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fastjet pledges to help revive Bulawayo
BUDGET airline fastjet says it wants to play a bigger role in reviving tourism in Matabeleland after launching a Harare-Bulawayo service on Friday.The airline, which already has flights betwee...Published: 3 hrs ago | 112 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's rod of power (Tsvimbo) officially delivered to Nelson Chamisa
The day Saturday 21 July 2018 will never be forgotten in the history of democracy in Zimbabwe, two important issues happened. First, the presidential candidate (without war credentials) was endorsed b...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1040 | by Don Chigumba
'Mnangagwa is servant leader, hard worker,' claims Khaya Moyo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a servant leader and a hard worker who wants to see socio-economic development in the country just like the late visionary leader Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, the Mi...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
fastjet begins Harare - Bulawayo flights
Low cost airliner, fastjet, is set to land at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport at about 9am today, on the aviation firm's inaugural flight on the Harare-Bulawayo route. This move...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF a home for everybody, Chiwenga
Chief Zanu-PF embraces all Zimbabwean citizens and will not segregate anyone on the basis of colour, creed or race, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. VP Chiwenga said the party wan...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:12hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa going the Yahya Jammeh-way?
As 30 July poll beckons, the atmosphere flares up as parties crisscross the lengths and breadths of the country soliciting votes from a poverty-ridden electorate. All candidates mete out plans to revi...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:43hrs | 4595 | by Benny Gudo
Churches organise peace march
THE Churches Convergence on Peace Consortium (CCOP) will tomorrow hold a peace march and Ukuthula-Runyararo Peace Covenant signing ceremony in Bulawayo in support of the peace pledge initiated by the ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:38hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Hippo attack, drown women in Zambezi river
TWO women from Binga drowned in the Zambezi River after their boat capsized during a hippopotamus attack while they were fishing.Gladys Munkombwe (43) of Kadika Village and Mufutuli Mudenda (2...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:37hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni investors tip Zimbabwe for glory
INDIAN investors who are set to reopen Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo yesterday said the new dispensation is on course to taking the country to its former glory as evidenced by the stability pre...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1024 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland North to have teachers' training college
THE Government will soon turn Ntabazinduna Vocational Training Centre in Matabeleland North into a teachers' training college.This emerged during a meeting between the Ministry of Higher and T...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | 634 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official initiates Makorokoza graveyard invasion
An aspiring ZANU PF aspiring councillor in Mazowe South ward 28 Joshua Nyamuziwa has been fingered in the invasion of a grave site by a group of illegal miners at Mazowe Mine, Mashonaland Centra...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 06:45hrs | 677 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why army warning is omnious
Army press conferences are rare and ominous events in Zimbabwe. When the army calls a press conference in Zimbabwe, it is a serious matter and you better sit up and listen. When they did in November l...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 18:20hrs | 4710 | by Siphosami Malunga
Jonathan Moyo's STEM re-launched
THE Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Technology Development has re-launched Professor Jonathan Moyo's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme which will also includ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:52hrs | 2388 | by Staff reporter
Does Njelele hold the keys?
"It was on June 29, just a month before the nation votes on July 30, that they came and desecrated our shrine. Whether that is pure coincidence, a planned act or just another act of vandalism, we are ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:46hrs | 410 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe: Under Western eyes, again
Come July 30 2018, the harmonised elections shall be won and lost. There shall be celebrations and anger, laughter and crying, joy and sorrow, vindication and vilification. On that day, a destination ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | 643 | by RADAR
Carl Joshua Ncube up for award
TOP stand-up comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube, has been nominated for the Savanna Comics Choice Awards under the Pan-African Comic of The Year category, where he will battle it out with four other top Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:21hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Party-State conflation must be checked
THE late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo noted in his autobiography that he once asked the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe which was the supreme organ of the State and to his great shock a...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 343 | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Don't evict tenants, council warned
Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Mutare Central constituency Dr Nancy Saungweme has said she will take legal action against Mutare City Council in the event that it evicts Sakubva residents who fail to ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Mr PresidentThere is no doubt you will win the July 30 election. Even Thomas in the Bible would believe that if he were here today. Though my vote is supposed to be private, you may want to e...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | 609 | by Staff writer
Jeys Marabini tears into govt 'Mafia'
AFRO-JAZZ ace Jeys Marabini has lambasted the government, describing it as the "major Mafia", for hindering the growth of artistes in Bulawayo, as they were often side-stepped.Speaking on the ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:49hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Mqabuko Day celebrations in SA
MATABELELAND Entertainment News (MEN) based in South Africa will present the annual Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Celebration Through Arts at the Aleck Gorshel Park, Berea in Johannesburg, South Africa, on ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Tackle causes of Tribalism and not dwell on symptoms
Dear Mr. Kernan Zwelikahle, If there are issues that the government of Zimbabwe has not done so far, one of them is to effectively tackle tribalism in our societies. Tribalism has been with us...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 17:23hrs | 986 | by Nomazulu Thata
TB Joshua's church tops most popular tourist sites in Lagos
The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Lagos, specifically to the New Afrika Shrine dedicated to the ground-breaking music of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has attracted attention to the vibran...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 347 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Chamisa equates himself to Biblical Joshua
The MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Advocate Nelson Chamisa has turned to the Bible and likened himself to the Biblical Joshua who will take Zimbabweans to Canaan.Addressing a rally in Zv...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 17:24hrs | 2704 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stuck with Mugabe regalia
