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Dethroned Chief Ndiweni forms pressure group
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group - MyRight2Vote - aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governmen...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
Goodwood Festival: A recap of 2020's Sussex Stakes Day
The prestigious Goodwood Festival is on the horizon, and with England recently lifting the majority of their coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the five-day meeting will be one of the first major hors...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 179 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are on a new collision course over the appointment of the next Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, with retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 9364 | by Staff reporter
Zec under pressure to release 201819 financials
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been put under pressure to avail its 2018 and 2019 books of accounts for audit by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri as stipulated by section 195 of the Constitu...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of staff slows Bulawayo mass vaccination
A SHORTAGE of health workers is dampening the mass vaccination drive in Bulawayo as centres are being overwhelmed resulting in some residents being turned away. Under the mass vaccination exer...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Families of apartheid victims call for FW de Klerk to face law for involvement
With the National Prosecuting Authority having recently committed a new specialist unit to probe apartheid-era atrocities dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, family members of apartheid victims have c...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:37hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Teachers want continued assessment abandoned
TEACHERS have urged government and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) to set aside the implementation of Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) because of disruptions caused b...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 10:03hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 778 | by Kenneth Mufuka
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote remains a pipe dream ahead of 2023 polls
While citizens of some Southern African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi enjoy the right to vote in national elections while domiciled in other countries, for millions of Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe hospitals run out of staff
THE City of Kwekwe has reportedly been hit by a shortage of nursing staff following a surge in COVID-19 cases at the city's clinics and hospitals that has forced most health workers into isolation....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:18hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politicians and their addiction to Twitter
WITH the advancement of technology, Twitter has rapidly become a crucial communication tool for Zimbabwean politicians to convey their messages to the public, either to threaten or give general update...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:14hrs | 351 | by Evans Mathanda
Zifa meet over Warriors poor show
WITH pressure mounting from other football stakeholders, Zifa have expressed disappointment at the string of poor results by the national men's team under Zdravko Logarušić and his assistants Lloyd ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Police launch blitz on pirate kombis, taxis
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a crackdown on pirate kombis and taxis commonly known as mshikashikas as the law enforcement agents continue to intensify the fight against violators of lockdown measu...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma's jail case was a golden opportunity: a catalyst to real issues
Criminals have taken a golden opportunity to hide behind another criminal who disdained the nation's constitution he once presided. Chinua Achebe writes about corruption in Nigeria's early independenc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 2804 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo vaccination centres overwhelmed
COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo are overwhelmed as scores of residents continue to flock to local clinics to get inoculated under the ongoing mass vaccination programme which started on Monda...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:25hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zuma roars loudly from the cells
The system of imprisoning former leaders in the world was the prerogative of the French from the time of Napoleon to Sarkozi. France has become accustomed to putting former leaders on trial, but the w...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 16:57hrs | 5098 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ramaphosa declared personas-non-grata
Injeje yabeNguni Council has declared Cyril Ramaphosa and Raymond Zondo Personas-Non-Grata in South African provinces until they release President Jacob Zuma.Injeje is a body of Zulu Chiefs &a...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 18:43hrs | 13010 | by Injeje yabeNguni
Warriors on brink of COSAFA elimination after Namibia defeat
Zimbabwe 0-2 NamibiaZimbabwe were on Sunday left searching for only their second win after 11 matches under coach Zdravko Logarušić after going down 2-0 to Namibia in the COSAFA Cup in Port Eliz...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 19:24hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in must win tie against Namibia
IT has been ten games in charge for Zdravko Logarusic as Zimbabwe senior men's football team coach, yet the Croatian has just won a single match, drawn four and lost five.Logarusic's win came ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:38hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should refuse to repay colonial debt
THE Zimbabwean government is currently engaging with its creditors in order to reduce its external debt burden.Economic watchers argue that the country would be justified in repudiating the de...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:56hrs | 293 | by Kudakwashe Matiza
Kwazulu Natal - KZN protests live coverage #KZNShutDown #FreeJacobZuma
The KwaZulu-Natal government pleaded for calm on Friday amid protests believed to be part of a violent "Free Jacob Zuma and shut down KZN" campaign in which millions of rand worth of infrastructure ha...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:48hrs | 4215 | by Online
Warriors fight back to draw
Malawi 2 - 2 ZimbabweFORMER Young Warriors captain Ben Musaka's 77th minute ferocious shot saved Zimbabwe blushes as they fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Malawi in their second...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:01hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube walks tightrope
ZIMBABWE'S industries have asked Treasury to inject funding into the central bank's forex auction system to help it clear backlogs of up to two weeks and clear market distortions.Confederation...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:07hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Three changes in Warriors starting lineup to face Malawi
ZIMBABWE Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic has made three changes from the team that started against Mozambique for the country's second match at the Cosafa Cup when they face Malawi at the Isaac Wolf...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 10:47hrs | 855 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Biti says the introduction of $50 note is criminal
TOP economists are confident that the new $50 notes, introduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Tuesday, will not trigger inflationary pressures.However, former Finance Minister Tendai Biti di...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:30hrs | 5801 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bows to pressure
