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MDC Alliance councillors ditch Chamisa, join Khupe
GOKWE mayor Never Gwanzura, Kadoma deputy mayor Tendai Kokera and four Gokwe councillors as well as three Kwekwe councillors have officially crossed the floor from MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa urged to find each other
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has urged political actors in the country to embark on dialogue to solve the economic problems that have hindered development.This was said by ZCC adviso...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 5799 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes huge strides in combating HIV/AIDS
Zimbabwe has made commendable progress in reversing the course of the AIDS pandemic through prevention of new HIV infections and the provision of treatment to those infected despite economic challenge...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira finally confirms that 5th Brigade targeted Ndebeles only
"We have heard lies being thrown around in the media. They are saying we have been captured to white-wash the gukurahundi reburial. Well let me make it clear that is not the case. Only Chiefs from Mat...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:18hrs | 5430 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa and Trumpism - Sanctions, Sex and Infiltration
That the MDC-Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is an ailing force is no longer a subject for debate.The party suffers mostly from self-inflicted wounds - ones that its opponents are grac...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 20:00hrs | 4267 | by Grace Kwinje
Gweru school records 20 Covid-19 cases
THERE seems to be no end in sight to the increasing cases of Covid-19 at local learning institutions after Anderson High School in Gweru recorded 20 new positive cases.Ever since schools reope...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 15:59hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mines now 'death traps'
AN investigation by the auditor general Mildred Chiri revealed that a number of mining operations across the country do not adhere to occupational health and safety regulations, exposing miners to dan...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights
IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importanc...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 278 | by Gaynor G Paradza
Reprieve for Covid-19+ students
PUBLIC examination candidates who test positive for Covid-19 will be allowed to sit for their exams under special health protocols, that include sitting in isolated exam rooms with strict monitoring b...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:43hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Parliament moots law to regulate DNA testing
NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has revealed that Parliament is contemplating crafting a law that will regulate DNA testing in the country amid revelations that there is no such law.Mu...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt petitioned over police harassment on taxis
MATABELELAND secessionist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over harassment of commuter omnibus o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets US$1.25bn mbanje exports
ZIMBABWE expects to realise up to US$1.25 billion export earnings from medical cannabis production with Treasury on Thursday proposing to introduce a new cannabis tax to widen the revenue base. ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Bosso launch kit, declare war on counterfeiters
HIGHLANDERS have declared war on counterfeit replica jerseys, saying they will take legal action to confiscate and burn all imitations, as they seek to maximise on club merchandise sales. Boss...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs
A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 6359 | by Staff reporter
Why it is wrong to draw parallels between Trump and Mugabe
On November 6, after a speech by Donald Trump in which he baselessly claimed the 2020US presidential election was fraudulent, ABC journalist Leigh Sales criticised what she saw as an outgoing ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1905 | by Staff reporter
Karo Resources venture raises eyebrows
KARO Resources directly employs just eight people, two years after it was allocated vast platinum claims sitting on 23 000 hectares under a project the government said the company would set up a US$4,...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:04hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Parliament calls for suspension of exams
Rising Covid 19 cases in schools across the country has resulted in parliament recommending that it defers end of year examinations. Since last week Zimbabwe has been reporting a high number o...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:48hrs | 3449 | by Staff reporter
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Masarira pays tribute to International day against GBV
Linda Masarira, leader of what is soon to become the fourth renowned political party, Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) has today joined the world in commemorating the International day a...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 15:54hrs | 848 | by Daniel Itai
Government reviews boarding hostels capacities
Government is reviewing the maximum carrying capacity of all boarding school hostels after 184 pupils at John Tallach School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North, tested positive of the COVID-19 while ...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government systems among most improved in Africa, says Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Zimbabwe is slowly improving its governance systems according to the latest results from the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) which have seen the country ranked among the five most improved ...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Has democracy deserted MDC?
