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Sick Robert Mugabe in Singapore
Former President Robert Mugabe is still holed up in Singapore where he has been undergoing treatment in the past months.South Africa's Foreign Editor and Acting Political Editor Sophie M...Published: 5 hrs ago | 8485 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shona teacher terrorises pupils at Nejambezi Secondary school
A Shona speaking teacher by the name Huggins Makiwa based at Nejambezi Secondary school situated 28 km from Victoria Falls town is reportedly terrorising pupils that he teaches, by constantly remindin...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2950 | by MRP
Beware of ZanuPF's Tricks
One reads "ZanuPF Youths Expel Obert Mpofu" and quickly it rings to the reader that corrupt leaders are being chucked out. But wait and look back. Let us remember the ZanuPF Baba Jukwa phantom. After ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3621 | by Lovejean Ndlovu: Zapu Youth Front Deputy Information Secretary.
Mopa: In pursuit of a fallacious democracy
RECENTLY, America gave us a rare tonic on its actual view of Zimbabwe, under the new government. It is a given that, in most of its statements, the United States prefers to give cryptic political mess...Published: 11 hrs ago | 386 | by Learnmore Zuze
Grace Mugabe slapped with US$4m lawsuit
Lebanese businessman Jamal Hamed has approached the High Court demanding US$4 million from former First Lady Grace Mugabe in defamation compensation and damages to his three houses that she seized....Published: 12 hrs ago | 4519 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga and Mnangagwa's fight reaches boiling point
The country's presidency is now reportedly paraplegic thus causing tectonic divisions in government, amid disclosures that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his second in charge, Vice President, Rtd Ge...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:34hrs | 22083 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mnangagwa poisoning; new details emerge
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was not poisoned on August 12, 2017 during a ZANU PF Youth Interface rally, new details have emerged. A high placed source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Orga...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 11:24hrs | 24469 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army offloads stake in $4bn project
Zimbabwe's military has disposed of its stake in a $4 billion platinum joint venture with Russian investors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said.Mnangagwa revealed this in an interview with...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | 1997 | by Staff reporter
Why Fadzayi Mahere joined Chamisa bandwagon
Prominent lawyer Fadzayi Mahere saw her stock rise in the run-up to last year's harmonised elections after launching an audacious campaign as an independent candidate for Mt Pleasant constituency....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:02hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
ED now faces tough political choices
AS Zimbabwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequen...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:23hrs | 7247 | by Staff Reporter
MP subjected to series of suspicious car break-ins
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director of security Albert Ngulube, now Zanu PF MP for Beitbridge East, has been subjected to a series of suspicious break-i...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:59hrs | 3768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces riots, palace coup and impeachment
AS Zimbababwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:58hrs | 9571 | by Staff reporter
US tells Mnangagwa to arrest killer soldiers
A TOP United States official has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must hold to account members of the security forces involved in the killing of civilians during public disturbances in August...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 10:41hrs | 2827 | by Staff Reporter
Moyo fighting to retain farm because 'I bought it' - rubbish, 1000s other buyers were booted out regardless
Professor Jonathan Moyo has stuck to his guns that the farm that he owns is not part of the land reform process but he purchased the farm after the government put it on a willing buyer willing seller ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 22:04hrs | 1544 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa given solution to Zimbabwe's crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has three steps that he can take to fix the Zimbabwean economy and consolidate his power businessman Shephard Dube has said. Dube proffered the solution after the ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 12:59hrs | 11876 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa purges NPA officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to purge senior military officials seconded to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), a constitutional body which institutes criminal proceedings on behalf of...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | 6613 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's farm at risk
STATE security agents are manoeuvring to illegally seize a Mazowe farm belonging to former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo who is in self-imposed exile since the coup that toppled...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | 4518 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's RTGS$ hits new low
Zimbabwe's interim currency fell to a new low on the black market on Thursday and local firms were demanding payment in U.S. dollars as a hedge against inflation, which is running at its highest in a ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:46hrs | 8555 | by Reuters
Matemadanda vows to return Zanu-PF to the people
Newly-appointed ZANU-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said his immediate task is to return the political party to the people by coming up with people centred programmes.L...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3259 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa targets corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE Zanu PF commissariat and youth league have called for a clean sweep of corrupt party and government bigwigs, saying all those implicated in corrupt activities should immediately be relieved of the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:06hrs | 4669 | by Staff reporter
Acting President Chiwenga too poorly to work from office
Not seen in public in almost a month, the ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was left as Acting President on Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for Mozambique to attend the United...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 10:00hrs | 8332 | by ZimLive
MDC youth threaten massive demonstrations in rural areas
MDC Deputy National Youth Chairperson Cecilia Chimbiri has threatened to have massive demonstrations in rural areas against President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a bid to force his to step down before 2023 ...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 22:32hrs | 4484 | by Simbarashe Sithole
New dispensation a far fetched idea
The much talked about the new republic has dismally failed to live to the billing. The current political and economic challenges in the country has reached another level and with a lot of peop...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1719 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa hires second United States public relations firm for $1 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling to end Zimbabwe's international isolation, has recruited a second public relations firm in the United States at a cost of US$1 million per year.Documents...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4385 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF hounds Mugabe
The Zanu-PF youth league has demanded that government repossesses at least 15 farms allegedly owned by former First Lady Grace Mugabe and redistribute them to youths.This follows claims by Pre...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda calls for new GNU - last was soft-landing for Zanu PF, not this time
Zanu PF Speaker of parliament, Jacob Mudenda, calls for the formation of a new GNU."We enjoyed serenity of politics during the GNU. That spirit must come back. It must come back."I pray to...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 6505 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Army faction wants Mnangagwa gone
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued stay in power is now allegedly being seen as an unprecedented threat to national security, by an army faction said to be loyal to Vice President, Rtd General ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | 17840 | by Spotlight Zimbabwe
Kasukuwere's effort to save luxury home hits a brick wall?
