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Millions of people forced from their homes face dual hardship of Covid-19
Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June 2020, according to a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centr...Published: 3 hrs ago | 386 | by Stephen Jakes
Father mistakenly gives infant poison
There was a tragic incident in Shamva after a 31-year-old father, Passmore Nicholas, allegedly accidentally fed his one-year-old son cattle dip chemical t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1608 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa threatens radical action
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday vowed his party will not surrender the MDC Alliance name to the rival MDCT led by Thokozani Khupe, warning that they would henceforth take to a radical respo...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4313 | by Staff reporter
JSC to conduct ConCourt interviews tomorrow
THREE candidates out of the 12 nominated for public interviews for the five vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench have reportedly snubbed the offer.One more could not make it because he ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 898 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo threatens to publish Cabinet minutes
SELfEXILED former minister Jonathan Moyo has threatened to publish Cabinet minutes to prove that G40 elements were not taking instructions from the late for mer president Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace....Published: 10 hrs ago | 6117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to block doctors' migration
SENIOR doctors have slammed the Health ministry for trampling on the Health Professions Act by throwing thorns into their path to stop them from looking for green er pastures.This follows an a...Published: 10 hrs ago | 508 | by Staff reporter
Has Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch signed a treaty with Zimbabwe?
I READ with great interest a re cent letter to the editor by Ben Freeth in which he raises issue with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the land compensation question and property rights of individ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 163 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mnangagwa planned visit to Matobo riles Gukurahundi victims
SURVIVORS of Gukurahundi residing in Maphisa, Matobo district in Matabeleland South, feel insulted over reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit the area to kickstart the process of issuan...Published: 10 hrs ago | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zapu speaks on Ramaphosa
ZAPU says Zimbabweans need not to entertain any hopes of salvation from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's current "efforts" to solve the country's problems.In an interview, Zapu spokes...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 10 hrs ago | 164 | by Staff reporter
Marked decline in SA returnees
THE South African government's relaxation of Covid19 restrictions to Level 1 has seen a reduction in Zimbabwean nationals seeking to be repatriated home, Zimbabwe's chief envoy to South Africa, Ambass...Published: 11 hrs ago | 237 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's DCC elections to be held at once'
ZANU-PF will hold all outstanding District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections at once as it moves to consolidate its structures, the party's national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has sai...Published: 11 hrs ago | 94 | by Staff reporter
'Show us what was looted by G40,' says Kasukuwere
FORMER ZanuPF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has demanded answers from his erstwhile colleagues who accuse him and other ruling party's G40 faction members of looting state resources, to reveal...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1095 | by newzimbabwe
Gwayi-Shangani dam construction to resume
The construction of the Gwayi-Shangani dam is set to resume after the government recently availed US$200 million towards the project which had stalled due to funding constraints and the outbreak of Co...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1338 | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2577 | by Irvine Sibhona
'we are too vindictive of each other,' says Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe is in deep pain and needs healing, former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere said Wednesday.Kasukuwere currently resides in neighbouring South Africa...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2281 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 23 hrs ago | 6954 | by Staff reporter
'Drax allegations tarnished Mnangagwa's family'
DRAX International country representative Delish Nguwaya yesterday told the court that allegations the company swindled the State have tarnished the images of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his wife Au...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5345 | by Staff reporter
Fresh divisions rock civil servants
FRESH divisions have rocked civil servants after the Apex Council leadership decided to transform the government workers organisation to the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (ZCPT...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabwe cross-border traders
CROSS-BORDER traders across the country are set for a major relief following the unveiling of a cheaper coronavirus (Covid-19) testing facility, in a development that will be cost effective.Th...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe Ambassaor to Israel who is close to Mossad
I started my relationship with Zimbabwe more than 5 years ago through the leaders of the churches there, as part of my role in the last 20 years, as special adviser to the Church in the Holy Land , ch...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 10:32hrs | 5311 | by Ronny Levi Musan
Mnangagwa is stoppable, says Chamisa
Disputed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today use his second e-rally to tell the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is stoppable despite its show of invi...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 6712 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's vindictiveness will cripple health sector
GOVERNMENT'S decision to impose stiff measures on doctors intending to leave the country in pursuit of the proverbial greener pastures is quite unfortunate as it seems designed to punish health profes...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:31hrs | 4681 | by Staff reporter
Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster?
