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'Junta is amending constitution coup proof itself' says Mutambara - bombastic nonsense, as Mugabe's case so testify
Ever since his University of Zimbabwe student days, Arthur Mutambara has earned a reputation of being very loud, bombastic and loves baffle and blast his opponents out of the water with bullshit. The ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 810 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe exhumation bid chief bribed, says Chidakwa
FORMER Mines and Mining Development minister, Walter Chidakwa has described the attempt to desecrate late former President Robert Mugabe's grave as a "shameful drama by money-mongers seeking undeserve...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1890 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt won't bow down to activists'
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the Government will not bow down to threats by the so-called human rights lawyers, who are challenging the extension of Chief Jus...Published: 8 hrs ago | 742 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza armed robber arrested
A 32-year-old suspected armed robber who was part of a six-men gang that raided a house in Chitungwiza before robbing the occupants US$7 000 cash and a cellphone has been arrested as armed robbery cas...Published: 8 hrs ago | 783 | by Staff reporter
2 people die in a fatal accident
TWO people died and four sustained severe injuries when a Toyota Dyna they were travelling in sideswiped with an Inter Africa bus before overturning at the 204km peg along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road. ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 456 | by Staff reporter
Keeping your data locked down: how do websites keep your personal data secure?
Although the rise of the digital economy has been underway for quite some time, it seems that in the last year or so the global transition to a fully digital, near cashless society has increased signi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 192 | by Staff Writer
Why did Zimbabwe regime invest so much in our post-independence education, yet always insults our intelligence?
The Zimbabwe government has always prided itself in the phenomenal strides it made in the country's post-independence education, that witnessed the proliferation of schools to reach nearly all section...Published: 16 hrs ago | 596 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa trying to coup-proof himself'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "coup-based government" was not yet ready to surrender power to civilians....Published: 20 hrs ago | 5620 | by Staff reporter
Malaba fallout: Ziyambi fingers EU, US
USTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday sensationally claimed that the European Union (EU) and the United States were pouring millions of dollars to destabilise the country by sponsoring non-governm...Published: 20 hrs ago | 6258 | by Staff reporter
Lupane residents, Zinwa clash over water meters
LUPANE residents are up in arms with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for installing prepaid water meters without consulting them.A recent notice by Zinwa said the water authority...Published: 20 hrs ago | 553 | by Staff reporter
Elderly residents petition BCC over rentals
BULAWAYO City Council has been petitioned by more than 600 elderly residents of Pelandaba suburb over rentals which they say are unaffordable.Earlier this year BCC hiked rates by 400%, prompti...Published: 20 hrs ago | 617 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang terrorises Mabuthweni, Njube residents
GANG of robbers wielding machetes and axes is terrorising Bulawayo residents at their homes and shopping centres.Some of the affected suburbs are Njube, Rangemore and Mabuthweni where women ha...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1403 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invites CVs for vacant seats
THE Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East is already preparing for by-elections to replace recalled MDC-Alliance MPs and councillors and is inviting curriculum vitaes from its members eyeing to contest pr...Published: 20 hrs ago | 744 | by Staff reporter
Residents rescue man from lion's jaws
A CHIRUNDU man is lucky to be alive after he was mauled by a lion in the border town last Thursday.The victim, Isaiah Chitenje (48) from Chirundu town was saved from the lion by people who mad...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1582 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ex ally graduates from Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology
Lillian Timveous who recently dumped the opposition MDC -Alliance for Zanu-PF has graduated from the ruling party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology. In an interview in Zvishavane on the sid...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma heads to High Court
Former president Jacob Zuma is set to appear in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday on charges of racketeering, two counts of corruption and 12 counts of fraud — nine of which were for alleged...Published: 20 hrs ago | 699 | by Staff reporter
Couple savagely attacked, husband dies
A COUPLE from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo was attacked by robbers, leading to the death of the husband in a case that brings to the fore an alarming rise in crime and the collapse of the city's emerg...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2827 | by Staff reporter
Why Binga has low HIV prevalence
SINCE the first HIV infection was recorded in Zimbabwe almost 40 years ago, the epidemic has negatively impacted every facet of human security. Traditional customs synonymous with African cult...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1924 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates warned against humiliating chiefs
Chief magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi has warned magistrates against summoning chiefs to court to defend decisions they would have made at their courts, describing the practice as "disrespectful" and...Published: 20 hrs ago | 482 | by Staf reporter
Thumbs up for ZRP
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mvurwi is working tirelessly in arresting criminals that are conning people in and around Mvurwi.Fir...Published: 16 May 2021 at 19:55hrs | 2643 | by Ndou Paul
Judiciary captured now they have become judicial political activists
In every democratic space the Judiciary sits at the centre and the live wire of the democratic experiment. The Judiciary have a constitutional function of execution of laws respectively. It is the bac...Published: 16 May 2021 at 19:33hrs | 1605 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ziyambi's rabid tantrum after regime's failure in capturing the judiciary - by accusing judges of being captured
Lately, most Zimbabweans had become accustomed to hearing the main opposition MDC Alliance party loudly crying foul over the alleged state capturing of the country's judiciary, after losing several ca...Published: 16 May 2021 at 14:05hrs | 1966 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biti hits back at Mnangagwa aide
MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti has rubbished claims by the government that lawyers in the party crafted laws used by western countries to impose sanctions on the country.President Emm...Published: 16 May 2021 at 10:00hrs | 4779 | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Matanga summoned over gold smuggling
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Defence, Security and Home Affairs together with Mines and Mining Development have summoned Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga to ap...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
2 drums a day water limit for Bulawayans
THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect suspended water connections to vacant, incomplete stands and some areas outside the city in a bid to save water as the local authority fears high co...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:47hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge robbers jailed
TWO notorious robbers who targeted border jumpers and smugglers at illegal border crossing points along the Limpopo River have been jailed for an effective six years each.Admore Sangore (32), ...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in 1 million Pula heist
TWO Zimbabwean men are languishing in a Botswana prison after being arrested for armed robbery where a local businessman lost cash and valuables worth 1 million Pula in Gaborone.Castro Ncube (...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Businessman plunges car into river in shock suicide
THE Chegutu community is in shock following the sudden death Friday of prominent businessman Philemon Mashinge, who is said to have committed suicide by plunging his car off Mupfure River bridge....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers major setback
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to retain Chief Justice Luke Malaba following changes to the constitution suffered a setback after the High Court yesterday ruled that the top judge's term of offic...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Is Zim's deafening silence on Palestinians' bombardment instructive of regime's long-standing relationship with Israel?
