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Liberation war generation holding country to ransom, says Biti
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has bemoaned the continued dominance on national politics by politicians who fought the liberation struggle and still believed they should ride roughshod on oth...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:19hrs | 640 | by newzimbabwe
Masarira pens open letter to Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition LEAD party, has penned an open letter to the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, over the country's status quo.Masarira who some believe is linked...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:00hrs | 9687 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Namibia to keep distance from Mnangagwa abuses
THE Namibian government says it will not be cajoled into any undiplomatic condemnation or otherwise of the Zimbabwean government's brutal clampdown on citizens demanding better leadership and an end t...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:49hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
#31July protests coincided with Sadc's 40th summit
The 40th SADC Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government is expected to be held virtually owing to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Both the summit and preceding meetings will be h...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:06hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
West lacks moral high ground to lecture us on human rights
There were many lessons from the total failure of the Western instigated July 31 regime change planned demonstration. The first lesson that must have dawned on local opposition, including their Wester...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 138 | by Ranga Mataire
ZSE reopens amid $240m loss
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will resume trading tomorrow after a month-long government shutdown that saw the bourse losing at least $240 million in potential revenue.On June 29, the gove...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:21hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in top 10 best wildlife conservation destinations
ZIMBABWE is one of the 10 countries in the world with the best wildlife conservation methods, according to a research by Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in partnership with Pan...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
MDC activits in South Africa to besiege Zimbabwe Embassy
Notice is hereby given to our MDCA members, the general public and citizens, and members of the media fraternity to the effect that; The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance South Africa Province w...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 15:58hrs | 2858 | by MDC Alliance South Africa
Chamisa's MDC sucked in land scam
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been sucked into the latest swirl of residential stands allocation scam in the capital city, amid revelations that the opposition has been stripping the counc...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Zimbabweans in diaspora condemn the planned July 31 protest
FELLOW ZIMBABWEANS! MAY THE LORD OUR GOD GIVE US PEACE AND LOVE! We, ZANU PF members living in the Diaspora condemn the planned protests by some opposition parties and civic organiza...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1238 | by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza
NatPharm top bosses sacked in tender controversy
SEVEN National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) bosses have been fired as the company reels from allegations of multi-million dollar corruption involving the acquisition of medicines and equipment me...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 3100 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, son sue Chamisa's deputy over cash row
ZIMBABWE'S former majority shareholders in Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandiser, Choppies Enterprises, are suing politician and lawyer Welshman Ncube, for allegedly withholdin...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 5884 | by Staff reporter
MDC council allocates stand in middle of road
Chitungwiza Municipality officials allegedly altered a stand layout plan in Unit N Extension around the Try Again shops, before allocating a residential stand in the middle of the road in existence si...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1940 | by MLF
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3227 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 432 | by Staff Reporter
The Chinamasa versus Matematanda race of ZanuPF Political Violence and Intolerance: Deplorable.
Zimbabweans are stunned by the venomous threats of violence vomited through the press by the two high ranking ZanuPF leaders Chinamasa and Matematanda against organisers of a yet to happen demonstrati...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:08hrs | 1279 | by Mkhululi Zulu Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
BCC insists on sewage contaminated Khami water
THE city council here has remained defiant on its push to have Khami Dam as one of its suppliers of water.This comes as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has for some time now been entangled in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
3 more die of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe
Three more people have died of Covid 19 bringing the cumulative number of deaths in Zimbabwe to 12 as confirmed cases have risen to 926 after 41 new cases were recorded yesterday.Two deaths we...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:27hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
No need to make Africa one country
There is obsession today among many Pan-Africanists of believing a one country Africa as the only viable way Africa can develop and eliminate all the problems it is facing. They believe that a one cou...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 898 | by Lubani Nondo
Zimbabwean white man raises US$100 000 for Bulawayo and Harare pensioners
Hotelier, farmer, writer, adoptive father of three, and amateur cyclist Eric de Jong is a man with stories to tell. And don't be fooled by his self-deprecation – he might not be a youth but is certa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6711 | by Dutch Embassy
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 | 3193 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 death toll rises to 7
FIVE Zimbabwe police officers have tested positive for the deadly Covid-19, Ministry of Information secretary, Nick Mangwana has confirmed while the death toll from the pandemic has risen to seven....Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe the sick man of Southern Africa?
