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ZNA legal officer's trial starts on 22 October
Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has set October 22 as the trial date for suspended Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha, who is facing charges of fraudulently acquiring a local bridg...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:44hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa learnt from his mistakes?
MY chance encounter with Nelson Chamisa at the British ambassador's residence last week triggered some reflection.At this beautiful garden party to celebrate King Charles III's birthday, I not...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 23 | by Trevor Ncube
Lessons for Nelson Chamisa
UNIVERSITY of Cape Town-based constitutional law expert Justice Alfred Mavedzenge has rallied the Zimbabwean opposition led by politician Nelson Chamisa to take lessons from events in Senegal that res...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:50hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enjoy CCC internal squabbles
Zanu-PF has no dog in the internal squabbles tearing apart the country's opposition but will gladly capitalise on the fracas to entrench its dominance in a democratic Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa sai...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC hara-kiri
WHEN Nelson Chamisa stepped down as Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, the social media streets were full of comments pressuring MPs to resign as a block in solidarity with their leader....Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Lawyer calls out corruption in Zimbabwe legal profession
SEASONED legal practitioner, Lloyd Mhishi, has condemned corruption in the legal profession in his latest book titled Being the Best Lawyer.The book was officially launched by Justice minister...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC calls for nomination of High Court judges
THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has called on members of the public to nominate suitable candidates for 10 vacancies on the High Court bench and one for the Administrative Court judge. ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'US not Prosecutor-General of the world'
THE United States of America is neither the Prosecutor-General, nor the Judiciary of the world, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere has said.Reacting to...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to exercise extreme caution and adhere to strict hygiene standards following reports of a diarrhoea outbreak linked to water shortages, with Cowdray Park suburb bein...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora neglects 9-year-old son
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday accused of neglecting his nine-year-old son with his ex-lover Getrude Chuma.Chuma revealed this before Harare magistrate Meenal Narotam where she de...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for major medical breakthrough
ZIMBABWE is earmarked for another major medical breakthrough as it is set to conduct a minimally invasive thoracic surgery today.The development is the first of its kind in the country and foc...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss
Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Chiwenga denounces gay elements
The Government has denounced some elements who are luring youths into homosexuality through offering educational scholarships for those who are into Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) act...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Media development in Zimbabwe imperative
Media Institute for Southern Africa regional director Tabani Moyo has said media development in Zimbabwe requires a holistic approach, alive to the gains accrued thus far and complex enough to connect...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ivy Kombo, husband trial kicks off
THE trial of gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi who allegedly fraudulently acquired fake certificates to practise law in Zimbabwe started yesterday before Harare magistrate Feresi C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 88 | by Fred Zindi
Bulawayo on high alert for cholera
WHILE Bulawayo has not recorded any cholera cases in the past four months, local health officials are on alert, urging residents to practise good hygiene and desist from shaking hands at public gather...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering homeless barrister in UK
A Zimbabwean man is facing life behind bars for the horrific killing of a disabled barrister who was living rough on Canterbury's streets.Sobantu Sibanda, the son of a university lecturer and ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents plot protest over cholera
HARARE residents have threatened to protest over the unending cholera outbreak, accusing relevant authorities including government, of not doing enough to stop the disease from spreading.Accor...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open defecation rife in Gwanda
RESIDENTS of Gwanda urban still practise open defecation, according to a latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 exposing poor investment on sanitation services."Atten...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mines to be compelled to plough back to their communities
HWANGE Rural District Council chairperson Pasca Mpofu says his team's immediate task is to engage mining companies and compel them to plough back resources to their communities in order to foster deve...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A nation at crossroads
Good day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, Zimbabwe is dogged by reputational and socio-economic challenges. Consequently, the citizenry is despondent, crying out for commitment to uphol...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa has exposed us to violence, says 'regime change agents'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent blatant attack on human rights lawyers may expose them to violence by political party fanatics.During...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows to run Zimbabwe on Christian values
Some Zimbabweans have lambasted the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for declaring in its election manifesto that it intends to run the country on the basis of Christian values.Party leader...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Religion is new trump card ahead of Zimbabwe elections
EVER wondered why President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in one breath, donned apostolic sect robes, practised traditional African religion, on the other, and congregated with the charismatic Protestants â...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overfishing depletes the Zambezi
