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Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba, I disagree with you fully! Men are equal political turn-coats
Mukoma Chigumba, I read your articles online with great eagerness. I agree with most of your opinions, sometimes I don't, but this is what democracy is all about, to learn to agree and disagree. This ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1670 | by Nomazulu Thata
No difference between Grace Mugabe & Judas Iscariot
The only difference between Grace Mugabe and Judas Iscariot is on gender, otherwise, they are a brother and a sister from different mothers. Judas Iscariot betrayed Christianity because of some few pi...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:40hrs | 4985 | by Don Chigumba
'I will attract investors,' promised new Finance Minister - first resolve underlying illegitimacy issues
"I promise to do my best, I am a hard worker and I want to see Zimbabwe record strong and sustained growth. I also want to see creation of jobs and one of my major priorities would be to attract forei...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:27hrs | 3715 | by Nomusa Garikai
Confusion rocks Air Zimbabwe debt plan
GRANT Thornton is in the dark over its alleged "appointment" as the caretaker administrator of troubled national airline Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) after the sacking of the board early this month, escalati...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
SAA & SAX merger - two losses don't make a profit
Is the proposed merger between loss making South African Airways (SAA) and SA Express (SAX) a marriage made in hell brokered by SA banks?According to Banking Council chair Cas Coovadia in rece...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:14hrs | 764 | by FMF
Air Zimbabwe to reintroduce China flights
AIR Zimbabwe (AirZim) plans to reintroduce flights to China as it battles to rebuild its operations following years of poor performance.Runesu Kwaramba, the parastatal's marketing and planning...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways chaos continues
THE policy flip-flop around Air Zimbabwe (AirZim)'s proposed merger with its equally controversial peer Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) has once again exposed the ineptitude of those superintending this...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Boeing tech hub coming to Harare
BOEING'S plans to turn Zimbabwe into its Southern African regional hub where training and expert technical services would be provided to companies flying the company's aircraft are gathering pace amid...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:46hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Airways merger in limbo
GOVERNMENT is understood to have abandoned its plan to merge the boards of Air Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Airways amid indications that a new strategy to revive the national airline has been crafted. Detai...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zipra's plan after downing Rhodesian Viscounts
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how he left Tekwane High School with a group of 34 other students to join the liberation struggle in 1976. He narrated how he went for military tr...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:01hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Revealed: The electoral conspiracy and how YOU can stop it
In recent weeks there has been lots of talk of conspiracies affecting our upcoming election. And while I am far from a believer in conspiracy theories, there is one conspiracy going on that is unmissa...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1106 | by Mike Tawanda
'Open skies policy won't hurt Air Zimbabwe'
Government says the "managed liberalisation" of domestic routes to allow other airlines such as fastjet will not negatively impact on Air Zimbabwe's revival chances, Transport and Infrastructural Deve...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 129 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe needs only 3 ministers, says NPF president
NEW Patriotic Front (NPF) presidential candidate, Engineer Tendai Peter Munyanduri, has promised to appoint only three Ministers into his Cabinet if his party wins the harmonised elections.Eng...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law pocketing obscene salary
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore, and other top executives at Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) - a new airline whose murky ownership has sparked controversy amid conflict of int...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:45hrs | 15822 | by Staff reporter
New look Victoria Falls airport attracts more airlines
VICTORIA Falls International Airport is overwhelmed by visitors, a development that has seen some airlines either increasing frequency or introducing bigger planes to meet demand.The new look ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's planes ready to fly
Government says one of the four long haul planes acquired from Malaysia, the Boeing 777-200ER, has no mechanical problems and was only taken back to Kuala Lumpur for routine maintenance, which is a pr...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia's planes to be impounded over $1m lawsuit
High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has issued a court order, authorising the Sheriff or his Deputy to impound Air Namibia's planes and attach office equipment at Joina City in Harare, pending an...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Political hallucinations swaying Chamisa
According to Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary, "hallucination" means "seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something which does not exist."When Morgan Tsvangirai was yelling in pain on ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | 655 | by Panganai Kahuni
Mugabe Airways, Air Zimbabwe to merge?
