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US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blasted over attack on Coltart
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has ignited a storm of criticism after accusing Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart of advancing tribal interests and allegedly supporting a separatist agenda,...Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Catholic church to hold masses honouring late Pope Francis
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe will hold special masses to honour the life and legacy of Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88 due to a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:37hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell fires up Zimbabwe's succession battle
It was a war veteran and senior Zanu-PF member named Blessed Geza, also known as "Bombshell", who launched a verbal offensive against Mnangagwa.A long convoy of armoured personnel tanks rollin...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:16hrs | 3843 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordhan became factional in the ANC
The monologue in a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare and the poem, which was recited by Jaques entitled "As you like it" painted a broader picture about life when they stated that "All the world'...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 13:30hrs | 321 | by Bheki Mngomezulu
Asking Hichilema to honour campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia
This is Jason Mwanza (see image attached), a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia. He has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks now. His offence? Conducting a peacefu...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1637 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Pope's representative tours Victoria Falls
Archbishop Janusz Stanislaw Urbańczyk, the newly appointed Roman Catholic Church's Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, visited Victoria Falls on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of the Hwange Diocese....Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:03hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Pius Ncube still doing the Lord's work
Archbishop Emeritus Pius Ncube, former head of the Roman Catholic Church in Bulawayo, has broken his silence nearly two decades after a sex scandal involving a married congregant, Rosemary Sibanda, in...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 03:49hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Pastor suspended for pestering girl (17)
United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) has suspended Chikanga Assembly pastor in Mutare for pestering a 17-year-old girl from his church whom he allegedly invited to his house and to go swimming....Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:15hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Clash over grazing land in Bulilima
In the face of the El Nino-induced drought, the grazing land conflict in Bulilima, specifically in the Bambadzi ward of Matabeleland South, underscores a pressing issue affecting pastoral communities....Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwas are dummy sucking cry babies!
It is intriguing to see how loud the cruel and oppressive wail when they are given the taste of their own medicine.We have seen the tears of the savagery late President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mug...Published: 27 May 2024 at 20:03hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Chombo loses court challenge
Former cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo has lost his bid to prevent Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka from subdividing his Allan Grange Farm in Zvimba, which spans over 3,000 hectares, to accommodat...Published: 21 May 2024 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe condemns Pope Francis over same sex marriages
Catholic congregants in Zimbabwe have expressed disquiet at the Vatican's move to allow the church's priests to bless same-sex couples, saying this is abominable in the majority of African countries a...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press
Leviticus 20:13 - Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God's love and mercy s...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 11:48hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Catholics Bishops in Zimbabwe wades into Zimbabwe opposition factionalism
CATHOLIC Bishops in Zimbabwe have decried what they are terming a "new form" of post-election violence characterized by "recalls of the elected" political candidates in the Southern African nation....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa aligned pastors blast Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct
THE Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has blasted Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda's partisan conduct allowing unconstitutional recalls of elected opposition legislators saying the move scut...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties march for peace
REPRESENTATIVES from different political parties in Gwanda Town on Friday conducted a march around the mining town in a bid to send a message of peace across the community as the country draws towards...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile
OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo's crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the flip side.Released in 1979, tow...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 18 | by Percy Zvomuya
'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!
There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
Catholic bishops want Zimbabweans to reject violent candidates
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), one of the fierce critics of government maladministration during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, has urged the electorate to vote out me...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis appoints new Bishop for Gokwe
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Eusebius Jealous Nyathi, the Rector of Chishawasha National Major Seminary of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, as the new Bishop for Gokwe.Fr. Nyathi comes from...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 17:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 18 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Why Tanzania can't afford to harm own hunting community
With international hunting bringing benefits that include wildlife and habitat conservation, including meeting the socio-economic needs of communities co-existing with wildlife, Tanzania can't afford ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 12:47hrs | 55 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zanu-PF, CCC youths in running battles
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters yesterday clashed with their Zanu-PF counterparts, leaving a trail of destruction as tempers flared over the murder of activist Moreblessing A...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga consoles Siyachitema family
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has consoled the Siyachitema family following the death of Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema on Friday last week.Bishop Siyachitema (90) has since been a...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2
Mnangagwa, who has bewitched you?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the spirit of the Lord is not upon the clerics who surround you. They were not anointed to preach the good news to the poor. The...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns
A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal C...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Women abuse UK justice system to settle scores
John Mabhureza of Northampton United Kingdom sits in a corner in prison. He has grown so thin and he is not eating well. He has reduced himself into a silent dying man. Mabhureza's problems star...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
Veteran ZDF chaplain calls it a day
The first Chaplain General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Joseph Nyakudya, retired yesterday with ZDF Commander General Phillip Sibanda presiding over his farewell lunch at the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rise of Ngubra cattle breed
When others see a cow, they think of beef or draught power.But for this family, when they see a cow, they see an opportunity to make thousands of US dollars from breeding.To many, catt...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
AFM pastor sues church for $13m
AN Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe pastor is claiming over $13 million from the church as he accuses it of neglecting him after he was involved in a car accident.Alfred Mujeyi issued...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must remove pastoral jacket
WHY does MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa continue to seek re-course at the courts that are captured by Zanu-PF? Why does Chamisa dream of participating in the 2023 presidential elections that are a...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 18 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
MDC Alliance has let us down big time..
Why do you continue going to the courts that are captured by Zanu PF?Why do you dream of participating the 2023 presidential elections that are already rigged in favor of Zanu PF?Why a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
How the Khupe coup resonates with the import of Excelgate
Thi's time last year, Excelgate was about to be published, in the ex-pectation, inter alia, that the MDC Alliance, in particular, would capitalise on the revelations therein, to both fuel their legal ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Africa must address its debt burden once the pandemic is under control - says World Bank Vice President
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo was recently appointed the World Bank's Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. He was, until his recent appointment, the bank's country director for Ken...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Raphael Obonyo
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses out on goodwill over its stark denialist attitude
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) that neighbouring South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has no mandate to intervene in Zimbabwe's mul...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church abrogating its duty, says Msindo
ZANU-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Msindo has blamed the church for failing to inculcate values of peace and harmony among citizens, hence the current polarisation in the country.Msindo was comment...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 5 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Bishops in Zimbabwe say they will not be silenced
OCAL Anglican bishops have thrown their weight behind their Catholic counterparts who were recently publicly chastised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for highlighting human rights abuses in the count...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa shocked why residents continue voting 'corrupt' MDC Councillors
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa is at pains to understand why urban voters continue to vote for corrupt councillors in the opposition who neglect in providing adequate service delivery ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by newzimbabwe
'Catholic priests statement crafted by MDC'
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that a recent hard-hitting letter written by Catholic Bishops was full of MDC Alliance vitriol, raising suspicion it could have been written by opposition party leaders Nelso...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says sanctions wont deter Zimbabwe economic reforms
President Mnangagwa says he understands the hardships that citizens are facing as a result of austerity measures, which have been compounded by natural disasters. He said although the Transiti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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