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Mwonzora says journalists need support
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora says his party will support the media in the fight against hate speech and ensure that journalists' rights are respected ahead of the August polls.The MDC-T leade...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 709 | by Jonathan Moyo
Election buzz has not gripped Zimbabwe
ELECTION 2023, A FIRST IN 43 YEARS: As Zimbabwe holds a General Election in the Heroes & Defence Forces MonthWhen it comes to the meaning of things whose spiritual force can move mou...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:46hrs | 407 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe govt takes price madness head-on
Government, whose responsibility is to protect the consumer and ensure stability, will "take all measures necessary", including painful ones if need be, to ensure price stability, the President has sa...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Hwange unit 7 removed from the grid
THE recent higher levels of load-shedding is temporary while the new 300MW Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7 goes through evaluation after the Unit successfully completed its reliability run....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
How does Zim expect to instill pride in liberation struggle when always moaning over defeats?
Those who follow my writings can tell how proud I am of our country's liberation history.Even when teaching my son at home, I tackle this subject with tremendous zeal and excitement.Wh...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 09:54hrs | 465 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe media urged to promote peace during elections
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission has crafted an elections conflict prevention strategy that will guide it and its stakeholders in coming up with ways to prevent violence during the for...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | 237 | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Meaningless ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukrai...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:14hrs | 554 | by AP
What if US president is wrong on Ukraine?
Since the once great newspapers, the New York Times, the Washington Times and Los Angeles Times have been captured by the Democratic Party, they are all blowing President Joe Biden's narrative about t...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | 627 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe upholds good governance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates attending the Zimbabwe Second Structured Dialogue Platform Meeting that the country is upholding tenets of good governance and democracy as part of efforts ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:50hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on slay queens, sex trafficking in Diaspora
Romanticised dreams of greener pastures have for a long-time drawn locals to the diaspora, at times, young married individuals leaving their spouses and children in hope for a better future.In...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 531 | by Kundai Marunya
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
President Alexander Lukashenko warns Mnangagwa
VISITING Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa to work extremely hard to win this year's elections which he said will not be a stroll in the park for the Za...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa blasts parly ad hoc committee
OUTSPOKEN independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week attacked the composition of the Parliament ad hoc committee analysing the preliminary delimitation exercise report cautioning on possible...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe festive road traffic accidents kills 127 people
AT least 127 people died while 489 others were injured in nearly 2 000 road traffic accidents recorded over the festive season.During the same time between December 15, 2021 and January 5 last...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:05hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe power shortages will end in 2023
THE authorities will take extraordinary measures, including the removal of all barriers hindering investment in the energy sector, to ensure that Zimbabwe does not face severe power shortages next yea...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:53hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Parly over Chamisa
THERE was chaos in the National Assembly yesterday with legislators nearly coming to blows over opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's calling out of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliam...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 3408 | by Staff reporter
Catholic music competitions
TWENTY-SIX Roman Catholic Church choirs drawn from parishes in Hwange Diocese competed in the Saint Cecilia annual music competitions at Marist Brothers Secondary School in Dete on Saturday.St...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, how far with the hyped mega deals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, there is still no evidence of the mega deals you hyped about during your inauguration. Corruption is still rampant. And, there is dead silenc...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 327 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa group vows Chamisa-led CCC will never rule Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF parallel structure, Vapostori for Economic Development (ED), has vowed to defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa and declared the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe.This comes as the rul...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2830 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exam leaks compromising quality of education
EXAMINATION leaks are common throughout the world, but with the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec), it has become worryingly normal with seemingly no efforts to address the problem....Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda rubbishes SRC's road map for Zimbabwe football
FORMER Zifa vice-president and Vungu Member of Parliament Omega Sibanda has rubbished the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) road map for football as debate on the suspension of Zimbabwe from the ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
ZB directors mull liquidation and surrendering licence
With three months left before year-end, it is now crunch time for ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH), which is currently under increased pressure to recapitalise its building society within the grace period...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks the other way on Job Sikhala petition
