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Minister suspects hidden hand behind infernos
A FIRE razed a girls' hostel at Mbuyazwe Secondary School in Umguza District, Matabeleland North yesterday amid calls for security services to investigate the alarming cases of infernos being experien...Published: 5 hrs ago | 578 | by Staff reporter
Kunaka's Zanu-PF died last November
WHO does Jim Kunaka think he is fooling and for how long? For those who do not know who he is, Kunaka, was the leader of the infamous Chipangano, a gangster group based in Mbare that caused untold suf...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1340 | by Tendai H. Manzvanzvike
Finally the one causing fires in Zimbabwe revealed. Where there is fire, there is politics
"Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches . . . we shall liberate this country."- Winnie Mandela, 1986As one stood surrounded by billowing smoke, In the shack industrial settlemen...Published: 13 hrs ago | 12785 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
War vets deny Mutsvangwa plot
WAR veterans in Mashonaland East have refuted claims that they are pushing for Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa's ouster, saying they onl...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 3240 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accused of recent fire outbreaks
MDC-Alliance sent some of its members for military training in some southern African countries ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections and the recent outbreak of fires in several cities could be the...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 3267 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's Post Cabinet media briefing - Full statement
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa addressed a Post Cabinet media briefing in the Cabinet room at Munhumutapa Building today.Mutsvangwa highligh...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 15:55hrs | 2247 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways loses one plane over delayed payment
Zimbabwe Airways, the controversial new state-owned airline being built with the help of aircraft retired by Malaysian Airways has lost one of the four Boeing 777-2H6(ER) aircraft that it had targeted...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 2224 | by zimlive
Mutsvangwa points finger at Chiwenga, Matemadanda
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) has been plunged into turmoil after a bitter fallout between the chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa and secretary general Victor Matema...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:06hrs | 12163 | by zimlive
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking from an academic entrepreneur
It is now common in Zimbabwe to find many claiming to be professional public speakers, who, in most cases charge a fee in the name of 'public speaking.' The 2018 publication by an academic entrepreneu...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 14:37hrs | 519 | by Brian Maregedze
Plot to arrest Nelson Chamisa via Kgalema Motlanhe Commission
Under normal circumstances, commissions of inquiry should appear to the public to be independent. The Kgalema Motlanhe Commission appointed by President ED Mnangagwa has failed to get widespread accep...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 13:43hrs | 9622 | by Don Chigumba
'China can assist with Zimbabwe re-industrialisation'
China has the potential to finance Zimbabwe's re-industrialisation strategy following a significant increase in trade between the two countries, economic analysts have said.This comes as China...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:39hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Moses Mzila and sons arrested in Zimbabwe
The 1893 MHRRM has been alerted that Moses Mzila Ndlovu and his two sons have been arrested by the Zimbabwean police today on trumped up charges of robbery at the Figtree Police station in Matebelelan...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 11:43hrs | 8482 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Zimbabwe's current political structure too self-centered
Investigations by the commission of inquiry established to look into the post-election violence on August 1 continued with hearings from various individuals, including senior government officials....Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 555 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Madinda Ndlovu fined over insult
MADINDA Ndlovu (not Highlanders technical manager) brought his neighbour close to tears when he insulted him with his private parts.Ndlovu from Umguza area, Matabeleland North was charged with...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:27hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's allies hit back
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday staged a come-back, days after he was accused of divisiveness and selfishness, with some p...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:54hrs | 5931 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2379 | by Brian Sedze
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2123 | by MDC
Modi invited to India gold summit
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, has been invited by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJPEC) to participate in the second edition of the India Gold and J...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri urges millitary college to reserve quarter for women
A total of 41 officers from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have received certificates after completing a Joint and Command Staff Course aimed at equipping them with knowledge on aspects of staff wo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 20:00hrs | 1010 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt and Zimbabwe banks should carry own cross
If there is anything that we could learn from the global economic crisis of 2008, it is that excessive risk-taking, manipulation and poor hedging often result in huge enterprise and economic losses. T...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:39hrs | 2467 | by Equity Axis
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
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 be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 806 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Great Dyke Investments boss faces Parly contempt charges
GREAT Dyke Investments chief operating officer Munashe Shava faces contempt of Parliament charges after he failed to disclose the shareholding structure of the firm which has platinum and coal mining ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa slammed over post-election violence
THE disturbances that led to the death of six people and damage to property on August 1 could have been avoided if the MDC-Alliance had allowed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to announce presidenti...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
'ZAPU still regarded a terrorist organisation'
Opposition political party, Zapu is still regarded as terrorist organisation decades after the party assisted the country in attaining its independence.The party was not delisted as a terroris...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:09hrs | 1629 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Please consider the plight of pensioners
Dear, There is urgent need for the government to seriously consider the plight of pensioners most of whom are now very old, frail and ill. These pensioners are getting peanuts if not nothing f...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 13:33hrs | 1519 | by Munya Shumba
