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Zimbabweans man advising governments and oil companies
Growing up in central Africa in the '50s and '60s gave Duncan Clarke an early appreciation of his surroundings and the wider environment – but very little indication of the significance the oil indu...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1205 | by geoexpro
Whites score big against blacks - land compensation
Land is and was at the centre of all political developments for the indigenous black Zimbabwean population's pre and post independence movements. The liberation war against white minority rule's black...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1859 | by Terence Simbi
Of the Zimbabwe bird and political ignoramuses
In the morning of the eve of the celebration of our 39th Independence anniversary last week, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa torched a storm on the social media when he insinuated that the Zimbabwe bir...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1843 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zanu-PF, war vets in fresh row
TENSION between Zanu PF and war veterans continue to simmer after former freedom fighters stormed out of the Independence Day celebrations in Bindura last Thursday after their leader was blocked from ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned of brewing unrest
THERE are growing fears that Zimbabwe's fast-deteriorating economic situation - marked by shocking price hikes and severe shortages of foreign currency, fuel and vital medicines - could trigger social...Published: 20 hrs ago | 14248 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is illegitimate by virtue of rigged elections - regardless Chamisa climb-down
As far as Mnangagwa is concerned last year's elections were free, fair and credible. He has invited opposition parties, civic society and all other interested parties to a national dialogue to discuss...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1714 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa moves to slash bread price
GOVERNMENT plans to support small bakeries and confectionaries in small towns around the country to help increase their capacity and eventually bring down the cost of bread, Industry and Commerce mini...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3049 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans demand coach's head
Dynamos 0-1 Herentals DYNAMOS supporters turned against their team and reminded coach Lloyd Chigowe that his days at the helm of the Harare giants could be numbered after the side suffered a...Published: 21 hrs ago | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pleads with Diasporans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the Diaspora community to return to Zimbabwe and assist with rebuilding the country's ailing economy.Mnangagwa made the remarks while officiating ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:16hrs | 2792 | by Staff reporter
Price controls the only way to go, says Mutodi
PRICE controls is the only way to go so that business will stop unnecessary price hikes, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service deputy minister Energy Mutodi has said.Mutodi said the ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:09hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Sadomba suspension
DYNAMOS captain Edward Sadomba has been ruled out of today's must-win Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) tie against Herentals at Rufaro due to suspension.He was also forced to withdraw ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Bosso brace for Triangle
HIGHLANDERS will be hoping that their Independence Trophy win over Dynamos on Thursday will help them kick-start their campaign which has had a rocky start.A defeat and two draws to start the ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:41hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
'Wanton price hikes signify indiscipline'
Zimbabwe celebrated its 39th independence last Thursday amid a deteriorating economic situation in the country that has seen prices of goods skyrocketing as people's disposable incomes continue to shr...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:39hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to be realistic
GOVERNMENT needs to be realistic about the economic situation in the country, captains of industry have said.They were reacting to statements made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his keynot...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner shot dead
Shamva Mine security guard Holy Zindi (42) is in hot soup after reportedly firing at and killing an artisanal miner who had trespassed into the mine in search of the precious mineral last week....Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:36hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in major climbdown, drops hardline stance on Mnangagwa dialogue
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has made a major climb-down on his hardline stance against inter-party dialogue and called for an engagement between him and President Mnangagwa to tackle nati...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Revolution is the great teacher
Those living in luxury from the exploitation and suffering of others have traditionally always been opposed to emancipation struggles; they continue to be opposed to such struggles by the people today...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 208 | by Reason Wafawarova
War vets slam bread price hike
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has condemned the unjustified increase in the prices of basic commodities and called on responsible authorities to take urgent measur...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Land compensation and IMF re-engagement: A legacy of an Anti-poor government.
The full import of Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is now being painfully realized by the working class of Zimbabwe. Salaries of the workers have been eroded, the majority of our popu...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2207 | by Obert Masaraure
Facing the truth - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Elements of corruption' is a gross understatement but it was nevertheless a welcome breath of reality from President Mnangagwa in his ZBC television interview on the eve of Independence Day. ...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:07hrs | 1005 | by ZimVigil
Multiple inconsistencies in Mr Multiverse Dungani's article.
