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Shiri defends Zanu PF land barons
Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri has denied that Zanu PF officials are behind the chaotic and illegal settlements around the country, a strategy long u...Published: 9 mins ago | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Tsenengamu trashes Chinamasa
Suspended Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu says he is not apologetic about his anti corruption stance denying Patrick Chinamasa's statement that he has apologised to the par...Published: 11 hrs ago | 7099 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala acquittal exposes MDC rift'
The acquittal of MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges last week has exposed the rift between radicals and soft-liners within the country's biggest opposition party, political analysts...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3664 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Kereke appointed prisons adviser
HARARE court yesterday heard that Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi facilitated the appointment of former Reserve Bank top official and convicted ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa feeling the heat
OPPOSITION MDC president Nelson Chamisa yesterday conceded that he was under "immense pressure" from restless party supporters who want to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his handling of th...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2235 | by Staff reporter
15kg live pangolin lands man in trouble
A 39-YEAR-OLD Chitsungo man is in soup after he was allegedly found in possession of a 15 kilograms live pangolin.Zuze Tauro of Mushang...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2020 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Grace, Chiwenga, Velario Sibanda, Shiri still in the EU sanctions list
The European Union has announced that four Zimbabwean top officials still remain under its restrictive measures despite them having applied for the suspension of the measures on them....Published: 22 hrs ago | 2712 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army generals running mining, fuel cartels - report
THE influence of the military in Zimbabwean politics is reported to be on the ascendancy in politics, economy and government while the army generals have also been reported to be heavily involved in m...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 8202 | by newzimbabwe.com
Tshinga Dube fights in Matutu, Tsenengamu's corner
OUTSPOKEN Zanu-PF Politburo member, Tshinga Dube has described the suspension of Zanu-PF youth leaders, Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu as a perpetuation of a culture of intolerance and would wors...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1261 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa risks removal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should reform sooner rather than later or face overthrow by angry citizens who have endured continued abuse under his regime, an international human rights defender has wa...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:10hrs | 7940 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe recession deeper than thought?
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand.Whether he opted to pay in US c...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:35hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Residents go for months without electricity
PUMULA residents have gone for many days without electricity after a local transformer was reportedly stolen.The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is reportedly reluctant or f...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:51hrs | 962 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare fails to pay $11m debt
HARARE City Council is battling to settle a $77 million debt owed to the local authority's sole water treatment chemicals supplier, Chemplex, and this has seen taps running dry for several days....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:46hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala brings Masvingo to a standstill
IT was Valentine's Day without much love in Masvingo's central business district this year.For those who know Masvingo, the morning of February 14 was anything but normal.Not even the ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:37hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Inside the feud around Hlabangana tshisa nyama
WITH the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) throwing the rule book at them as it promises to clamp down on council leased sport clubs that are flaunting regulations, insiders at the Babongile Sikhonjwa-run H...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Priority shifts to investigations, asset recovery
The commission has so far this year received more than 60 reports of suspected corruption.The reports were received through walk-in clients, by telephone, through letters, email and use of soc...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:32hrs | 90 | by Comm John Makamure
Chamisa bemoans corruption in MDC councils
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has admitted that there is massive corruption in MDC run councils, highlighting that quick and significant change of lifestyle when one becomes an MDC councillor or MP is ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF facing another split?
The past few days have been quite interesting with the developments in Zimbabwe's ruling party ZANU PF. The unfolding events have been triggered by a press conference by the now-suspended two&nb...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:01hrs | 11352 | by Blessing Vava
CID illegally arrests Chinese immigrant
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attached to the Law and Order section at Kwekwe Central Police Station were yesterday told off by officials from the Gweru Immigration Department ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:21hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo businessman fights for freedom
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat, who is accused of fuelling the forex black market, money laundering and externalisation of more than US$2,2 million, has approached the High Court ch...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:17hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepared to say sorry over gukurahundi genocide?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland including dialogue towards finding closure in relation to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:14hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks Gukurahundi closure
President Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland, including dialogue towards finding closure to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue. H...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:10hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tackles Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he takes seriously the grievances of the people of Matabeleland including dialogue towards finding closure in relation to the emotive and sensitive Gukurahundi issue...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:43hrs | 2529 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4335 | by George Mkhwanazi
Kwekwe CID Law and Order illegally arrest Chinese immigrant
Two Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officers attached to law and order section at Kwekwe Central Police station were yesterday given marching orders at Gweru immigration offices after illegal...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 09:42hrs | 2481 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's MDC rocked by serious internal fissures
