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Zimbabwe dam levels break records
The country has witnessed record breaking national dam levels after gaining an average of 56,9 percent this season. As at March 1, the national dam level average had risen to 95,9 percent.In t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 789 | by Staff reporter
Rains to ease off
Rains are expected to ease off countrywide from Monday to Sunday with sunny breaks by today with warmer conditions and sunshine expected from tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department has said....Published: 23 hrs ago | 2370 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 4836 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mutoriro' (methamphetamine) claims a life
Tatenda Kasinyore (28) from Mutapa suburb in Gweru died yesterday after he was detained from Mutapa police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier on influence of mutoriro.Assistant...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 12:43hrs | 2167 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Nakamba out of AFCON qualifiers
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA has become the first Warriors player to be barred by his club, from the remaining two 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia, later this month. The influential mid...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to give MDC a a new name as MDC implodes
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy by holding the MDC together and provide the nation with a solid opposition. Ironically the MDC has transformed to be the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 12653 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt must revisit their anti-graft strategies
HE latest arrest of principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira, brings the effectiveness and seriousness of the who...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:00hrs | 163 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
Ariel Sibanda scores a gig
HIGHLANDERS captain and goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda continues to unlock his brand value after landing a gig with a Bulawayo fruit and vegetable outlet, Eyethu Fruit and Veg. Sibanda signed up to ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:55hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba in another Marvelous show
JUST call him the Aston Villa lucky charm SIX appearances, 375 minutes on the field, no goal conceded by the English Premiership side. No wonder why Marvelous Nakamba's name has been trending,...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:50hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa begged Timveos not to join Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will entice MDC Alliance senior officials into joining Zanu PF using various persuasive and even coercive instruments as he seeks to weaken his main rival Nelson Chamisa a...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:44hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasted for failing to rein-in his kitchen cabinet
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:42hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes for broke against Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will entice MDC Alliance senior officials into joining Zanu-PF using various persuasive and even coercive instruments as he seeks to weaken his main rival Nelson Chamisa a...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | 2161 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies face the heat over MDC defections
A shock defection by a senior official has triggered soul searching in the MDC Alliance amid claims that some of the party's problems are self-inflicted.MDC Alliance deputy treasurer general L...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:59hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Rural areas provide hurdles for Matabeleland female politicians
WHILE women's political participation has been shown to be particularly influential in communities in Zimbabwe, rural areas-based female politicians still battle male dominance.Senzeni Mpofu, ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Musona bounces back
ZIMBABWE have received a major injury boost ahead of next month's decisive 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football qualifiers with Warriors captain Knowledge Musona expected to make a long-awaited...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Time to revisit anti-corruption strategies
The latest in a string of arrests - that of Portia Manangazira, the principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry - once again brings the ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:50hrs | 55 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
'Chamisa's MDC now a Twitter party'
THE infighting and strategic missteps wracking the MDC Alliance are once again coming to a head, with a worried insider telling the Daily News yesterday that the coalition was becoming "a Twitter part...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Hwange power plant in limbo as Zimbabwe frustrates Chinese investor
Zimbabwe is stalling the completion of a 720 megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant in Hwange in a stand-off between the finance ministry and the military which is in a joint venture with a Chinese c...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's family questions his will
A ROW has erupted over the estate of the late socialite, Genius Kadungure - who was popularly known as Ginimbi.This comes as his family has approached the High Court seeking the removal of the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't be influenced by anyone on COVID-19 personal health decisions
The debate on whether to take, or not to take, COVID-19 vaccines has been raging on for the past few months - ever since the announcement by the world's major pharmaceutical companies of their alleged...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:35hrs | 637 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 931 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Darikwa buzzing for Warriors duty
HIS availability might still be uncertain due to the new stringent Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by the British government but Warriors defender Tendayi Darikwa is relishing the opportunity to ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:49hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's failure to rein in his 'toxic and divisive' SG has destroyed the party
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu-PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2849 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa follows the money, ditches Ahmad Ahmad?
