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Politburo on tomorrow - Khaya Moyo
THE ruling Party, Zanu-PF will convene the Ordinary Session of the Politburo tomorrow at the party headquarters.The party's Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed i...Published: 3 hrs ago | 561 | by Staff Reporter
Cain Mathema's appointment as Education Minister a disaster for Mthwakazi
The recently announced changes in the cabinet by Mishack Sibanda effected by Emerson Mnangagwa government leaves a lot to be desired.Cain Mathema is a former member of the Froliz party which l...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2719 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President.
Zanu-PF scales up conference preps
ZANU-PF in Mashonaland East province has shifted focus towards scaling up preparations for the forthcoming annual conference after a by-election victory in Hwedza at the weekend.The party's ca...Published: 12 hrs ago | 122 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lawyer's home in 'suspicious' break in
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has described a break-in at his Harare home on Wednesday last week as "suspicious", but vowed that the incident would not cow him i...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipras dismiss Jonathan Moyo on Cain Mathema
Former Zipra fighters have dismissed Jonathan Moyo's protest over the removal of Cain Mathema by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the Home Affairs Ministry as spitting on the 1987 Unity Accord....Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:34hrs | 6678 | by Staff Reporter
Child snatched by destitute woman found alive
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who was snatched away from her home in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb by a stranger has been reunited with her family after she was found in Tsholotsho. Nosipho Ndlovu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2397 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu denies Zanu-PF demanding $5 million donation from provinces
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu Thursday revised down the amount being sought by the ruling party in terms of provincial donations towards its National People's Conference next month...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:01hrs | 4369 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Friday Cabinet reshuffle has raised questions about the ruling party's intentions on the Unity Accord and pacifying Matabeleland, analysts have said.Mnangagwa re...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
Serial car battery thief break into cops' vehicles
A SERIAL car battery thief, who was doing community service for theft at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after he broke into cops' vehicles and stole more ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Plea for water at rural schools
MATABELELAND South Provincial Education Director (PED) Mr Lifias Masukume is appealing to well-wishers to supply teachers with water at rural schools as water scarcity is crippling school activities. ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:33hrs | 228 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa lawyer's home raided
A break-in at the Harare home of prominent lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu on Wednesday night is being treated as "suspicious", he said on Friday.Mpofu, who represented MDC leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 21:07hrs | 5707 | by Staff reporter
Ex Vic Falls Mayor cleared of poaching charges
Matabeleland North Magistrate Livard Philemon has acquitted former Zanu-PF Victoria Falls Mayor Sifiso Mpofu of poaching charges.Mpofu, a relative of Zanu-PF Politburo member and former minist...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 17:32hrs | 842 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Victoria Falls mayor acquitted
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu PF) and his two alleged accomplices have been acquitted on charges of poaching after they were found in possession of elephant tusks.Mpofu, Milto...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Zifa caught in floodlights lie
ZIFA seems to have been caught up in a lie about reasons for moving the Warriors' Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Botswana set for November 15, from Barbourfields Stadium to the National Sport...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:44hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
7 000 delegates for Zanu-PF indaba
OVER 7 000 delegates are expected to attend next month's 18th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province. Speaking after assessing the venue and s...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:43hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA lied on Barbourfields lighting
The Bulawayo City Council has refuted allegations by ZIFA that the upcoming AFCON match between Zimbabwe and Botswana was taken away from Barbourfields because of malfunctioning floodlights.Th...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:55hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo expected in court today
MINISTER Joram Gumbo, who was questioned and released yesterday, appears in court today on charges of criminal abuse of office involving US$37 million arising from four separate incidents when he was ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Swords out for Mpofu
JAZZ crooner and Green ambassador Dereck Mpofu's decision to engage the services of raunchy dancer and singer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda on his latest song Chimbozvizunza and its accompanying video have be...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally lays into minister
A Zanu-PF youth leader has accused a deputy minister of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's economic reforms by refusing to embrace the local currency, in yet another sign of widening rifts in t...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: The tenacity of pan-African moral political-standing
Last week on Thursday after addressing the Second Zanu-PF National Youth League Assembly meeting at the Party's Headquarters in Harare, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for Gaborone, B...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 121 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa ouster plot thickens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday that he was aware of a group within Zanu-PF that was working hard to oust him from power – before he also lashed out at unnamed Western powers, busi...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 15420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa facing massive pressure to reshuffle cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 5260 | by Staff reporter
G40 ghosts haunt Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to be haunted by the G40 ghosts, a coterie of Zanu PF apparatchiks who almost succeeded in pushing him out of power in 2017.Addressing the Zanu PF youth ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans in SA jail break
SOUTH African police are pursuing two Zimbabweans and three South Africans who escaped from a remand prison in Limpopo province on Monday evening. It is understood that the five prisoners aged between...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Anti-sanctions: In pursuit of the national interest
THE successful campaign against illegal Western sanctions on Zimbabwe last Friday expanded from a regional exercise by Sadc to an Africa wide exercise that was also joined by nations beyond the contin...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 70 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Lawyer loses appeal in 14kg gold theft case
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya's bid to evade being put to his defence in the 14kg gold theft trial suffered a major blow after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to dismiss his...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs survival bid brightens
Bulawayo Chiefs 3-1 Mushowani Stars BULAWAYO Chiefs brightened their chances of survival when they secured an imposing victory over fellow relegation candidates Mushowani Stars at Luveve Stadium y...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu an anti sanctions hero?
