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Gloomy weather engulfs Bulawayo
HOURS after Zimbabwe's presidential results were announced just before midnight on Saturday night, an uncharacteristically biting cold and windy weather tore through the country's second largest city,...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
EU-EOM plot to tarnish Zimbabwe polls exposed
A PLOT to tarnish and discredit the outcome of harmonised elections being held in Zimbabwe today by the European Union Observation Mission and the United States-based Carter Centre has been exposed am...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Mutsvangwa tells opposition parties to 'fight us if you really want power'
Zanu-PF Spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has told opposition parties to consider waging a war with Zimbabwe's government if they really want power and feel the country is being mismanaged.M...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa raps anti-Zimbabwe NGOs
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has lambasted some anti-Zimbabwe non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and opposition figures for attempting to cast aspersions on the c...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares garbage disaster in Harare
The near collapse of garbage removal in the four Harare Metropolitan councils caused President Mnangagwa to yesterday declare a "state of disaster" the poor waste management that has seen ever-growing...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Overfishing depletes the Zambezi
Since quitting her post as a teacher about six years ago, 33-year-old Hazel Svinurai has made numerous break-of-dawn trips to the edges of the Zambezi River, about 500km from her home in Zimbabwe's se...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe heading for disputed elections,' claims Anglo funded ISS
THINK tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa, says disputed polls are brewing in Zimbabwe as the current election regulatory framework falls short in conforming to the regional guidelines....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bells toll for CCC as poll looms
It must be a hard ask and a toll order to have a sound and effective campaign for the 23 August 2023 harmonised general election if only five years ago you were the presidential candidate of a coaliti...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Suicide cases spike in Mashonaland central
SUICIDE cases in Zimbabwe continue to soar with Mashonaland Central recording the highest number, according to the latest National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) report.According t...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How does Zim expect to instill pride in liberation struggle when always moaning over defeats?
Those who follow my writings can tell how proud I am of our country's liberation history.Even when teaching my son at home, I tackle this subject with tremendous zeal and excitement.Wh...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Two accidents claim five lives in a day
Chinhoyi city experienced a gloomy Sunday by experiencing two fatal accidents claiming five lives in totality.A Chinhoyi family was involved in an accident on Sunday while on its way to Harare...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe now a failed state
The economic mismanagement and corruption under Mugabe's administration has spilled into this new dispensation of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Every sector of economic, political and social stratus is ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bring back Bulawayo council parks' glory
FOR most parents in Bulawayo, council parks were safe places where they knew their children could innocently play and have fun.During Christmas time, parks like Centenary Park along Leopold Ta...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Petitioners ropes in international stakeholders for Sikhala's release?
PETITIONERS, who want an end to the lengthy incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, have called for "urgent action" to rope in international s...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
US NGO paints gloomy picture of Zanu-PF
A RECENT report by the World Justice Project (WJP) which ranked Zimbabwe among the world's most authoritarian states is a damning indictment on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lack of political will to...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Bosso in low stakes Battle of Zimbabwe
GIANTS Dynamos and Highlanders are set to rekindle their age-old rivalries with nothing much to fight for in a Castle Lager Premiership match at the National Sports Stadium this Sunday.The con...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Zimbabwe army barracks
MORALE has reportedly hit rock-bottom in the army as the country's soldiers wallow in poverty and are having to make do with inadequate rations and uniforms, NewsDay can report.This was reveal...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Violence robbed CCC'
The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed its weekend by-elections defeat to violence and other coercive tactics employed by the ruling Zanu-PF party.The violence prio...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbare violence signals worse to come ahead of 2023 elections
VIOLENT clashes between marauding Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF youths at the weekend left a trail of destruction at vending sites near Mupedzanhamo Complex, one of the busiest area...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry fails to account for donated fuel
THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has failed to account for thousands of litres of fuel donated to the government to alleviate the effects of drought and other natural hazards ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross says Zimbabwe should not dollarise
TOP economist Eddie Cross Monday gave a gloomy image of Zimbabwe's battered economy but maintained dollarising it will destroy the country's re-industrialisation drive. Speaking to NewZimbabwe...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
School fees shocker
GOVERNMENT and private schools have hiked fees ahead of opening day tomorrow citing the weakening Zimbabwe dollar.While the bulk of schools were still assessing the situation, some private sch...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SOS for slain Elvis Nyathi's children
Children of slain Elvis Nyathi are failing to go to school due to financial challenges and the death of their father could make the situation worse, a top artist has revealed.Nyathi (43) was s...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Future of Zimbabwe health sector looks gloomy
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said the future of the health sector looks gloomy and the government must make efforts to address the crisis."Comparatively, the regional key...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
School dropouts jolt Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to take urgent measures to arrest a growing trend of school dropouts following revelations that 840 000 lear...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
March 26 by-elections drive final nail in the MDC's coffin
THE names, Morgan Tsvangirai, Gibson Sibanda, Welshman Ncube, Fletcher Dulini Ncube and Isaac Matongo have been immortalised in some sections of Zimbabwe's political discourse. Against all odds, they ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe human rights situation still dire'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration of gross human rights abuses, with human rights defenders, activists and journalists b...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC should now ride on resounding by-elections success to ensure overwhelming victory in 2023 harmonized elections!
