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Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3522 | by Staff reporter
EFF's independence day message to Zimbabweans
The 18th of April is a monumentally historic date in the history of our country. It is the date our country achieved a hard-fought political independence. Zimbabwe's gallant sons and daughters sacrifi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1098 | by CIC Innocent Ndibali.
Sadza nurses demonstrate against patients' poor diet
NURSES at Sadza District Hospital in Chivhu yesterday demonstrated against lavish dietary spending by their administration which they said contrasted with the poor meals served to patients.The...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide consultations begin
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has begun community consultations with victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities as part of government's plan to bring closure to the highly-emotive...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Matabeleland Collective in secret Gukurahundi genocide deal?
Matabeleland Collective, one of the key stakeholders on Gukurahundi and national healing, yesterday slapped down attempts by fugitive former Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo to discredit the b...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3984 | by Staff reporter
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Demands to introduce Shangaan in Zimbabwe education
MINORITY communities southeast of Zimbabwe in Chiredzi are advocating for the introduction of their languages in the school curriculum and the hiring of teachers conversant in the language.The...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 589 | by CAJ News
Bulawayo's fuel crisis bites hard
The government is running out of time to ensure that Bulawayo has enough fuel stocks to cover the forthcoming Independence and Easter holidays, as well as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade fair ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 5315 | by Staff reporter
August 1 victims to begin receiving compensation
FAMILIES of the six people who died during the August 1 post-election violence last year are set to receive compensation from Government soon, as authorities begin implementing recommendations of the ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:59hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Glut of fuel during ZITF
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is now known for bringing good news to the second city.In previous editions, the authorities would go out of their way to ensure that the city's ro...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:49hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's path to prosperity
ON April 3, I gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa a letter from my government conveying the heartfelt sympathy of the American people for the lives lost in Cyclone Idai. I also announced that the Americ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:51hrs | 1255 | by Brian Nichols
Zim EFF dismayed by Mnangagwa's decision to compensate White farmers
The Zim EFF is dismayed by the government of Zimbabwe's decision to compensate White farmers for the land that was lawfully and rightfully repossessed under the government's land redistribution progra...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 2977 | by Zim EFF Media Relations
Councillors reject water disconnections as debt recovery strategy
BULAWAYO City councillors have rejected a proposal by the finance department to resume water disconnections as a debt recovery strategy citing the prevailing socio economic challenges faced by residen...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Govt finally decriminalises Gukurahundi discussions
The government has with immediate effect approved measures to assist victims of the 1980 genocide popularly known as Gukurahundi, which include exhuming bodies that were buried in mainly unmarked mass...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:53hrs | 4717 | by Methusi Ncube
Telecom firms bemoan high service costs
Zimbabwean telecommunication companies say the costs of delivering services are still excessively high despite a recent tariff hike which saw data and voice charges go up by as much as 150%.Te...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Mbare project raises stink
Harare City Council and the government have come under fire after revelations that the much-trumpeted renovation of Mbare's Matapi Flats only centred around the repainting of outside walls.The...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints 15 new ambassadors
President Mnangagwa has appointed 15 new ambassadors drawn from different sectors to replace those who have either died, been recalled or retired. The list of the ambassadors designate include...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'regrets' MDC by-election defeat to Zanu-PF
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to stamp his foot and deal with simmering disharmony in the main opposition in the wake of embarrassing defeat to Zanu-PF in a weekend by-election held in stronghol...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 157 | by newzimbabwe
ARTUZ condemns the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
When SADC leaders meet for their routine jamborees they have failed to construct a clear economic framework of rescuing our region from poverty. They massage each other for stealing elections, they pr...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 997 | by ARTUZ
Zimbabwe passport office has backlog of 200 000 documents
CECILIA Majanyuke flips through the pages of her passport everytime it is stamped by immigration officials.She pays particular attention to the number of free pages in her travelling document ...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:38hrs | 3554 | by Staff reporter
Re-inventing Zimbabwe industrial base
THERE is no doubt in my mind that Zimbabwe is on a new economic trajectory which must be underpinned by key principles which have, throughout history, led to the emergence of successful economies....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:06hrs | 317 | by Vince Musewe
Urban poverty on the rise in Zimbabwe
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says over 1,5 million Zimbabweans in the urban areas will be food insecure this year as the country continues to suffer the effects of the economic downturn and a crippl...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:04hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Army foils Zanu-PF bigwigs attempts to muscle into Cyclone Idai aid
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs not to interfere with the distribution of food aid in Cyclone Idai-hit Chimanimani on Sunday to avoid the politicisation of relief e...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:53hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Army boots out Zanu-PF bigwigs
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs not to interfere with the distribution of food aid in Cyclone Idai-hit Chimanimani on Sunday to avoid the politicisation of reli...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 5652 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $100m for Cyclone Idai
Government has so far released $100 million as it intensifies efforts to assist victims of Cyclone Idai by way of restoring basic infrastructure and ensuring that the affected people access food and o...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:47hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
'EU won't ignore Zimbabwe rights abuses'
THE European Union (EU) on Monday said it would not ignore human rights violations in Zimbabwe and warned government that further violations were destroying goodwill and a setback to the country's rec...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:38hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance stronghold among the first Cyclone food aid beneficiaries'