Obert Mpofu is a man who makes headlines and probably the biggest political character and player in Matebeleland. In his capacity as Secretary for Administration in ZANU PF, Obert Mpofu is the m...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 08:32hrs | 10077 | by Nicholas Ncube
Bosso thrash FC Platinum
FC Platinum 0-3 Highlanders THE football gods seem to be smiling on Highlanders once again following a lethargic start to the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign. Bosso strugg...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Disentangling neo-colonial political thought
The burden of history.Today the pan-African nationalist movement is bestowed with the mandate of tackling the ever-changing complexities and complexions of colonialism.This comes again...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:51hrs | 85 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
New twist to missing diamonds saga
An internal probe conducted by the new management of Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) into allegations that 10 000 carats were stolen from the State-owned firm in 2016 has revealed that th...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:48hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe residents up in arms over gay parties
New Magwegwe residents in Bulawayo are up in arms over an upsurge of alleged gay parties in the suburb which are held every Sunday, saying such parties had the potential to influence their children....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:40hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean model tortured in South Africa, peri peri put in her privates
In a bizarre fit of rage two Zimbabwean women and a well-known musician are seen in a video that has gone viral putting powdered peri peri into a young model's private parts as they assault her. The i...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Provinces march against racist US sanctions
Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday took part in the historic anti- sanctions march in different parts of the country. While the main activities were in Harare, there were other marches that ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA sign 'sanctions' pact
Zimbabwe and South Africa yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and up the tempo in the fight to have sanctions imposed on Harare by the West lifted unconditionally. ...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Decentralisation of Registry offices call gets loud
PARTICIPANTS at an inquiry on access to national documentation conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) in Bulawayo on Tuesday made impassioned pleas for the government to decentralise...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth chair survives ouster
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South's underfire youth chairperson Washington Nkomo on Saturday survived an ouster bid after his colleagues raised several allegations against him.Nkomo's hold onto the p...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube faces criminal prosecution
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has been petitioned to charge finance minister Mthuli Ncube with criminal abuse of office over a series of actions that have caused Zimbabweans financial losses in th...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:10hrs | 4673 | by ZimLive
Chamisa, Khupe fight: Judgment reserved
THE muddled fight between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his arch-rival MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe was yesterday put on ice after the Supreme Court reserved judgment in a case where the two are ba...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:42hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to elbow out Chamisa from MDC
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has intensified efforts to elbow out MDC president Nelson Chamisa after urging the Supreme Court to recognise the party structures that existed in 2014 when the opposit...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF officials fear 2023 defeat
ZANU-PF is growing increasingly panicky that it could lose the 2023 general election amid fears the current economic implosion is gradually alienating the party from voters, while party bigwigs remain...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:34hrs | 4802 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 891 | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu lawsuit headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a headache over the legal action taken by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu against the party's youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu where the f...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:59hrs | 18387 | by Staff Reporter
LIVE: Supreme Court hears Nelson Chamisa's court case
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case where the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is challenging a High Court judgment that sought to nullify the appoint of Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri as Vice ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 14:02hrs | 15057 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obert Mpofu sues Matutu for $10 million
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Dr Obert Mpofu is suing the party's Youth Affairs deputy secretary Lewis Matutu for $10 million after the latter accused him of being corrupt.The claim ema...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 15:48hrs | 3877 | by Staff reporter
Couple robbed, wife raped
FOUR machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly raided a Kwekwe homestead and robbed the owner of cellphones, R220 and $11 before taking turns to rape his wife while he watched helplessly. ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2355 | by Staff reporter
Player collapses during soccer match
THE Bulawayo football fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the untimely death of 18-year-old Talen Vision defender Cedric Dube, who collapsed during a league match and was pronounced de...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, MRP clash over Nurses recruitment
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and ZAPU traded barbs during a sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over the controversial recruitment of trainee nurses, with the former accusing ZAPU of 'selling ou...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:47hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warned against spies
Respected human rights lawyer Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya has advised MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa to be wary of surrounding himself with Zanu-PF spies and vigorously vet those that he appoi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:05hrs | 6691 | by Ndou Paul
Police nab Ecocash 'fraudster' gang
POLICE have arrested five people believed to be part of a syndicate that has been fraudulently buying groceries using forged Ecocash messages. Bhekinkosi Ngwenya, Mlungisi Mpala, Mqondisi Mpof...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
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