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'Nothing must be left to chance' declares Mnangagwa, mobilising his vote rigging juggernaut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to mobilise Zanu PF's vote-rigging juggernaut in preparation for the by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. Two weeks ago he called on the war veter...Published: 1 hr ago | 83 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa must engage Paul Siwela to avoid spill of blood in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa must abandon his "head in the sand" approach to Matabeleland independence cause and engage MLO President, Cde Paul Siwela, to hatch a plan that would see pea...Published: 1 hr ago | 301 | by Israel Dube
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 12 hrs ago | 832 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens grip on power
LAST week's move by the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) is a brazen attempt to consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power while emascul...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3222 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's PHD authentic, says Nyagura
FORMER University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura has denied single-handedly awarding a Doctor of Philosophy Degree to former First Lady Grace Mugabe, insisting though that the degree wa...Published: 13 hrs ago | 833 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 13 hrs ago | 636 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's proposed Patriotic Bill: Whither Zimbabwe at 41?
ACCORDING to the permanent secretary in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry Virginia Mabhiza, as quoted in The Sunday Mail on October 4 2020, her ministry drafted principles of a "Pa...Published: 13 hrs ago | 148 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Green Bombers Zanu-PF's election trump card
ZANU PF government's hunger to retain power at all costs has reached unprecedented levels as evidenced by its recent decision to reintroduce the controversial National Youth Service training programme...Published: 13 hrs ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Petition launched against reintroduction of 'green bombers'
ZIMBABWEANS have started an online petition against government's planned reintroduction of the controversial National Youth Service Training Programme in the country.This comes after governmen...Published: 13 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs differ on Constitution Amendment Bill
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs have expressed divergent views regarding Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2, which will see, among other things, the dropping of the presidential running mate clause ahead of the 20...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Opposition worried about recurrence of Mugabe era barbarities
THE imminent return of the national youth service training programme has triggered jitters among many in the opposition who have bad memories of the project's cadets.The programme's recruits w...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa copying and pasting Mugabe toxic policies
THE move to reintroduce the National Youth Service training programme has sent chills down most Zimbabweans' spines who experienced brutality at the hands of Green Bombers in 2008. The re-intr...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1227 | by Leonard Koni
Man in court over crocodile skin
A HARARE man appeared in court after being found in possession of a crocodile skin worth US$1 500 he allegedly intended to trade at a soccer betting shop in Harare's Central Business District. ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Second Republic out to maintain principles, legacy: Chiwenga
AHEAD of the country's 41st Independence Day celebrations, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said the Second Republic was born to maintain and preserve the principles and legacy of the country's lib...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 302 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa calls Zimbabweans to freely discuss the Gukurahundi genocide
THE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the nation to freely discuss and chart the way forward on the Gukurahundi disturbances that occurred in the early and mid 1980s.The President who...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:04hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe's land reform programme is non-negotiable
IN A sign that Harare may be hardening its stance towards the West, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says meaningful re-engagement with Washington and Brussels will only happen when they accept that there...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
The return of Green Bombers
The re-introduction of the National Youth Service Training Border Gezi popularly known as The Green Bombers has sent chilling feelings amongst most Zimbabweans who have experienced the brutality of th...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1929 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's govt resurrects youth militia
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced the return of its infamous National Youth Service programme for its youth militia, also known as "Border Gezi graduates", with analysts saying the move was meant to inst...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
News vendor killer arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested the man behind the murder of a city newspaper vendor last week. Jongumuzi Lobati (age not given) of Woodville assaulted the now deceased Farai Mazhindu of Luveve subur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Pan-African Parliament pushes for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
THE Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will continue to lobby for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe by the United States and its western allies despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pande...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:21hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's son granted bail
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, has been granted bail today at Concession Magistrates Courts on charges of stealing gold processing equipment at Tian Bao Mineral Industry in Ma...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 11:50hrs | 3171 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why Mnangagwa wants Luke Malaba to stay
ON 6 April 2021, the Zimbabwean senate passed Constitutional Amendment Bill (N0.1), which had been declared null and void by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on 31 March 2020, after it was unconsti...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 4559 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tramples on constitution over Malaba
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is back on track after a temporary derailment of a controversial extension of his tenure linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid.This comes afte...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3755 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1286 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Grace Mugabe's son detained for theft
