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South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 410 | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa turns Famona Fire Station into recreational park
Three students from Girls College, Bulawayo, took center stage as they guided President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a Zanu-PF-organized tree-planting event at the Famona Fire Brigade Station Park. The event...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rubbishes Ian Khama's electoral accusations
The ruling Zanu-PF party has firmly dismissed accusations from former Botswana President Ian Khama, who alleged that the party interfered in electoral processes across the region to support fellow rul...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 11:31hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair riled by policemen
Zanu-PF provincial chairperson for Bulawayo, Jabulani Sibanda, last week reprimanded police officers for failing to show respect during the national anthem at the groundbreaking ceremony for the civil...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
SA-based lawyer wants proper ESG framework in Zimbabwe
South Africa-based lawyer and researcher Edwell Maposa has highlighted that the absence of a proper framework has significantly undermined the implementation of the Environment, Social, and Governance...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:49hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's opposition calls for regulations on foreign-based NGOs
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has called for the introduction of strict regulations of non-profit organisations (NPOs) in the country.This, after the U...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 16:04hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
'Sex enhancing drug overdose fatal'
The rising demand for sex enhancement products has put many lives at risk in Zimbabwe, according to a medical expert.In an interview, Dr. Johannes Marisa, President of the Medical and Dental P...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 08:09hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
DA's Moonshot Pact rebranded under GNU name
The Government of National Unity (GNU) appears to be nothing more than the failed Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Moonshot Pact, rebranded under a different name.The African National Congress (ANC)...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Junior Lebese
Zimbabwe govt under fire as investors damage graves
THE Zanu-PF government has come under fire for authorising investors to destroy dozens of graves to pave way for mining activities while ignoring the country's social and traditional norms and beliefs...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highly educated blacks working in South Africa struggle against a system that aims to exclude them
There is the open struggle that is fought with bullets and bombs out on the plains. War is declared. Battle lines are drawn. The enemy is known and identifiable. South Africa had its own taste of this...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Wiseman Magasela
Delayed payments rile civil servants
SOME civil servants recruited by the Department of Civil Registry to issue national identity cards ahead of last year's general elections have expressed concern over delayed payment for their services...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US$10,000 bill haunts ZBC executives
The troubled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) spent about US$ 10,000 in an attempt to recover US$900 from two employees in a case that has riled its employees who accuse the corporation's manag...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'offered third term in office'
A Zanu-PF lawmaker on Wednesday said Zanu-PF had "offered" President Emmerson Mnangagwa a third term in office after several party officials chanted a slogan that the 81-year-old "will still be ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere speaks against evictions
SELF-EXILED former Zanu-PF political commissar and Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, has called on the government to put in place a comprehensive plan to arrest the sprouting of illegal settlement...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons fail to correct behaviour
Top lawyer Tererai Mafukidze has said the continuity of criminal activities across Zimbabwe's provinces was a reflection of how the country's prisons have failed to rehabilitate prisoners.He a...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vandalised sporting facilities rile Bulawayo residents
Stakeholders in Bulawayo have raised concern over the rampant vandalism of sporting facilities and infrastructure in the city amid calls on the authorities to tighten security to avert the situation....Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zapu launches a salvo at Zanu-PF's Obert Mpofu
OPPOSITION Zapu launched a salvo yesterday at Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu who recently described the country's opposition political parties as having a short lifespan.Wr...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Bulawayo's 2024 proposed budget riles residents
On Wednesday, Bulawayo residents expressed strong disapproval, criticizing the local authority for proposing significant annual budgets while making limited progress in enhancing service delivery with...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec late payment riles vehicle owners
Private vehicle owners have lodged complaints against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for failing to compensate them after hiring their vehicles for the recent election.These vehicles ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa insults rile Zambians
Zimbabwe's efforts to mend relations with Zambia have hit another obstacle as Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu-PF treasurer-general, directed more insults toward Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema and Never...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's not talk about Zimbabwe and democracy right now, says Fikile Mbalula
After launching a barrage of attacks on Zimbabwe's main opposition, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has hinted that the governing party is involved in behind-the-scenes talks to deal with Zimbabw...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Discredited' EU EOM riled by report
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) says there is a deliberate attempt by some State actors to discredit its members observing the elections.Responding to a "defamatory" and ...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Vandals tear down CCC poll posters
