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Ramaphosa's 'dodgy donator' 'already dead' at time of crash - report
A private pathology report has reportedly revealed that former Bosasa boss Gavin Watson was already dead before he crashed his company car into a concrete pillar at the OR Tambo International Airport ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4013 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike expected in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is expected to increase petrol and diesel prices after a strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility removed about 5% of global supplies, an attack the US ha...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3275 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya summoned over Command Agric
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has been summoned to appear before the Parliament's Accounts Committee (Pac) to answer allegations that US$3 billion vanished under the controvers...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Record spike in oil price after shock drone attacks on Saudi oil
Oil surged along with gold and Treasury futures after a strike on the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil production increased geopolitical risk concerns. U.S. and European equity futures declined, while shar...Published: 8 hrs ago | 910 | by Bloomberg
New fuel price increase announced
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory announced the new fuel price beginning the b16th of September 2019. The new price will see diesel selling for $10.89 and blend for $10.41. Zimbabwe has b...Published: 8 hrs ago | 5222 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup stress accelerated Mugabe's health challenges
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's nephew says the founding leader's health challenges took a turn for the worse when he was forcibly removed from power 2017 by his most trusted lieutenants....Published: 9 hrs ago | 1294 | by newzimbabwe
Whirlwind blows off school roof, pupils injured
FOUR Grade Three pupils at Mafakela Primary School in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb were on Friday rushed to hospital after they were injured when the roof of two classroom blocks was blown away by a whirl...Published: 9 hrs ago | 598 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual plans 'massive' Victoria Falls hotel project
THE country's largest financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited, is geographically diversifying its properties with a massive hotel development plan in the resort town of Victoria Falls. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 524 | by Staff reporter
Schweppes US$60m new Beitbridge plantation
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited is set to establish a 4 000 hectare citrus plantation in Beitbridge with an estimated value of US$60 million in a development set to increase production and exports. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 593 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu LikaZulu blasts Mnangagwa
IBHETSHU Likazulu, a Bulawayo based pressure group advocating for Gukurahundi victims' reparation, has slammed government for its decision to construct an expensive mausoleum for late former President...Published: 9 hrs ago | 493 | by newzimbabwe
Village containerised information centres, bridging digital gap
Devolution is one of President Mnangagwa's flagship policy. This policy is centred on bringing services and development as close as to the point of need as possible.The point of need in this c...Published: 9 hrs ago | 46 | by Nick Mangwana
Mnangagwa to open 2nd Parly session
President Mnangagwa will officially open the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament on October 1 and layout the legislative agenda. The opening of the Second Session marks the end of the First...Published: 9 hrs ago | 127 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU in its bravest rebranding and transformation exercise
Ms Sakhile Sibanda the ZAPU National Secretary for Policy and Strategy on behalf of ZAPU has announced and has extended invites to every ZAPU stakeholder to a rebranding conference in Tipton Dudley, U...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1051 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Sympathy for the devil
The sham solidarity with Mugabe shown by African leaders at his funeral is in sharp contrast to the enlightened attitude taken by the African Union over the plight of African refugees and migrants str...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1230 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zimbabwe govt expenditure problem
The Zimbabwe Government has a constitution which should control expenditure to avoid haphazard uses of funds, treasury instructions for accounting purposes and the auditor general for checks and balan...Published: 18 hrs ago | 663 | by Clemen Moyo ka Mangena
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 18 hrs ago | 620 | by AFP
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2223 | by The Economist
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7273 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Robert Mugabe: Lessons to be learnt
Nations, like families, learn from past experiences.The death of Robert Mugabe, the second president of a liberated Zimbabwe, 1987-2017, brings many memories to us all.I will propose t...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 655 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Did Mugabe propose to marry Barack Obama?
Following the death of Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6 at age 95, various media have carried articles on some of his most famous quotes.Among the quotes is a claim that he once proposed...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
The other side of Mugabe
In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour.When Mug...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 826 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 889 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Bulawayo City Council workers demand housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers have demanded that the local authority avail non-monetary allowances as they seek to identify ways of cushioning their salaries, it has been learnt.This com...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 106 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zimbabwe stuck with expired medical drugs, says committee
AT a time when the country is facing drug shortages, it has been revealed that the company mandated to store and distribute medical supplies of public health institution, NatPharm, is stocked with exp...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'18 people living in one room'
BULAWAYO's oldest suburb, Makokoba is still struggling to resolve the issue of shared accommodation, with over 170 houses having three to four families sharing a single room, investigations have revea...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zesa, BCC agree on compensation for power station use
AFTER years of fighting between the Bulawayo City Council and Zesa, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Power Company, over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station, the impasse seems to be coming to a co...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
'Foreigners can now invest in Zimbabwe's restricted sectors'
Government has reviewed the ownership of restricted areas by making it permissible for individuals, who are not Zimbabwean citizens, to invest in previously "reserved sectors" of the economy.T...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.He has also told them th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 347 | by Mtandazo Dube
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 361 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wasn't...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 279 | by Jason L Riley
Crafty Bob is not just history but our history
No matter how intelligent we might be, sometimes it is difficult to wrap our heads around some things; they are simply inscrutable.I am sure many people have heard the name Saint Augustine, wh...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 93 | by Bishop Lazi
Zinara looters put on notice
A team of experts assembled by Government from both the private and public sector to pore over the recent Zinara forensic audit has recommended the recovery of funds that were allegedly bilked from th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's body to be kept in Zvimba?
The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his birthplace, after a sparsely-attended state funeral at in the capital Harare.African leaders hailed Mr Mugabe as a li...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 23:51hrs | 7186 | by BBC
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5465 | by AP
Zanu-PF supporters snub Mugabe funeral
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 14:43hrs | 5472 | by BBC
Zifa pursue Mapeza
There are indications that Zifa are plotting to engage Norman Mapeza to take over as the Warriors coach in January after the former national team captain quit FC Platinum to take a break from football...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans, says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere believes ex-president Robert Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans to fix the economy, adding that blaming the departed strongman will not bring solution...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:02hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's last drive in Harare
IT is 5:30pm in the city centre of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and the sun is setting to mark the end of yet another day in a country that is experiencing economic and political turmoil.Two ho...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 987 | by Tapiwa Zivira
'Shame, elite using foreign hospitals after destroying local one' said Mahere - fuming she not MP
"It's embarrassing and selfish for political elites to destroy our public hospitals then seek health care abroad, destroy our airlines then hire private jets for themselves, destroy our farms then imp...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:58hrs | 570 | by Nomusa Garikai
Jonathan Moyo denies links with G40
Exiled former cabinet Minister professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from a newly formed political outfit called the G40 which was registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission recently. ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 11:54hrs | 5108 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe not going into exile
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's widow Grace Mugabe is not entertaining any plans to abandon the country and seek asylum elsewhere, a family spokesperson has said.Grace fell out with the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4622 | by newzimbabwe
Matemadanda dresses down Hungwe
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda last Saturday launched a scathing attack believed to have been directed at politburo member Josaya Hungwe whom he literally accused of trying to...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 5474 | by Staff reporter
RG Mugabe's number one admirer speaks on his unfulfilled cherished wish
LOSS takes many shapes and likewise the death of Zimbabwe's founding President Robert Mugabe undeniably evoked contrasting emotions for many people across the country and beyond.For a Bulawayo...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Ex-fighter sheds light on Mugabe's escape to Mozambique
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's life epitomises a journey well travelled, with cumulative substance offering new horizons where outspokenness made and indeed earned him the coveted place of being the darling ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 166 | by Stephen Mpofu
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