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Local firms vie for CSC
A CONSORTIUM of local companies and industrialists are seeking to seize a 75% stake in the defunct Cold Storage Company (CSC) after tabling a US$225 million investment proposal to the government....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 628 | by Mirian Mangwaya
Zimbabwe regime exposes its tyrannical tendencies in seeking to force South Africa into a dictatorship
If ever there is one thing I 'like' about someone with a criminal and rogue character - who always seeks to deny and hide their waywardness and lawlessness - is that, they always, somehow, manage to e...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 561 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ANC delegate to Harare told Zanu-PF they want to oust Ramaphosa
A Zimbabwean senior ruling Zanu-PF official told The NewsHawks that when South Africa's governing ANC leaders visited Harare in Sept 2020 to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis, one of them intimated that the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:17hrs | 3604 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security personnel test positive of COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on annual leave at a time Zimbabwe is battling the intensifying Covid-19 pandemic, including attendant deaths, was last week forced to abandon a trip to his She...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has no strategy beyond lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has no comprehensive Covid-19 plan beyond the strict 30-day lockdown triggered by a recent spike in cases, spelling trouble in the health sector for his broke...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:38hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Africans have last laugh
Africans are responding to the chaos at the US Capitol with irony, sarcasm and humour. #Trump started trending on Twitter in places like Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya as the platform blocked the US ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Khupe attack slammed by Gender Commission
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has lambasted the recent attack on ousted MDC interim president Thokozani Khupe during an emotive extraordinary congress.Khupe was allegedly beaten and had...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:17hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
How did exercising one's democratic rights in Zimbabwe suddenly mean 'engaging in public violence'?
Ever since the so-called 'new dispensation' come into power in November 2017 - via the barrel of the gun, in a military coup d'etat, that ousted long-time brutal dictator, Robert Gabriel Mugabe - the ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 371 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mambo's Chicken ad 'glorifies' gender violence after Khupe assault
An ad by Mambo's Chicken that appeared to mock ousted MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe a day after she was allegedly slapped at the party's chaotic congress sparked outrage on Monday with many people call...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Whilst the politicians scramble for power, who cares about suffering Zimbabweans?
If ever there is one major lesson I am so grateful to have learnt very early in my life, it was that, politicians, and participating in active political party politics, have absolutely nothing to do w...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 14:35hrs | 451 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Workers decimate Mugabe's cattle herd
VILLAGERS have gone on a raiding rampage on a farm belonging to the late former president Robert Mugabe in Mazowe, hunting down and slaughtering over 1 400 cattle belonging to his family, in a which h...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:17hrs | 3617 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo, Msika feast on CSC from the grave
THE late Vice-Presidents John Landa Nkomo and Joseph Msika are some of the beneficiaries of "questionable" long-term Cold Storage Commission (CSC) lease agreements beyond the company's specified tenur...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths plot Mnangagwa ouster
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance youths led by party president Nelson Chamisa have launched a campaign to dethrone President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 elections.The youths intend to mobilise ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must fulfil promises for sanctions to go,' says sanctions denialist UK
THE BRITISH government has reiterated its readiness to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration if they fulfil their promises of reform that were made when the late former president...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:31hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1935 | by crisisgroup
Ramaphosa's final push to oust Ace Magashule
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has to step aside pending the outcome of his fraud and corruption case, or be suspended, the party's integrity commission has recommended.In its three-page ...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:45hrs | 2747 | by Staff reporter
AFM pastor begs Mnangagwa, Chamisa
AN APOSTOLIC Faith Mission pastor, Edmore Sibanda has called upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to initiate dialogue with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to end the suffering of Zimbabw...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1753 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa battles G40, Gamatox remnants
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
'G40, Gamatox teaming up against Mnangagwa'
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 7057 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' own cowardice main reason for continued suffering and subjugation
As much as I pray each day for God Almighty to strengthen Zimbabweans so that we finally have the boldness, decency, and self-respect to stand up, in demanding our rights for a divinely-appointed dign...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 09:17hrs | 1273 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's penchant for chaos does not bode well for country
Zanu-PF held its long awaited District Coordinating Committee (DCC) polls over the weekend. They were as chaotic as could be expected of a party whose hegemony has driven the country to the br...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:08hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's Phugeni cleared of rape charge
SUSPENDED MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni yesterday walked out of court a free man after being acquitted of rape charges he was facing.He was being accused of raping a minor.Phug...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe may have been right after all
CHAOS that erupted in the Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) polls over the weekend could be an apt reflection of how factionalism is deep-rooted in the ruling party.From burning o...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Yesteryear songbirds who kept us going
