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Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 337 | by Anonymous
Muchinguri says she is not a figurehead, she has the power
Zanu PF's first woman chairperson, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, (OM) broke new ground when she was appointed Zimbabwe's first female Defence minister. She speaks to NewsDay (ND) reporter Blessed Mhlanga ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 519 | by Staff reporter
New minister cracks the whip
THERE is need to change people's work culture and ethics and bury the "no hurry in Africa" attitude if the country is to achieve development targets set by President Mnangagwa in his 2030 vision. ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 518 | by Staff reporter
Streak seeks ZC liquidation
FORMER national team coach Heath Streak has applied for an order for provisional liquidation of Zimbabwe Cricket after the Association failed to respond to his claims to pay him, and his sacked staff,...Published: 3 hrs ago | 211 | by Staff reporter
ED 'will woo investors' in maiden UNGA speech - no takers, given Mugabe mark-2 reputation
The Zanu PF apologists, spin-doctors and propagandists are out like the cicada flooding the world with nose. Their mission is to flood all available space with colourful portrait of Mnangagwa as a com...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2844 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1946 | by Zapu
UNGA and Zim's international incorporation
The inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that came through the birth of the second republic, brought in the dawn of a new era as his main message has been centred on re-engagement and internat...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1199 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Zimbabweans pin hopes on ED as he attends maiden UNGA Summit
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is attending his maiden United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit amid rising confidence in his leadership back home. Mnangagwa won this year's elections,...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1471 | by Nicole Hondo
Village head sues chief over cattle
A CHIRUMANZU village head, Sifile Chiradza, has appealed to the Mvuma Magistrates' Court to intervene in a matter in which Chief Chirumanzu, born Gerald Mudzengi, is allegedly failing to pay back his ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo case takes new twist
THE case of businessman and Intratrek (Private) Limited director Wicknell Chivayo has taken a new twist with the prosecution seeking to amend the charges against him and his company. This come...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube directs all traders to accept bond notes
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has directed all traders to accept bond notes as they remain legal tender in the country. This comes as some unscrupulous whole...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for New York
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tonight leave the country, to attend the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) summit, in New York.The summit comes at the backdro...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 16:16hrs | 5348 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1220 | by Daniel Ngwira
Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
'US dollar to anchor Zimbabwe economic recovery'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reassured the nation that the United States dollar will remain the bedrock of Government plans for accelerated reforms to address the multiplicity of challenges besetting the e...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
The Second Constitutional Amendment
A constitution, written or unwritten, is a blueprint on various national aspects such as freedom, aspirations or governance issues. Put simply, an amendment is an addition or alteration to a constitut...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 380 | by Sharon Hofisi
Mnanagwa's turning point
PRAGMATISM. That could be the word we were looking for to describe President Mnangagwa's approach and philosophy as he conducts business as leader of both Zanu-PF - the ruling party - and Government. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2647 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa must consider Mthuli Ncube's proposals
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the nation yesterday, there was hope that he would give a clear strategy towards addressing the currency distortions that have left the country on an econom...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 318 | by Editorial - newsday
Mutasa says, 'I'll never quit Dembare'
Under-fire Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa insists he will fight until the end and will not throw in the towel despite the Glamour Boys' continued poor form.DeMbare lost 1-0 to Harare City on Sunda...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:35hrs | 646 | by Staf reporter
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4477 | by Paul Siwela
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2693 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cholera fund 'fraud', Harare City Council workers suspended
SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Grou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Driving policies towards Vision 2030
Zimbabwe has a new socio-political order. This has been dubbed the Second Republic, which is under the new dispensation. A new national policy is being crafted and hopefully will soon be unveiled. ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 190 | by Nick Mangwana
Raj Modi lobbies govt to work from Bulawayo instead of Harare
Zimbabwe's new deputy minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi has requested government to allow him to work from Bulawayo instead of Harare.Bulawayo businessperson and Sai Enterprises...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 10:54hrs | 4996 | by Staff writer
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 5883 | by Staff reporter
Datlabs invests $1 million
PHARMACEUTICAL and personal care products maker, Datlabs Limited, has invested $1 million in capital expenditure meant to bolster production capacity and meet market supply requirements. The B...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's five big challenges
