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THIS is a weird because some years ago, I worked for ZBC/ZTV. Then we would thrive and take pride in asking well researched questions, the most provocative questions, upfront and mix with questions in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1955 | by zimbabwedigitalnews
The Gukurahundi roll of dishonour
Had the brave and forthright Bulawayo24News existed at the time of Gukurahundi so many lives could have been saved. Indeed the latter-day revisionists who are shouting that it was a war are being trut...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:49hrs | 481 | by L. Dube
ED Mnangagwa & Perence Shiri dilemma ahead of Gukurahundi confessions/exhumation
I used to be only convinced that Zimbabwe's economic deterioration was the only threat to President ED Mnangagwa's leadership. The proposed Gukurahundi National Healing & Reconciliation is a real ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 17628 | by Don Chigumba
It's a wrong turn Zimbabwe
We "was" robbed, were we not? Well this must be the pervading feeling among Zimbabweans, or at least those who marched to remove Robert Mugabe only to replace him with his long-time enforcer and protĂ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:44hrs | 622 | by Hon Cris
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 5375 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Mthuli Ncube lampooned over new currency plans
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday came under fire from economists who accused him of rushing to announce plans to re-introduce the Zimbabwe dollar before addressing factors which led to its coll...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | 2148 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue preparing Zimbabwe for 2023
WHILE there have been some sections of society that have dismissed outright the on-going dialogue meetings between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and us (opposition party leaders) who participated in th...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:52hrs | 773 | by Harold Wilson
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1897 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mnangagwa comes under criticism for mocking the RTGS$s
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under criticism for seemingly mocking the country's currency, real time gross settlement dollars (RTGS$) at an event where he said the Cyclone Idai-induced floods...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:33hrs | 11063 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo tears into Mnangagwa's escape story book
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has described a new book about the November 2017 coup called Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers as a fiction script laden with lies and myths. ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 21099 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Mnangagwa mocks bond note, celebrates 'real money'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday mocked the local RTGS currency saying it was not real currency as compared to the United States dollar.He said this in Ngangu, Chimanimani where he had vi...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3169 | by newzimbabwe
Why Xenophobia attacks in South Africa always happens during election time?
Unity stands for peace in the presence of conflict, love in the presence of hatred, and forgiveness in the presence of injury. Unity stands for peace in our lifetime, harmony /agreement, freedom, happ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 13:28hrs | 2814 | by Enos Denhere
Elite school Peterhouse in Twitter storm over 'racist' picture
An elite Zimbabwean school was forced to take down a tweet on Tuesday after it created an internet uproar amid racism allegations.A second tweet put up to calm the anger was criticised for per...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 10061 | by ZimLive
MDC Alliance must stop chasing shadows
The opposition MDC-Alliance is evidently livid by the swift reaction rendered by Zanu-PF and Government to help those affected by Cyclone Idai cope with the tragedy. We notice that the opposition part...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:55hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell welcomes baby No. 2
Controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, affectionately known as Sir Wicknell by his legion of fans, last Friday welcomed baby number two and this time it is a girl.The business mogu...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:49hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's famous prophets should have foreseen Cyclone Idai'
Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira has mocked local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which, according to the International Organisation for Migration, claimed ove...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:17hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions the ultimate disaster
On Wednesday March 20, The Washington Post published an article written by Tatenda Chitagu, Paul Schemm and Siobhan O. Grady entitled; "It was too late . . . Hundreds are dead as rescue efforts stall ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:34hrs | 743 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Wife-deserter charged with bigamy
A KUWADZANA man who grabbed headlines a few weeks ago after dumping his blind wife and married his tenant appeared in court charged with bigamy.Naume Gokoko hauled her husband John Chadzoka to...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Global body demands the immediate release of Zenzele Ndebele
The African desk of the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has issued a statement demanding that the Zimbabwean authorities must release journalist Zenzele Ndebele who was arrested on Thursday....Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | 3923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF mocks doctors...as Cyclone Idai kills 98
In a thinly veiled attack on the Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR), Zanu-PF has called on doctors to come out and help the victims of Cyclone Idai as they did to the victims of Shutdown Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 7766 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why prophets are misunderstood
PROPHETS in the Bible lived isolated lives and only appeared when God sent them with a specific message. They were said to be lonely individuals and, although they were among men, they preferred to be...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1194 | by Humphrey Mutandwa
Mnangagwa's minister in another farm eviction storm
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is in another farm eviction storm - this time involving 21 villagers who allege she is encroaching into their land to expand her Penhalonga far...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:34hrs | 4015 | by Staff reporter
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:41hrs | 200 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Even Pre-colonial kingdoms had Advisory Councils
Advisory Councils are not a new phenomenon that is peculiar to Zimbabwe alone. Such councils existed in the medieval period. Kings from the pre-colonial states worked with the help of advisory council...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:39hrs | 364 | by Brightface Mutema
Fostering gender equality by eradicating period poverty
Again, it is that day of the year when we commemorate International Women's Day, a day that we also take stock of the victories that have been won for girls and women so far. And again, there is not m...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | 248 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Mliswa spills the beans on stealing Minister
