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Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:12hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Street kids terrorise pedestrians in CBD
The Harare central business district has been plagued by a group of street children, aged between 10 and 20, who are involved in snatching wigs, jewelry, cell phones, purses, and other valuables from ...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reportyer
UNDP to assist Bulawayo
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged support to the Bulawayo City Council and its residents to tackle various challenges, particularly the severe water crisis gripping the city....Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares drought a national disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a state of emergency due to the ongoing drought gripping Zimbabwe, marking it as the third African nation to do so after Zambia and Malawi.Speaking f...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 18:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabweans praise Executive Coaches bus plying the Harare-Bulawayo route
In the dynamic landscape of travel, there's a new player in town, and it's poised to revolutionize the way we journey between Harare and Bulawayo. Fly One Logistics proudly introduces Executive Coache...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:43hrs | 377 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
The day Zimbabweans killed Zimbabwe!
I am not sure how many people remember what happened in this country on 4th March.This was exactly 44 years ago.On this day, the results of the 1980 pre-independence general election w...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:46hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fly One Logistics unveils leading Luxury Harare-Bulawayo coaches
Fly One Logistics proudly introduces the Executive Coaches, a new fleet setting a new standard for travel on the Harare-Bulawayo and Bulawayo-Harare routes. Offering unparalleled comfort, convenience,...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 15:08hrs | 287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coltart hails Bulawayo water crisis 'consensus' meeting
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said there was now a "broad consensus" to solve the city's perennial water problems after a meeting with water minister Anxious Masuka on Wednesday.Coltart has bee...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer survey, a huge indictment on Zanu-PF and CCC
SURVEY results released by pan-African research group, Afrobarometer, on the likely outcome of Zimbabwe's August 23 elections came as no surprise at all.They merely reflected what analysts suc...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 8 | by Tendai Mbofana
Lobels Biscuits' COO acquitted of rape charges
IN a stunning turn of events, Andrew Dinhidza, the chief operations officer (COO) of Lobels Biscuits Company in Bulawayo, has emerged as a free man after facing a harrowing ordeal. Accused of 10 count...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Robert Mugabe Jnr opens up about his life
Robert Tinotenda Mugabe Jnr opens up about his life in this gripping interview.Mugabe Jr. is a Zimbabwean basketball player, fashion label owner, political campaigner, a...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 13:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
Professor Moyo dismiss Al Jazeera Gold Mafia as 'disjointed thesis'. He too is feeling fallout heat
When the story first broke that Al Jazeera was going to air a documentary of the gold smuggling and money laundering in Zimbabwe, Zanu PF regime and its apologists dismissed the whole thing s inconseq...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 23:36hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
FULL TEXT: Jonathan Moyo statement on Gold Mafia
Now that three of its four episodes have been – and notwithstanding the fact that the fourth episode might have bombshells in the form of controversial or shocking utterances by its main interlocuto...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa challenged to answer questions in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) member of Parliament for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend the National Assembly and answer to pressing issues fac...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
A leader who always gives reasons for his failures is himself an unmitigated failure!
Every one of us is a leader in one form or another! One may be a father or husband, mother or wife, or maybe a supervisor or manager at a company – to a corporate executive, or an entreprene...Published: 11 Feb 2023 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Headwinds ahead for Zanu-PF
NORTON Independent legislator Temba Mliswa remains a comical character but he is one you cannot afford to ignore.A rabble-rouser of note, he has been a thorn in the flesh of Zanu-PF ever since...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium
EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life i...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says no political party in Zimbabwe will admit him because he is outspoken
NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa said no political party in Zimbabwe will admit him because he is outspoken, a situation that will see the fiery politician contesting the 2023 general electi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths, police clash in Goromonzi
RUNNING battles erupted in Goromonzi yesterday between police and an estimated over 1 000 Zanu-PF youths who had invaded a farm before pegging and allocating themselves pieces of land.Several ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
PSMI faces collapse
EMBATTLED Premier Services Medical Investments (PSMI) shut down 120 of its 155 facilities last month as the entity battled to settle a four-month salary arrears bill in a turbulent period that culmina...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza to equal Caps United record
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League champions-in-waiting FC Platinum could seal their fourth title in style by matching a long-standing points record in a season.The platinum miners are 12 poin...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
About time common sense prevailed
AS the clock ticks away towards Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections, a foreboding feeling of trepidation is all round.The source of this anxiety is largely emanating from the highly charged poli...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regime stands to gain more by doing the right thing
AS the clock ticks away towards Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections, a foreboding feeling of trepidation is all round.The source of this anxiety is largely emanating from the highly charged poli...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
As long as Zimbabweans are such unmitigated cowards - Chamisa will grow old, and go into the grave without ever tasting power!
