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Chiwenga orders construction of Lupane Prov Hospital
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has ordered work on the construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital to resume with immediate effect after Government injected $47 million for the completion of th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Rapper DMX dies at 50
Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a "catastrophic cardiac arrest", his family has said.The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | 1011 | by Staff Reporter
Jay-Z signs up Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira
Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok prop Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira has become the latest South African athlete to join American sports management agency Roc Nation Sports International.The 35-yea...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
'Masuku death marked the demise of democracy'
CIVIC groups in Matabeleland have described the late Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Commander General Lookout Masuku as the epitome of democracy, hence his inexplicable death on April 5,...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF commandeered touts, makorokoza to pose as MDC Alliance defectors'
MDC ALLIANCE in Midlands has accused Zanu-PF of mobilising touts and artisanal miners commonly known as makorokoza to pose as genuine opposition party members who were defecting to the governing party...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
NetOne restructures debt ahead of deal
STATE-run mobile telecoms firm NetOne says a debt restructuring programme has been underway since government announced plans to bring private investors into the operation in 2018 under an ambitious pl...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:35hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's treble World Cup dream
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who has saluted the Mighty Warriors for their resilience, believes Zimbabwe has the potential to qualify for at least three World Cups.He vowed to use his influe...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:04hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF has no moral high ground to urge nation to honour struggle icons, as the party at forefront of abandoning heroes, and de
ZANU PF has no moral high ground to urge the nation to honour struggle icons, as the party at forefront of abandoning heroes, and deleting its own from history.There are two questions that hav...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:12hrs | 867 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kamambo promises thorough Afcon preps
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo has promised thorough preparations for Warriors' Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals.Zimbabwe secured their ticket to the finals set for Cameroon next January af...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Violence won't save MDC-Alliance from mass defections
THE MDC-Alliance is reeling from mass defections and recalls by rival formations, further weakening the troubled movement at a time when it should be tightening its belt ahead of the 2023 elections. E...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 431 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Matemadanda was not fired
OUTSPOKEN war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has lashed out at his Zanu-PF critics for prematurely "rushing to write his political obituary".Speaking to the Daily News yesterda...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 18:42hrs | 4217 | by Staff reporter
Trump launches website dedicated to 'putting America first'
Donald Trump has unveiled a new website that will serve as a platform to carry on his political legacy, fueling theories that the former US president is once again eyeing the White House.The o...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:53hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials under fresh scrutiny
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's democratic credentials have come under fresh scrutiny after the ruling Zanu-PF revived its push for a law to punish "unpatriotic" Zimbabweans.Zanu-PF chief whip ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
So Bishop Lazi heard that his treatise on the proposed Patriot Bill, which is premised on giving sellouts and other quislings of hostile forces their just desserts, had riled the runaway fugitive Prof...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's' MDC implodes, Thanks to Zanu-PF
WHAT is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - looks set to blow Zimbabwe's opposition out of the political water.Acti...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:18hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's no go routes for Ngwena's motorcade.
I knew no politics by 1980 because I was still too young. I remember well in the early 1980s we used to read about Mugabe and Nkomo but this history made little sense to our young apolitical minds by ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 5817 | by Etiwel Mutero
Mnangagwa jets off to Tanzania
President Mnangagwa left for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this afternoon where he is set to join other African and world leaders in mourning the passing on of Tanzanian President John Magufuli (61), due to...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 14:51hrs | 2470 | by Staff reporter
Econet blames network woes on heavy rains, power cuts
ECONET Wireless says it is actively working to deliver good network service to its customers despite an increase in thefts, vandalism and power outages.Zimbabwe's telecom companies are battlin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:48hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Gutu hounded out of MDC for being 'old'
FORMER MDC top officials Obert Gutu and James Makore say they decided to join bitter rival Zanu-PF after realising the current leadership within the main opposition nolonger had a home for older polit...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 4239 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa mourns King Zwelithini
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the Republic of South Africa and Botswana following the recent death of Zulu Kingdom leader, His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini and a former...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Regional Magistrate Morgen Nemadire laid to rest
A funeral was held last week for the Regional Magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire. Mr Morgan Nemadire who died on the 6 th of March 2021 at a hospital in Harare. Justice Officials, members of the la...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 14:43hrs | 1345 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Former Vice President's Boy Ex-Zinara acting CEO goes into hiding
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma is on the run after losing a High Court appeal against his conviction for abuse of office....Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 17:58hrs | 3122 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Victoria Falls Council abandons Chinotimba Stadium
