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Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Sweet boys hold champions Ngezi Platinum
Arenel 0-0 Ngezi PlatinumCASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) new boys, Arenel Movers, got off to a good start, earning a point after holding off champions Ngezi Platinum Stars to a nil all dr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:27hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
The US should show us some respect
PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unstoppable, says Mnangagwa
Despite the albatross of illegal, unjust, and baneful economic sanctions, Zimbabwe will continue marching on the path towards upper-middle-class economic status by 2030 with every Zimbabwean having a ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:13hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping Grade 7 pupil
EVERY child deserves the right to attend school without fear of abuse. However, disturbing stories of inappropriate teacher behaviour towards pupils, particularly teenagers, are becoming incre...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:03hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | 4428 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exit throws fresh election push in jeopardy
NELSON Chamisa's spirited diplomatic offensive to push the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to facilitate fresh elections in Zimbabwe is effectively dead in the water after the politician...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:26hrs | 5309 | by Staff reporter
A generation of EDiots
THE politicians keep fiddling while Zimbabwe is burning. The opposition is at sixes and sevens, while Zanu-PF is at sea when the education system is now in comatose and the peril of having a generatio...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:43hrs | 626 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
UN court to rule Friday in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
The United Nations' top court will issue a decision Friday on South Africa's request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza.The ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
QUEENS SPORTS CLUB SAGA: Zimbabwe Cricket Boss Singo faces suspension over strip club venture
Queens Sports Club, a prominent establishment in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe Cricket (an affiliate of International Cricket Council) is facing a major scandal as one of its senior members, Nicholas Sing...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 16:43hrs | 1277 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza
South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Lyon looking to sell Kadewere
FRENCH top-flight league side Olympique Lyon have reportedly identified a replacement for Zimbabwean striker Tino Kadewere as they look to make room for out-of-favour Paris Saint-Germain young forward...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:03hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Hands off King Lobengula, he was not a Zimbabwean!
Unformed, ignorant and reckless Zimbabwe satirists, journalists, whatever they call themselves, should be advised that His Majesty, King Lobengula of Matabeleland was not a Zimbabwean. Ingqungqulu Ema...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 787 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe govt misses US$12bn mining target
LEADING economists and mining industry experts warned this week the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development was manipulating data to give an impression that its ambitious US$12 billion target will be...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:13hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zapu celebrates 62 years
Zapu is today celebrating 62 years after its formation with the party spokesperson Mso Ndlovu saying they celebrate this milestone, as they continue on their journey to achieve the full emancipation o...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 11:50hrs | 205 | by Stephen Jakes
Nelson Chamisa's plot to engage in violent mass demonstrations exposed
In the wake of ongoing recalls, exacerbating an already tumultuous political landscape, the desperate faction of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), spearheaded by Nelson Chamisa, is allegedly co...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 07:48hrs | 462 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Tribalists advised not to perpetuate a stereotype that King Lobengula betrayed the struggle for sugar
Media lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Professor Mphathisi Ndlovu advised media houses that representation matters in their content. This follows the publi...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:15hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders' strike force worst in history
HIGHLANDERS Football Club this year scored the least number of goals in a Premier Soccer League (PSL) season in which they found the target 24 times in 34 matches.This was the worst strike rat...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:34hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC ratchets up pressure
THE BESIEGED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has escalated its diplomatic offensive by engaging regional, continental and international parliaments to intervene over the illegal recall of it...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusers called out in EU report
Zanu-PF supporters were some of the most hostile people on social media as they published false information while threatening government critics and opposition activists during the election period, th...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:25hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
CCC members happy with Chamisa-Biti engagements
Most Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members are reportedly excited by reports that their party leader, Nelson Chamisa, has pleaded with Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube to be more active in that pa...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 07:19hrs | 7176 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
South Africa recalls ambassador, diplomatic mission to Israel over genocide in Gaza
South Africa's government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it a "genocide."The government also thre...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 20:53hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Ablism must fall!