GOVERNMENT has denied reports of food aid politicisation to the victims of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge saying it can never allow that when people are in serious need of food. In f...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry acts on Cyclone Idai
Government is conducting a rapid assessment of the extent of the destruction caused by Cyclone Idai, which left several school infrastructure destroyed, swept away learners and teachers in Chimanimani...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora checkmates Chamisa
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has declared null and void any suspensions and expulsions made ahead of the party's May elective congress.This means the structures put in place at the 2...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:53hrs | 15871 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry outraged
Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry has expressed outrage over the barring of the Zimbabwe Warriors from the National Sports Stadium yesterday.The Warriors were denied t...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:23hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Matabeleland leaders finally find each other
Yesterday, 21 March 2019, more than 120 civic societies, church bodies, faith based and community based organisations' leadership met the President of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnanga...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2163 | by Matabeleland Collective
Gweru in major roads rehabilitation exercise
GWERU City Council has embarked on a road rehabilitation exercise, following an outcry by residents and motorists over the poor state of the infrastructure.Council spokesperson Manford Gambiza...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:32hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai exposed misplaced priorities in Zimbabwe
The devastating cyclone effects as witnessed and experienced in the eastern parts of the country makes a very sad reading of the kind of leadership Zimbabwe has had since the advent of indepen...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2985 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 567 | by July Moyo
Zimbabwe telecom companies being ditched by foreign partners
Zimbabwe's telecommunications companies are being deserted by their foreign partners that service and upgrade their systems due to inability to meet payment obligations in foreign currency. Te...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
'Zinara Finance Director deliberately dodged Parliament"
PARLIAMENTARY Public Accounts Committee chairperson Tendai Biti, was left seething with anger after an apparent snub from the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) Financial Director.Biti...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:23hrs | 369 | by newzimbabwe
US 2018 Human rights report on Zimbabwe biased
Last week the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour released its 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. An examination of the report shows a fair vi...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:12hrs | 814 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Situation in Zimbabwe hospitals a damning indictment on government
A signature characteristic of former President Robert Mugabe (pictured)'s administration was silence in the face of crippling crises. Zimbabweans, at the height of Mugabe's rule, had become resigned t...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 178 | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa confronts James Gumbo?
MDC Masvingo provincial chairperson James Gumbi confirmed MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's impending visit today, but declined to shed more light on the purpose of the visit."The president is going...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 14:13hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's coded message to Mnangagwa
YOU can always trust South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa to send coded messages to his comrades in Zimbabwe.In 2016, at the Zanu-PF annual conference in Masvingo, in a "solidarity speech" o...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:15hrs | 10274 | by newZWire
Cyclone Idai spreads into Zimbabwe
Tropical Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique Thursday evening, has damaged property and crops in Manicaland Province, with more devastating effects feared when it intensifies and spreads t...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:07hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge-Chirundu highway's new design to cost US$520 000
THE Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway dualisation project has been pushed back by a further three months over new designs. This comes as government scouts for a new road designer after Austrian firm...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:53hrs | 3136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends US$3,2bn begging bowl
ZIMBABWE - with 7,5 million people or half the population in need of food aid - is appealing for US$3,2 billion emergency assistance to avert a humanitarian crisis characterised by hunger and a crumbl...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:14hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa to jointly develop Beitbridge, Musina
President Mnangagwa cuts the ribbon during the official launch of the TelOne Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare fibre optic link in Beitbridge yesterdayTHE Zimbabwean and South African governments hav...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3170 | by Staff Reporter
STEM redesigned
THE Government has redesigned the STEM programme in universities to be heritage based with focus on the modernisation and industrialisation of the country. The heritage theme focuses on the us...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Pityana is a toxic, divisive and vindictive leader
Writing in his so-called personal capacity, Sipho Pityana, the president of Business Unity SA (Busa) and the chairperson of AngloGold Ashanti, tried and failed to derail last week's successful summit ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:23hrs | 816 | by Sandile Zungu, president of the Black Business Council
Infrastructure paving the road towards 2030
ZIMBABWE is at the beginning of an exciting journey towards prosperity. It won't necessarily be a smooth journey, and beginnings are never easy. But with real reform and a commitment to restructuring ...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 239 | by Mthuli Ncube
Bulawayo blames faulty valves for UBH water woes
BULAWAYO City Council has said faulty valves were the major cause of United Bulawayo Hospitals' water problems and urged the institution to repair them.Council said it exempted hospitals from ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:19hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors can finally take money out of Zimbabwe
Foreign investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange are likely to take a huge foreign exchange loss on their investments, but at least they can now have their money back following a new directive by the ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 19:33hrs | 5369 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress countdown: Chamisa out of his depth
The MDC Alliance elective congress has been pencilled for 24 to 26 May after many months of wishing it away to buy time on the part of that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa.Since seizing the lea...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 5281 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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