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Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa stands down
The vice president of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, left the leadership of the Forum last week after an eventful two years at the helm of the inter-parliamentary body that b...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3351 | by Staff reporter
Climate change to affect insurance business - Maguwu
The gradual increase in global temperatures and other climate change associated hazards will affect insurance business if the phenomena continues unmitigated, Farai Maguwu has said.Addressing ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 14:10hrs | 702 | by Staff Reporter
Forex dealers resurface
Forex dealers popularly known as ''money-changers'' are back on the streets operating underground as they still claim that there is high demand for foreign currency now because government is charging ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 5410 | by Staff reporter
National Geographic Traveller lists Zimbabwe in Top 10 'must-see' destinations
National Geographic Traveller, one of the world's leading travel magazines, has listed Zimbabwe as one of the 19 must see destinations in the world in 2019.Zimbabwe was placed at number nine, ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1019 | by African News Agency
Makokoba, Sakubva, Mbare set for a facelift
GOVERNMENT has mobilised $139,24 million to regenerate the country's oldest urban settlements, with Mbare, Makokoba and Sakubva suburbs set to benefit, a Cabinet minister has said.Addressing j...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe ebuilding or establishing a new economy?
THE struggle to figure a way forward continues. The fire-fighting approach is the order of the day. Despite the various economic policy directions by the government, there is lack of clarity on where ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:05hrs | 725 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show turns political
CAUGHT by the revolutionary frenzy, Chimurenga music fans turned Thomas Mapfumo's Bulawayo show on Saturday show into a political demonstration as Mukanya belted out his politically charged tracks, wh...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 6652 | by Staff reporter
Cost of living up 4,6%
THE month-on-month cost of living increased by 4,6 percent to $697,76 last month from $666,93 in October on the back of negative macro-economic pressures characterised among others by financial market...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Cop subjects woman to 9-hour rape ordeal
A POLICE officer stationed at Sauerstown Police Station in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman and forcing her to pose for indecent pictures during a nine-hour ordeal. The ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Player exodus rocks Dembare
TWO Premiership soccer clubs - Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars - could lose most of their players this pre-season. The pair had contrasting fortunes in the just-ended 2018 season with DeMbare survivi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Italian clubs track Nakamba
ZIMBABWE'S international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has once again come under the spotlight following indications that two Italian clubs - Fiorentina and Torino - are after his signature. Na...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:26hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spoils his Cabinet with top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery vehicles
With the majority of the citizenry getting poorer by the day owing to the biting economic crisis, the cash-strapped government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has splurged over $2 million on top-of-th...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 10245 | by Staff reporter
Independent Commission of Inquiry into the death of Football in Zimbabwe
Your honour the president, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent self appointment to the vacant position of President at Zifa. I will tackle the issue of the...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | 1179 | by Unknown
Thomas Mapfumo Gweru show flops
Ageless Chimurenga music legend Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo's maiden Peace Tour show slated for Gweru on Friday night failed to take off amid a plethora of challenges that left music lovers, who had pa...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:23hrs | 3937 | by Staff reporter
Govt ponders US$ fuel pricing
The government is considering requests by players in the oil industry who are seeking authority to sell fuel in foreign currency, the industry regulator has said.Service stations do not seem t...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Millions blown on needless imports
Zimbabweans are spending a fortune in foreign currency by importing non-essential consumer goods, while importation of critical capital and intermediate goods remains depressed.This, President...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's faction plots to 'suffocate' Chiwenga at conference
Factional infighting in ZANU PF has reached a high pitch with members aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa calling for the President to be declared as life president, a move that is seen to close V...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:58hrs | 11293 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa for life president?
A section of the ruling party is gingerly pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rule Zimbabwe for life to spite ambitious cadres within his party who are burning the midnight oil, plotting again...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira disowns article...fingers pastor
MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira has disowned an article that is making rounds on social media which is attacking civic society and MDC as being the problems that are behind the Zimbabwean crisis. Ma...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:58hrs | 2793 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More feathers fly in fake chicks scam
THE "fake broiler chicks" saga that recently rocked Bulawayo has hit another high amid revelations that the alleged fraudsters were also painting the chicks in question with red and black oxide before...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:03hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
MDC trapped in history
Inasmuch as the opposition is necessary to maintain checks and balances on Government, the MDC Alliance has dismally failed in this regard. Instead of proffering alternatives, the political party has ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 09:02hrs | 988 | by Jasper Hloka
Chief Charumbira's evil intentions about Matabeleland genocide will never succeeded in our lifetime
Chief Charumbira's evil intentions about Matabeleland genocide cannot go unnoticed and unchallenged. His devilish plans will never see light of day in our lifetime. It must be categorically st...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 08:59hrs | 927 | by Israel Dube
Of bloody period taboos and gender based violence
We often use the adverb "naturally" to explain inevitable things whose occurrence we just have to accept and deal with. We can't run away from such things, we simply have to face them. Whenever that a...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 08:58hrs | 294 | by Theresa Nyava
Take care of the elders, they deserve more
In all this economic turmoil, prices madness and the consumer unfriendly three tier pricing system, how are NSSA pensioners making ends meet? Do they also have to pick their walking sticks and...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 07:30hrs | 287 | by Tondo
Daylight robbery of pricing at 4:1, but giving change at 1:1
