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2014 MDC camps may need mediation
TWO camps have emerged from the MDC-T 2014 structures following the mooted Supreme Court ruling for the MDC-T 2014 structures to organise an extraordinary congress to elect a replacement for the late ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 623 | by Kaitano
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' wife
A Hwange man who suspected that his wife was cheating on him beat her up after he saw a text message allegedly coming from a boyfriend. Mavuto Sithole (37) of Number S9 Makwika Village, Number...Published: 3 hrs ago | 378 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Makhalisa Literary Trust promotes IsiNdebele literature
A LOCAL Trust has embarked on a programme to promote isiNdebele literature after observing that few writers were penning novels in the language threatening its future existence. The Barbara Cl...Published: 3 hrs ago | 166 | by Staff reporter
Strong leadership in times of crisis
CT GSB alumnus Mehluli Mpofu was recently appointed as the Managing Director of Central Africa Building Society (CABS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Old Mutual Zimbabwe. On the first day of his appoin...Published: 13 hrs ago | 630 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance was on the right direction until......
The MDC Alliance was on the right direction until Komichi, Mwonzora and others decided to drag the party into the gutter for their personal political interests. All party cadres and structures should ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:10hrs | 3876 | by Christopher Nyamandi
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Are the West suckers for cheap propaganda?
ONE question that people who accuse the Government of Zimbabwe of complicity in the alleged abduction and torture of citizens have not attempted to answer is: For what benefit?What does the Go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 227 | by Nick Mangwana
100 escape from quarantine centres
NEARLY 100 returning residents have escaped from various quarantine centres where they were confined as part of mandatory measures to control the spread of Covid-19.The law prescribes that all...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 67 | by Bishop Lazarus
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 5849 | by Staff reporter
RBZ can't import forex to buy gold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners' group says.Fidelity Printers & Refiners (FPR), the central bank unit which i...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti takes Mnangagwa head on
Tendai Biti, the Vice President of the main MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failing to understand statecraft and the principle of the same. ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 18:02hrs | 8942 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZCP Central Committee condemns ZANU PF sponsored abuse against women
Three recent incidents involving the beating of 6 women by police and army unmask not only the patriarchal nature of the Zimbabwean society but also, the reluctance of government to take disciplinary ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1437 | by ZCP
Man up for stealing floor polish
A MAN from Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb stole 400ml of Chitaitai floor care polish worth $158 from Choppies supermarket down town.Jabulani Moyo (33) pleaded guilty to theft when he appeared bef...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:49hrs | 1104 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (II)
IT is important to analyse why Zimbabwe was successful in the first two decades of Independence, and became a failure in the second two decades. One fundamental reason is that the whole nation was uni...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 897 | by Fay Chung
Khupe's MDC-T plunged in huge disarray
THE MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has been plunged into chaos amid deepening divisions within the interim leadership.The development comes at a time the party is awaiting a High Court decision ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 5838 | by Staff reporter
US dollar court ruling set to trigger lawsuits
THE High Court judgement that compels those owed money in United States dollars to be paid in that currency could result in a litany of lawsuits, especially against financial institutions.The ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Rape, Assault cop appeals against dismissal
A POLICE officer stationed at Mzilikazi Police Station in Bulawayo who was accused of raping two women on separate occasions after assaulting and threatening to kill them, has approached the High Cour...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:27hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans billionaire's company takes over SA data centre
AFRICA Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg from Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank. The ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora refuses to attend 'fake MDC-T' meeting
THE MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa (MDC Alliance) has abandoned its bravado and has accepted that the recent Supreme Court ruling which favoured the rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe is binding on ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:59hrs | 8136 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 736 | by Vince Musewe
Farmer axes man for linking him in a love triangle
KAROI-A 28 year old man from Tengwe farming area east of Karoi town who could not stomach the reality of being fingered as a womanizer while at his girlfriend's residence has appeared in court after h...Published: 21 May 2020 at 15:33hrs | 1136 | by Naume Muza
Sex vendors in the jaws of COVID-19
THE catastrophic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe have left many people financially crippled and impoverished.While lockdown proclamations in many...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1657 | by Staff reporter
Komichi says sorry for aiding Chamisa 2018 'coup'
MDC-T national chair, Morgen Komichi has issued an apology to party structures for being one of the key architects of Nelson Chamisa's alleged power grab performed on the news of founding leader Morga...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:54hrs | 8011 | by newzimbabwe
Banks to swap RTGS for new notes: RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks will have to swap RTGS balances for new higher denomination notes, as part of the bank's strategy to keep a firm grip on money supply growth. The ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested over Covid-19 fake news
