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Joshua Nkomo favoured Zanu-PF split, says Zapu
THE late Father Zimbabwe - Joshua Nkomo - always emphasised the need to pull-out of the 1987 Unity Accord agreement with Zanu-PF that was signed to ostensibly stop the1980s massacres in the region, Za...Published: 7 hrs ago | 790 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi terror grips Zimbabwe's gold rich areas
Takesure Choga considers himself lucky to be alive after he was abducted by thugs driving an unregistered car, who stripped him naked and dumped him in a bush in Kwekwe.Choga, a human rights a...Published: 7 hrs ago | 220 | by Staff reporter
Iyasa continues to produce stars
INTERNATIONALLY-travelled and acclaimed Bulawayo arts group, Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) director Nkululeko Innocent Dube says its a myth that working overseas always translates into pi...Published: 7 hrs ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo promises fireworks in SA
Chimurenga music guru Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo, who is set to perform at two shows in South Africa next weekend, has promised his legion of fans a show to remember.The shows, which will be hel...Published: 7 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 7 hrs ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
Reconciliation is more than just the truth
Not long ago the Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda addressed the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) capacity building workshop held in Bulawayo. In his candid and poignant ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 27 | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
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: 7 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
The Anti-Sanctions Declaration: Disentangling Neo-Colonial Political thought
The burden of historyToday the pan-African nationalist movement is bestowed with the mandate of tackling the ever-changing complexities and complexions of colonialism. This comes again...Published: 7 hrs ago | 31 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe speaks on expired passports
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage says the Registrar-General's office will not renew expired passports that still have blank pages as it was against the International Air Transport As...Published: 7 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's questionable exit plan to Moza'
Levi Mukarati, continues to explore Parker Chipoyera's political journey. This week, the liberation struggle fighter chronicles events during the détente period including former President Robert Muga...Published: 7 hrs ago | 148 | by Staff reporter
God is not like Job Sikhala's tailor
Nostalgia is quite climactic, and there is nothing as pleasurable as going down memory lane.When Bishop Lazi was having a haircut last week, he could not help but think how life was so fashion...Published: 8 hrs ago | 70 | by Bishop Lazi
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 8 hrs ago | 64 | by Agencies
Sorry my elders, you nurtured the misery for yourself and your dependants
Being a true Methodist has allowed me to read the Old Testament, the New together with the gospels. Generational gaps become a matter that affect our nation today as we look at how power needed to be ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 42 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
Bulawayo ready for anti-sanctions demonstrations
BULAWAYO is geared up to join the rest of the country and the Southern African Development Community on Friday in marching against sanctions that were imposed by America and the European Union, ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2475 | by Staff Reporter
'Government not renewing expired passports'
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage says the Registrar-General's office will not renew expired passports that still have blank pages as it was against the International Air Transport As...Published: 24 hrs ago | 8566 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK top the cruelty bar against their own
You might think that slavery is something you only read about in history books. Unfortunately, the sad and shocking truth is that slavery exists today both in our country and around the world. It is k...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 23:07hrs | 19804 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe govt seeks to empower communities in diamond mining areas
Government is moving in to empower communities in diamond mining areas, with a shareholding structure for the Chiadzwa community trading under the name Katanga Mining and state-owned Zimba...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 19:03hrs | 1108 | by Staff Reporter
Cabinet meeting rescheduled
NEXT week's Cabinet meeting will be held on Monday. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda yesterday said: "The Chief Secretary to the President and Ca...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Police link helmet to slain cop
ONE of the 210 anti-riot police helmets recovered from the basement of Robinson House in Harare last week belonged to a police sergeant who was killed in political violence that erupted near Harvest H...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira to lose Senate seat, Central Committee position
FIRED Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira is set to lose her Senatorial seat and Zanu-PF Central Committee position after Mashonaland West Province, where she comes...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Man murders wife in South Africa, flees to Zimbabwe
A 25-year-old woman from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo was stabbed to death allegedly by her Zimbabwean husband in Cape Town, in South Africa, before he reportedly fled to Harare. The inc...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach makes new set of demands
NEW Highlanders coach Hendrik Pieter de Jongh has reportedly tabled a new set of demands to the club executive to make his stay at the Bulawayo giants "a little more comfortable", B-Metro Sport can re...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Man slaughters, braais own dog
A 26-year-old man from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo sent his neighbours into shock and disbelief after he slaughtered and braaied his dog in full view of his neighbours, that he also threatened with a s...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 21:12hrs | 3044 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi goblins shut down schools, female teachers wake up wearing male counterparts' trousers
Fudu primary and secondary schools in Nkayi, Matabeleland North Province, have been closed for three weeks after teachers fled in terror when female teachers woke up wearing their ma...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 20:50hrs | 3803 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa under immense pressure to dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa have come under immense pressure to dialogue Zimbabwe's way out of the economic meltdown with analysts saying that was the only soluti...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 19:01hrs | 3491 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to work 2 days a week
