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Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 36 mins ago | 296 | by Staff reporter
Agritex officers, councillors looting command agriculture inputs
As farmers in Muzarabani district we are being sabotaged by Agritex officers who are working in cahoots with councillors in looting Command Agricultural scheme inputs.The inputs are not ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 568 | by Concerned citizen
Mr President, We Deserve Better
On 24 August 2018, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ruled that Zanu PF leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa had been legitimately elected as President of Zimbabwe, effectively ending the challenge by the t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1570 | by Fungai Chiposi
Ziyambi Ziyambi hospitalised, battling for his life in the ICU
Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affair, Ziyambi Ziyambi is currently battling for his life in the ICU of a Harare hospital amid a Covid-19 explosion that has paralysed President Emmerson ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 6755 | by Staff reporter
Increasing water levels at Kariba dam
The Zambezi River Authority hereby wishes to provide an update to the public regarding the water situation in the Kariba Catchment and lake levels at Kariba Dam This update is a follow up to that of 2...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1676 | by Munyaradzi Munodawafa
Tendai Biti's letter to World Bank on Zimbabwe COVID-19 aid
In May 2020, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.The US$7...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3064 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4651 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mwonzora calls for 'dialogue fo build synergies' - had cure since 2008, reforms, lacked competent leader to implement
When some people have nothing better to say, the repeat themselves. Mwonzora is back at calling for national dialogue as the solution to Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political paralysis."H...Published: 10 hrs ago | 761 | by Nomusa Garikai
Larry Mavima recovers from Covid-19
A dark cloud has been hovering over the country and Government as freedom fighters, ministers, captains of industry, revered academics and top Government officials have been losing the battle to Covid...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1785 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, Covid-19 patients told to buy their own ventilators
Zimbabwe shows what happens when the coronavirus collides with one of the world's most run-down health systems.Nurses at a major public hospital in the capital are on strike after colleagues d...Published: 11 hrs ago | 850 | by Staff reporter
Albert Nyathi in life-saving projects
ALBERT Nyathi is working wonders at Kafusi Village - his rural home - in Gwanda, Matabeleland South.The renowned poet, musician, writer, actor and philanthropist seldom opens up about his pers...Published: 11 hrs ago | 904 | by Staff reporter
Death threats for Tendai Biti
MDC alliance vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday said unknown assailants besieged his law firm while others called on his mobile phone threatening him with death over his remarks that Zanu-PF was res...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Women politicians discriminating against each other
BEHIND every successful man is a woman, is a tired cliché in reference to the fact that a man's achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.In one o...Published: 20 hrs ago | 184 | by Musa Makina
Majority of Zimbabwe returnees' illegal immigrants UN agency
EIGHTY percent of returnees into the country during the current Covid-19 health crisis came back from South Africa with the majority of them constituting citizens without travel documents, Sunday Sout...Published: 20 hrs ago | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not in COVID-19 quarantine
George Charamba, the interim Chief Secretary to the President, has rubbish allegations that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under 14-day quarantine after being in contact with one of his aides who pu...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:55hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:12hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
Father's snakes feast on daughters
THERE are many relatives today who do not talk to each other anymore as they blame witchcraft for all their problems, with the "witches" being their relatives. There are those who believe in witchcraf...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:03hrs | 3866 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 horror traumatises Zimbabweans
TRANSPORT and Infrastructure Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday became Zimbabwe's fourth minister to die from coronavirus.Matiza, 60, succumbed to complications brought about b...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:03hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga airlifted to China? - Highly unlikely
There are unconfirmed reports that Zimbabwe Vice President Rtd Gen Chiwenga has been airlifted to China this evening as his condition deteriorated.This was revealed by the usually reliable Chi...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 12005 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders Chiwenga to rest
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week ordered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take a rest after the former army general appeared overwhelmed due to overworking and losing relatives to COVID-19...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:30hrs | 7262 | by Staff reporter
Lies have short legs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made many promises since he entered office in November 2017. He was greeted with all the confidence that the people could give from all quarters of society.His asc...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2878 | by Worried
Platinum raid Caps
HARARE giants Caps United are set to lose midfielder Innocent Mucheneka who is on the verge of joining ambitious FC Platinum.Mucheneka joined Caps as a free agent after his contract with Chick...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:26hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Fifa demand Mamutse reinstatement
WORLD football governing body Fifa have demanded the reinstatement of Zifa general-secretary Joseph Mamutse, who was suspended by the Sports Recreation Commission (SRC).Fifa observed that the ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for national dialogue
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora is eager to engage other political parties and civic organisations in a dialogue process he and his party hope could help rebuild the battered country....Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2300 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda hookers now working from home
BEFORE the new normal, ladies of the night were much sought-after at various drinking spots in the mining town of Gwanda. Calling on sex workers' services was the order of the day for some men after i...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman up for murder
