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Zanu-PF to fight MDC protests
THE Zanu-PF youth league has threatened to block the demonstrations planned by the opposition MDC party to protest government's poor handling of the economy which it claims has left the majority of pe...Published: 21 mins ago | 13 | by Staff reporter
Dirty things happen at Mnangagwa's State House
An unsaid but angry war is raging in the State Residences department as you fret over the prices of essential commodities, government's cluelessness to fix the economy and, of course, the swarm of cor...Published: 27 mins ago | 275 | by Tawanda Majoni
Cassava announces free remittances to Zimbabwe via Sasai App
Cassava Fintech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Econet Group, says with effect from September 1, 2019, Zimbabweans sending money from the Diaspora will pay only 2.5% in remittance fees, a drastic re...Published: 28 mins ago | 43 | by Staff reporter
The curse of education?
I was jolted by a friend's tweet last night. It said "I have learnt much in my life… but the biggest stumbling block to my learning has been my education!"So it turns out, life is really one...Published: 28 mins ago | 35 | by Zifiso Masiye
Nhlanhla Ndiweni reveals poisoning fears
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday visited jailed Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo, where the traditional leader revealed he feared for his...Published: 31 mins ago | 82 | by Staff reporter
Army brutality land Muchinguri in trouble
A Chinhoyi woman is suing two ministers and the police chief for $300 000 after she was brutalised by four soldiers at her home during the army crackdown that followed the violent January protests....Published: 34 mins ago | 68 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for assaulting wife over sex
A Shamva man who severely assaulted his wife after she refused to indulge in sex with him because she was not feeling well has been jailed by a Bindura magistrate.Emmanuel Chihuta (56), of Rat...Published: 35 mins ago | 42 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe bemoans violent politics
Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe says Zimbabwe's politics is very violent in nature with women and the opposition being the biggest victims.The country's youngest legislator made the remarks in a...Published: 36 mins ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
Currency changes choke banks
ZIMBABWE'S banking sector is skating on thin ice due to a illiquidity crunch that has drastically reduced the financial institutions' capacity to lend following the reintroduction of a local currency,...Published: 36 mins ago | 52 | by Staff reporter
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 37 mins ago | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to put price control measures: ZIMTA
Civil servants have pleaded with Government to set a control framework that safeguards the value of salaries following the latest adjustments.Government has tabled a 76 percent salary adjustme...Published: 39 mins ago | 31 | by Staff reporter
Tension grows as government clamps down on dissent
Teargas and truncheons returned to Zimbabwe's cities in recent days, as protesters took to the streets to express their discontent at the deteriorating economy.Protests began on August 16 in H...Published: 40 mins ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Phumuzile Phiri geared to grab Mangwe constituency from ZANU PF
Phumuzile Phiri a 30 year old lady is running for MP in Mangwe Constituency which has 17 rural wards and is found in Matabeleland South. The constituency is endowed with a lot of wild life and...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pastor defrauds congregants
A Pastor at Fountain of Life Ministry has appeared in court facing 12 counts of fraud for allegedly defrauding congregants of over US$11 000 and over R3 000 whom he had promised to secure studying pla...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped as lover flees
A GROUP of five men reportedly ambushed a Filabusi couple, threatened the man who fled from the scene before one of them raped the woman.Kennedy Wonder Ndlovu (23) of Marumba B Village in Fila...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3862 | by Staff reporter
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1195 | by Michael Mhlanga
Duo in fake birth certificates scam
TWO people have been arrested in Bulawayo after they allegedly forged a hospital stamp to generate fake birth certificates.Cheneso Clara Mumbire (42) and Claudus Chigwere (41), last week appea...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1203 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo Museum stalls due to funding challenges
FUNDING challenges have stalled the completion of the John Landa Nkomo Museum located in Bulawayo City Centre despite work having started in earnest in 2016.The museum, which is situated along...Published: 10 hrs ago | 176 | by Staff reporter
PSC revamps civil service training
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has begun integrating all Government employee training institutions into an overarching academy, as the employer seeks to equip the workforce with modern skills....Published: 10 hrs ago | 678 | by Staff reporter
Namibian expert raps MDC-Alliance
The MDC-A has become panicky as signs of economic stability, which naturally undermines its relevance, begin to set in, a Namibian-based economist has said.Dr Drian Kashkongo, a lecture at a u...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1034 | by Staff reporter
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1361 | by L Dube
Zimbabweans do not read assertion is nonsensical
Trevor Ncube's assertion that Zimbabweans do not read can only be nonsense given that we have more than 90% literacy rate, Africa's second-highest behind Mauritius! Zimbabweans know very well ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 320 | by Dennis Shoko
Cambridge English On The Go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 10 hrs ago | 337 | by The Language Coach
Abandon sinking US dollar ship? Top UK banker pushes for new 'synthetic hegemonic currency'
Bank of England head Mark Carney has urged his fellow central bankers to embrace tech like Facebook's Libra to build a multipolar system, warning against "swapping one currency hegemon for another" - ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 760 | by RT
How to think in Dark Times
"DO nothing but think" is a philosophical proverb that is much mistakenly attributed to the Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek. Slavoj Zizek only stole and made famous the pithy statement. The genera...Published: 11 hrs ago | 245 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Kambarami frustrates Town Clerk again
BULAWAYO City councillors will this week engage council management with the hope of stopping the wave of water disconnections that the local authority embarked on since yesterday to recover what is ow...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Electricity woes to ease as Zesa fixes station
