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Zimbabwe's new Members of Parliament sworn-in
Members of Parliament for the 10th Parliament took their oaths of office yesterday and committed themselves to work towards the fulfilment of Vision 2030 enunciated by President Mnangagwa to make Zimb...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Forces 'a vital cog in growth drive'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are a vital cog in the ongoing national socio-economic modernisation and development of the country and Government will continue to capacitate its service personnel through...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate told to fulfil promises
Zanu-PF politburo member Daniel MacKenzie Ncube has implored party candidates to fulfil their campaign promises. He said this yesterday at his party's Vungu constituency star rally at Maboleni...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours wife with govt award
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered his wife Auxillia by awarding her philanthropic work with a Jairos Jiri Humanitarian Gold Award.The honouring of Auxillia's Angel of Hope Foundation c...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours outstanding citizens, organisation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday gazetted honours and awards in different categories for various individuals and an organisation, the First Lady's Angel of Hope Foundation, in recognition of the roles th...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa determined to improve people's lives,' claims Chiwenga
ZANU-PF's knowledge of people's troubles at the hands of colonialists is not a folktale but painfully lived experiences that led the party to fight for independence and now forms the basis on wh...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
What happened to the revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow schoolmate, my heart bleeds.It reminds me of the fearless revol...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 4 | by Tawanda Majoni
Drug lord in Zanu-PF primary election contest
VIOLENCE mongers, drug lords, and shoddy characters were disqualified from standing for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections as Zanu-PF maintains high ethical standards with rerun polls set t...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:30hrs | 6 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
LIST: Top 50 African Trailblazers Awards nominees released
The inaugural Afri50 Trailblazer Awards will take place on May 1, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa, coinciding with Workers Day. The event will recognize 50 African trailblazers who have made a sig...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 08:44hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ziyambi, more Zanu-PF heavyweights fall in party primaries
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has suffered defeat in weekend Zanu-PF primary elections, becoming one of the high profile casualties in the just ended ruling party internal polls.A fervent l...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Command centres submit Zanu-PF primary elections winners list
ZANU-PF provincial command centres have submitted the names of the winners of primary elections to the party's national elections directorate in Harare, which will officially announce the results....Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries bring new vibe
Zanu-PF will print 23 million ballot papers for the revolutionary party's primary elections as a huge turnout is expected in the polls that have also attracted a record number of aspiring candidates w...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe remains stuck in football wilderness
ON February 24, 2022, Fifa took the decision to suspend Zimbabwe from international football because of government interference in the running of the game.This was after the country's sports r...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanga tries to knock sense into Mnangagwa's son in-law's head
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has urged the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to lift the Zifa suspension which he says is the only way Zimbabwe will be reinstated back into the Fifa f...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swore a solemn oath to serve the good of Rome and not - by rigging elections - the glory of Caesar
If we in Zimbabwe are serious about digging ourselves out of the economic and political hell-on-earth we are in, then we must start by paying attention to detail on why we got into this mess. If we kn...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 21:23hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's lieutenants losing faith and not confident of 2023 win
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa's leadership skills, his approach to the opposition's protracted fight against Zanu-PF and prospects for an electoral win next year are b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda rubbishes SRC's road map for Zimbabwe football
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Vungu Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda has rubbished the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) road map for football as debate on the suspension of Zimbabwe from the ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Clueless SRC adamant on ZIFA reforms
THE Sport and Recreation Commission are adamant that the process of reforming local football will only succeed once the ZIFA Congress meet to discuss the forthcoming forensic audit report and recommen...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parly implores Mnangagwa's son in-law to reinstates the suspended Zifa board
MEMBERS of Parliament have launched a fresh bid to pave for the lifting of the country's suspension by Fifa after imploring Sports minister Kirsty Coventry to ensure the Gerald Mlotshwa-led Sports and...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Youths disrupt National Youth Service hearings
THE public hearing meeting on National Youth Service that was held in Bulawayo yesterday ended prematurely after violence broke out.Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Cultur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MPs want chauffeurs
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have demanded personal chauffeurs to drive them around while performing their legislative duties.This was suggested in the National Assembly by Vungu MP Omega Siban...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe must take advantage of Russia trade ties'
