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ZiG spawns upheavals in insurance industry
Insurers have been scrambling to reassure policyholders as market jitters resurface in the wake of the introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) in April. With memories of the devastating currency shifts in...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Technology complicates police investigations
The landscape of modern policing has become increasingly complex, as criminals turn to advanced information and communication technologies to complicate investigations, police officials revealed durin...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:59hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Plundering of Zimbabwe's minerals stalling a just energy transition in fighting climate change
In his address at a High-Level Meeting on Resourcing the Energy Transition with Justice and Equity, held on the sidelines of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivere...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 12:37hrs | 171 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nkomo blasts Zanu-PF over policy confusion
Zapu leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has blasted Zanu PF government over policy which he blamed for economic quagmire in the country.In...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:21hrs | 568 | by Stephen Jakes
British Govt shows the world how to deal with rioters
It's, unfortunately, depressingly familiar. Violence has broken out in the United Kingdom led by loosely organised thugs driven by fake news and hate speech on social media that was made acceptable by...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Regime not ready to fight corruption
The story of Wicknell Chivhayo has once again exposed the failure of this regime to apply its biting teeth to the scourge of corruption, which has destroyed the country's moral and economic fibre....Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 15:10hrs | | by Leonard Koni
A tale of two parties: SA elections don't mirror Zim's 2028 polls
As the South African election results were announced, critics of the African National Congress (ANC) and ZANU PF celebrated the party's failure to secure a majority, viewing it as a significant setbac...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 19 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Villagers sell their livestock for a song
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland and Midlands are being forced to sell off their livestock for a song to buy a few bags of maize and other basics as the effects of the El Nino-induced drought set in....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe CIO boss's daughter dies in Ireland
FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Friday visited the family home of Central Intelligence Organisation Director-General Ambassador Isaac Moyo to pay her condolences following the death of their eldes...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 60 | by Tawanda Majoni
EXCLUSIVE: Victim of Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati speaks on how he lost his beer plant and got deported
In the shadowy world of mafia dealings, a sinister evil chess game orchestrated by the self-styled Italian Mafia boss,Marconati, (pictured) has been exposed.Today, we delve into the Francesco ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Chamisa a fleeing lily- livered wannabe dictator that should not be taken serious
His pictures, photoshopped to give them a heavenly appearance, displayed on the stages to promote his unknown political outfit, reminded us of Mobutu Seseseko, Zaire/DRC corrupt dictator who forced TV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo water crisis demands urgent attention
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has extended the 120-hour water rationing schedule in some parts of the city owing to reduced pumping capacity at the Ncema Dam plant where there are ongoing maintenanc...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
OSTALLOS SIZIBA: The rise of the little Enos Nkala
In recent weeks, Zimbabwe has witnessed the emergence of a new political movement, the "I Chamisa Blue Movement," purportedly led by Gift Ostallos Siziba, a self-proclaimed "I Chamisa Commander....Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 15:45hrs | 4 | by George Tshuma
'War vets are not Zanu-PF bootlickers'
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), long perceived as a pawn of Zanu-PF, asserts that it is not a bootlicker of the ruling party and operates independently.Acco...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 20:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's decision to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on
POLITICAL analysts say the decision by the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to participate in the 9 December by-elections is spot-on as it sends a message of defiance and wil...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 06:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 25 | by Emmanuel Koro
Chamisa says Tshabangu is a Zanu-PF tool
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused Sengezo Tshabangu, who claims to be the interim secretary-general of the CCC, of being a pawn used by Zanu-PF to disr...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 14:37hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nevers Mumba's USAid shirt sparks fireworks on social media
Former Zambian Vice President, Nevers Sekwila Mumba, putting on a shirt with a USAid logo has sparked debate on social media.Dr Mumba recently headed the Southern African Development Community...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 15:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
British academic recruited Nevers Mumba for regime change mission
A British academic played a central role in a European Union (EU) plot aimed at undermining the democratic processes in last month's elections in the country. This academic collaborated closely with a...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
How the EU captured Sadc observer Mission
THE SADC Election Observer Mission (SEOM) and the opposition CCC were pawns in the European Union (EU) grand scheme to effect regime change in Zimbabwe with the August 23/24 harmonised elections the t...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Mbeki advised Mnangagwa to put 'best national interests above self'. Must reprimand Ramaphosa for interfering
After the SADC election observers virtually said the 23 August 2023 Zimbabwe elections are not representative of popular opinion and submitted their report. It was then for SADC to decide," commented ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Tyranny Continues
I find myself once again standing on the aftermath of another election. It is a time after we were supposed to freely exercise our democratic right to choose our leaders, a fleeting moment when our vo...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 14:23hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
ANC engaged in 'delicate' talks with Zanu-PF after disputed poll
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is engaged in "delicate" talks with Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe following disputed elections, secretary general Fikile Mbalula has said....Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU-EOM observer team in Zimbabwe in bribery storm?
