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Mupfumira to lose Senate seat, Central Committee position
FIRED Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira is set to lose her Senatorial seat and Zanu-PF Central Committee position after Mashonaland West Province, where she comes...Published: 3 hrs ago | 164 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube cautions on De Jongh
HIGHLANDERS' long time benefactor Tshinga Dube says the team's newly found form should not be credited to the new Dutch coach Pieter De Jongh but to the fact that the players have finally found the ri...Published: 3 hrs ago | 508 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo wants Trevor Manuel and other Old Mutual directors jailed
Axed Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo says there is no punishment befitting Old Mutual directors other than six months' jail time, without the option of a fine, on the contempt of court charges he lodged aga...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa under immense pressure to dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa have come under immense pressure to dialogue Zimbabwe's way out of the economic meltdown with analysts saying that was the only soluti...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu PF MP hounded by 2008 attempted murder case
Shielded from prosecution for over 10 years now, former Zanu PF legislator for Magunje, Francis Ndambakuwa (52), is finally going to stand trial for attempting to kill two MDC members ahead of the inf...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1433 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa fires warning shots at doctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a veiled threat on doctors accusing them of neglecting their job in pursuit of money. Speaking on Thursday Mnangagwa said doctors used to prioritise the l...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 127 | by Tony Hawkins
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Gems coach sacked for complaining about unpaid allowances
SENIOR netball team coach Lloyd Makunde has been sacked ahead of the Africa Netball Cup that gets underway in South Africa today. The Zimbabwe Netball Association (Zina) executive led by Letic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:02hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Tree planting is everyone's child
If you have cut more trees than you have planted then feel guilty, trees are life. The countryside is almost 'naked', forests are no more as wanton tree cutting has become endemic. Who shall s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:43hrs | 10 | by Tondo Murisa.
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 14 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Chamisa itches for clash with Mnangagwa
Opposition MDC party leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the country was drawing to a "tipping point" as shortages of key commodities persist, while the collapse of the local currency and rising infl...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew dumps Harare water project
LATE Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe is under fire over failure to complete the Oddis Plant project his company and some Israelites were long contracted to work on by the Harare Ci...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | 30 | by newzimbabwe
ZANU PF to fire Prisca Mupfumira
President Ememerson Mnangagwa is reportedly initiating a move to fire embattled former Minister of Tourism Prisca Mupfumira from her Politiburo post due to the web of corruption allegations that...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 17:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mohadi chides Zapu on Unity Accord pullout
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has chided the opposition party, Zapu, for trivialising the 1987 Unity Accord saying the pact was irreversible.The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between Jos...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jean, come back home to Zimbabwe and leave your Ghanaian husband, my response to activist Nomazulu Thata
Dear Nomazulu Thata, I recently read an article in Bulawayo News 24 where you were saying I am in an abusive ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1757 | by Jean Gasho
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 9579 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Chamisa MDC orders Bulawayo mayor to reinstate Kambarami
THE opposition MDC has ordered Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni to re-instate his expelled deputy Tinashe Kambarami, despite a High Court ruling that the latter's election was a nullity.Kambarami ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Lightning strikes woman fixing fowl run
A MATOBO woman died after she was struck by lightning while fixing a fowl run with her husband at their homestead. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chamisa in 'armed robbery, murder'
A self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and allegedly robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the de...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses warped NGO report
Government yesterday fired a salvo on the local NGO report questioning the independence of the Judiciary and described it as "tired and old rhetoric" that should be smoked for its inequity. Ju...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to fire George Charamba?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is making moves to fire the Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba an online publication Zimlive has reported.It is reported that Mnangagwa told his officials a...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:37hrs | 496 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Mayor refuses to re-instate Kambarami
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni has refused to bow down to pressure from the MDC Provincial structure which instructed him to re-instate under fire Councillor Tinashe Kambarami to the Deputy Mayo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:10hrs | 3880 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1315 | by Walter Mzembi
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 894 | by AP
'Mnangagwa give a young leader to lead'
I am a ZanuPF member through and through. Fought in the liberation of this country and lost my leg during a firefight with Rhodesian forces. I have something to share with my fellow veterans of the st...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 17:00hrs | 5567 | by Cde Mao
'Doctors don't feed on court orders'
Striking doctors at public hospitals are likely to face a contempt of court charge for defying a Labour Court order issued last Friday compelling them to report for duty within 48 hours of the ruling ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Parliament probes botched govt truck deal
SOLUTIONS Motors owner Patrick Siyawamwaya yesterday came under fire in Parliament after his company got a US$518 850 contract from the Department of Irrigation to supply 10 trucks in 2017, but only s...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean crisis gone above politics
