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Zimbabwe experiencing tyrannical peace
A recent report has unveiled that a significant portion of Zimbabweans find themselves ensnared in a state of what can be described as "tyrannical peace" – a facade of non-violent order upheld throu...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
School expels 30 pupils over violence
Reportedly, 30 students have been expelled from Chemhanza High School in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, following allegations of bullying and physical fighting, including the severe assault of a s...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Drought looms in southern Zimbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a weather forecast for the 2023-24 farming season in Zimbabwe, predicting below-normal rainfall in some southern areas, with the possibility of ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
'Artificial ivory opens another way to end ban on natural ivory trade' says U.S. NGO
A United States-based NGO welcomed a BBC report this month that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, called Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing. The ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:41hrs | 234 | by Emmanuel Koro
Chivayo calls Biti a 'foolish guy'
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has lashed out at former Finance Minister Tendai Biti saying he is a "foolish guy" and accused him of sending Zimbabwe into hyperinflation during the governm...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 20:45hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Biti to submit his defence today
The trial on the assault charge of Tendai Biti will continue today with him being put to his defence.The politician is facing charges of verbally assaulting and threatening businesswoman and i...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
SABC show goes to Zimbabwe
Humour, friendship and a bit of "organised chaos" are the ingredients that have kept Umhlobo Wenene FM's iBreakfast Eyondlayo Ekuseni (BEE) going and made it Mzansi's second biggest radio show on SABC...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:36hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 4847 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimdollar future hangs in the balance
IT is imperative for every successful and expanding economy in the world to have its own currency and monetary policy. I make that statement because it is important for all Zimbabweans to understand t...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1074 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe records surge in contraceptive uptake
ZIMBABWE has recorded the highest uptake of contraceptives, with teenagers aged between 10-19 years being the most prevalent users, a report has revealed.According to a National Assessment on ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo recording 10 fires daily
BULAWAYO has recently been having a sharp increase in fire incidents with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) saying they are recording between eight to 10 fire calls daily and this has been taking a toll...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira not fired from PAP, it's fake news
The Pan African Parliament speaks on the fake story of the firing of Chief Charumbira.Team Pachedu on Friday said in a statement:"Chief Fortune Charumbira (ZANU-PF) has been fired from...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:17hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Beitbridge border post project a flagship PPP
South African infrastructure development and construction materials supply group Raubex CEO Felicia Msiza enthuses that the project Raubex completed for the Zimbabwean government's road authority Zimb...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:24hrs | 366 | by Cameron Mackay
Madhuku defends Zimbabwe electoral process
ZIMBABWE'S electoral processes right up to President Mnangagwa's inauguration on Monday, were aboveboard and no report by any election observer mission can reverse the outcome or interfere with the co...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Respect Zimbabwe's sovereignty'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met the Secretary General of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, Fikile Mbalula, who has been in the country to witness the inauguration ceremony ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
'CCC will not boycot Parliament and council'
Following CCC's declaration of nullifying the entire election process and results yesterday, a party's senior official has said that they will not d...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 05:42hrs | 935 | by Desmond Nleya
ZEC dismisses claims it is calling agents and observers back to sign new V11 forms
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed reports that polling agents and observers were being recalled to sign new V.11 forms.Social media was on Monday awash with reports of election...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:11hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
China notes reports on some disputing the Zimbabwe election result
China says it has congratulated President Mnangagwa on his re-election but notes "reports on some disputing the election result."Below is the full statement:"As a friend to Zimbabwe. C...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 22:16hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses fake V-11 media reports
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has described as false social media reports that election agents and observers are being recalled to sign V11 result forms.In a statement, the electoral...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:09hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
V11s saga: Polling agents under siege
State security agents have been accused of haranguing polling agents and observers whom they are allegedly forcing to amend V11 forms used in last week's elections amid allegations of rigging....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
ZEC says not captured
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it remained firm and focused on its work and reports on social media that it had been captured are false, misleading and ridiculous.In it...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa replaces Mahere as CCC spokesperson
PROMINENT activist, Promise Mkwananzi, is the new opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party spokesperson, replacing Fadzayi Mahere.Mkwananzi, a former leader of the Tajamuka/Sesijik...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 4132 | by Staff reporter
'ZEC press statement' trending on social media is FAKE
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) notes with concern that there are people peddling falsehoods under the guise of the ZEC name. The public is hereby notified that a press statement trend...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:56hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
'Political intolerance, poverty, corruption dividing Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE remains highly polarised as a result of political intolerance, unresolved historical issues, growing poverty, corruption and a lack of a common shared vision among other social ills, observer...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba tenants resist eviction
