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Shock as judges from Matebeleland continue to be overlooked
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has named Justice Munamato Mutevedzi - appointed to the bench only in 2021 - as the most senior judge in Bulawayo, astounding many lawyers.Mutevedzi is replacing Just...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 10:28hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
Zondo was Ramaphosa's last line of defence
President Ramaphosa has on Thursday announced Justice Mandisa Maya as the Chief Justice of the Republic.Maya will take up her position on September 1, replacing the "politically conflicted" Ch...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 08:36hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cracks whip on top soldiers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly cracked the whip firing seven high-ranking members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) after they failed to rein in their subordinates who walked out on hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:55hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to lead Heroes, Defence Forces events
President Mnangagwa is expected to preside over the Heroes Day commemorations and Zimbabwe Defence Forces celebrations in two weeks time where several activities have been lined up as preparations for...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Ian Beddowes
2 Zimbabwean paratroopers crash land at BF
Two paratroopers crash-landed at the Independence Day Celebrations at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo Monday while conducting parachute displays as part of the entertainment at the celebrations....Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 29 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni predicts overwhelming rigging in the by elections
FORMER Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has predicted overwhelming rigging of the March 26 by-elections in favour of Zanu-PF saying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and ...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Chiwenga's estranged wife
My Dear People,Pictures of the former second lady Marry Mubaiwa struggling to walk while being led to court to face charges of allegedly plotting to kill her powerful ex-husband got everyone t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female pilot feted at State House
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday hosted a dinner at State House in honour of history making female officer graduate Air Lieutenant Gamuchirai Maria Mbigi who for the first time in the history o...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims he will get back his party headquarters
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said his party would get back everything it lost to a rival faction, including the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) headquarters.He said the MDC Allia...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers in trouble as AK-47 rifles vanish
SOLDIERS deployed at the residence of the late Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Vitalis Zvinavashe have landed themselves in soup after three AK-47 assault rifles and several rounds of ammunition wer...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T is putting the cart before the horse
RECENTLY, someone asked me to share my view on the recent call by the MDC-T for dialogue for all the concerned stakeholders to discuss a common way forward for our great country, Zimbabwe.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Daniel Molokele, Hwange Central MP, MDC Alliance
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pilot makes waves in US
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Highfield in Harare more than 40 years ago, Felix Chiota would gaze in awe at the sky each time an airplane flew over his neighbourhood. At a young age, Chio...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$2,7m heist suspect killed in shoot-out, three still on the run
A suspect in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist died in Zaka on Thursday in a shoot-out with detectives, while three others appeared in court yesterday. So far, police have arres...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Samantha Power
Zimbabwe's Rtd Col. Dyck holds fort in Mozambique
SOUTHERN African Development Community leaders gathered for an emergency meeting this week in Maputo, Mozambique, following a recent get-together in Gaborone, Botswana, to discuss the volatile politic...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
A year after Mugabe's death
WHEN Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe died exactly a year ago today, for many it was unimaginable any leader who comes after him would repeat hismistakes.Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe's current Esap II work?
In the weeks leading up to the poorly kept secret of his impeding appointment as Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube campaigned hard for the position, coming out of a long diasporan silence to write art...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | | by Makunike
Zapu candidate chides Tsvangirai's son
FORMER liberation movement Zapu's candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent the MDC's candidate in the race to ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
An abiding tortoise of White House goons
Politics, as an existential science, can be characteristically hot, heavy and heady.In its very extreme form, politics can be similar to religious fundamentalism, where it becomes a matter of ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for May 24 to 26, 2019 sharp divisions have begun to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various position...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for 24 to 26 May 2019, sharp divisions have started to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various positi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sexual allegations rock Zimbabwe's National Aids Council
Government has launched an investigation into the operations of the National Aids Council (NAC) over allegations of sexual harassment, corporate sleaze and maladministration.The probe coincide...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
18+ useful_tips on how to get accepted to college
Getting accepted to college these days is a task which requires a great deal of preparation and commitment, but the benefits of a college degree are equally great. You should be prepared to put in a c...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 40 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa to recover looted Zinara funds
Government will recover all the money looted from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. An audit report by Grant Thornton unearthed massive...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight divides Zimbabwe army?
