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Law Society of Zimbabwe flags 31 unregistered lawyers
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients.In a not...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
42 years on - veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines exce...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Mthuli Ncube has failed us'
WOMEN's organisations have decried failure by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address "menstrual poverty" among girls and women who are failing to access affordable sanitary wear.Ncube last w...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing to celebrate, 42 years on
AS Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence today, it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for the privileged few who we...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Jacob K Mutisi
Forty-two years on - Veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Ex-First Lady Banana buried
THE late former First Lady Mrs Janet Madade Banana was buried yesterday besides her husband, the late Reverend Canaan Banana, at the family homestead in Bembe, uMzinyathi, in Matabeleland South. It wa...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mo...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Worry over high pupil pregnancy during lockdown
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday said Bulawayo has a relatively high number of pupils who fell pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown and if nothing is...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maternity vacation for pregnant school girls
Girls who fall pregnant during the course of their studies are set to enjoy 'maternity vacation' before returning to continue with their education after giving birth.The privileges are provide...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant schoolgirls to get 'maternity leave'
LEARNERS who fall pregnant during the course of their studies are set to enjoy "maternity vacation" before returning to continue with their education after giving birth.The privileges are prov...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Parliament to summon Chasi over power outages
Parliament will soon order Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi to update the nation on the worsening power situation and what is being done to address it. The move comes as la...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Matebeleland civic groups 'sells-out' to Mnangagwa?
MATEBELELAND based civic groups have rowed bitterly over a recent decision by a section of them to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is largely a resented figure in the region because of his role ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:13hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Senators, women's quota, provincial council members
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has named the senators elected in some of the country's provinces and members of the National Assembly elected under the women's quota system.These are:...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion
A CROWD gathers around the dumpster and many are busy taking videos of the lifeless body of a new born baby.The horrible sight is made worse by the garbage and filth that surrounds the tiny pi...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mutsvangwa booed, storms out of debate
The outspoken, special adviser to the president Christopher Mutsvangwa was recently booed during a live debate session with other politicians from the opposition parties.Mutsvangwa who is know...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nelson Chamisa Captured - Welshman and Biti are Non events
As events were unfolding this past few days I could not ignore the drama at play in the MDC T alliance. The old guard is now irrelevant despite the fact that they enjoy absolute support both in rural ...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Sabelo Mhlanga- Mpopoma Bulawayo
Matebeleland a patriarchal society Mr MDC-T president always remember
Tsvangirai was a chauvinist and no one dared to challenge him. Not even Thabitha khumalo. Not even Misihairambwi. Not even the women's league. Yet it was ok for him to emasculate Ndebeles.If T...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Thabetha Mangena
Winnie Mandela united us, says Mnangagwa
Late African Nation Congress anti-apartheid luminary Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had a far-reaching vision to unite Southern Africa, and her commitment to the liberation cause should inspire all Af...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Priscilla's highest level of insane
The urge to mobiliser women not to wear panties is the highest level of madness that has gripped our ladies. Misihairambwi' call for women to go to the poll pantiless is disgrace to womanhood and a lo...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 16:18hrs | | by Nkomah Isaac
Debate on accessibility and affordability of sanitary products in Zimbabwe
I have been following with keen interest the debate on sanitary pads in Zimbabwe since 2014. Both the private and public print media have been carrying screaming headlines on the subject matter. For e...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Johanne Mhlanga
Mnangagwa needs to explain circumstances around coup - Misihairambwi
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Member of Parliament Priscilla Misihairambwi has called for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to disclose the circumstances surrounding Operation Restore Legacy i...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 22:03hrs | | by Farai Shawn Matiashe
US Senators very disappointed by Biti & co failure to answer a very simple question
It was USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe who said, in a Wikileak, Tsvangirai was "a flawed and indecisive character". The Ambassador singled out Tsvangirai as the leader of the MDC but he could have said the...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 21:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'The US can't reform our electoral system' - Mahere
There have been mixed feelings on Twitter following the MDC Alliance move to United States where they reportedly went to seek for international intervention in the looming harmonized elections....Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 08:49hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
President Mnangangwa and his suggested cabinet
The list below shows suggested senior officials of President ED Mnangagwa's government and cabinet if he decides to form a transitional government with the opposition members represented or not repres...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 19:48hrs | | by Conilious Toga
Calls for parliament of Zimbabwe to decisively act on the issue of tribalism
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights hereby calls on the Parliament of Zimbabwe to decisively act on the issue of tribalism by immediately setting up a Parliamentary Taskforce/working group on trib...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 17:44hrs | | by Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights
Nine Lives of a Democrat, A Journey to New Zimbabwe Post 2013
Background Every political party and its supporters need to rise again and retain their relevance in the political sphere especially after losing an e...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by Chana ChaVatete
Zanu-PF thugs attack PDP youth leader
People's Democratic Party Youth Assembly National Secretary for Defence and Security was yesterday attacked by Zanu-PF thugs who seriously injured him.Tarisai Musurudzwa who was in the company...Published: 29 May 2017 at 12:54hrs | | by PDP Communications
Women's contribution to politics and national development in Zimbabwe
The world is taking a paradigm shift interms of national development. You find that in the past most influential roles, and strategic positions in society were for men and women were merely for do...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 15:25hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Tough times ahead for women politicians
FOR years, Zimbabwe's women in politics offered much hope for their kind, but their voices have since died down.At such a defining moment, when the nation is preparing for watershed elections ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Zebb Chakawa
Zim 'still a mess' after GNU, says Misihairabwi - Yeah, because you and MDC sold out!