OUTGOING Zimbabwean ambassador to Russia, retired Brigadier-General Nicholas Mike Sango has bemoaned the slow uptake of trade opportunities between the two countries despite the potential of the Russi...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UZ Student steals Campus Geyser
A-24 year-old University of Zimbabwe student has been arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda to answer to charges of theft of US$1500.The student, Isheanesu Tsigo pleaded guilty to th...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tongai Mnangagwa gets rare praises
Residents of Harare South are singing praise and happy that their Member of Parliament Tongai Mnangagwa has initiated several projects that transform the people’s lives.Happyton Mukungatu of...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:48hrs | 5 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu-PF mourns Chidawu
Zanu-PF has expressed shock following the death of Minister of State for Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs and Devolution Oliver Chidawu.Chidawu collapsed and died this morning at his hom...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lightning rod
God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yo...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Jamwanda
Mugabe's dairy estates collapses
GUSHUNGO Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1,4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.The...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths chide Empowerment Bank
Zanu-PF youths have accused the country's first "youth-focused" financial institution, Empowerment Bank (EB), of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ambitions to uplift young people.This...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes in farm equipment scam
LATE president Robert Mugabe's family has been rocked by a fresh scandal after allegedly selling an assortment of farm equipment belonging to government departments and pocketing the money, it has eme...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
United States mulls fresh bid to strangle Zimbabwe
IN what could pan out to be a reincarnation of the diabolical Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), the US is mulling enacting legislation that will impose stiff penalties on African ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers gang-rape storekeeper
Two Mutoko robbers who broke into a tuckshop, stole groceries and gang-raped the storekeeper were arrested.Omega Sikochi (25)and Tinashe Chikeya (24) appeared before Mutoko magistrate Elijah S...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Account for US$1m Warriors Afcon purse'
THE ongoing Zifa boardroom wrangle has sucked in top government officials with revelations that a Cabinet minister could have helped himself to over US$1 million meant for bonuses and allowances for W...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's Zifa board is the best, says Omega Sibanda
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda ranks the suspended Zifa board led by Felton Kamambo as the best to have taken charge of local football, and says their banishment is ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Rhodes' estate
Groups of people are scrambling for the multi-million-dollar estate left behind by a descendant of former colonialist Cecil John Rhodes amid reports that the Registrar of Companies has so far nullifie...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs demand Kamambo return
Members of Parliament yesterday implored the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to reinstate the suspended Zifa board to save careers of footballers, who stand to be affected by the suspension of ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SRC, Parliament clash
SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa has come under fire from Members of Parliament who are demanding the reinstatement of the suspended Zifa executive board to avert a F...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions-mongers must be brought to book'
All political parties and individuals calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe must be arrested and face economic terrorism charges, a renowned human resources expert and philosopher, Mr Joshua Maponga ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa will liberate Africa'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that his party will win the 2023 plebiscite and liberate the African continent from "powerful politicians" pillaging...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa stole our yellow colour'
NELSON Chamisa's newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is under attack from all angles, with the ruling Zanu-PF party now claiming he plagiarised their yellow theme colour and should be bar...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Ban Chamisa party from using the yellow colour'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday demanded that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) be barred from using the colour yellow.Chamisa last week du...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zifa councillors unfazed by Fifa warning
DISGRUNTLED Zifa councillors are unfazed by Fifa's decision advising them to postpone tomorrow's planned extraordinary general meeting, which would have most certainly resolved to revoke the mandate o...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 5 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa's enforcer bites the dust again
FORMER State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube's political woes worsened at the weekend after he lost the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial vice chairmanship, on which he had imposed himself, and was shunt...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Zanu-PF bigwigs denounce shameful election
THE extended delay in announcing results from Tuesday's provincial Zanu-PF elections has led to fears the outcome was deliberately manipulated in favour of candidates preferred by the party's leadersh...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Angry Makamba exits ZANU PF group
Former ZANU PF Chairperson James Makamba has reportedly exited the party provincial group after the party Politburo disqualified him from contesting...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mutsvangwa information dynasty as Mnangagwa reorganises politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday appointed new secretaries in his Zanu-PF party's politburo, while reassigning others.The mini-reshuffle will see former diplomat Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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