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Chiwenga-Indonesia arms deal jolts UK
THE United Kingdom has expressed concern over reports that Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was shopping for ammunition in Indonesia, amid growing fears of a plan to perpetuate human rig...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3241 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa Davos trip a useless exercise
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF) presents a platform to re-engage with the international community but that opportunity looks lost due to th...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:17hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Ex-UK envoy roasted over Mnangagwa links
FORMER British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has been roasted by the United Kingdom Parliament for giving London misleading reports that portrayed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a "reformist...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5144 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 334 | by Bishop
Ex-UK ambassador's Zanu-PF links exposed
THE United Kingdom lawmakers have exposed former British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing over Zanu-PF links and misleading the government into believing President Emmerson Mnangagwa, then the la...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis: Hallmark of Mnangagwa's dismal failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made a desperate appeal to Zanu-PF youths as he asked his supporters to unmask those "sabotaging the economy", saying the debilitating economic malaise was artificial and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 88 | by Taurai Mangudhla
Standard Chartered Zimbabwe names Mubayiwa as CEO
Standard Chartered Zimbabwe has named Mubaiwa Mubayiwa as CEO, replacing Ralph Watungwa, who leaves after 'misconduct' allegations. He was Head of Corporate Commercial and Inst...Published: 11 May 2022 at 11:59hrs | 3272 | by Staff reporter
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally says, 'Britain can go hang'
BRITAIN should stop interfering in Zimbabwe's internal affairs as the country is not an extension of the United Kingdom, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has sa...Published: 04 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Trafigura seeks control of Zimbabwe metals over debts
TRAFIGURA Group and Zimbabwe's government have discussed a deal that would give the commodities trader control over output from some of the nation's biggest mines as repayment for debts, documents see...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:15hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 199 | by jamwanda
'Hiring lobbyists unhelpful for Zimbabwe's image rebuilding'
ZIMBABWE'S failure to attain and build a good image in the international community is worsened by hopeless tactics like the hiring of lobbyist organisations, critics have said.In 2019, Preside...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards female boxer Chiwandire with US$15,000
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday cheered the spirits of female boxer Kudakwashe "Take Money" Chiwandire with a US$15 000 reward for her exploits after winning the World Boxing Council Interim Super...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Newton denies being fired from Magic Mike
The actor Thandiwe Newton has denied reports that she was fired from the new Magic Mike film after an argument over Will Smith with co-star Channing Tatum.Newton has said that she left the fil...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:26hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Newton axed from film after furious bust-up with Channing Tatum
LINE of Duty actress Thandiwe Newton has been axed from the new Magic Mike film after a bust-up with Channing Tatum — about the Oscars slap.Witnesses said the row on set escalated to "astoni...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:25hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Even ZANU PF 'denigrated' the country and called for 'crippling sanctions' that hurt ordinary citizens!
Whenever I mention my watching of the state-controlled broadcaster ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation) - albeit, grudgingly and under insufferable str...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 19:18hrs | 347 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
45 killed in KwaZulu-Natal floods
he KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) said the death toll due to heavy rains across the province had reached more than 45 by yesterday afternoon....Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 157 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 84 | by Bishop Lazi
Europe cannot beat a bitterly cold winter through fire from faggots
They can't make fire from faggotsAS I write, for the short month of conflict in Eastern Europe, global food prices have risen by an average 17 percent.Energy costs have gone through th...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 134 | by @ Jamwanda2
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2204 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Deportation threatened ex-UK soldier: 'I'm suffering for my service to the country I love'
In early March, Joram Nechironga was put on a bus from Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in west London destined for Heathrow airport.The father of two, who served in the British Army from ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's daughter appointed to Econet board
Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa, daughter to Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa, has been appointed to the board of directors of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe.In a notice posted on the company's website by th...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
UK firm seeks US$16m for Zimbabwe lithium mine
PREMIER African Minerals Limited, which owns a lithium and tantalum operation in Matabeleland South Province, has completed an agreement with investors to raise £12 million (US$15,7m) the firm needs ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's daughter appointed as Econet Board member
Econet Wireless has announced that it has appointed Strive Masiyiwa's daughter Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa to the board of directors of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe.The appointment is with effect fro...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 17:49hrs | 1598 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe, My Dad and Me
Zimbabwean-born and now London-based actor Tonderai Munyevu tries to make sense of his roots, both familial and national, in his engaging show Mugabe, My Dad and Me.His story follows a deliber...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:54hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa boycotts, Nhlanhla Ndiweni calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe
On Wednesday this week, the Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF), held its 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the Royal Geographical Society in London, themed: "An exciting journey of hope: Stories from the p...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 492 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cont Mhlanga chuffed by international recognition
