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Mozambique becomes a hub of extremist islamic terrorists
The' “European” Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs says it fears that the nighbouring Mozambique is becoming a hub of extremist Islamist terrorism.According to reports, the EU Commi...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 4040 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 459 | by Jonathan Chando
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza (TK) this week spoke to National Oil Inf...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Border authorities highlight need to test truck drivers
Authorities at Forbes Border Post in Mutare have highlighted the need to test truck drivers passing through the port of entry for better management of any potential Covid-19 cases, as most of them wer...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:56hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
SA to reopen border post within 24 hours
South Africa will reopen its side of Beitbridge Border Post within 24 hours after completing the necessary disinfection in the wake of finding a customs officer infected with Covid-19. South A...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2947 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: 18 UBH health workers test positive
EIGHTEEN health personnel working in the same ward at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have tested positive for Covid-19 after allegedly attending to an infected patient, The Chronicle reported....Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1734 | by Staff Reporter
SA closes Beitbridge border after customs officer tests positive
South Africa has temporarily closed its component of Beitbridge Border Post after one of its customs officers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19).According to border off...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1852 | by Staff reporter
ICAC petitions SA President Ramaphosa over calls for massive deportation by political pressure group
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) a civic organisation represented in Southern, Eastern and West Africa has petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the calls...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2740 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe records 73 new Covid-19 positive cases in one day
ZIMBABWE needs to strengthen and refocus on the measures the country adopted at the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown in March if it is to avert a local transmission crisis, a senior government offic...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2249 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Shock as soldiers engage in hair raising fight with Islamic terrorists
A shocking videos of Islamic terrorists fighting with Mozambican soldiers has gone viral on the internet. In the video, the national soldiers are seen in close combat with the extremist terror...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:35hrs | 7574 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pupil writes exams from quarantine centre
A 16-YEAR-OLD pupil from a high school on the outskirts of Bulawayo is writing his Ordinary Level June examinations under quarantine in Bulawayo after returning from Botswana recently. The tee...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm hits Zimbabwe Pepsi maker
WORKERS at Varun Beverages Zimbabwe Limited (VBZL), producers of Pepsi drinks, yesterday downed tools alleging racism, human rights abuses and unfair labour practices at the company.The worker...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:27hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political climate remains tense
WITH Zimbabwe's political situation remaining tense, the government is planning to introduce a new law which criminalises the spreading of falsehoods against key State institutions such as the militar...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1867 | by Clement Moyo
A very good lesson from Malawi
It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties, from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same pa...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3189 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique dangerous lies'
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has described as dangerous rumours and lies, reports government has deployed Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers to Mozambique to help that country quell an...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1117 | by newzimbabwe
Drones to patrol Zimbabwe borders
DRONES will soon be patrolling the country's borders as Government moves to address security challenges posed by border jumpers who could be spreading infections by avoiding compulsory quarantine and ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri says Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President Mnangagwa is persecuting him over a war time clash over a woman, in a case where he is challenging the validit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1481 | by Thandekile Moyo
400 Covid-19 positive cases from South Africa
RETURNEES from South Africa have accounted for more than 70 percent of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country after 400 locals who were domiciled in the neighbouring country tested positive s...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 171 | by Bishop Lazarus
Blood money as Army, Police fight to benefit from the Mozambique Islamic attack
The Institute for Global Threats and Democracies Studies has reported that the anti-riot police and the military forces of Mozambique are engaged in an acrimonious competition to benefit from the ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 14:21hrs | 4212 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe fuel price hike raises ethanol eyebrows
ZIMBABWE'S fuel is the most expensive in the region following this week's price hike, amid grave concern over the cost component of locally-produced ethanol on the overall petrol price. Ethanol is sup...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2869 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases reach 551
Another 21 people tested positive yesterday to Covid-19, but all are in official quarantine centres, with 18 of those coming from South Africa, three returning from Botswana and one from Mozambique. ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mugabe's ex-Minister survives on plain buns in exile
