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Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 43 mins ago | 84 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe linked wonderkid named among 'best talents' in the Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers youngster Leon Chiwome has been named as one of the brightest young talents in the Premier League.Each year The Guardian compiles a list of youngsters from each Premier...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Rights activist guns for top judge
WOMEN's Comfort Corner Foundation (WCCF) director Rita Marque Mbatha has applied for leave to sue High Court judge, Justice Catherine Bachi-Mzawazi for violation of her rights.The firebrand hu...Published: 5 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
$9bn gold coins sold as individuals join rush
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says gold coins worth $9 billion have been sold since July this year, with individuals taking a significant chunk of the bullion, while the Monetary Policy Committee...Published: 5 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goat scheme ready to take off
THE first 30 000 goats under the Presidential Goat Scheme, which seeks to boost breeding stock and increase numbers and quality, will be distributed to provinces over the next two months.The p...Published: 5 hrs ago | 91 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena the untouchable ZANU PF maverick
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been a long standing divisive and problematic child of the ruling party ZANU PF and he seems to be an untouchable maverick within the party....Published: 19 hrs ago | 793 | by John Mutengambiri
SADC must utilize Mzembi to transform regional tourism
The SADC region is endowed with several tourist attractions, wonderful fauna and flora and the region has a tranquil environment with a warm and welcoming people.The region has not fully utili...Published: 19 hrs ago | 405 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Chamisa learnt nothing from lying about Trump in 2018,' says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled Zimbabwean cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has called out Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa over his recent remarks which advocated for the United Nations supervised 2023 elec...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 08:11hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa issues summons for former clerk
HUMAN rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and Tawanda Nyambirai's law firm has issued summons to former clerk, Tendayi Satarawu Murambiza who admitted to embezzling US$128 000 from the law firm.Mura...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
The importance of parastatals
WHEN State-managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences.At independence in 1980, 40% of...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 123 | by Eddie Cross
All Zimbabwe qualified health professionals recruited
ALL qualified health professionals seeking employment in the public sector have been hired, giving that group a zero unemployment rate as the Health Services Board (HSB) acts to upgrade the public hea...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally proves 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe' a big fat lie!
I have always asserted to my friends that, as much as state media is an insufferable drag to read or watch - due to the pathetic and disgraceful substandard work - but, most of the Zimbabwe regime's l...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:31hrs | 4077 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why do Zimbabweans keep electing individuals who clearly lack leadership qualities?
What do we look for when we elect a leader? Is it their fearless stand against an incumbent oppressive government - whereby, they boldly confront injustice, and ready to die for the greater go...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:24hrs | 950 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutinhiri in bitter farm dispute
FORMER Marondera East legislator Tracy Mutinhiri is embroiled in a bitter land dispute with a white commercial farmer Rijk Yates over the ownership of a farm in the district.Yates was contract...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2383 | by Staff reporter
What sort of leaders do Zimbabweans need?
What do we look for when we elect a leader?Is it their fearless stand against an incumbent oppressive government — whereby they boldly confront injustice, and are ready to die for the greate...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 151 | by Tendai Mbofana
Nakamba deserves another chance
Marvelous Nakamba has quickly become the forgotten man in Aston Villa's squad, just nine months after being focal to Steven Gerrard's bright start in English Premier League football management....Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1630 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
England-born Zimbabwean starlet signs pro deal at Aston Villa
ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean defender Thierry Katsukunya has signed his first professional contract with English Premier League side Aston Villa.Katsukunya, who plays as a centre-back, is highly re...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 4498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politicians giving police nightmares
POLICE yesterday accused politicians from across the divide of stoking violence, thus making it extremely difficult for the law enforcement agents to professionally discharge their duties.Nati...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banishes death penalty
IT'S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police impunity laid bare
POLICE deputy commissioner Stephen Mutamba was added to the list of individuals reeling under the United States (US) sanctions in a move that bolstered the long-held view that the Zimbabwe Republic Po...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank raids banks, firms
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Exchange Control Division has raided and penalised top banks and firms for violating exchange control regulations with some companies failing to account for United State...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:25hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
It's really embarrassing when a president acts like a star-struck teenager!
