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Tshinga Dube blasts Bosso executive for personalising the club
AS Highlanders' woes both on the field of play and administratively seem to be far from over, long-time benefactor Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has said the executive should be reminded that the club ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa family thanks Government as liberation icon's body arrives
THE body of the late liberation war icon and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa will arrive this afternoon at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Internationl Airport, accompanied by his widow, Zodwa....Published: 10 hrs ago | 735 | by Staff reporter
DD: The man, soldier, pacifier
The light of the armed liberation struggle icon has been extinguished. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, affectionately known as DD, passed on 23 May 2019.There was grief and anguish when news about his dea...Published: 11 hrs ago | 197 | by Phathisa Nyathi
Unknown secrets about Dabengwa
It was in 2007 when l had four consecutive dreams about the same thing: l was talking to Dr Joshua Nkomo& he instructed me to go to Silobela&meet an old man from the Moyo clan& to deliver ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 10840 | by Benard Conrad Magugu
Zimbabwe plunged into mourning
LIBERATION war stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was a confidante of a number of Government ministers and helped them on issues of national importance, Deputy Minister of Defence...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 2744 | by Staff reporter
Grobbelaar to assist Warriors
FORMER Warriors and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Gobbelaar has promised to assist the Warriors prepare for Africa Cup of Nations 2019 finals which will be held in Egypt next month.Grobbelaar mad...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2317 | by Staff reporter
A candle blown off from Chinehasha Village in Chiweshe
When my brother's wife passed on, the Salvation Army Church were there in their 'combat regalia' singing and dancing 'celebrating her life'. Unmistakable among the 'hosho/shakers' players was Mrs Mung...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1194 | by Thomas Murisa
White Zimbabwean farmer 'resists' to make way for Mnangagwa ally's son
CHIPINGE farmer and retired Swiss banker, Richard Le Vieux, who has established a reputable business of exporting coffee, avocados and macadamia nuts for the past 30 years, appeared in court on Wednes...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on Dabengwa hero's status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has strongly hinted that the former Zipra intelligence supremo and Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa will be declared a national hero following his death in Nairobi, Kenya, yest...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 3793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is poorer without Dr Dabengwa
Liberation war icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, who was popularly known as the Black Russian, has been described as a commander par excellence who dedicated his life to the freedom and betterment of the lives...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:44hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
This is how Zimbabweans can play for a $393 million American jackpot prize
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is $393 million; you could win it without leaving your home in Zimbabwe!Up until now, you've probably assumed that the...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2790 | by Staff Writer
Ncube, super-duper PAC member, blame povo for fuel price hike - how arrogant
"Presidential Advisory Council member Trevor Ncube has blamed ordinary Zimbabweans for the step taken by the central bank to liberalise the price of fuel by removing the 1:1 exchange rate," reported B...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1667 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF rivals call for dialogue
Opposition political parties have renewed their appeal for inclusive national dialogue in the wake of the worsening economic crisis, with Nelson Chamisa's MDC party warning of calamitous demonstration...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 3322 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's RBZ in trouble over US$27,5m debt
London-based grain and fertiliser exporter, Holbud Limited, has approached the High Court seeking a court order to register a US$27,5 million arbitral award granted against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Galen House Medical Centre founder dies
PROMINENT medical practitioner and former Bulawayo City Council councillor, Dr Garry Ferguson, who founded Galen House and Medical Centre in the city, has died. He was 89. Dr Ferguson ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 00:22hrs | 2462 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe civil servants wage bill not too big'
RECENTLY, President Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in 18 commissioners for the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, the Police and Prisons and Correctional Services. NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga...Published: 21 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo Province to hold elections
ZANU-PF is set to hold district elections today in preparation for provincial elections tomorrow as part of the party's restructuring exercise in Bulawayo.The co-ordinator of the restructuring...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:07hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri opts for out of court settlement
Exiled former police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 5430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3276 | by Staff reporter
Another pay rise for Zimbabwe civil servants
GOVERNMENT says it will award its workers another pay increase in June as prices of basic commodities continue to skyrocket, eroding the purchasing power of disposable incomes.Chairperson of t...Published: 16 May 2019 at 08:25hrs | 9493 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Bulawayo goes to polls
HUNDREDS of Zanu-PF members aspiring to be part of the Bulawayo Provincial Executive Council on Monday thronged the party offices at Davies Hall to submit their CVs and application letters.Zan...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:47hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch POLAD tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to officially launch the Political Actors Dialogue (polad) at the Harare International Conference Centre, which seeks to bring unity among political players an...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:46hrs | 2118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sacks Gumbo, NOIC boss
Amid a deepening electricity and fuel crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reshuffled Energy and Power Development Minister Jorum Gumbo and appointed Zanu-PF's rising star Fortune Chasi, fo...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3131 | by ZimLive
Tshinga Dube speaks on military communication
Rtd Col Tshinga Dube speaks on military communication Military radio communicationToday we continue with our interview with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the former Zipra chief of communicatio...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2347 | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 563 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Sacked UK Minister reflects inherent imperial hangovers
