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There're now two Zimbabwes: One for a small elite and the other for millions of poor Zimbabweans
Over the past few years, Zimbabwe has reportedly experienced steady economic growth. According to government statistics, GDP growth rates have shown positive movement, suggesting that the coun...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:05hrs | 574 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2627 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Sadc impressed by progress made in Zimbabwe
SADC has approved Zimbabwe to host the 44th Heads of State and Government Summit in Harare next month, recognizing the significant progress made in preparation. During the summit, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Victim of Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati speaks on how he lost his beer plant and got deported
In the shadowy world of mafia dealings, a sinister evil chess game orchestrated by the self-styled Italian Mafia boss,Marconati, (pictured) has been exposed.Today, we delve into the Francesco ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 17:27hrs | 2 | by George Tshuma
CCC disarray boosts Mnangagwa
THE dramatic implosion of Zimbabwe's main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) could have handed President Emmerson Mnangagwa the much-needed political advantage to out-manoeuvre regional l...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaspora returnee turns into champion farmer
FARMING in Mangwe in Matebeleland South can be difficult, but Mr Kuzolunga Ncube Mabuza, a champion farmer in the arid lands of Makorokoro area has on his return from South Africa become a pacesetter....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mazekeen Jade dumps Stunner
Motormouth socialite Mazekeen Jade has said she was willing to pursue a relationship with rapper Stunner despite the fact that he is much older than her, but decided to dump him when she discovered hi...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 20:15hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Economic gloom feeds Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe
Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 4 | by Associated Press
Zanu-PF legislators lavish Mnangagwa with praises
Zanu-PF legislators have been turning turns to sing the praises of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Parliament, while MPs from the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) have been absent from ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
If peace overshadowed justice, then there wouldn't have been a liberation struggle!
There is a common thread that defines oppressive leaders. They subjugate the population - stripping them of all their rights, whilst unleashing some of the most horrendous injustices - thereaf...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa should not appoint political loyalists to Cabinet'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should not appoint political loyalists, but people with skills to deliver on his election promises, analysts have advised.Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second five-...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC claims 300 000 Zimbabweans in SA coming to vote
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) South Africa province has claimed that 300,000 Zimbabweans based in the country have begun making their way to Zimbabwe to vote in the national elections....Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 21:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo opens up after David Coltart 'insult'
Zimbabwean former minister and MP Jonathan Moyo has written a long open letter to main opposition CCC senior leader David Coltart over his remarks about his late father Melusi Job Mlevu who was ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart operated in Matabeleland where he did dastardly things
Dear David Coltart,WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT QUINTUPLE C: COLTART, CHAMISA AND CCCMy attention has been drawn to your fraudulent and disgusting tweet you posted on my Twitter TL yesterday D...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 18:58hrs | 9 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa's broke candidates send out begging bowl
A number of aspiring Members of Parliament under the cash-strapped Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have sent out a begging bowl to its supporters to raise money to fund their campaigns after being...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF win inevitable?
A SURGE in the support of President Mnangagwa ahead of this year's harmonised elections is an endorsement of his leadership and acceptance of the deliverables that are on the ground from the electorat...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pre-election survey an early wake up call for Chamisa
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) released the Afrobarometer survey on Zimbabwe on Monday.The survey is not all rosy for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s electoral prospects in...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 7 | by Phillan Zamchiya
'Mnangagwa must witness the decay first hand'
A DRUMBEAT of anger tore through Karoi this week, after the ruling Zanu-PF aborted a crucial rally slated for the town tomorrow, with residents saying this could have given President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe public hospitals slide into dereliction'
A SURVEY by a civil society organisation, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), has revealed the continued dilapidation of the country's health facilities, with most district hospi...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ace Magashule may be gone, but divisions in the ANC will mount'
The expulsion of Ace Magashule from the ANC is likely to divide the ruling party further, according to a political analyst.The former Free State premier was officially shown the door on Monday...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence spectre casts shadow over elections
A NEW report by the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) has predicted increased organised violence and torture, particularly in urban areas, highlighting the need for more surveillance as the country hea...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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
Gwayi-Shangani project yet to reach the second and third phases
LAWMAKERS have taken Treasury to task over delays in updating Parliament on the progress of the Gwayi-Shangani water project after it emerged that there has been little construction activity despite t...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pay our soccer referees well
