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Zimbabwe lockdown more of entrenchment than fighting #Covid-19
Zimbabwe tonight will go on a countrywide lockdown following a worldwide outbreak of Covid -19 pandemic, an illness caused by the novel human corona virus. The pandemic first emerged in China befo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 969 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
MDC wins ward 2 in Chegutu
MDC on Saturday retained Chegutu by-election with party candidate Tinokura Rydes Machekera clinching the council seat with 240 votes against Zanu-PF's Prosper Matongerwa who polled 184 votes.T...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu a huge elephant with brains of a rat
Obert Mpofu statement that the late founder of ZAPU, Dr Joshua Nkomo will be happy about Mnangagwa holding the 40th independence anniversary in Matabeleland confirms what Prof Jonathan Moyo once said ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2708 | by Israel Dube
Current ZIFA an embarrassment to the nation - MP
A Legislator Peter Moyo has slammed the Zimbabwe Football Association for being an embarrassment to the nation at the same time calling for its audit.Moyo made the remarks in parliament....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1235 | by Steve Grays
Chief Mathema blasts Mnangagwa
A prominent Gwanda traditional leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of neglecting the community share ownership schemes introduced by his predecessor Robert Mugabe.Mugabe introduced...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:07hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Biti accuses Mnangagwa of running down Zimbabwe's economy
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the country's economy through dictatorship and corruption resulting in Zimbabweans' living standards plunging to...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 745 | by newzimbabwe
Chiyangwa's parliament allies want Zifa disbanded
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday demanded the dissolution of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board for allegedly sleeping on the job and looting the association's resources.Led by MDC MP fo...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 15:48hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to follow up on MDC councillors' declared assets
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has promised to make a follow up on the personal assets declared by his councillors Thursday at the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters in Harare....Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1323 | by newzimbabwe
US senators urge Trump to add more names to Zimbabwe sanctions list
Two influential United States senators on Wednesday reacted to the blacklisting of two Zimbabwean officials by saying "there remain several others who need to be held accountable", while urging Presid...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 23:50hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt should not pretend to be baffled by sanctions: Gandawa
Former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has said government must stop pretending to be baffled by the extension of targeted sanctions by the United States and allies...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 781 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Assembly of Women celebrate international women's day
The MDC Assembly of Women has joined the whole world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD). The day is celebrated on Ma...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 354 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe a threat to Sadc stability, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC president Nelson Chamisa and political analysts have said the Sadc region was volatile because of the deepening political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe which could easily destabilise ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:11hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Former Minister survived assasination from Zimbabwe army
Former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Dr Godfrey Gandawa survived a state-sponsored assassination attempt in 2018 after he fell out with the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led governme...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 14:46hrs | 6833 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Feeding scheme extends to secondary schools
GOVERNMENT is set to extend the schools feeding scheme to secondary schools in line with the country's education policy to improve school attendance and completion rates. The feeding scheme is...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
'Workers fed up with govt looters'
WORKERS in Bulawayo have said they are fed up with unfulfilled promises by government officials who are living large, while they live in misery and watch their children's future being destroyed....Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:47hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda denies Mnangagwa-Chiwenga tiff
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims of simmering tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, insisting on Monday that the two top po...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 08:18hrs | 3564 | by newzimbabwe
Food aid abuse rife in the Midlands
VILLAGE heads and some unscrupulous politicians linked to the ruling Zanu-PF party in the Midlands are allegedly looting food aid meant for starving villagers and channelling it to the black market....Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Land grab: Zimbabwe's euphoria
Many of us thought the introduction of land grabs from white owners was noble since most of our rich agricultural soils was within the possession of the whites - a minority group, against the black ma...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:34hrs | 324 | by VaDhira Mhinhau
'Lift sanctions to end mass poverty' insist AU - povo poor but not stupid, know Blue Roof opulence is mother of poverty
There are many reasons why Africa has remained the dark continent, forever doomed to blunder from one crisis to the next. Africa was at business-end of the slave trade, millions of Africans we...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:28hrs | 728 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 15931 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's maize meal coupon plan shred to pieces
Mthuli Ncube's plan to introduce mealie meal coupons has been shot down as endeavour that will not yiled any desired fruit in regards to the constant supply of affordable mealie meal.Speaking ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 4217 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Latest on Mutoko headmaster who stole maize cobs
An unnamed school headmaster from Mutoko whose image has gone viral on social media after he was accused of steal maize cobs has been located in Harare. The man was located by H-Metro Ed...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:54hrs | 5645 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'No one has monopoly of ideas' said Mnangagwa - he has monopoly to rig and rule!
