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Build to live not just stay
Disaster times are not for political grandstanding and populist manoeuvres. For a whole someone with ambitions to occupy the highest office in the land to say government did not do enough for cyclone ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1799 | by Thomas Murisa
MDC Alliance dismantling patriarchy towards a people’s movement
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deep economic and political crisis, further worsened by Cyclone Idai that has ravaged the eastern parts of the country leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thousand...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 05:19hrs | 3283 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Zimbabwe land audits fail to resolve disputes
FARMERS have expressed reservations over the effectiveness of the government-initiated land audits in resolving land ownership disputes across the country.This emerged at the second launch of ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew in fierce tug-of-war for land with church group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Charles Mpofu is still involved in a fierce tussle for farmland with an apostolic sect group in Kwekwe's Mbembeswane area with the white robbed church members fi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1833 | by newzimbabwe
Tendai Biti MDC election eligibility still uncertain
MDC "prodigal sons and daughters" who include former secretary generals Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti will have to wait until the main opposition's May congress to know whether they are still eligibl...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1813 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa to spy on NGOs bank accounts
GOVERNMENT has announced it will start spying on civil society organisations' bank accounts, in what it claims is aimed at plugging loopholes and stop the financing terrorism in the country.Pr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:05hrs | 3712 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's minister in another farm eviction storm
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is in another farm eviction storm - this time involving 21 villagers who allege she is encroaching into their land to expand her Penhalonga far...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:34hrs | 3968 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives reasons why he deployed the army against rioters
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described citizens who demonstrated last August and January this year only to meet with live ammunition from the army as "criminals who had violated the rights of othe...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 2927 | by newzimbabwe
Gweru council, workers in salary deadlock
AN ad-hoc committee has been appointed to look into the impasse between Gweru City Council workers and their employer.The development comes hardly a week after the restive workers issued a not...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Farmer's son brutally killed over pastures
THERE has been another murder at Chemagora farms in Gokwe South after two illegal settlers at Farm 26 brutally killed the son of the property owner following a dispute over pastures. Last mont...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:00hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
'Govt silence on Dzamara whereabouts disturbing'
THE main opposition MDC has expressed concern over government's silence on the whereabouts of journalist-turned-human rights defender Itai Dzamara, who disappeared in 2015 and has not been accounted f...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 159 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1754 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
An ideologically rooted cadre is gone
Emilio Munemo, Comrade Revolution, the Brigadier-General is no more.Indeed the Chitepo School of Ideology, the Munemo family and the entire nation of Zimbabwe are in deep mourning.The ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 180 | by Munyaradzi Machacha
Mugabe saved from eviction
High Court judge Justice Ester Muremba has saved former President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, together with their family business Gushungo Holdings, from being promptly evicted from a Mazowe far...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:34hrs | 10129 | by Staff reporter
Rituals and spiritualism, the curse of the MDC
In everyday life when the going gets tough or unbearable and when everything seems to have ground to a halt, people tend to turn to social scientists in the form of witchdoctors, spirit mediums, proph...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 09:00hrs | 1251 | by Elijah Chihota
Bright Matonga dragged to court
FORMER Information deputy minister Bright Matonga has been hauled to the High Court by three Chegutu farmers, who are seeking to bar him from encroaching onto their land.Onias Masiwa, Richard ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:57hrs | 2488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe be calm
In the 1960's a time when the world was ever divided with prospects of a third world war running supreme due to the nuclear arms race and technological advancements. The Catholic Church led then by bl...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:31hrs | 455 | by Terence Simbi
Chamisa condemns MDC Youths for supporting him
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has condemned the statements by MDC Youth from Harare Province that anyone who contests again Chamisa has declared themselves an enemy of the party."This is unacce...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 18:05hrs | 4180 | by Mandla Ndlovu
War vets want MDC Alliance to dump Chamisa
WAR veterans have waded in the MDC's internal politics with their spokesperson Douglas Mahiya saying the main opposition should emerge from its May elective congress with a mature leader.Mahiy...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1600 | by newzimbabwe
Let us work for and defend Zimbabwe
We are in the second Republic, the christened new dispensation, and we are in the process of economically re-engaging the Western world, and I do not in anyway wish to undermine the decent efforts of ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 143 | by Reason Wafawarova
Heads to roll in Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has warned that heads will roll in the ruling party in line with its restructuring exercise amid revelations that there were some unrepentant members of the infamous G40 cabal who are frustrat...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
'You will never rule Zimbabwe,' Mnangagwa once told Kembo Mohadi
When VP Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions cropped up at a Zanu-PF rally in Mvuma on 10 Feb 2018, Mnangagwa dismissed it with a joke that was not a joke. He told VP Mohadi that in order to be...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 8757 | by Israel Dube
Ndebele communal farmers evicted to pave way for shonas in Filabusi
Threats by the government to evict communal farmers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, to allegedly pave way for those from outside the province are stoking fears of tribal clashes in the area, analysts...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 7093 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shells out millions on cars
THE broke government is shelling out millions of dollars on vehicles for senior bureaucrats despite pledging to significantly cut expenditure under its much-publicised austerity plan, it has emerged....Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:44hrs | 4362 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Chitepo school to open more centres
