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The rise and fall of Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa
Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa is now a public figure and celebrated name in Zimbabwean media. While Ruvheneko has scored high profile jobs with high profile responsibilities in the Zimbabwean media circles, ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 781 | by Alexio Muzuva
Khupe's faction wreaks carnage
AS THE MDC's mindless wars worsen, interim party leader Thokozani Khupe threw the kitchen sink at her rival Nelson Chamisa yesterday - recalling nine senators from Parliament and barring more than 1 0...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:33hrs | 4458 | by Staff reporter
When the clueless and corrupt pray
A FEW days back President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for a day of prayer and repentance. The objective was to pray for the intervention of the Almighty in the global pandemic, the COVID-19. Mnangagwa h...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 239 | by Shepherd Mpofu
Journalist arrested over expired Press card
Freelance journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice-president Godfrey Mtimba was arrested yesterday for allegedly taking pictures of stranded commuters who were demonstrating at a Zupco ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU PF Youths demand Chihuri to be taken to mental hospital
ZANU PF Acting Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Tendai Chirau has condemned former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri for telling the media that President Emmerson Mnangagwa snatched his ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 05:27hrs | 2609 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalist arrested for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
MASVINGO-based journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice president, Godfrey Mtimba was arrested Monday on charges of insulting and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 2294 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu vows Mnangagwa confrontation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has made startling claims the country was better governed by late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now under Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2416 | by newzimbabwe
Brutality and Aggression against journalists by security forces must stop
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure the safety of journalists following the latest incident in which two journalists were tortured by soldiers and...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:44hrs | 444 | by Stephen Jakes
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Luveve deaths caused by water shedding
GOVERNMENT has attributed Bulawayo's diarrhoea outbreak in Luveve and surrounding suburbs that has killed nine people to water shedding and vandalism of pipes, and released an additional $7.4 million ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate who denied bail to MDC 'abduction' trio is promoted
A magistrate who denied bail to three female MDC Alliance activists accused of staging their own abduction has been promoted.Bianca Makwande refused bail for Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Nets...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 2530 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo shot in the head?
The last few days were very dramatic and seriously revealing. The nation was entertained with the saga surrounding the Drakegate featuring a businessman Mr. Nguwaya and the other side presenting the m...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:03hrs | 10726 | by Dr. Masimba Mavaza
Komichi ready to be buried at Harvest House
MDC-T politician Morgen Komichi says his attachment with Harvest House was so deep that he was ready to be buried at the MDC headquarters upon his death one day.The battle to control the iconi...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1288 | by newzimbabwe
BREAKING: Minister Obadiah Moyo finally arrested...detained at Rhodesville Police station
Confirmed reports form Harare indicate that the Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested and currently locked up at Rhodesville Police station where he will spend the night in cells. Alt...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:36hrs | 10951 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa faces sterner test
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing his sternest economic test since assuming power in 2017 as the crash of the Zimbabwean dollar pushes up prices, amid growing disenchantment with his le...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 9734 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt fears uprising'
CONTRADICTIONS have rocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with top officials giving conflicting explanations as to why heavily armed soldiers and police blockaded major cities between Monda...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3854 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist Nduna dies
VETERAN journalist Cornelius Nduna has died.Nduna passed away yesterday morning at his Harare home.He died suddenly and had no history of any medical condition.Zimbabwe Union o...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:10hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Mahere calls for Collins Mnangagwa's arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop confusing Zimbabweans and arrest ministers involved in corrupt Covid-19 related deals.She was addressing...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1489 | by newzimbabwe
ZUJ condemns MDC Alliance
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has condemned as "unacceptable", the barring by MDC-Alliance hooligans of The Herald journalists from covering the troubled opposition party's media conference ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:31hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2745 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Khupe vows to return MDC to its founding principles
MDC acting president Thokozani Khupe yesterday made several appointments to the party standing committee - vowing to return it to its founding principles - while declaring that preparations for an ext...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T owns Harvest House'
A faction of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Thokozani Khupe has denied that security forces assisted their occupation of the disputed Harvest House party HQ in Harare.A company whic...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 16:18hrs | 4693 | by Staff reporter
The Dalish Nguwaya saga, Justice or scape goat
For the past few months Zimbabwe was gripped with news of corruption involving The first family in particular Collins Mnangagwa and his associate DALISH Nguwaya the local representative of a medical c...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:47hrs | 905 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa dumped by Shakespeare Mukoyi
