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Bulawayo councillors walk out of meeting chaired by deputy mayor
Bulawayo's Town Clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, has issued a clarification regarding the election of a new Deputy Mayor, stating that city councillors do not have the authority to elect a new Deputy Mayo...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:56hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED2030 project gaining momentum
Zanu-PF's bid to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency beyond the constitutional limit of 2028 is reportedly gaining momentum, with party structures and affiliates rallying support for the ...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 16:35hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube squeezes taxpayers
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday unveiled a set of new taxes aimed at bolstering government revenue in the 2025 national budget. The tax measure...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
BCC proposes forex fines for illegal dumping of waste
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is contemplating a policy requiring fines for illegal dumping to be paid in foreign currency, in a bid to curb the growing problem of environmental pollution and to enhance...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
UN General Assembly to debate sanctions on Zimbabwe
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to formally debate the impact of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States, following the submission of two critical reports by the U...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:58hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for unconditional removal of sanctions at UN Conference
Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi, is leading a Zimbabwean delegation at a high-level United Nations conference to advocate for the removal of sanctions imposed on ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:16hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction attacks Mnangagwa allies?
Tensions within Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party are reaching a boiling point as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's military-backed faction takes a hard stance against President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 15:02hrs | 4843 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana threats unsettles media lobby groups
Media lobby organizations in Zimbabwe have raised alarm over recent threats made by Information Ministry Secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana against the Masvingo Mirror, a provincial newspaper, following it...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:37hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to work with Donald Trump
Zimbabwe is prepared to strengthen its relationship with the United States and work together towards a more peaceful and prosperous world, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced in a congratulatory me...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Eligibility rules for ZIFA Presidential candidates questioned
Former Zimbabwe international and Notwane FC legend Fabian Zulu has publicly criticized recent proposals to restrict eligibility for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidency and key positio...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:09hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes sanctions fight to US Congress
The Government of Zimbabwe is contemplating sending a high-level parliamentary delegation to the United States Congress to advocate for the repeal of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amend...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:19hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spokesman says Commonwealth is a 'needless albatross'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba says he would rather Zimbabwe quits the Commonwealth forever, even as the ruling Zanu PF party has been lobbying some members of the club of fo...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 16:19hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims sanctions affecting 2030 agenda
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe are severely hampering his government's Vision 2030 agenda by restricting access to international financial support. His rema...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:44hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Commissar harassed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close security and protocol (advance) teams who are part of the intelligence details have this Friday during Online National Anti-Sanctions petition pre-launch proceedin...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1720 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby
Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 461 | by Stephen Jakes
US$48 million needed to complete Lake Gwayi-Tshangani by 2025
At least US$48 million is required next year to complete the construction of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani, a crucial water project aimed at alleviating water shortages in Bulawayo and surrounding areas. This ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
MRP Announces National Women's League Executive
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leadership has announced the new National Women's League executive committee as the party revitalizes itself to advance...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 07:25hrs | 425 | by Stephen Jakes
Matabeleland Youth urged to Rise up and control their destine
The Youth in Matabaleland have been urged to wake up and rise up to fight for the control f their destine through taking over the management of their local resources and institutions.The devel...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 804 | by Stephen Jakes
Jostling for top Zifa posts starts
While the date for the upcoming ZIFA elections is yet to be set, lobbying for votes is already in full swing. Bulawayo-based members of the ZIFA voting cluster met with two prospective presidential ca...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:43hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
'Tshinga Dube was a good man'
OUT SPOKEN Ex-Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has described the later Former War Veterans Minister Tshinga Dube as a figure father who loved and was loved by many due to his care for the well being of a...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 13:32hrs | 598 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa orders Parliament to finalise PVO Bill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the 10th Parliament to expedite the finalization of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill, a move critics argue will significantly restrict the opera...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
MPs call for completion of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani
Parliamentarians and Bulawayo city councillors have commended the progress made by the Second Republic in the construction of Lake Gwayi-Tshangani, a key water infrastructure project aimed at addressi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:34hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Parliament face to face with Bulawayo water woes
Bulawayo's escalating water shortages took center stage yesterday as parliamentarians engaged directly with the dire situation affecting the city. With the water supply dam levels in continuous declin...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:34hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails to reverse poll report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa missed a crucial opportunity to address the controversy surrounding the 2023 general elections during the recent 44th SADC summit held in Harare. Despite his high-profile ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa - Hichilema relations soured
