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Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2313 | by Siphosami Malunga
Sibusiso Moyo's emergency surgery 'successful'
Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday underwent what sources said had been a "successful" emergency surgery at a Harare hospital for a kidney-related ailment, the Da...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:42hrs | 9467 | by Staff reporter§
Teachers demand pay for invigilating
TEACHERS have demanded payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for invigilating public examinations. Invigilation has always been deemed part of teachers' duties so they...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Kariba District Chairperson Mr George Masendu elected Kariba Mayor
Finally Kariba Municipality has a set of new councillors, 8 from the MDC Alliance and one from ZANUPF who has claimed such ward from the former deputy Mayor in ward 6. The fresh set brought about a lo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 444 | by John T Chirinda
Zimsec prints exam papers in the UK
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) is printing part of the November public examination papers in the United Kingdom to avoid leakages, it has been revealed.Zimsec has its own printing ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in U-turn
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has cancelled celebrations to mark the party's 19th anniversary due to the cholera outbreak which is spiralling out of control, the Daily News can report.If anything,...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 21:50hrs | 10350 | by Staff reporter
Chidzambga pleads for Euro stars
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambga is desperate to have the United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean players in his squad and is pleading with the relevant authorities to prioritise issuing of passports to the p...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:22hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa copies the Kenyan playbook
When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as "People's President" of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 18:50hrs | 5195 | by Simon Allison I M&G
MDC Youth leader still adamant Chamisa defeated Mnangagwa
Despite being in hiding following a government crackdown against opposition leaders in the aftermath of the July 30 disputed elections, MDC youth assembly chairperson Happymore Chidziva still refuses ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:12hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'Young Turks' target old guard
JOSTLING for Cabinet posts by Zanu PF members has taken a nasty turn, with the party's "Young Turks" urging their seniors to politely excuse themselves from the race ahead of announcement of a new Cab...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Kapini still dreams of Warriors call-up
TAPUWA Kapini will go down in history as one of Zimbabwe's most eccentric and colourful goalkeepers of his generation, but the former Highlanders shot-stopper wants to be remembered for something more...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 13:30hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
The ZANU PF Chamisa-Mwonzora Stage Managed Conflict Is Their Only Weapon Left
Nelson Chamisa is among the heroes of faiths and honest, I have no doubt that he has joined the league of Simon Peter, Stephen, Paul, Aristarchus, Silas and other biblical heroes of faiths. I was expe...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:45hrs | 926 | by Don Chigumba
'Madinda was a good singer'
THERE are some people who deserve special mention in Zimbabwe football. One of them is Ali "Baba" Dube, a respected figure in junior coaching circles.Alibaba as he is fondly known, has a...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defies ZRP rally ban
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, is going ahead with his rally scheduled for Kwekwe on Sunday, his first since he lost the July 30 plebiscite to President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF.Cham...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:19hrs | 4316 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chiwenga's bizarre fidgeting
A video shared by JustImagine Pictures on popular video sharing platform YouTube of a fidgeting Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at the launch of the Commission of Inquiry into post-election violen...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:47hrs | 7342 | by Staff reporter
UK forces Mnangagwa, Chamisa into talks
FORMER colonial master Britain is actively pushing for opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and for the Zanu-PF leader to reach out to h...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 4597 | by Staff reporter
Age limit plans divide Zanu-PF
Ructions are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party over its plans to increase the minimum presidential age limit from the current 40 years to between 55 and 60 years.Early this month, controver...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:40hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa more popular compared to Tsvangirai'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has playing down his late predecessor and founding party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's popularity compared to his own.He was speaking to South African state bro...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:48hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube back at Bosso
CLUBLESS striker Prince Dube has returned to his boyhood club Highlanders and could feature in this weekend's encounter against Ngezi Platinum Stars at Barbourfields Stadium.It has since emerg...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will rise
In his book titled "How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor", Professor Erik Reinert explains to us that it will only be when we adopt strategies to deliberately industrialise thr...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 18:10hrs | 4054 | by Vince Musewe
War vets are panicking - Norman Mpofu
Former MDC Bulilima East MP Norman Mpofu has said the war veterans are now panicking over MDC Alliance leader Petition against Emmerson Mnangagwa.He said war veterans are panicking and that is...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2228 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa's Biti tweet misconstrued'
FEARS abound that President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's government will influence the Constitutional Court's decision in the landmark case in which opposition leader Nelson Chamisa wants the results of...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:02hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Search for Bulawayo mayor intensifies
As the search for a new mayor for Bulawayo intensifies, stakeholders in the second largest city have shared their expectations on the qualities they are looking into.Since year 2000, the city ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1196 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
UK Sports charity 'on hold' after Zimbabwean's drugs jailing
A charity aimed at helping poverty-stricken youngsters get into sport has been "put on hold" after the athlete behind it was jailed for dealing drugs.Sprinter Marvin Bheka wanted to give young...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:26hrs | 763 | by BBC News
MDC-T Mayor who refused posh car and opted for bicycle ousted
FORMER Kwekwe mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa who bounced back into council after the July 30 elections has been tipped to reclaim the city's top job.He would replace mayor Matenda Madzoke who lost cou...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | 8635 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills self
AN unlicensed Gweru taxi-driver allegedly threw himself into a disused pool in Mkoba 10 suburb, after a hit and run accident involving two pedestrians whom he assumed had died.Ganizani Phiri o...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:46hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Quotable quotes on Biti sags
STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF TENDAI BITITendai Biti was released earlier today following my intervention. At such a crucial time in the history of the new Zimbabwe, nothing is more important than u...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 19:23hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
How 2018 elections were rigged twice in 3 days
As the whole nation is still in shock regarding the outcome of the 2018 harmonised elections as well as congratulatory messages starting to pour in from foreign governments wishing the President-elect...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 1630 | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Be strong young man, lead my people!