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, was yesterday remanded in custody at the Concession Magistrates Courts on charges of stealing gold processing equipment at Tian Bao Mineral Indu...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4221 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu's posh Mercedes-Benz burnt to ashes
FORMER Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, yesterday alleged foul play after his posh Mercedes-Benz vehicle was burnt to ashes by yet unknown assailants.Zivhu was fired...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3612 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora has sold his soul for a bowl of soup
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T's support for constitutional amendments in the Senate last week exposes the so-called opposition party's lack of principles and its desperate quest to be part of the gra...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to contain its highly divisive DCCs
Zanu-PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity a...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean film on land reform receives multiple global awards
A movie based on Zimbabwe's land reform programme called Harmony Valley has left some audiences around the world in tears and picked several international film awards.Set in the year 2000, the...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance has resolved to challenge the passage of Constitution Amendment No 1 Bill in court saying the manner in which it was passed by Parliament was unconstitut...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 4999 | by Staff reporter
The problem was not Mugabe, but Zanu-PF
THE chaos and uncertainty that is rocking Zanu-PF after its chaotic district development coordinating committee elections held last December has left the party weak, fractured, divided and easy to be ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1174 | by Chief Chiduku
Why MDC-T supported Zanu-PF
MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu-PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 4424 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 1209 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Zanu PF has dismembered MDC A, will not need to rig to win 2023' - only counter, demand reforms before 2023
Dear Tony Reeler,Thank you very much for your thought-provoking article 'Zanu PF won't concede electoral defeat' in New Zimbabwe and Bulawayo24. The root cause of Zimbabwe economic meltdown an...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1786 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mr President, nation needs new political, social, economic culture
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in four years ago, the event occurred amid widespread local and international goodwill.The fact that the National Sports Stadium was full...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:58hrs | 348 | by Gwizhikiti
Mnangagwa entrenches authoritarian rule
THE incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe this week has all but confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's unwillingness to reform as his regime continues to use lawf...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:36hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa fights to open Zimbabwe airwaves more
THE government said yesterday that it planned to open up the country's airwaves further by issuing more television and radio licences to independent players.Speaking during a well-supported Da...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Shameless ZANU PF silent on activist sexual assault
The shameless ZANU PF led government have since turned deaf and dump after MDC Alliance activist, Vongai Tome was sexually assaulted by a police official during the Makomborero Haruziviishe solidarity...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | 724 | by Prince Njagu
Grace Mugabe orphanage rocked by sodomy scandal
SALACIOUS details have emerged of how the former first family's elite schools and orphanage nestled in a vast estate in Mazowe - 40km north of Harare - were rocked by an alleged child sexual abuse sca...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 6454 | by Staff reporter
BCC gets over $15m for road maintenance
GOVERNMENT, through the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), recently disbursed over $15 million to the Bulawayo City Council for routine road maintenance works that includes pothole patchi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo newspaper vendor killed
A NEWSPAPER vendor in Bulawayo was found dead with his privates ripped open, metres from his home in the early hours of Wednesday. Farai Mazhindu popularly known in Luveve as Dread or Rasta wa...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
'Recall of MPs is Mugabe's baby,' says Madhuku
THE provision of recalling legislators from Parliament, which has been widely used in recent months to decimate the opposition MDC Alliance should never have found its way in the 2013 Constitution, Lo...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1154 | by Staff repporter
Tsenengamu condemns politics of hate
Former Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has exhorted the country's political leaders to ditch politics of hate and unite for their own good and that of the nation."We need to change t...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:36hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwandan genocide suspect
United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to all...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:31hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
'10 killed in State-sponsored rights abuses'
AT least 10 people were allegedly killed by State security agents last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government restricted freedoms of expression under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 regulat...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:48hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Another Brazilian national arrested with $32m worth cocaine
A SECOND Brazilian national was recently arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while carrying cocaine valued at US$32 million, a day after another national from the South America...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:44hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya to challenge further remand
ZIMBABWE Mining Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has given the state notice to challenge further remand if not provided with trial date on her next court appearance.She is facing ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:40hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for Mozambique
President Mnangagwa has left for Maputo to attend an SADC Extraordinary Double Troika Summit on the security situation in northern Mozambique. He was seen off at Robert Gabriel Mugabe Internat...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:37hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance seeks 'political prisoners' recognition for jailed activists
The MDC Alliance on Wednesday called on international human rights organisations to recognise nine of its jailed activists as "political prisoners" while urging the United Nations to launch an urgent ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
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