Theatre doyen Cont Mhlanga is on cloud nine as his play Nansi Le Ndoda is set to be translated into English. A short piece of the IsiNdebele play was staged on the Eve of World Theatre Day in London o...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:47hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
German airline flies into Vic Falls
GERMAN airline, Eurowings Discover, yesterday flew its maiden flight from Frankfurt to Victoria Falls, becoming the first direct passenger flight between Zimbabwe and Europe since Air Zimbabwe discont...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:36hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Biden sends Indian to threaten India over Russian sanctions
A US national security official – who played a leading role in crafting US economic measures against Russia over its military assault on Ukraine – will travel to India to discuss New Delhi's respo...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:01hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wrestles seats from Chamisa
Zanu-PF snatched two parliamentary seats from the opposition in the by-elections held on Saturday, winning in Epworth and Mutasa South and also getting a foothold in urban local authorities.Ah...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2959 | by Staff reporter
RBZ shelves plans to sell gold buying unit
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has indefinitely suspended plans to dispose of its controlling stake in the country's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refinery, to new shareholders, a senior ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:21hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Black children subjected to racism in UK
Racism hurts children, in real and fundamental ways. It hurts not just their health, but their chances for a good, successful life.It destroys their confidence and it is mostly applied by teac...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 183 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
War in Ukraine is wrong so is sanctioning Russia
The war in Ukraine continues to rage causing civilian casualties and massive population displacement. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) and the European Union remain on the sidelines feari...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 976 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe faces huddles before gold league return
ZIMBABWE is still struggling to be readmitted to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), more than 13 years since it was booted out of the world's largest gold and silver wholesale market....Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man found dead at London home
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man was last Tuesday found dead at his Richmond home in a case of suspected suicide.Calvin Tapuwanashe Nyevera Munhuweyi had hardly settled in the United Kingdom, havi...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 18:05hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe serving no purpose
THE United States and European Union have extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by another year amid calls by various stakeholders for a relook at the embargo, which analysts say is no longer serving it...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 19:54hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Tafadzwa Mandiwanza: Ireland's first female paediatric neurosurgeon
Tafadzwa Mandiwanza says that growing up in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, she always wanted to be a doctor.Having just been appointed as the first female paediatric neurosurgeon in Ire...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
US drafts plan for government-in-exile, guerrilla war in Ukraine - reports
The US and its allies are quietly working on "contingency plans" in case Russian forces succeed in their operation in Ukraine and force the current government into exile, the Washington Post reported ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism
I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 133 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Diaspora a death trap for cheating partners
As the British Home office plans to deport another plane-load to Zimbabwe again, it has become imperative to find out why many women and some men lost their lives to their spouses over the issue of in...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | 319 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Recent Supplies of Weapons to Ukraine by NATO Countries
Starting from the beginning of the year to the end of the second decade of February, nearly fifty military transport aircraft from various countries - USA, Great Britain, Canada, Poland, and Lithuania...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:56hrs | 2284 | by Press Release by the Ambassador of Russia to Zimbabwe and to Malawi
Ramaphosa can only lose and Malema has everything to gain
As things stand, Cyril Ramaphosa has no more than six years to get South Africa on the road to shared wealth and prosperity, while Julius Malema has at least a decade to build his base and whip up the...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 722 | by Ismail Lagardien
Zimbabwe still at war, says Muzorewa
THE United African National Council (UANC), one of the oldest political parties in Zimbabwe, says the country remains at war long after winning majority rule because it struggling under a dictatorship...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa floods Harare as Mnangagwa heads East
FORGET the pulpits and the hallelujahs, this day certainly belongs to politicians.The tense political atmosphere gripping Zimbabwe ahead of the March 26 by-elections climaxes this Sunday with ...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:04hrs | 5263 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'resurgence' ‘spooks jittery' Zanu-PF
The apparent momentum gained by the Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ahead of the crucial March 26 by-elections has sent some Zanu-PF officials into panic mode amid alleged...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
CCC takes aim at Zec
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday threatened protests against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing the election management body of attempting to rig March 26 by-el...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition parties diverting issues'
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has expressed disapproval of the opposition parties' connivance with anti-government civic organisations, raising unsubstantiated claims that the revolut...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells striking teachers to forget about US dollar salaries
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has said that government does not afford to pay teachers' salaries in United States dollars, arguing economic development can only happen if the country is using its own curre...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
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