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Zimbabwe to deploy instructors to Mozambique
A CONTINGENT of Zimbabwean military instructors earmarked for deployment to train Mozambican soldiers in the conflict-ridden northern parts of the country is currently on standby in Nyanga, while awai...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:37hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
'Con job' that cost Mnangagwa dearly
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's projected winter wheat harvest has been severely cut after the government failed to stop an invasion by quelea birds at his Kwekwe farm because authorities bought a wron...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 3372 | by Staff reporter
Government takes action on quelea birds
THE Government is battling to contain quelea birds which have invaded Kwekwe district in huge flocks destroying wheat with the chemicals procured to deal with the menacing agricultural pests only expe...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:24hrs | 209 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Heroes, Defence Forces Days have lost sparkle
AS Zimbabwe commemorated the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays this week, sharp scrutiny was cast on whether the country has regressed or enhanced the founding ideals of the liberation struggle for w...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to raise US$2 billion
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing companies have struggled to raise about US$2 billion in fresh capital to drive production back to pre-crisis levels, industry data indicated this week, as executives warned th...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:53hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2397 | by Staff reporter
Macron seeks Mnangagwa's military intervention in Mozambique
MOZAMBICAN President Felipe Nyusi visited Zimbabwe last week looking for military assistance to secure French investments in the conflict-ridden northern Mozambique at the behest of President Emmanuel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 4544 | by Staff reporter
Why fighting against Malaba and Patriotism & The Judiciary in Zimbabwe
Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict wit...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 16:42hrs | 1349 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5369 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Loga chooses Perfect match
Botswana 0 - 1 ZimbabweZIMBABWE Warriors' coach, Zdravko Logarusic, chose the perfect match for his first victory, as his depleted side powered to a priceless win in this 2021 AFCON qualifier at t...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Peasant voter conundrum
Sometimes you wonder if there are people who still believe that elections will change the fortunes of a country such as Zimbabwe. But again, political change is what is needed to take this country for...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:40hrs | 176 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Bulawayo residents enduring sleepless nights
The Covid-19 outbreak has piled more misery on Bulawayo residents, who are enduring sleepless nights due to the irritating mosquito menace caused by council's failure to disinfect breeding sites, citi...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:53hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo at risk of malaria outbreak
BULAWAYO residents fear a malaria outbreak could hit the second city after the council failed to roll out its anti-mosquito programme this year.The city has a number of streams that have been ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1017 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Zimbabwe zumbani story
IT is my pleasure to tell our own Zimbabwean story about one of our local plants and its benefits.In my early years as a growing scientist, I realised that if I wanted to find out about our lo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2891 | by Michael Bhebhe
Zanu-PF warns detractors
ZANU-PF has warned some critics to stop lecturing the country's leadership on implementing Covid-19 lockdown measures. Self-exiled G-40 members have on a number of occasions attacked the rulin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of flash floods
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned the public to take necessary precautions as it anticipates heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in certain areas across the country....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2374 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum completes a double over Costa do Sol of Mozambique
FC Platinum 2 0 Costa do SolZIMBABWE soccer kings FC Platinum took another step towards a fourth consecutive appearance in the CAF Champions League group stage when they completed a double over Co...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1155 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Met Dept warns of countrywide flooding
FLASH FLOODS are expected countrywide this week as the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains. The department advised resumption of insecticide sp...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reels under mosquito menace
THE hot weather, Bulawayo's water crisis and the city's failure to spray breeding spaces has resulted in what residents say is the worst mosquito crisis in recent years. As soon as the sun set...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Futility of wanting to reverse liberation rule in Southern Africa
Realising the futility of aligning with ephemeral and rootless MDC Alliance, the former G40 fugitives domiciled outside the country attempted to refashion themselves as true representatives of Zanu-PF...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:48hrs | 181 | by Ranga Mataire
Renewed push for reforms
NATIONAL Convergence Platform (NCP), a group of churches, civil society organisations, diaspora networks and businesses are pushing for political reforms to be implemented by President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:36hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
All we can do for now is take precautions
The Coronavirus continues to wreck havoc across world populations with no signs of slowing down. Scientists the world over are busy in their labs trying to cross the T's and dot the I's ...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 493 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
'Mnangagwa to handle 31 July protesters as terrorists'
JITTERY authorities have once again warned the opposition and civil society groups planning to hold unsanctioned mass demonstrations on July 31 that they will be treated like terrorists and likely end...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's rule in danger'
A BRITISH think-tank has warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued hold on power faces significant challenges unless his government acts to end the country's worsening political and economi...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 17:59hrs | 20870 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions clash at Harvest House
