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Tshinga Dube ready to launch book
ALL is set for former Cabinet Minister, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube's much-anticipated 'Quiet Flows The Zambezi book launch. The autobiography will be launched at the National Art Gallery of ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 798 | by Staff reporter
Popular Madzibaba dies in car crash
The apostolic sect has been plunged into mourning following the death of a popular Johanne Masowe eChishanu leader, Madzibaba Edward Manyara. He was 67. Madzibaba Manyara was one of the sect's five-ma...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1548 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe resurrected
AFTER making headlines with Operation Restore Regasi last year, Masvingo's Charles Austin Theatre is bringing another intriguing political piece titled A Live Discussion with the Late Robert Mugabe, s...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:38hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
2 years on, Mnangagwa remains steadfast
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he will not waver in his determination to work and achieve the goals and dreams of millions of Zimbabweans who marched in 2017 in a series of events that gave birth to the...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:48hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2576 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Behold the 4th Chimurenga!
We do no not seek to dispense ourselves from the past. We are a product of our past. We do not seek to despise our fore bearers because we are where we are because of them. We are part of the revoluti...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:15hrs | 5096 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Chombo trial hangs in the balance
FORMER Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo's corruption trial still hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court last Friday deferred ruling on whether he should get a permanent stay of prosecution on the g...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
SA Express inaugural flight from Joburg to Bulawayo is today
Airline SA Express said on Wednesday it would commence flights to neighbouring Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo from November 18 (today) as it accelerates the restoration of its network.In a...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's DA handed back to whites
Newly elected interim leader John Steenhuisen has promised to turn the party's recent election set back into the biggest comeback in political history. Steenhuisen said this during his first m...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 19:06hrs | 4849 | by Staff reporter
Zimra embarks on an imported vehicle verification exercise - check for your name
The Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has notified the owners of vehicles that were imported in unclear circumstances to visit ZIM RA Loss Control Offices at ZB Centre corner Firs...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 10:39hrs | 7840 | by Ndou Paul
Tshinga Dube pens explosive book
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Judge Dube has penned his autobiography which is set to be launched at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Friday....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli
Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the intimate and inextricable relationship between man and nature.Nowhere is man fo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 210 | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:08hrs | 809 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 50514 | by Nancy Mabaya
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Hands Off Grace Mugabe - Julius Malema
South African opposition leader Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Front (EFF) has described as "small minded" and "foolish" the targeting of Grace Mugabe by enemies of her late husband and former ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 15:22hrs | 3983 | by Staff Reporter
New era for enhanced Isuzu bakkie in Zimbabwe
Last year saw the rebirth of the Isuzu bakkie range or the pick up as what we like calling it here in Zimbabwe. Isuzu Motors South Africa (Isuzu) refreshed its bakkie range, giving it a new name along...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:53hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks start issuing new notes, coins
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will tomorrow release the new Zimbabwe dollar notes and coins into the market, with depositors set to start withdrawing limited amounts when banks open in the mornin...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
The Economic Factors of Military Coups
There has been rumours of coup in Zimbabwe. Most people are so worried and industry have down sized after rumours have gone wild. Despite the difficulties Zimbabwe is not ready for another coup....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2267 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga in remarkable recovery, returning home soon
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears, is preparing to return home after making a remarkable recovery at a top hospital in Beij...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court relief for cash-strapped ZIFA
A MESSY five-year battle - which sucked in three ZIFA presidents, rumbled in the courts, dragged a leading bank into the drama, resulted in a luxury bus donated by SAFA being attached and had a hand i...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:02hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa going after billionaires and millionaires in Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF insiders also say that although President Emmerson Mnangagwa had not moved with speed to deal with corruption, the current anti-graft blitz had long been coming. They pointed to the re...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:57hrs | 9307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa called to order
THE head of the Catholic Archdiocese of Harare, Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, has called on Zimbabwe's main political leaders to urgently tame their egos, swallow their pride and dialogue to a...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe meets Ian Smith in afterlife
Please Note: The credibility quotient for this article is this: If it deals with politics it's a fact; if it is dramatized it's fiction; if it is outrageously u...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 8580 | by Field Ruwe
UN tells Zimbabwe govt to nurture young innovators
United Nations (UN) resident co-ordinator in Zimbabwe, Maria Ribeiro has encouraged government to make use of the country's available human capital to reduce the high unemployment and develop the econ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has no capacity to steer this ship out of murky waters
RECENT social media pictures of President Emmerson Mnangagwa helping himself to mazondo in an airjet and another of a sumptuous breakfast that the majority of Zimbabweans can only partake in in their ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1112 | by NewsDay Comment
Sanctions are anti-peace in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions and how they have impacted the social and economic welfare of the generality of Zimbabweans is of great relevance to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Fi...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 144 | by Geoffrey T. Chada
Zimbabwe de-dollarization & other countries experiences
Zimbabwe suspended its local currency on the 9th of April 2009 and adopted a basket of multiple currencies such as the South African Rand, British Pound, Botswana Pula, Japanese Yen, Euro and the Unit...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 13:41hrs | 5158 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chiwenga, Gen Sibanda in secret pact to hand Zimbabwe power to each other?