VICTORIA Falls' only football ground, Chinotimba Stadium, looks neglected, with council saying the venue has ceased to serve its purpose. With proper sporting facilities, the resort town could...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
If Zim govt calls Dendairy's displacement of people from their ancestral land 'investment', so can we say Rhodes was an 'investo
To say I was shocked by the lame, disingenuous, and shamefully ridiculous attempts by the Zimbabwe government to sanitize the septic, cruel, and repulsive displacement of over 12,000 Chilonga villager...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | 1072 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe army must be involved in dialogue, says Church
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has urged government to include State security organs in its national dialogue sessions to ensure inclusivity in the process.The call was made last week ...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:39hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa praises Mohadi for quitting over sex scandal
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says vice-president Kembo Mohadi's decision to resign from office over a sex scandal sets a good precedent for Zimbabwean and other African leaders, who ofte...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga is abusing state power, says estranged wife
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's three minor children are now in the care of maids after he shut his estranged wife Marry out of their lives, The NewsHawks reported.Marry revealed in an i...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:56hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zinara has turned a new leaf
THE Grant Thornton Forensic Audit commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development in 2016 highlighted several corporate governance deficiencies at the Zimbabwe National Road ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa wants law protecting public officials from social media attacks
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has called on both government and parliament to introduce a law that would protect public officials from unfair attacks via social media.He was speaking in parli...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Policymakers urged to offer growth incentives for digital infrastructure development
POLICYMAKERS have been called upon to frame policies that help increase investment in resilient digital infrastructure. This comes as the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the country's need fo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:15hrs | 110 | by Agencies
Charumbira wades into Chief Nyamukoho estate wrangle
CHIEF'S Council president Fortune Charumbira on Sunday waded into Chief Nyamukoho's family wrangle, urging the late traditional leader's family members to find common ground in the distribution of the...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1977 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans celebrated a wrong move
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in 2017, he promised to change the political landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, listening to the people and respecting human righ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1097 | by Leonard Koni
Harare to name, shame top 100 debtors
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has threatened to name and shame firms, churches and individuals that owe council millions in a desperate attempt to force residents to pay up bills.This comes as...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 3235 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Zanu-PF internal battles escalate
The November 2017 Operation Restore Legacy changed the top echelon of political power in the country. Many business persons, politicians and politically exposed persons sponsored and supported the pro...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 2108 | by Anonymous Writer
Tshinga Dube backs Mhlophe
Highlanders benefactor, Tshinga Dube has called for continuity and unity of purpose at the Bulawayo giants for the club to overcome the challenges that the institution is going through.Dube a ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:29hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa angry over Zanu-PF-linked land barons soiling party image
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is livid over the blemish on the party's legacy created by high-ranking government officials and Zanu-PF-aligned land barons, for the chaotic allocation of land in urban a...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 3234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1027 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF praises Mnangagwa on Mugabe Day
ZANU-PF youths yesterday ignored the late former party leader Robert Mugabe during commemorations of the National Youth Day, a brainchild of the 21st February Movement.Instead, ruling party yo...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers
Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his e...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 500 | by Nobleman Runyanga
No democracy works without dialogue
WHEN a President in the United States of America (USA) is set to address the nation, it is often report-ed that many citizens tend to go about their business and catch up with the address afterwards. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:12hrs | 433 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Matabele artistes honour Chief Maduna
ARTISTES from Matabeleland South have honoured the late revered Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu through artistic projects. Chief Maduna died last Saturday at his Avoca homestead in Filabusi, Insiza Dis...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku accuses Mnangagwa's govt of Mugabe era abuses
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation of perpetuating the human rights abuses that happened under the late fo...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai turning in his grave
THIS year marks four years after the death of the late Prime Minister and founding leader of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai. But the fourth anniversary of his death comes at a time some of his former lieut...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:13hrs | 1321 | by Pardon Maguta
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance mourn Chief Maduna
Political parties from both sides of the aisle have paid tribute to Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi, Matabeleland South, following his death on Saturday aged 86.Mafu was in the midst of rec...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba's widow protests to God over hubby's death
THE widow of the late Douglas Nyikayaramba Saturday sobbed uncontrollably as her husband's casket was being lowered into the grave at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.Nyikayaramba, Zimbabwe'...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:44hrs | 5145 | by Staff reporter
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