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Demystifying Robert Mugabe's Pan-African bubble
When the dust settles, it's time to write. I have just watched Ian Bedowes' engagement of Robert Mugabe's legacy, which got me thinking. I was reminded of my very robust, 'no walls barred' WhatsApp re...Published: 5 hrs ago | 559 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Prince Dube brace powers Zimbabwe to victory over Lesotho
Prince Dube's brace helped the Warriors cruise to a 3-1 victory over Lesotho in the first leg of the final round encounter of the 2020 CHAN Qualifiers in Harare on Sunday.The 22-year-old score...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1471 | by Staff rpeorter
Paranoia and self-delusion
The longer dictatorships last the more paranoid they become as they resist the pressures of reality bearing ever more heavily upon them. They eventually come to the state of self-delusion shown in an ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 440 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Storm over Mambo dynasty
A group of chiefs from Matebeleland has accused Local Government minister,July Moyo of double standard after he allowed the installation of the Lozwi king, a year after blocking the revival of the Nde...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's praise for Mugabe deeper than what meets the eye
The research by Mthwakazi Institute of Research (MIOR) has shown that people of the same philosophy tend to support each other. This becomes more pronounced if the people under scrutiny once have a ch...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1283 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
How Zapu truth will always prosper Zimbabwe
Nothing is more Zimbabwean than Zapu in Zimbabwe. For anyone to pronounce the very word "Zimbabwe", one needs to remember that they are talking about a Zapu invented word. For anyone to talk abo...Published: 6 hrs ago | 739 | by Ryton Dzimiri
'Bhora Mugedhi Versus Bhora Musango' : The interface between football discourse and Zimbabwean politics
Football is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe and across the globe. It has been asserted elsewhere that the game is not limited to scoring goals on the pitch but that this also occurs in politics and...Published: 6 hrs ago | 513 | by Lyton Ncube Siya
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 6 hrs ago | 147 | by Reginald Nyathi
Mugabe body saga reveals Zanu-PF witchcraft beliefs
The decision by the Mugabe family to cling on to the body of the late former President Robert Mugabe has revealed deep beliefs in and heavy re...Published: 11 hrs ago | 7451 | by Staff Reporter
Magombeyi: Abduction mystery deepens
The mystery surrounding Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) acting president Dr Peter Magombeyi deepened yesterday following revelations that doctors are investigating the possibility that h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 7019 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swoops on ally, nephew as Zimdollar plummets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was briefed that companies linked to one of his advisors and a relative were fuelling the parallel market trade in foreign currency before the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RB...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3548 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's secrets revealed
The late jazz icon Oliver Mtukudzi had planned to make this year more special for his fans by holding a national tour and setting up a museum at Pakare Paye Arts Centre, Standard Style can exclusively...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3659 | by Staff reporter
UN says Zimbabweans being targeted in South Africa
Zimbabweans are among three groups of foreign nationals living in South Africa hardest hit by the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in that country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.Acco...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2229 | 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: 11 hrs ago | 1698 | by Staff reporter
'Agriculture will be Zimbabwe's trump card'
Zimbabwe must use the agriculture sector and its value chain to leverage on the newly established African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta), which has a market of more than 1,2 billion people....Published: 11 hrs ago | 251 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamond production plummets
Zimbabwe's diamond production dropped by a staggering 78,9% in July as prices for the gemstones also tumbled on the international market.The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), the s...Published: 11 hrs ago | 223 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to protect Grace Mugabe's business empire
FORMER First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe is receiving Government assistance to protect part of her business empire - Gushungo Farm and Dairy - she founded with former President Robert Mugabe, which in recen...Published: 11 hrs ago | 624 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Dr Mzee: Soul of the nation
CDE SIMON Muzenda, who had his last breath on September 20, 2003 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, was declared a national hero and buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. On Friday, the nation commemor...Published: 11 hrs ago | 186 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayp parking tender saga continues
A TENDER for the installation of parking management system in Bulawayo which has taken more than eight years to implement has stalled again after the city's councillors failed to agree on how best to ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 190 | by Staff reporter
Rampant price increases must end, says Mnangagwa
I ADDRESS you this evening on three issues which have been exercising the mind of the Government. These are: (1) the ongoing industrial action by our medical staff; (2) the below-par water supply situ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 507 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Who will pay for Bosso's expatriate coach, asks Tshinga Dube
HIGHLANDERS' long time benefactor Tshinga Dube has said he is sceptical of the club's ability to pay an expatriate coach.Dube, who was heavily involved in the hiring of Dutchman Erol Akbay in ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 424 | by Staff reporter
Warriors face Lesotho in Chan qualifier
AFTER sobering up from what would have been the most embarrassing moment in his otherwise illustrious coaching career, interim Warriors coach Joey Antipas, now wants things done better.The two...Published: 12 hrs ago | 141 | by Staff reporter
'We will not switch off Kariba'
Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - the body responsible for managing the reservoir on be...Published: 12 hrs ago | 349 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's life crystallises anti-hegemony fight
It is with sadness that this inordinate meeting is being convened at a time the continent and the rest of the world are mourning Robert Gabriel Mugabe's elevation to glory.His untimely departu...Published: 12 hrs ago | 114 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mugabe family solely in charge of funeral
The family of founding leader and national hero, Robert Mugabe, is now solely in charge of his interment, including the construction of a mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre, where the remains will ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 835 | by Staff reporter
'Prove abduction or go to jail'
HOME Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema, has said Government will not hesitate to introduce new laws to regulate social media and warned individuals making false abduction ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ratify trade pact with Brexit threatened UK
Zimbabwe will soon ratify a bilateral trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) to secure favourable trade terms ahead of Britain's expected exit from the European Union (EU).As the UK is p...Published: 12 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Whodunnit? And Why?
