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Customs experts gather in Victoria Falls
CUSTOMS experts from East and Southern Africa are gathered in Victoria Falls for a strategic meeting that seeks to discuss a variety of issues including coming up with a draft strategy, and excise man...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
US spies busted, deported
FOUR United States nationals contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly sneaked into the country last month without notifying the authorities as per protoc...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens his grip on levers of Zimbabwe's Treasury
WITH his close business ally John Muyashavanhu now confirmed as the incoming Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, George Guvamatanga as Finance permanent secretary — chief accounting officer of ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rescues Wadyajena
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has survived another Zanu PF chop after party spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, lifted suspensi...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:24hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa swears in Paradza, Mavima
President Mnangagwa presided over the swearing in of Environment, Climate and Wildlife Deputy Minister John Paradza and Public Service Commission (PSC) commissioner Mr Larry Mavima this morning at Sta...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt reviewing employees' working conditions
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is reviewing working conditions for government employees to stop the brain drain affecting Zimbabwe, newly appointed commissioner Larry Mavima said yesterday....Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readies for conference
Zanu-PF is currently in the process of accrediting delegates for its upcoming national people's conference set to take place this Friday and Saturday at the Gweru Convention Centre.The party's...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF should not relax'
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial chairperson, Larry Mavima, has urged party members not to relax after noting serious inroads made by the opposition in the party's strongholds during the just-ended electio...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wife of original Zapu senior official dies
The wife of a senior original Zapu official and former Mines deputy minister Jini Ntuta - Emily Ntuta (nee Nyathi) - has died.Emily lived hell on earth as her husband, a fearless nationalist a...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 08:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readies for harmonised elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Gweru today to lead proceedings at the official opening session of an induction workshop for Zanu-PF aspiring candidates, as the ruling party gears for the harmonised el...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates workshop starts in Gweru
SCORES of Zanu-PF candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections, including the 210 candidates for the National Assembly, had arrived in Gweru by last night ahead of the party's five-day orientatio...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt considers closing down Kwekwe mines
Kwekwe city centre finds itself on the precipice as the Government contemplates closing down mines that have wreaked havoc on the town's infrastructure and environment. Midlands Provincial Aff...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
House crumbles in Kwekwe
A Kwekwe family escaped death by a whisker after their flat at Globe and Phoenix compound caved in due to illegal mining underneath the compound.Family spokesperson, Ms Kimberly Rusike, said t...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa Law School takes shape
Construction of the ED Mnangagwa Law School at the Midlands State University (MSU) Kwekwe Campus has recorded massive progress with the state-of-the-art multipurpose structure on course to meeting the...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU PF electorate protest
ZANU PF electorate in Maramba constituency, Mashonaland East recently protested against their provincial leadership which endorsed Tichaona Karimazondo who won in the ended chaotic primary elections....Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:02hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp gag order divides Zanu-PF
RULING Zanu-PF's security chief, Lovemore Matuke this week rebuffed reports that he has directed party organs to disband WhatsApp groups, which officials have claimed were dividing the party, but prov...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials non-existent
ON his return from brief exile in South Africa on November 22, 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe had been deposed by his military chiefs in a coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu-PF sup...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meetings as turmoil grips Zanu-PF province
ZANU-PF early this week dispatched two senior party officials to the Midlands to hold crisis meetings following political turmoil that has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province ahead of...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally flees angry Zanu-PF mob
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima was on Saturday forced to flee an angry Zanu-PF mob that was protesting against alleged rigging of the ruling party's primary elections in the Gokwe-C...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Call to act on unpatriotic Zimbabwean elements
ZIMBABWEANS have called on authorities to expedite the passage of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill (2022) and put an end to the tendency by opposition elements to badmouth the...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
More land for Zimbabwe youth
GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to ensure more land is made available for the youths to improve productivity and kill idleness in this critical demographic group.Speaking during the Zanu-P...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's rigging tendencies exposed
Zanu-PF's rigging practices in elections were seriously exposed during internal primary polls to choose candidates who will represent the party in the coming watershed general plebiscite. The party ha...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries show a 'generational shift'
SITTING Zanu-PF legislators paid the price for "ditching" their constituencies as they went on to lose primary elections held a fortnight ago.Zanu-PF this week announced successful candidates ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburb plunges into darkness
