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Chiredzi SMEs complement Vision 2030, empower less privileged
Over a thousand members drawn from Chiredzi rural and urban districts operating micro, small to medium enterprises are complementing government efforts to attain upper-middle income economic status by...Published: 6 hrs ago | 138 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Chiredzi
Blow for regime change tool USAid
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for one of the Trump administration's remaining steps in its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, allowing it to move forward with pu...Published: 7 hrs ago | 467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Industries removed from EU sanctions
THE European Union Council has removed the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) from its restrictive measures imposed in 2002, but maintained its embargo on arms and equipment that could be utilised for ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:55hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Tungwarara tears ZANU-PF apart, bribes bogus journalists
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's investment advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara's smart phones donation benefited ZANU-PF cyber-teams and party activists from ...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 07:14hrs | 3916 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Geza revolution re-setting the political agenda
Zimbabwe's political climate and weather patterns are shifting like a tornado.The majority of Zimbabweans are currently upset over the revolutionary party's leadership shift and are hoping tha...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:18hrs | 3414 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa, Hichilema come face to face
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema had an uneasy public interaction in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday, as their strained diplomatic relations played out duri...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:47hrs | 3804 | by Staff reporter
Thabo Mbeki still 'bitter' since the 2007 ANC Polokwane conference
Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki stunned the party's national executive committee (NEC) members when he questioned the existence of the trial that resulted in his successor Jacob Zuma being convicted ...Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:23hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu survives ouster in CCC power struggle
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) self-imposed interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, has survived suspension and dismissal despite facing allegations of bringing the opposition party into di...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 07:51hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
US$8m Belarus proposal divides Bulawayo councillors
A proposal by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to procure vehicles and equipment from Belarus for US$7.5 million has ignited divisions within Zimbabwe's second-largest city. Official documents released...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 12:57hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
'Security apparatus' ploy to shutdown Manhize foils,' Mutsvangwa claims
ZANU-PF spokesman, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has this Thursday sensationally claimed that a major security institution's ploy to shutdown Manhize ...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:47hrs | 2577 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe crisis cannot be solved by simply replacing Mnangagwa
Trevor Ncube, Chairman of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), has called for transformative leadership in Zimbabwe, arguing that the country's entrenched political and economic crises cannot be solved by simp...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 12:39hrs | 2258 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya threatens war veterans opposing Mnangagwa's extended rule
Zanu PF Secretary for War Veterans, Douglas Mahiya, has issued stern warnings to war veterans opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extended stay in office, threatening to "stop them from speaking i...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala arrested over war vets push for Mnangagwa resignation
Opposition politician Job Sikhala, leader of the National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), was arrested yesterday in Penhalonga, near Mutare, along with 21 other members of his political group for all...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:52hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe banks have robust cybersecurity systems'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has prioritized cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) as critical pillars for the financial sector's growth and stability, according to its 2025 Monetary Po...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
I'm not prepared to continue suffering until 2030!
Zimbabwe, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has sank deeper into poverty.Granted, when President Emmerson Mnangagwa took power in November 2017 through a military coup, Zimbabwe was already ...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 22:56hrs | 1154 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Welshman Ncube's urgent application dismissed
The High Court in Harare has dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by Professor Welshman Ncube and four others seeking to enforce an earlier court order granted in their favor by Justice Nevil...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 12:09hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Welshman summons Tshabangu to disciplinary hearing
The ongoing battle for control within the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has taken a new turn, with Welshman Ncube's faction summoning self-proclaimed interim secretary-general Sengezo...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 09:18hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Elon Musk calls for sanctions against Julius Malema
Billionaire Elon Musk took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday to ignite a political firestorm, questioning South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for allegedly allowing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:51hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
Mahiya claims that majority is clear on #ED2030
Zanu-PF War Veterans League Secretary Douglas Mahiya has firmly stated that a majority of Zimbabweans, including war veterans, support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership until 2030. Addressing ...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:22hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namib...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:41hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Comrade Geza, swapping Mnangagwa for Chiwenga will change nothing; most war veterans will remain poor as a church mouse
"Isu hatina kusafira vanhu vemezvibvindo. Takasafira povo yanetsva nevarungu. Ndiyo yavakusupwa nesu nhasi!" (We did not suffer for the few ruling elite. We suffered to free povo who were suffering fr...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 20:37hrs | 2402 | by Wilbert Mukori
Democracy and Elections in an Uneven World
Democracy is often presented as the great political ideal—the fairest system of governance, where people choose their leaders, shape their future, and hold their governments accountable. In theory, ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 10:53hrs | 294 | by Avelina Banda
Zimbabwe's retail sector faces crisis
Zimbabwe's retail sector is in crisis, with more than 1,000 jobs lost so far this year due to an escalating economic downturn, as several key players signal their intention to exit the market. Regiona...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 09:11hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lashes out at Geza's statements
The ruling Zanu-PF party has strongly condemned Central Committee member Blessing Geza for making "treasonous" and "outrageous" statements aimed at sowing division and causing alarm within the country...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:27hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 2030 move faces Parliamentary sabotage
A contentious battle is brewing in Zimbabwe's Parliament over a proposal to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office, with some ruling Zanu-PF lawmakers vowing to defy the motion in a secr...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:57hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Harare town clerk faces fresh charges