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere's plush Vumba home could yet go under the hammer after his efforts to save it hit a brick wall.Kasukuwere is facing a litany of charges relat...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 19:09hrs | 7646 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe protector warns Mnangagwa
Thabo Mbeki, who sided with Robert Mugabe after the 2008 stole elections, has warned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa that confronting the country's political and economic challenges might not ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 19:05hrs | 5972 | by SZimLive
Mugabe mentioned among great African liberators
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was on Sunday listed among Africa's prominent liberation fighters who went through Fort Hare University in South Africa as the country celebrated youth day....Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 12:47hrs | 3398 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF Youths to invade Grace Mugabe's farms
ZANU PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu has given a former First Lady Grace Mugabe two weeks to hand over 15 farms that she owns so that they can be given to the Youths. Matutu...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 5106 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hope emerges in Zimbabwe
Nearly two decades after the European Union imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, a thaw in relations is palpable, following praise by the EU ambassador and head of the EU-Zimbabwe Delegation Timo Olkkonen....Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 08:29hrs | 7271 | by EU Today
Passport shortage leaves Zimbabweans stranded
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | 692 | by AP
Mnangagwa exposes Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says former first lady Grace Mugabe owns a staggering 16 commercial farms in a revelation that could re-ignite the public spat between the Zanu-PF leader and his predecess...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:22hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:11hrs | 541 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF will 'solve corruption by making it fair' - 'No, it will work. Simple!'
The one thing Robert Mugabe has instilled in his Zanu-PF cronies is the believe that they know what they are doing when in reality they have no clue. Who can ever forget Mugabe's long speeches "full o...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:03hrs | 273 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EFF applauds Mnangagwa, calls for action
The Zimbabwe's Economic Freedom Fighters (ZEFF) Commander-in-Chief, Innocent Ndibali has applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for finally considering their call for “One family, one farm" policy....Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 10:41hrs | 11326 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe to blame for Zimbabwe crisis'
Zanu-PF's new commissar Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims that his recent appointment was meant to address growing concerns about the re-emergence of factionalism in the party.President ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic crunch hits passports
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:45hrs | 7519 | by Farai Mutsaka, The Associated Press
SA set tough conditions for Zimbabwe to join Rand Monetary Union
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that neighbouring South Africa imposed "unacceptable" conditions for Zimbabwe to join the Rand Monetary Union.In a live interview with a State control...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 8154 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | 605 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF intolerance fuels tension
THREATS by Zanu-PF youth leaders to counter the opposition and civic groups' planned anti-government protests are a clear indication of the ruling party's intolerance of multi-party democracy and huma...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:06hrs | 432 | by Editorial - Newsday
America's Cde Chimurenga buried in Zimbabwe
PAN-Africanist and founding member of the December 12 Movement, Randolph Simms, also known as Coltrane Chimurenga, was laid to rest at the Harare Provincial Heroes' Acre yesterday. Speaker-aft...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:52hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
'I helped Kagame turn Rwanda's economy around,' says Chete Chete - Throw back Friday
Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change party leader, Nelson Chamisa, has reportedly claimed to have helped Rwandan leader Paul Kagame to turn around his country's economy which had been ...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 10:12hrs | 4423 | by news24
New currency unlikely to perform miracles for Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S plans to unveil a new currency by year-end without addressing macro-economic fundamentals could be catastrophic, while the proposed local unit risks suffering the same fate as the defunct...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
A damning indictment on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration's failure to address the economic challenges bedevilling the country - despite lofty promises - could have been described as spectacular if it were not so...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:20hrs | 2686 | by Owen Gagare
The oxymoron of democracy in Chamisa's MDC
The MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is a party full of contradictions. It is common cause that the party is called the Movement for Democratic Change, itself a presumption of its "democratic" crede...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | 308 | by Philemon Mutedzi
'Zanu PF is burning Zimbabwe down to stop anyone else ruling' - we are insane to let them
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess. The country's economy is in total meltdown unemployment has soared to nauseating heights of 90% plus; ¾ of the population is living on US$30 or l...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:21hrs | 3060 | by Wilbert Mukori
Health/Security crisis looms at Chikurubi Prison
A health hazard is looming at Chikurubi Maximum Prison with reports that the facility is holding 2 508 prisoners against a holding capacity 1 360 inmates. This means that the prison has 1 148 ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:13hrs | 1120 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa pleads with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has indicated he is willing to talk to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in order to move the country forward if the dialogue does not result in him being part of government....Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 17:34hrs | 4235 | by Staff reporter
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