THERE is confusion after some Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) kombis reduced fares to US$1 for two people from $1 per person, to compete with pirate taxis that have taken business away from ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:29hrs | 2591 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightens
While preparations continue for a safe reopening of schools, Government wants to see full enforcement and compliance of the enhanced Level 4 lockdown put in place last month and last week and is fundi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1147 | by Staff reporter
'Some South African judges still have apartheid mentality'
SOUTH AFRICA'S ex-president Jacob Zuma has lashed out at the judges who this week gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from a corruption inquiry, comparing them to the white minority apartheid...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:39hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Lawyers seek Gwaunza recusal
LEGAL experts yesterday mounted pressure on deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza to recuse herself from hearing a case where her boss, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, is being challenged over his continu...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:36hrs | 2507 | by Staff reporter
PSL clubs count losses after latest ban
PREMIER Soccer League clubs have been left counting heavy losses after the latest ban on all sports activities resulted in yet another suspension of the Chibuku Super Cup following the spike in Covid-...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:22hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Malema power: SA approves Sinovac for Covid-19
South Africa has approved China's Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19, the acting Health minister said yesterday, as the country faces a crippling third wave of infections that has paralysed hospitals an...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:11hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on govt over Zimsec fees
TEACHERS unions yesterday called on Treasury to pay $2,9 billion examination fees for candidates sitting for this year's November Ordinary and Advanced Level Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zims...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 15:03hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 stalls Tsholotsho Campfire projects
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive Nkululeko Sibanda yesterday said the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) programme in the district has been...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:58hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns of imminent water supply interruption
THE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned residents in the city to prepare for imminent water supply interruptions due to problems in the pumping of water from the treatment plants.In a notic...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:57hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
China Bank dumps plan to fund Zimbabwe’s US$3b coal power plant
CHINA'S biggest bank has dumped plans to fund a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe, in a blow to a two-decade effort to develop the project, according to a coalition of 32 environmental gro...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation drops by 55,3pc
THE country's annual rate of inflation for the month of June 2021 dropped by about 55,3 percent to 106,64 percent from 162 percent, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed. ...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 12:05hrs | 897 | by Staff Reporter
SA back on lockdown and Ramaphosa criticised for slow vaccine rollout - Zimbabweans duped into complacence
Pressure is mounting on SA's President Cyril Ramaphosa to contain the coronavirus pandemic as he places the country back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions including a ban on all alcohol ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:42hrs | 2672 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
South Africa back on level-4 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions — including a ban on all alcohol sales - in place for the next 14 days.The restrictions...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 3114 | by Staff Reporter
A plot to dethrone Matanga from police exposed
Once again social media was abuzz with Twitter messages spread by Temba Mliswa attacking the Police Commissioner-General Godwin Tandabantu Matanga. Themba is a big mouth and an attention seeker who ha...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 23:12hrs | 6278 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The greatest threat to ZANU-PF revealed
The conceptualization of factionalism in political parties takes a different view if we consider its importance in a democratic environment. Following an ugly encounter with the ugly face of factional...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 14:44hrs | 5247 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
US$70 million war chest for Covid-19 vaccines
Government is set to utilise the US$70 million left in its coffers from the US$100 million set aside by Treasury for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines as the fight against the pandemic intensifies in ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1235 | by Staff Reporter
IYS saddened by Obert Gutu's gukurahundi genocide remarks
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chairman Obert Gutu, was quoted on Tuesday saying that the Gukurahundi Genocide is a very small, tiny fraction of the various issues the Commission ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1601 | by IYS
Hodzi's appointment above board, court rules
When President Mnangagwa chose Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the Prosecutor General after asking the Judicial Service Commission for a second list of nominees he was exercising his constitutional discretion to...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Opposition intensifies use of lawfare to exert pressure on govt
In pursuit of their lawfare strategy designed to wield pressure on Government in an effort to paralyse the State, the MDC Alliance and its allied Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) intent to lodge a l...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 882 | by Political Reporter
Kenneth Kaunda: His dream for southern Africa came true: hailed & sung with praises in heaven!
He left his mark: he left a void in southern Africa just like Mandela, we are struggling to get the calibre of leaders to take over from where they left. KK was an indisputable great son of the soil. ...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 15:20hrs | 667 | by Nomazulu Thata
Land beneficiary records in a shambles
THE ministry of Lands says beneficiaries of the land reform programme owe the government ZW$145.4 million for the infrastructure they inherited on allocated land, but the Auditor-General says there is...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Has the Zimbabwe dollar really stabilised against the US unit?
There is a strong debate among economic analysts pertaining to whether the Zimbabwean dollar (ZW$) has stabilised against the American dollar (US$) or not. There is a section which believes that the l...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:00hrs | 726 | by Respect Gwenzi
Inhlokomo rolls up its sleeves
Inhlokomo YeSizwe sika Mthwakazi is rolling up its sleeves and getting hands on by setting regional structures on the ground. After taking a momentary and deliberate pause to give space for the Phuthe...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1334 | by IYS
Pressure on Chinese miner to abort plans to mine in Hwange Nat Park
PRESSURE is mounting on Chinese mining company Afrochine Smelting (Private) Limited to abort plans to conduct coal mining activities near Sinamatela National Park in Hwange.Local residents hav...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
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