Suspended City of Harare Town Clerk, Hosiah Chisango, is facing fresh corruption charges following concerns raised over his recent acquittal in a high-profile case involving the award of a US$9 millio...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:57hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Over 600,000 used the SA-Zimbabwe border during festive season
A total of 645,590 travellers used the Beitbridge Border Post during the recently concluded 2024 festive season, according to an announcement made by South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) o...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:52hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
We cannot stop Chamisa or Zanu PF rigging referendum, we can deny them legitimacy by refusing to participate
Tendai Biti has acknowledged that Mnangagwa has corrupted the opposition to make sure he will have no problem getting the 2/3 majority approval in House of Assembly and in Senate for the proposed cons...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 21:35hrs | 1385 | by Wilbert Mukori
Lusengo acquitted in Dynamos share ownership case
After a protracted legal battle spanning over three years, Dynamos Football Club (Pvt) Ltd board chairman Bernard Marriot Lusengo has been acquitted of fraud charges related to his acquisition of 51% ...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:47hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 12 deaths from diarrhoea
Zimbabwe has witnessed a surge in cases of common diarrhoea, with 12,483 reported incidents, including 12 deaths, in the week ending January 12, 2025. Of these, 2,867 cases involved children under the...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean hesitant to confront SA over Buffelsfontein mine tragedy
Zimbabwean authorities are reportedly reluctant to directly confront the South African government over the deaths of 20 Zimbabweans at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein. The incident, which ...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
War veterans denounce Geza
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has strongly defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa against recent calls for his resignation, stating that the President was democrati...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:58hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners invade Rhodes Estate in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has deployed security and environmental agencies to the Rhodes Estate in the Matopos National Park following growing concerns over illegal gold mining activities that are thr...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:53hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF, war veterans back Mnangagwa's term extension?
ZANU-PF and veterans of the liberation struggle have reaffirmed their commitment to the resolution passed at the 21st Annual National People's Conference, calling for the extension of President Emmers...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:44hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's actions disrupted the parliamentary balance of power
Former Bulawayo South MP Nicola Watson has accused Zanu-PF of orchestrating Sengezo Tshabangu's controversial recalls of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members to serve its political agenda, incl...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 21:58hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF factional wars finally admit the party's role in Zimbabwe's suffering
Whenever fierce power struggles rear their ugly heads amongst the ruling ZANU-PF leadership, there's always one thing that intrigues me. In order to outdo one another, the rival factions resor...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 18:03hrs | 1094 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF Chair backs Constitutional amendments for Mnangagwa to extend tenure
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairman, Daniel Garwe, has declared that amending the Constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond 2028 is both constitutional and...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 06:59hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga strikes again
Acting President Constantine Chiwenga has launched a pointed critique of corruption and tribalism, warning against the abuse of Zimbabwe's Vision 2030, which seeks to transform the nation into an uppe...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 20:22hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
What the hack is an 'upper middle-income society', Mr. Mnangagwa?
Let's be careful of trickery. When President Emmerson Mnangagwa began his first five-year term in 2018, he introduced an economic program called "Vision 2030." This vision promised Zim...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 18:02hrs | 720 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa rebukes Zanu-PF
Former Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has criticized President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly attempting to extend his time in office beyond 2028 by manipulating a fact...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:28hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is a failure,' say war veterans
A group of veterans from Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation war, led by Blessed Runesu Geza, has called for the immediate resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of betraying the founding p...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:27hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
So a president simply needs to declare a 'vision' and he becomes eligible for a term extension!
The attack on Zimbabwe's Constitution continues! Yesterday, I listened with a mixture of astonishment and concern as Daniel Garwe, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and ZANU-PF Mashonala...Published: 26 Jan 2025 at 12:13hrs | 882 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Constitutional Amendment to allow Trump third term excites Zanu-PF
A REPUBLICAN House member has introduced a resolution to amend the United States Constitution to allow President Donald Trump, and any other future President, to be elected to a third term in the Whit...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:23hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
NGOs vow massive resistance to Mnangagwa third term bid
Civic organizations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition banner have pledged to resist any attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies to extend his tenure beyond the two-term constituti...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:21hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Would Mnangagwa have entertained calls for him to step down?
The Zimbabwe government never ceases to amaze. In a press statement yesterday, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba once again attempted to create the impression that President Emmerson M...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 11:03hrs | 839 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Zimbabweans finally stand up against oppression or continue trapped by fear?
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads! From various segments of Zimbabwean society - including social justice advocates like myself, opposition groups, and pro-democracy activists - there has been relen...Published: 22 Jan 2025 at 10:20hrs | 940 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's tax plan has informal traders tangled up
Mediline Sibanda opened her hairdressing business 13 years ago in Bulawayo's bustling central business district where she operates alongside other vendors and traders that are part of the country's th...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:28hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cycle of betrayal
Is it not a pity how the people of Zimbabwe have been duped not once, but twice? The first betrayal came from figures like Cecil Rhodes and his clansmen, who, under the guise of imperialism, promised ...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 14:23hrs | 659 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe's high economic growth rate actually shows a struggling economy
The government of Zimbabwe has consistently paraded the positive economic growth rate experienced over the past few years as a sign of a robust and thriving economy. To bolster its narrative, ...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 12:23hrs | 435 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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