TENANTS at a Makokoba house whose owner died are reportedly refusing to vacate as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) moves to repossess the property.This is revealed in the latest council minutes in ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court clears ZEC to receive postal votes by 20 August
Justice Tawanda Chitapi has this afternoon dismissed with no order as to costs an urgent application by Saviour Kasukuwere asking the High Court in Harare to set aside Statutory Instrument (SI) 140A o...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:48hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimdollars rain at Chamisa's rally
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa made Sakubva Sports Oval rain with Zimdollar notes after declaring that once he is elected President, he will do away with the local currency, violence and centralisat...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address Cowdry Park Star Rally
ALL roads lead to Bulawayo today where President Mnangagwa will address a star rally in Cowdray Park suburb to drum up support for the ruling party Zanu- PF ahead of the harmonised general elections l...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shops cash in on Zimdollar change shortage
ZIMBABWE is currently battling a local currency liquidity crisis which has resulted in large retail shops failing to give change to consumers who buy goods in United States dollars (US$), NewsDay has ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Eye on the vote: Counting notes for polling agents
MOST Zimbabweans believe that elections in the country are rigged but they don't know how the rigging is done, yet they think there is one rigging formula that the ruling authorities apply to every el...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 18:46hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
Ostallos Siziva was with Chamisa in Harare as Bulawayo Nomination Court closed at 4PM on 21 June
The eloquent and bold mendacious claim by CCC and its loquacious mouthpieces that all 12 of its parliamentary candidates whose nomination was nullified by the High Court in Bulawayo on Thursday s...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 18:56hrs | 53 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe govt loses battle on the redollarisation of salaries
THE government has issued a circular allowing public entities to pay salaries and allowances partly in United States dollars, in a development that shows the state is losing the war of redollarisation...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, CCC hostility laid bare
Public broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has stressed that it remains objective and stands guided by the law of the land when it comes to coverage of next month's elections, pu...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC slams Information Deputy minister's lies
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change has described the coverage of this year's elections by State media as unconstitutional, biased, manipulated and unjustifiably skewed in favor of the ruling par...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
There's life after Zimbabwe's August 23 polls
THERE is always a worrisome pattern that emerges particularly with each election.Generally, our elections are very competitive in nature. Sometimes members of different political parties tend ...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Living wage not equivalent to minimum wage
Working poverty is a reality worldwide. For many workers, a job does not provide a way out of poverty for them and their families. A living wage is not necessarily equivalent to the minimum wage. Mini...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Zvada
Witness Dube slams 'opposition demigods'
Politician Witness Dube, the former national information and publicity secretary of the MDC led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, has delivered a scathing critique of opposition parties in Zimbabwe. He ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
30% of marriages collapse within five years
KEEPING marriages intact has seemingly become a mammoth task for newlyweds, if statistics provided by the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) are anything to go by.At least 30 percent of new ma...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gas explosion leaves sink holes in Johannesburg
There has been a massive gas explosion in the Johannesburg CBD, causing substantial damage to nearby roads and sinkholes.Videos seen on social media showed cars toppled along Johannesburg's Br...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 20:36hrs | 7 | by Erick Matotoba
Double Nigerian awards nomination for Mlalazi
MULTI-LINGUAL praise and worship singer Everton Mlalazi is on cloud nine as his efforts and exploits on the music scene continue to attract continental attention.Mlalazi, a member of the Seven...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews at Msengezi High School
A STORM is brewing at Msengezi High School in Mashonaland West province where a section of parents is demanding the removal of the current School Development Committee (SDC) led by Leonard Matatu over...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's integrity continues facing a litmus test
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's integrity continues facing a litmus test with him violating his constitutional obligation to establish a tribunal to investigate the suitability of Justice Webster China...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for selling fake birth certificates, asylum documents
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) apprehended a 41-year-old Zimbabwean man suspected of possessing fraudulent documents in the Tsakane area.According to EMPD spokesperson Lieutenan...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malema says Kasukuwere must be allowed to contest
Free-spoken militant South African opposition EFF leader Julius Malema says if Zimbabweans want main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, they must vote for him without hindrances.He also says in...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 17:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt punishes rogue businesses
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended trading licences for 17 pharmacies for violation of the Exchange Control directives and Government policy where they were using speculati...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
We salute Diva Mafunga funeral support by ZIMURA - Maxwell Teedzai
MUTARE - Veteran Mutare Gospel musician, Pastor Maxwell Teedzai has hailed ZIMURA - Zimbabwe Music Rights Association for standing hand - in - glove with the Mafunga family after the sad passing on of...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 20:38hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
It's time for a new Zimbabwe currency
ZIMBABWE'S official month-on-month inflation figure for May was reported at 75,4% (CPI), by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats).The annual inflationary pressures for...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 09:57hrs | 8 | by Kevin Tutani
Dabengwa's late wife granted State-assisted funeral
IN a poignant display of honour, the late Mrs Zodwa Dabengwa nee Khumalo, the widow of National Hero Cde Dumiso Dabengwa, has been granted a Atate-assisted funeral by the Government. Today, she will b...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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