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Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa's preferred candidate trounced in Zanu-PF youth election
AS factionalism ravages Zanu-PF, NewZimbabwe.com has it on good authority provincial affairs minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka's preferred Kadoma-Chegutu candidate in the provincial youth league elections ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:30hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
The tragic price of forgetting: Pre-independent Zimbabwe questions still need answers
Zimbabwe is beset by a serious crisis of governance. Infact the same questions we wanted solutions for pre-independence still remain unanswered.We are still in a crisis.This crisis has...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 500 | by Taruberekera Masara
Mugabe's education revolution collapses
ZIMBABWE'S education system, a source of pride for citizens and envy of many across the continent under the late former President Robert Mugabe, is now on a downward spiral seeking urgent intervention...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:42hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 18 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
Storm ravages Madziwa
An estimated 30 buildings in Mashonaland Central were damaged by storm including classroom blocks at Bradley Primary school, high school and part of Nyagurungo clinic where 16 asbestos sheets were blo...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 07:26hrs | 7 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Hailstorm ravages Mutare rural
HAILSTORM hit parts of Mutare rural and left a trail of destruction with over 100 homesteads, schools and clinics, among other infrastructure heavily damaged.Mutare Rural district development ...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soccer referees crying foul
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is alleged being accused of gross incompetence, mismanagement and laundering of Fifa funds meant for the development of the local game by some aggrieved local ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 18:20hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Deconstructing anti-Chinese feeling in Zimbabwe
It doesn’t take much to realize the same forces pushing anti-China feelings in Zimbabwe are the same forces associated with pro-sanctions politics which feed fat on a failing, weak Zimbabwe. ...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Jamwanda
Commemorating the 45th Youth Day: Do something or say something that will end with results
We are commemorating this year's Day of the African Child in Covid-19 induced lockdown for the second year running. Times are hard,its not business as usual. There are plenty of reports ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | 3 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'Zimbabwe govt stifling rights of children'
THE Zimbabwean government is stifling the rights of children by failing to provide a conducive environment for their well-being despite provisions in the Constitution to that effect, a leading human r...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banks turn back on Zimbabwe tourism sector
Zimbabwe's battered tourism industry is facing an imminent viability crisis as local banks are walking away from funding the ailing sector, Business Times reported.The ravages of the Covid-19 ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tick-borne disease ravages livestock
SCORES of families in Masvingo province are losing their livestock daily due to an outbreak of a tick-borne disease suspected to be January disease or theileriosis.Villagers who spoke to Stand...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumpy skin ravages Matabeleland livestock
WIDESPREAD cases of the lumpy skin disease have been reported in Matabeleland South and North provinces which has resulted in the death of livestock especially cattle.Lumpy skin is a viral dis...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reshuffle now a must to move Zimbabwe beyond Covid-19
Zimbabwe's government under the leadership of President ED Mnangagwa has faced enormous challenges in the short period it has been steering the national agenda. With the events of 2017 ushering in a n...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 22:13hrs | 5 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hailstorm ravages tobacco in Bindura
ELEVEN tobacco farmers are counting their losses after approximately 15hectares of tobacco was ripped off by a hailstorm that hit the farming community of Matepatepa in Bindura over the weekend....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 09:19hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiwenga ululates the arrival of vaccine
Vice president Constantino Chiwenga said the arrival of donated 200 000 doses of sinophram vaccine to eradicate Covid-19 from China is a glam of hope to t...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tough Botswana Covid rules contributed to Beitbridge congestion'
Aaron Motsoaledi on Wednesday set the record straight regarding recent congestion at the Beitbridge border post.The home affairs minister was outlining the government's Covid-19 intervention p...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa humbles at thanksgiving prayer
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday joined a national thanksgiving prayer and implored churches to embrace Government's economic development agenda, saying synergies between them and the State must flourish...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Sitabile Dewa
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Schools to stay open despite COVID-19 ravages
GOVERNMENT will not shutdown schools in the face of rising numbers of students that have caught the coronavirus in recent weeks, forcing several schools to close.Information minister Monica Mu...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC chaos ravages Midlands province
Daily News reports that battle lines have been drawn between various influential groups in the Midlands Province as bigwigs are teaming up to prop up their proxies in the Zanu PF DCC polls. It...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget plots progress on fundamentals
Presenting his supplementary budget last week, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube spoke directly to the concerns of Zimbabweans, both as individuals and as businesses....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by newZWire
Zimbabwe, Botswana negotiate cattle repatriation
Government is negotiating with Botswana to have hundreds of livestock that stray into the neighbouring country repatriated instead of being put down.Villagers along the border in Matabeleland ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 428 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
Chimanimani resorts survive Cyclone Idai
Chimanimani's main riverine attractions - Bridal Veil Falls and Tessa's Pool - miraculously survived Cyclone Idai.But both have, however, seen the destruction of surrounding vegetation and soi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:43hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Sex-drought ravages Matobo women
SEVERE sexual hunger is reportedly stalking women in Matobo District in Matabeleland South amid reports that some married women whose husbands work in South Africa and Botswana are now turning to herd...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is the chief culprit in causing violence against innocent Zimbabweans.While addressing Zanu-PF supporters in...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is Zimbabwe in this situation, God of Zimbabwe where are you?