Two of the country's dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised in the Hal...Published: 12 hrs ago | 214 | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa urges farmers to plant early
Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country's food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing the nation on Friday night, P...Published: 12 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Unwriting Mugabe's white narrative
They thought Mugabe was their poodle and confused his love for cricket, exquisite suits and tea as proof of his undying love of all things British. They were wrong. Mugabe was never a British poodle. ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 159 | by Ranga Mataire
The truth about the 'abductions'
In a predictable fashion typical of a scripted docudrama, Zimbabwe woke up to the news of medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, having disappeared last Sunday morning. Dr Magombeyi is said to have...Published: 12 hrs ago | 299 | by Staff reporter
Sadc stands with Zimbabwe at UN
Sadc leaders are expected to use the global platform provided by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, to take a united stand against continued sanctions on Zimbabwe, ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in New York for global indaba
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where topical issues that include climate change, renewable energy and environmental sustainabil...Published: 12 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in landslide Zaka East election victory
Zanu-PF has retained the Zaka East parliamentary seat after its candidate Clemence Chiduwa polled 7 119 votes to romp to a landslide victory in a by election held on Saturday.Chiduwa's victory...Published: 12 hrs ago | 464 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Robert Mugabe; A personal encounter
Robert Mugabe came and left. Him and I met at Changara's house in Warren Park, Harare, downhill and only a stone's throw away from the National Heroes Acre.He had come to pay belated c...Published: 12 hrs ago | 733 | by Josiah Mucharowana
BCC parking tender saga continues
A TENDER for the installation of parking management system in Bulawayo which has taken more than eight years to implement has stalled again after the city's councillors failed to agree on how best to ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 306 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
What good is 95% literacy without common sense to stop Mugabe madness
"The record is mixed, at best. No doubt he (Mugabe) gave black Zimbabweans dignity, pride and opportunity. In the early days of independence, we built a new school every day, every district got a hosp...Published: 13 hrs ago | 327 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Black market forex rates tumble
Government will not hesitate to descent on companies that fuel parallel market activities that have triggered massive price increases and erode people's disposable incomes.Industry and Commerc...Published: 13 hrs ago | 7617 | by Staff Reporter
Cause of Mugabe's death revealed
National hero and Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe died of advanced prostate cancer, the state controlled newspaper Sunday Mail reported.The revelation follows widespread conjec...Published: 13 hrs ago | 5145 | by Staff Reporter
'Majaivana is not my real father!'
"SO here is the bigger shocker, and this painful, I have lived with the wrong clan for 40 years. My father's real name is Abel Khanyi."These were the words of a crestfallen Derick Sipho Majaiv...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4197 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's remains will not be flown to Singapore for safekeeping
The family of the late national hero, former President Robert Mugabe, on Thursday dismissed as speculation claims circulating on social media that his remains will be flown to Singapore for safekeepin...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:53hrs | 5330 | by Staff reporter
Doctors vow to continue with industrial action
PUBLIC hospital doctors have vowed to continue with their industrial action despite the return of their abducted colleague, Peter Magombeyi, who went missing last Saturday before being dumped in Nyabi...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:35hrs | 2591 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes vote-buying claims
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has spread its tentacles to include a probe into vote-buying allegations raised by the opposition MDC in the just-ended parliamentary by-elections....Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube a complete failure'
KAMBUZUMA legislator Willias Madzimure (MDC Alliance) on Thursday described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a complete failure, claiming Members of Parliament have managed to "put him where he belong...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2836 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges medical staff to resume work
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the nation this evening before his departure for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.He expressed his dismay on the industrial act...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell's Intratrek returns to Gwanda solar power site
Intratrek Zimbabwe has returned to the Gwanda solar power plant site after the High Court in June ordered ZESA subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), to work with the renewable energy company t...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4073 | by ZimLive
Mugabe in low-key village send-off
IT was billed to be his historical final homecoming trip, complete with ecstatic crowds lining up the highway, which he travelled on so frequently during his long life.Yet, whether as a result...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 4809 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exchange rate Armageddon near
THE Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) released last Friday supplied data which when analysed show that unless drastic measures are taken, our local currency will take a heavy battering in the coming wee...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3683 | by Brett Chulu
Mthuli Ncube should learn a lesson
EVEN though High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou's ruling this week that the 2% intermediated transaction tax imposed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under a statutory instrument (SI) last year was ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 3608 | by Editorial - The Independent
Mugabe's legacy now source of competing narratives, polemics
FOLLOWING the death of former president Robert Mugabe in Singapore, competing and contradicting narratives around his divisive legacy have emerged, reflective of the enigmatic and complex personality ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
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