When I woke up this morning, before checking results of yesterday's by-election on social media, I deliberately waited for state-controlled ZBC to see whether there was excitement in their newsroom or...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 12:06hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe's education revolution collapses
ZIMBABWE'S education system, a source of pride for citizens and envy of many across the continent under the late former President Robert Mugabe, is now on a downward spiral seeking urgent intervention...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders chairman to update members on mining venture
HIGHLANDERS Football Club chairman, Johnfat Sibanda is expected to update the club's members on the mining project when he addresses the Bosso Annual General Meeting at the clubhouse this morning....Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School fees shocker for parents
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for a steep rise in school fees next year as learning institutions are pushing for increases of up to 300% to hedge against the depreciation of the local currency against majo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gloomy Xmas...rising prices, costs dampen spirits
ZIMBABWEANS face yet another gloomy Christmas following a spike in the prices of basic goods at the onset of the festive season, made worse by a weakening local currency.The currency has been ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gloomy Christmas beckons for civil servants
A GLOOMY festive season beckons for civil servants, the worst since 2008 according to unions representing State employees owing to low salaries amid a sharp rise in the prices of goods and services....Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gloomy X-mas beckons for civil servants
A GLOOMY festive season beckons for civil servants, the worst since 2008 according to unions representing State employees owing to low salaries amid a sharp rise in the prices of goods and services....Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports pose aviation disaster
ZIMBABWE'S airports pose an aviation disaster as they are still operating with an antiquated radar system several months after the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport raised the urgent need...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys riot police as civil unrest fears grow
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's panicky administration has deployed hundreds of police officers, many in riot gear, in Harare amid fears of an imminent uprising, it has emerged.Security sector ...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Political elites' vacuous populism not serving Zimbabwean people's interest
IN a recent eloquent but rather dense article titled "Dynamics of the Zimbabwe crisis in the 21st century" adopted from a 2003 academic paper of a similar title, Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni ma...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:45hrs | | by Dr Mike Chipere
Mnangagwa must court Chamisa to end crisis
THE situation in which Zimbabwe finds itself is very bad to say the least, as this reminds the citizens of the 2008 hyper-inflationary era.Already signs of hyperinflation and disorder are clea...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Mai Ruru
Zimbabweans abusing social media to bolster fake abuses
When many protests go unnoticed, creating drama can seem like a good strategy to draw attention. But if they become self-harming and harming others the public opinion can turn against the protestors....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
THE inevitable change in the 2021 domestic football season to spill into the first-half of next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic will expose the country's poor state of stadia.The Premier Soc...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Time up for Logarusic
WARRIORS' humiliating defeat by Ethiopia in Group G of the Fifa 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday should be ample evidence that coach Zdravko Logarusic is not fit for the job.With the defea...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite better suited to running backward rural country, not a modern-day advanced nation
As we wake up to another bleak, gloomy and dark morning (literally) - again, without electricity in our part of town - in the midst of obvious outrage and disappointed at the nation's authorities, who...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff
Cold and drizzly weekend ahead
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for an extremely cold and drizzly weekend and vulnerable members of the public should be adequately dressed to avoid diseases like pneumonia. The relatively cold and d...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for a cold spell
ZIMBABWENS should brace a three-day cold front expected to start tomorrow morning with reports that vulnerable members of the public should be adequately dressed as the low temperatures may affect the...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs turned into Zanu-PF commissars
THAT last month President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over Isuzu double cab trucks to chiefs, about two years before Zimbabwe goes to crucial polls is questionable and smacks of vote-buying, if not rigg...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Mnangagwa's Secrets to win In 2023 Revealed
The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proved the world wrong. The world expected to see Zimbabwe crumble into the dust and become obsolete. But true to his word Emerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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