Teachers will only work two days a week and will no longer abide by the formal dress code, the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) declared on Friday.The teachers announced the indu...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 17:13hrs | 2092 | by ZimLive
Ex-Zanu PF MP hounded by 2008 attempted murder case
Shielded from prosecution for over 10 years now, former Zanu PF legislator for Magunje, Francis Ndambakuwa (52), is finally going to stand trial for attempting to kill two MDC members ahead of the inf...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Man in robbery spree as Masowe congregants pray
A 34-year-old man from Victoria Falls allegedly tiptoed into a Johanne Masowe shrine at night and stole cellphones and bags while congregants were in a prayer session, a court heard. Artwell M...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZHRO Calls on SADC to Stop Propping Up Dictators
ZHRO (Zimbabwe human Rights Organisation) successfully held a planned peaceful Wednesday Vigil protest at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London, on the 16th of October 2019. This protest was a prequel to the...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1476 | by ZHRO Team
'Mwonzora no longer an MDC member'
Our former deputy secretary for International relations Mr Togarasei Mwonzora is no longer an MDC member. Everyone has a right to associate and de-associate and kule Mwonzora has exercised the latter ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 08:04hrs | 7608 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No prospects of return to a multi-currency regime
ZIMBABWE'S central bank deputy governor Jesimen Chipika says the nation is grappling with symptomatic challenges instead of tackling structural problems in the economy as she that the multi-currency s...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:32hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's currency policy doomed to fail
THE latest move by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to manage the exchange rate yet again is another experiment doomed to fail as laws of supply and demand will prevail.Economists say Zimbab...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Economic woes stumbling blocks- Icsa
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (Icsa) is worried about Zimbabwe's economic challenges, saying these were acting as stumbling blocks to the corporate governance watchdog role...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank Zimbabwe wins top bank award
PAN-AFRICAN financial institution Ecobank Zimbabwe Limited came tops at the prestigious Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey that was held at a colourful ceremony in the in the capital yester...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:26hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Power of symbolism in lobbying
WHEN culture is looked at from a global standpoint, especially black culture, Americans have always led the way in producing iconic figures with global reach. This includes the likes of Michael Jackso...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:24hrs | 24 | by Admire Kudita
Harare blows millions on bloated trips
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council (HCC) has splurged ZW$1,6 million and US$69 000 on local and foreign travel at a time it is battling to provide treated water and other essential services to resi...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:23hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe details sanctions impact on health
Illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries must be removed as they are not targeted but are affecting ordinary people, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. In an in...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
A peek into Chamisa's urban nightmare
The opposition party, the MDC, cut its teeth in elections in 2000. Since then, it has been winning almost the same local authority and National Assembly seats, mainly in urban areas. Despite b...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:52hrs | 65 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zanu-PF DCCs to set up other structures
Recently elected Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) members for Harare should start setting up lower structures in preparation for the election of the provincial executive, Zanu-PF Secret...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:50hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 244 | by Cyril Zenda
Roses have thorns but remember thorns have roses
Some among us are hunting with the hounds and running with the hare at the same time making us wonder if its about the people or themselves. Rising kombi fares spawned an outcry across the lan...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:49hrs | 16 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Jean Gasho: I am sorry!
Dear Jean,When I read your reply letter of 16th October, a reply to my article about you regarding your polygamous life, I confess that this time around I was not dismayed or disappointed with you...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 39 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tsvangirai and Chamisa plotted the death of thousand Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe has suffered from unrelenting onslaught from Europe and America. The onslaught is done in the form of sanctions which has brought zimbabwe to its knees. Zimbabwe has struggled for seventeen&n...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 22:14hrs | 147 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Rape accused MDC-A MP not arrested'
Contrary to state media reports, MDC-Alliance Magwegwe MP Anele Ndebele has not been arrested for rape neither have the police notified him of any intention to place him under arrest, a party youth le...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 12:18hrs | 24 | by Ndou Paul
Sanctions; the anguish of Zim women
Sanctions placed on Zimbabwe are erroneously said to be targeted on a few individuals and selected companies. I am a simple Zimbabwean woman and I have a harrowing tale that is shared by many a Zimbab...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:57hrs | 8 | by Gift Mashoko
Mthuli Ncube now taxes villagers
The Zimbabwean government has put into force a livestock levy. This levy will tax any livestock products of livestock, this includes milk, eggs and mazondo. The levying of the livestock will put to te...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 36 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 28 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Critical day for Chamisa, MDC
The Supreme Court is today expected to either affirm or reject opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's stewardship of the MDC. This follows an appeal against High Court judge Edith Mushore's ruling...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:08hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Woman, grandson (10) survive jackal attack
A 58-year-old Marondera woman and her grandson are lucky to be alive after they were attacked by a jackal which entered their room at Marirangwe Farm early this week.Lucia Maida and her grands...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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