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'Zimbabwe's media landscape remains treacherous'
FORTY-ONE years after independence, Zimbabwe's media landscape remains treacherous with independent journalists being subjected to harassment by State security agents, poorly paid and denied the freed...Published: 2 hrs ago | 40 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife interfered with The Herald Editor's job
FORMER Herald Editor, Tichaona Zindoga has opened up on his tough experience when he was at the helm of the state controlled daily where he claims First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa constantly interfered w...Published: 2 hrs ago | 306 | by Staff reporter
Varakashi: New agents of terrorism
THERE'S a big, big omen of nasty things to come. The Zanu-PF government wants to revive the Green Bombers.You will remember the youth training programme at the turn of the new millennium....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:25hrs | 636 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe breaks law for US$50m Covid-19 vaccines loan
Zimbabwe has contracted yet another US$50 million loan from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to finance its Covid-19 vaccination programme despite government claims it is using internal res...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:15hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Gweru introduces electronic parking system
GWeRU City Council, in partnership with City Parking (Pvt) Limited, has rolled out an automated pre-paid parking system to replace the manual system that has long been condemned by motorists as open t...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:47hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5127 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mliswa's ConCourt referral request ruling deferred
HARARE magistrate Tafadzwa Miti Wednesday postponed ruling to next Tuesday in a matter in which Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa is seeking referral of his case to Constitutional Court....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | 1058 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe to set up nuclear power station with Russia's help
THE governments of Zimbabwe and Russia this week signed an agreement that will see the Russians assisting the southern African nation setting up a nuclear power station to provide alternative sources ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cape Town consulate besieged as protesters demand gay rights
AN official at the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town, who would not give his name, refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights that was delivered by about 20 people.They had marched from...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:19hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean film on land reform receives multiple global awards
A movie based on Zimbabwe's land reform programme called Harmony Valley has left some audiences around the world in tears and picked several international film awards.Set in the year 2000, the...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo rolls out COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in collaboration with the Health and Child Care ministry has launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in an effort to increase uptake of the inoculation programme.T...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Govt to 'demolish, repave' Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, says Chiwenga
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says the government is very concerned about the deplorable state of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway, which is the gateway to the country's prime tourism desti...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
'Recalls hurting service delivery'
MARONDERA residents have blamed the recall of some MDC Alliance councillors for poor service delivery.This was revealed during a Zimbabwe Union of Journalists-organised discussion at Mbuya Neh...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:00hrs | 731 | by Gwizhikiti
Zimbabwe troops ready for war
Zimbabwean troops are girding for war after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other regional leaders agreed an "immediate technical deployment" to help Mozambique fight Islamic insurgents who have rece...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:01hrs | 5635 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa fights to open Zimbabwe airwaves more
THE government said yesterday that it planned to open up the country's airwaves further by issuing more television and radio licences to independent players.Speaking during a well-supported Da...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Journalist 'steals' security document
A journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu condemns politics of hate
Former Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has exhorted the country's political leaders to ditch politics of hate and unite for their own good and that of the nation."We need to change t...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:36hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes over, to repair 72 'high-impact' MDC council roads
The Zimbabwe government says it is taking over "high impact" urban roads from local authorities which will undergo major works after years of rain-damage and neglect.Local authorities and cent...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:33hrs | 3015 | by Staff reporter
Police stall investigation into 2018 crash involving Chief Justice Malaba's vehicle
Police have been accused of a cover-up over a December 2018 road traffic accident in which a cyclist was badly injured after being run-over by Chief Justice Luke Malaba's vehicle in Matopo, Matabelela...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:30hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Zenzele Ndebele sues minister
BULAWAYO-BASED journalist Zenzele Ndebele has taken Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa and the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to court for failing to abide by the Constitution and release to the ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:50hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
'10 killed in State-sponsored rights abuses'
AT least 10 people were allegedly killed by State security agents last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government restricted freedoms of expression under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 regulat...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:48hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political tension escalates afresh
POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inci...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps mid-year final examinations
Zimbabwe has scrapped mid-year final examinations citing coronavirus disruptions to learning.Final year students sitting the ZIMSEC Ordinary Level and Advanced Level exams normally have two bi...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A must NOT boycott elections' advised Magaisa - echo of ruinous GNU advice NOT to implement reforms
"If there is a phrase that must not be entertained by the MDC Alliance right now, it is the phrase 'boycott by-elections'. Not when the opponents are doing everything to take you out of political spac...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:17hrs | 1190 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
At least 10 killed as Mnangagwa dialed up rights abuses in 2020: Amnesty International
Zimbabwean security forces killed at least 10 people last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to step up human rights violations, deploying agents to abduct and tortur...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Violence breaks out as MDC Alliance activist sentenced
