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Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1074 | by Ayanda Manala
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's property to be seized by ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is ready to hunt the corrupt beyond the grave and now wants to seize property in the estate of the late Twalumba Holdings director Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 3221 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah ropes in Madlela
Axe-wielding musician, Madlela Skhobokhobo has been added onto the line-up of a forthcoming show to be headlined by Jah Prayzah (JP) in Bulawayo. Madlela who is preparing for his wedding next ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
When teaching becomes cheating
FIVE boys formed the heart of their soccer team. Tatenda, Edzai, Anesu, Chipo and Hondo were all gifted, enthusiastic players, with Tatenda starring in goal, Edzai being strong in defence, Anesu perfo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:56hrs | 362 | by Tim Middleton
Free tillage for villagers
THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose dra...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:08hrs | 809 | by Staff Reporter
Redcliff eyes new CBD
Redcliff Municipality, which is eyeing city status by 2030, is in the process of preparing a development master plan that will see the establishment of a new Central Business District at the Redcliff ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park gets another school
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has constructed another primary school in Cowdray Park to decongest the four schools in the sprawling suburb.The suburb has four primary schools which are Tategulu,...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:25hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Denny Mashengele left a 'trail of friendship'
Master of ceremonies Church leaders Family members and all present I am honoured to be one of the people chosen to speak for the friends of Denny Mashengele. Harold Ndl...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 364 | by Strike Mkandla
Learn to use tips to get better at Scrabble
There cannot be many who haven't at some point settled in for night playing scrabble. It's been part of the stable of board games since forever. The little bag, the tiles, the fold down the board and ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 133 | by Staff writer
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1430 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Widow challenges hero's will
THE widow of the late national hero Jevan Ben Maseko has approached the High Court seeking an order declaring as null and void a will left by her husband.Maseko, a former deputy minister and M...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1137 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Latest on Form One e-enrolment process
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has urged the rural populace with no access to mobile networks and broad transmission to approach their primary schools in order to access the Electroni...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:33hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges graduates to modernise Zimbabwe industry
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities and colleges to ensure their graduates are equipped to provide solutions, services and products to propel Zimbabwe's modernisation and industriali...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:03hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual appoints new CEO
Old Mutual Zimbabwe has appointed Samuel Matsekete as the chief executive officer taking over from Jonas Mushosho with effect from January 1, 2020."Old Mutual is pleased to confirm the appoint...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:00hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
'Cyber security vital for investment'
INCREASED public and private sector collaboration is required in creating a secure digital environment for the sustenance of business investments and consumer protection, Information Communication Tec...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
How Masisi outsmarted the Khamas
Mokgweetsi Masisi's decisive victory in the recent Botswana elections over a coalition backed by his former boss, Ian Khama, is the culmination of an astonishing 10-year political career. Morp...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:55hrs | 1178 | by Barry Morton
11 pensions officers suspended
The Government Pensions Office has suspended 11 workers suspected of making payments to ghost workers and fast-tracking payouts to favoured individuals. The 11 officers were sent home to pave ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:51hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalise gold possession: Miners
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has called on government to re-align mining laws to decriminalise the possession of gold to increase production by artisanal miners.Spea...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for canning pupils on privates
A deputy headmaster at Lower Gweru Mission School has been arrested after he allegedly beat two boys on their privates, accusing them of being involved in love affairs with girls at the school. ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:32hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exposed
I walked in the hospital ward in one of our main hospitals in Zimbabwe. The stench of death enveloped the corridors. There was no nurse insight no doctor insight either. I entered into one ward nobody...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 19:36hrs | 14318 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Salary Services Bureau paymaster fired
THE Public Service Commission paymaster at the Salary Services Bureau, Brighton Chiuzingo who was last year suspended on allegations of abuse of office and mismanagement has been relieved of his dutie...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 14:23hrs | 3532 | by Staff reporter
The evil Unity Accord died with Nkomo & Mugabe
The death of Joshua Nkomo in 1999 and Robert Mugabe this year marked the death of the most evil and oppressive document ever signed by black leaders in post colonial Africa titled Unity Accord. ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2300 | by Israel Dube
Irrelevant political impasses keep Africans destitute
By definition, democracy is a form of a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 120 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Air Zimbabwe to receive two Malaysian planes
BELEAGUERED national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe will soon take delivery of two aircrafts bought under a controversial arrangement that at the time reportedly involved now Minister in the Office of the...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 831 | by newzimbabwe
Russia's 'troll factory' is alive and well in Africa
(CNN) - In the runup to the 2020 election, the graduates of Russia's infamous "troll factory" are honing their fake-news skills. This time, they are doing it openly, using Africa as a proving ground -...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 17:02hrs | 1448 | by Mary Ilyushina, CNN
Chamisa and Mnangagwa's MPs blow $5m in 5 days
Members of Parliament will gobble over $5 million in allowances and expensive accommodation in Victoria Falls where they are holding a 2020 pre-budget seminar, it has been revealed.The Victori...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 2889 | by Staff reporter
Govt moans it doesn't have money, but expects impoverished citizens to have money for ever-increasing tariffs!
