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Beyond the New my foot!
In the past few months, I took some time to reflect on the role of political parties - specifically political parties in Zimbabwe. I came to a simple conclusion - while political parties serve s...Published: 13 hrs ago | 602 | by Sam Wezhira
We were misled - Doctors
DOCTORS at government hospitals have denied claims by the Health ministry that they had received supplies of medicines, bandages and critical accessories to alleviate their plight, following last week...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3624 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to tour cyclone-ravaged areas
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly planning to visit the Cyclone Idai-ravaged Manicaland province this week for a first-hand assessment of the disaster and appreciate the needs of the ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 920 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesia was 'successful' because essentially it was a province of SA
This week, I am going to start by doing something that we journalists don't normally do. Often we think our duty is to criticise or point out wrongdoing but never to praise even when praise is due. Bu...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1659 | by Baffour Ankomah
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: 19 hrs ago | 155 | by Learnmore Zuze
Bosso falls to Wankie
Wankie 1 - 0 Highlanders HIGHLANDERS were duly punished for failing to turn their dominance into goals after they fell to Wankie FC in a pre-season friendly at the Colliery Stadium yesterday...Published: 19 hrs ago | 339 | by Staff reporter
We cannot blame Nelson Chamisa without blaming all of us
We are under sanctions from the United States, the European Union and other Western outposts like Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and the ruin of the sanctions is without doubt. Our industr...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1505 | by Reason Wafawarova
Selfish Zanu-PF govt behind our suffering
EDITOR,Zimbabwe is my motherland. My heart bleeds when I see Zimbabwe in such a terrible state. Our elders took over the reigns from colonial masters and we all celebrated because we thought w...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:11hrs | 967 | by E Denhere
Wonders never cease
AFTER watching the-PFeesident's sidekick Victor Matemadanda's soporific homily on one online television, one gets an abiding feeling that indeed Zimbabwe is a God-forsaken country. Things are ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2203 | by Hon Criss
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing $100 million annually importing wheat
Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said Zimbabwe is losing $100 million annually to wheat imports due to failure by farmers to produce enough stocks.Officiating at an exhibiti...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:57hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Mnangagwa's 'brief' visit
Matabeleland South residents have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of ignoring them during his midweek visit to the province.The residents, his ruling party members and sections of civil s...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | 4233 | by Staff reporter
Shocking rot at Zimbabwe hospitals
PATIENTS are spending several days waiting for treatment at the country's poorly resourced public hospitals and many are dying prematurely due to lack of drugs, an investigation has revealed.A...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew in fierce tug-of-war for land with church group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Charles Mpofu is still involved in a fierce tussle for farmland with an apostolic sect group in Kwekwe's Mbembeswane area with the white robbed church members fi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1667 | by newzimbabwe
UBH to offer free eye surgeries
UNITED Bulawayo Hospital, through its Richard Morris Eye Hospital in Bulawayo is expected to offer free eye surgeries to at least 500 patients next month as part of helping the underprivileged members...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Rock kills 2 catholic students
Reports from St Charles Lwanga Seminary Secondary in Chimanimani have confirmed that 4 students were trapped after a rock collapsed a dormitory. 1 was successfully rescued, 2 bodies were retrieved, an...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 09:48hrs | 6195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
“Zanu PF has failed to provide health care, we must” – no, remove Zanu PF
The trouble with Zanu PF apologists like you Hopewell Chinono is that they are incapable of thinking logically. "Ultimately the responsibility for health care in Zimbabwe lies with the State, ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 09:06hrs | 1984 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
South Africa to monitor Zimbabwe's economic affairs
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:15hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR bid a futile exercise, say analysts
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to employ a public relations consultancy firm to lobby for the scrapping of United States sanctions is futile as the real solution lies in imp...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls Mnangagwa a brother
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made an impassionate plea to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, to take charge of Zimbabwe's national dialogue process and bring President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Empower Bank opened it's doors for youths in Bulawayo and Surrounding Provinces
Empowerment bank is geared to transform the livelihoods of many entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. On the 11th of March 2018 the bank officially opened its doors in the city of Kings . The occassion was grace...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 14:11hrs | 457 | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe 'losing fuel' to forex-rich neighbours
Zimbabwe could be losing millions of litres of fuel to neighbouring countries under its bonded warehouse scheme because the government is failing to mobilise foreign currency to pay for the commodity ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 3719 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa begs Ramaphosa for talks
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made an impassionate plea to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, to take charge of Zimbabwe's national dialogue process and bring President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 7458 | by Staff reporter
SA to sit in next critical Zimbabwe Treasury meetings
IN an unprecedented move, Zimbabwe has agreed to allow South Africa - the continent's most developed economy and powerhouse - to sit in official Ministry of Finance meetings to oversee Harare's debt c...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | 3431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy looking positive but lacks stability, says Robertson
ECONOMIST John Robertson says Zimbabwe's economic situation is beginning to look promising following the central bank's decision to liberalise the foreign exchange market last month.Speaking a...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Embargoes throttle Zimbabwe's financial system
Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump extended the economic sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year, claiming that new Government's policies continue to pose an "unusual and extraordin...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:50hrs | 314 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Chamisa exposed
