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Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 3 hrs ago | 676 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Former minister revisits Solomon Mujuru's death
In his yet to be released autobiography former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has reiterated claims that the late retired General Solomon Mujuru could have been murdered after a political or busin...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3540 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube pens explosive book
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Judge Dube has penned his autobiography which is set to be launched at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Friday....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba consults Peter, Benjani
THEY say experience is the best teacher.For Marvelous Nakamba, when it came to sourcing tips on life in the fast lane of the English Premier Soccer League, there was no better mentor than the ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 48412 | by Nancy Mabaya
Mnangagwa promotes AFZ officer on retirement
President Mnangagwa has promoted Wing Commander Frank Dube to the rank of substantive Group Captain as he retires. The effective date of promotion was May 9, 2019, and the new rank was conferr...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
General SB Moyo falls sick...airlifted to South Africa
Foreign Affairs Minister Retired Lt general Sibusiso Busi Moyo has fallen sick and was airlifted to South Africa for treatment, former Daily News Editor Stanley Gama has alleged. Posting on Tw...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 16:29hrs | 6463 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Machete-wielding hubby in trouble
A CHIPINGE man has been arraigned before the courts for stealing $5 000 worth of stock from a shop he was running with his wife and threatening to hack her with a machete after she confronted him abou...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Denny Mashengele left a 'trail of friendship'
Master of ceremonies Church leaders Family members and all present I am honoured to be one of the people chosen to speak for the friends of Denny Mashengele. Harold Ndl...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 363 | by Strike Mkandla
The house that Torindo built
Young Torindo grew up in the village where his umbilical cord lies buried, symbolic of the way everyone finally ends up. Herding cattle and playing pastures soccer was part of the daily chores...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1837 | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa's deputy chief secretary retires
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Mr Justin Mupamhanga has retired, having served in Government for 36 years. He told The Herald: "While I've retired as a civil servant, I've...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Disgraced minister says 'Women's Affairs not recruiting'
Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sithembiso Nyoni says her ministry is not recruiting, contradicting a senior official who said they were failing to get...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Widow challenges hero's will
THE widow of the late national hero Jevan Ben Maseko has approached the High Court seeking an order declaring as null and void a will left by her husband.Maseko, a former deputy minister and M...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Saking doctors won't end crisis
The government's decision to fire 211 doctors last week reinforced the narrative that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration does not have any solution to the unfolding crisis in the health sec...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 197 | by The Standard Editorial comment
'General Chiwenga's return from China a non-event'
The impending return of Vice President Retired General Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga from his medical pilgrimage in China is a non-event and will do little to shake the Harare administration...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 37195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nurses strike illegal, says Council
The Harare City Council has ordered its nurses who withdrew labour yesterday citing incapacitation to terminate the mass job action and report for duty today arguing that their action was illegal....Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 14:22hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on General SB Moyo's threat to America
Former Minister of Information Professor Jonathan Moyo says the statement that was issued by Minister of Foreign Affairs Retired Lt General Sibusiso Busi Moyo attacking the United States of America Am...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:56hrs | 4149 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US-imposed sanctions to take centre stage at NPRC, parties dialogue
The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe will take centre stage during a meeting organised by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and political parties involved in the Political Actors Dialog...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:56hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: The tenacity of pan-African moral political-standing
Last week on Thursday after addressing the Second Zanu-PF National Youth League Assembly meeting at the Party's Headquarters in Harare, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for Gaborone, B...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 125 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zec commissioners safe: Polad
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has not spoken about pushing out Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, but will instead retreat to Nyanga next week to discuss sanctions.Pola...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:06hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Convicted top RG official walks free
Head of the Marriages Department at the Registrar-General's Office in Harare, Gordon Tsuro, is walking scot-free, spending hours in Government offices despite the dismissal of his appeal against a thr...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga coming back from China
Ailing Vice President Retired General Constantino Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga is coming back to Zimbabwe after more than three months on medical pilgrimage in South Africa and China. Sources i...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 15:17hrs | 38648 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa snatched Augustine Chihuri's lover'
Former police commissioner Augustine Chihuri did not side with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's faction in the days of the Zanu-PF succession battles when late President Robert Mugabe was still in power...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 18:04hrs | 28003 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to give Zimbabwe white commercial farmers 99 year leases
