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Mnangagwa, Mugabe carefully planned Gukurahundi genocide
THE Gukurahundi genocide, in which an estimated 20 000 Zimbabwean citizens were killed by a crack parallel army unit, the Fifth Brigade, in the early 1980s, was carefully planned, well before dissiden...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:14hrs | 16510 | by Staff reporter
Rebirth of the Zimdollar
Zimbabwean central bank authorities have a traceable record of overnight monetary policy changes. Memories of the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono era of monetary policy hip-...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:09hrs | 1158 | by Paddington Masamha
Fake projects scandal: MP Musikavanhu plots to steal CDF
Chiredzi West Member of Parliament (MP) Farai Musikavanhu is having a hard time explaining why he mentioned projects that have already been done in his application for the Constituency Development Fun...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
'MDC has no hand in sanctions'
The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with journalist, and human rights advocate Grace Kwinje who is the MDC Alliance's European Union representative based in Brussels. S...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:48hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
In memory of Zimbabwe's Independence
On 18th April 1980, Zimbabweans celebrated their Independence both from Britain and from the Ian settler state. The celebration was rather muted because it was the little headmaster, Robert Mugabe, wh...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 11:46hrs | 916 | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
Of Zimbabwe media, scarfs, land reform and current affairs
THIS is a weird because some years ago, I worked for ZBC/ZTV. Then we would thrive and take pride in asking well researched questions, the most provocative questions, upfront and mix with questions in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1920 | by zimbabwedigitalnews
Zimbabwe attracts 2 new investors to develop platinum mining projects
Zimbabwe will in coming weeks name two new investors who will develop separate platinum mining projects west of the capital as the country ramps up mining output in an attempt to ease a severe dollar ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 533 | by Reuters
Tracing the failed assassination of Joshua Nkomo in Lusaka
Some four decades ago, Zimbabwe's veteran nationalist - former Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - who was affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe, survived an assassination attempt on Apri...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1328 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mnangagwa faces internal revolt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces an internal revolt from Zanu-PF youths who are angry over his recent announcement that his government will follow constitutional provisions and compensate white form...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:40hrs | 11726 | by Staff reporter
'I am not a CIO operative,' says Tundiya
SHEPHERD Tundiya, the man described as a con-artist by four legislators that appeared before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee last week facing allegations of soliciting for a $400 000 bribe from...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Goddard unmasks con-artist Tundiya
BULAWAYO businessman James Goddard, who had interests in coal mining in Hwange, last week narrated before Parliament how a con-artist and businessman Shepherd Tundiya tricked him into believing that h...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC unhappy with IMF assisting Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai, which brought unprecedented destruction as incessant rain and gusty winds caused catastrophic damage, has prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree to deepen the Fund's eng...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 4007 | by Staff reporter
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5347 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mnangagwa warns ambitious bigwigs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has told Zanu-PF youths to be wary of ambitious bigwigs who are bent on causing disunity in the party and the nation at large.Addressing the Zanu-PF youth league n...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 6548 | by Staff reporter
MDC against IMF's support for Zimbabwe
The proposed IMF Staff Monitored Program is an entry point for full support of the regime and it ignores the factors arresting the Zimbabwean economy. Zimbabwe has had a stolen election; ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:56hrs | 1508 | by Jacob Mafume
PR seats a retirement package, says Charumbira
PROPORTIONAL Representation (PR) seats in Parliament are not delivering their intended objectives and are being abused by political parties to curry favours and reward loyalists, Chiefs Council presid...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Reduced political power is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi
The reduction of political power through among other things, the unelected VP slots and the imposition of candidates from outside the region is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi and smacks of muzzled democ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 502 | by Nhlanhla Moses
IMF to monitor Zimbabwe economic targets, policies
International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Zimbabwe have agreed on steps that will pave way for a Staff Monitored Programme (SMP).An SMP involves the IMF staff monitoring a country's economic...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
'Exports, investor confidence to jumpstart forex inflows'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the country's forex situation will improve as the year progresses on the back of increased confidence and growing exports.RBZ deputy director for econom...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for May 24 to 26, 2019 sharp divisions have begun to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various position...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 193 | by Elijah Chihota
New twist to Hwange bribery saga
THE $400 000 Hwange Colliery bribery saga took a new twist during parliamentary inquiries yesterday after it emerged that Shepherd Tundiya, the linkman between the four MPs implicated in the alleged s...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for 24 to 26 May 2019, sharp divisions have started to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various positi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:00hrs | 1206 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa named in Hwange scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi were yesterday named in the ongoing Hwange Colliery saga inquiry being conducted by the Parliamentary Pri...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 2643 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Godmother Queen Wezhira defiantly sits bare on Mthwakazi
In our culture, when the legendary flowery Eve sits bare and exhibits her rhino horn, the descendants of Adam have to look aside and scurry for cover! Conversely, this time it should be a different ba...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:41hrs | 1953 | by Muntukaziwa
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1142 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Drama as service station pumps 400ltrs diesel into Honda Fit
There was drama at a service station in Marondera on Monday afternoon after officials there allegedly sold 400 litres of diesel to a motorist who was driving a Honda Fit, while other motorists were be...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 5342 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers derail Parliament committee hearing
ORAL evidence of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up to look into a matter involving four legislators affiliated to the Mines Committee who allegedly demanded a $400 000 bribe from businessm...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:23hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Thanks to modern day Muzorewas giving credibility to illegitimate Mnangagwa - Zanu-PF ichatonga! Igotonga!
