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Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 6964 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army boss evicts 300 families
OVER 300 villagers are now living in the open after they were evicted by a former army general from a farm which reportedly used to be owned by the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo.The settler...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
When 45 Degrees falls to Zero, Freedom is nigh!
President Mnangagwa has pruned Mugabe Military and retired some acidic elements, and that does not mean that Mnangagwa is an angel. It is just that the law of conservation states that the total energy...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 1443 | by Multiverse Dungani
Mnangagwa rejigged security sector to consolidates power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday effected yet another major shake-up of the top brass of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) - retiring four top military bosses this time, in a move which politica...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Military government officials angered by public scrutiny
Following a soft coup that deposed former President Robert Mugabe from power last year, a number of military generals were retired to take up civilian posts in the new government in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:24hrs | 4439 | by Alistair Nyakudya
Mnangagwa purges Chiwenga top allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has purged top military commanders suspected to be aligned to his ailing deputy Constantino Chiwenga in a move seen as consolidating his hold on power and scuttling anothe...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 3188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his love for expensive jets
At a time when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is implementing austerity measures that have only brought more suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behaving as if he is from...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 5291 | by Benjamin Manzini
Major General Nyikayaramba, Sanyatwe on Mnangagwa's firing line
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retired and reassigned four senior military officers to the diplomatic service in line government's critical global engagement and re-engagement strategy.In a ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 6030 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa retires 4 top army Generals
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that he has retired four top Military Generals and assigned them to diplomatic missions.In a statement released by the Chief Secretary to the Office ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 09:39hrs | 7701 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zifa Cup set for return
The Zimbabwe Football Association is set to bring back the biggest football competition, the Zifa Cup, after more than a decade of absence.The tournament was last contested for in 2005 as the ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:02hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Govt begins receiving applications for voluntary retirement
Government has begun accepting applications for voluntary retirement from civil servants as authorities move to trim its workforce and reduce costs.Voluntary retirement was identified as one o...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers Air Zimbabwe to Ethiopia?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported to have offered Ethiopian Airlines a de3al to takeover and run the beleaguered and indebted Air Zimbabwe.This was revealed by veteran author and journa...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 7878 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga's coup strategy exposed
FEAR of treason charges and a possible counter-coup that then Justice minister Happyton Bonyongwe tried to set up around now Agriculture minister Retired Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri spurred delic...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5078 | by Staff reporter
10 point plan to save Zimbabwe
Founder of the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (COMALISO) Rejoice Ngwenya says Zimbabwe needs to adopt liberal economics for it to be extricated from its current problemsNgwen...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4734 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Part 2: The Victim and savior card
With all due respect, one must understand that the purported return of the savior was a staged coup. We, as a nation, had one goal in mind during the November 2017 period, to get rid of Mugabe and the...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:29hrs | 130 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Jonathan Moyo, Chiwenga court battle in new twist
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has appealed against a High Court judgement that paved the way for Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to sue him for alleged defamation....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:18hrs | 9675 | by Staff reporter
Zvirekwi to get a prosthetic hand
CAPS United captain Hardlife Zvirekwi is set to get a prosthetic hand after emerging as one of the candidates to benefit from Nashua Zimbabwe's ambitious 3D prosthetic hand printing trial, which is un...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:19hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 240 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
'Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts still on track'
Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts are still on track despite politically motivated violence and the African Union (AU) is fully apprised of recent developments in the country.This was said by t...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Airlines offers Air Zimbabwe lucrative partnership deal
The biggest airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines has offered Air Zimbabwe a lucrative partnership deal that will see the airline bringing planes, train pilots and also assist the national airliner to...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:10hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves task forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the establishment of task forces to oversee the execution of certain priority development projects and programmes, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
$5 million availed for construction of Umzingwane Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has allocated $5 million towards the construction of a new district hospital for Umzingwane under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).The curren...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:42hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Ethiopia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Addis Ababa the capital city of Ethiopia to attend the biannual summit of Heads of State and Government.President Mnangagwa who is accompanied by th...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:40hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi appointed Acting President
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has been appointed Acting President after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left Harare on Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will attend the 32nd O...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:57hrs | 6240 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga flown by private jet to India
Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga was flown by private jet to India on Thursday, accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Health John Mangwiro.Chiwenga was forced to prematurely abandon his tr...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:09hrs | 21306 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga, Mohadi flown out for treatment
Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi have been flown to India and South Africa respectively as they battle failing health, ZimLive reported.Chiwenga was forced to prematurely ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:58hrs | 9021 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Ethiopia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare this Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other heads of state and government from the continent for the 32nd Ordinary Session of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | 3295 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi commission can't probe military crimes against civilians'
AMID high political temperatures, violent protests and a military crackdown on civilians, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is seized with the mammoth task of healing a wounded n...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned Hodzi
NEWLY-appointed prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi got a taste of the complexities of his job when President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave him a stern warning to steer clear of corruption and to toe the...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 6924 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa play hide and seek
BITTER political rivals, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC's Nelson Chamisa, again failed to meet face to face at a strategic national dialogue meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zim Judge to deal with army killings in Lesotho
Top judge Justice Charles Hungwe is in Lesotho as one of the foreign judges who will preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians and members of Lesotho's army, police, ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa tells opposition parties to accept poll results and move on
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on all opposition political parties to accept his victory in the July 30, 2018 election and join him to fight sanctions so that the country can move forwa...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
21 political parties embrace dialogue
Twenty one (21) political parties have embraced the path of dialogue created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the political parties dialogue banner to find lasting solutions to the country's chal...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 19:48hrs | 4156 | by Staff reporter
How not to win hearts and minds
In a country that is used to turmoil, the month of January will go down as a period when we literally shot ourselves in the foot.The 2017 November coup brought to a close 38 years of dic...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1687 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe diaspora are marginalised
Since Monday January 14, Zimbabwe's diaspora were horrified watching violent events unfold, and during the Internet shutdown, were petrified unable to contact family, friends and neighbours back home....Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 400 | by Pearl Matibe
Bosso players on strike
HIGHLANDERS' pre-season camp got off to the worst possible start when 11 players walked out of their hideout in Matabeleland South over unpaid January wages. Bosso had taken 24 players for a week-long...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:02hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Chiwenga is in Zimbabwe
Contrary to reports that Vice President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga is holed up at a hospital in Cape Town South Africa, a photo has surfaced online posted by ZBC Twitter handled showing h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 11:01hrs | 18631 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teachers push for strike
ALL but one teachers' union have declared that their members would today join a national strike called for by Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PT...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Maid (40) infects employer's son (10) with HIV
A 40-year-old Harare housemaid yesterday appeared in court on allegations of sexually abusing her employer's 10-year-old son and deliberately infecting him with HIV. Memory Makore, a mother of...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:53hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's whereabouts unknown
Protestors against Vice President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga's decision to seek medication in South Africa may have been in vain after South African officials denied that he is being treated at the ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:40hrs | 8296 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 4965 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Reconciliation a must for economic, political progress
AS the push for national dialogue between political parties and different stakeholders to turn Zimbabwe's economic fortunes intensifies, a recent meeting involving the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZC...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Maimane, a thorn in the flesh for Mnangagwa?
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has emerged as a thorn in the flesh for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of a vicious military clampdown against opposition ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa politics shatters society's mirror
The dawn of the new dispensation brought along a glimpse of hope to many, including artistes, with the leaders ensuring the upholding of fundamental human rights.This was reinforced by the ret...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:59hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance sowing seeds of division through fabricating lies'
Zanu-PF supporters have been called on to ignore desperate attempts by the opposition MDC Alliance and social media political activists who are trying to sow seeds of division through fabricating lies...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:28hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF School of Ideology opens tomorrow
ALL is set for tomorrow's official opening of the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology at Knowstics Academy in Bonda, Manicaland. The Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology was born after the revolu...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:36hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges top cops
Several senior police officers have been forced out, accused of failing to prevent fuel protests that gripped the country on January 14 – the third major reshuffle since President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:00hrs | 10299 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe bail-out package talks on course: SA envoy
There is progress towards Zimbabwe getting a financial bail-out package from South Africa.This was revealed by South Africa's top envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Mphakama Mbete when he paid a cou...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2991 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe is gone, but the army remains
Robert Mugabe is gone, but the army remains at the centre of our political life. Until that changes, the violence won't stop.Like the fleeting blossom of Jacaranda trees in spring, faith in the go...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 2809 | by Fadzayi Mahere
Civil servants' salary demands should be reasonable
Although civil servants play a critical role in the provision of essential services by Government ministries and departments and are entitled to the right to fight for the improvement of their salarie...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 3926 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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