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Harare team being pushed to the top of the league
Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) title-contenders Scottland have been awarded the points for their abandoned match against Karoi United, bringing them to within two points of log leaders MWOS. Whi...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:34hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
The abuse of power in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government has been increasingly accused of using its legal machinery to silence dissenting voices and suppress freedom of speech.Activists and civil society organisations have been...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 262 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Ex-CCC organizer jailed 36 months
Tineyi Mapepa, former Mwenezi district organizer for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Mwenezi Magistrate Conceptor Ngwerume on July 16. Mapepa, 46, was ...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:53hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
President Ruto got away with murder in the ICC before
President Ruto thinks he can get away with any political conflict situation - even murder. We have more than 20 deaths resulting from serious demonstrations across Kenya. Listening to the exclusive pr...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:55hrs | 28 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa ally Timba, 70 CCC activists arrest
Police in Harare on Sunday arrested interim leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Jameson Timba and 70 other activists for holding an illegal political meeting. The Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe central bank boss talks tough
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu on Friday declared that he will protect the central bank from external forces to maintain its independence.But analysts were quick to ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maize, mealie meal prices skyrocket
The prices of mealie-meal and maize have gone up by over 100% amid indications that the commodity is fast disappearing from shop shelves as the effects of drought set in.Indications are that t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
Afrochine loses US$3m tax battle with Zimra
AFROCHINE Smelting Private Limited has been ordered to pay nearly US$3 million in royalties for under-declaring its earnings. Afrochine Smelting is a company that produces and exports ferrochrome, an ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbare boy scales high to rule Google
ZIMBABWEANS are well-known for their resilience and undying desire to overcome obstacles in their way.Tech guru, Dr James Manyika, the senior vice president of research, technology and society...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi pushes Zimbabwe MPs' visit to US to lobby sanctions removal
Bikita South legislator Energy Mutodi has moved a motion asking the house to put together a team of MPs whose task shall be to visit Washington to physically lobby the US Congress to remove sanctions ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide victims must be protected during Mnangagwa hearings
CHURCHES and civic groups yesterday called on authorities to ensure the safety of Gukurahundi victims when they testify during the upcoming public hearings.Public hearings into the massacres a...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Counterfeit electronic appliances flood Zimbabwe
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has flagged the increasing proliferation of counterfeit goods especially electronic appliances, amid calls for Zimbabweans to be wary of the products.In ...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 35 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Jacob Mafume's mayoral victory exposes infighting in Chamisa's camp
WE close the year with a circus at Town House in Harare, where Jacob Mafume last week bounced back as Harare mayor.He was elected as the capital city's third mayor in just four months and this...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:28hrs | 6 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tribalists advised not to perpetuate a stereotype that King Lobengula betrayed the struggle for sugar
Media lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Professor Mphathisi Ndlovu advised media houses that representation matters in their content. This follows the publi...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC undoing is a strategy of innovating around the familiar
To put it bluntly, Zimbabwe's main political opposition party, the CCC, in its present construct, is wasting the people's time, resources and mostly emotions as they continue to prove through unbeliev...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 18:56hrs | 9 | by Brian Sedze
Divisions rock Zimta
Divisions are threatening the survival of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), with some members coming out openly denouncing the executive, whose tenure in office they claim to have expired a ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Recalled Makone still running Harare'
RECALLED Harare mayor Ian Makone is still running the municipality behind the scenes advising his inexperienced successor Lovejoy Chitengu.Chitengu was recently elected mayor of Harare after M...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Moreblessing Ali's suspected killer's judgement set for November 27
The High Court is anticipated to deliver a verdict in the case of Pius Jamba Mukandi, who stands accused of the brutal murder of Moreblessing Ali, an activist from the Citizens Coalition of Change (CC...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gazettes Exec appointments
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has gazetted the appointment the Vice Presidents and members of Cabinet that he constituted soon after winning his second term in the August 23 harmonised elections.The gaz...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC faction threatening to kill innocent Matabele children in bad taste
Reports in the media that a CCC faction led by Nelson Chamisa is threatening to murder innocent children of Matabele MPs and councillors that have not been recalled by CCC Interim General Secret...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:58hrs | 10 | by Israel Dube
Man battered for dating 'married' woman
LOVE can be sweet, and it can also turn sour. While Lungisani Mpofu (22) of Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb was enjoying himself boozing in the suburb near the terminus he invited his lover No...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Angry supporters slam Chamisa?