I have written extensively on how our appalling cowardice as Zimbabweans is the greatest single most outstanding factor holding us back as a nation - preventing us from pushing for the change we despe...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:39hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Monalisa Sibanda retains WIBA title
FINALLY, boxer Monalisa "Queen of the Jungle" Sibanda had her day in the ring.She had waited for what appeared to be like eternity to have a chance of defending her WIBA intercontinental light...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami spills beans in tell-all sexual abuse scandal
A CONTROVERSIAL young Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami, based in Australia, with high-level Zanu-PF and government links, has dropped a bombshell: she has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping a...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Davos trip a useless exercise
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF) presents a platform to re-engage with the international community but that opportunity looks lost due to th...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain and the USA gave Putin the idea of invasion, by doing this in Iraq, Libya, Serbia etc
In the long-ago summer of 2010, I found myself in the beautiful harbour of Sevastopol, surveying the rival fleets of Russia and Ukraine as they rode at anchor in the lovely Crimean sunshine. O...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 08:45hrs | 11 | by Peter Hitchens
Chamisa floods Harare as Mnangagwa heads East
FORGET the pulpits and the hallelujahs, this day certainly belongs to politicians.The tense political atmosphere gripping Zimbabwe ahead of the March 26 by-elections climaxes this Sunday with ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shooting death of white farmer a robbery incident, say police
A white farmer has been killed in Zimbabwe, but police believe her death came during a botched robbery, and is not the latest incident of farm killings which peaked in the early 2000s during Zimbabwe'...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites
THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN intern...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
Subdued trade fair mirrors state of the country
AN old Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) flag flutters at the entrance outside the exhibition grounds in Bulawayo. The sun-burnt and worn flag has clearly seen better days and maybe should have...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
We need new heroes!
Sometimes, Bishop Lazi is glad that his uncle is dead.The man was never the same ever since returning from the war.He was no longer the bubbly and chatty young man who revelled in the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Factional kingpin unmasked
UNDER siege Zanu PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, whose influential position in the party is hanging by a thread has extensively extend...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa declared personas-non-grata
Injeje yabeNguni Council has declared Cyril Ramaphosa and Raymond Zondo Personas-Non-Grata in South African provinces until they release President Jacob Zuma.Injeje is a body of Zulu Chiefs &a...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 18:43hrs | 9 | by Injeje yabeNguni
Corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police a smoke without fire
In Zimbabwe, it is very rare for politicians holding ministerial positions or senior officers to resign on their own without a hint of scandal. So it has ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Excelgate: How Zimbabwe's 2018 Presidential Election Was Stolen' - so will 2023, 41 years and penny hasn't dropped
Zimbabwe's next elections are due in July 2023, just over two years from now. The nation is being reminded of how the 2018 elections were rigged."The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:19hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEC rubbishes Jonathan Moyo's voter fraud book claims
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on Friday forced to address the damaging allegations raised by Professor Jonathan Moyo, who in his newly-published book, offers a gripping account of the el...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$137m loss sinks run-down Air Zimbabwe
NATIONAL flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), chalked over a US$137 million loss in four successive years which helped sink the airline deep into the abyss under the yoke of corporate malfeasance, inc...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Situation in Zimbabwe has reached another level
THESE past few weeks, I have witnessed some horrific scenes.The poverty gripping people in communities across Harare is heart-breaking.I realise now we have a choice to make. We can do...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Jacob Ngarivhume
Child marriage cases spike in Sanyati
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Maidei Changa (not her real name) struggled to breastfeed her two-month-old baby.Maidei missed Form One at a nearby secondary school in ward 10 under Chief Hozhele in Sanyati...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:40hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Monarchy: The cornerstone of African existence
PRINCE Phillip is no longer in our midst. Some dark cloud seems to envelope Britain. May his soul rest in peace. A couple of weeks back, Southern Africa seemed to stand still under a similar dark clou...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Zii Masiye
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 statistics: Zimbabwe's reality check
Zimbabwe stares the painful reality of increasing death statistics and rising figures of covid-19 positive cases as negative attitude becomes the single largest threat to contain the pandemic....Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Green Fuel selling ethanol in 'real money'
ZIMBABWE'S biggest ethanol producer Green Fuel is now selling the commodity in hard cash and accepts only transfers to its nostro foreign currency account accompanied by letters from the clients' bank...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Trump or Biden, Zimbabwe expects no favours
United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden inched closer last night to clinching the presidency following this week's historic poll that might bring a dramatic close to incumbent Donald...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds
THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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