IT began with the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe, who many identified as a liberator-turned despot. At the height of his rule, and in the twilight of his reign, a common factor endu...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 549 | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa's staff forced to abandon offices as anti-riot police besiege party HQ
TERRIFIED MDC staff was Monday forced to abandon its offices while others failed to report for work completely when dozens of anti-riot police besieged the main opposition's national headquarters in c...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 146 | by newzimbabwe
MDC Alliance councillor accused of abusing food aid
Goromonzi West Ward 4 Councillor Tapiwa Murima (MDC-Alliance) is under fire for allegedly misappropriating food meant to cushion the elderly, the disabled and the less privileged. This comes a...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Matemadanda: Mash Central is burning
We write to you as concerned party members from Mashonaland Central. We have tried to seek an audience with your office to no avail. ZANU PF Mashonaland Central is burning and the current provincial e...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1194 | by Utete
Heroes Acre a satanic ritual site: Ndebeles buried there must be exhumed
Now that the so called Zimbabwe Heroes Acre has been exposed as a satanic ritual site, starting with Joshua Nkomo and uMama uMafuyane who was poisoned by Zanupf Women' s League members, all Matabeles ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:06hrs | 3293 | by Israel Dube
Katsande, Billiat end Chiefs's trophy woes
Zimbabwean-cum-Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Willard Katsande today made history by becoming the first captain in four years to lead Chiefs into bagging a trophy as a result of a 4 - 2 victory over Mamelod...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:40hrs | 1811 | by Daniel Itai at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg
Tendai Biti tears into Mthuli Ncube
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has fired salvo at the Finance and Economic Deevelopmnet Minister Mthuli Ncube accusing him of being a person who misleads the citizens. Biti was commenting on N...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 10:05hrs | 11134 | by Mandla Ndlovu
When the tongue gets potent than prayer
Phew!The Bishop was a bit under the weather last week and he decided to take a sabbatical.But, he had hardly mended when he heard whispers of a proposed Sabbath by his fellow adherents...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 76 | by Bishop Laz
JSC offers to reinstate fired resident magistrate
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has offered to reinstate fired Esigodini resident magistrate, Mr Tawanda Muchemwa, barely a month after he had approached the Labour Court challenging his dismiss...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots colleague
A police officer mistakenly shot and injured his colleague who had accompanied him on a raid on a licensed firearm owner in Rujeko C on Tuesday, October 08.Police in Masvingo referred all ques...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
'Friendly fire' leaves one dead as misdirected stone kills friend after beer tiff
A New Lobengula man, with the intention of hitting a drinking mate that he had been arguing with, missed the target and instead struck his best friend with a stone who died on the spot, before fleeing...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:21hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners vanish with AK47
A RANGER with the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority lost his AK47 with 15 rounds of ammunition to illegal gold panners in Chimanimani under as yet unclear circumstances on Tues...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Police track down armed robbers
POLICE in Mutare have launched a manhunt of a gang of robbers that has transformed the Zimunya and Mutasa areas into a terror zones after attacking five business premises and escaped with cash and an ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:32hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Zinara board chair freezes as corrupt activities exposed
Former Transport deputy minister and Zimbabwe National Road Administration board chairman Michael Madanha was on Tuesday left speechless in court after dismissed finance director Simon Taranhike asked...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 3524 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to finish off Mnangagwa's Presidential term?
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is increasingly set to finish off beleaguered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential term, through a vicious military coup said to likely involve...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 23444 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Firing doctors won't ease Zimbabwe health crisis
ZIMBABWE'S health sector is mired in a crisis as public hospital doctors have been on strike for over a month. The job action has resulted in patients being turned away from hospitals while there have...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe failing to attract an investor
INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe is failing to attract an investor, 11 months after government invited bids from potential suitors to take over the embattled entity, the Zimbabwe Independent can re...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Govt to probe MDC Chamisa nepotism at Town House
GOVERNMENT does not take lightly nepotism reports at Harare City Council and investigations will soon be instituted to deal with the rot, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Deputy Min...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec holding headmasters at ransom
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has come under fire for allegedly holding schools to ransom over its "confusing" security procedures.School heads who spoke to The Herald this...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will not be vindictive against ex-G40 members
ZANU PF National political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said it will not be vindictive against its supporters who were previously linked to the vanquished G40 faction during its restructuring of H...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires accountant-general
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported to have sacked accountant-general, Daniel Muchemwa, for failing to manage public accounts.The accountant-general's office, according to auditor-general...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 18:05hrs | 3661 | by ZimLive
Who is stoking the fires of stratospheric pricing of goods and services?
The high prices 'veld fire' needs more drastic measures to douse the flames that are threatening to consume the commoners. In this time of great 'financial drought' how many can afford to buy ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | 905 | by Thomas Murisa
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