I do not usually respond to people who veer off the road to focus on personalities, however, allow me to respectfully respond to Dr Multiverse Dungani's wild, baseless and incoherent claims he made in...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 18:59hrs | 1035 | by Thulani Nkala
Rugare Gumbo snubs Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle icon, Rugare Gumbo, has flatly refused to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa's invitation to re-join Zanu-PF - insisting that it was beneath him to re-...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:32hrs | 18090 | by Staff reporter
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 4255 | by Staff reporter
Valerio Sibanda's war time exploits
LET me congratulate General Philip Valerio Sibanda for his new post as the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander.I met Comrade Ananias Gwenzi (General PV Sibanda), in Zambia in March 1974 at...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 09:01hrs | 12577 | by Dr Milton, Chemhuru
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3151 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm kills one, displaces families
A hailstorm ravaged parts of Hurungwe onthe eve of Independence Day killing one farmer after a tobacco barn collapsed on him.The violent storm left a trail of destruction while at least 23 fam...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Of heroes betrayed, forgotten
When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the pow...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | 248 | by Zifiso Masiye
RTGS$ plunges
Zimbabwe is nearing the much dreaded economic horrors of 2008 punctuated by hyperinflation, widespread shortages of foreign currency and fuel coupled with a spike in prices of everything, including st...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5648 | by Staff reporter
Independence Day accidents claim 6
Road traffic accidents during this year's Independence Day holiday increased from 69 recorded in 2018 to 96 which, however, claimed six lives, half that from last year, according to statistics release...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:48hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 4738 | by Pathisa Nyathi
'Zimbabwe will rise again'
ZIMBABWE is on a path to build its economy, establish a new future and through greater social cohesion and unity, the country shall rise again, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The sentim...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Dutch coach linked with Dembare
PIETER DE JONGH, a Dutch mentor who has coached the Swaziland national team and AFC Leopards of Kenya is angling for the Dynamos job as speculation over Lloyd "MaBlanyo" Chigowe's future at the stutte...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Holiday accidents kill 16
At least 16 people died in road traffic accidents since Independence Day, while 96 were left injured, police have said.A total of 192 road accidents occurred on Independence Day and Good Frida...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Anti-sanctions crusade heats up
The push for the United States government and the European Union (EU) bloc to remove the two-decade-old sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe is beginning to snowball with international organisations adding a...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 45542 | by Methusi Ncube
Chamisa reaches out to Mnangagwa
IN A positive development, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has dropped most of the demands that he had set as fundamental conditions for him to have direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, th...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:46hrs | 22274 | by Staff reporter
We're not Gukurahundi activists, says Mthwakazi
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has reacted angrily to a statement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba that they are Gukurahundi activists and embassies that have invested to...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:43hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Temba Mliswa holds his own Independence celebration
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa held his own parallel Independence celebrations on Saturday.The celebrations were headlined by dancehall artistes. Mliswa is a vocal Member of ...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2280 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Structures keep the dream alive, the Jewel of Africa returns
Julius Mwalimu Kambarage Nyerere referred to Zimbabwe as the jewel of Africa that needed heart and soul to protect it. Decades of independence later, Zanu-PF has changed that view. Zimbabwe has been c...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1639 | by Jacob Mafume
Mnangagwa scared of death via political foul play
HAMBURG– President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly increasingly becoming afraid of losing his life to potential political foul play as his ruling Zanu-PF internal power battles by his rivals to ou...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:25hrs | 5694 | by Itai Mushekwe
'Be proud of freedoms espouse by 2nd Republic' said navel gazing ED - luxury nation can now ill afford
"Our freedom, independence and the proud heritage left for us by our departed heroes and heroines who paid the supreme sacrifice for the freedom we enjoy today. We have within our blood, the traits of...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 830 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Independence day demo-Zimbabwe diaspora in UK shun independence day celebrations
Zanu-PF was celebrating national independence day which is a result from the protracted and arduous struggle of the people of Zimbabwe But what does this really mean to ordinary Zimbabweans of...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5121 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Mugabe commissioned gukurahundi genocide reports 'have been lost'
Reports of two government commissions of inquiry into post-independence massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands "have been lost", the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it has...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 19:49hrs | 2502 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa to launch Command Bakeries across the country
Government says it will facilitate the setting up of small scale bakeries across the country, offering affordable bread prices as consumers have been hit hard by the recent price increases. ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:17hrs | 6748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 8616 | by Staff reporter
'39 years on Matebeleland still lags behind'
AS Zimbabwe yesterday celebrated 39 years of self-rule, analysts and activists in Matebeleland still feel the region has lagged behind in terms of development.Political analyst and MRP preside...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:13hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Police, courts corrupt, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country's institutions such as police, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judiciary are so corrupt so much that it is a herculean task to fight ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2070 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants demand fresh wage negotiations
CIVIL servants have demanded fresh negotiations with government over salary increments as the cost of living continues to rise.Early this month, government announced a salary increment ranging...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:11hrs | 2325 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP and Zhuwawo agree with Chamisa
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has gotten a rare endorsement from ZANU PF Member of Parliament Fortune Chasi and former ZANU PF member Patrick Zhuwawo.Chamisa had said, "Where we are going now r...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:07hrs | 7521 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gukurahundi cannot be wished away: Williams
ON March 21 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa flew from Harare to Bulawayo on a jet chartered from the United Arab Emirates - an extravagant arrangement - for a meeting with Matabeleland-based civil ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:06hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
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