It is rich for someone like Priscilla Misihairambwi Mushonga to be rubbishing the Nation Transition Authority (NTA) when it is the only body that can implement the democratic reforms to stop Zanu PF r...Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Speaker of Parliament condemns Zionist Israel
Tehran - A two-day international conference in support of Palestine opened here yesterday, with Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda condemning Zionist Israel for its continued violation o...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misihairambwi-Mushonga causes a stir over flowers story
PROPORTIONATE Representative MP Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) on Thursday asked Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda to rule if a journalist from The Herald was not ...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants not superior than war veterans - Joseph Chinotimba says
Government's plan to offer thousands of civil servants residential stands as bonuses have angered war veterans who say the public workers are not special and superior than them.The broke gover...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Zimbabwe has not failed, we are changing
The last decade and half Zimbabwe's recent history has been marked by some dramatic and significant developments on the continent's political terrain. These developments have been as wide-ranging and ...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Micheal Mhlanga
Sikhala relates on oppression of whites by Zim government
MDC-T senior official Job Wiwa Sikhala has related on how the Zimbabwean government resorted to harassing and oppression white Zimbabweans leading most of them to leave the country resulting to the ec...Published: 07 Jan 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
They Don't Deserve To Be Called Dogs, They Are Worse Than Dogs
Leaders of the so called placard gate can be likened to a foolish man who soils the well that he also drinks from and later cries foul when the whole well smells of his sh***t.The same state n...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Israel Dube
Tribalism and Patriarchy at play in the appointments of MDC-T VPs
The unilateral addition of Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri to the MDC-T presidium is set to split the party amid revelations that it is ultra vires the constitution of that movement.The MDC-T...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 14:43hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
MDC MP hails Tsvangirai for declaring his health status
The MDC led by Welshman Ncube's proportional representation legislator, Priscila Misihairabwi-Mushonga has hailed MDC-T Leader Morgan Tsvangirai for his courage to come in the open to declare his heal...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru visits Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) Leader Joice Mujuru visited MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai at his Highlands home after his return from South Africa where he received medical attention, fuelling spec...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm shaming all my detractors,' says Mujuru
Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru says the Bulawayo rally shamed her detractors particularly Zanu-PF who have described her as a political nonentity. She said the numbers which cam...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Priscilla Misihairambwi-Mushonga: Any more 'useless' condoms?
Oops! I titled this piece "Priscilla Misihairambwi-Mushonga: Any more 'useless' condoms?" But all the same, the subject is synonymous with the case and I am ha...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 17:23hrs | | by Zisunko Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe 'vying' for Presidential post
Barely a year after officially entering politics and taking over the leadership of Zanu-PF's Women's League, First Lady Grace Mugabe, is arguably now calling the shots in Zimbabwe and some party activ...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 21:14hrs | | by Irwin Chifera
Maths, Science not obligatory for A-Level, tertiary enrolment
Students who do not pass Mathematics or Science subjects at Ordinary Level will be allowed to continue enrolling for Advanced Level and other courses because there is no law barring them yet, Parliame...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 09:59hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zimbabwean politics in underwear moments
In the opinion of philosophers, Man the angriest and the saddest of all animals invented laughter to cushion himself from the pains of the universe. Man has invented gods, music, dancing and beer...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 14:02hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Zimbabwean politics in underwear moments
In the opinion of philosophers, Man the angriest and the saddest of all animals invented laughter to cushion himself from the pains of the universe. Man has invented gods, music, dancing and beer to ...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Dishonourable Parliamentarians face arrest
National Assembly Speaker Advocate Jacob Mudenda has warned Members of Parliament who behave dishonourably that they faced arrest.He said MPs who disregarded lawful instruction to park their v...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 10:55hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
MDC, MDC Renewal Team re-unification doomed
The two gluttonous MDC fragments, Welshman Ncube-led MDC and the Tendai Biti-fronted MDC Renewal Team failed to strike a unification deal owing to irreparable differences over how to allocate powe...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 11:45hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
'Zimbabwe army won't evict vendors unless requested'
Government has clarified misconceptions that the army can be deployed to evict illegal vendors in towns and cities, saying relocating vendors is a prerogative of local authorities.Responding t...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misihairambwi-Mushonga suffers clinical depression
FORMER Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, has been diagnosed with clinical depression for which she is under medication, the outspoken legislator...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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