GOVERNMENT is now considering merging Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and Zimbabwe Airways, Business Times reported.Aviation sources who spoke to the publication said delays and hurdles in making ZimAir...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:30hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Boeing demands $2,7m for Mugabe Airways plane manuals
AMERICAN aircraft manufacturer Boeing is demanding $2,7 million from the government in order to supply manuals for four Boeing 777 jetliners which Harare is controversially acquiring from Malaysia on ...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:28hrs | 3898 | by Staff rpeorter
No red carpet for Mugabe at 'his' airport
FORMER President Robert Mugabe limped home to the humiliation of being consigned to watching his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reception party wait to receive him complete with a spread out...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3710 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Malinga relives horror of White City attack
AS the world reeled from the aftershock of an unprecedented assassination attempt on a sitting President in Zimbabwe, a video that exposed how physically challenged people are not catered for in infra...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe returns
FORMER President Robert Mugabe limped home to the humiliation of being consigned to watching his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reception party wait to receive him complete with a spread out...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 09:19hrs | 10083 | by Staff reporter
Ministers in trouble over Zanu-PF funds
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo and his Local Government counterpart July Moyo are in deep trouble over US$300 000 which was sunk in a botched deal in which controversial airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimA...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Command this and that and Zim Airways: A lighter look
AFTER much brainstorming and scratching of heads on how to turn around Air Zimbabwe's failing fortunes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet had acquired a few bald heads.The airline was sad...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 510 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
'Mugabe's planes' torment Joram Gumbo
The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chik...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:11hrs | 3568 | by Staff reporter
Boeing plans Zimbabwe base
The world's largest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing Company, plans to set up base in Zimbabwe that will provide training and expert technical services to companies operating different versions of the av...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:49hrs | 3415 | by Staff reporter
SA-based patriots have lofty economic ambitions for Zimbabwe
IN December last year, a month after taking over the reins from longtime leader Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited South Africa to woo investors.After meeting Zimba...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1676 | by CAJ News
SA investors to explore investment in Binga
A local organisation, Siabuwa Development Trust has invited a group of potential investors from South Africa to explore a wide range of investment opportunities existing in Binga District, Matabelelan...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:36hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Aren't we just proud of Air Zimbabwe's safety record
IF Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) really, really was serious about marketing itself well, it would make enough money to buy more planes and pay workers, including those it surreptitiously fired.Now tha...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:46hrs | 264 | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Mohadi and Prophet Bushiri
When the epic scene in which one of Zimbabwe's then senior Government ministers, Kembo Campbell Dugish Mohadi chanting "I receive" with his hands up in the sky to Prophet Shepherd Huxley Bushiri of th...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1029 | by Robert Mukondiwa
Church leader asks his followers to buy him a $54 million private jet
(CNN) A prosperity gospel televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked him to buy a new private jet. And wouldn't you know it, Jesus has real nice taste in planes.Jesse Duplantis, leader of J...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 07:53hrs | 1757 | by CNN
'Mugabe plane' flown back for repairs
Zimbabwe's new airline, Zimbabwe Airways - which has been linked to the family of ousted former president Robert Mugabe - has hit fresh controversy.This comes as the Daily News has been told t...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:34hrs | 9190 | by Staff reporter
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 1468 | by Reginald T. Gola
Villagers relive horrific battle
FOR 88-year-old Mrs Bhikhayeli Moyo (nee Dube), reliving the events of February 1979 is like recalling a gruesome scene from a horror movie, as it is the day her village of Ratanyana in Kezi ran red w...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:52hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
AirZim saga: Tale of half-truths, lies and deception
As someone -unknown - once said "if words don't add up, it's usually because the truth wasn't included in the equation".The same can be said of the story of Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whic...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:14hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Airways planes deal above board'
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo says the $70 million Malaysian plane deal will go a long way in improving the aviation industry and supporting efforts to open up the ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
RGM to be removed from Zimbabwe Airways
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday said the political plates affixed to the planes - Mugabe (RGM), President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) and former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko (PM) were just t...Published: 11 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 6038 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Mugabe's son-in-law
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo yesterday insisted former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore had no shareholding in Zimbabwe Airways which he said was wholly government-owned.Gu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Fight erupts over Zimbabwe Airways plane
TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo this week summoned senior Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) officials to his offices after the airline refused to accommodate the recently purchased Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) Bo...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:23hrs | 2516 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to lose monopoly
GOVERNMENT has warned Air Zimbabwe saying in "no time" it would be allowing other airlines to start flying the Harare-Bulawayo route, in order to fully utilise the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International A...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF deploys police, air force for primaries
CIVIC organisations and opposition political parties have accused Zanu-PF of using State resources to run its primary elections after the party deployed police officers and air force helicopters to ma...Published: 02 May 2018 at 07:59hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways scandal: More dirty lies exposed as graft body steers clear
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is steering clear of a suspected multi-million illegal deal involving a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), which is linked to former president R...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:40hrs | 3864 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe plane' chews $50k/week
HARARE - Controversial new airline Zimbabwe Airways' recently received Boeing 777 has already cost hard-pressed taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars even as the wide-bodied aeroplane remains grounde...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 16:58hrs | 9820 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabes don't have anything to do with Zimbabwe Airways deal'
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore, whose name has been at the centre of a raging debate over a Zimbabwe Airways deal, has reportedly said that he "is only doing a ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth to save Zimbabwe?
The Commonwealth is reported to have agreed to a rescue mission for Zimbabwe at its meeting in London this week during the visit by Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutena...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1208 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
I didn't steal, says Mugabe's son-in law
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's name has been at the centre of a raging debate over government's controversial plans to set up a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways.There...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:41hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in- law bares soul
Former president Robert Mugabe's son- in-law has come out guns blazing in defence of the Zimbabwe Airways deal, saying he is only doing a service to his country and is not on a self-enrichment exercis...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:34hrs | 3905 | by Staff reporter
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