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Beitbridge robbers strike again
ARMED robbers struck again in Beitbridge on Tuesday morning and robbed a family in the Kwalu section of Dulivhadzimu high-density suburb of about US $1 300 and several mobile phones.Three mask...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe planes unaccounted for
ACTING Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga has exposed the rot at Air Zimbabwe which includes financial books that are in a shambles as well as the failure by the national airline to account for the number ...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:27hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
The Nguni/Sotho People who occupied parts of modern-day Zimbabwe before Mzilikazi
There is a general misconception that King Mzilikazi and is Ndebele people were the first Nguni group to traverse and settle in what is now modern-day Zimbabwe. However, this is not accurate.T...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:37hrs | 610 | by Thomas Sibanda
SADC must reform
The countries under the auspices of SADC risk being rocked with stolen elections, political instabilities, poor governance and corruption if SADC the regional bloc remains tight lipped on such fundame...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 19:42hrs | 823 | by Leonard Koni
ZBC rocked by sex scandal
A senior official at ZBC has been suspended amid allegations of demanding sexual favors from a female subordinate, and there are concerns that this case is just the beginning of a more extensive probl...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:08hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders issue apology
Highlanders have issued an impassioned apology to the Zimbabwean football family over crowd skirmishes that rocked the club's high profile premiership fixture with archrivals Dynamos just 33 minutes i...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 15:12hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
LSU vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa sucked in cattle procurement scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa has been fingered in a procurement scandal following revelations that the university purchased cattle at an inflated price and only a few wer...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:55hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to contend with Zanu-PF factions jostling for power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final term is likely to be marred by intense jostling for power in Zanu-PF as warring factions jostle to position themselves for the control of the ruling party and the ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Faz backfires on Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reliance on a shadowy organisation to spearhead his re-election campaign has come back to haunt him after foreign observer missions cited it as one of the plethora of th...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 2968 | by Staff reporter
19 police recruits arrested for public violence in Harare
POLICE in Zimbabwe have said 19 recruits were arrested for a spate of violence that rocked Harare on Friday evening.In a statement, National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nya...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:19hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa using law to fight personal battles says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused President Mnangagwa of using the judicial system to fight personal battles that emanate from factional fights that rocked Zanu-PF in ...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as congregants fight
DRAMA recently ensued at St John's Apostolic Faith Mission in Bulawayo's New Lobengula suburb when congregants fought during a church service over what some members claimed was a lack of transpa...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:38hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC filed a false report against Energy Mutodi, investigations reveal
In a desperate bid to woe supporters after fielding a weak candidate, the opposition CCC reportedly filed a false police report against Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi who is aspiring Memb...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 10:43hrs | 16 | by Tapiwa Chirandu
FIFA keeps Zimbabwe in suspense
THE FIFA delegation currently in the country to find the way forward over the current football crisis have kept the Zimbabwean enthusiasts guessing as they have not given a hint whether the isolation ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scandal rocks Chamisa's CCC?
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been rocked by a scandal with members across the country alleging that the selection process for the party's candidates in next month's polls was rigged in ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
French revolution brewing
France has been rocked by a wave of protests after a 17-year-old youth was shot by police near Paris on Tuesday, sparking a ban on demonstrations in some cities, travel warnings and reigniting a debat...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 17:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC hit by a wave of double candidates, blames FAZ
The main opposition CCC has been hit by a wave of double candidates fielded by state security agents to cause some confusion and undermine the party's prospects of winning in some constituencies and w...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 08:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scores own goals
CONFUSION and chaos characterised opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party's nomination process at the Harare Magistrate Court.The party's nomination finalization was still on goin...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala clocks 365 days under pre-trial detention
Tormented legislator Job Sikhala clocks one full year under pre-trial detention this Wednesday, becoming the second sitting opposition legislator to endure lengthy imprisonment since 2000.Comm...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF messing up our lives
IT'S now clear that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF acolytes are only interested in power, yet they are clueless about solving the problems the ordinary Zimbabweans are facing.It ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Citizen
Kasukuwere: Red herring, Chamisa's double
Becoming a political clichéGustave Flaubert of the 19th Century licentious novel, Madame Bovary, said this of language: "Language is indeed a machine that continually amplifies emotion."...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:46hrs | 9 | by @Jamwanda2 0n Saturday
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 23 | by Jonathan Moyo
Trouble brewing in Zululand
After riding out a succession storm which rocked the nation following the death of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini in 2021, serious trouble is brewing in South Africa's most powerful monarchy as new Zul...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in spotlight over the massive Nssa corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has presented its forensic audit which unearths corruption and names individuals implicated in the pensions fund's latest scandals to the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally flees angry Zanu-PF mob