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) is doling whiskeys, grocery vouchers, fuel coupons and other handouts to select journalists across the country as part of a clandestine operation ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt scoffs at Chamisa's demands
GOVERNMENT has revealed that main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will not get equal coverage with his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa in public media outlets b...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
Zimbabwe finds formula to bust sanctions
ZIMBABWE and Belarus, two countries that are suffering under the yoke of illegal Western economic sanctions, have joined hands to remove the obstacles spawned by the punitive measures and uplift their...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Embracing deglobalisation in a globalised world
"The more things change, the more they stay the same ..." is a commonly used quotation coined by the French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.The saying implies that even the most turbulent o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Are Zanu-PF and ANC Siamese twins?
BIOLOGICAL Siamese twins, are those born conjoined to each other, usually at the chest, pelvis or backside. Their conjoinment, unfortunately, is not of their own making.This results from parti...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Mutemo Pisa
Chamisa takes dig at Mwonzora
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Monday launched an indirect criticism on MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly forging unholy alliances with cunning foe Zanu-PF he said...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dark trail
CorruptionAs for the optics and visuals, you wouldn't say President Emmerson Mnangagwa - where corruption is concerned - has disappointed.During the hot days - months before the late R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
Uebert Angel's PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering usin...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 10 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
How the gold mafia scandal will affect Mnangagwa
The Al Jazeera investigative unit last week served the second episode of a four-part documentary, Gold Mafia, that makes interesting— albeit unsurprising — watching.The exposés have spawn...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:04hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Cyril Ramaphosa's real surmame revealed
South African opposition leader Julius Malema has claimed that the real surname of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is Mennel. Malema was speaking during the #EFFNationalShutdo...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:22hrs | 47 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga will never rule Zimbabwe while Karangas watch
"Dunderhead", is how the biggest Zimbabwe gold smuggling syndicate describes Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. It is fascinating that even the criminals are aware of this fact. His below p...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 08:12hrs | 417 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabweans will reject political mannequins
FOR over two decades, some Western administrations have sponsored proxy political entities in Zimbabwe with the primary goal of dislodging ZANU-PF from power. Over two decades of moral, financ...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe's PVO Bill will be signed into law
The Private Voluntary Organisation Bill, PVO Bill, has now passed the various stages of the legislative process.It is now being cleaned up for my assent. I will sign it into law once it reache...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Modern democracy now outdated and in urgent need of reformation!
I am sure every single one of us has some particular obsessions or quirks in life that we appear constantly focused on - possibly, taking precedence over other matters that may also be in our lives....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF intensifies voter registration
Zanu-PF has intensified the voter mobilisation drive, with Mashonaland West Province's Chegutu district yesterday getting a major boost after taking delivery of an additional 51 bicycles for use....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena acquitted in Cottco fraud case
Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was accused of fraud has been set free pending completion of investigations after a Harare court granted his application for refusal for furthe...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 16:05hrs | 10 | by Paul Ndou
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Mutsvangwa urges Zanu-PF members to remain united in Mutare
Zanu-PF Women's League's Secretary for Administration Monica Mutsvangwa has urged party members to remain united, while defending the country's sovereignty and winning the forthcoming elections in Mut...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Belarus credited for Zimbabwe's bumper wheat harvest
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has attributed the country's bumper wheat harvest last season to the modernisation and mechanisation of the country's agriculture sector thanks to machinery and equipment from Bela...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official vociferously defends Murehwa violence
AN UNIDENTIFIED official, purporting to be a Zanu-PF functionary says the party has declared war on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as the ruling party and CCC "trade blows" and counter accusa...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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