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UN envoy to meet Chamisa?
THE Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Commission (OHCHR) has invited submissions from various stakeholders for the United Nations special rapporteur Alena Douhan, who is on a 10-day vis...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4602 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked ZCTU rocked by power struggles
POWER struggles have threatened to divide the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) ahead of its elective congress set for next week, with some affiliates claiming that they have been deliberately d...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Wheels come off Mwonzora train?
ROWDY MDC-T supporters yesterday violently disrupted a fellow party member who was addressing a Press conference in Harare to expose party leader Douglas Mwonzora's alleged misuse of party funds, assa...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3075 | by Staff reporter
Biti's application for recusal opposed
The State has vigorously opposed an application by MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti to have Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti recuse herself from presiding over his assault matter....Published: 11 hrs ago | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean actor lands role in Scandal!
South African-based model and actor Jerome Galiao has landed a role in one of Mzansi's biggest soapies, "Scandal!".The Harare-based and bred will appear for his first episode on December 28 as...Published: 11 hrs ago | 623 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet to link Vic-Falls with SA's Kruger Airport
LOW-COST Zimbabwean airline, Fastjet, will soon introduce direct flights linking Victoria Falls to South Africa's Kruger International Airport, which is located in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province....Published: 11 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to continue with 'meet the people' tours
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa remains defiant and will continue with his national "Meet The People Tour" despite the recent attempts on his life by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Masvingo and ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally storms, ends press conference meant to expose theft of MDC funds
MDC-T senator Yvonne Musarurwa Thursday stormed and brought to an immature end a press conference by a party official Kudzanai Mashumba who wanted to expose how party leader Douglas Mwonzora was alleg...Published: 18 hrs ago | 517 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T distances itself from a chaotic press conference
The MDC T led by Douglas Mwonzora has distanced itself from the violent attacks that took place at a press conference held in the afternoon at Media...Published: 20 hrs ago | 897 | by Alice Mangwanda /Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa Zanu-PF's presidency challenged in court
Zanu-PF youth member, Sybeth Musengezi has approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking the nullification of Zanu-PF's 19 November 2017 special session of the Central Committee meeting, which elected, E...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 3865 | by Staff reporter
RBZ shuts down forex platform to stem currency decline
ZIMBABWEAN authorities shut down a popular black-market currency-tracking platform, the latest action to try and stop an accelerating decline in its currency.The central bank ordered marketwat...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 3875 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacked again?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was yesterday blocked again by some Zanu-PF youths and security details at Troutbeck turn-off in Nyanga when he was on his way to Ruwangwe, a day after a suspected a...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4026 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits to party chaos
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that his party was in shambles and threatened to descend heavily on party members locked in bloody power struggles.Addressing an extraordinary s...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo loses Zapu Harare nominations
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe, has lost in nominations for Zapu presidency in Harare province after initially being announced as winner in nominations that were later...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 3222 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists application for exception dismissed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception by five MDC Alliance activists accused of violating COVID-19 regulations.Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe, Stanley Manyenga, C...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mat North civil servants relocation imminent
GOVERNMENT is inching closer to fully relocating Matabeleland North civil servants to Lupane as construction of the Lupane Government Complex is now 88 percent complete with all works expected to be c...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC needs to grow up if it wants to be electable
It is difficult to understand the MDC-A's continuous pressure to have the financial sanctions against Zimbabwe maintained, and what looks like a willingness to manufacture evidence of Government wrong...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses MDC Alliance activists' application
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Taurai Manwere yesterday dismissed five MDC Alliance activists' application for exception to the charges where they allegedly staged an unsanctioned demonstration during ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC getting hot under the collar over UN rapporteur's visit
Since the news of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan's visit to Zimbabwe was broken, the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) and other anti-Government elements like political activist Hopewe...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 721 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa preaches peace, unity
DEEP scars inflicted on the country by colonial oppressors should ever be reminders for Zimbabweans to remain united, peaceful and defend national interests as there is no room for violence which detr...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Shops continue using 'illegal' rates
WARNINGS by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit and the recent arrest of directors of some top companies over foreign currency manipulation seem to have fallen on deaf ear...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Politburo gears up for Anti-Sanctions Day
Zanu-PF has intensified preparations for the Anti-Sanctions Day, which will be commemorated on October 25.This follows a declaration by SADC member states to unite in the call for the uncondit...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Beitbridge border post as Zimbabwe introduces new tolls
TRUCK drivers are spending up to 10 days at the Beitbridge border post as toll company Zimborders, which has been awarded a contract by the Zimbabwean government to upgrade the border post, began coll...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:16hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank facilitates the USD 21.6 M sprucing up of the Beitbridge Border Post
Harare, 20 October 2021: Stanbic Bank and its parent company, Standard Bank Group recently availed a USD21.6 million loan facility for the sprucing up of the Beitbridge Border Post and its environs....Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:28hrs | 741 | by Agencies
Sibangumuzi Khumalo appointed Minister of State in Chiwenga's Office