I MUST admit that I really underestimated this young Wamba kid. I had initially never given him much chance, but I am really gratified and very delighted that God and the gods timely intervened in the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 19:07hrs | 6987 | by CZ
Taxi-driver in suicide after accident
AN unlicensed Gweru taxi-driver committed suicide after hitting two pedestrians with his car. He assumed that they had died on the spot.Acting Midlands Police Spokesperson Assistant Ethel Mukw...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 14:26hrs | 2269 | by Staff reporter
Jubilation over Zanu-PF's clean sweep in Mashonaland Central
THERE was jubilation in Mbire district, Mashonaland Central, after the ruling Zanu-PF party won all the 18 contested seats in the province in the just-ended elections.Zanu-PF legislator Dougla...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:54hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Bread, flour prices set to increase
INTERNATIONAL suppliers of wheat have reportedly hiked prices by $35 per metric tonne in response to rising shipment costs, a development likely to trigger a sharp increase in the prices of flour and ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa yet to prove that the vote was fair
Last week's national elections in Zimbabwe were a critical test of whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa was really prepared to lead the revival of a country brought to ruin by his autocratic predecess...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 16:37hrs | 2993 | by The New York Times Editorial Board
'Baba Jukwa' calls Zanu PF official to order
Former Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi, who was once a suspect behind the Baba Jukwa character, has called Zanu PF official Nick Mangwana to order after he claimed that the news of soldiers killing ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 12:03hrs | 6238 | by Stephen Jakes
Crocodile captured on top of Victoria Falls Bridge
THE iconic Victoria Falls Bridge, spanning the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday - a two-metre-long crocodile.The crocodile brought adventure activi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa loses Parly seat to MDC Alliance
Zanu PF politburo member and Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa has suffered humiliation after losing his Makoni Central parliamentary seat to MDC Alliance's David Tekeshe.Figures released by...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 12:06hrs | 7203 | by Staff reporter
War vets want to be buried on their farms
War veterans in Mashonaland Central are advocating for former liberation war fighters with land to be buried at their respective farms to safeguard their properties. Addressing mourners at the...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:11hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
The writing was always on the wall
The just-ended election was always for Zanu-PF to lose, as - judging by strategic errors of commission and omission - the opposition MDC-Alliance made several fatal missteps, especially after the Nomi...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Nick Mangwana and James Timba speek to DW
Zimbabwe's Nick Mangwana, Zanu-PF UK Chairman, and Jameson Timba, chief election agent for Nelson Chamisa, talk to DW.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3LqTTJ8tls...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 13:41hrs | 4456 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF acknowledges Zimbabwe election not entirely democratic?
ZANU-PF's UK representative, Nick Mangwana appeared to acknowledge that the election was not entirely democratic during an appearance on BBC Newsnight: 'Democracy is a journey, and we cannot declare t...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 08:25hrs | 5691 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters burn Zanu-PF bus
A Zanu PF bus is set ablaze by Nelson Chamisa's protestors at 4th Street bus terminus as tempers continue to rise in Harare CBD.Harare CBD has been shut down by Chamisa's protestors who are c...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 15:02hrs | 3987 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Elections consistent with SADC Guidelines
The SADC Election Observer Mission to Zimbabwe today announced the 2018 harmonised elections were not only peaceful, but were in line with the revised SADC Guidelines Governing Democratic Electio...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 10:33hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa did not breach law, Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba, has denied allegations that his boss breached the Electoral Act through his Facebook exhortation to the electorate not to vote for MDC Alli...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:33hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's youngest presidential aspirant
THE young man questioned power and authority from a tender age. He was conscious of his rights, yet he was not rebellious. He understood and used freedom of expression even during his high school days...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 826 | by Admire Jamu-Mlambo
Charismatic appeals vs performance legitimacy
Tomorrow, July 30, 2018, Zimbabwe will have its first post-Robert Mugabe harmonised election, where 23 candidates from 22 political parties will engage in mortal political combat for the country's pre...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 20:08hrs | 953 | by McDonald Lewanika
ZCTU backs Chamisa's presidential bid
Zimbabwe's main labour federation called on workers to back MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa in tomorrow's election.The ZCTU, a key ally of the MDC, said its general council ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 20:07hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 227 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Chamisa fanning anarchy
This weekend marks the end of the campaigning period for Zimbabwe's watershed harmonized elections to be held on Monday the 30th of July 2018. Two of the major and arguably the contesting parties ZANU...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 19:47hrs | 2767 | by Tendai Jongwe
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