0N August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under the late former President Robert Mugabe's controversial l...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 348 | by Tafi Mhaka
'Chamisa won't protect you,' Mwonzora warns MPs, Cllrs
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has warned Members of Parliament (MPs) and councilors who won their seats under the MDC Alliance in the 2018 harmonised elections that they should desist from ...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | 2650 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'I'm committed to democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, includin...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blasts ZACC, SACU
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa Wednesday urged Parliament to act on a land scandal in Aspindale, Harare involving businessman Billy Rautenbach and the state as the anti-corruption bodies were failing to prote...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 100 | by Franck Kuwonu
Vigilance needed as Zimbabwe prepares to easy the lockdown
As Zimbabwe begins to ease the lockdown measures instituted to control the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk of a resurgence of the pandemic. Most people mistakenly took the Lockdown as a sort of a h...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 338 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4392 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF joins #JerusalemaChallenge
The ruling party Zanu-PF's Youth League joined the world craze by taking part in the viral Jerusalema Challenge through a video of their own that was commended for being well choreographed and trendy....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 3708 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 27 new Covid-19 cases
TWENTY-SEVEN new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Thursday while 36 people recovered from the virus as the cumulative figure rose to 7752.Bulawayo had the highest number of new infections after...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:53hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should deploy General Chiwenga to Mash central'
Battle lines have been drawn ahead of ZANU PF's annual indaba which is set to be hosted by Mashonaland Central province. Political analysts have postulated that ZANU PF President Ememerson Mnangagwa n...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 16:29hrs | 7709 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why the sport of football is so loved
Football is one of the most popular and loved sports in the world - that's a fact written in stone. There's no other sport with a fan base like football. Perhaps it's the competitive nature of the gam...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:18hrs | 669 | by Staff Writer
Bulawayo Town Clerk: A man on a mission
Bulawayo City Town Clerk Christopher Dube has demonstrated that he is a man amongst men. The Town Clerk bravely thwarted attempts to illegally kick him out of office and equally thwarted a robbery att...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 11:15hrs | 2994 | by Nicholas Ncube
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6370 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chiwenga cracks whip
GOVERNMENT has set tough measures for doctors intending to leave the country and also ordered the closure of three programmes at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s medical school in a move viewed as pu...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 8827 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC candidates in secret campaigns
Aspiring candidates in Mutare district have begun secret campaigns as the watershed Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee elections scheduled for november draw nearer, defying a directive by the pa...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Cop, Zanu-PF youths in nocturnal shop raids
A JUNIOR officer stationed at Karoi urban dog section allegedly teamed up with Zanu-PF youths early this week to conduct night raids on shops in the farming town, demanding trading licences and bribes...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi genocide fuelled regional illiteracy'
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands have blamed high il-literacy levels in the provinces on a cocktail of setbacks, chief among them the mass killings led by the North ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:08hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Leopard terrorises Victoria Falls residents
A FEMALE leopard, roaming with a cub, has terrorised residents of Victoria Falls' low-density areas.The agile cat has reportedly consumed five dogs in the area and also wiped out a whole pen o...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
SA tightens screws on cross-border trading
SOUTH Africa's Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 enacted on July 21, 2020 could severely restrict Zimbabwe's cross-border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders start...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3714 | by Staff reporter
5-year jail term for distributing nudes
PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that citizens preferred a five-year jail term for people who take and distribute nude videos and pictures without the victim's consent.This is contained a report by ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Mafume saved by the court
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume got a reprieve after the High Court granted him and other councillors from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) an order barring their recall that could have seen him leave of...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Israelis as populace gets restive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's edgy administration, battling to contain a restive populace amid a worsening economic crisis, has engaged the Israeli government for possible deployment of security expe...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 5071 | by Staff reporter
VIPs bleed Zesa, parly to probe
PARLIAMENT will next month launch a full-scale investigation into operations at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) with the aim of recovering millions of dollars, which were, according t...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet puts state firms up for sale
CABINET on Tuesday resolved to finalise the privatisation of perennial loss-making parastatals and state-owned enterprises by year-end after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube reported that it had become u...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Estate agents watchdog blacklists 79 operators
THE Estate Agents Council (EAC) has blacklisted 79 estate agents dotted across the country for operating illegally. Among other requirements, estate agents should register with the EAC prior to tradin...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
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