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'I never stole from Mugabe'
A Zimbabwean soldier, who allegedly stole 119 laptops from the country's former president Robert Mugabe, has reportedly told a court during his bail application in Harare that he was in fact given the...Published: 1 hr ago | 1127 | by Staff reporter
The real problem with MDC-T or the Alliance
The sole purpose of writing this piece is to shed light on some major worrisome issues about the current MDC -Alliance party. It's clear some of my fellow countrymen haven't yet discerned anything fro...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1443 | by Mr Tshingwane Lunga
Mutasa's household property to be actioned
PEOPLE First top official Mr Didymus Mutasa's household property is being auctioned off over a debt to lawyers.Mutasa's bid to save his property from auctioning over debt, has hit a snag after...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1562 | by Staff reporter
The newfound freedom to speak our mind
The English writer George Orwell once famously wrote, "if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."We Zimbabweans understand the truth of...Published: 6 hrs ago | 902 | by Mike, Harare
Kazembe Kazembe grabs school farm
Youths, Sports, Arts and Recreation minister Kazembe Kazembe has taken control of a 1 350-hectare farm belonging to Blackfordby College of Agriculture, situated approximately 60 kilometres north west ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2531 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not rush in proclaiming electoral dates
April 30, in five days' time, marks the first day when the President can proclaim an election date and this should be worrying considering how little has been done so far towards amending the Electora...Published: 8 hrs ago | 910 | by Staff reporter
When firing backfires
As tempting as it is to engage in a full-on legal analysis of the government's decision to fire striking nurses, I will keep this piece as general as possible because the legality of the actions can b...Published: 8 hrs ago | 870 | by Paul Kaseke
Mukupe, Gumbo renew Harare East fight
FINANCE deputy minister Terence Mukupe has described his fight against Mavis Gumbo and others for a Zanu-PF ticket to represent Harare East constituency in the forthcoming harmonised elections as a re...Published: 8 hrs ago | 471 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet war veterans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly agreed to host a war veterans' indaba for a pep talk ahead of this year's general elections, NewsDay has learnt.Zimbabwe National Liberation War Vet...Published: 8 hrs ago | 568 | by Staff reporter
Military bosses must undertake to respect free, fair polls
THE MDC Alliance has said only a statement by the military commanders undertaking to respect the election results will be enough to guarantee a free, fair and credible election.MDC Alliance sp...Published: 8 hrs ago | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF embraces devolution
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has, in what appears to be a major policy shift, embraced devolution and invited candidates to contest for provincial council seats in primary elections set for this Sunday....Published: 8 hrs ago | 583 | by Staff reporter
The retired general Chiwenga siege of the Zimbabwe Nurses Assiciation
Military rule governs more by an iron fist than sanity! Breathes more by the hand than the nostrils! Feels more by the foot than the heart! Relies more on emotional turbo-drive Animal Farm judgment th...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1539 | by Evangelist Reginald Thabani Gola
'Zimbabwe is open for business!' cried out Mnangagwa in Davos, SA, …now ZITF - still no investors, why
For the last 38 years Zimbabwe's economy has been in decline and yet year on year without failure our political leaders have said steadfastly refused to even acknowledge the decline and talked of econ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1217 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZANU-PF casts death on sickness than finding permanent solution
We have just come out of a military coup six month ago when all human rights activists spoke well of coup drivers General C Chiwenga inclusive. It was difficult then, clouded in the harsh reality of M...Published: 21 hrs ago | 964 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Sibusiso Moyo backtracks on allowing diaspora vote
Zimbabwe doesn't have enough time before this year's general elections to make the constitutional changes necessary to allow people living outside the country to vote, Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo s...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3045 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa's nephew barred from Zanu-PF primaries
Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Tongai yesterday staged a demonstration in Harare South after he failed to make it onto the list of candidates selected to contest primary election...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 13:14hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'posing a security threat' in Zimbabwe
Political opponents in Zimbabwe have reportedly said that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is posing a "security threat" in the country "as his hand in often dictatorial government decisions has be...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 12:51hrs | 2673 | by Staff reporter
Road to Victory - Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday
Campaign Gogogoi Tisvikewo, Ekuhle --- Wisdom from the East I had enriching engagements over the weekend in rural Manicaland where I interacted with ordinary Zimbabweans from Chipinge to Nyang...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 12:40hrs | 3087 | by Adv Nelson Chamisa
Zim civil society did not want Mugabe out, they fear for their jobs
LOCAL civil society leaders and their members were not happy that former president Robert Mugabe was removed from power by whatever means because his departure at least brought some sanity in the coun...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 10:48hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
'Zim needs political will to realise democracy'
Zimbabwe needs the political will, and has a long way to go to achieve the requirements and guidelines for creating a democratic society as set out in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and G...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 08:30hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa hostage to an invisible hand?