I have never really understood the whole frenzied excitement over so-called 'celebrities'.Maybe, it is because I have never been a huge fan of music or movies, or practically anything else tha...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:35hrs | 1733 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe needs 100 000 teachers
ZIMBABWE needs more than 100 000 teachers following a mass exodus of educators to other countries due to low salaries offered by government, unions have said.A government circular seen by News...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Crisis in Zimbabwe health sector deepens
AUDITOR-GENERAL (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in the country's health sector, where there is serious understaffing and shortages of equipment with no ambulances having been procured between 2...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
US$100m Govt bond to hit market by December
THE Government will launch the US$100 million bond on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) by the end of this year to mobilise more resources for critical public infrastructural development projec...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Fatima High teachers refuse to test for Covid-19
SOME teachers at Fatima High School in Lupane District in Matabeleland North allegedly refused to be tested for Covid-19 following a recent outbreak of the virus at the school.The positive cas...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to open Gweru Hospital Centre of Excellence
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga is expected to commission the Gweru Provincial Hospital (GPH) Centre of Excellence today in a major milestone set to improve health services at the facility....Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
12 Matebeleland dams set for fisheries programme
MATEBELELAND fish farmers are set to benefit from the Government's fisheries programme after 12 dams from the region were targeted for the Presidential Fisheries Programme that will involve 50 000 far...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
MPs blast 'dishonest' Mthuli Ncube in heated tax-free salary stand-off
LEGISLATORS stood their ground in Parliament this week, firmly rejecting what they saw as a bid by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to use the Senate to backtrack on a commitment to increase th...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2617 | by Staff reporter
TelOne picks EOS Data for agric platform
TelOne, the State-owned telecommunications company, has picked EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics, to provide a platform that allows farmers to mon...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Croco Motors managers in deep trouble
Reports reaching this reporter indicate that Croco Motors managers are reportedly in trouble after reports emerged alleging that Croco motors botched a Mercedes Benz service deal and went on to intimi...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 13:33hrs | 3928 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Entrepreneur urges government to empower young women
Female Entrepreneur Patience Maregedze has implored government and the business community to offer a helping hand to young women entrepreneurs as they seek to reduce the gap between men and women in b...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 13:08hrs | 278 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Exposing Mudenda and Chokuda double standards
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Mugove Chokuda have been exposed as being corrupt and dishonest in executing their duties and functions at Parliament.Th...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 11:22hrs | 2040 | by Maxwell Chaunoita
Energy Mutodi enrols at top UK University for a Diplomatic Course
Former Deputy Information Minister Dr Energy Mutodi is in the United Kingdom for a short diplomatic course at the University of Birmingham, sources have revealed. After attending Her Majesty Queen Eli...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 4501 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa set to visit Cuba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week travel to Cuba for an official visit, the country's Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday.According to Cuban publication , Mnangagwa is expected in H...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 2510 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grateful to SA
Zanu-PF has praised South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for taking the issue of illegal sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe directly to White House when he told the United States President Joe Bide...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
USD pay rise for Zimbabwe civil servants
GOVERNMENT has offered a 25 percent salary increment to civil servants in United States dollar terms which will result in State employees getting US$200 effectively this month.The workers have...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Hectic schedule for Mnangagwa in New York ahead of UNGA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the United Nations General Assembly debate, the biggest global diplomatic event where world leaders tackle challenges facing the world for a better futur...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
IMF rules out loans for Zimbabwe
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Dhaneshwar Ghura conducted a staff visit in Harare during September 12–19, 2022, to discuss recent economic developments and the economic outlo...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:46hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa political playbook worked elsewhere, can he win in Zimbabwe?
PRECIOUS Dinha elbows her way into a packed soccer stadium. Despite thunder clouds looming above, thousands of yellow-clad Zimbabweans are singing, dancing and thrusting their index fingers skyward....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 704 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Mtshabezi greenbelt transforms rural agriculture
AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government's bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Repu...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's high inflation forecast to plunge to 3%?
ZIMBABWE's month-on-month inflation rate is expected to fall to three percent by year-end while the annual rate is seen dropping below 100 percent on the back of monetary and fiscal interventions the ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to further strengthen?
The Zimbabwe dollar is likely to strengthen as extra strands in the policies to decrease the amount of local currency in bank accounts, while increasing the amount of foreign currency in official mark...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala family speaks on MP's agony
DESPITE being a vocal and fearless member of Parliament, Job Sikhala is a father of nine and the family is feeling the heat on his nearly 100-day incarceration.All his children, The NewsHawks,...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
A president who's always seeing enemies and detractors is oftentimes the one who's the problem!
I miss my late father - since he was an inexhaustible source of profound knowledge and wisdom.I learnt so much about life from him - something that I immensely enjoyed and valued - although, i...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 18:51hrs | 265 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Alena Douhan's assertions on Zimbabwe sanctions' social impact gravely flawed, laughable and unscientific
The generalization of matters greatly impacting our day-to-day lives has unfortunately become a most troubling common occurrence.What is even worse is that, these are largely based on hypothes...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 18:49hrs | 208 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A president who's always seeing enemies
I miss my late father - since he was an inexhaustible source of profound knowledge and wisdom.I learnt so much about life from him — something that I immensely enjoyed and valued - although,...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Fake products flood Bulawayo markets
A NEW crop of ‘entrepreneurs' has invaded Bulawayo's marketplaces where they sell fake branded products to unsuspecting consumers in broad daylight.In essence, the traders pretend to sell po...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
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