Chamisa's private security details slammed
Many people - including MDC Alliance supporters - have regularly bemoaned the overzealousness and unnecessary heavy-handed approach of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's private security details to their wor...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:59hrs | 4092 | by Staff reporter
MDC fears for Chamisa's life
The MDC yesterday said it feared for the life of its leader Nelson Chamisa, whom it claimed has narrowly escaped kidnapping by suspected State security agents over the weekend. But the governm...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 2428 | by Staff reporter
'Dead man' battles 64 cents pay-off
FORMER PG Industries (Zimbabwe) Limited marketing director Nkululeko Mabhena, who has been battling his former employers PG Industries for 18 years, has accused Justice Nicholas Mathonsi and Lawrence ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 422 | by Pearl Matibe
Multi-lingual Mohadi charms delegates
VICE President Kembo Mohadi yesterday charmed health ministers and experts from Central, East and Southern Africa with some jokes while speaking in various indigenous languages spoken in the region. ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2221 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 984 | by Staf reporter
MDC concerned about Chamisa's security
There is a continuous threat to President Nelson Chamisa's life and we note with concern a perpetual invasion of his privacy. While we understand that he is a public official, we are extremely w...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:52hrs | 2028 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa doing things differently from Mugabe
Much to the chagrin of the opposition dictatorship, Nkosana Moyo predicted, well before the elections, that a President Emmerson Mnangagwa would do things, (not necessarily well), but certainly differ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:55hrs | 3458 | by Zifiso Masiye
Bulawayo bans Harare companies from its tenders
THE Bulawayo City Council will consider awarding all tenders for the provision of goods and services to the local authority to companies operating within its jurisdiction as part of its efforts to ens...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana's son opens up
Nathan Banana, the son of former Zimbababwean President Canaan Banana has opened up on a number of issues relating to his father including Gukurahundi and his relationship with ZANU PF. In a s...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 07:41hrs | 4770 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed Zinara investigations
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to protec...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:39hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Supporting Mnangagwa without backing Zanu PF, backing MDC without supporting Chamisa
"Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator," observed a sage.I am not into political prophecy, but this week last year - precisely November 6, 2017, the day then President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 2597 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe's 'Black Gold', no rush plus capital wagging State's tail
THE government of Zimbabwe held a Press conference at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa initially announced that a private company, Invictus, had made oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani district. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 351 | by Takura Zhangazha
Lies can never contribute to peace Warikandwa
A posting by Chigumbu Warikandwa that appeared on the 8th of November 2018 has a grossly misleading title "Give Peace A Chance". It is just a lunacy. No peace can ever be built on lies, delibera...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 21:00hrs | 1219 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Workers bemoan rot at Hwange Colliery
HWANGE Colliery Company workers have claimed management deliberately failed to repair conveyor belts to transport coal in order to promote private transport operators with whom they have links....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Gweru council to splash $600,000 on executive perks
GWERU City Council management has put forward an expenditure of $660 000 to go towards the purchase of all-terrain 4×4 vehicles for top officials and a posh Mercedes Benz for mayor Josiah Makombe....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele's $90 000 wasn't stolen
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who claimed that she lost almost $90 000 allegedly belonging to musician, Mrs Sandra Ndebele- Sibindi, to thieves has been arrested for making a false report after it emerged tha...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2467 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's pronouncement on Mthuli Tax a welcome relief
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent announcement that he will review the two cents per dollar transaction tax is a welcome relief to long-suffering Zimbabweans.The new tax regime introduced ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | 12634 | by Staff reporter
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 405 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
The Motlanthe commission report could be Mnangagwa's test
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa counts down to his maiden first citizen anniversary, as I see it, the probable outcome of the commission of enquiry into the August 1 brisk shooting of civilians in Har...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 2143 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Packaging materials price hike shocks millers
MILLERS will on Wednesday meet with packaging material manufacturers after the latter raised their prices by over 500%, sparking fears of another round of increases for flour, mealie-meal and bread....Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba Saga takes new twist....War vets bay for Mutsvangwa's blood
Following the leaking of an Audio in which whistle blower Acie Lumumba is confessing that he was given US$40 000 by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa to do a hatchet job against Kuda Tagwirei, the Zim...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 08:40hrs | 15735 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Zimbabwe Kakistocracy
A Kakistocracy is a government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power (Oxford Dictionary). This has been the case since 1980 when Zanu pf took over, a year ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1029 | by AT Kadada
Retracing the life and death of Dr Sithole
This is the third and final contribution on the life, abduction, disappearance and subsequent death of Dr Edson Sithole - a veteran nationalist, barrister and national hero whose heroic life remains s...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | 497 | by Isaya Muriwo Sithole
President Mnangagwa, please help preserve isiNdebele
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, please help preserve isiNdebele, your commissions are murdering the language. Kindly ask them to engage the services of people who can translate their material properly r...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 09:16hrs | 2058 | by Editor
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