BULAWAYO's Newton West suburb was plunged into darkness early yesterday morning after thieves once again stole copper cables as the spate of vandalism of critical public infrastructure continues unaba...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia extends footprint in Zimbabwe
RUSSIA, which is increasingly being isolated by the international community over its invasion of Ukraine, this week expanded its global influence in Africa after Moscow dispatched a business delegatio...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russian business delegation expected in Zimbabwe
A HIGH-powered delegation from the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation led by the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Yarin Vyacheslav is expected in Zimbabwe today to explore areas of coop...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russian delegation expected in Zimbabwe today
A RUSSIAN business delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation, Yarin Vyacheslav, is expected in Zimbabwe today to explore areas of ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
U2 announce comeback on the Las Vegas Stage
Everyone's favourite Irish rock band, U2, will make a more than welcome return to the stage later this year. The world-famous group has followed in the footsteps of Adele and Celine Dion, announcing t...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 15:22hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Youths expected in Lupane for Mugabe day
THOUSANDS of youths from Matabeleland region and the Midlands province are expected to attend the National Youth Day celebrations that will be headlined by President Mnangagwa in Lupane today....Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Midlands strengthens cell, village structures
Zanu-PF has embarked on a cell and village structure building verification programme in the Midlands province as it leaves no stone unturned in its bid to make sure that President Mnangagwa and the pa...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chief whip attacks regime change CSOs
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has accused civic society organisations (CSOs) of opposing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which is now before Senate because they are "g...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police stop illegal lithium mining
More than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers who had descended on Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa in search of lithium have been dispersed, amid running battles with police.There has been ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Zanu-PF Midlands leadership
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and ambassador to Mozambique Victor Matemadanda has reacted angrily after being snubbed for central committee (CC) position in the Midlands province.Sources ...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's US$1 billion steel project takes off
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday led the ground-breaking ceremony of the long-anticipated US$1billion integrated Dinson Iron and Steel Industrial Park being established in Manhize, Chirumhanzu District, ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chief declares Zhombe no-go area for Zimbabwe opposition
ZHOMBE traditional leader, Chief Samuel Samambwa, has declared the district a no-go area for opposition political parties, but complained that successive Zanu-PF governments have failed to electrify h...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga health concerns forces Mnangagwa to cancel Cuba visit?
President Emmeson Mnangagwa cancelled his state visit to Cuba due to bad weather, his spokesman said on Sunday amid swelling rumours that acting president Constantino Chiwenga is unwell.Mnanga...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to unleash vendors, touts in 2023
Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial vice chairperson Edson Chiherenge yesterday (September 14) during the party's inter-district meeting said all vendors and touts in the province belong to the ruling party a...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF declares war on CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu-PF supporters to defend the par...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says enemy is Nelson Chamisa's CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu PF supporters to defend the party a...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa angry over by-election defeats in Kwekwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly angry with Zanu-PF's dismal performance in his own backyard of Kwekwe, where the party failed to win in two recent by-elections.The ruling party lost...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gets strict on candidates
Zanu-PF Midlands provincial leadership has said the party is going to employ a rigorous vetting exercise on cadres who intend to contest in the upcoming central committee elections as the revolutionar...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bickering Midlands allies bury the hatched
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide in the Midlands province Daniel Mackenzie Ncube has urged Zanu-PF members to avoid factionalism and focus on fighting the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Cha...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF knives out for Wadyajena
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials in the Midlands province are reportedly baying for Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena's blood and are seeking his expulsion from the ruling party for his alle...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unveils new-look Beitbridge Border Post
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the modernised Beitbridge Border Post and said all border posts would be upgraded to improve the quality of services in the transport sub-sector.He d...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF in panic mode, says Chamisa
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the ruling Zanu-PF is in panic mode and resorting to terror as shown by the involvement of cabinet ministers in the violent attacks whic...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters to lie low
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to lie low to protect themselves from violent attacks from Zanu-PF loyalists as tempers between the two ma...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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