In his 1997 report on the work of the United Nations, Secretary General Kofi Annan stressed the importance of economic sanctions: the Security Council's tool to bring pressure without recourse to forc...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:42hrs | 12029 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Campaign vehicles divide Zanu-PF
Dozens of Zanu-PF vehicles that were dished out to provinces ahead of the 2018 elections have become a bone of contention in the second largest city amid reports that those who were given the vehicles...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:55hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions are shattering economic recovery' - stop madness, must be prudent lest spoil too many tomorrows
Tyrannical regimes have no respect of the law, fact, truth and reality. They will ignored well established historic facts that do not suit their narrative. In his recent article, "US sanctions shatter...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 06:05hrs | 971 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa gradually transforming himself into a rural President
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is more or less transforming himself into a rural president as he has lost sympathy with the urbanites by failing to walk the talk in delivering what he promised prior to ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | 919 | by Knowledge Hakata
South African Airways develops scary fault in Harare
South African Airways flight which as supposed to depart from Harare to Johannesburg at 1305hrs developed a scary fault and is grounded at Harare International Airport.One of the persons onboa...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 15:48hrs | 18266 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa gives Mnangagwa little cheer
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa yesterday dashed hopes that Pretoria would immediately open its wallet and extend critically-needed financial assistance to cash-strapped Zimbabwe, the Daily ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:28hrs | 2496 | by Staff reporter
Has Zimbabwe become an Oliver Twist?
A couple of days ago, central bank governor John Mangudya aptly described Zimbabwe in Parliament as "a step child in a family of nations."What an apt description! This is exactly what Zimbabwe...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:24hrs | 652 | by Editorial - Daily News
Ex-top cop in court for criminal abuse of office
Former police Senior Assistant Commissioner Robert Tendero Masukusa was yesterday brought to court on summons to face charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly sent his personal vehicle t...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to lead Harare restructuring
ZANU-PF yesterday said the dissolution of the party's structures in Bulawayo and Harare will address problems that have resulted in the party perennially losing elections in the two metropolitan provi...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:53hrs | 6089 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans marching to the US Embassy
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is organising a nationwide march to the United States Embassy in Harare against illegal sanctions that were imposed on the nation by ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 23:36hrs | 4770 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's national dialogue to continue
ZIMBABWE will continue on the path of national dialogue with progressive stakeholders and will not be swayed by negative forces working against the national spirit, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:30hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
New bank opens in Bulawayo
EMPOWER Bank yesterday officially opened its first Bulawayo branch pledging a $50 000 non-collateral loan package to local entrepreneurs with viable project proposals on a first come and first serve b...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:26hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Herbal remedy kills girl (4)
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD dumb girl from Bulawayo died after her mother allegedly fed her a herbal concoction to help her gain speech. The father of the girl, Mr Mbuso Ncube, reported his wife to the po...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:25hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys Chiwenga, Mohadi to oversea Harare and Bulawayo restructuring
ZANU-PF yesterday said the dissolution of the party's structures in Bulawayo and Harare is aimed at strengthening them to address problems that have resulted in the party perennially losing elections ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 643 | 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 | 737 | by Staff reporter
SA whites party against any financial commitments to Zimbabwe
DA MP Sandy Kalyan says President Cyril Ramaphosa should not make any financial commitments to Zimbabwe because of what she calls the country's continued campaign of political repression as well as So...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:51hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube speaks about adopting the rand by Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the possibility of his country either adopting the SA rand as its main currency of trade - alongside its local unit, the RTGS dollar - or joining the rand...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | 15935 | by TimesLive
Wisdom about investments in Africa
Africa is the market frontier for many investors. Competition in Africa is still bearable to many investors unlike China and India as the market has matured. Unlike Europe or South America, investing ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 320 | by Enos Denhere
Staff at ZBCtv are very lazy
AS a taxpayer who is religiously paying for the upkeep of public broadcaster ZBCTV, I am disappointed at how this station is packaging its news content.The issues I will raise in this instalme...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | 2672 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mrs Mnangagwa flies to New York
The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women officially opened here yesterday with strong calls to ensure women are recognised as equal partners in all spheres of life. ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:47hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Harare should not expect bailout from Ramaphosa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives in the country today to co-chair the Bi-National Commission (BNC) with President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose administration is desperate for a cash injecti...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1904 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe be tried for Gukurahundi massacres'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe must be tried for the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.In a video uploaded on SMTV on Saturday, Matemadanda also s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
The challenges Russian business face in Africa
Undoubtedly, a number of Russian companies have largely underperformed in Africa, experts described was primarily due to multiple reasons. Most often, Russian investors strike important investment nic...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:15hrs | 876 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
'PAC will provide solutions to Zimbabwe's myriad of problems' - wishful, they are corrupt
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday held his inaugural meeting with the Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) recently appointed to assist in bringing in new ideas, policy proposals and solutions to...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:12hrs | 767 | by Nomusa Garikai
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