Since quitting her post as a teacher about six years ago, 33-year-old Hazel Svinurai has made numerous break-of-dawn trips to the edges of the Zambezi River, about 500km from her home in Zimbabwe's se...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans will vote for Zanu-PF, according to Dr Obert Mpofu
ZIMBABWE is a few weeks away from the much-awaited harmonised elections.Zanu-PF is poised for a resounding victory.Thanks to the milestone-unleashing pedigree of Cde Dr Emmerson Dambud...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:51hrs | 8 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Zanu-PF 'vandalises' CCC-linked projects
Zanu-PF supporters have been accused of vandalising infrastructure and disrupting developmental projects suspected to be linked to sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and legislato...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF abusing chiefs'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has issued a veiled caution to the ruling Zanu-PF party for abusing traditional leaders in political campaigns."Political parties should desist from...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Let's vote against those blocking diaspora vote
THE Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative salutes South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for urging Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country to make the trip back home a...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in court over 'fake' certificate
HARARE lawyer Linda Koyi yesterday appeared in court charged with possession of a fake practising certificate she allegedly acquired in 2020.Kovi (34) of Kanoti and Partners Public Interest la...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overcoming the fear of public speaking
FOR over 10 years, my life has been centred on training and coaching public speakers and corporate communicators. The question that comes up all the time in these sessions is: How do I conquer the fea...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Jonah Nyoni
19 'bogus' lawyers face deregistration
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has unmasked a scam in which Council for Legal Foundation executive secretary Huggins Hardwork Duri was allegedly issuing certificates of competency to l...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube illegally rehabilitating roads in Cowdray Park?
BULAWAYO councillors have questioned how Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has been allowed to rehabilitate roads in Cowdray Park, where he intends to stand as a legislator, without their knowledge....Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gonorrhoea and syphilis sex infections reach record levels in England
England is seeing record high levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis sexually transmitted infections, following a dip during Covid years, new figures reveal.People are being urged to practise safe ...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso target outright victory
Highlanders coach Brito Baltimar hopes that his charges will finally hand him his first victory over Dynamos in open play when the two giants clash in their rearranged fixture at Barbourfields Stadium...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must warn his Apostolic Sect supporters against child marriages'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently condemn early child marriages which are rampant in the Apo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Malaika has not yet quit modelling
A YOUNG and beautiful Malaika Mushandu catwalked on a grand ramp as a contestant at the 2011 edition of the then Miss Zimbabwe beauty pageant (now rebranded to Miss World Zimbabwe).A strong sh...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare cholera cases shoot to 288
THE Harare Metropolitan province has recorded over 288 cholera cases since the first case surfaced in the country in February this year.Provincial and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti said...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa dedicates 120MW for winter wheat farming
With planting of the 2023 winter wheat already underway in some parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has pledged to provide uninterrupted electricity to farmers to al...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt trampling on labour laws, says US
GOVERNMENT has failed to enforce labour laws, resulting in workers being subjected to unfair labour practises, a report on Zimbabwe's human rights practices for the year 2022 has revealed.In t...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health experts fret over cholera resurgence
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the resurgence in cholera cases, which they blame on poor sanitation and a lack of long-term planning for water supplies in urban areas.Community Wor...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Only friendly nations will observe Zimbabwe polls in future'
ZIMBABWE will not be dictated to on who to invite to observe its elections and, in future, only those countries that invite Harare to observe their own elections will be invited in return, President M...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries: Behold democracy in motion!
Our party primary electionsFOR two days towards the end of last month, our Party, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, Zanu-PF, held its primary elections. Primary elections ar...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 13:22hrs | 5 | by President E.D. Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa to revive chieftainships abolished by colonisers
President Mnangagwa has said Government will continue resuscitating chieftainships that were abolished by the Rhodesian settler regime and implored chiefs to foster peace and unity as the country head...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Desperate shortage of places at Zimbabwe medical schools reported
ONLY 1% of students seeking to be enrolled in Zimbabwe's medical schools get placed due to an acute shortage of training facilities, resulting in limited access to such training programmes.Get...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo seal 8 agreements
Underpinned by ambitions to engage and re-engage the international community in pursuit of socio-economic development, President Mnangagwa, is in Equatorial Guinea for high-level discussions covering ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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