Referees are the nucleus of the game. Our football needs their services as much as we need the air to breath. The plight of referees in Zimbabwe is something not to ignore.I am penning this ar...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:50hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Majaivana's love-hate relationship with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is a subject that runs like a thread through Lovemore Majaivana's extensive catalogue of music.Perhaps, because he hails from the city, some might take it as given that Majaivana, wit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Climbing on rooftops' in criticizing Zimbabwe ruling elite is indictment on dictatorial regime insensitivity to citizens' cries
The past week in Zimbabwe was characterized by the fervent reprimand by two prominent individuals on citizens who ostensibly 'climb on rooftops' in condem...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
At least Mnangagwa regime subtly admitting there's hardly any meaningful development to talk about in Zimbabwe
It is common knowledge that one can analyse and form an impression about an individual in a matter of seconds - based on their behaviour, countenance, mannerism, and even their logic when talking....Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:14hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Susan Mutami spills beans in tell-all sexual abuse scandal
A CONTROVERSIAL young Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami, based in Australia, with high-level Zanu-PF and government links, has dropped a bombshell: she has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping a...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
300 Bulawayo couples seek divorce in 6 months
MORE than 300 couples have applied for divorce in the High Court in Bulawayo in the first six months of the year, translating to about an average of 50 cases every month, a worrying trend observers bl...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa grilled over propaganda
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank have run out of ideas and are introducing complicated policies that continue to confuse and disadvantage the ordinary people while failing to address...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers turn to aquaponics
A CRICKETER turns his back on the excitement of pro sports to take on a whole new challenge: farming without soil.Yasser Parker thought he had fulfilled his childhood dream by becoming a profe...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics remains a two-horse race
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) on Wednesday released the Afrobarometer round nine survey on Zimbabwe.The survey shows the incipient decline of the ruling Zanu-PF's leader, Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told his tricks are not working
LEGISLATORS took Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to task in Parliament Wednesday, challenging him over the government's "failed" NDS-1 economic blue-print and the administration's apparent lac...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Trouble ahead in Zimbabwe
Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.Over half of the country lives in poverty.Its corrupt governmen...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Michelle Gavin
Chamisa assures Junta their looting rights are safe - expect zero changes from 'Change Champion in Chief'
Ignorance is a curse worse than death! The dead are not tormented by anything whereas the ignorant are forever blundering from pillar to post; excited, it does not take much to get this lot excited, o...Published: 20 May 2022 at 10:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Dialogue can end teachers, govt standoff
SINCE schools opened on February 7, 2022, teacher unions in Zimbabwe have declared that their members are incapacitated to report for duty.This is mainly due to the meagre salaries, which are ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:20hrs | | by CiZC
Zimbabwe ranks lowly on Fitch political, economic risk
PROMINENT American market research firm, Fitch Solutions, has ranked Zimbabwe as a country that poses the highest political and economic risk in Southern Africa, a major indicator that poi...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest caught in love triangle
A MUTOKO couple has been dragged before the courts to answer to charges of gender-based violence (GBV) which they have been perpetrating on each other.The couple, Angela Kanhongwa (31) and Taw...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean consumers feel the pinch as cost of living shoots up
THE wave of price hikes resulting from the weakening of the Zimbabwe dollar spells doom for beleaguered citizens in the New Year, with no reprieve in sight to the country's deepening economic crisis....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, break these chains
ONE of Zanu-PF's defining traits is impunity - accentuated by the party leaders' utter disdain for the rule of law and constitutionalism.The primitive arrogance is on display everywhere. Someo...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Brezh Malaba
'lied' over Zimbabwe rights record: CSO
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused government of lying during a United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) meeting on the country's human rights situation.Zimbabwe's huma...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chapungu losing its feathers under Bambo Chunga
Life is no longer rosy for former premier league side and current Division One Gweru Air force outfit Chapungu FC which seems to be gambling its hustles between a rock and hard place.They say ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni stay put in the UK: We have had enough suspicious killings in Zimbabwe
Kuwe Nkosi Ndiweni, It is not a secret that I am not your favourite subject. I have critiqued you at every angle. However, I hate to see your life on the line. Going back to Zimbabwe means dea...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 22:20hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Resettled farmers thriving in Zimbabwe
Gondai Bangidza seems to have struck gold as a resettled farmer in Zimbabwe's eastern Manicaland province.He brags about hiring full-time employees and seasonal workers at his farm.Ban...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe university student juggling college and prostitution
SOME call her misguided. Others describe her as a social misfit. Others say she wants to acquire finer things on a silver platter.She is used to being called names and takes all sorts of criti...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:01hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Musona defends Saudi Arabia move
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona has defended his recent move from Belgium to Saudi Arabia Pro League side Al-Tai FC arguing that the level of competition is high.Musona joined newly promoted...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
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