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Zimbabwe emigrants celebrate e-passport application in SA
Zimbabweans in South Africa have welcomed the introduction of an e-passport application process at the Johannesburg consulate, marking a significant improvement over previous requirements to renew pas...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry
Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been fre...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
When the Rains Forget Their Path: Climate Change Through Zimbabwean Eyes
In the land where the baobab trees stretch their ancient limbs towards the heavens and the mighty Zambezi carves its way through the savannah, a silent upheaval is underway. Zimbabwe, a country rich i...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Why Mnangagwa could be seeking a third term
IN 1990 to 1991 when Fredrick Chiluba was hot on a campaign for multi-party democracy that finally ushered him in as Zambian president to replace founding nationalist Kenneth Kaunda, he was so emphati...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Teachers vote in new Zimta executive
Veteran educationist Akuneni Maphosa has been elected the new president of the Zimbabwe Teachers Association at the ongoing Zimta 39th Annual Conference in Harare.Maphosa won the post after po...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zambian national appears in a Zimbabwe court
A Zambian citizen, Kimbungwe Yub Ibrah (28), appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera, facing two charges of trafficking Ugandan nationals into Zimbabwe. Ibrah was remanded in custody until Se...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex - Dynamos and CAPS United player dumps newly born baby , wife and kids
IT was an emotional scene at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday when the players from the Archford Gutu Boys Academy, who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 13:04hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
NRZ looting unearthed
AN internal audit has uncovered corporate governance rot, and looting at ailing parastatal National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) with board chairperson Martin Dinha (pictured) and his board allegedly bl...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections loss: Zanu-PF in witch-hunt
Zanu-PF has reportedly launched a witch-hunt targeting its supporters suspected to have voted for Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the Saturday by-elections amid fears of a bhor...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Impounded top-of-the-range vehicles gather dust
FAILURE to change ownership of vehicles and smuggling of cars is proving costly for some motorists as top-of-the range vehicles recently impounded by police are now gathering dust at Harare City Counc...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man deported from Malawi
THE Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services in Lilongwe, Malawi has deported an Indian national and a Zimbabwean man for violating Malawi immigration laws.This is according to Inspe...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no hand in UK deportations
The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe embassy. They were...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Demonstrators at the Zim embassy in the UK are paid mercenaries paid to soil Zimbabwe's image
The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe High Commission. They were...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
66 SA deportees test COVID-19 positive
Health officials in Beitbridge have put into isolation 66 Zimbabweans who tested positive for Covid-19 during screening soon after arriving from South Africa on Thursday.The group is part of 2...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
220 Zimbabweans deported from South Africa
A total of 220 Zimbabweans were today deported from South Africa via Beitbridge border post as the neighbouring country moves to decongest migrants holding centres and minimise the rate of new Covid19...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
The bittersweet toxicity of the new media
In 1982, when Steve Jobs was asked if he was keen on doing market research, he said, "No, because customers don't know what they want until we have shown them." His instincts, whether good-natured or ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Mandlenkosi Siziba
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'diplomat' jailed 2 years in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man arrested for overstaying in Botswana and lying that he was a Southern African Development Community (Sadc) intelligence official deployed to that country, was last week slapped with a...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican faces deportation for overstaying
A SUSPECTED Mozambican diamond dealer was nabbed in Mutare for overstaying in the country and is now facing deportation.Lebbe Ninema (29), who was represented by Mutare lawyer Farai Matinhure,...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Married' Zambian woman faces deportation from Zimbabwe
A ZAMBIAN woman married to a Zimbabwean man was yesterday fined ZWL$100 or 10 days in prison for overstaying in the country for 15 months. She will be handed to the Immigration Department for deportat...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe white farmer ordered off farm, 3 others face eviction
CHIREDZI magistrate Geraldine Mutsoto last week found a Mwenezi white commercial farmer, Shane Warth, guilty of overstaying at a 50-hectare farm that had been acquired for resettlement by government a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by City Press
Growing role of Zimbabwe's Embassy in China
ZIMBABWE and China have excellent relations that date back to the pre-independence era. During the visit by His Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa, in April 2018, relations were elevated to the highes...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Mr Chikawa
Zimbabwe has no option other than a change of govt in order to progress
Let me begin this series of write ups with preamble that governance is not machine management but a human driven process responsive to good decision that minimizes corruption and give eminence to the ...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Zimbabwean to be deported from Philippines
THE Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) indicated Tuesday that United Methodist missionary Tawanda Chandiwana from Zimbabwe had overstayed and engaged in political activities violating his missionar...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe sued for $35 million
A former United States Congressman has slapped ousted leader Robert Mugabe and a host of ministers who served in his Cabinet with a $35 million lawsuit over claims he was tortured by intelligence oper...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
British investor deported from Zimbabwe
