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Malianga, Gwaradzimba declared national heroes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) and founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Co...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:18hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally died of COVID-19
MANICALAND State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday became the second high profile government official to succumb to COVID-19.This followed the death of Lands, Agriculture, Wa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2584 | by Staff reporter
Billiat thanks Chiefs boss
KHAMA Billiat who played a starring role in Kaizer Chiefs' 1-0 win against Primeiro de Agosto on Tuesday to put the Soweto club through to their first-ever Caf Champions League group stages‚ says Am...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Weakened Chalane lashes Zimbabwe
Tropical Depression Chalane moved into Zimbabwe early yesterday and is now moving across the country towards Botswana, losing strength as it downgrades from a tropical storm to a tropical depression. ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:29hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Weakened Chalane hits Zimbabwe
Tropical Depression Chalane moved into Zimbabwe early yesterday and is now moving across the country towards Botswana, losing strength as it downgrades from a tropical storm to a tropical depression....Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 07:58hrs | 2966 | by Staff Reporter
Binali Yard clinches sole ticket to claim DCC hot seat
THE Zanu-PF Mutare district co-ordination committee (DCC) rerun of chairmanship elections were finally concluded with Binali Yard being declared the winner in an election that had a low turnout held o...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for completion of Mhandamabwe Road
President Mnangagwa has ordered Treasury to release funds for the completion of rehabilitation works on the Chivi-Mhandamabwe Road which links Beitbridge Border Post to western parts of the country. ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa humbles at thanksgiving prayer
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined a national thanksgiving prayer and implored churches to embrace Government's economic development agenda, saying synergies between them and the State must flourish...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's visceral brain teaser: pay the teachers a living wage without fuelling inflation
Squaring the circle is a brain teaser as ancient as geometry itself in which one is asked to construct a square with the same area as a given circle or vice versa. Let us just say Preside...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 09:22hrs | 554 | by Wilbert Mukori
Madlela takes axe to Khami Prison
Mothusi Bashimane Ndlovu popularly known by his stage moniker 'Madlela Skhobokhobo' has challenged the Bulawayo business community to partner the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service in different...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:51hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born named new Rugby Australia boss
ZIMBABWE-BORN former Wales international Andy Marinos has been appointed Rugby Australia chief executive, replacing Raelene Castle who resigned from the role in April last year.Marinos is not ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe children malnourished as Covid-19 crisis deepens, says Steve Hanke
ECONOMISTS believe that food shortages and lockdowns have led to an acute rise in malnutrition cases among children in Zimbabwe. Data reveals that one in three children in the country are malnourished...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 06:01hrs | 320 | by Agencies
Econet, Cassava bag top business awards
HARARE - Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), and its sister company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava), last week clinched top business leadership and merit awards at separate ev...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:26hrs | 435 | by Agencies
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1011 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Historic virtual Econet Vic Falls Marathon set to roar into life this Sunday
ABOUT 5 000 local and international athletes are expected to take part in this year's Econet Victoria Falls Marathon on Sunday, now easily one of Africa's largest marathons.This year the popul...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:46hrs | 406 | by Agencies
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Police speak on RoilBAAs stoppage
POLICE yesterday said they were forced to walk on stage and stop proceedings during the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RoilBAAs) last Saturday after organisers failed to stick to agreed timelines for the ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife donates masks to school children
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is the Angel of Hope Foundation patron, yesterday handed over a consignment of face masks to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, as she presses ahead wi...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours King Lobengula's commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
National Hero status for Gen Mtshana Khumalo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor falls off bicycle, and dies
The councillor for Ward 36 in Chizungu, Mberengwa Alderman Nephat Shumba (78) has died.Shumba's bicycle fell off a bridge on November 9, 2020 as he was coming from Fonex Shops along Mberengwa-...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 20:00hrs | 2548 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 11 Air Force of Zimbabwe officers
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Mnangagwa, yesterday promoted 11 Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officers from the rank of Squadron Leader to Wing Commander. The Presi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 54 ZNA officers
President Mnangagwa yesterday promoted 54 Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel effective November 10. The President made the promotions under the Defence Act...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:23hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2874 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
MDC Alliance leadership mobilizes and Recruits more members in Mpumalanga
MDC Alliance remain very strong both in Zimbabwe and the Diaspora as its leadership continue to mobilize and recruit more members.Today the 13th in Mpumalanga, District Chairperson Cuthbert Ka...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 20:34hrs | 390 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Fifa begins probe on match fixing claims raised by top Zimbabwean ref
WORLD football governing body Fifa have begun formal investigations on the match fixing allegations raised by top referee Allen Basvi in which he accuses a member of the Zifa Refereess Committee of us...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Shaya is the Godfather of football, says Peter Ndlovu
LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe Warriors captain cum Mamelodi Sundowns team manager Peter Ndlovu has said former Dynamos star George "Mastermind" Shaya's contribution to football must not be underesti...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 17:32hrs | 4651 | by Sports Reporter
Mnangagwa hails Tanzania's role in liberation struggle
President Mnangagwa yesterday thanked Tanzania for the role it played in the liberation struggles of Zimbabwe and other countries in the Sadc region. He was speaking at the swearing in ceremony of Tan...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
School benefits from Auxilia Mnangagwa's pads project
Learners at Dimbe Secondary School in Marondera have become the first beneficiaries of the First Lady, Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa's reusable sanitary wear project.The initiative was launched by th...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 13:05hrs | 779 | by Staff Reporter
'Dragnet closes on corrupt Zimbabwe officials'
THE Government will swoop on all corrupt and criminal elements in society despite some of them adopting modern and sophisticated ways of trying to evade arrest and milk the country's resources, Presid...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:22hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga officiates at Toilet Day
The early successes in the fight against Covid-19 should not be mistaken for a total victory against the global pandemic as its threat continues to hover perilously. Complacency has been creep...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:08hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
SADC Chair Nyusi rallies world against Zimbabwe sanctions
Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, has said sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe must be removed immediately as this is good for the region and t...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:35hrs | 263 | by Staff reportetr
Mnangagwa says law against 'errant' NGOs in the pipeline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired warning shots against "errant" non-governmental organisations (NGO) and disclosed that government would soon craft a law to whip them into line.In ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Mkhaya's John Vul'gate challenge goes viral
AUSTRIA-based imbube music exponent Vusa Mkhaya's version of the John Vul'gate challenge went viral over the weekend with the artiste releasing a song Ngiyabongamina to celebrate his birthday....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Restricted funeral wake and burial for Oskido's dad
THE family of the late Esaph Mdlongwa father to legendary music producer Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa has said only close family will be allowed to attend the funeral and burial of the late politician. ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Tops Southern Africa as ATU Ends African-wide Competition to Reward Innovators Targeting Solutions to Fight COVID-19
Zimbabwe's Kudakwashe Clinton Nyamhuka was among finalists of the ATU Africa Innovation Challenge 2020. The 24 year old topped the Southern Africa region together with fellow contestant Tiisetso Masil...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 16:29hrs | 311 | by Agencies
Zimnat hands over nationwide boreholes to Health and Child Care Ministry
Zimnat and Health Maintenance Network Africa on Tuesday handed over 10 boreholes valued at more than five million Zimbabwe dollars to the Ministry of Health and Child Care as their contribution toward...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 08:35hrs | 987 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe annual inflation tumbles to 659%
THE annual inflation rate dropped 101,62 percentage points to 659,4% last month, as recent gains of the local currency against the greenback continue to reflect on its strength.The drop in the...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:35hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga lifts suspension of student doctors
The suspension of the University of Zimbabwe master's degree programmes in medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology have been lifted following a lengthy engagement between the contrite doctors and Heal...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2529 | by Staff reporter
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | 102 | by Vincent Gono
Prof Steve Hanke's no hyperinflation in Zim comment angers Biti
MDC Alliance Vice President, Tendai Biti, leading that party's Economic Portfolio is this week set to meet representatives of the US Embassy in Harare to express that party's dismay over positive soci...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 2415 | by David Mwanza
Biti allegations are baseless
MDC-ALLIANCE co-vice-president Tendai Biti has on countless occasions made unsavoury and bald assertions, mainly to his gullible supporters, that "Zanu-PF may rig elections, but it cannot rig the econ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1937 | by Rutendo Jiri
Aspiring musician gets a wheelchair
Impala Car Rental through its Alfred Dondo Foundation continue to give back to the community following a donation of a wheel chair and groceries to twenty-year old Mike Saujeni who got paralyzed at a ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 13:57hrs | 888 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Corruption worse than Covid-19'
OUTGOING Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi has urged prison officers to shun corruption, saying the scourge was worse than c...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Ramaphosa
President Mnangagwa, who is scheduled to address the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today, has thanked South African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa for using the Ass...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3681 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Road rehabilitation project creates employment for women
THE Government's decision to use local companies in rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Harare highway has created opportunities for women in the male-dominated road construction industry.The wideni...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:20hrs | 1161 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK living with the aftermath of Covid-19
Many Zimbabweans in the UK who contracted COVID 19 have recovered. This brought joy and hope not only for the recovered but for the world at large. While the vast majority of those who contract Covid-...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1864 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa says there is no crisis in Zimbabwe
President Mnangagwa has shot down claims of a prevailing crisis in the country and thanked Zimbabweans for remaining resolute in defiance of machinations by opposition elements to foment instability i...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:11hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
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