Sanctions are normally described as International relations: Punitive or restrictive measures taken, usually by several countries in concert, to pressure a country to change its certain policies. Econ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora sponsored by Zanu-PF and war vets, claims Hwende
The fight for the control of MDC has reached its peak with MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Mr Charlton Hwende indicating that MDC members opposed to the party's elective congress date of Oc...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mwonzora, Chamisa congress fight turns nasty
The fight for the control of MDC has reached its peak with Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora openly defying the orders of President Nelson Chamisa, a clear sign that the centre is no longer h...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Dirty money' ravages Chamisa's MDC
Fresh fissures have emerged in opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's MDC, amid damaging allegations of heightened factionalism and the use of ‘dirty money' to destabilise the party. This comes ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:37hrs | 14456 | by Staf reporter
Parliament Clerk challenges MPs to support Sadc programme
CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda has challenged Members of Parliament to be articulate on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including HIV and Aids issues in order for Sadc countries...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Panicky Chamisa beginning to sound like Tsvangirai
Hey hoo, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces have a new quartermaster! One who knows it all, and manages the national armoury from far-away Kenya. Maybe these are the wonders of a twitter epoch: you know it a...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:57hrs | 2291 | by Igomombe
MDC-T ineptitude resolves West's old dilemma over Zimbabwe
Former president Robert Mugabe was ready to take former MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in this year's harmonised elections. Both men are out of the game now for the July 30 elections. Forecasts even b...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEAKED DOCUMENT: Moyo to launch new political party
There are reports that former MDC-T National Chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo will launch a new national political party United Movement For Devolution.A leaked document circulating shows that Moyo i...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
State of the nation address, long on promises short on detail - MDC-T
President Emmerson Mnangagwa presented his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) before a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament at the Harare International Conference Centre on Wednesday a...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
The Zimbabwe army regiments are now led by warlords
Zimbabwe is in state of a political crisis and decay. The political authority, influence, responsibility and control has debilitated and collapsed. The central power holder is now shrunken and malfunc...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 21:23hrs | 2247 | by Themba Mthethwa
In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream
His talents show that Africans can be anything they want to be.There's a poignant picture in the collected images in Arthur Mutambara's newly published book about his life.It shows fou...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Brendan Seery
'Stop smoking' plea as habit kills 50,000 South Africans every year
Smoking kills more than 50,000 people in South Africa each year, about a third of them before the age of 60, it was revealed on Tuesday as health experts and anti-smoking campaigners (Madiba Youth Org...Published: 30 May 2017 at 22:40hrs | | by Agencies
Dembare ownership wrangle resurfaces
ALMOST seven years after filing an urgent chamber application seeking to interdict some of the Dynamos Football Club's founding fathers from interfering with the club's operations, the matter still re...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe open to investment
Statement by His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Comrade R.G. Mugabe at the 27th World Economic Forum on Africa, on the topic, "Eye on Fragile States", Durban, South Africa, May...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Robert Mugabe
How Zimbabwe government let down its citizens
Bridges, roads and most infrastructure built by Smith government were washed away recently by the heavy floods. Robert Mugabe has been the President since 1980 but there were barely no roads nor...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Thembie Hadebe
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