A BRITISH citizen Kenneth Vincent Grant-Coker, who was deported a fortnight ago for overstaying in the country, has written to Home Affairs Minister Obert Mpofu accusing the Immigration department of ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed 10 months for impersonating cops, robbery
TWO men from Dulibadzimu in Beitbridge have been slapped with an effective 10-month jail term each for impersonating police officers, robbery and fined $100 for invasion of a protected area at the Bei...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever
Although Democracy is discredited as "the last refuge to cheap misgovernment," by some writers and other scholars- the people of Zimbabwe seem to have seen it as a sanctuary for more forward-thinking ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Chamisa and Biti: Hubris personified
HUBRIS is defined as excessive pride or over-confidence. It is epitomised by arrogance. It often indicates a disconnection with reality and overestimating one's own competence. It is a disease that af...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Khupe rigged him and he stands
As a parliamentarian, he was an effective prolific debater second to non. Those who worked with him in parliament will attest that he had a way of persuading people without causing conflict. A gentlem...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Henery Madiro
Mugabe lost popularity long back
Former President Robert Mugabe lost his popularity way back before his resignation from his duties as the Head of State and Government on 21 November 2017.In a recent interview with foreign jo...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Zimbabweans in SA welcome permits deadline extension
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa have welcomed the further extension of the deadline for submissions of the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), saying many people had failed to apply due to various chal...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family leaves Bangkok after living at airport for 3 months
A Zimbabwean family, who had been living at Bangkoko's Suvarnabhumi airport for the past three months, has finally left Thailand, reports said on Tuesday.The family of ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
When the bad turns out for the best
Imagine, if Eve was not there, what could have happened to Adam? If Delilah never came into Samson's life, what could have happened? There is more to learn in as muc...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 10:28hrs | | by Belinda Chowa
Greed taints Mugabe's legacy
AT Zimbabwe's Independence in 1980, President Robert Mugabe was feted worldwide for his vision, statesmanship, intellect and the policy of reconciliation.He was lauded for transforming what ha...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transitional government is on cards
As a researcher and academic analyst it is very crucial to be always ahead on events taking place in the country. I think Mugabe should have seen this coming. The army has an advantage because the civ...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe is 'peaceful and stable' insists Mugabe's Minister - echo Saddam's 'Chemical' Ali
"Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi has told Zambian leader, Edgar Lungu that Zimbabwe will be stable and united ahead of next year's polls," reported Zimeye."Mzembi spoke as he delivered ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 18:32hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
More details on Mugabe bribe emerge
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and a host of government officials, including former War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa, reportedly benefited from huge bribes from former United States Congressman M...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in bribery storm
HARARE - Top government officials and other high-ranking Zimbabwean citizens have been fingered in murky dealings involving a convict who acted as a middleman for American businesses in a development ...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutsvangwa testifies in US tax fraud case
War veterans leader, Chris Mutsvangwa, testified over the phone in a United States tax fraud case - which had sucked in Zimbabwean senior government officials - resulting in the conviction of former C...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA slammed for giving Zimbabwe migrants preference
THE Migrant Workers' Association-South Africa (MWA-SA) has lashed out at the South African government for only considering Zimbabwean migrants in the special permit dispensation, leaving out undocumen...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
MWA-SA Statement on the extension of ZSPs
The Migrant Workers' Association-SA (MWA-SA) is grateful but is not fully satisfied with the decision by the South African government to limit the extension of permits to the holders of Zimbabwe Speci...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 21:02hrs | | by Butholezwe Nyathi (Acting Chairperson - MWA-SA)
Nurse taken to court by ex-hubby
A NURSE at Embagwe Mission Clinic in Bulawayo has been dragged to court by her former husband, who accuses her of overstaying with their child who legally stays under his custody.Sheron Chakaw...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Law of 'Diminishing Returns' is sinking Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime
President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF is at loggerheads with the Law of Diminishing Returns, an economic concept that asserts that after a certain point further investment (or effort) does not incre...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:19hrs | | by Pythias Makonese
Boyfriend overstays welcome
ONE night equals seven months!A man who had gone for a one-night sleepover at his girlfriend's place has now clocked seven months. But it's a record that his girlfriend Auxillia Dube is not am...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai Statement on the signing of an Alliance MOU with Transform Zimbabwe - Full text
Statement by Tsvangirai on the occasion of the signing of an Alliance MOU with Transform Zimbabwe Ladies and Gentlemen,The MDC remains on course...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai refused to go
Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MT) is preparing for yet another due with President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections, which could be the last time the 93-year-old ruler runs for the ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
When it comes to African dictators the African Union is a toothless bulldog
Julius Malema the opposition leader of South Africa has made mistakes as a growing politician on the continent but his call on Mr. Robert Mugabe to retire immediately ought to be seen in the light of ...Published: 28 May 2017 at 13:11hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
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