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Zanu-PF begins constitutional amendments
Zanu-PF has started the process of amending its constitution in line with new vision of the second republic to match regional political set-ups.The Zanu-PF Politburo has already given the gree...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:52hrs | 3098 | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying and Cyber Harassment
I was approached by a fellow executive on how he could legally pursue and remove malicious information that is online. For years, Zimbabwe high profile individuals, executives and business owners have...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 130 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
There is a light at the end of price hikes
The pain of being in Zimbabwe is to look at the prices every time you pass a gas station? You are not Zimbabwean if you are not paying more attention to the prices of everything you buy? This is not p...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1837 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Men with beard have more germs than dogs
Men's beards carry more germs than dogs do in their fur, a study has found. Scientists looked at the levels of bacteria lurking in 18 men's facial hair and 30 dogs from different breeds. 'The...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 00:19hrs | 35303 | by Staff Reporter
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 44426 | by Methusi Ncube
HIV used to cure babies in America
Reports from the United States of America indicate that its scientists have used the deadly HIV to make a gene therapy that has cured about eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency known as t...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 14:00hrs | 1910 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 3321 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa's Zimbabwe dilemma
As Zimbabwe's economic and political situation teeters on the verge of chaos, SA takes a disjointed approach. By Ringisai Chikohomero for ISS TODAY.First published by ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:28hrs | 3001 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Of Zimbabwe media, scarfs, land reform and current affairs
THIS is a weird because some years ago, I worked for ZBC/ZTV. Then we would thrive and take pride in asking well researched questions, the most provocative questions, upfront and mix with questions in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1947 | by zimbabwedigitalnews
Zimbabwe marks 39th Independence Day amid economic crises
Thousands of people will gather today to watch a military-civilian parade in the capital, Harare, as Zimbabwe marks the 39th anniversary of its independence from Britain.Thousands of people ar...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Barnabas Sibanda pursues helicopter dream
FORMER soldier and war veteran, Barnabas Sibanda, who dreamt of constructing the country's first aircraft from scrap metal in 1990s, has said he is still pursuing the dream although lack of sponsorshi...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 2179 | by Staff reporter
How to choose the right specialty in university and not spoil the life
When you're getting ready to go to university, it's vital for you to choose the right specialty if you want to make sure that you don't spoil the life that you've been dreaming of. After all, the prof...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:36hrs | 530 | by Staff Writer
Mwonzora was rejected by his home province Manicaland
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he will decide in the next few days if there is still any merit in fighting to retain his current position at the party's congress scheduled for May 24 to 2...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3161 | by Staff reporter
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zim EFF appoints General Phani as its Secretary General
Zim EFF today appointed Sipho Phani Sibanda as its Secretary General. Sibanda is an experienced academic social policy researcher and a well read fighter. Educated up to a Masters in Social Wo...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:28hrs | 1303 | by Satff reporter
Chamisa's MDC face threat of new split
AS THE MDC enters the final weeks of its preparations ahead of its make-or-break elective congress next month, there are real fears that the country's main opposition could suffer another damaging spl...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:48hrs | 4576 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean students reduced to beggars in Algeria
ZIMBABWEAN students studying on State scholarships in Algeria have, for the umpteenth time, made an impassioned plea to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to look into their welfare, which is now dire, as t...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Eating soil, a pregnancy craving that can kill . . .
The smell of soil after light rains is divine. I like to think of it as the smell of nature, pure and fresh. Many women experience iron deficiency during pregnancy and subsequently develop a craving f...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:12hrs | 894 | by Andile Tshuma
'Exports, investor confidence to jumpstart forex inflows'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the country's forex situation will improve as the year progresses on the back of increased confidence and growing exports.RBZ deputy director for econom...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Zesa blames faults for incessant blackouts
POWER cuts that are being experienced countrywide have raised the ire of consumers as many areas are going for hours without power almost on a daily basis. A number of Bulawayo suburbs have be...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
The dynamics of smuggling in Zimbabwe
Catch me if you can, is a phrase that may describe the goings on at Zimbabwe's ports of entry as the Treasury continues to lose millions of dollars in revenue due to smuggling and other criminal activ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa lands top post in Germany
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been appointed Ambassadorship of Merck more than a Mother by a German based philanthropic organization called Merck Foundation. Announcing the appointment, the...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 11:26hrs | 8949 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa will be removed as president next year, replaced by Mabuza
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa's wishy-washy stance on the ANC's resolutions, including expropriation of land without compensation, will be used as a basis to remove him at the party's nationa...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:36hrs | 19899 | by City Press
No to Doctorate Factories
The recent clarification by our Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Professor Amon Murwira, that an earned doctorate (PhD or DPhil) is the minimum qualificati...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:27hrs | 1476 | by Enock JONATHAN
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1147 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Zimbabwe govt committed to growth of ICT
INFORMATION Communication and Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the country was employing a litany of initiatives to create and promote an enabling environment for internet conn...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
