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What role have I played in the destruction of Zimbabwe?
For over two decades, Zimbabwe has been trapped in a seemingly endless economic crisis that has brought untold suffering to millions. With over 70% of the population living below the poverty d...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 19:16hrs | 29609 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Brothers set fire to neighbours' huts in revenge for alleged murder
Two brothers from Mberengwa are on the run after allegedly setting fire to two huts belonging to their neighbours, accusing them of being responsible for the death of their relative.The incide...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:03hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
ANC confirms expulsion of Jacob Zuma
The African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed the expulsion of former President Jacob Zuma following the decision by the National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA) to uphold his removal from...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:51hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF in tatters...as Chiwenga, Mnangagwa factions loot Harare
The ZANU-PF succession infighting has torn apart Harare provincial leadership into political debris, with some land barons allegedly channelling their loot towards consolidating alliances and legitima...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 17:02hrs | 6070 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
CMTI caps ministry graduands
On Saturday, THE Christian Ministry Training Institute (CMTI) in Harare ordained and capped over 150 students after they successfully completed various church ministry programmes.During the CM...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 16:58hrs | 421 | by Phillip Chidavaenzi
Serial armed robber arrested
A 42-YEAR-OLD man has appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing seven counts of armed robbery and one of unlawful possession of firearms.The suspect, Spencer Mapfumo, appeared before Har...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
The real story behind Britain's withdrawal from Zimbabwe's land reform: Exposing corruption and mismanagement
AS SOUTHERN Africa approaches another 'SADC Anti-Sanctions Day,' the Zimbabwean government is once again amplifying the narrative that economic sanctions, particularly from Western countries like the ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:37hrs | 854 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Potraz approves tariff increase for Zimbabwe telecoms sector
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has approved a tariff adjustment for local telecommunications companies in response to the recent devaluation of the Zimbabw...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 14:01hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Mutare grapples with critical land shortage
The Mutare City Council is confronting a critical land shortage as the demand for residential stands continues to rise among residents. This pressing issue was highlighted by the council's deputy dire...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:31hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Ben 10 assaults 'sugar mom' over infidelity
Magistrate Constance Mutandwa has sentenced 24-year-old Tonderai Mupindu to an effective 12 months in prison for assaulting his 45-year-old girlfriend, Anna Fadzai Katoma, after accusing her of infide...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:33hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Everton Mlalazi: A beacon of hope in International Gospel Music
Everton Mlalazi, a prominent figure in the international gospel music scene, continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his powerful messages of hope, love, and unity. Born and raised in Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:03hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in dramatic school heist
Armed with explosives, machetes, and wearing balaclavas, a seven-member gang targeted Eureka Junior School in Banket around 2 a.m. on Tuesday, marking the second such raid in two years.The rob...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:01hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Faz victims acquitted
Two residents of Hwedza, Charles Kadungure (48) and Marlon Kandenga (32), have been acquitted of disorderly conduct charges after allegedly confronting a member of Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz)...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:21hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
CCC members conspiring to have Chamisa arrested?
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Zimbabwe's main opposition party, is reportedly grappling with internal discord, as some party members are allegedly conspiring to have their former leader, Ne...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 10:47hrs | 2190 | by Staff reporter
Mashonas welcome Gukurahundi genocide outreach programme
People from Mashonaland have welcomed the launch of the Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme by President Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, viewing it as a significant step towards national healing and recon...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:35hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confronting the Gukurahundi ghost
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday initiated a Gukurahundi hearings outreach program led by chiefs from the Matabeleland region. The aim is to gather information about the atrocities that occurred...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF comments on Trump attempted assassination
Zanu-PF Information and Publicity Department Director Farai Marapira commenting on the attempted assassination of former United States president Donald Trump two days ago, saying there must not be any...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:31hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings a deliberate attempt to sweep genocide under the carpet
The announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding the launch of public hearings into the Gukurahundi disturbances represents a significant and long-awaited development for Zimbabwe. For decad...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:45hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Overcoming stereotypes about sports and achieving success
Sports are always a looking glass that reflects society. Like all mirrors, however, it is flawed. Preconceived notions about sports tend to become the lenses through which we see things, sometimes unf...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 10:26hrs | 55 | by Staff Reporter
Mliswa accused of poisoning Dzamara?
