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Russian free grain due to begin landing in Africa within days
RUSSIAN shipments of donated grain are due to begin landing in Africa within days, giving fresh impetus to its bid to bolster its influence in the continent.President Vladimir Putin promised t...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 07:53hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission a must for Zimbabwe
WE reported yesterday that Britain is pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the club of nations und...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe risks losing out on AI prospects'
ZIMBABWE and Africa, in general, stand to lose out on the potential US$7 trillion in additional gross domestic product (GDP) that artificial intelligence (AI) could brings to the world economy if they...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara speaks on AI opportunities for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe and other African countries risk losing out on the potential US$7 trillion that artificial intelligence (AI) could bring to the world economy if they are unable to optimise the productivity o...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:24hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 150 | by Sharon Hofisi
Over 40 Chitungwiza houses to be demolished to pave way for a company
The High Court has mandated the demolition of 18 houses in Chitungwiza to facilitate the interests of a private company. In response, the affected homeowners urgently petitioned the High Court to halt...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean named co-chair of UN's AI Advisory Body for Global Governance
ZIMBABWEAN tech genius James Manyika, Senior Vice-President of Google, has scored big again after being appointed on the UN Secretary-General's Artificial Intelligence Advisory Body on risks, opportun...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:21hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foreign currency deposits shoot to US$1, 6 billion
Foreign currency deposits have surged to an impressive US$1.6 billion, largely attributed to growing confidence in the stability of the banking sector, as revealed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Polad noble, dialogue with Chamisa, better
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is eager to revive the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) forum, a platform he created in 2018 to coalesce the minds of all losing candidates in that year's preside...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:30hrs | 888 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Russia and China are lifting sanctions against North Korea?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the geopolitical climate had changed completely since the United Nations imposed sanctions on North Korea, and he accused the West of breaking ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | 629 | by Reuters
'Disputed polls to worsen voter apathy'
THE frequency of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the most recent being the August 23 polls, will discourage more registered voters from participating in electoral processes, electoral watchdogs and an...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Council swearing-in exposes CCC hypocrisy
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s inconsistencies and politics of grandstanding without substance have been exposed following the swearing-in of its newly elected councillors in Bulawayo yeste...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Russia ready to ship a million tonnes of grain to Zimbabwe
Russia said on Wednesday that Turkey had agreed in principle to handle one million metric tonnes of grain that Russia plans to send to Africa at a discounted price with financial support from Qatar....Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:12hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims to be under siege
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has said his supporters are under siege, adding that they are being targeted by suspected Zanu-PF and State security agents who are demandin...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:25hrs | 4246 | by Staff reporter
'Advocate' Chamisa's CCC says Zimbabwe Judiciary captured
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has not approached the Constitutional Court to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial victory because the country's Judiciary is "captur...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
War vets tell Mnangagwa to improve their welfare
VETERANS of Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation struggle have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to improve their welfare by addressing the socio-economic challenges currently facing the country.M...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Hichilema simmer
PRESIDENT-ELECT, Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended an invitation to former Zambian leader Edgar Lungu to attend his Inauguration slated for Monday amid tensions between Harare and Lusaka.Mnangag...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 5603 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says help is on the way
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa who is disputing the results of the 23-24 August elections won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told his supporters that help was on the way. The Citizen...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Putin, Abbas congratulate Mnangagwa
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, have congratulated President Mnangagwa for winning last week's presidential election.President Mnangagwa...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
A president for everyone
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner in the presidential race after polling 52,6% against his nearest rival Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for C...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Money can't buy love, votes
AS many Zimbabweans seem to tire from the controversy surrounding the results from last week's harmonised elections, some are still wondering how certain candidates lost the polls.Yes, the deb...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Vladimir Putin - the global game changer
Over the past week, a lot has occurred in the world around us. The Zimbabwean elections, the Brics summit in South Africa, the passing on of Yevgeny Prigozhin head of Russia's private mercenary compan...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 393 | by Tapiwa Gomo
China notes reports on some disputing the Zimbabwe election result
China says it has congratulated President Mnangagwa on his re-election but notes "reports on some disputing the election result."Below is the full statement:"As a friend to Zimbabwe. C...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 22:16hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police deployed to quell demos
POLICE say they have deployed security officers across the country following indications that some political activists wanted to stage demonstrations in the aftermath of last week's elections....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
The odds were stacked against Chamisa on August 23
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week, weighed down by a cost-of-living crisis and rural food shortages, but the ruling party's 40-year grip on the electoral process suggested it was unlikely to lose p...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:51hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Econet in massive base station upgrade
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has announced plans to upgrade 500 of its base stations and deploy equipment to 300 additional sites by the end of the year, a move aimed at expandi...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why is Africa always desperate for a master to serve?