SHAKESPEARE Mukoyi, leader of infamous opposition MDC Alliance vigilante group, the Vanguard, has dumped MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa for rival MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe.Mu...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 5128 | by Staff reporter
Khupe relives last moments with Tsvangirai
MDC-T interim President Thokozani Khupe used her first press conference in her new capacity to narrate her last encounter with the now late Morgan Tsvangirai at a private hospital in South Africa....Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 455 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa begged for $60m from dodgy firm
NEW evidence linking President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the controversial Drax International has emerged with a recent video and pictures showing the Zimbabwe leader in various engagements with the compa...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:07hrs | 503 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: Thokozani Khupe takes over as MDC Alliance leader
MDC smaller faction leader Thokozani Khupe has announced that she has charge over the opposition Members of Parliament who were elected under the banner of MDC Alliance. Addressing journalists...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 18:32hrs | 11208 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1664 | by Trevor Shiri
Chamisa says Zimbabwe now on verge of implosion
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said Zimbabwe was facing an implosion due to a multi-layered crisis and only a "transitional mechanism" can rescue the country.Chamisa told The Sta...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:16hrs | 3138 | by Staff reporter
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 792 | by Tawanda Majoni
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Kasukuwere's brother quizzed over 'coup'
State security agents interrogated former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's brother, on the day government claimed there were people spreading rumours of an "imminent coup".Home A...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
'Lying' abductees deny lying over abduction
HARARE West legislator Joana Mamombe and two other party activists have denied charges they lied to police about being abducted and tortured last month, their lawyer said, as the women were remanded i...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:20hrs | 1436 | by AFP
Journalists barred from covering Mnangagwa's event
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's security personnel yesterday barred journalists from the independent Press from covering the launch of Zupco buses at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) by the Zanu...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter
Parly engages police to summon Agric perm sec
AGRICULTURE secretary John Bhasera will now be dragged before Parliament through police summons after he failed to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee onLands and Agriculture t...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt shooting itself in the foot
THE takeover of the headquarters of the opposition MDC-Alliance by the MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe with the aid of soldiers and police officers, as well as the dramatic arrest of the MDC-Alli...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1259 | by Kudzai Kuwaza
Mnangagwa actually aiding, abetting corruption
IT has been a terrible, terrible last few months for Zimbabwe, and all indicators point to further socio-economic deterioration as a sense of hopelessness grips the citizens. Even for the grea...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 544 | by Owen Gagare
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF plunged into corruption storm
ZANU-PF has once again been plunged into a corruption storm after expelled Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu accused a senior party leader (name supplied) of demanding a US$1,5 million cash induceme...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa values free Press, claims Mutsvangwa
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had confidence in a free and private media and would strive to give it the space it desires to stave off the hostile encroaches...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to folk out $600,000 for defamation
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent), who was last year slapped with a $10 million defamation suit by BDO Chartered Accountants boss, Ngoni Kudenga, has been ordered by the High Court to pay $600 000 ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2894 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces a people-powered change
Emmerson Mnangagwa told us the voice of the people is the voice of God. He didn't listen to either. Now he faces a people's power movement.This article was first published by ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 22:50hrs | 11179 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa's govt denies 'imminent coup'
The Zimbabwe government on Wednesday denied rumours of an "imminent military coup" at a surprise news conference attended by military chiefs and state security ministers.Home Affairs Minister ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 19:38hrs | 5714 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa buckles under pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has succumbed to pressure from anti-corruption activists and cancelled a US$60 million contract fraudulently awarded to Drax International to supply drugs and...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 9163 | by Staff reporter
ZMC suspends accreditation
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has temporarily suspended the accreditation of media practitioners for 2020 following a High Court interdict. In statement, ZMC said the High Court judgemen...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Schools' reopening date pushed to end of July
GOVERNMENT has announced that schools will be re-opened on July 28 to allow the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to engage Treasury and other stakeholders to mobilise for the provision of a...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2356 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked company’s govt tenders cancelled
The government has cancelled corrupt procurement deals worth up to US$60 million signed with a company linked to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons.The cancellation follows an investig...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:48hrs | 7195 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urges Zimbabweans to free selves
NELSON Chamisa, the MDC-Alliance leader, has admitted his party alone may not be able to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of his job through protests, telling journalists Friday it was time for t...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
ZDF didn't deploy troops to Chamisa's HQ
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday dismissed as false, reports in the private and online media that it deployed soldiers to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (formerly Harvest House) to seize the bui...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
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