My fellow Zimbabweans, we are well and truly stuck! Nothing encapsulates Zimbabwe's economic decline and helplessness more than what happened to our agricultural sector. We live in the day a...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:11hrs | 390 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ziscosteel CEO retires
ZISCOSTEEL chief executive officer, Mr Alois Gowo, has retired from the now defunct parastatal after serving the company for 35 years. Zisco acting board chair, Dr Gift Mugano, confirmed...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zhombe's mining cartels
CONTRARY to the common perception in which fingers are only being pointed at the machete-carrying illegal gold panners for the chaos and lawlessness that characterises the small-scale gold mining sect...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:18hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Police ban Mthwakazi rally
POLICE in Bulawayo have denied opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) permission to hold its rally in a city high-density suburb claiming there was an outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in a neighb...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:31hrs | 380 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa must stop inciting violence
After almost a year of rejecting broad-based dialogue preferring exclusive discussions with Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance has shockingly claimed its efforts for talks have failed and now seeks violent confron...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi commissions nothing but a waste of taxpayers money
The meeting that took place between ZANU-PF president Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa , who is also the chief architect of the Matabeleland Gukurahundi Genocide and so called Matabeleland Civic Society (fo...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 215 | by Mr Mbonisi Gumbo
Mnangagwa told to demilitarise State institutions
OPPOSITION United Democratic Alliance (UDA) president Daniel Shumba has said Zimbabwe's biggest elephant in the room was the militarisation of State institutions and that any political reforms that wi...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu trashes Chinamasa
Suspended Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu says he is not apologetic about his anti corruption stance denying Patrick Chinamasa's statement that he has apologised to the par...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 9257 | by Staff reporter
The market has redollarised, says Biti
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti (TB), who during the inclusive government era, served as Finance minister speaks to NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga on the failing Zimbabwe dollar and other...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
'Plug holes in Zupco system'
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ), an association representing the commuting public, is not impressed with the goings-on at the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and is demanding act...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Mnangagwa through food riots unearthed
A faction of ZANU PF is plotting to fuel food riots in the country in a bid to cause a State of Emergency and subsequent the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a ZANU PF Senior official has ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:51hrs | 6715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11706 | by Blessing Vava
Perence Shiri's bloody history detailed
Perence Shiri is a man who operated in the Gaza front line during the liberation war, this area was largely Mashonaland central, he became some sort of legend and hero in the Mashonaland Central provi...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 15:40hrs | 6081 | by Dr S Utete
'Mnangagwa is the godfather of Zimbabwe corruption'
MDC Vice President and legislator Tendai Biti has accused maverick business mogul and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kuda Tagwirei of capturing and running the country's Finance Ministry....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 21:29hrs | 4863 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths snub Godfrey Tsenengamu
MDC Youths have distanced themselves from youth gathering that is set to be held on the 21st of February at the Robert Mugabe Square. A poster that has been circulating on social media has a l...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 13:55hrs | 1768 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kuda Tagwirei is Zimbabwe's de-facto Finance Minister, says Biti
MDC Vice President and legislator Tendai Biti has accused maverick business mogul and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kuda Tagwirei of capturing and running the country's Finance Ministry....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 3255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of creating criminal gangs
The military-backed government of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has been accused of having created the menacing machete criminal gangs that are reportedly terrorizing people in the count...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:34hrs | 1632 | by Makho Precious Moyo
MDC, Zanu-PF leaders have resorted to grand looting, says Tsenengamu
SUSPENDED Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has described the opposition MDC and the ruling party as corrupt twins whose leaders have resorted to grand looting.Tsenengamu was speaking at...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 15:31hrs | 1339 | by newzimbabwe
Polad to gobble US$4,5m on foreign trips
GOVERNMENT is set to splurge ZW$80 million (US$4,5 million) on the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad)'s foreign trips which will see members of the controversial grouping visiting various global capita...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Gweru Hospital nurses down tools
Gweru Provincial Hospital nurses on Monday temporarily downed tools to protest against deteriorating working conditions at the government health institution among other grievances, the Southern Eye ha...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
After naming Kudakwashe Tagwirei then what?
We have been witnessing this merry go round drama in Zanu-PF for years, and this is either a simple diversion from the real things happening on the ground or they are factions manifesting from within ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 17:24hrs | 3071 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF youth league chief whip warns The Herald
Zanu-PF youth league chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has issued a warning against The Herald saying it should not publish articles aimed at dividing the ruling party's youth league.The Herald toda...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 17:23hrs | 4409 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths finger Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF youth leaders yesterday labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Kuda Tagwirei "the most corrupt person in the country" at an extraordinary Press conference that also exposed growing facti...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths turn up the heat on 'corrupt' Mnangagwa, Chiwenga ally
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has intensified its campaign for action to be brought against under fire business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei whom they accuse of using his fat pocket to stir up economic havoc...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 3224 | by newzimbabwe
War in Zanu-PF youth league over 'Cartel Corruption List'
War has erupted within the ranks of the Zanu-PF youth league hours after it fingered Sakunda Boss Kuda Tagwirei, Green energy owner Billy Rautenbach and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe boss Tafa...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:03hrs | 4361 | by Staff reporter
Trump tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE United States of America (USA) is mulling adding more top Zanu-PF and government officials to its targeted sanctions list - in a bid to force Harare to embark on much-needed political and economic...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:24hrs | 5409 | by Staff reporter
'Trump to add new names to sanctions list' - splendid, please add Chamisa Mthuli Ncube!
"Trump to add more names on Zimbabwe sanctions list!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo 24!YES! YES! I scream back, static ecstatic with in delight!The sanctions list needed revisitin...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 09:30hrs | 5453 | by Wilbert Mukori
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