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday claimed it had foiled an attempt to take over the contested headquarters Morgan Tsvangirai House (Harvest House) by members of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Allian...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3796 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Corruption not sanctions killing Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been grappling with corruption for years now, dating back from the Willovale Motor Scandal, GMB saga where the late former Minister Kumbirayi Kangai was involved.In 1994 War...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 900 | by Leonard Koni
Army, police flee Islamic terrorists in Mozambique
Mozambican military and police fled Macomia district after extremist Islamist militants launched a violent attack on Thursday, an online publication AFP reported on Friday morning.According to...Published: 29 May 2020 at 09:49hrs | 8022 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe stares at another war in Mozambique
THE Zimbabwean government has placed its security forces on high alert amid threats of infiltration along the border with Mozambique where Islamist fighters and opposition Renamo militia have escalate...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3979 | by Staff reporter
Malaria cases increase by 40%
THE national director for the malaria programme Joseph Mberi has said the increase in malaria cases and deaths coincided with the peak period of malaria transmission and the symptoms mimic other disea...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
6 malaria deaths in Matebeleland South
MATEBELELAND South Province has this year recorded an increase in malaria cases with six deaths in Gwanda and Beitbridge districts. In an interview, Matebeleland South provincial environmental...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's allies 'grab' Ziscosteel properties amid fears of total collapse
'Vultures' are not waiting for the death of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), but are instead flying low for the kill, eyeing its mega-million assets, among them the steelworks' real e...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 14106 | by Staff reporter
Zanu hatches a counter plan for the secessionists and the opposition in Matabeleland
A new party is set to be born during the course of the year in Matabeleland in the same way that Zapu was born, some years back. Many people have until this day questioned but without any good answer,...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1373 | by Tongai Zwayisa
Obert Gutu 'dumps' Mnangagwa's Polad
FORMER MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu says his recent decision to dump his party has automatically cut any links he had with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue Platform (Polad)....Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:06hrs | 8205 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga grabs children from Mary
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) arrested Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, on Saturday - a day after a stormy family meeting.A furious Chiwenga allege...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:18hrs | 25220 | by ZimLive
MSD warns of thunderstorms, flash floods
Heavy rains being experienced countrywide are expected to continue, possibly causing flash flooding while strong winds may cause damage to property, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has wa...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Met Office warns of thunderstorms
RAINS are returning as a cloud band moves east from Botswana, with the Meteorological Services Department warning of isolated thunderstorms in Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces. The department...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
POSA now history
Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA), which has been signed by President Mnangagwa into law, is expected to open up democratic space by entrenching the right to demonstrate and present petitions,...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Infrastructural development key to woo investors, says Mangwana
ZIMBABWE needs to focus more on local infrastructure investments and industrialisation in order to woo investors and boost the crumbling economy, a top government official has said.Ministry of...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
A gentle response to Mr Hanana and Mr Ryton Dzimiri
This article saves to respond and repel the myths raised by the two writers, namely Mr Hanana of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation and the angry yet incisive firebrand in the form of Mr Ryton Dzimiri. I need...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:53hrs | 794 | by Thulani Nkala
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 975 | by Reginald Nyathi
Mugoba a distinguished fighter, says Mnangagwa
The late national hero, Major General Trust Mugoba, was a distinguished fighter who remained unwavering to the revolution throughout his life, President Mnangagwa has said. The Head of State a...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:08hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
God doesn't carry a red political party card
God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, which simply means He is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere in that order.His sheer preponderance as a Supreme Being means He cannot be app...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 398 | by Bishop Lazi
MDC Youths rally behind Job Sikhala
The MDC Youth Assembly is riled by the state and ZANU PF's overtures to flagrantly and wantonly disregard the right to freedom of expression through the ill thought move to charge MDC National Vice Ch...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2481 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
A uniquely Zimbabwean problem
As inflation, among other key economic indicators, keeps worsening at a pace reminiscent of the 2008 experience, public demands, often through protests, for dollarisation have become more pronounced. ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1396 | by Livison Bhebhe
Mnangagwa's 'Open for business' mantra collapses
THE surprise move by major gold producer Metallon Corporation to sue the government over its failure to pay for gold deliveries commensurately has brought into sharp focus the country's continued fore...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1969 | by Staff reporter
Nature and function of 'Alien Spirits' in the Shona/Ndebele traditional religion
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion.The concept of God, divinities and spirits in African traditi...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1737 | by Brian Maregedze
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion
Advanced Level Family and Religious Studies: Nature and Function of Alien Spirits in the Shona/Ndebele Traditional Religion The concept of God, diviniti...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 9802 | by Brian Maregedze
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