SERIOUS divisions pitting the old guard and emerging young academics have erupted in the main opposition party MDC, with party leader Nelson Chamisa being accused of siding with the Young Turks....Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 3869 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hawks query Mnangagwa's capacity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 election campaign, which has been underway since the Zanu-PF Esigodini Conference in 2018, is increasingly coming under scrutiny within government, the ruling party...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 7461 | by Staff reporter
Zacc won't be used to settle personal scores
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lethargic approach in the fight against corruption has raised the spectre of distrust towards his administration's will to fight graft. The appointment of Loice ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
R19,2m Zimbabwe contraband intercepted in SA
The South African Police Service (Saps) on Tuesday night intercepted a consignment of Zimbabwean-made Pacific Blue cigarettes and banned skin creams worth about R14,5 million being smuggled into their...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2692 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Chipinge, Chimanimani
Chipinge and Chimanimani districts have been hit by flash floods as memories of last year's Cyclone Idai are still fresh in the villagers' minds.Officials said Biriiri 2 Bridge was damaged by ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko turns tables against Avondale top cop
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing a charge of corruptly causing the release of two government officials arrested for sleaze, has turned the tables against officer-in-charge at Av...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo to meet civil society organisations
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Bulawayo yesterday to meet civil society organisations from Matabeleland region at State House in an expanded engagement drive to strengthen dialogue between the Governm...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 204 | by Staff reportert
Lightning strikes 13 pupils
A headman drowned in Mbire, while at least 13 learners at Chitenje Secondary School in Karoi were yesterday struck and injured by lightning as heavy rains wreak havoc in different parts of the country...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
MOGS fuel deal: An MDC project
NEW details are emerging regarding Mine Oil and Gas Services (MOGS), which of late has been making futile attempts to build a second pipeline in Zim...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:51hrs | 2235 | by Paul Ndou
'Zanu-PF funded MDC-T, we were not a real opposition' - funded MDC during GNU too and continues to this day
Many people have often asked why Zanu-PF has managed to stay in power for 40 years regardless of the party's checked track record as a corrupt, incompetent and murderous regime? The answer is slowly b...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1861 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mujuru wants to rest
FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru turned down calls to return to the ruling party arguing she is comfortable watching from the terraces.This comes as the ruling party is keen to mend broken r...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:32hrs | 5002 | by Staff reporter
Matutu, Tsenengamu now face expulsion from Zanu-PF
IN A dramatic turn of events, it has emerged that the newly-installed leadership of Zanu-PF's youth league may now be pushing for the expulsion of the wing's suspended executives from the ruling party...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:31hrs | 4918 | by Staff reporter
Zapu raps govt over Mashurugwi
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa government of being complicit in the terror gangs called maShurugwi that have been terrorizing the mining sector.In...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 13:34hrs | 1022 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC's greatest misconception… that demonstrations and violence will lead to power
The violence-prone Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), since its introduction in the country's political arena 20 years ago has not been able to dislodge ZANU PF from its stranglehold on power and h...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1766 | by Dr Claver Nyuki
Tshinga Dube slams silencing of youths
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has slammed the suspension and silencing of Zanu-PF youth leaders who spoke out against graft, adding that the named cartels should prove their innocence and ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 4805 | by Staff reporter
The people using Tsenengamu and Matutu exposed
The excitement caused by the press Statements issued by the former youth league leaders is short-lived and a none event. The behaviour of the youth was not only disgusting but indeed depressing and fl...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 4046 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Herentals match-fixing details emerge
FINER details of how Herentals fixed a league game against army side Black Rhinos last October have emerged after the Premier Soccer League (PSL) released the full judgment.Herentals, who were...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 09:01hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa to operate One-Stop Border Post in 2024
A one-stop border post that will fast-track trade between South Africa and Zimbabwe will be fully operational at Beitbridge in 2024, according to South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi....Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 07:23hrs | 2646 | by Bloomberg
'Build more labs, embrace innovation'
THERE is a glaring shortage of basic science laboratories in Beitbridge schools and it is very critical for the youth to embrace innovation to push the country's national economic development initiati...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Axed Zanu-PF youth leaders in extortion storm
TWO of the three former Zanu-PF youth leaders, who were axed from their positions last week, allegedly extorted goods and services from businessman and Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) cha...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 4218 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is the godfather of Zimbabwe corruption'
MDC Vice President and legislator Tendai Biti has accused maverick business mogul and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kuda Tagwirei of capturing and running the country's Finance Ministry....Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 21:29hrs | 4775 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lashed over limited reforms
AN INFLUENTIAL American think-tank has laid into Harare over the economic hardships that Zimbabweans continue to experience — which it says have worsened under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
Why Tagwirei sold his Trafigura stake
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei apparently sold his stake in multinational commodities firm Trafigura to allow him - among other things - to perform his role without conflict as an advisor to Presiden...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 5345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NPA, judiciary captured by 'cartels'
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi on Monday made startling revelations that key institutions mandated to fight corruption, including the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) which he heads, had been c...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1714 | by Staff reporter
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