Speaking on 16 February 2001 on the need for European Unity, then President of the European Commission, Romani Prodi exclusively told Britain's The Guardian newspaper something that anyone interested ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:33hrs | 228 | by Ranga Mataire
Five out of five for ANC
It has been an epic battle at the 2019 national and provincial elections in South Africa with at least 48 parties contesting for the executive and legislative position and positions respectively....Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:33hrs | 1917 | by Daniel Itai
Zapu, Zipra mourn Ncube death
ZAPU and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Veterans Trust have described the late Retired Colonel Ray Lazarus Ncube as a gallant and fearless fighter.Ncube (60), who served in t...Published: 11 May 2019 at 15:01hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes lessons from China’s School of Ideology
Zanu-PF will take lessons from the Communist Party of China (CPC's) ideological schools to refine its mobilisation strategy as well as reinvigorate the party's Chitepo School of Ideology, the ruling p...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:47hrs | 89 | by Staff rpeorter
Gukurahundi was planned by Zanu and the West
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) combatants have denied that some of their colleagues were dissidents who were deployed to topple then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's government afte...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | 3254 | by Staff Reporter
Freedom fighter Lazarus Ray Ncube mourned
Lazarus Ray Ncube who also worked for the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission for 32 years, has been unwell for a long period, but his untimely passing has left a big scar on us.During his vi...Published: 08 May 2019 at 16:09hrs | 3358 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province's restructuring in full swing
ZANU-PF Bulawayo province's restructuring programme is in full swing after President Mnangagwa dissolved provincial structures in March and a new executive is expected to be in place by the end of thi...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
How a pistol sold Tshinga Dube out
IN our last edition our Assistant Editor Mkhululi Sibanda (MS) spoke to one of the pioneer guerillas, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube about the first operations. Retired Col Dube whose pseudo name was ca...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:18hrs | 4088 | by Staff reporter
Belarus to set up state-of-the-art dairy facility in Zimbabwe
BELARUS has set sights on establishing a state-of-the-art dairy facility in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to improve milk production in the country.Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural R...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland hay for Matebeleland cattle
EFFORTS are being made to move hay from Mashonaland region to the southern part of the country so as to save livestock in these areas from succumbing to the effects of drought, an official said....Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Misheck Ncube declared national hero
Veteran freedom fighter Misheck Ntundu Velaphi Ncube has been declared a national hero.Announcing Ncube's national hero status to his family and other mourners, Zanu-PF Secretary for Administr...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:54hrs | 1767 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to embark on peace building programme countrywide
The national healing and reconciliation process has contributed to the country's security by removing social threats while building and fostering sustained peace and national cohesion, Vice President ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Expert help for Gukurahundi reburials
Ukuthula Trust, which was responsible for the recent successful exhumation and reburial of a Gukurahundi victim in Tsholotsho, says it is ready to assist families rebury their loved ones as part of ef...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Costa Nhamoinesu retires from international football
Zimbabwe international defender Costa Nhamoinesu has retired from international football.Confirming the development this evening, Nhamoinesu on his Twitter account said; "Calling it a day at i...Published: 02 May 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC allocates posts to ex-G40 cadres
FORMER members of the deposed Generation 40 (G40) faction have secured positions in the opposition MDC party's Harare provincial executive. G40 is a Zanu-PF faction that worked tirelessly to secure fo...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:45hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele community in Buhera assert rights
A NDEBELE chief in the heart of Buhera is pleading with government to provide a local primary school with a Ndebele teacher to preserve their language.The community, populated by Ndebeles in t...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3335 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must come clean on Gukurahundi
Today the Vigil presented a petition to the UK Prime Minister's residence urging her to insist that President Mnangagwa accounts for the Gukurahundi genocide.The petition reads: 'Zimbabwe has ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 17:29hrs | 1328 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Pioneer guerilla Tshinga Dube speaks on first operations
IN our past two editions we published the military and political exploits of renowned pioneer guerilla fighter, David Mongwa Moyo aka Sharpshoot. Moyo spoke about his deployment in a unit of 1...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 3991 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's reform programme steams ahead
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), this writer was asked what reforms President Mnangagwa had undertaken.The journalist asking the question was reminded that her ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | 142 | by Nick Mangwana
'Gukurahundi survivors perpetrators prosecuted'
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has been in the spotlight in recent days over its role in government's attempt to address grievances emanating from the Gukurahundi era, where a...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:25hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 6002 | by David B. Moore
VP Chiwenga threatens businesses
Vice President Chiwenga, a known extremist, has threatened businesses that he said were enganging in financial terrorism with unspecified action.Speaking at the business conference at the 60th...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 10:48hrs | 10116 | by Methusi Ncube
Chiredzi folk fail ZNA intake
Only 17 people made the cut to join the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) last week at Chikombedzi, despite the army relaxing its entry requirements for marginalised communities, an official has said....Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:35hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi tells Mnangagwa to form Inclusive Government with Chamisa
The Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting and a well established Mnangagwa ally Energy Mutodi has implored on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to consider setting up an inclusive go...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 19:54hrs | 23383 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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