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IMF, World Bank not serving African interests
Humanitarian organization ActionAid has issued a scathing call for the overhaul or abolition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, arguing that these institutions do not serve the i...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Opposition now dead as dodo
The opposition political vacuum that is currently prevailing in the country is actually draining away all the hope of most progressive Zimbabweans who are yearning for change and trying to unshackle t...Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1858 | by Leonard Koni
Kwashi drags Caps United to FIFA over US$46,000
Former Caps United assistant coach Tostao Kwashi has taken legal action against the club, filing a claim with FIFA to recover unpaid salaries and bonuses totaling US$46,000. Kwashi, who served...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 19:47hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Give Chamisa a chance
Zimbabwe is currently suffering from aggravated kwashiorkor of leadership, both in the opposition and the ruling party.The political space without the charismatic Nelson Chamisa is seemingly l...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:50hrs | 1119 | by Leonard Koni
'No one will die of hunger' is a heartless statement!
What exactly does the Zimbabwe government mean by saying that no one will die of hunger in the country?We have heard this being assured by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on numerous occ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:58hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa confident of victory
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says he is confident of victory following yesterday's harmonised elections and has urged Zimbabweans to maintain the peace and tranquillity prevailing across the country.Pr...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man ordered to pay for unborn child
A Harare man was last week ordered to pay maintenance for his unborn child.A pregnant Judith Mahachi told Harare magistrate Ayanda Dhlamini that her estranged husband, William Kwashira, has be...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 13:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
7-day ultimatum for businesses
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has given a seven-day ultimatum to businesses hoarding goods and engaging in malpractices to sabotage the economy, to shape up or risk stiff sanctions from Government.He se...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
How an orphaned Zimbabwean rose to be a millionaire in Botswana
Banabasi Marambire grew up as an orphan in Zimbabwe with eight siblings. He endured long nights of hunger and was diagnosed with kwashiorkor disease when he was 14 due to poor nutrition.To sur...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs new blood
The volatile political and social situation in the country is a reflection of what was left by the former President Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa has managed to perfect the art of bad governanc...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF now past sell by date
Zanu-PF does not have any capacity to revive the country's economy, let alone improve the people's lives.Its leaders' energy is mostly spent on jailing political opponents, activists, critics,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Our football needs a facelift
The current political environment in the country coupled with poor socio-economic performance have adversely affected the most watched beautiful game of football.Football is art and business. ...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 14:47hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Propaganda, lies will not resurrect Zim economy
The country's economy is on its knees and probably needs biblical resurrection or else to simply certify it dead.The Zanu-PF government has lost its marble and it's millennium economic d...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | 7 | by Leonard Koni
Econet gives away residential stands to promotion winners
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has given away eight residential stands and eight 2 Kilovolts solar systems to the lucky winners of its Christmas Promotion, which started in December last year and ended in M...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Leave Joshua Nkomo alone, Zapu tells Mthwakazi
THE opposition Zapu party has ordered the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) to let the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's spirit rest in peace and stop soiling his name....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman on the run
A 28-year-old Harare woman has gone into hiding after she allegedly stabbed to death her husband following a domestic dispute at their house in Epworth.Police have since launched a manhunt for...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chitembwe returns to Caps United
HARARE giants Caps United yesterday unveiled Lloyd Chitembwe as the new coach for a third stint at the club.The unveiling ceremony took place at the National Sports Stadium.He returns ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora afraid of election
The centre is no longer holding anymore. The cow no longer produces creamy milk as it used to do.Douglas Mwonzora is suffering from leadership kwashiokor and it is now crystal clear that he is...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Elections will cut Mwonzora to size
THE centre is no longer holding anymore. The cow no longer produces milk as it used to do.MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is suffering from leadership kwashiorkor and it is clear that he is a Za...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Bunjira pays tribute to Mugabe
ALOIS Bunjira has paid an emotional tribute to the late former Caps United kingpin and posterboy Joe Mugabe, describing the former star as a "legend of a man".Mugabe (52) succumbed to cancer y...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caps mourn Kode
CAPS United president Farai Jere has expressed shock and sadness at the death of one of the team's icons and former skipper Joe "Kode" Mugabe. Mugabe lost his battle with cancer in the early hours of ...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mobile Covid-19 vaccination programme for rural areas
COMMUNITIES in the rural areas have pleaded with authorities to ensure that vaccines are made available at most vaccination centres for easy access.This comes at a time when the ongoing nation...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steve Kwashi dies
CAPS United's 1996 championship winning coach Steve "The Dude" Kwashi has died.Close family members confirmed Kwashi died at his home in the early hours of today due to suspected Covid-19 comp...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Late contact tracing behind surge in Kwekwe Covid-19 cases'
KWEKWE residents have lodged a complaint with mayor Angelina Kasipo over late Covid-19 contact tracing by health authorities, which has resulted in more family members getting infected at home....Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe hospitals run out of staff
