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Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 6413 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5217 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets shock reality check
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - who arrived in the country from Switzerland early this week amid a populist storm and blaze of publicity on how to fix Zimbabwe's critically broken econ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 12977 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors in winning start
Zimbabwe kicked off their Cosafa Women's Championship campaign with a 1-0 win over Namibia in Port Elizabeth on Thursday.Marjory Nyaumwe scored the winner for the 2017 runners up to register t...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 20:56hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to address currency issues to attract more tourists
SOME international buyers and safari tour operators who went on a familiarisation tour of the country's major resorts post Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel Expo have urged the government to address cu...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors battle for second Cosafa Cup
THE Mighty Warriors' quest for a second Cosafa Cup title gets underway this morning when they take on Namibia in their Group C opener in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Mighty Warriors last ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch $2,2bn projects in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today officially open the $2 billion Hopeville Housing Project near Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport and commission a $2 million tomato processing plant here. ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:10hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5041 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
THE new Cabinet will be sworn-in at Sate House today with Zimbabweans across the political divide optimistic that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new 20-member team will immediately hit the ground runn...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Potts crowned Miss Zimbabwe
Twenty one-year-old Masvingo beauty Hajirah Belinda Potts, shrugged off competition from 13 other stunning models to be crowned Miss World Zimbabwe 2018 at a glittering ceremony held at Orchid Gardens...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction
Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be condu...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15331 | by Lloyd Msipa
SA restaurant chain to expand footprint in Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN fast-food giant Barcelos will invest $1,5 million and open an additional four outlets in Zimbabwe over the next 12 months, according to an official.After opening a 100-seat resta...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt launched for smuggling truck driver
POLICE in Victoria Falls have launched a manhunt for the driver and owner of a United Kingdom-marked container truck that was intercepted along Kazungula Road on Friday last week loaded with a Honda C...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to launch Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Legacy Foundation
ACTING President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, will today lead proceedings during the launch of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Legacy Foundation, a key tourism heritage project and a major highlight of this yea...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers and deploy them at Zanu-PF headquarters — as he comes under growing pressure to dump the deadwood that worked for decades...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:05hrs | 3195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned against Zanu-PF hardliners
South Africa-based political analyst Philani Zamchiya has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to guard against manipulation by Zanu-PF hardliners bent on derailing his economic recovery plans....Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe donates 10 rhinos to DRC
Zimbabwe has donated 10 white rhinos to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has said.According to the organisation, the dona...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:13hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
When a woman says NO it is a No! Period!
This is the strong message that President Ramaphosa of South Africa gave to the women of South Africa who demonstrated at the Union buildings on the 2nd of August 2018, commemorating the past event of...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:02hrs | 1431 | by Nomazulu Thata
Normal to below-normal rainfall forecast for Sadc
SOUTHERN Africa is expected to receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season, according to the latest outlook produced by regional climate experts who predict that seasonal rainfall will...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Gonyeti used to smuggle UK car
POLICE in Victoria Falls have intercepted a smuggled container truck fully loaded with a Honda Civic vehicle, 105 bales of second hand clothes and a variety of other goods with an estimated combined v...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 3763 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1410 | by Igomombe
Chamisa's SA lawyer, Jeremy Gauntlett SC was born in Rhodesia?