The strained diplomatic relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe, culminating in Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's boycott of the recent 44th Sadc summit in Harare, have deep roots tracing back to t...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
'West seeks to regain control of Zimbabwe's levers of power'
Martin Zharare, executive director of Citizens Against Economic Sanctions (CAES), has likened Zimbabwe's current situation to a "Fourth Chimurenga," describing it as an economic war waged by the ...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:42hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Nehawu KZN structures to drop ANC in favour of MK Party
KwaZulu-Natal's Umlazi district has become the launchpad for a lobby by public servants belonging to trade union National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) to dump the ANC in favour...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 17:29hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda meets Masisi over SADC-PF
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has committed to signing an agreement to amend the SADC Treaty, transforming the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) into a fully-fledged SADC Parliament. T...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:03hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
US thumbs up for Zimbabwe investment
U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, has stated that Washington is actively lobbying American firms to explore investment opportunities in Zimbabwe, a country she describes as having significa...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
'ED2030 lobbyists must be arrested'
Former Bulawayo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senator Felix Magalela Sibanda has condemned efforts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028, calling for those involved to be arr...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 09:05hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
India to support Zimbabwe Commonwealth, UNSC bid
India has pledged to lobby for support towards Zimbabwe's bid to re-join the Commonwealth and for a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. This was stated by Mr...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:24hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plane targeted with lasers
A multi-agency investigation is underway after pilots flying President Emmerson Mnangagwa were allegedly targeted with ground lasers on approach to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Zim...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 09:21hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
Fintechs fly planes of cash into Zimbabwe
At least once a month - and sometimes as often as three times a week - a private plane lands in a secure part of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital,...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 17:11hrs | 6713 | by Staff reporter
MKP express dismay at 'racist conduct' of the DA and NGOs
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has hit back at the DA and white monopoly capital funded non-governmental organisations that have opposed the election of MKP's parliamentary leader and former Western ...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 15:19hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Malema ally sentenced by captured court
EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence by the Cape Town Regional Court for assaulting policeman Johan Carstens in Parliament back in 2019. ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 11:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam put on hold, Ziminya dam enters the fray
The construction of Ziminya Dam in Nkayi District, set to become Matabeleland North's second-largest water body after Lake Gwayi-Shangani, is making significant progress. The excavation work f...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:54hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu faction gets CCC political party funds
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Professor Welshman Ncube has secured the opposition party's share of government funds allocated under the Political Parties (Finance) Act. This r...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants two more years via backdoor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his close political allies are now weighing the best constitutional and legal options to secure an additional two years in power outside an election when his second te...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa anxious to exorcise election ghost
THE upcoming Sadc summit is important for President Emmerson Mnangagwa not only because he will assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc but he will also use it attain legitimacy by, among other t...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gift Mabhaudhi successfully advocates for removal of taxes on devices for persons with disabilities
Renowned ZANU PF DCC leader and disability rights activist, Gift Mabhaudhi, has recently achieved a major victory in the ongoing battle for fair treatment and accessibility for persons with disabiliti...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 17:10hrs | 12 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mthwakazi says SA strategically placed to push agenda
THE opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has described South Africa as a strategic country to push its revolutionary agenda based on the democratic space accorded by its government compared to Zi...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers call for job action over salaries
THE Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions, (Fozeu), has called for an immediate job action starting from tomorrow after teachers declared incapacitation amid rising inflation and cost of living....Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 16 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe mobilises against UK's trophy hunting ban
IN response to the United Kingdom's impending legislation that could ban the importation of hunting trophies, Zimbabwe is preparing to send a delegation to lobby against the measure, according to a Ca...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama blasted over anti-trophy hunting stance
FORMER Botswana President Ian Khama has been criticised for assisting United Kingdom lawmakers in their efforts to enact a ban on imports into Britain of trophy hunting products, a major source of liv...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US punishes Mnangagwa
The United States on Monday said it was ending its 2003 sanctions programme against Zimbabwe as it reimposed new restrictions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle for alleged corruptio...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biden announces end of US sanctions regime on Zimbabwe
AMERICAN President Joseph Biden has announced an end of the superpower's sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.The historic move announced on Monday, signals an impending end to America and Zimbabwe's ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers meet minister over poor pay
UNIONS representing teachers on Monday met Primary and Secondary Education minister, Torerai Moyo, over their grievances including their demands for a US$1 200 monthly salary.The educators are...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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