As economic recovery measures are implemented, let's discuss this wrong mentality - yes, wrong - that nothing works until everything works because in real life there are no quick and easy fixes....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2452 | by Conway Tutani
'Zimbabwe runs out of fuel'
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) acting chief executive officer Eddington Mazambani yesterday revealed to Parliament that the country had exhausted the $60 million worth of fuel imported la...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Fuel companies call for 2-week forex cover
Fuel firms operating in the country have said Government should supply them with two-week worth of foreign currency cover to ensure there are no gaps that "exaggerate" the fuel shortages. Appe...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:22hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash problems will not be solved by using foreign monies alone
It is true that businesses in Zimbabwe discuss major business deals and even small purchases with the cost listed in US dollars, even when the US is not involved in the transaction. The US dollar is v...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 18:53hrs | 2350 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SA Home Affairs official tears up Zimbabwean child's passport
The Department of Home Affairs is once more embroiled in a legal battle.On September 21, court papers were filed in an application lodged against the minister and the director general (DG) for...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:22hrs | 5387 | by Tariro Washinyira, GroundUp
Sangoma nabbed for hooker's death
A SANGOMA, who was involved in the suspected ritual murder of a hooker in the Avenues area, has been nabbed and is set to appear in court today.The sangoma, only identified as Sekuru Hungwe, w...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 15:59hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
ZEC hunts for chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is hunting for a substantive office.This comes after Zec cut ties with its chief elections officer, Constance Chigwamba, after she fell out of favour wi...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 14:46hrs | 3183 | by Ndou Paul
Motlanthe Commission pulls the rug under MDC feet
Ever since the demise of MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC Alliance is labouring under the erroneous assumption that it has an upper hand in everything. Based on some fictitious reasoning, the ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:19hrs | 8502 | by Elijah Chihota
When is the perfect time to ask for her hand in marriage?
Some men might pop the question even if they have dated their partner for only a few months or weeks. They believe that it does not matter how long they have been together, as long as they are in love...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 11:56hrs | 906 | by Staff Reporter
Dollars vs Zollars
Government's insistence on a fixed 1:1 exchange rate has continued to create headaches for companies who have to report within prescribed accounting standards. This comes as the US dollar, ado...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 4244 | by Reuters
Investors see Africa as the Final Frontier
Many investors see Africa as the "final frontier" as emerging markets like China and India continue to mature. With a population of about a billion and abundant of natural resources, the continent has...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 11:14hrs | 767 | by Enos Denhere
Understanding the Commission of Inquiry Act
Over the past two days, the Presidential Spokesperson, George Charamba has come under immense criticism after being quoted in The Herald of 3 December 2018, saying the August 1 Commission of Inquiry r...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 07:45hrs | 946 | by Claver Nyuki
Mnangagwa supporters foil opponents
With factionalism refusing to die in Zanu-PF, anxious power-brokers in the party are scheming to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the helm of both the former liberation movement and the government...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1924 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs to set up Gukurahundi genocide taskforce
CHIEFS have unanimously resolved to urgently set up a taskforce to tackle the emotive Gukurahundi massacres that claimed about 20 000 lives in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s....Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:51hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Delta assists Matabeleland South school
Delta Corporation has constructed two classroom blocks with two fully furnished classrooms each and a 10-hole toilet block at Fairview Primary School in Matabeleland South Province.The initiat...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:21hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Cars, luxury goods imports gobble $1.4 billion
Zimbabwe has in the first 10 months of this year spent at least US$1.4 billion on cars and luxury imports, forcing the government through treasury to effect duty payments in forex as part of measures ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 12:54hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean leaders to die in December.
Prominent Prophet Itai Ukama, of Abundant Life Ministries prophesied that some unnamed Zimbabwean leaders will die one after the other starting from 3 December 2018. From the prophecy of the m...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 11:46hrs | 13887 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean company signs a $1.8 billion mega solar projects deal
Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd a subsidiary of Craft Properties Holdings and an elite member of the World Confederation of Businesses have signed a mega solar projects deal worth 1.8 billion United States...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2699 | by Staff reporter
A stalemate in transition
The ouster of Robert Mugabe in November 2017 by the military with civilian help introduced a spectacle of hope & rekindled the aspirations of the nation that had sunk into despondency over d...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1963 | by Nhlanhla Dube
Zanu-PF in turmoil
THE majority of Zanu-PF leaders in Masvingo snubbed the Chiredzi West victory celebrations held at Chishamiso Stadium in Hippo Valley on Saturday amid indications that they could have stayed away due ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2248 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi, which way now?
The days we were growing up, back then in Masvaure area kwaMarange, watching domestic animals fight was a popular hobby. Dominant bulls would fight for territory. Dog fighting was however most enterta...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:34hrs | 1945 | by Bornface waNgaikere Masikati
Mnangagwa and the economic melt down
As Zimbabwe entered into the end of the first year without Cde Mugabe, elites all over the country were gripped by austerity fever, a strange malady that combined extravagant fear with blithe optimism...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 19:22hrs | 1421 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Inmate's wife impregnated
LIFE is unbearable for an inmate at Harare Central Prison whose wife was impregnated while he is serving his 20-year jail term.Tendai Muza, 34, says he gets solace from the bible after attaini...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:48hrs | 4671 | by Staff reporter
Never give up
In 1964 in Oslo Norway Dr King was awarded the Nobel Prize for great work he did which was birthed from his passion to see equality in the nation of America despite your race ,color,tribe.Few people i...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 16:21hrs | 591 | by Enos Denhere
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