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Illegal settlers forge land documents
KADOMA-based land developer, Paragon Real Estate private limited has approached the High Court after some land invaders forged documents in its name to illegally settle on a piece of land owned by ano...Published: 3 hrs ago | 94 | by Staff reporter
Cde Mutsvangwa, do birds and trees sexually violate each other?
I never desire to wade into these sexual indiscretion scandals, or sexual abuse accusations, which have hounded well-known Zimbabwean leaders of late - both from the ruling and opposition formations -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:41hrs | 1465 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt official 'blocks' school construction
A SENIOR official in the Foreign Affairs ministry has been accused of blocking the construction of a secondary school in Goromonzi district, Mashonaland East province.This has resulted in lear...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
'Even birds and trees indule in sex' - says Mutsvangwa as he wades into Mnangagwa-Mutami rape saga
Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Chris Mutsvangwa has sprang to the defence of top Zanu-PF officials accused of child sex abuse, rape and infidelity, saying the alleged sleaze was a ploy by the oppositi...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 5787 | by Staff reporter
Dangers of Arab Spring in South Africa
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of pover...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:15hrs | 696 | by Sandy Africa
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 329 | by Jamwanda
Mugabe's daughter survives eviction
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Mutsahuni Chikore has survived eviction from a Mazowe farm after the High Court ruled in her favour.Bona and husband Simbarashe Chikore wer...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe and husband granted chance to fight for Mazowe Farm
HIGH Court judge, Justice Rodgers Manyangadze, has granted Bona and Simbarashe Mutsahuni Chikore a chance to fight for their Mazowe farm by staying execution of an earlier judgement evicting them....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 18:18hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 1082 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe's ruling elite has no conscience
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elite in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I cannot help wonder how far these people ar...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite will sell their own mothers if they believe can get away with it!
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elitist clique in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I can not help wondering how far th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 10:08hrs | 2357 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube
THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scores high on budget transparency rankings
ZIMBABWE has improved its rankings in national budget transparency after climbing up the ladder by 11 points to settle at number 41 out of 120 countries surveyed from 52 last year, becoming the third ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 07:58hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
CAPS Utd to replace Chitembwe
AILING Castle Lager Premiership football giants CAPS United have identified Bulawayo Chiefs assistant coach Thulani Sibanda as a possible replacement to Lloyd Chitembwe should the latter fail to redee...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends Chinese investors
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa commended Chinese companies Thursday for their investment in the southern African nation.Mnangagwa was speaking after touring the Gweru-based Sino-Zimba...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:17hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matebeleland South official dies
THE ruling Zanu-PF in Matabeleland South has been plunged to mourning following the death of Evelyn Mpofu who was the vice-chair in the provincial Women's League.Mpofu, who passed on Friday wa...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Go well defender of Zimbabwe's legacy!
IT was a grand sendoff fit for a liberator as the body of the late Major General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi left his rural home yesterday in Mapate area in Gwanda on the final journey for buri...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Matanga challenges UN-bound cops
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged officers who are leaving for South Sudan on peacekeeping duties to remain disciplined and desist from behaviour that might bring the name of the co...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Government forces Bulawayo schools to pay $7 000 each for celebration party
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Bulawayo Metropolitan Province has instructed all schools to pay $7 000 dollars toiwards the celebration for the former Provincial Education Director ...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 15:04hrs | 3742 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 516 | by Christopher Mahove
Boyfriend kills lover, locks up body and disappears
POLICE on a hunt for a 26-year-old man from Bulawayo's Emganwini high-density suburb linked to the gruesome murder of his girlfriend whose body was found locked up in his lodgings.Confirming t...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo dragged into stand row
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has been dragged to the High Court in a case where he faces charges of illegally allocating a piece of land belonging to a Harare businesswoman to the acting Chitun...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:33hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga faces contempt of Parliament
FINANCE ministry secretary George Guvamatanga could be charged with contempt of Parliament after he failed to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defense and Home Affairs on several...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'king' threatens to invade State House
ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele Kingdom, Stanley Raphael Khumalo, has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa threatening to take over Bulawayo State House and revive the kingdom in the Matabelela...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt recruits extra 10 000 teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months. The Public Service Commission has ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
SA business group unhappy with rise of Zimbabwean expats