PICTURES of Zimbabwean businessman and Cosafa head Philip Chiyangwa endorsing the candidature of Patrice Motsepe for the Confederation of African Football (Caf) presidency seem to suggest he has offic...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Liquidity squeeze hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's central bank is in the market mopping up excess liquidity using savings bonds as a deliberate action to regulate the quantity of money in circulation in addition to dealing with an exacerba...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Chombo remanded in custody
Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally parcelling out land in Harare and Zvimba, will hear today whether his application for bail is successful a...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Chombo in court for fraud, abuse of power
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Morgan Chombo today appeared in court on allegations involving illegal parcelling out of pieces of land in Harare and Zvimba Rural District during his tenure as the Mi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ threatens legal action against Daily Maverick
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has released a scathing response to the Daily Maverick Cartel Dynamics report.In a statement released by the Acting General manager Garikai Chaunza, t...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 13:03hrs | 886 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5666 | by Staff reporter
Parents fume over expensive uniforms
PARENTS of Form One pupils yesterday called on the government to intervene and stop school authorities from swindling them of their money by demanding mandatory purchase of "overpriced" uniforms at th...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
'Mohadi's sex scandal should be probed'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's sexual excursions betray a culture of "abuse of office and power by public officials" that should be thoroughly investigated and punished, two civil society groups said o...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:34hrs | 3179 | by Staff reporter
Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs Harare for its economic revival efforts, especial...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1949 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Kagonye fingered in farm invasion
Ex-cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has been fingered in a Bromley farm invasion where she is reportedly barring an indigenous farmer from utilising it and influencing invaders to resist eviction....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:36hrs | 1801 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Vice President Mohadi's weapon of mass destruction misfired or was he trapped?
One American writer by the name Samantha Rose Hill once said" we can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don't stand on common ground"So how vulnerable ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3223 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A product of Rhodesia's cattle improvement scheme
In the early 1940's in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the Government was promoting a cattle improvement scheme whereby bulls from imported European breeds were made available to the indigeno...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:42hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused police boss guns for Zacc
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to the Special Anti-Corruption...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1507 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
MRP takes Mthwakazi restoration bid to Joe Biden
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has escalated its bid to restore the Mthwakazi Kingdom through an appeal to newly elected American President Joe Biden to use his world influence to grant t...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi embarrasses the presidium
The vice president's power to lead comes from a ceremonial reverence Zimbabweans grant their presidents. To deserve the reverence, a vice president must act as a steward of the dignity and stature of ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2602 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Should Zimbabweans give Mwonzora a chance?
After graduating with a Degree in Politics and Public Administration in (2016), I still find myself within the circles of thousands of unemployed graduates in our country. It's now five years while I ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 1586 | by Knowledge Hakata
Soul Jah Love's dodgy hero status divides opinion
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's decision to declare the late Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love - born Soul Musaka - a liberation war hero has inadvertently raised political dust and left internet users di...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Kadewere surpasses Benjani
ZIMBABWE international forward Tino Kadewere has surpassed former Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari's explosive start in his debut season in France where he won rave reviews after joining from Swiss ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls records highest flows for the month of February
Victoria Falls, one of southern Africa's biggest tourist attractions, has hit its highest peak in years for the month of February following heavy rains that have pounded major catchment areas of the Z...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love, Dambudzo Marechera: Drawing parallels and their contribution to Zim Culture and Cultural Diplomacy
After an avalanches of tributes have already written on and about Soul Musaka aka Soul Jah Love the Zimdancehall maestro, whose untimely demise on 16 February 2021 gripped the nation with sorrow, ther...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:56hrs | 1508 | by Taurai Mutoti
Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?
THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and sa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1097 | by Eddie Cross
Lockdown extension defers Zapu congress
THE extension of the COVID19-induced lockdown on Monday by two more weeks will affect the holding of the Zapu elective congress, NewsDay reported.Zapu South African provincial spokesperson Kho...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Polad removed soldiers from the streets
IT was the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and not COVID-19 that caused the removal of soldiers from the streetsThe presence of soldiers on our streets had become a permanent feature followi...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2970 | by ZimSentinel
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