I wish life could be rewinded backwards anti-clockwise the days we used to gather together in our dining rooms playing music on our one deck radio cassette player listening to those great songbirds....Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 15:12hrs | 665 | by Leonard Koni
Turmoil in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector
Over the past year, a wave of violence has rocked Zimbabwe.Armed gangs, alternatively portrayed as consisting of or preying upon small-scale miners, have wreaked deadly havoc, especially in th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 386 | by International Crisis Group
Zanu-PF reverses decision to clear disqualified cadres
THE Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East Province has reversed its decision to clear disqualified members ahead of the district co-ordinating committee elections.On Wednesday, the provincial lead...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T's Phugeni raped my daughter'
THE mother of a minor, who was allegedly raped by suspended MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni on Monday denied claims that she wanted to "politically soil" his image after he was nominated for Sen...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2130 | by Staff reporter
Khupe is a failed politician, says Bhebhe
OUSTED MDC presidential hopeful Abednico Bhebhe has described acting party leader Thokozani Khupe as "a failed politician who has divorced herself from the people's project".He said this last ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 4787 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga camps clash over G40
Outbursts by a top ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa declaring that G40 elements remain firmly within Zanu-PF's top levels have heightened fears in the party that the president's loyalists are targ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 7421 | by Staff reporter
War vets snub Matemadanda
Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemedanda was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled address at a meeting of former liberation war fighters in Marondera after a rival group organised...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 5327 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 17651 | by Staff reporter
Hope fades in Zimbabwe 3 years after Mugabe's ouster
ZIMBABWE'S former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule.His resignation came days after military tanks rolled throu...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:34hrs | 637 | by AFP
Chiwenga says Mnangagwa is sole Zanu-PF candidate in 2023 elections
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - after he recently publicly endorsed his boss...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:19hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga affirms Mnangagwa as 2023 nears
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he recently publicly endorsed his boss a...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | 3546 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF spells out Mnangagwa succession plan
ZANU-PF yesterday said the party's succession matrix would al-ways be guided by its constitution and remained a straitjacket where the most senior party member would succeed an incumbent party leader....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 11788 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's trial postponed again
THE trial of Zimbabwe Football Association boss Felton Kamambo on allegations of vote-buying failed to take off yesterday as his lawyer demanded certified minutes of the election to enable the footbal...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's police issue arrest warrant for top ANC official Magashule
South African police have issued a warrant for the arrest on corruption charges of Ace Magashule, a top official of the governing African National Congress party, a spokeswoman for the country's elite...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Trump compared to Mugabe
Former United States ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has compared President Donald Trump to Robert Mugabe after the Republican gave a speech described as "delusional" as he faces elect...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 18:41hrs | 2910 | by Staff reporter
African leaders now smell like goats!
The Lord really works in mysterious ways.It has come full circle for Evo Morales.The former president of the South American country of Bolivia will be returning home on Wednesday this ...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Has Mnangagwa dumped re-engagement efforts?
IT appears that in Zimbabwe, despite the change of guard which ushered in the so-called new dispensation, nothing has changed on the ground, we are still steeped in Mugabeism.It seems the ruli...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:41hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Kereke battles to occupy Mazoe farm
JAILED rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is fighting to have his family occupy a Mazoe farm he bought in August while in prison after illegal occupants who have lived there since 2002 refused to vacate the pro...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:24hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: The Banana Republic of Southern Africa
Hopewell Chin'ono, the Zimbabwean journalist and anti-corruption campaigner was rearrested following allegations of breaching his bail conditions.Chin'ono is being charged with contempt of cou...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 14:11hrs | 1736 | by Prince Njagu
G40 linked NPF banks on green bombers
THE Eunice Sandi-Moyo led National Patriotic Front (NPF) has put plans to use graduates of the Border Gezi Youth Training Camps to front its campaigns for impending by-elections.This was revea...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guarantees Grace Mugabe's windfall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has defended its move to ensure that former first lady Grace Mugabe receives a luxury car and a house as part of a host of benefits.On Friday, the gov...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 6846 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers call for Chief Justice Malaba probe
Chief Justice Luke Malaba brought "disgrace" to the bench after sitting in an appeal court where his judgement was being challenged, lawyers have said.The incident, back in 2016, has been desc...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
President E.D, you need Strategic Thinkers around you!
I vividly recall Mugabe's last two gigantic rallies in 2017 where politicians fell over each other to bootlick the despot. The former ZANU PF youth leader Kudzai Chipanga openly told the gathering tha...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 672 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Judge seeks to bloc Mnangagwa from firing her
HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has filed an interdict against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop him from suspending her until Chief Justice Luke Malaba has followed correct disciplinary pro...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 4829 | by Staff reporter
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 803 | by Agencies
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