POLICE have arrested a Plumtree businesswoman and her two accomplices for allegedly beating a suspected burglar to death. Sinanzeni Mpala (38) who operates a shop in Madlambuzi under Chief Gam...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police impound 95 cars
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 95 vehicles from motorists, including pirate taxis, for defying the level 4 lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country has of...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blasts Biti over Covid-19 statement
ZANU-PF has rubbished accusations by MDC Alliance vice-president Mr Tendai Biti that the Government is deliberately imprisoning opposition members as a way of "exterminating them" through exposure to ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrants struggle in the UK
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the UK jobs market has changed substantially, take a look at what this means for recruitment and occupational shortages, as well as serious implications for people's...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 907 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Lockdown infidelity on the rise
CHEATING in the times of a crisis like the current Covid-19 pandemic is not simple.As a consequence, everything is now online-work, entertainment and believe it or not even adultery.A ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1720 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Busi Moyo and the Continuity of the Struggle
On the dawn of November 15, 2017, the late hero of Zimbabwe's armed struggle assumed the symbolic biblical ‘‘voice of one crying in the wilderness'' to make a way for the New Dispensation.To t...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 22:50hrs | 1328 | by Obert Moses Mpofu
Mnangagwa pleads with Zimbabweans to maintain coronavirus discipline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to maintain their coronavirus discipline, while also encouraging the public not to lose hope as the country battles a deadlier second wa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns heroes
Acting President Dr Constatino Chiwenga has sent condolence messages to the families of three national heroes who died in the past week.Dr Chiwenga condoled with the Moyo family following the ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:12hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Four Tips to Circumnavigate the 'New' Workforce
The UN's Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to the COVID 19 Crisis warns that "The COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis; it is affecting societies and econ¬omies at the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 12:30hrs | 695 | by Hamilton Katsvairo
Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 15860 | by Staff reporter
Boardroom war rocks GMB
A VICIOUS boardroom war has erupted at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) where top managers have either been fired or suspended and stripped of their luxury benefits.Following a messy fall-out b...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2161 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 cripples freight industry
THE Shipping and Freight Forwarding Agents of Zimbabwe (SFFAZ) has implored the government to facilitate smooth flow of goods across borders amid confusion over lockdown rules.The industry is ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ keeps black market guessing over $50 note'
ZIMBABWE'S markets are struggling to work out the full impact of a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) move to inject a $50 note, which it sees as vital for stemming a dire liquidity crunch, according to r...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:40hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
Residents bemoan delays in bodies collection
BEREAVED families in Bulawayo have complained over delays in the collection of bodies by health workers and authorities.Government recently ordered that every death should be treated as a COVI...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South under armyworm attack
FARMERS in Matabeleland South fear a reduced harvest following an outbreak of the fall armyworm that is causing massive damage to crops especially the late planted ones. The fall armyworm has ...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:33hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Next Chelsea manager: Three possible replacements for Frank Lampard
It's fair to say that things have taken a turn for the worse at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge. It wasn't long ago that people like Jürgen Klopp were branding Chelsea as the title favourites but a blue De...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:57hrs | 3557 | by Staff writer
Dominic Thiem looking to continue Grand Slam success in 2021
While 2020 was a tumultuous year, with difficulties and setbacks aplenty, Dominic Thiem will always remember it as the year he finally claimed his maiden Grand Slam title - a bright spot amidst the da...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:54hrs | 111 | by Staff writer
Agribank set to become land bank
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka has advised farmers to have a good relationship with banks as Government's plan to establish Agribank as a land bank is in o...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:11hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
SA's Minister in the Presidency dies of Covid-19-related complications
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu died of Covid-19-related complications on Thursday, just 10 days after testing positive for the disease.President Cyril Ramaphosa described him as "a...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:00hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabweans survive South Africa's anti-immigrant drive?
South Africa's strong and extensive ties with Zimbabwe are buckling under the strain of COVID-19 economic challenges and migration. The nearly 500 undocumented migrants arrested on a daily basis tryin...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:29hrs | 1587 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 984 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe printing $1 billion weekly to buy gold'
FORMER legislator and Monetary Policy Committee member Eddie Cross has made sensational claims that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was printing $1 billion weekly mainly to buy gold.At the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 3151 | by Staff reporter
UZ student gives minister ultimatum
ALLAN Moyo, a University of Zimbabwe student, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide the ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2684 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo: Mugabe coup anchor turned face of diplomacy
"We wish to assure the nation that His excellency, the President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed," these were some of the words from the then M...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
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