ANOTHER Bulawayo woman who allegedly peddled fake news on WhatsApp and shared with her daughter a false Press statement bearing President Mnangagwa's fake signature announcing the extension of the loc...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Ban on outdoor exercises lifted
THE MINISTRY of Health and Child Care has lifted the ban on jogging and other outdoor exercises during Covid-19 imposed lockdown. Outdoor exercises and public gatherings were banned following ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Bill awaits Parly debate
The Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill was gazetted last week and now proceeds to Parliament for debate and possible amendment before being passed into law. The Bill seeks to set out the ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urges police to arrest three MDC youths
IN A move that is likely to further stoke political tensions in the country, authorities are demanding the arrest of three MDC youth leaders who participated in a flash demonstration in Harare last we...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira: please keep quiet
I was pained to see your video that was commenting about the abductions of Honourable Mamombe, Chimbiri and Marova. What is intriguing is that you are saying the young women stage-managed their abduct...Published: 18 May 2020 at 18:36hrs | 3129 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Prodigal son Tinashe Jonasi apologises to Zanu-PF Chamisa and All Zimbabweans
In a twist of events Mr Tinashe Jonasi who has gained notoriety in attacking the Zimbabwean government and all the opposition members. Mr Jonasi came into light as he was flighted more often in a You ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 17:02hrs | 5014 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dr Joshua Nkomo and the Calamity of Honesty
Very few people in the history of mankind and Zimbabwe will match Dr Joshua M.Nkomo's selflessness and tolerance, commitment to equality and love of Zimbabwe. He was a man whose eyes refused to se...Published: 18 May 2020 at 09:48hrs | 2546 | by Mqondobanzi Nduna Magonya
Chamisa ropes in UN envoy
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sought the intervention of the United Nations to facilitate investigations into the alleged abduction and torture of his three-party members by suspec...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 8152 | by Staff reporter
When political dust blurs the truth
POLITICS is a dirty game. It is full of lies and deceit as well as character assassination. Real killing of nemeses is commonplace. It is a game full of unholy practices and double standards.T...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 534 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Shifting Attitudes on Higher Education: A Radical Approach to Bridging the Critical Skills Gap
Young people are Africa's most valuable and the single most important key to unlocking sustainable economic growth. The United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG 4) commits countries to ensure ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:05hrs | 557 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 233 | by Brian Sedze
8 tips for keeping a healthy routing during Covid-19
For the most part, we can all say that our lives have been completely uprooted because of the Covid-19 pandemic. While most of us understand the implications of not cooperating, it is still hard to ov...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:00hrs | 346 | by Staff Writer
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 769 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Chamisa, Khupe war in new twist
The battle for the control of Zimbabwe's mainstream opposition party pitting Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe will be fought in the courts once again after four legislators approached the High Court...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:37hrs | 11429 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo member blasts abductions on MDC MP, activists
OUTSPOKEN Zanu-PF politburo member and ex-war veterans minister Tshinga Dube has condemned the alleged abduction and torture on three opposition activists saying the acts unnecessarily gave the countr...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:36hrs | 4297 | by Staff reporter
Fighting for nothing, living for anything
Blessed are those who will intently read Bishop Lazi's sermon today and take it to heart for they will be able to see the future.You see, politics is not a beauty pageant: You cannot just catw...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:17hrs | 139 | by Bishop Lazarus
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1195 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Woman fined $200 for stealing kapenta
BULAWAYO woman has been fined $200 for stealing 1kg of kapenta from Liquor Hub Wholesales supermarket.Nomathemba Charowa (40) of Njube pleaded guilty to shoplifting when she appeared before Bu...Published: 15 May 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1007 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe lockdown likely to stay
THE Covid-19 lockdown is likely to be extended for a third time beyond May 17, but more restrictions may be further eased in areas that are not at high risk, official sources told the Zimbabwe Indepen...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6543 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF missing the target
MDC-AlliAnCe leader nelson Chamisa is simply a face representing an ongoing struggle against a multifaceted catastrophe that has been ravaging the livelihoods of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe for fa...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1293 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 390 | by Fay Chung
Sub-standard Covid-19 products flood Zimbabwe
tHE Standards association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) is conducting quality tests on hand sanitiser and protective clothing and will soon be publishing a list of certified producers following the proliferation ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Chief, residents sue over State brutality
A GWERU chief and two Bulawayo residents have filed notices of intention to sue the police and the army for damages after brutalisation by the security officers during lockdown. Trymore Nhari,...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
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