the international community to intervene on the deterio...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to crack the whip at Zanu-PF rivals?
TWO top allies to President Emmerson Mnangagwa have all but confirmed a Zanu-PF plot to dethrone the underfire national leader while also making sensational claims of a plot on their own lives by unna...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:12hrs | 10375 | by newzimbabwe
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