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Tsholotsho North legislator, Sibangumuzi Khumalo as Minister of State in the Office of Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga.Khumalo, who was sworn in at the...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:25hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
No Covid-19 death recorded
THERE were no deaths from Covid-19 in the country yesterday while 32 new cases were recorded.All the new cases are local transmissions.The seven-day rolling average for new cases fell ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:24hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Pahla declared Liberation War Hero
Colonel Dennis Pahla whose Chimurenga name was Kid Nyikandeyedu has been declared a Liberation War Hero and will be buried tomorrow at his farm in Banket.Col Pahla, died on Monday, at Parireny...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:24hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Climate Change gurus on fire
Climate Change mitigation experts are shining at a two-day capacity building workshop in Harare where they have invited Media Practitioners in the northern region.The workshop is being facilit...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 08:06hrs | 792 | by Shelton Muchena
New dispensation a replica of the old
DEAR President.Your Excellency, your ascendance to the Presidency was a political upstage which kindled hyped deliberations in the court of public opinion. Discussions on the probable directio...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 278 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Car dealer loses US$40K to fraudster
A HARARE businessman lost US$40 000 to a fraudster in a botched vehicle clearance deal.The issue was heard yesterday by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi when the accused, Maganga Robert Pembed...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Drax corruption case collapses
TWO NatPharm bosses who were arrested for illegally awarding a tender to Drax International for the supply COVID-19, were yesterday removed from remand, marking the collapse of the case.The pa...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Politburo meets today
The Zanu-PF Politburo will meet at the ruling party's headquarters in Harare today ahead of the National People's Conference next week. In a statement yesterday, the acting Secretary for Infor...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Court orders another medical test for Chiwenga's estranged wife
Yet another medical examination, this time to include the side-effects of her medication, has been ordered for Marry Mubaiwa to see if she can comprehend the proceedings in her trials on charges of at...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
MDC in fresh sanctions shocker
THE opposition MDC Alliance party led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has been burning the midnight candle, fervently agitating for economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to stay as the p...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA flying into major storm
ZIFA could be blindly flying into another constitutional storm which has the potential of pushing out scores of those in charge of domestic football, ahead of the elections to choose their leadership,...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Dennis Pahla dies
The Commander Zimbabwe National Army, General David Sigauke has mourned Colonel Dennis Pahla who died on Monday. Col Pahla, whose Chimurenga name was Kid Nyikandeyedu, died at Parirenyatwa Gro...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Biti corners magistrate, prosecutor
TENDAI Biti, the MDC Vice President has accused Harare Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti and Deputy Prosecutor Michael Reza of being biased after she forced him to stand in the dock without his lawyer....Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
Climate change and the media
The Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality director Washington Zhakata appreciated the importance of the media personnels concerning climate change during the workshop held today in...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 09:45hrs | 750 | by Tarisai Mudahondo and Simbarashe Sithole
Police hunt for 70 Chamisa supporters
POLICE have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, fiv...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 5772 | by Staff reporter
16 in court over sex party
FIFTEEN of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a sex orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.Magi...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
Death sentence for murderer
A HIGH Court judge yesterday sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the constructive murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.Tapiwa Murombo was yesterday found g...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hides behind sanctions to evade accountability
ONE thing Rhodesians could be trusted for was doing that which their country — no matter how bizarre — wanted done. The Rhodesians would do it, no lip service, something that Zanu-PF finds hard, i...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 383 | by Concerned
UN envoy itinerary raises red flag
OBSERVERS yesterday questioned the itinerary of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan, released by government, which excludes opposition parties and civic society.Douhan, who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1380 | by Staff writer
Doctor to clarify on Chiwenga's estranged wife
DOCTOR Simukai Percy Machawira, who said in court that Marry Mubaiwa was physically fit to stand trial, is today expected in court to make clarifications on certain issues that Harare magistrate Mr La...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 589 | by Staff writer
UN spotlights Zimbabwe sanctions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan, who is in the country to assess the impact of unilateral coercive measures imposed on the country by the Unit...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 307 | by Staff writer
Sydney Gata slams Guvamatanga for stalling solar power plants
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata has strongly castigated Finance Ministry secretary George Guvamatanga for refusing to guarantee Independent Power Produce...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 520 | by Staff writer
NMB donates foodstuffs to Dzikwa Trust to help feed 850 children
NMB Bank on Thursday last week handed over to Dzikwa Trust, groceries, toiletries, masks and sanitisers to assist the trust in feeding more than 850 vulnerable children in and around Harare's Dzivaras...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:45hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blocks UN Special Envoy from meeting Chamisa
THE government has excluded opposition parties and civic society organisations from meeting the United Nations special envoy, Alena Douhan.Douhan, who arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday, is in the ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:34hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
Biti wants magistrate removed
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has made another application for the recusal of Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti from his assault case arguing that she would not give him a fair trial....Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Biti begs for Ramaphosa's intervention
MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has called on South Africa President and leader of the governing ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene and caution his fellow liberation struggle colleagues i...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4989 | by Staff reporter
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