THE appointment of Sitholizwe Mdlalose as chief executive of South Africa's telecoms giant Vodacom has triggered xenophobic reactions after the country's Black Business Council (BBC) demanded that loc...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:13hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is being haunted by the 2018 legitimacy crisis that has seen the economy imploding and plunging the country into chaos, opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change leader Ne...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:11hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Chirume Permanent Secretary
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed former NetOne board member Dr Beaullar Chirume as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services....Published: 12 May 2022 at 20:31hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Picking Zimbabwean Sitho Mdlalose as Vodacom SA boss raises eyebrows
The Zimbabwean diaspora seems to ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | 3849 | by Gugu Lourie
'Mnangagwa's govt killing Zimdollar'
GOVERNMENT'S short-term financing mechanisms to fund its programmes are the major contributors to the depreciation of the local currency, the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has noted....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:46hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1520 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa sucked into land dispute
The ongoing land dispute in Budiriro between land developer Fifty Angels Company and one Hebert Senda, popularly known as Madzibaba Enock, has reached a boiling point with Senda now accused of droppin...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:28hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border grocery shopping trips decline
THE number of locals travelling to neighbouring countries such as South Africa and Botswana to buy groceries has considerably gone down following a steady rise in capacity utilisation in the local man...Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Bosso title hopes fade
HIGHLANDERS have to find a way to quickly turnaround their fortunes to save a faltering season seemingly on a downward spiral.Highlanders, who last won the league title in 2006, slipped two pl...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:01hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't marry political parties as if they were wives!
On a visit into the Kwekwe CBD (central business district) this morning to run some personal errands, I could not help being flabbergasted, as I always am, at the usual sight of disheveled and unkempt...Published: 03 May 2022 at 14:50hrs | 393 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Divorce cases spike
The High Court in Harare recorded a staggering 47 divorce cases on Thursday last week while statistics show that 1 351 couples filed for divorce last year compared to 1 117 in 2020.Observers b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
The departure of Stan Chartered: A case of Economic commitment
Few days ago, the Standard Chartered bank closed all it's branches in Zimbabwe, except a few remaining as they wind up their 120 year journey in the southern African nation. This came as a surprise, a...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:56hrs | 970 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mukuru blasted for employing 225 Shona and Chichewa speakers in SA
Financial services company Mukuru will have to revisit its employment policy after the Western Cape High Court lambasted it for ignoring South Africa's employment laws in favour of hiring foreigners i...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3688 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster politician ‘refuses' to quit job
A GOKWE headmaster based at Nyaradza Primary School, who is said to have a tendency of bullying teachers and villagers, is allegedly still working as a civil servant yet he is now a ward 19 Zanu-PF co...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth conference fuels Mnangagwa, Chiwenga feud
THE Zanu-PF national youth conference slated for next month has reportedly renewed rivalry between factions aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga.The two...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo murky deals under threat
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors say they will immediately swing into action and stop all dubious deals linked to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and some scandalous agreements involving...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF fails to give Nhamburo a decent burial
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central leadership has failed to give the late Central Committee member Jonathan Nhamburo a decent burial.Nhamburo ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 00:10hrs | 1589 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF youths instructed to pave way for Robert Mugabe Jnr
Zanu-PF youths have been reportedly instructed to avoid contesting for any position Robert Mugabe Jnr seeks to occupy at the upcoming youth league conference, it has emerged.Speculation is rif...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:49hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge govt houses now occupied
BENEFICIARIES of government constructed houses at Beitbridge reportedly started occupying them after they were commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently.This was despite reports th...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 12:55hrs | 844 | by Stephen Jakes
Useless UN Rights Chief tells Russia to stop war in Ukraine immediately
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights on Wednesday called Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop the war that she said had caused immeasurable suffering and grief for mi...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:55hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | 384 | by @Jamwanda2
Land developer, police bury hatchet
HARARE property developing company, Eddies Pfugari Properties, has dropped a contempt of court charge it had levelled against Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for failing to assist the deput...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
BVTA urges BCC not to use violence on illegal vendors
BULAWAYO Vendors and Trader Association (BVTA) has urged the city council to desist from using violence to solve the problem of illegal vendors occupying restricted areas.BVTA Director Michael...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:19hrs | 412 | by Stephen Jakes
Women should be wary of the 'Black police chief phenomenon' but strive to hold real power and influence in society
It is always encouraging reading news reports of women raising up the most treacherous ladder of power - which is usually fraught with seemingly insurmountable challenges, and much resistance from tho...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:02hrs | 323 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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