Ever since the relentless bombardment on the Palestinian territory of Gaza was ruthlessly unleashed by the Israeli regime on Monday 10 May 2021, I have been patiently awaiting a statement of condemnat...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:47hrs | 267 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man kills self after losing property to thieves
A man from Madziwa, Mashonaland Central province took his life after his property was wiped away by thieves at his Madziva homestead yesterday.Obvious Nzara could not stomach the theft as he c...Published: 15 May 2021 at 16:38hrs | 3086 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Madziwa
Charamba speaks on Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'tiff'
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was the one who pushed for the removal of the running mate clause from the Constitution, dismissing spec...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:55hrs | 7278 | by Staff rpeorter
'Vacant rural teaching posts to blame for poor pass rates'
MPs have implored government to fill vacant teaching posts in rural and marginalised areas to improve pass rates.Rushinga MP Tendai Nyabani (Zanu-PF) while raising a motion on deployment of te...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:49hrs | 846 | by Staff rpeorter
Parirenyatwa trial moved to May 26
FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa has unsuccessfully applied for removal from remand for the umpteenth time.Parirenyatwa is facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly f...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 891 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF MP heckled at youth summit
Zanu-PF MP for Chivi north Mathias Tongofa was on Thursday heckled during a youth summit held in Harare, with some of the participants accusing him of being "too old" to represent their interests in P...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1610 | by Staff rpeorter
Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni
TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 620 | by Staff rpeorter
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Health worker nabbed for stealing COVID-19 equipment
BULAWAYO police have arrested council employee Mike Chidarikire for allegedly stealing COVID-19 equipment from the local authority's vaccine storeroom on Monday.Acting provincial police spokes...Published: 14 May 2021 at 14:02hrs | 1317 | by Staff Reporter
Toxic gases kill artisanal miners
Two Harare illegal gold miners died on Wednesday after inhaling toxic gases from a blast at a gold shaft in Mazowe.Tafadzwa Mugadza (39) of Glenora C and Thomas Mlambo (45) of Epworth Harare d...Published: 14 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1309 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Bribery storm rocks Mines ministry
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development last week suspended two of its top directors on allegations they tried to solicit bribes from South African potential investors, Lephalele Mining.T...Published: 14 May 2021 at 08:48hrs | 2042 | by Staff Reporter
Robert Mugabe to be exhumed as Grace gives up?
After seriously looking at the summonses chief Zvimba issued on Grace Mugabe the former First Lady one is left wondering does chief Zvimba understa"nds his duties. Zvimba District is a district ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | 8792 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Struggling Gwanda SMEs in need of development funds
DELAYS in the disbursement of funds and unattractive vending points have been identified as major stumbling blocks for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gwanda that are struggling to recover from ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:35hrs | 157 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to officially open country's first free orthopaedic hospital in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today set to officially open the country's first free orthopaedic hospital, Cure Children's Hospital and a Covid-19 designated treatment and isolation centre at the United Bulaw...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2032 | by Staff Reporter
Tribalism and politics in Zimbabwe
Tribalism regularly comes into play in Zimbabwe. sometimes it is in terms of political rivalry and competition. at other times it is based on a friendly joking relationship between different tribes....Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1727 | by Fay Chung
Unconstitutional extension of Malaba's tenure, predictive of a 2023 rigged election?
Mnangagwa owes Malaba a tonne of gratitude. He insulated Mnangagwa from what was imminent loss of power when the coup, illegal, was challenged, allowing him to consolidate power aftermath the illegal ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:07hrs | 1334 | by Nancy Makurira
Angela Merkel and Liz Cheney are conservatives, but their political values and principles are worth of gold!
We are also called anarchists; our socialistic values about removing a capitalist world to an order that puts emphasis on humanity and not profit. Activists defy status core, demand a remake of our tu...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:03hrs | 547 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe's ghost torments Chief Zvimba and Grace Mugabe
The late president of Zimbabwe cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe has refused to exit the lime light. Now he has ignited a huge traditional problem for the nation and the world. Mugabe has proved to be a sourc...Published: 13 May 2021 at 21:54hrs | 3820 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa wants poll charm from Mugabe's corpse, nephew claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind a bizarre push to exhume the remains of Robert Mugabe in the vain belief that his predecessor was buried with a mystic scepter, or "tsvimbo yaMambo" in the Shona...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:14hrs | 4239 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC violence 'ring leaders' arrrested
POLICE have arrested four Zanu-PF activists who later appeared in court Wednesday for alleged involvement in intra-party violence that broke out at the weekend leading to the firing of tear-smoke to d...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:12hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
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