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima was on Saturday forced to flee an angry Zanu-PF mob that was protesting against alleged rigging of the ruling party's primary elections in the Gokwe-C...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Anger mounts in Zimbabwe as prices rocket
ZIMBABWE'S currency further crashed this week, precipitating waves of basic commodity price hikes, which were slammed by consumer watchdogs.In a survey, the Zimbabwe Independent found that man...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole incitement trial kicks off
A key state witnesses in Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole's violence incitement trial was at pains to support the allegations when the opposition legislators' trial kicked off Tuesday before Harare mag...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cracks emerge in Zanu-PF youth league
Divisions have rocked the Zanu-PF Youth League ahead of the elections amid a plot to oust the youth league boss, Tinoda Machakaire.Sources within Zanu-PF claimed Machakaire and his deputy John...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF returns to polls after violence
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has been forced to rerun local authority primary elections across the country after the outcomes were contested in the first round due to violent clashes, among other reasons....Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's conviction rocks Zimbabwe opposition and civil society
THE conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala on Wednesday has rocked the opposition and civil society, with critics saying it showed an intensifying crac...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors petition Chief Charumbira
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi atrocities that rocked Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s have expressed reservations over the role of a traditional leaders taskforce constituted by P...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF frustrated supporters
A NEW voting system used in the ruling Zanu-PF's recent primaries left many supporters disillusioned, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.Zanu-PF insiders said many supporters were turned away...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare City in US$51m ICT scam
The allegations of dubious conduct arise as the IT boss Mr Samson Madzokere with some top managers are already reeling in the eye of a storm amid allegations of spending US$20 000 per trip on numerous...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Jonathan Moyo statement on Gold Mafia
Now that three of its four episodes have been – and notwithstanding the fact that the fourth episode might have bombshells in the form of controversial or shocking utterances by its main interlocuto...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo
Lupane State University probed over alleged corruption
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is still investigating reports of nepotism and corruption levelled against Lupane State University (LSU) authorities since last year.LSU, which i...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:29hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism rocks CCC ahead of candidate selection process
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo Province has been rocked by rampant tribalism ahead of next week's candidate selection process.A source who spoke to this reporter said the Welshme...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:41hrs | 85 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zanu-PF turns Mash West into war zone
SANYATI, in Mashonaland West province, reportedly turned into a war zone this week as rival aspiring Zanu-PF candidates bludgeoned each other ahead of the party's primary elections set for tomorrow....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU crafting own version of PVO Bill
THE European Union is working on a law that will force non-governmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding - a piece of legislation that is almost similar t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-based NGOs in panic mode
A new law governing operations of non-governmental organisations is likely to be operational in Zimbabwe before year end.Predictably, there is uproar and panic in the NGO sector, including som...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Earth tremor hits Hwange
A TREMOR rocked Hwange town on Sunday evening with the underground movement being felt in almost in every suburb in the coal mining town. From Empumalanga, Mr Dumisani Nsingo said he felt the ...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor fights conviction at High Court
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and two others who were part of a group of 12 MDC-T members involved in violent skirmishes that rocked the opposition party in March 2018 have approached the High Co...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity crisis to ease as new Hwange unit to start operating soon
Zimbabwe will start operating a new unit at its only coal-fired power plant by March, the country's deputy energy minister said on Wednesday, providing relief to millions of citizens rocked by frequen...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 20:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala asks for postponement of his trial
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice chairperson Job Sikhala on Wednesday sought postponement of his trial, indicating he wanted to appeal against the magistrate's ruling dismissing an appl...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 20:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Chair pained by CCC members' assault
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairperson Daniel Garwe says he was deeply pained by the brutal assault of several elderly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murewa last week.His comment...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 09:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to spend Christmas behind bars?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala looks set to spend Christmas behind bars after High Court judge Samuel Deme Wednesday indefinitely reserved ruling on the troubled politician's...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
590 exam cheats nabbed: Zimsec
NEARLY 590 suspects were caught cheating while sitting for November 2022 Ordinary and Advanced Level final examinations, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said.This was aft...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Zivanai Dhewa
'Sikhala a victim of his own mischief'
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has described jailed Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala as a theatrical character, who is "author of his own situation".The minister s...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial starts
CCC legislator Job Sikhala has today denied charges of obstructing police investigations into the alleged murder of Moreblessing Ali by her boyfriend and the violence that rocked the Nyatsime area som...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai threatens to quit MDC-T
MDC-T legislator Vincent Tsvangirai has made a turnabout saying he will not contest in upcoming 2023 elections if party leader Douglas Mwonzora remains at the helm of the opposition.Tsvangirai...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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