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Mnangagwa pressured on talks with Chamisa by EU
THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pet project, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as adequate to resolve the problems in Zimbabwe and s...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 3628 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth wishes Tsvangirai was still alive
THE still grieving widow of the revered late founding father of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, Elizabeth Macheka, says she misses the former prime minister of the country "terribly.Tsvangirai, the...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:36hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
'Biased' Judge Dhaya Pillay is 'good friends with Zuma's enemies'
Judge Dhaya Pillay is "biased" against former president Jacob Zuma because she is "good friends" with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and ANC national executive committee member Derek Hanek...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 07:44hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Senior doctors back at work
The return to work by senior doctors at Zimbabwe's referral hospitals has seen normal service returning to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital (formerly Harare Central Hospital) and Parirenyatwa Group of Ho...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:08hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Breaking: Mnangagwa's wife robbed
Bulawayo police are hunting for thieves who broke into one of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's vehicles in Bulawayo at the weekend.The First Lady visited different parts of Matabeleland last we...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 16:05hrs | 24301 | by Staff Reporter
Khupe's party faces collapse
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T faces collapse following the sudden resignation by party vice-president Obert Gutu, who called it quits as allegations of lack of direction, leadership and strategy dogs the pa...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 3173 | by Staff reporter
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1910 | by Staff rpeorter
Police seek teen girl missing since December
Police in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the location of a juvenile who went missing in Bradfield in December. Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Insp...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1817 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chiwenga/Marry divorce exposes Vice President capture
The legal battle between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry has opened a can of worms with the former army general revealing that he was given a Mercedes Benz vehicle by ...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 08:27hrs | 13649 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu finally announces congress dates
THE opposition Zapu has finally announced August 27 to 29 as the dates for its congress to elect a new leader following the death of its founder Dumiso Dabengwa in May last year.The congress w...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 1616 | by Staff Reporter
Online nurses recruitment a sham - Team 2020
Team 2020, a grouping of activitsts based in Matabeleland which was formed with the aim of assisting prospective nursing students to apply on line have described the excericise as a sham considered th...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 12:18hrs | 2930 | by Stephen Jakes
Teen girl inspired by mother into philanthropy
AFTER hearing harrowing stories of a fragmented upbringing of her mother, dotted with untold suffering and endurance, a Bulawayo teenager has been motivated to venture into philanthropic work in a bid...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1732 | by Staff Reporter
Is Marry Chiwenga a victim of power?
Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official misconduct", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 09:52hrs | 9404 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Women's group piles pressure for women to achieve gender equality
Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has said it is concluding the year at a high note by engaging aspiring women leaders to share and discuss strategies to achieve gender e...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 14:18hrs | 139 | by Stephen Jakes
Hospital services return to normal
All doctors who signed resumption of duty forms have started work at their respective work stations, with their seniors also attending to emergency situations. Although The Herald could not im...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:51hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
New plate, new cup for prisoners
Treger Holdings yesterday donated 20 000 plates and 20 000 cups to prisons, so every prisoner now has at least a new cup and plate for personal use. The donation came at a time when the Zimbab...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Ncube: Farewell to a gallant liberator (1939-2019)
Zimbabwe has lost yet another illustrious fighter for the country's independence and freedom. This is Canaan Ncube, born in Nkayi District of Matebeleland North in Zimbabwe on 19 October 1939 in Dolah...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:17hrs | 1672 | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
This is how the cash gets onto the black market
The question is, how on this cursed land is money that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is busy printing getting onto the black market in such huge amounts? The answer is, it's taking quite a team â...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:11hrs | 3296 | by Tawanda Majoni
ZITF Company launches 2020 marketing campaign
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company has officially launched its 2020 marketing campaign as it builds momentum towards next year's prime exhibitions in Bulawayo. The 61st...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
False alarm stirs commotion
A false fire-alarm followed by a thick dark smoke raised from the Auditor General's offices' roof in Harare's central business district stirred commotion, leaving occupants traumatised as they stamped...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:01hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police morale hits rock bottom
Parliament yesterday heard that soldiers and police officers' morale had hit rock bottom due to a shortage of food and uniforms, with a meagre 39 cents being spent on each soldier's daily diet, causin...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:45hrs | 3135 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Etiquette: Beware how you behave in cyberspace
"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." - Carol Burnett. In my profession of project management it is estimated that we spend 90% of our time in communication. I can vouch fo...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:23hrs | 706 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Mthuli Ncube hails RBZ swift action on CBZ, Ecobank
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has praised the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for swiftly acting against two banks alleged to have allowed their depositors to make wi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
The house that Torindo built
Young Torindo grew up in the village where his umbilical cord lies buried, symbolic of the way everyone finally ends up. Herding cattle and playing pastures soccer was part of the daily chores...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1852 | by Thomas Murisa
