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William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 795 | by Nomazulu Thata
You can't rig suffering Zimbabweans, Mr. Mnangagwa!
The debate rages on as to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's true intentions regarding his stay in power. Is he stepping down as demanded by the country's Constitution at the end of his t...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 20:04hrs | 1015 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President William Ruto's poor and misguided politics! He lied to the voters
We still have voices in Africa that spell it out: That one voice comes from Ghana: Kwesi Prett Jr. does not mince words: His politics is eloquent, he understands African politics. Without fear or favo...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 21:11hrs | 22 | by Nomazulu Thata
Kenya's Ruto eats humble pie
Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 09:58hrs | 5 | by Associated Press
How did things get so bad in Haiti? Here's what to Know
Things in Haiti have gotten so bad that Ariel Henry, the unelected Prime Minister, resigned and called for the installation of a tra...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tainted and haunted by unfulfilled 2018 promises
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking re-election on August 23 this year, his campaign is being overshadowed by unfulfilled promises from the previous poll, The NewsHawks has learnt.Zi...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe joins poverty league
Zimbabwe, which was the most industrialised nation in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa in 1980 - is now among the top 20 poorest countries in the world - ranking 17, according to an unknown Glo...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Zimbabwe economist names Zimbabwe 'Most Miserable Country' in the world
ZIMBABWE has been named the most miserable country in the world ahead of war-torn Ukraine, Syria and Sudan on renowned economist Steve Hanke's Annual Misery Index (HAMI).Hanke blamed Zimbabwe'...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money laundering scandal, South Africa greylisted
South Africa, whose President Cyril Ramaphosa has been implicated in money laundering scandal, has been greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body that sets global...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why SA is destination of choice for asylum seekers
CURIOUSLY but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles.The country has played host to many prominent political ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | | by Dr Sizo Nkala
Fifa bans top Zimbabwean referee
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Referees Committee secretary-general Obert Zhoya has been slapped with a five-year ban from all football activities by the world football governing body, FĂ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Pay Africa reparations for slavery'
Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for slavery reparations to Africa and the African diaspora.Speaking at the Reparations and Racial Healing Summit on Monday, President A...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sisters tormented by dead lover
IN a suspected case of a vengeful spirit, two sisters from the same family are being tormented by the spirit of a boyfriend, who died 24 years ago.The girlfriend, Chioniso Mabwe now 40, was in...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for selling government's agricultural inputs
A Rushinga man was on Friday arrested for selling the government's agricultural inputs facilities at Mabvundudzi.Siyai Kakuruwo(43) is alleged to have sold fertilizer from the government's cotton ...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 09:03hrs | 7 | by Alice Mangwanda
UK removes Zimbabwe from Covid-19 red list
The United Kingdom will remove Zimbabwe from the Covid-19 red list on Monday, in a development that will make it easy to travel between the two countries.Crucially, the tourism sector is expec...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA removed from UK Covid travel red list
Zimbabwe has been removed from UK Covid travel red list, the British government has said.According to BBC, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other 45 countries will be removed from the red list, whic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 20:33hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Money laundering haunts Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is one of the countries at high risk of money laundering, according to a report by the Swiss based Basel institute on governance.The report titled Basel anti-Money laundering (aMl) in...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
IMF SDR release puts Biti in his place
IN April 2021, the International Monetary Fund's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) granted debt relief to the 28 poorest and most vulnerable countries hit by catastrophic natural disaste...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nakamba to miss Bafana showdown
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA is now certainly out of the Warriors' 2022 World Cup qualifier against South Africa, next week. The English Premiership revealed they will not release any players for matches set for...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
The new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Zimbabwe puts sanctions in disarray
The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state security. If the president of Zimbabwe appoints cde Isaac Moyo who is currently the Director. General ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 14:16hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Zimbabwe, Mozambique worse affected by climate change'
ZIMBABWE and Mozambique are among the worst affected countries by climate change after Cyclone Idai in 2019 hit the two countries, resulting in loss of lives and infrastructure.This was reveal...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane trio nabbed for 121 smuggled television sets
THREE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo were yesterday arrested after being found in possession of 121 television sets which were smuggled from Botswana. The three Oscar and Pardon Chinana...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to impose sanctions on US firms
US companies involved in a potential arms sale worth US$2,2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan will face sanctions, China said, warning Washington "not to play with fire".Taiwan on Saturday defended...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by News Agencies
'Zimbabwe has 2nd highest inflation in the world'
The International Monetary Fund has ranked Zimbabwe as the second highest country with inflation in the world in 2019.Zimbabwe's currency the RTGS$ has been losing value and on Tuesday was tra...Published: 28 May 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
40 million Americans live in poverty
America is known for flash. But all that glisters is not gold, according to the latest United Nations report on President Trump's country. From the outside, America is heaven, "God's own country" they...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Why did Ian Smith give in so easily and abruptly?