Will Africa ever stand on her own two feet, or she is determined to forever be under the control of one global power or the other? In the recent history of our continent, it would appear we ar...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 22:15hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe requests to join BRICS New Development Bank
Zimbabwe has applied to join the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.The country has submitted a request to join the NDB and expects to have the support of ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides Mnangagwa over Putin chopper gift
MAIN opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa has taken a swipe at President Emmerson Mnangagwa for accepting a helicopter from Russian President Vladimir Putin and openly supporting his invasion of Ukraine....Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Russia's railway giant keen to expand footprint to Zimbabwe
TRANSMASHHOLDING, Russia's leading manufacturer of railway rolling stock and fifth biggest rail company in the world, is looking to expand its footprint in African countries including Zimbabwe in a wi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa want courts to do their work
The GOVERNMENT does not interfere with the work of the Judiciary, and those accusing it of having a hand in recent court rulings barring some opposition candidates from contesting the August 23 harmon...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Malema urges BRICS leaders to boycott upcoming summit in solidarity with Putin
EFF leader Julius Malema has urged prime ministers from the BRICS nations not to attend the upcoming summit in South Africa in solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Malema was addre...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he stands in solidarity with Putin over Ukraine war
Zimbabwe stands in solidarity with Russia as it wages war on Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.In comments that will anger we...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa gifted multimillion-dollar executive helicopter by Russia's Putin
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been handed a multimillion US dollar helicopter by the Russian government at this year's Russia-Africa Summit.Mnangagwa, who received the aircraft on the sidel...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to dump US dollar
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the country is agreeable to the use of alternative forms of payment for various transactions as opposed to the sole use of the United States dollar.Yesterday durin...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Putin offers 50,000 tonne free grain to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that his country was food-secure but was grateful for an offer of free grain from Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit in...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Russian mining giant heads to Zimbabwe
THE world's largest diamond producer Alrosa of Russia will next week be in Zimbabwe to start work on mining operations with 50 more companies from the Euroasian nation targeting various sectors....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$700k splurge on Chinese private jet for Russia trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a private jet from China to fly him to Russia on Tuesday at an estimated cost of nearly US$700,000.Mnangagwa, attending the Russia-Africa summit in St Peters...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Even Mnangagwa wants 'whites' to develop Zimbabwe!
A few days ago, I had a very interesting debate with a ZANU PF sympathizer - who was adamant that Zimbabwe was going in the right direction under President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.He based...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:50hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Not yet uhuru in Mzansi, for sure
So, as shown by yesterday's consent order from the High Court in Pretoria, pushed by the racist opposition DA, the South African government on 29 June 2023 had a letter signed by its Director General,...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Jonathan Moyo
Ramaphosa wants to destabilise BRICS
President Ramaphosa's stance on President Putin attending BRICS summit in person is a charade by all standards. What President Ramaphosa did was to surrender his powers and subordinate himself...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:49hrs | 13 | by mahasharampedi
Ramaphosa agrees he will arrest Putin if he ever sets foot in SA
The Cyril Ramaphosa led South African government has agreed to execute the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin if he ever sets foot in the countr...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt demands immediate apology from AMH
The acrimonious hostility gap between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Trevor Ncube, a local private media publisher continues to widen after their nasty fallout last year as George Charamba describes...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 6 | by Ian Beddowes
Russia's Wagner has 'footprints in Zimbabwe'?
RUSSIAN mercenary group Wagner Group has been implicated in illicit gold mining dealings in Zimbabwe, according to a latest report by data analysts and an African research organisation.The Wag...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities ranked among the best in sub-Saharan Africa
Three Zimbabwean universities have been ranked among the best universities in Africa from 88 universities in 20 countries by the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings, demonstr...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption double talk
THE latest row over patronage and opaque procurement in the government shows the widening rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, and their attempts to favour th...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
American is paying billions to Russia's nuclear agency while the two countries are in conflict over the war in Ukraine
It should be a startling fact that the U.S. is paying billions to Russia's nuclear agency while the two countries are in conflict over the war in Ukraine.Nuclear power companies rely on cheap ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:31hrs | 25 | by Erick Matotoba
Russian delivers nuclear weapons to Belarus
President Vladimir Putin said Russia has delivered its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, three months after announcing the plan that threatens to ratchet up tensions with the US and its allie...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 17:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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