The political fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga over the control of the party and state apparatus has sharply divided the Zimbabwe National Army i...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Zimbabwean soldiers who survived DRC war want compensation for trauma
Ex-Zimbabwean soldiers who fought in an expensive civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo two decades ago have appealed to Defence and War Veterans minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to help them...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A dictator in the making
"A dictator is someone who has absolute power or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around". This is exactly what the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is turning himself into sinc...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
How Dr. Nkosana Moyo will become the next president of Zimbabwe
Whilst many are locked in the belief that the Zimbabwean Presidential Election is a two-horse race between Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance and ED Mnangagwa of Zanu PF, Zimbabweans in general may be...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:53hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Zanu-PF fretting over G40 threats
Ahead of next month's decisive polls, Zanu-PF is fretting over threats by the Generation 40 (G40) faction, which has openly thrown its full weight behind the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa of the ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is open for business paying dividends
At the turn of the century, Zimbabwe's economy was starting to decline. This was characterised by dwindling lines of credit, low investor confidence and negative marketing of the country by detractors...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 10:57hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
MLF condemns Mnangagwa's Rogue Commission
Zanu-PF politics is too cunning and beyond the comprehension of many people. This movement has been coming with cunning strategies, ranging from those used to neutralise those opposed e.g. stealing el...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Chrispen Nyoni, MLF Information and Publicity
Let's all vote for MNP for it is good for Mthwakazi!
A wise man once said and I quote "we don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have" I think that statement is self explanatory, lets use what we ...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 16:50hrs | | by Masu Ndema Ngwenya
Mugabe's trick rattles Zanu-PF
The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF has stirred ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Elections: A case for postponement
Zimbabwe is due to go for national elections this year 2018. The elections come fast in the heels of a power transfer within Zanu PF, with Emmerson Mnangagwa replacing Robert Mugabe as president of Zi...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
What president Mnangagwa should do to hit the ground running to the right direction?
There's something heroic about a President who parachutes into a country that's facing an existential threat. While such turnarounds are never really a one-person show, it's the head of state boldness...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 13:46hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Poverty, Mugabe's evil*tionary trick of subjugating 'educated' Zimbabweans
I cannot recall. Napoleon, Machiavelli, Stalin or Mao - it must be one of these ancient eccentrics who coined a phrase - or more appropriately - whose philosophical predisposition was that if one want...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Grace Mugabe leads race for VP
First Lady Grace Mugabe stands a good chance of becoming one of the country's vice presidents in the event that Zanu-PF succeeds in introducing a quota system in its presidium by amending the party's ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targetted by Zanu-PF youth league
THE Zanu-PF youth league yesterday called for the reconstitution of the ruling party's presidium, sounding the death knell on beleaguered Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa.An extraordinary mee...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier stabs pregnant cop wife
A 36-year-old soldier reportedly stabbed his pregnant wife, who is a police officer, more than five times, leaving her seriously wounded before breaking both her hands after she had asked for a divorc...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe moves in to exploit the intimate vulnerability and weakness common to most men
'All my internal organs and bones are strong and functioning' says Mugabe, Grace moves in to exploit the intimate vulnerability and w...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 22:38hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
The army shoots at ZEC, Dabengwa is in defensive formation
The supreme commander of ZIPRA forces and president of ZAPU Dr Dumiso Dabengwa warns that Zimbabwe security services top aides to President Mugabe, the Joint Operations Command (JOC) have invaded ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 23:06hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Grace Mugabe on Succession: Is this the beginning to an end?
Just about a month ago, War Veterans Minister Cde Tshinga Dube was rebuked for suggesting that President Mugabe must consider naming his successor to avoid confusion surrounding the ongoing succesion ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 21:10hrs | | by James Katso
Mutasa's plight touches Mugabe
It is often said that President Robert Mugabe hardly forgives nor forgets, but not when it has something to do with Didymus Mutasa - one of his longest serving confidantes who fell out with him after ...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo wanted to kill Chiwenga in Mgagao?
CID LAW AND ORDER, HARARE DR /3/17 STATEMENT" "BORROWDALE CR. 397/3/17JONATHAN NATHANIEL MOYO NR. 63-857281-M-73 STATES 01. I am a male adult bearing the ...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Online
Mahoka, Moyo off the hook
The ruling party has developed cold feet on its pronouncements about two months ago that it would press criminal charges against former women's league executive members, Eunice Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Ma...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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