BCC employee sent on 3-year leave
A Bulawayo City Council worker has probably made history by accumulating 5 387 hours of overtime after an anomaly saw him working extra hours than he was stipulated for 25 years.The worker, Mr...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
School wrecked by storm
OVER 1000 pupils at Chakomo Primary School in Dotito, Mt Darwin, on Thursday escaped death after a whirlwind blew off rooftops of two classroom blocks, destroying property worth over $200 000....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:12hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in debt distress
LACK of transparency in public debt management and the failure to comply with legal stipulations are now manifesting in depressed fiscal space and low domestic resource mobilisation, analysts have sai...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Patrice Motsepe's sister cited in Botswana $10 billion theft
South African businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe has been fingered as a co-signatory to at least two bank accounts holding some of the more than $10 billion (R150 billion) allegedly stolen from th...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 5695 | by City Press
Sanctions do hurt the economy
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, was unusually hyperactive last week.The diplomat attempted to counter the government's narrative on the detrimental effects of sanctions...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:49hrs | 232 | by Hopewell Mauwa
Provinces march against racist US sanctions
Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday took part in the historic anti- sanctions march in different parts of the country. While the main activities were in Harare, there were other marches that ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Kombani changes the face of Plumtree
PLUMTREE businessman Charles Moyo has changed the face of the border town's tourism industry by establishing a three star lodge.Moyo, who owns CBC Construction Company in South Africa responde...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:50hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
The trials and joys of travelling in overloaded malayitshas to Zimbabwe
"Wait and see for yourself: the sky is the limit," said the man halfway up the trailer.He was loading more and more goods on what already appeared to be a mountain of luggage, GroundUp reporte...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:06hrs | 451 | by GroundUp
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2080 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Mwaruwari in low profile Bulawayo wedding
HE is one of Bulawayo's young and well-known business entrepreneurs, a fate that is coupled by the fact that he is younger brother to celebrated former Manchester City and Portsmouth striker Benjani M...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:19hrs | 3065 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat resorts to lies and deceit in pursuit of the Diaspora dollar
ZIMNAT LIFE is risking a possible lawsuit in pursuit of the diaspora dollar over data protection breaches and gross misrepresentations to Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan (DFCP) clients of their role in the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 14:32hrs | 933 | by Alois Vinga
China buys Zimbabwe's new capital city of Mt Hampden
Diplomatic and high level government sources at the ministry of lands, agriculture, and rural resettlement this week said Beijing had also struck a deal to provide the more than US$20 billion needed b...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2617 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mobilise resources to fund service delivery, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged councils to be innovative and mobilise resources to fund service delivery and avoid cases where residents are exposed to squalid conditions and uncollected...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns councils
GOVERNMENT will crack the whip on local authorities that expose residents to unpleasant living conditions through failing to provide services such as water and sanitation facilities, President Mnangag...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Hard-pressed Zimbabweans resort to gambling for survival
When a local pub in the southern city of Masvingo introduced four casino slot machines, *Tendai Moyo went there "just for the fun of it".After all, it was his first time to gamble.A fe...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 13:13hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe looked after his own
THE drums reverberated at the home of the late former President Robert Mugabe as boys from the Roman Catholic-run Kutama Boys High Mission sang in smooth innocent majestic voices to bid farewell to a ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
Salary hike for mayors Stands, free graves for councillors
THE Government has approved a 50 percent allowances increase for councillors and mayors in the country and further awarded each councillor a privilege of a residential and industrial stand during thei...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:39hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Lozwi/Rozvi Mambo unveiled in the midst of pomp and ceremony at Mawabeni
SPIRITUALITY was a strong component of the whole process from the selection of the rightful candidate who was earmarked for installation. This became clear from the testimony of Gogo MaMoyo the reside...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:27hrs | 523 | by Pathisa Nyathi
How to appease Mugabe's spirit
In our series of letters from African writers, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes that many Zimbabweans have been shocked to learn that ex-President Robert Mugabe's widow is staying with ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 3084 | by BBC
Zanu-PF slams 'puppet of the west' Malema for cheap point scoring over Mugabe
Zanu-PF has accused EFF leader Julius Malema of demeaning the legacy of Robert Mugabe and taking cheap shots at president Emmerson Mnangagwa.Malema and party spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi led an E...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:02hrs | 533 | by TimesLive
'Mugabe is sleeping peacefully,' says Grace
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is resting in peace following his death early this month, his widow and former First Lady Grace said Monday.Grace told visiting South African opposition leader J...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:22hrs | 4850 | by newzimbabwe
Malema calls on Mnangagwa to 'respect Mugabe's last wishes'
Julius Malema accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of attempting to ride on the legacy of former President Robert Mugabe even though they tormented him until his death.Malema, the...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1686 | by ZimLive
PHOTOS: Malema visit Robert Mugabe's coffin
Guess who's coming to dinner? EFF leader Julius Malema and his fellow executive staff – including Treasurer General Leigh Mathys – showed up the Blue Roof mansion in Harare to pay their ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3400 | by Staff reporter
Fresh scandal brews at NSSA
A fresh scandal is brewing at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) after revelations that another former minister meddled in the compulsory pensions body's affairs resulting in heavy financia...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2477 | by Staff reporter
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