THE City of Kwekwe has reportedly been hit by a shortage of nursing staff following a surge in COVID-19 cases at the city's clinics and hospitals that has forced most health workers into isolation....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another Kwekwe Poly Lecturer succumbs to covid-19
A LECTURER at Kwekwe Polytechnic's automotive department has succumbed to covid-19 complications, bringing the number of lecturers who have died from the virus at the institution within a month to two...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZRP cracks whip on lockdown violators, intercity buses impounded
Authorities yesterday intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 control measures with police impounding buses that were operating illegally, while the Judicial Service Commission announced the closure o...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Life though the eyes of a Gukurahundi survivor
This week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence the first point of call is the home of my uncle, apart from be...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 14:58hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
A Gukurahundi genocide survivor's story
Last week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence, the first point of call is the home of my uncle.Apart...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Carmel School sets up Culture Centre
IN an effort to increase the school's pass rate for IsiNdebele, Carmel School in Bulawayo has built a Cultural Centre which was officially opened last Friday.The primary school used the same e...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe lockdown report fake
Kwekwe Mayor Angeline Kasipo has dissmissed fake reports that went viral stating that the city has gone under Covid-19 lockdown starting today and urged residents not to panic.She said," There...Published: 21 May 2021 at 13:05hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Robbers hit Harare school, get away with US$250,000
Eight armed robbers raided Gateway High School in Harare over the weekend and used explosives to blow open the safe to steal more than US$250 000 cash. No one was injured and police have launc...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to review water shedding schedule
THE Bulawayo City Council is on Tuesday expected to further ease its water shedding schedule with the local authority expected to commission two major rehabilitation projects by tomorrow.Bulaw...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Travellers warned over spike in robberies
More passengers are being robbed of cash and valuables by criminals offering lifts, with four such robberies occurring on a single day last week in Harare. This has prompted police to urged tr...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Somewhere, along the line, we lost the magicians
WHEN we mourn the dearth of quality players, standards and coaching methods, we are perennially accused of being too obsessed with the past. The ''Know-it-all" brigade of nostalgic, and disgruntled fo...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Phillip Zulu
Where have all the dribbling wizards gone?
WHERE have all the magicians who used to specialise in the fine art of dribbling gone? This was something, which kept haunting me, as I watched the CAF Confederation Cup play-off's first leg tie betwe...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Charles Mabika
Mnangagwa's wife launches school feeding scheme for Harare
ZIMBABWEANS should unite in fighting hunger in schools and ensure every learner acquires education regardless of social standing, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has said.Speaking at ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
VID officer swallows bribe money to avoid arrest
There was drama at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) provincial complex here on Tuesday afternoon when one of the officials who had been cornered by undercover detectives reportedly swallowed ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
When the undertaker wishes you long life
This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Talking Nkayi Development: Walking on thorny and uneven ground with corruption!
The scourge of corruption currently bedeveling the country is a decomposing and dilapidating wound on development. It is a cause for concern for all progressive Nkayians, Matabelelanders and the gener...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 20:21hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabwe coaches invited for Uefa course
AT least 19 Zimbabwean football coaches have been invited to attend the introductory Uefa C and B licence coaching courses in Hamburg, Germany, next month. The course, set to run from August 3...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex ban illegal, says Biti
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has said the banning of multi currency system by Government is illegal and should be reversed. The government on Monday banned trade in the multi curren...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube's currency move triggers chaos
GOVERNMENT's Monday move to dump its basket of foreign currencies, opting to use its own currency in local transactions, triggered chaos on the market yesterday, with some retailers closing shop for t...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti claims abandonment of the multi-currency system is illegal
FORMER Finance Minister and legislator Tendai Biti has described the abandonment of the multi-currency system by government as a disaster while urging its reversal.The MDC MP for Harare East w...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by newzimbabwe
MDC Secretary General remanded to 12 July
MDC Secretary General and Kuwadzana East Member of Parliament Chalton Hwende has been remanded to the 12th of July. Hwende who is facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutional governmen...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 10:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mhlauri opens up on coaching career, poultry business
GROWING up and playing football in the grubby streets of Mpopoma high-density suburb in Bulawayo, all Charles Mhlauri wanted to do was to be a footballer of note.It didn't therefore come as a ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwende's bid for freedom flops
MDC Kuwadzana East MP, Charlton Hwende's request for freedom failed after Harare Magistrate Babra Mateko rejected his application against further remand stating that it was too early for him to protes...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's multiple VPs, tribalism and elusive democracy
The generality of Zimbabwe's political parties are strangely filled with multiple posts for vice presidents. At face value this could allude to deep-seated democratic orientation. Conversely, the conc...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:41hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
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