NEWLY-APPOINTED Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube faces the unenviable task of navigating Zimbabwe's stuttering economy through serious challenges and will need to make tough deci...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:11hrs | 3591 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec prints exam papers in the UK
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) is printing part of the November public examination papers in the United Kingdom to avoid leakages, it has been revealed.Zimsec has its own printing ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Expectant mothers vacate clinic over goblins sexual attack
HEALTH workers, expecting mothers and some patients have allegedly vacated a clinic in Lupane following sexual attacks by suspected goblins, authorities have confirmed.Expecting mothers in wai...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Factional fights simmer in MDC led Bulawayo's new council
DIVISIONS are simmering among Bulawayo's new councillors amid revelations that there is bad blood between the city's Mayor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Tinashe Kambarami resulting in the former side-l...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | 279 | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
Chamisa to expose Mnangagwa-linked companies
This threat was made in March 2018 and nothing was exposed, one wonders whether Nelson Chamisa had anything to expose.OPPOSITION leader and MDC Alliance...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 4725 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2870 | by Igomombe
3 traffic cops who bashed motorist acquitted
Three traffic police officers based at Kwekwe Central Police station were acquitted of malicious damage of property and assaulting a motorist yesterday by Kwekwe provincial magistrate Mr Stories Rusha...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 14:22hrs | 1331 | by Simbarashe Sithole
In times of disaster let us bury our differences
The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is a human tragedy we should all gather together and prevent more deaths.This is not time to be bickering about who should be doing this or that .Zimbabwean pe...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:59hrs | 680 | by A T Kadada
CSOs hold government accountable for avoidable cholera deaths
THE Civil Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating Committee (CSHERCC) is saddened to learn of the unnecessary deaths of several people across the country, who have recently succumbed to the dev...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:56hrs | 467 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa supporter fights UK deportation
Human rights organisations have accused the Home Office of breaking international law after it decided to deport a Zimbabwean member of the opposition party whose life would be in danger if he returne...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 10:59hrs | 4811 | by theguardian.com
Sex scandal at Choppies?
A MANAGER at a Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo has been accused of pestering trainees for sex and allegedly impregnating one of them twice.Jealous Moyo, a manager at Choppies Aaromart at the ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 3903 | by Staff reporter
RBZ registers 19 new micro-finance firms
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) registered 19 new micro-finance institutions between January and June this year, bringing the total number of licensed operators to 194. "This brings the num...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:06hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's health minister caught in anti-corruption dragnet
Former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa was yesterday arrested and appeared at Harare magistrates' courts on charges of criminal abuse of office. The arrest is seen as part of Governm...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:06hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa copies the Kenyan playbook
When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as "People's President" of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 18:50hrs | 5150 | by Simon Allison I M&G
NPP top official rejoins Chamisa
A NATIONAL Patriotic Party (NPP) top official, who quit the Joice Mujuru-led party on Tuesday, has rejoined the MDC-T led by Nelson Chamisa, while his counterpart has hung his boots as resignations th...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
RBZ creating artificial money to fund gold exports
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) plans to flood the banking system with more transferable balances created through real time gross settlement (RTGS) intended to support gold exporters in a desperate...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Govt pledges support for largest gold miner
GOVERNMENT has made a commitment to provide the necessary facilitation to Zimbabwe's largest gold producer, Metallon Corporation, whose operations are being hampered by foreign currency shortages. ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors battle for second Cosafa Cup
THE Mighty Warriors' quest for a second Cosafa Cup title gets underway this morning when they take on Namibia in their Group C opener in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Mighty Warriors last ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube has not quit politics
Zanu-PF Politburo member Tshinga Dube on Monday vowed to continue working for his Makokoba Constituency even though he lost during the July 30 harmonised elections. Dube said he will not conte...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa beat Nelson Chamisa by over 300 000 votes, says Eddie Cross
All of us have a stake in what is going on right now in Zimbabwe.When I say all of us - I mean everyone, every Zimbabwean from the peasants in the Tribal Areas, the Zimbabweans in the Diaspora...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | 6160 | by Eddie Cross
Sipepa-Nkomo endorses Mnangagwa, quits politics
Former National People's Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Sipepa Nkomo has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership, as he announced his retirement from active politics at his Bulawayo base thi...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:47hrs | 3623 | by Staff reporter
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