FIGHTS in the opposition party, MDC-T, have exposed that all is rotten about the so-called intra-party democracy in the opposition party.The MDC-T was in March tasked to convene, within 90 day...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
'Khupe, Chamisa mindless quarrel must end'
MDC bigwig, Elias Mudzuri, says the mindless bloodletting consuming the party is making it difficult for the opposition to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF meaningfully, to help en...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:43hrs | 2201 | by Staff reporter
Fears over 2020 Exams
EDUCATION stakeholders have expressed fears that the teachers' strike could compromise this year's Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) results for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates....Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:39hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scores high in Africa electricity regulatory rankings
Zimbabwe has recorded an impressive performance in the latest Electricity Regulatory Index 2020 advancing from 21st position out of 34 participants in 2019 to sixth position in 2020 out of 36....Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally survives Covid 19
Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Senator Larry Mavima has become one of the high profile figures to survive the Covid-19 virus after he tested negative to the virus today following weeks in isola...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:37hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Failed economic blueprints
The status of paralysis in which Zimbabwe has slipped throughout the past 40 years might be traced back to the early 1980s.A number of economic policies have been formulated and subsequently i...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:27hrs | 1347 | by Leonard Koni
Remains of Ginimbi's foreign friends repatriated
THE charred remains of Malawian Limumba Karim and Alishia Adams from Mozambique were Saturday repatriated to their respective countries, police have confirmed.Karim, a controversial fugitive b...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:54hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Trump, Chamisa birds of the same feather
Outgoing United States (US) president, Donald Trump and Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa both refused to concede defeat, in their separate elections. The world is surprised by...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 14:38hrs | 809 | by Prosperity Mzila
More confusion about Cosafa disqualification
A CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf ) official says being disqualified from the Cosafa Under-17 competition does not imply age-cheating, creating more confusion about Zimbabwe's disqualification....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, Chiyangwa's Cosafa on collision course
Zifa Medical Committee chairperson and Caf medical officer Edward Chagonda has challenged the decision by the Cosafa Under-17 football tournament organisers following the embarrassing disqualification...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:02hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions MSU Industrial Park
AN industrial park established by Midlands State University (MSU) in Gweru was yesterday commissioned by President Mnangagwa, who reiterated the need for all institutions of higher and tertiary educat...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:57hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2842 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
Zifa confront Chiwenga's Cosafa on expulsion
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is contesting the decision to expel the country's Under-17 team from the Cosafa Championship that is underway in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.On Fr...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
US elections expose flaws in Western democracy
AMERICANS love to promote the myth that they have the corner on government by and for the people, but the latest brouhaha at the polls suggests otherwise.Despite the cheers ringing around the ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:39hrs | 254 | by Steven Friedman
Mnangagwa's govt ups stakes in Covid-19 fight
GOVERNMENT will today roll out a nationwide community-based Covid-19 testing study, expected to pinpoint coronavirus hotspots, in order to inform the deployment of tailor-made response strategies for ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Hope fades in Zimbabwe 3 years after Mugabe's ouster
ZIMBABWE'S former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule.His resignation came days after military tanks rolled throu...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:34hrs | 628 | by AFP
Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools
PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News repo...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 822 | by Wilbert Mukori
Stanbic donates USD $34K worth of sun protection products to people living with albinism
HARARE - 20 NOVEMBER 2020 Stanbic Bank has donated sun protection products worth US$34 000 to the Albino Charity Organization of Zimbabwe (ALCOZ) as part of its annual Corporate Social Investment (CSI...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 15:49hrs | 304 | by Agencies
Karo's US$4 billion venture crumbles?
PLANS by Karo Resources (Karo) to set up a US$4,2 billion platinum mining venture and a processing plant in Darwendale after it was controversially allocated claims previously held by Zimplats are cru...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Govt ranks highest payer, says Mthuli Ncube
THE Government is currently the highest paying employer in the country and pay scales for public servants far outstrip what private sector players are giving their employees, Finance and Economic Deve...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 05:57hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Family wrangle defers Moana funeral service
SOCIALITE Michelle Amuli, affectionately known as Moana, will be buried the Muslim way, her father declared yesterday, despite the chaos, family feud and drama that characterised her funeral wake....Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present 2021 national budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, is expected to present the 2021 national budget statement on Thursday next week. The budget would lay out the inaugural 12 mo...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Pokello tests for HIV publicly
November is HIV Testing Campaign month and local influencer, personality Pokello Nare has initiated an HIV Testing campaign in order to encourage locals to get tested and know their status. Th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:20hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
Cop run over trying to arrest driver
A policeman doing traffic enforcement duties near Simon Muzenda Street bus terminus (formerly Fourth Street) died after he was run over by a truck as he was trying to arrest the driver for picking up ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach School closes as 100 students test positive to Covid-19
John Tallach Secondary School in Matabeleland North has been closed after 100 pupils and an undisclosed number of teachers tested positive to Covid-19, with the school now a quarantine centre with all...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:18hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
John Tallach school Covid-19 cases reach 100
THE number of pupils who have so far tested Covid-19 positive at John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province has risen to 100.Acting Matabeleland North Provincia...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 3053 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga on NDS1
THE National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) has the potential to spur Zimbabwe's quest to grow its economy to Upper Middle-Income earning status by 2030 and its launch shows that the vision is not far-...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 07:37hrs | 1609 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa launches new economic blueprint
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday launched the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), which is anchored on economic growth and institutional reforms aimed at attaining an upper middle-income economy by 2...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2017 | by Staff Reporter
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