FORMER Minister Mandiitawepi Chimene, who fled into exile in Mozambique when the military toppled Robert Mugabe in November 2017, has revealed in a video that she is surviving by baking plain buns for...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:47hrs | 7217 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lodges, guest houses cash in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees
SOME lodges and guest houses have been cashing in on Covid-19 quarantine escapees who are desperately trying to evade the long arm of the law, The Sunday Mail Society can reveal.The growing pr...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 915 | by Staff Reporter
Coronavirus: Communities report quarantine evaders
People in Centenary and Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central Province have taken heed of Apostolic prophet Biggie Musanzika "Madzibaba Jonah's call to ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 413 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1664 | by Hadebe Hadebe
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1700 | by Jonathan Chando
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
'Naming quarantine escapees violates confidentiality'
NAMING Covid-19 quarantine centre escapees is a violation of their rights which may lead to stigma and discrimination, the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has said. This comes amid co...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Cargo traffic surges at Beitbridge Border
THE volume of commercial cargo traffic using Beitbridge Border Post has increased since the start of the lockdown period, which most Sadc countries are implementing to curb the spread of the Coronavir...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:11hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
Engagement is not surrender
Some compatriots are confusing the New Dispensation's re-engagement and engagement thrust as some kind of surrender. This line of thinking is couched within a linear liberal rapprochement approach tha...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 319 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe start-up ventures into cigar project
A Zimbabwean start-up says it has set its sights on becoming one of the top cigar producers in Africa by empowering women through job creation in the communities it operates in.Mosi oa Tunya C...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Irish rugby star turned wine expert
Dave Curtis took the road less travelled on his journey from Zimbabwe to an Ireland jersey in the early 1990s and the return trip has been just as interesting and rewarding.The sun is shining ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:06hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls fuel price hike
Fuel prices might be reviewed upwards in order to address biting "artificial shortages" of the commodity on the local market, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has hinted.In ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa minister's comments agitate Harare
THE government is seething with anger after regional powerhouse, South Africa, commented on Zimbabwe's long-running political and economic crises earlier this week.This comes after Pretoria's ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
UK company buys lithium assets in Zimbabwe
UNITED Kingdom's Premier African Minerals Ltd has agreed to acquire a portfolio of assets in Zimbabwe from Australian-listed Lithium Consolidated Mineral Exploration (Li3).The AIM-listed company a...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Family bars quarantine escapee
A BULAWAYO family barred a member from coming home after he had escaped from a local quarantine centre. The family member, whose identity is being withheld by police, surrendered himself after...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
11 escape Bulawayo Covid-19 quarantine
ELEVEN people have escaped from Bulawayo's quarantine centres while a total of 169 returnees have escaped countrywide, posing challenges in efforts to reduce the number of local Covid-19 transmissions...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean contract killer faces competition in Mozambique'
The Mozambican government is reported to have hired a Dubai based private military contractor to compete with the Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) owned by Zimbabwe's Retired Colonel Lionel Dyck in fig...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 20:26hrs | 12594 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a senior government official confirmed.As of ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Zimra acts on congestion
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has come up with a raft of measures including creating express lanes for critical consumables and transit cargo to ease congestions that has been reigning suprem...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-Alliance abduction claims inconsistent'
One of the three MDC-Alliance officials who was allegedly abducted recently comes from a village near where they claim to have been dumped by their abductors, undermining claims that they did not know...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Nestlé announces donations towards COVID-19 relief efforts across East and Southern Africa
"People are at the heart of our Nestlé business. We are working hard to keep our employees, customers and the communities where we operate safe," stated Bruno Olierhoek, Chairman and Managing D...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 18:36hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's Documented Processing Centres hit by teething problems at borders
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s Documented Processing Centres (DPC) have been hit by teething problems, which have resulted in cargo piling up mainly at Beitbridge, Chirundu and Forbes border...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases rise to 178
ZIMBABWE has recorded four new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 178.According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, three people who returned ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:54hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
223 returnees fly into Harare, quarantined in hotels
Three flights from the Philippines and Namibia brought 223 returning citizens and residents into Zimbabwe over the weekend, with all now in formal quarantine at two hotels serving as private quarantin...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
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