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Prisca Mupfumira of stealing NSSA funds and using them to control ZANU PF officials li...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 09:56hrs | 7395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EU's clean break for Mnangagwa
There is little justice and respect for basic human rights in Zimbabwe, still the European Union (EU) softened its sanctions regime.In February, after egregious human rights abuses escalated b...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1076 | by Pearl Matibe
Chatunga, Riky Rick mock Zimbabwe crackdown on camouflage
President Robert Mugabe's last-born son and South African hip hop star Riky Rick dared Zimbabwean authorities on Saturday after flying into Harare from Johannesburg dressed in camouflage.Chatu...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:21hrs | 7639 | by ZimLive
TinTin suffers mental illness scare
Prominent ZiFM disc jockey TinTin (real name Tinopona Katsande) has revealed that she suffered an anxiety attack last week while she was driving.The former Studio 263 actor said she was afraid...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 09:58hrs | 4722 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora
Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well establi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1668 | by Miriam Tose Majome
More fame for Chicken Inn couple
THE Chicken Inn couple - Belinda Nyoni and Makhosana Mguni - is back in the limelight with a Chicken Inn Valentine's Day campaign which they are spearheading countrywide. The couple that was m...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:10hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's in-laws bitter
Mr Fred Gasho is bitter that the family of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi did not alert him, as per traditional custom, of the demise of his son-in-law. Mr Gasho is the biological father of Da...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda threatens to kill cops
A Gweru tsikamutanda who hogged the limelight after he stormed Gweru Magistrates' Court in a bid to kill two magistrates and an interpreter has threatened to kill police officers.The cops base...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Olinda blasts Lumumba for not shaving his privates
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean socialite, Olinda Chapel has blasted Acie Lumumba for not shaving his privates and demanded that he stops trolling her.Olinda took to her Instagram and Facebook...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not alone in fight against misinformation
Recent moves by the Facebook–owned WhatsApp messaging company to limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation, demonstrates the glob...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | 169 | by Sifelani Tsiko
City pastor accused of wrecking marriage
A POPULAR city pastor who is also chairperson of the Civil Societies and Church Joint Forum Anglistone, Thembani Mthiyane Sibanda is flinging in controversy after a city man accused him of causing&nbs...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:29hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa must find each other now
THIS is for the two protagonists of Zimbabwe's national politics — President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa: stop with the procrastination, swallow your pride and get with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:11hrs | 373 | by Gabriel Manyati
Could it be more about money and less about Chiwenga?
"The joke is on you," goes an English saying.If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that the person has tried to make someone else look silly, but has, in the process, ma...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:37hrs | 912 | by CONWAY TUTANI
'Mnangagwa's govt is lying and violent,' says Lumumba
Self-styled Communications strategist William Mutumanje has come out guns blazing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government calling it a violent Mliswa and lying administration."Dear g...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 8462 | by Mandla Ndlovu
An ode to Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi achieved both in life and in death what our national leaders have failed to do: uniting a deeply polarised and fractured nation.Such was his greatness.In life, he performed...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 683 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Boy kills self in mock suicide game
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy from Lupane died last week after hanging himself in a mock suicide game he was playing with friends, Southern Eye has learnt.The incident happened on Tuesday last week in L...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rules out power-sharing deal with Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has ruled out a power sharing deal with the Zanu-PF government, declaring that any dialogue between the rival parties would only focus on reforms and the stricken ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 6184 | by newzimbabwe
MDCs welcome Mnangagwa's call for dialogue
THE MDC and its breakaway party say they were ready to embrace President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Tuesday call for national dialogue but quickly warned the Zanu-PF leader must be sincere about his overtur...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:58hrs | 3379 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa, Chamisa warm up for talks
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for dialogue involving the country's main political actors, church and leaders of civic groups to find a lasting solution to the country's deteriorati...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:21hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demands release of 'looters'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, responding to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for national dialogue, says the Zanu-PF leader is insincere.Here is what he had to say:We continue to mourn...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3111 | by ZimLive
Chamisa demands end to crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised on Tuesday to investigate a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove him fro...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:17hrs | 1618 | by Reuters
Chiwenga captures Herald?
Gokwe – Nembudziya Member of Parliament has insinuated that a faction of ZANU PF has captured the state owned Herald sanctioning it to snub President Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrival in the country shel...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 17130 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC polishes art of violence
The blood thirsty opposition Movement for Democratic Change last week displayed its colours bare for all to see. Reports have it that eight civilians and a police officer have lost their lives so far ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 2039 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
'Release political prisoners before dialogue' Chamisa says
We continue to mourn our lost relatives and empathise with the wounded and displaced fellow citizens. Our solution to the crisis requires sincerity, honesty and compassion for those we lead. It is not...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 10376 | by Nelson Chamisa
Internet shutdown anachronistic
The advent of new media brought in a wave of innovative approaches to the distribution and acquisition of knowledge. What the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is doing in shutting d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:52hrs | 1144 | by Alwyn Mabehla
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