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Mnangagwa warns defiant Chamisa
An unmoved President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday insisted opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must appear before the commission of inquiry investigating the deadly August 1 shootings, which left at leas...Published: 10 hrs ago | 8174 | by Staff reporter
Court scraps way leave tax on ZETDC
Local authorities across the country are set to lose a combined $16 million annually in potential revenue after the High Court scrapped way leave tax on the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distr...Published: 20 hrs ago | 306 | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe petitions Trump over sanctions
On Friday Family of God leader Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe in partnership with National Elders Forum today launched an anti-sanctions initiative dubbed Faith for the Nation Campaign....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2125 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight unconvincing
FOR splurging £16 million (US$21 million) on pricey jewellery and vintage wines over a decade, a British woman became the first target of a law seeking to dissuade criminals from enjoying their ill-g...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:46hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa refuses to testify, wants 'thanked for preserving peace' - nonsense, preserved Zanu PF, yes
The Commission of inquiry chaired by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, into the killing of seven unarmed civilians on 1 st August 2018 is now entering its home straight. Many p...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 22:11hrs | 2399 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2088 | by MDC
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 677 | by Brian Maregedze
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 936 | by Aljazeera
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7414 | by Staff reporter
Money changers desert Bulawayo streets
ILLEGAL money changers in Bulawayo have devised new tricks to evade arrest following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promulgation of new regulations that may see offenders being jailed for up to 10 yea...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to explain deposits of more than $10,000
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promulgated Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Amendment of Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime Act & Exchange Control...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 12864 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe female rangers denied UK visas
The UK's decision to deny visas for two pioneering female anti-poaching rangers to attend an awards ceremony has been criticised by organisers.Zimbabwean Nyaradzo Hoto risks her life every day...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:35hrs | 2313 | by BBC
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 795 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa begins tracking 'ill-gotten wealth'
GOVERNMENT has promulgated Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, which will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to 10 years in jail. The regulations - Presidential Powers (Temporary...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Great Dyke Investments boss faces Parly contempt charges
GREAT Dyke Investments chief operating officer Munashe Shava faces contempt of Parliament charges after he failed to disclose the shareholding structure of the firm which has platinum and coal mining ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays council's non-performers' retrenchment
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has disclosed that government recently approved plans by the local authority to retrench non-performing senior managers and staff, with "substantial" funds set to be put asi...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Spate of thefts from vehicles in Bulawayo CBD
POLICE in Bulawayo have recorded 20 cases of theft from vehicles within three days in the city's Central Business District with $10 000 being stolen in the process. The theft incidents are sai...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents welcome move on illegal forex dealers
Ordinary citizens in Bulawayo have commended President Emmerson Mnangagwa for invoking the Presidential Powers Temporary Measures Amendment of Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act and the Exchan...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 19:04hrs | 5682 | by Staff reporter
Anti-laundering, illicit dealings law takes effect
A clampdown on ill-gotten and unexplained wealth obtained by individuals involved in money laundering, crime and other illicit dealings has come into effect following the amendment of Statutory Instru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 19:04hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 417 | by Pearl Matibe
Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:06hrs | 3783 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's economic recovery is possible but whilst the country remains a pariah state, it is IMPOSSIBLE!
"AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, told journalists in Johannesburg this week that while Zimbabwe is making progress, its economy and relations with lenders are still a way from being repaired," repor...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1194 | by Nomusa Garikai
Panic as Mnangagwa targets cash barons' bank accounts
BOGUS businesspersons operating briefcase companies that fed on government tender manipulation and kickbacks to amass wealth are reportedly in panic mode after the State said it would use the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 8586 | by Staff reporter
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
New law on illegal currency trading welcome
WE welcome President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to use temporary powers for a new law that will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, while ill-gotten wealth will ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in need of urgent treatment
The MDC T ALLIANCE leader Advocate Pastor Nelson Chamisa made some dramatic claims that he was almost kidnapped by the CIO on the Saturday November 2018 while he was on his way to Harare from a rally ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:28hrs | 21876 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
'Army killings ruling a test for Mnangagwa'
A High Court judgement that seems to exonerate President Emmerson Mnangagwa of any wrongdoing in the army killings of protesters in Harare on August 1 has rekindled talk of a rift between the Zanu-PF ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:11hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Teacher manhandles headmaster for refusing to sign leave forms
Jacob Mugwira, a teacher at Choverere Primary School manhandled his school headmaster, Boy Chikwavava, by his waist belt after he allegedly refused to sign his leave forms.The case was heard a...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe illegal currency dealers to be jailed for 10 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has used temporary powers for a new law that will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to ten years in jail, while ill-gotten wealth will be confiscated....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:17hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
150,000 vehicles face registry cancellations
GOVERNMENT will cancel the registration of close to 150 000 vehicles that have not renewed their licences and have no official exemptions for more than two years as at August 2018.In a stateme...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 20:09hrs | 4328 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife won't emulate Grace Mugabe, vows to steer clear of politics
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has vowed to stay clear of politics as she fights to ensure that marginalised communities have access to quality health care, education and other support.Speaking...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:13hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 3036 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
'MDC want to unseat elected ED' - who elected him, even ZEC failed to verify its own result
President Mnangagwa rigged the 30 July 2018 elections cocksure his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would deliver economic recover. Sadly, that has no happened, the flood of investors has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:43hrs | 4377 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kamambo takes Chiyangwa head-on
ZIFA presidential aspirant Felton Kamambo has come out guns blazing, challenging incumbent Philip Chiyangwa's decision to block him from taking part in the elections for the association's top post on ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was t...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 4571 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Jonathan Moyo commemorates November coup
Exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo on Tuesday commemorate the November 2017 coup that led to the end of 37 years of Robert Mugabe's repressive rule.Posting on micro-blogging sit...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 21:14hrs | 6786 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | 15718 | by Staff reporter
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, At the Crossroads: A Call to Christians to Act in Faith for an Alternative Zimbabwe
(University of Bamberg Press, 2018, pp. 113) Masiiwa Ragies Gunda's book is timely as the ‘Zimbabwe crisis' is traced from 1997 to 2018. Although the...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 388 | by Brian Maregedze
Mnangagwa fingered in Hwange colliery collapse
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sucked into the Hwange Colliery debacle after revelations that he and Minister of Mines Winston Chitando were captured by a person called Shepherd Tundiya who has...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 08:44hrs | 5514 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Of prophets-cum-herbalists
'Aguma', who knows may be its the panacea to the HIV/AIDS scourge. But wait a minute, when and how did the purported man of God 'migrate' from spiritual healing to herbal concoctions? Where do we draw...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1590 | by Tondo Murisa
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 403 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
Kwesé TV pulled plug after losing court case
Econet Wireless pulled the plug on its pay satellite service, Kwesé TV last week after losing a Supreme Court battle in which the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) successfully argued that it ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa refused Hwange concession licence renewal'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa used his Executive powers to refuse Hwange Colliery a renewal licence for the Western area concession, Mines minister Winston Chitando told Parliament yesterday, a claim w...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
ED seeking 'emergency powers' to end corruption - voiceless povo need it to force ED to step down before 2023
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa is finalising drafting legislation that will restore stability and eliminate mischief in the money markets, his spokesperson George Charamba said," reported Daily News,...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 20:44hrs | 4257 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Kasukuwere and Chombo will not be convicted, this is why?
You often hear about politicians facing public corruption charges in the news. Public corruption refers to any time of instance in which a government official abuses their position of power or public ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 20:12hrs | 7789 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa to deal with unexplained wealth and bank deposits
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is finalising drafting legislation that will restore stability and eliminate mischief in the money markets, his spokesperson George Charamba told the Daily News.Ch...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 07:03hrs | 7466 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa using ANC integrity commission to purge Zuma loyalists
The ANC is at odds about the status of its integrity commission rulings, with some members arguing that the structure is used to settle factional scores.The matter was among the dominant subje...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 15:19hrs | 811 | by City Press
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