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has ignored a petition by Zimbabweans over the incarceration of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairperson and Zengeza West legislator J...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
'Chivayo's US$25m lawsuit overstated'
ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC)'s renewable projects manager Cleophas Fambi told the High Court on Wednesday that businessman Wicknell Chivayo's US$25 million lawsuit was overstated.Fambi was tes...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses hope on reforms
OPPOSITION parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as g...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2795 | by Staff reporter
Aggression won't build Brand Zimbabwe
FOR the umpteenth time, Zimbabwe this week launched Brand Zimbabwe, bringing into sharp focus why the country is endlessly rebranding, having last done so only four years back when it unveiled the "Zi...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala living like a rat at Chikurubi Prison
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala says inmates in the country's correctional institutions were living under inhumane conditions cramped like rats.He challe...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:36hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army, Zanu-PF bigwigs plundering resources'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has accused some bigwigs in the ruling Zanu-PF party, army generals and ministers of grand corruption involving a company reportedly linked to the military...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2326 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Muchinguri under fire over army company operations
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri was on Wednesday cornered by independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa over the opaque investments and business dealings of army-owned company Rusununguko Nkululeko ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:06hrs | 3781 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in South Africa fear for their safety
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa (SA) have expressed concern over their safety after a top African National Congress (ANC) official said Pretoria could not guarantee the safety of foreign nationals ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors want parking system contract revised
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday hit out at the "unfair" parking system which was imposed on the city's residents, with one warning fellow councillors that they were underestimating the depth of publ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe tightening borders to curb smuggling
GOVERNMENT says it will tighten the country's borders to curb smuggling of minerals out of the country at a time when reports state that Zimbabwe is losing US$100 million worth of gold every month to ...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC wants spousal and relative's visas done away with
Spousal and relative's visas should be done away with because the system is being "abused by foreign nationals" to settle in SA, the ANC has said in an additional discussion document distributed to de...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 18:53hrs | 7562 | by Staff reporter
Bankers endorse central bank currency auction
BANKERS have endorsed government's foreign currency auction system, describing it as transparent given the prevailing economic situation.Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's CCC should be barred from competing in election,' says Professor Moyo
EXILED former Cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, has said Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) should be barred from competing in the 2023 elections as it lacks the status of a genuine political party f...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:58hrs | 10254 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa in scathing attack on fellow legislators
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query ten...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says Chamisa's CCC is a secret society masquerading as a political party
Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says it cannot be in the public interest to have a secret society masquerading as a political party, to contest elections for public office. Moyo...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 20:19hrs | 5959 | by Ndou Paul
Parly summons Ziyambi
PARLIAMENT has summoned Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to present a Bill that criminalises having sex with minors under the age of 18.This follows the ...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Basic goods prices gallop in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo residents have called for Government controls as prices of basic commodities are increasingly getting out of reach for the majority of citizens, with retailers having adopted different foreig...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
The latest risks & opportunities in the cryptocurrency market
The cryptocurrency markets never stand still. For some, that is their greatest feature, but for others, it's what stands in the way of mass adoption of alternative currencies. What are the latest risk...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 16:20hrs | 552 | by Staff Writer
CAPS United, Bosso share spoils in thriller
Caps United 1 – 1 HighlandersHARARE fading giants Caps United gave away an opportunity to stretch their winning streak following a disappointing second-half performance against traditional footb...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Caps misfire, AGAIN!
CAPS United 0-0 Ngezi PlatinumCAPS UNITED coach Lloyd Chitembwe has defended his charges after the Green Machine registered yet another draw in this Castle Lager Premier Soccer league tie at t...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
One year of free trading in Africa calls for celebration despite teething problems
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA Secretariat, says significant progress expected in 2022.Free trading under the auspices of the African Continent...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:41hrs | 255 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Family seeks answers over killed prison officer
THE family of a murdered prison officer from Insiza district in Matabeleland South are still looking for answers as they claim that those involved in the crime are known but roaming the streets scot-f...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Nust deploys staff to Ekusileni centre
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has deployed staff to Ekusileni Medical Centre to kick-start the second phase of transforming the facility into a specialist research and teach...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
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