ZANU-PF is stuck with a montage of party regalia, emblazoned with the face of its deposed leader Robert Mugabe, the Daily News on Sunday reported.Last year, Mugabe had appeared to be on track ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:36hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
National Disability Expo reveals government and CSOs' short comings
Addressing the NANGO Eastern Region disability sector that attended the 6th edition of the National Disability Expo, Special Advisor to the President on Disability Issues, Joshua Malinga called on civ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 10:55hrs | 148 | by Nango
Mnangagwa must answer to past 'transgressions' first
Oftentimes, age is said to be nothing but just a number. Ask anyone in a cross generational romantic relationship and most assuredly, they would parrot like answer that age is only but a number. At fa...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 646 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Joshua Malinga relives horror of White City attack
AS the world reeled from the aftershock of an unprecedented assassination attempt on a sitting President in Zimbabwe, a video that exposed how physically challenged people are not catered for in infra...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Govt audit to clamp down on land barons
THE Government is finalising its land audit where it is looking into various land use countrywide in order to clamp down on land barons that have prejudiced home seekers of their hard earned cash....Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:49hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga unpacks military's role in peace-building
I feel honoured to speak on "The role of the military in peac-building and national reconciliation" itself a topic under the broad theme "A Reflection on Ethical Leadership. The theme honours the 100t...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 346 | by Dr Constantino Chiwenga
'No one Indian voter to vote for Joosbi Omar,' says Bhasikiti
MDC Alliance candidate for Mwenezi East Mr Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has come under fire for uttering racist comments about Zanu-PF candidate for the constituency, Joosbi Omar. Mr Bhasikiti, a form...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 1099 | by MRP
Mnangagwa preserving Joshua Nkomo legacy?
AFTER a 17-year-long wait, Ekusileni Medical Centre, a brainchild of one of the founding fathers of the liberation, Dr Joshua Nkomo will finally open its doors thanks to the new administration led by ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:12hrs | 947 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Youths urged to take an active part in politics
THE Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Terrence Mukupe, has urged youths to take an active part in politics so that they can be considered in Government positions.Addressing ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:11hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's Turning Point
COMRADE Elison Mupamawonde (born 1950 in Bikita), whose Chimurenga was Soft Magarasadza last week spoke about how ZIPRA out-gunned Rhodesian forces at Chirundu during the liberation struggle and how t...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
No more coups, declares Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has declared that the military would not carry out another intervention similar to Operation Restore Legacy which saw former President Robert Mugabe being forced ou...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:18hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri loses breast, airlifted for special treatment
MINISTER of Water, Environment and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, who was injured in a bomb blast at White City Stadium has been airlifted to South Africa for reconstruction surgery after ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:11hrs | 17116 | by Staff reporter
Sobriety should characterise campaign discourse
Aspiring for public office is not an infatuation, neither is it a trivial hunch. As I see it, there is no aspect of human enterprise that deserves to be undertaken after reasoned forethought than that...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:52hrs | 49 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Injivas kill and burn employer in SA
HOME AFFAIRS and Culture Minister Dr Obert Mpofu has authorised the arrest and extradition of three Plumtree injivas who allegedly killed their disabled employer in South Africa before burning his bod...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on illegal sanctions blame-game
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said former president Mr Robert Mugabe blamed his failures on sanctions even where he could have proffered solutions to challenges facing the nation dur...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:26hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Trust demands land for Nkomo memorial college
Lalangwe Mbambangwe Memorial Trust has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding land for construction of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo School of Tourism and Hospitality in Matobo.The trust...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Presidential nomination fee a rip-off: Candidate
OPPOSITION New Patriotic Front presidential candidate, Joshua Munyanduri, has cried foul over the $1 000 nomination fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying it was a rip-off for...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Parties scale up campaign against frog-marching children to rallies
OPPOSITION political parties and civic groups have scaled up the campaign against frog-marching of schoolchildren to political rallies, thus exposing them to attacks.This follows a suspected g...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns bomb blast security aides
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the families of his two security aides, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a bomb explosion that occurred at a Zanu-PF campai...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
Stop using White City for violent political machinations
The barbaric attack that has caused the death of some people attending a ZanuPF rally at White City Stadium is already having serious repercusions. No sane person can ignore the danger of this cowardl...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 14:04hrs | 1125 | by Mkhululi Zulu, Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Joshua Nkomo's son not ready for politics
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, son of the late Father Zimbabwe, Vice-President Joshua Nkomo has said he was not yet ready to join mainstream politics, although he came from a family with a strong political backg...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:59hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri warn 'terrorists' behind Mnangagwa bomb
AGRICULTURE minister, former Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri yesterday warned those behind the "terrorist" explosion that rocked the Zanu PF campaign rally at Wh...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive human trafficker in court
Employment agent, James Tungamirai Maroodza (30) who is accused of recruiting Zimbabwean women and trafficking them to Kuwait and had been missing for the past two years, is back in court. Mar...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Stop playing with fire, warns Shiri
AGRICULTURE minister, former Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri yesterday warned those behind the "terrorist" explosion that rocked the Zanu PF campaign rally at Wh...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 3434 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe, allies organised starvation during Gukurahundi
This paper explores an episode of state-perpetrated extreme mass violence and atrocities in south-west Zimbabwe in the 1980s, with specific focus on Matabeleland South between February and April 1984,...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:16hrs | 1024 | by Hazel Cameron
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