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Mnangawa's controversial baker reported to ZACC for stealing Bulawayo maize
Controversial Midlands miller Douglas Kwande has again invited limelight after Bulawayo whistleblowers wrote a letter to Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission complaining that he has been fraudulently b...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1192 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa launches tourism strategy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy which is expected to guide the resurgence of the sector which was hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandem...Published: 4 hrs ago | 613 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses hail Chiwenga appointment
DOCTORS and nurses yesterday welcomed the appointment Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga as Health minister and Jasper Chimedza as the ministry's secretary, saying they hoped the two would work towar...Published: 8 hrs ago | 7001 | by Staff reporter
Beer brawl turns fatal
POLICE in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two men who fatally assaulted a friend following a brawl over beer.Wiriranai Chipika (40) of Manyika village under Chief Nyajina ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Former AAG deputy president petitions JSC over court judgment
FORMER Affirmative Action Group (AAG) deputy president Samuel Ncube has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to seek redress after losing a court case challenging the attachment of his hou...Published: 8 hrs ago | 409 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot be safe, says Jonathan Moyo
The military, who led the coup that ousted Mugabe in November 2017, seem likely to play an ever more prominent role in government - as indicated by Tuesday's appointment of a former army chief to the ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Could a hashtag help achieve in Zimbabwe what protests have failed to do?
Could a social media hashtag - tapping into the energy and anger of the global #BlackLivesMatter phenomenon - help achieve in Zimbabwe what years of street protests, strikes and political campaigns ha...Published: 8 hrs ago | 490 | by Andrew Harding Africa correspondent, BBC News
'Poverty could bring back machete gangs'
DISRUPTION of employment and increasing levels of poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced artisanal small-scale miners to resume their activities, raising fear of the resurfacing of the dread...Published: 8 hrs ago | 257 | by Staff reporter
Law on anti-Zimbabwe lobbying on cards
Political parties should be placed under a uniform code of conduct, hate speech should be banned and campaigning against Zimbabwe criminalised, the Cabinet Committee on National Peace and Reconciliati...Published: 8 hrs ago | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF government's conduct is smuggling 'outrage porn' into the public sphere.
As the Covidgate scandal remain unresolved, can it be fair to attack journalists and the media for spreading "panic porn" as is being peddled by Emerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF?Are we in the...Published: 9 hrs ago | 529 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Pretoria rebuffs Malema's pleas
SOUTH Africa yesterday rejected calls for it to deal robustly with Zimbabwe, adding that relations between Pretoria and Harare were governed by international laws.In addition, the regional pow...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2942 | by Staff reporter
ICAC calls for Youth, Liberation fighters,Women assemblies inclusion in AU
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus in Africa (ICAC) has called on the African Union to include the youth, liberation fighters, and women assemblies in the bloc so as to have it pushing th...Published: 23 hrs ago | 135 | by Stephen Jakes
Politburo Bulletin: We are under attack comrades
The candid truth is that we are now hanging by a thread; we are on our own now. It is no longer a matter of if, but when, and when that happens will we be ready to face the tide, or even the Hague? Th...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:22hrs | 10039 | by Robert Sigauke
I designed #ZanuPFMustGO masks, says Bulawayo activist
HUMAN rights activist and director of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, Mthulisi Hanana, yesterday revealed that he was the brains behind the #ZanuPFMustGo masks project, which was later hijacked by opposit...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:18hrs | 3311 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Justice Bere appeal
SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere's woes continue to mount after his recent application for review, challenging the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)'s decision to advise President Em...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Malema, Zimbabwe's SA Embassy cross swords
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has expressed its displeasure with the utterances made by South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, which sought to ca...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda jumps on Malema's throat
Comrade Victor Matemadanda lashes out at "idiot Malema" outspoken South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema who has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a fool...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 00:40hrs | 7941 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bread flour price to go up 34%
THE price of flour is this week likely to go up by over 30% following the skyrocketing foreign currency auction-rate which is now chasing the parallel market. The government, through the centr...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 837 | by newzimbabwe
10 more succumb to Covid-19 in one day in ZImbabwe
Ten more Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, the second highest daily toll after 12 passed on last Thursday, taking the death toll to 80 while 154 new cases were confirmed, all local infections, ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Vandals worsen Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO'S water woes got worse on Friday after thieves vandalised Zesa powerlines at Inyankuni Dam Booster Station, cutting off supplies to the water pump.The city is currently on a six-day w...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Showdown between Malema and Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa
1. The Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Republic of South Africa read with consternation and utter disbelief the "EFF Statement on the Announcement by the President of Zimbabwe on Compensati...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 17:51hrs | 10799 | by Mandla Ndlovu
I do not know that Shiri was a hero
In the good old times at The Sunday Mail with editor Willie Musarurwa, if late news arrived when we were going to press, it would be typed in blue ink and labelled, Late News.So it was, when I...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:28hrs | 7492 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Covid-19 delays jatropha energy project comeback
The outbreak of the corona virus, or Covid-19, has delayed the anticipated revival of the jatropha energy project in Zimbabwe.In 2017, the Zimbabwe government announced that it had rekindled t...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 122 | by Green Energy Zimbabwe
'Anger can be a symptom of some mental illness'
Anger, also known as rage, fury, temper is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and hostile response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. It is a reaction of tension and ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:09hrs | 299 | by Pastor Barbara Meck Silumbu
Bulawayo water charges up by 2 000%