Let's look abroad before coming home. We all know Donald John Trump, the 45th and current President of the USA. If Trump were African, they would say Africans are daft to have elected him president. B...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:36hrs | | by Baffour Ankomah
Mnangagwa warned Hodzi
NEWLY-appointed prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi got a taste of the complexities of his job when President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave him a stern warning to steer clear of corruption and to toe the...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's give Nelson Chamisa the credit
"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless," says James 1 verse 26. James 3 verse 5 is even more explicit: "The tongue...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Bishop
New US Ambassador to Zimbabwe meets President Mnangagwa
HARARE - The U.S. Embassy in Harare is delighted to welcome the Honorable Brian A. Nichols as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zi...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by APO
United States appoints new ambassador to Zimbabwe
THE United States has appointed a new ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Brian A Nichols who replaces Harry K Thomas who left in March this year after three years in the country.The US embassy in Hara...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe faces bankruptcy
ZIMBABWE has been named among seven countries destined to go broke by year end if it does not address its basket of economic and financial woes, a United Kingdom-based company has said.Love Mo...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shutdown Zimbabwe being organised for Mnangagwa, Chiwenga to go
Some sections of Zimbabweans are organising a #ShutdownZimbabwe protest on March 8 to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies Kembo Mohadi and Constantino Chiwenga to go for failing to ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Trump tells 'shitholes' Africans 'frankly', says Museveni
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni has said he loves US President Donald Trump for being "frank" with Africans, after Trump allegedly called African countries "shitholes".Trump made the comment at...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 14:34hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Shithole' Zimbabwe reprimands Trump
GOVERNMENT yesterday protested recent utterances by US President Donald Trump branding Africa a "shithole" and urged Washington to dump its hurtful and prejudicial language as it has no place in conte...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shocked by Donald Trump statements
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade says it is shocked and dismayed by the statement attributed to the US President, Mr Donald Trump on the 11th of this month.The utterance...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Africa startled by sudden and vulgar attention
Johannesburg - Africans woke up yesterday to find President Donald Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. It wasn't what people had hoped for.Using vulgar language, Trump on T...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Botswana chides Trump for derogatory claims against Africa
The Botswana government has issued a statement criticising USA president Donald Trump for calling Africa 'shithole countries' due to excessive immigration from the block.Trump is reported to h...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Takudzwa Chiwara
G40 kingpins being persecuted by Mnangagwa
HARARE - Former Zanu PF and government officials linked to former president Robert Mugabe have claimed that they are being persecuted for their past political association with the ousted despot by Pre...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's legitimacy is threadbare because of the coup - must redouble demands for free election
It is important to understand that Zimbabweans are the poorest nation on earth today NOT because of some natural disaster like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti or because the country has just emerged from...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Who is Father Fidelis Mukonori SJ, Mugabe's Handler and Chief Negotiator?
The word SJ means Society of Jesus. It is an elite Catholic Intelligence Unit found in almost all countries around the world. Its members are sworn on an Oath of Secrecy to serve and protect the Pope,...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 10:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
T.B Joshua: Christianity needs a human face
On a recent visit to Latin America, I was shocked by the responses I got from locals each time I introduced myself as a Nigerian. Among the eight countries I visited in the past five years, there was ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 11:07hrs | | by Akintola Olawunmi
Zanu-PF official charged with insulting Mphoko
Zanu-PF youth district chairperson Magura Charumbira has been charged with insulting Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko in a telephone conversation, the latest to be arraigned under a tough presi...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Unsheltered'
It's quarter past two in the morning and he is still sleepless, completely wakeful. This sleeplessness is not because of insomnia; but some incurable thoughts like disease are behind this. Mibizo Chir...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Munia Kha
Controversial hero status for Cde Chinx Chingaira
To loved ones he's left behind, I say, 'Nematambudziko for the passing of Dickson Chingaira Makoni aka Chinx.''Afa anaka' a Zimbabwean saying translated 'better he that's passed' but not anymo...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 07:32hrs | | by Silvanos Mudzvova
Zanu-PF squabbles won't weaken party, dreams Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's squabbles will not weaken the party but will instead make it stronger as the revolutionary party has experienced much bigger challenges since its inception, Vice President Emmerson M...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why hang Helen Zille?
Look at her: she is beautiful, she is elegant, and she is provocative, even at the mature age of 66. Moreover, Helen has got the African talking once again, even thinking, about his place in this Whit...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Joram Nyathi Spectrum
Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out
In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers there. Some of them were under-age at the time; some of them are now single mothers as a...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 10:00hrs | 19 | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
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