The Zimbabwean issue is a painful one. The country has all the ingredients of being a success story. Arable land, good climate, a wonderful pool of human resources across the continuum of production, ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:06hrs | 249 | by Sibangani Dube
Namibia exposes Mnangagwa govt's COVID-19 test kits donation lies
The government of Namibia has denied ever donating rapid COVID-19 test kits to the government of Zimbabwe. The statement by the country's embassy in Zimbabwe comes after a claim made by the Zimbabwe M...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Foreign students to produce Covid-19 free certificates
FOREIGN students who are doing final year studies at country's universities are expected to produce Covid-19 free certificates and subjected to the mandatory 21-day quarantine while undergoing testing...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2907 | 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 | 3247 | by Mandla Ndlovu
22 family members quarantined after harbouring 'returnee' relatives
TWENTY-TWO members of two families in Lupane have been quarantined after they failed to notify authorities about their two relatives who illegally returned into the country from South Africa and subse...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't pull out of CITES
ZIMBABWE will not pull out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in order to sell its stockpile of ivory tasks worth US$600 million, the Minister of Environment, Clima...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe instability blights Common monetary Area prospects
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's economic crisis, characterised by currency volatility, 785% inflation, a gargantuan debt stock estimated at US$10 billion and dwindling exports, hin...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls set to re-open
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) last week allowed tourist operators back into the rainforest to view the mighty Victoria Falls which has been at its highest flow in ove...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
62 confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded in one day
Twenty new Covid-19 patients infected within Zimbabwe are among the record 62 confirmed cases registered yesterday, bringing the national total to 463. The other 42 were among returning citize...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
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 | 505 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean Prophet Jay Israel to walk naked in South Africa'
Namibian based leader of Eternal Life Worship City Prophet Martinien Elamenji has a released a video clip telling Zimbabwean born Spirit Life Church leader Jaycob Dube (also known as Jay Israel) that ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 00:19hrs | 6969 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe, Zambia plan joint industrialisation programme
THE governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe with support from the Comesa Secretariat are planning a joint industrialisation programme, which will build on the experiences and lessons learned from the exist...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo probed over coronavirus deals
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is in the dog box after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opened a docket to probe his qualifications and controversial coronavirus deals following a complain...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:14hrs | 3015 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: On a wing and a prayer
THIS has been a terrible week for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. It has been more than terrible – a week in which government was always on the backfoot. A week during which the regime's sterility has...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 347 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Malema tells them in their language says 'Pasi nembavha'
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Sello Malema has applauded efforts by Zimbabweans on social media to expose and tackle corruption, saying there is nothing revolutionary about corruption ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 6180 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2790 | by George Mkhwanazi
Mnangagwa, hostage to various Zanu-PF factions
ZIMBABWE's deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stranded in Dubai
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has secured transportation for nationals currently stuck in that country, amid the growing global pandemic of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19)...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:44hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now has few options left
ZIMBABWE's deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 8200 | by Staff reporter
Lewis Matutu savages Mnangagwa over corruption
Former Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu deleted his Twitter account on Saturday, hours after appearing to take aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family for corruption....Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:50hrs | 11046 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked company’s govt tenders cancelled
The government has cancelled corrupt procurement deals worth up to US$60 million signed with a company linked to one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons.The cancellation follows an investig...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:48hrs | 7214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy to contract 10%
The World Bank projects a 10% contraction of Zimbabwe's economy in 2020, a worse outcome against the forecast Sub-Saharan Africa contraction of 2.8%. The country's economy is set to recover to a...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to lead rolling mass demonstrations against Mnangagwa
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to escalate, combative MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala has renewed his threat to lead rolling mass demonstrations against President Emm...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 5333 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns Mnangagwa
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under-pressure government that the country is facing imminent implosion.Speaking in an interview with the Da...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:38hrs | 8444 | by Staff reporter
Solving political turmoil key to addressing Zimbabwe's economic crisis
ZIMBABWE is experiencing one of its worst economic crises since independence characterised by cash and foreign currency shortages, fuel scarcities, rampant prices hikes, hyperinflation and increased v...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:35hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Corruption scandals engulf Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, which promised to fight corruption after assuming power through a military coup in November 2017, is under scrutiny over murky deals involving his associ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:23hrs | 4893 | by Staff reporter
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