THE Herbert Chitepo Ideological College is expected to open more learning centres in the country's 10 provinces as part of its expansion drive, an official has said. The school started offerin...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
My farm wasn't invaded, says white farmer
Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Richard Le Vieux says his farm was not invaded following reports of a misunderstanding between him and a neighbouring farmer which went viral last week, stoking fears of ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe kicked off Mazowe farm
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, along with their family business, Gushungo Holdings have been evicted from a Mazowe farm following an application by three farmers who were claiming...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 13:41hrs | 6033 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Dr. Charles Muzuva Mungoshi
As I did farewell our champion, hero, mind liberator and academic warrior, I must admit that we have been left with a seat too high to occupy and a bar not that easy to reach. We shall write but the s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 11:00hrs | 839 | by Tapiwa Kapurura
German Methods can work in Zimbabwe
After World War II, in 1945 Germany was divided into two with the United States, Great Britain, and France occupying the western portion of Germany and the Soviet Union occupying eastern Germany. Its ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1813 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Killer' Dexter Nduna challenged to come clean on Itai Dzamara
Chegutu West Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna has been challenged to tell the nation what he knows about the missing journalist Itai Dzamara.The challenge came from Itai's brother Patson Dzam...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 12:51hrs | 7540 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo cuts off private land developers
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube has said private land developers are giving City Fathers a headache after failing to deliver, hence the local authority will no longer be providing them with la...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:37hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has failed to break from the past'
MDC secretary for justice and legal affairs Innocent Gonese has raised concern over what he called was the "lack of rule of law" in the country, saying the nation had witnessed an alarming level of hu...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers 'demanded' free, unprotected sex from sex workers
SEX WORKERS in Marondera have accused soldiers of demanding free and unprotected sex from them.The soldiers were deployed in parts of the small farming town following violent protests that roc...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1447 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe clansmen threaten to occupy Great Zimbabwe
Scores of people who settled at Zero Farm at the onset of the Land Reform Programme over 18 years ago have threatened to occupy the adjacent Great Zimbabwe monuments as they do not have anywhere else ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:20hrs | 6511 | by Staff reporter
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs new heroes
LAST week was a tragic week, tragic in that we interred to the bowels of mother earth a hero in the mould of Oliver Mtukudzi. There is no doubt that Tuku, as he was popularly known, was a different ki...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:46hrs | 280 | by Pupurayi Togarepi
Land for votes scam backfires
A Ward 2 Councillor is allegedly to have assured illegal settlers situated along Gwanda Road in Bulawayo that if they vote for him he will fix they legal status and make sure they become legal settler...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 2643 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF warns traditional leaders
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has warned traditional leaders against illegally parcelling out land, saying Government would not condone such lawlessness. He said Go...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
ZBC wins order to evict illegal tenant
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has successfully obtained an order to evict Blackbury Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd from its premises after accusing the latter of occupying its property without consent....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Kombi drivers refuse to leave bus terminus
COMMUTER omnibus drivers are refusing to pave way for ZUPCO buses at terminuses.ZUPCO and other buses were blocked by kombis from using Harare Central Charge Office Bus Terminus in protest aga...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 6187 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers warn organisers of last week's demonstrations
The country's security services have sternly warned organisers of last week's violent demonstrations against urging their allies to continue with their destructive plans this week, and has assured mem...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo among key HIV hotspots
HARARE, Bulawayo and three other towns have been identified as HIV hotspots in Zimbabwe by an international study. Avert, a United Kingdom-based research organisation said Bulawayo, Harare, Ru...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:24hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Africa Human Rights Film Festival
The power of film in harnessing the promotion and respect for human rights is what Africa Human Rights Film Festival (AHRFF) seeks to use to create a vibrant culture of human rights awareness in Afric...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 233 | by Agencies
Court orders 'resettled' people to vacate farm
THE High Court has ordered a group of people allegedly resettled at Storny Croft farm in Umguza district to vacate the property. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plan to revive Bulawayo falters
Industries in the second city are still battling to survive despite pledges by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to breathe life into what was once the hub of the country's economy.Ahead of the har...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 2158 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wanted to be a soldier
Tendayi Madhomu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Who is Thokozani Khupe; where and when was she born?A: ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns local civic society organisations
The government has strongly warned local civic society organisations that have colluded with some foreign regime change agents to cause chaos in the country.The government's warning comes afte...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:32hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa squandered global goodwill over Mugabe ouster
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has squandered the international and local goodwill which followed the November 2017 ouster of predecessor Robert Mugabe.This was said by MDC vice pre...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1525 | by newzimbabwe
+300 families' homes razed to the ground
MORE than 300 families who had illegally settled at Willsgrove Farm in Umguza District were left homeless after they were evicted from the property and their homes were demolished this week. T...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
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