ZIMBABWE last week lost 160 Megawatts of power after one of the only reliable generation station Hwange Unit Five went down, further crippling power supply at a time authorities are battling to secure...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Banana's wife gets new wheels from Mnangagwa's govt
WIDOW to former Zimbabwean President Canaan Sodindo Banana, Mrs Janet Madade Banana has received a brand new Ford Everest car from Government as part of her benefits.The Government early in th...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2690 | by Staff reporter
We cannot afford to have idle, unproductive land - Mnangagwa
Address by His Excellency, President Mnangagwa at the official opening of the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show at the Harare Showgrounds on Friday....Published: 11 hrs ago | 920 | by Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa to meet Shinzo Abe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), a major engagement set to unl...Published: 11 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
'Austerity ends in 2019,' says Muthuli Ncube
While Government has instituted a batch of key macro-economic reforms since late last year, which analysts say have set the economy for recovery and sustainable growth, the chief architect of the chan...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2462 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest bid to arrest price distortions
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) is currently engaging manufacturers and producers countrywide to establish pricing formulae , a strategy meant to arrest the current distortions on cost o...Published: 11 hrs ago | 681 | by Staff reporter
'The path had to be set for Mugabe'
Last week, Farai Tafirenyika claimed there were Zipra cadres eliminated by Zanla combatants at the front during the ZIPA era. Levi Mukarati continues to seek answers on events surrounding the ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 523 | by Staff reporter
US Tendai Biti to take over from Chamisa ahead of 2023 polls?
United States officials who last week feted opposition St Marys legislator Job Sikhala at his house in Chitungwiza are rooting for the party's vice president, Tendai Biti, to take charge of the party ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2966 | by Staff reporter
SMM to resume asbestos exports
Awakening asbestos mining giant Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM) is set to resume chrysotile asbestos fibre exports for the first time in over a decade as Government's master plan to revive the mine begin...Published: 11 hrs ago | 269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begins grain imports
Government has bought 20 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania and is in active discussions with other countries in the region, particularly Zambia, as it moves to procure more than 1 million tonnes, it h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 137 | by Staff reporter
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 11 hrs ago | 246 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 11 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables on a roll
Zimbabwe 32 - 26 UgandaIT'S all looking rosy for Zimbabwe as the Sables continued to edge closer to success after making it four out of four wins with a hard fought Victoria Cup rugby triump...Published: 11 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Mathema, army, police hit with fresh $3,5 million lawsuit
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) have been slapped with a $3, 5 million lawsuit as more civilians mount claims following episodes of a brutal crakdown by security fo...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1080 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid on course
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the Second Republic is anchored on ensuring the country regains its past glory by integrating into the community of nations after years of isolation typified by the First ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 153 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former advisor speaks out
Former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former Petinah Gappah has taken Newsday journalist to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that he published about Gappah's resignation from Mnang...Published: 23 hrs ago | 7751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's aides not keen to depart from the past'
ONE of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top aides, Petina Gappah, has quit her trade and investment advisory role and vowed not to renew her contract after being frustrated by the Zanu PF leader's close...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 18:02hrs | 4357 | by Staff reporter
Coltart still detained
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human rights official Douglas Coltart says they are still detained at Magistrate court due to the delay in processing of their bail receipts.Coltart was arrested on Friday...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2560 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Chief Ndiweni could be poisoned in prison'
THE opposition Zapu party says it feared controversial Ntabazinduna chief and fierce government critic, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni could be poisoned in jail.Ndiweni was jailed 18 months by Bulaw...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 5770 | by newzimbabwe
Pastor 'expels' congregant for not tithing?
A REVEREND with Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP) in Sizinda, Bulawayo reportedly sparked outrage among his congregants when one of the worshippers stopped going to church amid allegations...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2764 | by Staff reporter
Businessman sleeps with own mother to boost wealth
A businessman from Chiyanga Village under Chief Chireya stunned villagers after confessing that he sleeps with his own mother to boost their family business.The man, Tadiwa Rushungo (37), shoc...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:26hrs | 3195 | by Staff reporter
Afcon renegades blacklisted
THE new Warriors technical team will be told not to select big goalkeeper George Chigova and China-based Nyasha Mushekwi among other players for future Warriors assignments, B-Metro Sport has learnt. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3766 | by Staff reporter
Tenant locks landlord out of house
A Bulawayo woman regrets offering one man accommodation at her house as he now shouts at her and locks her out whenever she visits the house for inspection.Yvonne Nomalanga Chipunza said she w...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1749 | by Staff reporter
Policeman flees to a toilet for safety
In a dramatic incident a police officer stationed at Bulawayo Central Police Station hid in a toilet after he was pummelled and violently pushed against a guard room wall.Prayford Masund...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
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