THE question keeps popping up: Is incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa a real lawyer? Does he have intimate knowledge on things legal?Could it be that he has mastery of the law, but is hosta...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 08:20hrs | 2958 | by Learnmore Zuze
Give one of Mugabe's 21 farms to Tswangirai family
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) applauds PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa for assigning Lands Minister Perence Shiri to identify a farm to give to the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's family...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2101 | by Innocent Ndibali
Mugabe to appear in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is tomorrow expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates' Court to personally testify against a senior army officer accused of stealing his computers at Zimbabwe House....Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 4507 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF seizes Mutinhiri's vehicle
ZANU-PF party last week seized former Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Ambrose Mutinhiri's campaign vehicle, in a move viewed as meant to derail his campaign after he quit the ruling party...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 3057 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was not invited to Uhuru celebrations
FORMER President Robert Mugabe has claimed that his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa did not invite him to attend the country's 38th independence celebrations in Harare last week.Mugabe was respon...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Police had turned partisan, says Charamba
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday admitted that it had turned partisan and failed to professionally execute its duties during former President Robert Mugabe's reign, but had now turned a ne...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa re-ignites Manicaland opposition flame
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa re-ignited hope in opposition politics to thousands of party supporters in Manicaland when he addressed bumper crowds at two campaign rallies in Chipinge and Nyanga at the ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Police dark era must remain in the past
YESTERDAY, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) admitted that they have, in the past, been used as a paramilitary force for the Zanu-PF elite.But the law enforcement agents begged Zimbabweans to...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
'Why EDiots say EDenezer'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is best placed to solve Zimbabwe's problems as he has institutional knowledge and experience to bridge the present and the past for a brighter future, Foreign Affairs and ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 409 | by Staffr eporter
Mapfumo is a 'coward' he ran away from Mugabe, Chinehasha - how naïve, fighting is NOT done
"Cowards die before death visits them, did he not run away from his shadow or was it a real crime that he absconded from? The guilty are afraid, always afraid. If indeed Mukanya is a human rights ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 20:50hrs | 1264 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Khupe rigged him and he stands
As a parliamentarian, he was an effective prolific debater second to non. Those who worked with him in parliament will attest that he had a way of persuading people without causing conflict. A gentlem...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | 2112 | by Henery Madiro
2 bulls in the new dispensation kraal
A potential conflict and possibly a constitutional crisis might emerge if President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not deal with overlapping responsibilities between him and his equally powerful deputy, Vice...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:32hrs | 3516 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe linked to $5m bribe request
A cabinet minister asked Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, for a $5-million bribe on behalf of the Mugabe family, sources told the Sunday Times this week.Robert Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuw...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:22hrs | 5405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces bhora musango
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the spectre of a repeat of the sabotage that characterised the 2008 elections after scores of prospective legislators were elbowed from the race to represent the rul...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | 7363 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabes don't have anything to do with Zimbabwe Airways deal'
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore, whose name has been at the centre of a raging debate over a Zimbabwe Airways deal, has reportedly said that he "is only doing a ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga roles conflict
Potential conflict and possibly a constitutional crisis might emerge if President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not deal with overlapping responsibilities between him and his equally powerful deputy, Vice P...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 08:17hrs | 14867 | by Satff reporter
Makamba exposed in leaked audio
Businessman James Makamba, who ended 12 years of self-imposed exile four months ago, has been exposed for plotting to bring down Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and Cyber Security ministe...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 3221 | by Staff reporter
'Lead by example,' says ED - Yeah right! Like you did these last 38 years
"The President said every Zimbabwean should feel obliged to build the country by leading by example in everything they do," reported State media.What example did you and your Zanu PF cronies s...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 651 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's saviour being investigated for fraud
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean businessman, Justice Maphosa, who is credited with sheltering President Emmerson Mnangagwa shortly before former leader, Robert Mugabe stepped down last November, is bein...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1950 | by Mail &Guardian
Grace Mugabe fights on
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe has formed a trust company, Trustees of the Grace Mugabe Foundation, as she scales up her fight to take over gold claims at Smithfield Farm in Mazowe.On Friday, ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2909 | by Staffr eporter
Dabengwa to contest for presidency
ZAPU president, Dumiso Dabengwa has been endorsed as the opposition party's presidential candidate, days after cutting ties with the Coalition of Democrats (Code) – a coalition of opposition parties...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
'Machiavellian tactic of firing nurses is working,' says Manjoni - yes but not on those who matter the most
"What comes after the military spectre? You let the courts do its work. They, rightly, declare the expulsions null and void and reinstate the nurses. This will happen next week or slightly after as su...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | 805 | by Nomusa Garikai
Bona Mugabe party up a storm at Davido concert
Bona Chikore and her husband Simba were among the glitterati that attended Davido's concert held at the Harare International Conference Centre on Saturday.The daughter of former President Robe...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:08hrs | 10043 | by Staff reporter
Democracy and Democrats: Who is Who?
In our culture there cannot be an heir to the throne before the throne is laid to rest. Fellow citizens, the question that begs a million answers is "How can Advocate Chamisa, a lawyer by training, an...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | 146 | by Dr Panganai Kahuni
Commonwealth to save Zimbabwe?
The Commonwealth is reported to have agreed to a rescue mission for Zimbabwe at its meeting in London this week during the visit by Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutena...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1143 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Too many rivers to cross
As I was growing up the older generation would sing along, "Too many rivers too cross....". It did not make sense what it meant back then, but they enjoyed and loved the song. It was after all just a ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 187 | by AT Kadada
Zenzo Nsimbi to represent Mat South in elections committee
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Ambassador Zenzo Nsimbi to represent Matabeleland South province on Zanu-PF's Elections Committee that was recently established.The commission was es...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe hounded me out of Zimbabwe,' says Mapfumo
The king of Chimurenga music, Dr Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo yesterday said former President Robert Mugabe was behind his persecution, adding that he would not have returned to Zimbabwe if his administra...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa linked invaders dare Grace Mugabe
Clad in a dirty white T-Shirt emblazoned with the face of a glum Emmerson Mnangagwa, an illegal gold miner sifts through brownish wet sands and points out to a group of journalists, "this is gold"....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri found in Malawi
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri whose world is collapsing around him, reportedly sought and found refuge at his wife's family home in Malawi where he is said to be nursing an undi...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:33hrs | 16447 | by Staff reporter
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