VIOLENCE broke out at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday after police beat up MDC Alliance supporters who were protesting against a 14-month sentence imposed on party executive Makomborero Haruziv...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 2190 | by Staff reporter
Indecent assault journalist granted $2,000 bail
JOURNALIST Robert Mukondiwa, who is facing allegations of aggravated indecent assault on an orphaned 19-year-old Upper Sixth pupil, has been granted $2 000 bail by the High Court. He is ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths slam swift jailing of Makomborero while Mnangagwa allies walk free
MDC Alliance youths have blasted the swift trial and jailing of party activist and pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by a Harare court while several corruption accused top Zanu-PF offic...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Journalist assaulted by cops outside court
HARARE journalist Samuel Takawira was Tuesday morning assaulted by police while filming a group of police officers who had been deployed at the Harare Magistrates' Court where MDC Alliance activist Ha...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Police deny Mliswa's discrimination claims
POLICE have disputed claims by Norton legislator Temba Mliswa that they practiced discrimination by singling him out for arrest at a press conference at his house in February.Mliswa is seeking...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:56hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Lack of petty cash hampers service delivery
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has disclosed that some of the challenges it is facing in the maintenance of roads were as a result of lack of petty cash to purchase minor items such as fuses and materi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Fears of ARVs shortages allayed
The National Aids Council (NAC) says Zimbabwe has enough stocks of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to take the country through the year amid indications that most resources are being channelled towards the fig...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:45hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Low turnout for vaccination in Matebeleland South
FRONTLINE workers in Matabeleland South province are reluctant to take the Covid-19 vaccine as the first phase saw less than half of the targeted workers taking their first jab.The province ma...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:38hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Harare says 'Mozambican crisis a regional question'
ZIMBABWE will not individually deploy troops in northern Mozambique to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more than 2 500 people and displaced 700 000 others in the country, the government sa...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist, Dongozi, to be honored.
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) divulged plans to honour the late veteran Journalist, rights advocate, environmentalist, friend rolled in one and immediate past secretary-general, Foster Vulin...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | 434 | by Shelton Muchena
Chitungwiza nurses attempt to sell COVID-19 cards
TWO nurses at Chitungwiza General Hospital yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Mhiti facing fraud charges after they allegedly stole COVID-19 vaccination cards and attempted to sell t...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:23hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally in coup plot storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Belarusian business broker Alexander Zingman has said his arrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month was triggered by "false security reports" that he h...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | 4009 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields renovations satisfy Govt
ZIMBABWE might soon push for the return of international football action, at Barbourfields, as the stadium has been renovated to standards which the Government feel will meet the CAF requirements. ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:57hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
SADC talks tough on Mozambique bandits
SADC member states are not going to stand aside and watch while terrorists and non-state actors threaten regional peace and security as well as the integrity and sovereignty of Mozambique where insurg...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among worst 2020 human rights offenders, U.S. report finds
Zimbabwe was among some of the worst human rights offenders last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime continued to unleash violence on opponents and activists with impunity, an annual assessm...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:09hrs | 2248 | by Staff reporter
Loga sets squad selection criteria
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic, who is close to finalising his list of the players for next year's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), stressed that he will select players who are committed to the nation...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
'Urbanites deserve poor service delivery'
Zanu-PF Sanyati district coordinating committee (DCC) chair, Langton Mabhanga says town and city residents in the country should put up with poor service delivery by their local authorities as this wa...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says he informed police prior to press conference
Norton legislator, Temba Peter Mliswa today told the court that he informed the police in writing about the press conference held at his Borrowdale residence in Harare prior to the day of the event....Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:35hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa files for referral to ConCourt
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) has applied for referral of his case where he is charged of breaching COVID-19 regulations to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).Mliswa was accuse...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa claims discrimination
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa is up in arms with the police for electing to arrest him alone while leaving dozens of journalists who attended his ill-fated press conference last mont...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Zimpapers journo in sodomy storm
ZIMPAPERS Television Network presenter Robert Mukondiwa appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing aggravated indecent assault charges.Mukondiwa (40) was represented by Agency G...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Executive failing corruption fight
ROSA Parks is not just a name in the United States. She is a torchbearer when it comes to civil rights movements. Parks one day decided not to give her seat to a white person in a public bus. ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:27hrs | 226 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Senior journalist up for his appetite on another man
Award winning Journalist, Zimpapers Television Network News anchor, Robert Mukondiwa, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday facing aggravate...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1493 | by Shelton Muchena
Chideme calls it quits at ZUJ
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) president Michael Chideme has indicated that he is hanging his boots and will not contest in the forthcoming congress later this year.Chideme told journalists a...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:24hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
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