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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
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
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
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
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC adopts populist politics ahead of polls
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is moving to left wing politics in a populist bid to garner votes in the 2024 elections, which explains the party's newly adopted stance agains...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Questions for CCC Secretary General Hwende
1. If in your eyes Smith was worse than ZANU PF because "he killed our people simply because they were black", what does that say about how you see Ndebel...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Simon Peter Chamisa
Soldiers' pay hike riles civil servants
A move to award soldiers a 37% pay increase at a time when the government is silent about reviewing civil servants salaries has drawn fire from some teachers' unions, who say it exposed double standar...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimborders levy riles cargo transporters
CARGO transportation firms are in a fix following the introduction of what is called "Zimborders levy" at Beitbridge Border Post, which has increased the cost of operations. This levy currently pegged...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delay in stands allocation riles Bulawayo residents
MORE than 60 beneficiaries of a housing scheme in Emganwini thronged Nketa Housing Office in Bulawayo on Thursday last week demanding answers from the local authority on the continued delay in availin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Education Perm Sec riles teachers
TEACHERS unions have demanded an apology from the government following remarks by Primary and Secondary Education secretary Tumisang Thabela that educators who could not afford to travel back to their...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's impending UK visit riles opponents
President Mnangagwa's impending visit to the United Kingdom, the first by a Zimbabwean President in more than two decades, has riled detractors, who see the Second Republic entering a fruitful new pha...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors Cosafa display riles fans
WARRIORS' poor performance at the Cosafa Cup has riled fans, with most blasting head coach Zdravko Logarusic and his assistants for their biased selection of players and lack of technical and tactical...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares hike riles commuters
THE hiking of bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) from $16 to $30 and $24 to $50 for kombis has riled the commuting public, with transport associations and residents saying tha...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption in councils riles Mnangagwa
Unprecedented levels of corruption and poor governance bedevilling local authorities across the country, particularly Harare, are worrying President Mnangagwa and the Government, a Cabinet Minister ha...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa planned visit to Matobo riles Gukurahundi victims
SURVIVORS of Gukurahundi residing in Maphisa, Matobo district in Matabeleland South, feel insulted over reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit the area to kickstart the process of issuan...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
New promotion criterion riles police officers
A NEW proposed method of promoting police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic has riled the law enforcement agents, with junior officers alleging the system was susceptible to abuse and corruption, ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube riles industry
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday taken to task by captains of industry for suspending the production of annualised inflation figures, saying the policy move can trigger rampant speculation....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Selection process riles aspiring judge
SOUTH AFRICA-based Advocate Sheillah Kanyangarara has criticised the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for burdening aspiring High Court judges with a written examination before participating in publi...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Charging of fuel in US dollars riles motorists, who owns ZUVA?
Motorists here have expressed concern over service stations which are charging for fuel in US dollars only despite a directive from Government that they should accept all forms of payment. A s...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government promises to stop propaganda
The Ministry of Information has announced that it is framing new strategies of disseminating information and dumping the usual method of churning out propaganda. This was announced by the Perm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 12:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Industry ministry urges business to stop unfair business practices
Director in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Mary Chingonzo has challenged business people to engage in competitive businesses and shun unfair trade practices as the country riles in economic ch...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa hangs on the balance
If there is anyone who is going to learn the hard way the consequence of improperly arranging words, it has to be MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, as he riles ever listening to the demons which misled him ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Strive Masiyiwa riles Chamisa's bootlickers
TELECOMMUNICATIONS magnet and billionaire, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is sincere about turning the country's fortunes while calling for the removal of sanctions imposed ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpofu extremely shocked by degree of corruption in Zanu-PF circles
Former MDC Alliance legislator Norman Mpofu has said he is terrified and extremely shocked by the level of Zanu-PF corruption which is emerging now as the nation riles in serious economic challenges....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
StanChart riles depositors over Ecocash
STANDARD Chartered Bank has riled its depositors after taking long to integrate its system with Ecocash, to enable them to transact with others who do not have formal bank accounts.Ecocash is ...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bank chickens out on Mnangagwa ally
