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General Chiwenga and Mphoko to take Mnangagwa to court?
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is working with ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a plot to challenge the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa a weekly newspaper Zimbabwe In...Published: 5 hrs ago | 6636 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Business partner seeks dismissal of Mombeshora's property claim
HARARE businessman Tendai Jemwa has taken former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and his wife, Millicent, to court seeking dismissal of the couple's application in which they were seeking an order d...Published: 11 hrs ago | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF suspends MP over Chamisa
A local daily newspaper is reporting that the ruling Zanu-PF has suspended its Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, after he recently implored First Lady Auxillia Mnangaga and oppositio...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5685 | by Staff reporter
TelOne FC officially unveils Rahman Gumbo
CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League debutants TelOne FC officially unveiled Rahman Gumbo as the club's new head coach on Tuesday evening. The appointment of the former national senior team's as...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 5795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe plunged into darkness again
Zimbabwe has rolled back into darkness with Zesa Holdings (Zesa) re-activating the Stage Two load-shedding regime where households and businesses go for 18 hours without electricity.Sources wh...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:25hrs | 6362 | by Staff reporter
Signs of economic resuscitation rattle MDC
Indications of economic stabilisation currently being witnessed in the country have distressed the MDC, which for a long time has been using the challenges as their trump card, a Namibian based econom...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:59hrs | 2174 | by John Sigauke in Namibia
Mnangagwa dragged into Mphoko, Zacc fight
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who stands accused of abuse of public office, has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa into his case, saying the Zanu-PF leader in 2015 made a similar act whe...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:00hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube sues The Mirror for $1,5m
Gweru businessperson Smelly Dube has taken a Masvingo-based publication, The Mirror, to the High Court demanding defamation damages in the sum of $1,5 million, accusing the paper of misrepresenting fa...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni fights conviction & sentence
JAILED chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni and his 23 subjects who were last week jointly convicted for destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna, have approached the High Court challenging t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
The Crocodile in Crisis
Editorial by The Times newspaper, Britain's newspaper of record, on Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a "state that is close to collapse"ZIM...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | 5125 | by The Times
Zimbabwe youths rally behind Chief Ndiweni
A section of Zimbabwean youths under the banner of National Youth Development Trust has condemned the arrst and sentencing of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni as an act judiciary capture b...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 17:16hrs | 3075 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How to improve academic performance with proper time management
How to Improve Academic Performance with Proper Time Management I am sure that you have at least once encountered a situation where you would like to have more than 24 hours in a day so that you can d...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:37hrs | 346 | by Staff Writer
Duo in trouble for assaulting ex-mayor
BINDURA Municipality chamber secretary Naison Machingauta and finance director Lovemore Warurama appeared in court last week on allegations of assaulting the town's former mayor Mr Innocent Zvigumbu l...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Chitembwe signs Harare City deal
Lloyd Chitembwe yesterday sealed a two-and-a-half-year contract as Harare City coach, just a day after leading the Green Machine to within just a point of leaders FC Platinum. Harare City have...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:03hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Forex black market becomes unpopular
BUREAUX de Change are becoming popular among Bulawayo residents as they are slowly eating into the parallel market's business. To date, the RBZ has licensed over 46 bureaux de change that are ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4688 | by Staff Reporter
Govt floats $60m Treasury Bills
GOVERNMENT has floated Treasury Bills (TBs) valued at ZWL$60 million, the second auction in a month geared towards financing various programmes.In a communique yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 635 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe lags behind on fiscal transparency: US
THE United States (US) government has said in a report that Zimbabwe is still lagging behind in terms of fiscal transparency.The 2019 Fiscal Transparency Report, which was prepared by the US S...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1126 | by Staff Reporter
Chief Ndiweni wants to pay $20 fine instead of jail time
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was slapped with an 18-month jail sentence by a Bulawayo magistrate after he was convicted of malicious damage to property has appealed ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:22hrs | 9910 | by Staff reporter
The year Sadc lost its purpose and relevance
SADC, then known as SADCC, was formed in 1980 with a memorandum of understanding on common economic development. Among its goals were to introduce programs and projects which would influence the South...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:19hrs | 1249 | by AT Kadada
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
English made easy: The art of writing
Many of us struggle with composition which is a core component in any English Exam. As a result this is our topic for the day. My first piece of advice to anybody who wants to become a good writer is ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 121 | by The Language Coach
Mphoko hits back at Mnangagwa's Zacc
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday rubbished claims that he refused to co-operate with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers on Friday, but instead, accused the latte...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents, business community and churches against MDC demo
THE High Court yesterday blocked a demonstration planned for today by MDC-Alliance in Bulawayo following an urgent chamber application by residents, business community and churches. Bulawayo H...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses application to stop MDC march
The Bulawayo High Court has dismissed a chamber application brought in by a business consortium from Bulawayo seeking an order barring the MDC demonstration set for Monday.According to Justice...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 15:29hrs | 6816 | by Staff reporter
