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Zimbabwe begin England Test preparations in Leicester
Zimbabwe's national cricket team held their first training session in Leicester on Monday, kicking off preparations for a historic one-off Test match against England set to take place at Trent B...Published: 13 May 2025 at 09:55hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
What triggered the call for the failed 31 March 'uprising' in Zimbabwe?
The old-age wisdom that facts are stubborn came alive last week after social media platforms and sections of the mainstream media went into a frenzy with sensational claims that the Parliament of Zimb...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 18:22hrs | 2797 | by Jonathan Moyo
Harare official fired to facilitate recruitment
During a recent inquiry, serious allegations emerged against Harare councillors, claiming they fired the city's acting human capital director, Bozman Matengarufu, just ahead of the August 2023 electio...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:50hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consortium seeks US$3 billion for power transmission project
The Intensive Energy User Group (IEUG), a local power consortium, is calling for over US$3 billion in investment over the next five years to enhance transmission infrastructure and address power imbal...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Khama's conditions for return revealed
Coach, Michael Nees has outlined the steps taken by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to ensure that highly-rated attacker Khama Billiat, returns to international football.The Warriors ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:41hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street in...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Cyber crimes under-reported
Despite tireless efforts made by local, regional and global state and non-state actors to curb cybercrimes, statistics continues to spike because victims shun reporting these cases and therefore suffe...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 309 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1270 | by Peter Fabricius
Are your friends damaging your health? Five signs they might be
There's no doubt we love our friends. Many of them we'll have grown up with, known for decades and been through thick and thin with. Others we may have developed over more recent times, connecting...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 13:29hrs | 717 | by Staff Reporter
Zambia does not need US military presence - MP
Zambia has no need for a US military presence, Stephen Kampyongo, a member of the southern African country's National Assembly, told RT in an exclusive interview, questioning the relevance of security...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 13:29hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Transcript of 'Russia-Zimbabwe talks' between Putin and Mnangagwa
The penchant for frivolous bluster in Zimbabwe's public discourse has once again reared its ugly trappings after the widespread circulation on social media platforms of a 2.42-minutes video clip poste...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:37hrs | 33 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe to maximise on oil discovery
Zimbabweans will be the primary beneficiaries of the recent oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani and to this end, the Second Republic is in the process of establishing mechanisms to ensure the countr...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa CCC faction MPs meet
The majority of opposition CCC MPs loyal to former party leader Nelson Chamisa will meet in Harare tomorrow to endorse Chipinge South MP Clifford Hlatywayo as the new Leader of the House in Parliament...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Major Zimpapers shake-up looms
THE state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers) will soon appoint new editors after announcing a new board chaired by former Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Siband...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 19:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relative by marriage appointed to Zimpapers Board
The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd (Zimpapers) has announced a new board chaired by former Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda's wife Doreen Joyce Sibanda....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:38hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec A-Level pass rate hits 95%
Zimsec 2023 November Advanced Level results are out, with the pass rate rising by 6,6 percentage points to 94,60 percent for the November exams last year, compared to the 88 percent pass rate for Nove...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power outages a reflection of subdued generation
Many of the recent power outages have arisen from faults since generation capacity is up and many private businesses have reduced their demand on the grid by installing solar panels, Energy and Power ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hot spell forces firms to work night shifts
INDUSTRIAL manufacturing processes are being threatened by the high temperatures being recorded across the country, which affect the cooling systems for some critical machinery used by companies while...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans warned about heatwave effects
HEALTH experts have warned of life-threatening illnesses, including deadly heat stroke due to the extreme temperatures being recorded in most parts of the country recently, as they urged members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC calls for private investment in energy sector
The country's power utility, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has implored economic players across all sectors to invest in renewable energy to complement govern...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Mahere's 'big fat lie'
EXPLAINER: Fingerprints of the MDC in the "Edited" CCC Constitution filed by Tshabangu in Chamisa's Interdict Court Case to halt Further Recalls not Fraud but Proof of MDC Paternity of Lawful CCC...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 18:06hrs | 17 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Chamisa does not listen to anybody'
Trevor Ncube, a local media publisher who owns Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), has revealed that opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa does not listen to anybody.A Chamisa adviser told The NewsHawk...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 18:29hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Biti's 3rd ConCourt application turned down
OPPOSITION politician Tendai Biti failed again yesterday to have points of law in his trial for verbal and threatening assault referred to the Constitutional Court, with Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai G...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Biti raises constitutional issues during trial
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti's trial for allegedly verbally assaulting a local businesswoman continued today with his defence team raising constitutional issues that were dismissed by the court...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Can we honestly say someone in ICU is 'doing very well'?
So, finance minister Mthuli Ncube actually believes Zimbabwe's economy is 'doing very well'!Wow!Talk about delusional thinking!Or, perhaps it is just someone who is deliberatel...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:56hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Starlink : A potential digital lifeline for rural Zimbabwe
In a world where connectivity is a lifeline for information, education, and economic opportunities, the promise of Starlink, SpaceX's ambitious satellite internet project, shines brightly for rural an...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Starlink: A Potential Lifeline for Rural Zimbabwe
In a world where connectivity is a lifeline for information, education, and economic opportunities, the promise of Starlink, SpaceX's ambitious satellite ...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 04:50hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo says ZEC has failed to discharge its constitutional responsibility
Former Zanu PF MP and minister Jonathan Moyo says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has failed to discharge its constitutional responsibility to run elections efficiently, transparently and comp...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 08:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube always wanted to be in politics
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, who is also the Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate for Cowdray Park constituency in Bulawayo says his participation in mainstream politi...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
30% of marriages collapse within five years
KEEPING marriages intact has seemingly become a mammoth task for newlyweds, if statistics provided by the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) are anything to go by.At least 30 percent of new ma...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Money-spinning in Zimbabwe shadow economy
WHILE local shoppers traditionally flocked to big groceries and supermarkets for bargains on consumer goods, of late, they have been trooping to "tuckshops" in downtown Harare, where basic commodities...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 16 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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