Government has revealed that it is converting commercial farmers' 5 year leases into 99 year leases, in a development expected to boost productivity in the agricultural sector.Speaking at the ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3501 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF retains Chiredzi South Ward 12 council seat
Zanu-PF has retained the Chiredzi South Ward 12 council seat after the ruling party candidate, Anold Rukanda defeated John Mazhata of MDC in this Saturday’s by-election. The ruling Zanu...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa won't reform
THERE is a vast amount of literature out there showing that political regimes which come into power through coups are by definition a threat to democracy and economic progress.Literature exami...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 3813 | by Dumisani Muleya
Shona nurses recruitment controversy - Mpilo Hospital under siege
Mpilo Central Hospital's School of Nursing was temporarily shut down on Monday when activists from the opposition party and hundreds of people looking for a career in nursing thronged the institution....Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1630 | by ZimLive
Hundreds stage sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over shona nurses recruitment
Hundreds of people thronged Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Monday, with the hope of being recruited as student nurses following the controversial recruitment of nurses a week ago where locals from Matabe...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
14 year old boy rapes girl in church
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Figtree, on the outskirts of Bulawayo along Plumtree road, who was jailed 15 years for raping an 86-year-old woman has claimed that he sneaked into the octogenarian's hut becaus...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:25hrs | 7010 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe not open for business - Report
THE World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Zimbabwe at 127 among 141 countries on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), an indication that the southern African nation remains uncompetitive compared t...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 779 | by Tony Hawkins
Mugabe coup announcer leads Sadc Elections Observer Mission to Botswana
President Mnangagwa has appointed Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo to lead the Sadc Election Observer Mission for the Botswana elections to be held tomorrow. T...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Matemadanda: Mash Central is burning
We write to you as concerned party members from Mashonaland Central. We have tried to seek an audience with your office to no avail. ZANU PF Mashonaland Central is burning and the current provincial e...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1241 | by Utete
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
New Parliament Building on schedule
The structure of the New Parliament Building is almost complete with Government officials expressing confidence that they are ahead of schedule and will meet the completion deadline next year....Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's chief of protocol quits
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief of protocol Munyaradzi Kajese has resigned after a career spanning over three decades in the presidency, reports said Thursday.Kajese was one of former pre...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 18:06hrs | 8652 | by ZimLive
NPRC prepares for Mugabe-Mnangagwa victims' exhumations, reburials
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has started preparing for exhumations and reburials of Gukurahundi victims, a senior official has said. NPRC chairperson Retired Justice...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has not bought into AMH'
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) has dismissed as unfounded social media speculation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has bought into the media group through proxy.In a statement, company secretary...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Prisons boss in court over US$1,2m fuel fraud
RETIRED Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Elizabeth Banda and Gloew Trading company supervisor appeared in court yesterday facing US$1,2 million fr...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:05hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa says, 'Corruption has no colour'
IF corruption is to be defeated, better legislation and stronger accountability mechanisms need to be put in place.This is the word from businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa who gave...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 21:30hrs | 4194 | by Staff reporter
British couple robbed during holiday in Zimbabwe
A private lodge on the edge of Hwange National Park is offering RTGS$16 000 to any person with information about two suspected robbers that broke into one of its rooms and stole some goods and cash be...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 37 | by newzimbabwe
Govt liberalises grain imports
GOVERNMENT has given the greenlight to individuals and corporates with free funds to import any quantities of grain into the country to complement Treasury efforts in ensuring adequate food reserves. ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:25hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga agonises over Mugabe burial
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears - is now firmly on the recovery path - and wanted to attend former president Robert Mugab...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 8561 | by Staff reporter
US diplomats pressure Harvard to rescind Mnangagwa's health award
A group of retired US diplomats and civil society leaders has penned a letter of protest to Harvard University, after Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's first lady, picked up an award for contributions to...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 21:32hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe genocide in Zimbabwe
Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1018 | by Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times
Ministry wants more from Treasury
The Ministry of Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Finance and Economic Development ministry are at variance over the former's 2020 Budget after it submitted a proposal of approximately $25 bill...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
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 | 530 | by Reginald Nyathi
Chiefs demand Mugabe be buried according to traditions
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3053 | by AFP
6 traditional questions stalling Mugabe's burial
Traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe are demanding that the body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been part of a dispute ove...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 17:42hrs | 5132 | by AFP
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