The top South African lawyer who once advised Nelson Mandela and was part of a team helping MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to overturn the results of last month's presidential poll was actually bo...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 20:30hrs | 3205 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
Sadc repels 'vultures'
IN a distinctive show of character, solidarity, objectivity and defiance, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) recently endorsed Zimbabwe's elections and went one step further by appointi...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:35hrs | 447 | by Shame Isaki
Deportation of Biti low, low point for Zambian regime
From 1953 to 1963, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were one country. Except for someone who has a real problem in their heads, even now that they are separate sovereigns, in fact their people are one. Pre...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1043 | by Michelo Hansungule
Chamisa vs Mnangagwa judgement to be handed on 24 August
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court will deliver judgement in Nelson Chamisa's petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result on 24 August 2018.The court rese...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 18:02hrs | 12025 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alleges 'massive doctoring' of the vote
Zimbabwe's opposition argued in the country's top court on Wednesday that the presidential election results must be thrown out, alleging that only "massive doctoring" of the vote had kept Emmerson Mna...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 14:20hrs | 3157 | by AFP
Chamisa 'faces an uphill struggle' in its bid to overturn Mnangagwa's election victory
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court will on Wednesday hear an opposition petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result, in a legal challenge seen as unlikely to succeed despite allegations...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 09:23hrs | 5237 | by AFP
Zimbabwe's constitutionalism moves notch up
Today is a momentous day for Zimbabweans as constitutionalism moves a notch up with the Constitutional Court sitting to consider submissions by MDC-Alliance presidential contestant Nelson Chamisa in c...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:02hrs | 157 | by Elliot Ziwira
Chamisa hails Sadc for not congratulating Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday hailed southern African leaders for not congratulating President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa at a summit in Namibia held last week.Heads of State from t...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:18hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not appointed chair of SADC Troika'
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said it was not true that declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been appointed an incoming Chair of the Southern African Development Community Troi...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 08:30hrs | 9096 | by Stephen Jakes
Govts urged to install female chiefs
WOMEN attending the 2018 Sadc People Summit in Windhoek Namibia have called on the region's governments to respect women's rights and to ensure that females are included in powerful institutions such ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe - truths, history and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | 5592 | by newsZWire
Chamisa's expat lawyer denied certificate of exemption
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's South African lawyer Jeremy Gauntlett has been denied a certificate of exemption by the Zimbabwean authorities.Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentar...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 18:45hrs | 11431 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Zimbabwe Con-Court
Zimbabwe has entered another nail-biting week as it eagerly waits for the full bench of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) to hear a petition filed by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who is seek...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 12:55hrs | 3991 | by Staff reporter
Deportation of Tendai Biti low, low point for Zambian regime
From 1953 to 1963, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were one country. Except for someone who has a real problem in their heads, even now that they are separate sovereigns, in fact their people are one. Pre...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2949 | by Prof. Michelo Hansungule
'Devolution key to economic development'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said his Government is prioritising devolution and decentralisation in running of national affairs as a strategy to revitalise the economy and to improve the people's sta...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:54hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
'We'll not mourn,' says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE will not mourn over the imposition of sanctions by the US, but will instead maximise exploitation of its vast natural resources and ensure a better life for its citizens, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:52hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Devolution a priority, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said his Government is prioritising devolution and decentralisation in the running of national affairs as a strategy to revitalise the economy and to improve the people's...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:49hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
A journey well completed
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES, CDE E.D. MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF THE LATE NATIONAL HEROINE THOKOZIL...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:47hrs | 205 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
USAid funds abusers push for Zimbabwe GNU
A GROUP of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
SADC edges to visa-free regime
The Southern African Development Community is expediting negotiations for creation of a visa-free region, it has been learnt.Briefing the media after the conclusion of the Sadc Council of Mini...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Sadc demands end to sanctions on Zimbabwe
The 38th Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government ended yesterday with a call for the international community to lift all sanctions on Zimbabwe.The call by Sadc, contained in a communique,...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Shady NGO caught offside on violence
A group of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa elected deputy chair on politics, defence and security of SADC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from the 38th SADC Summit held in Windhoek Namibia where he was elected the deputy chair on politics, defence and security of the regional grouping....Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 17:37hrs | 9027 | by Staff reporter
SADC must demand ED account for 7 killed protesters - but much, much more; for rigged elections
"THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has implored SADC to issue an ultimatum on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to explain the fatal shooting of at least seven civilians ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 17:23hrs | 2096 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa splashes over $1 million on new limo
After escaping an assassination attempt in June this year, President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his security, including splashing over US$1 million in acquiring an armoured Mercedes Benz S...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:05hrs | 6976 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells SADC leaders his election was clean
PRESIDENT-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose electoral victory is being challenged in Zimbabwean courts, on Friday told his SADC peers he was elected cleanly in an election in which all his challengers w...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:59hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights implores Sadc to press govt over Harare shootings
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has implored Sadc to issue an ultimatum on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to explain the fatal shooting of at least seven civilians b...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:11hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
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