Angry Members of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) expressed their dissatisfaction with Mr. Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition party, during his recent visit to Bulawayo. They accused...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 arrested over accident scene theft
FOUR individuals from the village have been brought to court on charges of stealing fruit from a truck that had overturned near Nyamakate along the Harare-Chirundu Highway.The accused, namely ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's application for discharge dismissed
On Tuesday, a Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, dismissed former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala's application for discharge in a disorderly conduct case. Sikhala is jointly charged ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to complete all the projects he started in his first term
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who has vowed to complete all the life-changing projects he started in his first term, has said Zimbabweans, through dedication to duty and unity, can do anything.Presiden...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's victory will not benefit people in Matebeleland
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the just-ended harmonised elections will not benefit people in Matebeleland region, civic society organisations (CSOs) have said.In separate interview...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC activist's death; 12 arrested over the incident
Twelve suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of CCC activist Tinashe Edson Chitsunge who met the misfortune when he was being pursued and pelted by a mob of alleged Zanu-PF supporte...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 19:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere ceased to be a registered voter, says Judge
INDEPENDENT presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's unexpected entry into the cutthroat race against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa is fuelling...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters torch headman's home
Headman Siabbubi of Chabwidi area under Chief Siabuwa in Binga and his family reportedly cheated death by a whisker when three assailants who are suspected Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) supporte...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra
Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition chair decries signing of Patriotic Act into lawCrisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chair, Peter Mutasa has lamented the enactment of the Patriotic Act which he said ha...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC filed a false report against Energy Mutodi, investigations reveal
In a desperate bid to woe supporters after fielding a weak candidate, the opposition CCC reportedly filed a false police report against Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi who is aspiring Memb...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 10:43hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Chirandu
Mutodi in trouble
A CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) member has filed a case against Zanu-PF's Bikita South aspiring legislator Energy Mutodi who opened fire on opposition supporters at a rally last week.Joh...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soccer fan assaulted over Zanu-PF T-shirt
A SUSPECTED Zanu-PF supporter was assaulted at a soccer match at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on Sunday for wearing a party T-shirt.Highlanders FC was playing Triangle FC at the stadium....Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental check for man who pelted Mnangagwa's motorcade
A HARARE man accused of throwing stones at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade has been remanded in custody to July 24 pending mental examination.Benjamin Mupombwe (30) of Epworth appeare...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing State resources'
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) and opposition political parties have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of abusing State resources by transporting its supporters to rallies across the country using ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man pelts Mnangagwa's motorcade
A DARING Harare man appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with disorderly conduct after he pelted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade with stones along Julius Nyerere Way in Hara...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Youths disrupts CCC's door to door campaign in Cowdray Park
An unidentified group of rowdy youths allegedly disrupted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party members who were conducting a door to door campaign in Cowdray Park, Friday.The opposition p...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 7 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Teens terrorise community
FEAR has gripped St Peters, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, with residents divided on whether attacks on residents by three minors are acts of robbery or satanism.The three minor brothers, aged ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Energy Mutodi opened fire on CCC supporters,' claims Mahere
FORMER deputy information minister and Zanu-PF aspiring MP Energy Mutodi allegedly fired gunshots at Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members who had gathered at Baradzanwa township in Bikita await...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you failed to uphold the Constitution
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, I have reason to believe there is overwhelming evidence that your presidential term was destined to be retrogressive. It has long been char...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Zimbabwe universities ranked among the best in sub-Saharan Africa
Three Zimbabwean universities have been ranked among the best universities in Africa from 88 universities in 20 countries by the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, demonstr...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Justice Mbatha and a white judge blocks Malema, EFF from repossessing land
AfriForum on Wednesday welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss the application of leave to appeal by EFF leader Julius Malema and his party against an interdict which AfriForum won...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC reassures nation on voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has assured the nation that it will correct all anomalies that were noted during the just-ended voters' roll inspection exercise.In an interview with ou...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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