New online trends
VR and AR have been on the headlines for a while. Voice shopping is expected to be one of the biggest trends in 2019. Everything that looked trendy in 2018 will either continue to trend in 2019 or exi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:21hrs | 572 | by Staff Writer
Board members are to blame for company failure
The Zimbabwean government is battling to contain the never ending problem of company shutdowns which is now prevalent in Zimbabwe. Some of the companies have either folded or are in intensive care the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 11:40hrs | 931 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Average cost of a wedding photographer in USA: 2019 Study
So it's finally happened, you're engaged and it's time to start preparations for the wedding. This is one event that takes a lot of work and careful planning. From the venue to the guests, catering, e...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 10:21hrs | 3197 | by Staff Writer
Good policies will boost the solar energy and minerals business in Africa
In 2009, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, including the world's largest reserves of coltan and significant quantities of the world...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 16:02hrs | 400 | by Enos Denhere
Grace Mugabe PhD Professor retires
The Chairman of the University of Zimbabwe Council, Dr Anxious J Masuka wishes to inform the University community, stakeholders and the public that Professor L.M. Nyagura retired as Vice Chancellor of...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:32hrs | 3165 | by Staff reporter
Zec in a fix
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is battling to prevent a potentially explosive administrative disaster during the 2023 elections as it emerges that a provision in the electoral law may not all...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:09hrs | 2529 | by Staff reporter
Way forward on Zimbabwe situation
Zimbabwe to go forward we need to adhere to our "Constitution". We need press freedom, freedom of speech, rule of law (all citizens to respect rule of law without political affiliation), transparency,...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:34hrs | 1809 | by Enos Denhere
'IPSOS poll exaggerates 'illicit cigarette' market share'
Following the publication of an Ipsos survey on the "illegal cigarette market" and related issues, which was carried by various South African publications, an impression was given that British A...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | 195 | by Lekan Ayo-Yusuf
Teaching University or Research University: More than a case of to be or not to be
That our State Universities have modelled themselves mostly as teaching-focused universities where, the main activities are teaching and scholarship of learning and teaching, is a public secret. With ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1262 | by Enock JONATHAN
Winky D to receive award as ZimAchievers pay Tuku tribute
Celebrated Zimdancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural Oliver Mtukudzi Zim-Based Musician of the Year Award at the ZororoPhum...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | 3292 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North schools ordered to hold vacation lessons
MATEBELELAND North education director Jabulani Mpofu has ordered all schools in remote areas that did not surpass the 30% pass rate at Grade 7 last year to conduct mandatory lessons during the April a...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Nyagura's term at UZ will not be renewed
SUSPENDED University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura, is set to leave the institution at the end of this year and the institution of higher learning has since started hunting ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
How Acie Lumumba fixed himself
In the past few years, Acie Lumumba has been nothing of a branding genius and a social media user extraordinaire. I should say off the bat that I don't like him much, as a person and as a political fi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 15:14hrs | 4115 | by Brighton John Musaidzi
Mnangagwa, Mugabe face subpoena over Grace's PhD
Suspended University of Zimbabwe vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura has insisted that the doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree he allegedly awarded to former First Lady Grace Mugabe single-handedly remains val...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter
'Over 20 000 Zipra cadres left in the cold'
OVER 20 000 former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) cadres were deliberately left out of the vetting process by government.This was revealed by Zipra secretary-general Petros Siban...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
15 reasons the nursing shortage won't last past 2040
With World Health Organization (WHO) reports indicating that roughly one third of the nursing workforce will be retiring in the next 10-15 years, it's easy to assume that there's no end in sight for t...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:39hrs | 3039 | by Staff Writer
Bulawayo, Matebeleland provinces to lose constituencies
BULAWAYO, Matabeleland North and South, and Masvingo are likely to lose some constituencies in the next delimitation exercise while Harare, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central are expected to gai...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts to go digital
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has appointed a nine-member committee to spearhead the digitisation of courts by year-end, a development expected to cut litigation costs and to reduce time taken in resolvin...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Aid or foreign invasion?
The US government and MIT are now admitting to what most were suspecting all along...as they openly announced (28/03/2019) plan to ChemTrail, that is, spray our skies! That leaves one to wonde...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:46hrs | 2048 | by Robson Melasi
Biti is key to MDC-Alliance, and this congress must be negotiated to avert a split
What MDC Alliance forgets is that you need international recognition and legitimacy after congress. I have earlier on reiterated that Chamisa needs key people around him and he must do away with prais...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 4382 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
9th Anniversary ZAA UK Nominees Out
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK (ZAA UK) have released the much anticipated list of nominees for the 9thAnniversary ZAA UK event set for Saturday 25 May 2019 in London at The Millennium Gloucester Ho...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:28hrs | 492 | by Agencies
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Probe lectureship quality in universities
Government has adopted a stance of lenience towards university lecturers who do not hold doctorates. There has been growing calls in the academic spheres that lecturers with Masters degrees should be ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 871 | by Leroy Dzenga
UZ hunts for Vice Chancellor
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has begun its search for a substantive Vice Chancellor to replace Professor Levi Nyagura, who left the institution amid allegations of abuse of office. Prof Nya...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:47hrs | 1675 | by Staff reporter
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