My blood boils when I think about how some people normalise the treatment of persons with disabilities as second class citizens in Zimbabwe even against the existence of government policy and pronounc...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 10:02hrs | 471 | by Abraham Mateta (Mukoma A)
When Boundaries Blur: A son-in-law's offensive language sparks family conflict
A Domboshava man has been fined two goats for insulting his mother-in-law using offensive words.Benjamin Jofuresi (40) of Mashonganyika village has been dragged before Chief Chinamhora's tradi...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 19:56hrs | 653 | by Alice Mangwanda
Dembare switch off Kariba
In a hard-fought Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Nyamhunga, Shadreck Nyahwa netted the decisive goal as Dynamos narrowly defeated ZPC Kariba 1-0.Nyahwa's crucial strike occurred in...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
CCC's diplomatic offensive questioned
Political analysts have expressed doubt regarding the effectiveness of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s diplomatic efforts to advocate for a new election.Under the leadership of Nelso...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:09hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United beat Bosso at B/F
CAPS United held off a second-half comeback from Highlanders to secure a spot in the Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals through a penalty shootout at Barbourfields yesterday.After taking a commandi...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF too Strong for SADC: Mzembi
ZANU PF has proved to be too strong for SADC, the former Minister of Tourism Dr Walter Mzembi has admitted. Speaking on his X handle last night, Dr Mzembi said the Liberation movements i...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 12:28hrs | 4069 | by Desmond Nleya
Chamisa, UPND plot to launch Mango Diplomatic Offensive unmasked
A senior CCC official has vowed that the current government in Zambia would continue to push for the removal of ZANU PF from power. The official, a former senior police officer from Mashonaland West, ...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 10:53hrs | 3781 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa, UPND plot to launch Mango Diplomatic Offensive unmasked
A senior CCC official has vowed that the current government in Zambia would continue to push for the removal of ZANU PF from power. The official, a former senior police officer from Mashonaland West, ...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa, UPND plot to launch Mango Diplomatic Offensive unmasked
A senior CCC official has vowed that the current government in Zambia would continue to push for the removal of ZANU PF from power. The official, a former senior police officer from Mashonaland West, ...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Progressive Zimbabweans in Zambia to shutdown Beitbridge border post
Progressive Zimbabweans in Zambia are mobilising for protests which could shut down the country's busiest border post Beitbridge over Zimbabwe's disputed August polls.President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:42hrs | 3443 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says Zimbabwean economy is headed for a massive crash
Former cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has issued a stark warning that the Zimbabwean economy is on the brink of a severe collapse, attributing it to what he perceives as President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 15:44hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA concerned about B/F violence
After three days of silence, the Zifa Normalisation Committee has finally addressed the violence that marred the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Dynamos and Highlanders at Barbourfiel...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blows US$1m on inauguration
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly blew more than US$1 million for his inauguration in Harare last week as he continues to flaunt the extravagance which characterised his nationwide ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Sadc summit on Zimbabwe call thwarted
AN attempt by a member State of the Southern Africa Development Community to call for an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe has been thwarted after some alert regional bloc member countries saw it as a ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa as Zambia tries to topple him
President Mnangagwa's government was particularly stung by findings of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (Seom) led by former Zambian vice-president Nevers Mumba.Pressure is mounting on Presi...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 10:50hrs | 7514 | by Staff reporter
Mumba handed CCC the Sadc Electoral Observation Mission report?
BY covertly handing over the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) report to CCC, as confirmed by the opposition party's fugitive spokesperson, Mr Promise Mkwananzi, the SEOM head of mission, Dr N...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in bid to block Mnangagwa at Sadc
THE deadlock over Zimbabwe's disputed poll took a dramatic twist this week, after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leaders said they are petitioning the Southern African Development Community (Sadc...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:47hrs | 3304 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC take political battle to parly
BATTLES between the ruling Zanu-PF party and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will today spill over into Parliament when the two parties elect the Speaker for the National Assembly and P...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:46hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Nevers Mumba making a spirited attempt to take the regime change agenda from where Mwanawasa left it
"For those who don't know the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, let me fill you in about him. During his tenure of office as Zambian President, he became the darling of Western countries and, che...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 21:06hrs | 966 | by Patrick Chinamasa ZANU-PF Treasure
End of the road, the curtain has fallen as elected CCC councilors take their oath of office
THE CURTAIN HAS FALLEN, as elected CCC councilors took their oath of office, with elected CCC MPs set to take theirs tomorrow, on the back of the presidential oath of office taken by Emmerson Dambudzo...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 19:00hrs | 675 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa claims to be under siege
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has said his supporters are under siege, adding that they are being targeted by suspected Zanu-PF and State security agents who are demandin...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:25hrs | 4251 | by Staff reporter
'Advocate' Chamisa's CCC says Zimbabwe Judiciary captured
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has not approached the Constitutional Court to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial victory because the country's Judiciary is "captur...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops thwart efforts to block Mnangagwa's inauguration
Police on routine patrol early Monday morning thwarted efforts by a few scattered small groups of opposition supporters to block some roads leading to the inauguration of President Mnangagwa at the Na...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pins hopes on Sadc, AU
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is now pinning its hopes on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (AU)'s intervention following its decision no...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to contend with Zanu-PF factions jostling for power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final term is likely to be marred by intense jostling for power in Zanu-PF as warring factions jostle to position themselves for the control of the ruling party and the ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says help is on the way
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa who is disputing the results of the 23-24 August elections won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told his supporters that help was on the way. The Citizen...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's previous known political association with Chamisa creates unwholesome perceptions
Reverend Dr. Nevers Sikwila Mumba. Who is this man? People who don't know him were caught completely by surprise by his pronouncements as Head of SEOM (SADC Electoral Observation Mission), purportedly...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 18:45hrs | 284 | by ZanuPF Treasurer General. @Chinamasa_PA
Chamisa pins hope on Hakainde Hichilema after stalemate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a delegation to neighbouring countries to elicit the support of Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in his pu...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:34hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
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