Phelekezela Mphoko speaks on arrest saga
Former Vice President Report Phelekezela Mphoko has broken silence over the events that happened on Friday the 16th of August where some details form the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission attempted...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 17:49hrs | 10879 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa demo: a bad govt and bad news
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrested power from Robert Mugabe with the help of soldiers in late 2017, he promised his government would give us the economy, economy, economy, and less of badass po...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | 240 | by Tawanda Majoni
Demonstrations disrupting flow of business
THE opposition MDC-Alliance has been busy plotting to destabilise the country through nationwide demonstrations.The organisers claim they are demonstrating against the country's economic condi...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's packed in-tray as Organ Troika chair
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumes the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation - also known as Organ Troika - from his counterpart from the sister republic of...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:34hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
Zec leans on Parly for electoral reforms
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has petitioned Parliament to expedite the amendment of laws to delink the national census from the delimitation exercise in order to guarantee smooth general el...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:31hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
'Prisca Mupfumira wanted to remove General Chiwenga'
Embattled Former Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira wanted to remove the ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and install herself as the Vice President of the party and of the country. Pr...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | 19626 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man files US$300,000 lawsuit against wife's lover
A LOCAL businessman who sued his alleged lover for defrauding him did not realise that by doing so he would land in hot soup as he is now being sued by the woman's husband for having an adulterous aff...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:03hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 586 | by The Language Coach
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2055 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Journalist arrested
Journalist Sydney Kawadza was yesterday arrested on allegations of extortion. Kawadza, who is Zimpapers Mashonaland West Bureau Chief, was arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officers and ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa 'We will remain in the streets'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that a protest called off by the police on Friday was only a "teaser", as he vowed: "We will remain in the streets....Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 19:31hrs | 7015 | by Reuters
Buyanga refutes accusations of land graft in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's anti-corruption drive has sucked in a businessman from that country who is based in South Africa, but the well-established entrepreneur denies any wrongdoing.Reports from that count...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 17:36hrs | 451 | by ANA
BREAKING: Chief Ndiweni jailed for 18 months by Mr Gladmore Mushove
Reports from the Magistrate Courts indicate Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe has sentenced Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to 24 months in prison.Six months were suspended for five years leaving him...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 17:13hrs | 8824 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:43hrs | 5641 | by Reuters
Bulawayo march to proceed, says Biti
Justice Joseph Musakwa on Friday threw out the MDC's urgent chamber application seeking to lift a police ban on demonstrations intended for Harare on the same day.Police used truncheons to bre...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 13:39hrs | 3644 | by ZimLive
Robert Mugabe's resignation letter disappears
Former President Robert Mugabe's resignation letter has disappeared from parliament where it was placed for safekeeping a weekly paper Zimbabwe Independent has reported. Quoting sources the pa...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | 4034 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Peter Moyo tightens screws on Trevor Manuel
Axed Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo has launched a fresh legal battle to get his job back.Moyo, 56, on Monday approached the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to have the country...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1669 | by iol
Shangani circumcision teams turn away health partners
Shangani villagers in Chiredzi have shut out all health partners from taking part in this year's circumcision ceremony which started on Sunday, citing intrusion into their culture.The end of t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash crisis spirals out of control
IT is an August morning in Harare. Winter winds are blowing cold. Samuel braves the cold, wakes up at 3am from his Kuwadzana home and treks to the central business district to look for cash at the ban...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 954 | by Staff greporter
African legislators draft 'model law' to strengthen Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
The Pan-African Parliamentary (PAP) Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources recently came up with this draft model law on food security and nutrition in Africa whose...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 17:11hrs | 297 | by Staff Reporter
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 19093 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
'MDC MPs' passports snub a publicity stunt'
ZANU-PF legislator Kindness Paradza (Makonde) has accused his MDC counterparts' snub of diplomatic passports offered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa government as a cheap publicity stunt as some of th...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo wants Trevor Manuel declared in contempt of court
Old Mutual will head to court on Friday to battle it out with its on-again, off-again CEO Peter Moyo in the second round of a corporate clash that Moyo has dubbed "David vs. Goliath" in court papers. ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 16:14hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Technology has transformed financial trading for investors
Whether you are a retail or institutional investor planning to buy equities, property, currencies, commodities or futures in the coming months, technology will play a vital role in your attempts to al...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 14:34hrs | 649 | by Staff Writer
'Apartheid spy' sues Zuma for R500,000
Former Cabinet minister and prominent ANC member Derek Hanekom is taking former president Jacob Zuma to court to the tune of R500 000 for defamation, Business Day reported. This follows a twee...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
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