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Matebeleland South province is riled by a spike in destruction of its campaign posters by suspected Zanu-PF activists.The concerns were raised by CCC Matebe...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso unhappy with Brito over Warriors job
THE relationship between Highlanders and coach Baltemar Brito is said to have soured following the Portuguese's admission that he was looking for a job, having already applied to be Warriors coa...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison
SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Biti says pharmacy licence cancellation illegal
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, says the suspension and cancellation of trading licences for pharmaceutical companies for flouting foreign exchange regulations is "blatantly illegal, puerile and...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why some revolutions succeed
I am not sure if there is any truth to the talk of a Split in the Security Forces in Zimbabwe. I see on various news media that the Central Intelligence Organization has taken over the running of this...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Sam Wezhira
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 8 | by Nevanji Madanhire
CCC councillors accused of sabotaging refurbishment of Arikana Chihombori-Quao's hospital
LOCAL Government Minister July Moyo has accused opposition councillors at Redcliff Town House of stalling progress on the refurbishment of former ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao's hospital....Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama, heartbreak at Nomination Court
ACROSS the country's 10 provinces, aspiring legislators and councillors filed their nomination papers before the closing of the Nomination Courts at 4pm yesterday with drama and heartbreak in some are...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Incomplete Luveve Road riles councillors
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over Luveve Road rehabilitation project which has taken long to be completed.Their concerns were revealed in the latest council minutes.Coun...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 07:39hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over ECD poor funding in Zimbabwe
UNDERFUNDING of early childhood development (ECD) education has riled Members of Parliament amid revelations that Zimbabwe has 17 000 ECD classrooms out of the required 30 000.Parliamentary Po...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
`Zimbabwe sterile opposition has itself to blame' Charamba says
FIE country's opposition only has Itself to blame for missing an opportunity to push fur more reforms in Parliament over the past five years, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has asserted. ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ukraine wants to kill Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Ukraine's kill list, the deputy chief of the country's intelligence agency has revealed. Vadim Skibitsky added that his subordinates are also hunting down top Ru...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:27hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Midlands murder cases rile traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province have expressed concern over rising cases of murder involving artisanal miners and villagers.Chief Gwesela from Gokwe recently told the Southe...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss speaks on looming exit
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says his top priorities are to leave behind a sound financial system, strong central bank, and stable prices as his two terms come to an end....Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evil leaders who stand in front of churches canvassing for support are insulting God!
There is nothing that incenses me more than watching Zimbabwe political leaders - who are the embodiment of evil itself - standing in front of the Church, parading themselves as paragons of love and g...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 09:04hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bow out gracefully, respect voters
IT was refreshing to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling United States President Joe Biden that, "Israel does not make policies guided by pressures from abroad." This was after Bide...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Fidelity Printers in kickbacks storm
FORMER Fidelity Printers and Refiners general manager Fradreck Kunak (pictured) a and the company's head of gold operations Mehluleli Dube were allegedly paid US$30 000 and US$3 000 kickbacks apiece e...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why did Al Jazeera even bother about Zimbabwe looting?
AS I was walking in Kwekwe's central business district last Friday, I came across an avid reader of my articles, whom I know very well.He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposi...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What's there to say about 'Gold Mafia' if Zimbabweans can't stand up for themselves?
As I was walking in the Kwekwe CBD, this past Friday, I came across a loyal reader of my articles, whom I know very well. He was so excited about the Al Jazeera documentary exposing corruption...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 11:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | | by Jamwanda
It's tragic how 'Pan-Africanism' has become a refuge for those who ruined fellow Zimbabweans' lives!
I genuinely believe that I am actually more Pan-Africanist that most of those who claim to be Pan-Africanists. I, as so many others, have chosen to place my own safety and life in danger ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
4ED outfits demanding sponsorship from Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF National Commissar, Mike Bimha, has unwittingly admitted that mushrooming appendages of the party are using their proximity to the ruling organisation for financial gains, deviating from their...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnanagwa's government
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says government's decision to provide free solar systems for top officials at the expense of impoverished taxpayers is a "self-serving" gest...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Parirenyatwa's doctors on-call doctors sleep in cars
DOCTORS based at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have demanded a meeting over the deteriorating conditions at the hospital which they say are leading to patients dying from preventable illnesses....Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Vusi Nyamazana
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