I am not much of an economist, but the manner in which the Zimbabwe government is seemingly unapologetically overburdening its already suffering citizens with ever-increasing tariffs leaves me with a ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2688 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parents besiege school over school material replacement charges
Scores of parents of children learning at Sunningdale 1 Primary School in Harare early this week staged a demonstration against the school for demanding $35 from each pupil to replace stolen roof shee...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1968 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RBZ must get its act together
IF there is any institution in the land requiring everyone's unwavering support at this critical point in the life of our troubled nation, it is the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), as it painstakingly...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Book Fair rescheduled to 6 & 7 November 2019
The ZIMBABWE International Book Fair Association (ZIBFA) has rescheduled this year's edition of the Masvingo Book Fair event to Wednesday 6 November and Thursday 7 November 2019.The book extra...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 19:02hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers introduce Bureaux de Change across 17 branches nationwide
A leading wholesaler in Zimbabwe, Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers, has installed 17 new Bureaux de Change to deliver convenient foreign currency exchange solutions for customers across the country....Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:59hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Turn southern region into green belt, says Mohadi
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has said the southern region of the country could be turned into a green belt through establishing more water bodies and setting up vibrant irrigation schemes to ensure inc...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Depleted usefulness of the Veteran Community
Decades after the armed struggle, the Second Chimurenga, my generation remains grateful to the bravery and sacrifice of our Veterans, living and departed, who fought against colonial and racist rule t...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 837 | by Gift Tawanda, M
3 Bulawayo firms qualify for SEZs
THREE Bulawayo companies have qualified to operate under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) model while 15 others have applied for consideration with their documents at different stages of the review p...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Hunger In Boarding Schools. NGOs should Chip In
The Editor, They say the happiest days in ones' life are school days but not so with those who are attending board schools today. Sanctions and austerity measures are bitting then hard.The kid...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1008 | by Lovemore Andrew Magaso
Sanctions derail Zimbabwe's economic growth agenda
IT'S almost two decades now Zimbabwe has been alienated from the global financial systems due to sanctions imposed by western countries protesting the land reform programme implemented by the Governme...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
The world waits with bated breath
Today, the rest of the progressive world waits with fingers crossed and bated breath for responses from the USA and her trotting European cubs to events across Southern Africa yesterday marking a Sadc...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 257 | by Stephen Mpofu,
Zimbabwe schools roped into anti-sanctions drive
A PRIMARY and Secondary Education ministry official has ordered all secondary schools in Mberengwa to put together essays that chronicle how sanctions are hurting the country.The essays are du...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:05hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Freedom trains from Bulawayo to Harare for sanctions day march
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will run special free passenger trains for people travelling from Bulawayo to Harare for the Anti-Sanctions march on Friday. In a statement, NRZ Public ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
ZIDERA was never about democracy
As Zimbabwe, and its SADC counterparts, initiate the anti-sanctions lobby as a collective on October 25, 2019, it is trite that the real reason for the imposition of illegal sanctions on the country a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:53hrs | 597 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Restrictions keep coming, Why?
The self-appointed overseer of the world that is the USA think she can own and rule over everything. The US and their side-kick the EU think they can do whatever they want to any country especially in...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1336 | by Gift Mashoko
Chamisa, Khupe Court Judgment: Legal complex & Political Narrative
What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numbers, it requires strategic intelligence to deal with an opponent,...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:18hrs | 2842 | by Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Wednesday court judgment: Legal complex & political narrative
(Balanced views) What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numb...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 17:31hrs | 1270 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Kagande Crowned Miss CUT 2019
19 year old Clothing and Fashion Design student Blantina Ashley Kagande was crowned Miss Chinhoyi University of Technology 2019 at a glamorous event that was held at CUT Hotel last Saturday in Chinhoy...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:23hrs | 731 | by Conilious Toga
Cyrene High old boys rescue destroyed school
CYRENE High School has received a donation of roofing sheets from former pupils to repair two hostels whose roofs were destroyed by a whirlwind last month. Speaking at the handover ceremony at...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Oskido on how he discovered Jah Seed, other stars
WHEN the man that had been born Anesu Mupemi in Mbare in 1973, jumped on stage and grabbed the microphone while heavyweight South African kwaito super group Boom Shaka were performing at Palace Garden...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:45hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
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