CHEGUTU West legislator and businessman Mr Dexter Nduna has dispelled press reports that he is bankrupt, arguing that a newspaper article stating otherwise was calculated to "sully" his person and sta...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Macheso absence riles his UK fans
United Kingdom music fans were disappointed after sungura musician Alick Macheso failed to turn up for the Leicester Athena show where he was supposed to share the stage with Chimurenga music star Tho...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makarau's Mugabe visit riles Tsvangirai's MDC-T
President Robert Mugabe became the first citizen to register under the biometric voter registration (BVR) yesterday in what has enraged the opposition after the Zanu-PF leader partook in the exercise ...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF candidate for Mwenezi East by-election riles the Muslim community
Joosbi Omar, the Zanu PF candidate for Mwenezi East by-election slated for April 8, 2017 has riled the Muslim community by allowing Christian pastors to lay their hands on his head and pray for his su...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T's Thokozani Khupe riles opposition parties
TURMOIL has rocked political parties desperate for a coalition ahead of the 2018 elections following pronouncements by MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe that the party does not need allies in...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo riles war vets
War veterans have come out guns blazing against Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo's derision of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor M...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mumbengegwi's no-hero status riles Masvingo
ZANU-PF Masvingo province has reportedly been riled by the party's refusal to grant national hero status to the late educationist and former Finance minister Samuel Mumbengegwi.Party insiders ...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths must shame the devil
The One Million-Man March that Zanu PF's youth league is set to stage on 25 May has rattled the opposition parties which seem to believe that they have an exclusive right to organize marches and demon...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:06hrs | | by John Sigauke
Zimbabwean group in SA campaign for Mujuru's murder
A group of Zimbabweans living in South Africa is reportedly circulating a highly disturbing campaign urging fellow Zimbabweans to kill former Vice President Joice Mujuru when she lands in South Africa...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean government has brought shame onto the African people
When a government owes international lenders US$7.1 billion - and internal lenders about US$2 billion - does not have US$1.5 billion to feed its own starving people, and yet can not account for US$15 ...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe's cattle donation to AU riles critics
President Robert Mugabe has come under withering attack for donating 300 cattle to the African Union (AU) to help it become less dependent on outside donors, instead of coming to the aid of Zimbabwean...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Megaphone diplomacy on deals harmful
China is undisputedly our greatest trading partner and as Zimbabweans, we cherish that economic relationship. Our all weather friendship dates back to the 1960s when Zimbabwe was engaged in a bitter w...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 15:50hrs | | by John Sigauke
TelOne salary cut riles union
Fixed telecommunications operator TelOne's unilateral 15 percent pay cut for all staff has riled the communications workers' union. The Telecommunications and Allied Services Workers' Unio...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF corruption riles villagers
VILLAGERS at Lochard Farm in Matabeleland South are praying hard, hoping First Lady Grace Mugabe recuperates quickly and returns home, as they believe she is the only one who can rescue them from corr...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Rhodesian currency only' sign riles Mugabe's aide
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary George Charamba recently came face to face with a "painful reminder" of colonialism that he said undermined the country's independence ...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Shingirai Huni
ZESN Newsletters should respect Ndebele language
Christians For Social Justice is calling on the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) to show respect of the Ndebele language by immediately refraining from deliberately using wrong Ndebele languag...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Concerned Christians For Social Justice
Zesa power outage riles Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe yesterday came face to face with the reality many people are enduring on a daily basis when a politburo meeting he was chairing was aborted after a blackout in Harare which als...Published: 25 Oct 2014 at 20:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mine's half-time 'Dembare ritual' riles Bosso fans
Violence reared its ugly head once again at Barbourfields Stadium spoiling Highlanders’ win over How Mine.Highlanders won the match 2-1 courtesy of goals by Gabriel Nyoni and Simon Munawa a ...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Racist slur riles revellers
A RACIST slur by a white woman in the audience referring to blacks as darkies courted the anger of blacks at an Africa Day Concert in Bulawayo, a show ironically meant to celebrate Africa's freedom fr...Published: 26 May 2014 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Bongani Ndlovu
Infertility report riles Tino 'Tin-Tin' Katsande
FORMER radio personality and actress Tinopona Katsande is fuming over a story published by one of the local papers about her infertility yesterday.She argued that her post on Monday was meant ...Published: 17 Jan 2014 at 07:33hrs | | by Entertainment reporter
Zimbabwe's Haru Mutasa hosts Al Jazeera talk show
This Friday on Al Jazeera's talk show South2North, Haru Mutasa chats about millennial leadership with Pakistani author and political commentator Fatima Bhutto and two ambassadors to The One Young Wor...Published: 11 Oct 2013 at 03:41hrs | 16 | by Kevin Kriedemann
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