THE Bulawayo City Council could be forced to increase its water charges after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) increased the tariffs for the Mtshabezi Dam raw water by close to 2 000 perc...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:07hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
13 arrests as army, police quash demo
PEACEFUL protesters, among them prominent novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, were arrested yesterday as heavily armed soldiers and police crushed the planned pro...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Exiled Zipra ex-combatants slam Shiri
FORMER Zipra cadres yesterday said they were still bitter with the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri because he commandeered the North Korea-trained 5th Brigade military unit that committed atr...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's condolence message
CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL (Rtd) PERRANCE SHIRI, MINISTER OF LANDS, ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 4788 | by Staff Reporter
Appoint Chiwenga as health minister to tackle Covid-19
Zimbabwe is now gripped with the reality of the effects of COVID-19. It is now sinking in people's minds that COVID 19 is real and indeed serious. Zimbabwe lost a lot of people to the virus. In one we...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 06:59hrs | 3645 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Master Ndo unmasked
UNTIL now his whereabouts had been unknown despite his fame in the early 1990s going far and wide, with even some of his peers literally worshipping him. In late 1995 at the age of 22, he, tog...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 5704 | by Staff reporter
Hope for Zimbabwe as coronavirus Covid-19 is not the end of the world
As CORONA VIRUS ravages the world and its ugly head makes upwards strides in Zimbabwe, we feel a great comfort in knowing that this world will never end b...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3534 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe remains our partner, claims US
THE United States of America (USA) senate Foreign Relations Committee says Zimbabwe will remain its county's international partner despite Zanu-PF's hostile stance to it.This comes after Zanu-...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3697 | by Staff reporter
Global financiers shut out Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT says it is failing to access international financial aid necessary in mitigating the social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic because of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 2522 | by Staff reporter
Senior doctors down tools
SENIOR doctors yesterday downed tools, joining nurses who have been on strike for more than 40 days, a move that will add a strain to the country's already paralysed healthcare system.The stri...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Opposition party distances self from its leader's utterances
NEWLY-FORMED opposition party, The Patriotic Front (TPF) has distanced itself from utterances made by its leader, Darryl Collet last week where he urged the country to forget both colonialism and Guku...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Go well Gudo Guru
ON Wednesday morning, the nation suffered a great and painful blow. Zimbabwe lost Honourable Perrance Shiri, the Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister. He was also a long-serving Air Mars...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:36hrs | 666 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Government should stop crying wolf
THE more things change, the more they remain the same. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Demagogues throughout history have perpetuated the idea of an us vs them.It...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 144 | by Maverick Maphosa
Shiri died in his car while trying to get help
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
No power cuts till year end, industry assured
INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant increase in demand for el...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Death of Gukurahundi commander splits Zimbabwe into two
We note with sadness that while we in Matabeleland remember, and painfully reflect on Perrence Shiri savagery and barbarism during Matabeleland genocide, Shona people are, without remorse or restraint...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 14:33hrs | 7796 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe needs a break
This Zanu PF government is a farce, a sham and a masquerade. The problem with this government is like a person who is going to the carpenter to pull their aching tooth. Imagine the type of a tool the ...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1421 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF youths, soldiers unleash terror
ZANU-PF youths led by Harare district secretary for transport Nicholas Hamadziripi yesterday unleashed violence, beating up MDC Alliance members, breaking water taps, uprooting fence poles and torchin...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:05hrs | 2584 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri timeline
Born 11 January 1955 Joined ZANLA in 1973 and rose through the ranks to become member of the High Command in 1977. Joined Zimbabwe National Army in 1980, attained Brigadier rank in 1982. Trans...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
White farmers to get US$3.5 b compensation - only objection, looters must pay not povo
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance which mandates Zimbabwe to pay white commercial farmers US$3.5 billi...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 371 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Take Zanu-PF's threats seriously'
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to rise ahead of Friday's planned protests, analysts have warned the organisers of the demonstrations to take Zanu-PF's warnings about the mass actions se...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1716 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders to be installed by chiefs
TRADITIONAL leaders will now be installed and disciplined by other chiefs, a shift from the obtaining position where Government installs and disciplines them.The development is in line with pr...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:08hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri untimely death - evoking my traumatic childhood memories of witnessing Gukurahundi genocide
When I woke up this morning, there were two main things on my mind: to check if there was still Internet connectivity, as there had been widespread rumours last evening of an impending plan by the Zim...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 15:09hrs | 1337 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa told not to use lockdown for political expediency
ZIMBABWE Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has urged the government to desist from using lockdown measures for political expediency.This comes at a time the government has put in...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:17hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
Unfair mealie-meal distribution irks residents
HARARE residents have complained over unfair distribution of subsidised roller meal which they claimed favoured uniformed forces and government officials.The residents made the claims to Harar...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt begs doctors to stop strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday begged senior doctors to reconsider their threat to go on strike from today as COVID-19 wreaks havoc in the health sector, with 253 healthcare workers (HCWs) falling victim to the...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
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