History has the habit to repeat itself! In the 1970s Ian Smith came up with a plan to silence his political opponents accusing him of heading a white racist regime. He arranged to have a few b...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:06hrs | 3409 | by Wilbert Mukori
T.C Hardy High School Child MP hits the ground running
The newly-elected Goromonzi South Junior MP, Fadzai Makuvise of Terence Cecil Hardy High School in Ruwa, Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe has hit the ground running, already leading other student...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 892 | by Brian Maregedze
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 480 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ian Khama humiliated by Botswana's ruling party
Former Botswana President Ian Khama slammed the ruling party after a candidate he backed withdrew from a leadership contest, saying it was rigged in favour of current president, Mokgweetsi Masisi....Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 25774 | by AP/Bloomberg
Tendai Biti gets MDC VP nomination
INCUMBENT MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has a secured a head start in his bid to keep the influential opposition job after receiving two party provincial nominations while none of the party's other presid...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:47hrs | 5196 | by newzimbabwe
Matemadanda testifies against 'Justice Cheda'
The trial of a suspected serial fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as former High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda and swindled several Government officials of large sums of money continued yesterday...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Tongai Matutu faces MDC humiliation in Masvingo
FORMER Youth and Indigenisation deputy minister Tongai Matutu was Monday left cursing his gods after failing to secure a single nomination from MDC districts in his quest to become party chairperson f...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1478 | by newzimbabwe
'Selmor 'anointed' by Mtukudzi'
SELMOR Mtukudzi's mother, Melody Murape, last week said she was confident that her daughter will be able to keep her late father's music legacy alive following a superb performance alongside her siste...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1567 | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows to continue dialogue with Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T led by former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, has said it will continue participating in dialogue meetings with President Emmerson Mnangagwa not because they support the present gover...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:54hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Khupe throws weight behind Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:30hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Khupe endorses Mnangagwa legitimacy
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe's landmark elections
ON August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3478 | by Al Jazeera
James Makamba fights judicial management at High Court
BUSINESS mogul Mr James Makamba has applied to the High Court seeking removal of his investment vehicle, Kestrel Corporation (Private) Limited, from provisional judicial management. The corpor...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Blocking aid to flood-hit Iran 'displays US malevolence'
Iran's Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the United States' attempts to block international humanitarian aid from entering flood-hit Iran lays bare America's malevolence. Add...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | 240 | by Press TV
Parly begins probe into Mliswa Committee graft allegations
PARLIAMENT's Privileges Committee (PPC) will this Monday, begin investigations into corruption allegations levelled against some former members of the Mines and Mining Development then chaired by Inde...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:29hrs | 144 | by newzimbabwe
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2099 | by Michael Mhlanga
'Mafia' trying to block Zinara probe
Unnamed bigwigs in government are allegedly meddling with investigations by Parliament into the operations of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) after an audit unearthed massive corru...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1920 | by Staff reporter
Jailbreak attempt hits snag
An escape attempt by a prisoner serving jail time in Kwekwe for theft hit a snag after he was apprehended by alert members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS). Brian Rungu ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
MDC VP race, Biti and Welshman Ncube to fight for it
A crowded field of fresh faces and bigwigs has lined up to seek the MDC's vice-presidential nomination. The diverse group vying to land the three VP posts, includes MPs and senators. A record four wom...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:24hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
The global and technological effect
An extract from a book titled 'The next Zimbabwe'The twenty first century has brought about the idea of globalization were interconnectivity is the new...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:26hrs | 358 | by Terence Simbi
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