Controversial socialite Susan Mutami has cast aspersions on her baby father Temba Mliswa.Mutami accused Mlisa of being a Satan, she asked him about who poisoned Patson Dzamara.Patson D...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 16:11hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe joins global fight against corruption at international conference
Zimbabwe is joining forces with the international community in the fight against corruption, attending the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Vilnius, Lithuania from June 18-21, 2024. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 12:32hrs | 9 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Man kills cheating girlfriend
A man in Shamva, Kennedy Mwaliwanda (37), fatally assaulted his girlfriend, Steria Chaponda (27), after discovering her infidelity. The incident occurred following a...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zelensky plans trip to South Africa
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to pay SA an official state visit in the next few months as part of his African charm offensive amid a debilitating war with Russia. International re...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala still undergoing treatment'
FORMER opposition Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, is still undergoing treatment at a medical centre overseas after experiencing a running stomach and passing bloody stool due to suspected poison...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polygamist's wives attack mistress
Two women from Harare's Mbare suburb, who are in a polygamous marriage, allegedly ganged up to assault their husband's newly found lover to stop her from becoming a third wife.Sandra Nyatsime ...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe inflation rate at 747%'
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation could be over 20 times higher than the official rate of 34,8%, an independent advisory estimated this week, as it gave glimpses into fundamentals behind deeper turbulence c...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
OSTALLOS SIZIBA: The rise of the little Enos Nkala
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has witnessed the emergence of a new political movement, the "I Chamisa Blue Movement," purportedly led by Gift Ostallos Siziba, a self-proclaimed "I Chamisa Commander....Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 15:45hrs | 4 | by George Tshuma
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 7 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Sipho Mazibuko joins Zanu-PF Women's League
SIPHO Mazibuko, a former modelling guru, has officially joined the Zanu-PF Women's League. In this new political venture, Mazibuko has pledged to leverage her influence to advocate for women's empower...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe probes extra-judicial rendition of truck driver to Zambia
Zimbabwean police are investigating the extra-judicial rendition of a truck driver to Zambia after he was abducted in Harare on October 28 last year.Tasara Hwata, 47, was abducted and tortured...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi threatens blitz on 'foreign' teachers
The secessionist political party, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has issued a threat to escalate its campaign against teachers from outside the Matebeleland region. MRP President Mqondisi Moyo, marki...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets in trouble for invading farm
A group of war veterans from Mashonaland West are facing prosecution after invading a farm owned by the son of Zimbabwe's former ambassador to the United Nations Tirivafi Kangai.The former lib...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The elusive promise of a democratic breakthrough
SINCE 2000, there have been several attempts to dislodge the ruling party, Zanu –PF, from government. The ruling party's mismanagement of the economy has led to an economic crisis that has rendered ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:19hrs | 12 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Zimbabwe govt misses US$12bn mining target
LEADING economists and mining industry experts warned this week the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development was manipulating data to give an impression that its ambitious US$12 billion target will be...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
GUKURAHUNDI KILLINGS: Hearings set for January 2024
Public hearings addressing civil disturbances during the 1980s, particularly the Gukurahundi era, are poised to commence early next year. Spearheaded by over 70 traditional chiefs from Matabeleland No...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
CCC speaks on pulling out of parliament
Title: CCC Spokesperson Addresses Party's Decision Not to Withdraw MPs from ParliamentDate: [Current Date]In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa's 18 MPs bite the dust
National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has upheld his controversial expulsion of 18 CCC legislators who were Tuesday permanently ejected from the legislative house moments after court halted further ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faces new headache
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councilors in Masvingo are already divided on who will replace former Mayor Shantiel Chiwara who broke three records in a space of one month by becoming the you...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defiant on defence forces boss's appointment into politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended his unconstitutional appointment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda into the Zanu-PF politburo telling critics he wields powe...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 22:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu goes after CCC's share of political parties' funding from govt
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu has struck again, this time requesting the opposition party's Political Parties' Funding share.He wrote a l...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister bemoans corruption in drivers' licence issuance
Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona recently unveiled plans to combat and eliminate corruption associated with the issuance of learner licenses and certificates of competence...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo back in court
Harare-based Afro-fusion artist Kudzai Andrew Ngwenya, widely known as Andy Muridzo, and his ex-wife Chido Manyange, also known as Mai Keketso, appeared in the Harare Civil Court on a matter concernin...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
When Boundaries Blur: A son-in-law's offensive language sparks family conflict
A Domboshava man has been fined two goats for insulting his mother-in-law using offensive words.Benjamin Jofuresi (40) of Mashonganyika village has been dragged before Chief Chinamhora's tradi...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Alice Mangwanda
CCC Parliamentary presence will be in disarray
Zimbabwean former deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara has joined the fray over main opposition CCC's crisis triggered by recalls of its 15 MPs.He says this is not surprising and i...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 09:42hrs | | by AGO Mutambara."
Mnangagwa's govt urged to review teachers' salaries, benefits
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has called on the government to consistently reevaluate the compensation and incentives for educators to retain skilled personnel and counteract the emigratio...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Redi Thlabi: the black woman weaponized against South Africa
South Africa is under attack by Western countries led by the US due to its BRICS membership and non-aligned geopolitical policy. This isn't surprising, given the West's frustration with the country's ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Larmbert Ebitu
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