COLOGNE - Military czar Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga and Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, reportedly made a secret pact to hand Zimbabwe pow...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 30677 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mnangagwa ouster plot thickens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday that he was aware of a group within Zanu-PF that was working hard to oust him from power – before he also lashed out at unnamed Western powers, busi...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 15479 | by Staff reporter
G40 ghosts haunt Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to be haunted by the G40 ghosts, a coterie of Zanu PF apparatchiks who almost succeeded in pushing him out of power in 2017.Addressing the Zanu PF youth ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa led govt has failed
It is a fact that ZANU PF party has failed this nation since 1980, it is also a fact that ZANU PF is known locally for all the wrong reasons, ranging from gukurahundi genocide, government sponsored tr...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3442 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Depleted usefulness of the Veteran Community
Decades after the armed struggle, the Second Chimurenga, my generation remains grateful to the bravery and sacrifice of our Veterans, living and departed, who fought against colonial and racist rule t...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 837 | by Gift Tawanda, M
Selmor Mtukudzi working with Steve Dyer
AFRO-JAZZ songstress Selmor Mtukudzi has disclosed that working with celebrated South African producer and her late father's long-time friend Steve Dyer on her new album, was a turning point to her ca...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Msasa tree looks great even without flowers
Not much into botanical or forestry issues but the 'Msasa' tree amazes me if not many. No wonder one of Harare's suburbs was named after it or in its honour. Whilst the nation and region are g...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:25hrs | 717 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa regime's attempt to mis-locate Zimbabwe's problems
Today, the regime in Zimbabwe has bussed the hapless victims of its unmitigated cluelessness in a vain attempt to mis-locate the country's problems in far-away Europe and Washington.As the hun...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 873 | by Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka
Mugabe wanted to kill Makamba over Grace
FORMER Telecel Zimbabwe boss and businessman, James Makamba last year revealed that he fled the country and remained in self-imposed exile for 13 years after former President Robert Mugabe (pictured) ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 17:27hrs | 20113 | by Staff reporter
The 'Great Compromise': The only way to unlock the political impasse in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a political and economic crisis of gigantic proportions. The country is literally burning. Unemployment has reached unacceptable and alarming levels. Salaries and wages ar...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 12:28hrs | 1819 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Economy facing new de-industrialization wave
Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the general economic decline are now posing serious viability challenges for the local industry. This will be a second phase of de-industrialization in a space of 2 decad...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:34hrs | 2221 | by Victor Bhoroma
Devil's Advocate
The passing of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has left the country's citizens with different opinions. Some mourn the passing of the founding father and others celebrate his legac...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:26hrs | 3223 | by Anesu Munyama
Mnangagwa dismisses elections 'Sabbath'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has refused to entertain talk of a seven year election Sabbath suggested by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), arguing his electoral victory last year ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 328 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe tycoon's children lose 13 firms
A Harare tycoon's children might have lost control of at least 13 companies after a relative allegedly forged their signatures on registration documents following his death in 2017 amid suspicion of c...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:53hrs | 9638 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:36hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa under immense pressure to dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa have come under immense pressure to dialogue Zimbabwe's way out of the economic meltdown with analysts saying that was the only soluti...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 19:01hrs | 4006 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2944 | by Frank Kuwonu
Dilemma over Grace Mugabe's farm grabs
What goes around comes around, so the cliché says. That summarises Grace Mugabe's situation even as she is mourning her husband, Robert, the former president who passed on last month.Credib...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 15852 | by Tawanda Majoni
Air Zimbabwe failing to attract an investor
INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe is failing to attract an investor, 11 months after government invited bids from potential suitors to take over the embattled entity, the Zimbabwe Independent can re...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:07hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
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