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Zimbabwe summons top US embassy official over election interference
Zimbabwe's foreign ministry has summoned the United States' top diplomat in Harare to protest the embassy's "diplomatic indiscretion."The decision came after the US embassy in Harare was accus...Published: 7 hrs ago | 962 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean anti-sanctions group seeks reparations from U.S.
The Broad Alliance Against Sanctions (BAAS), Zimbabwe's anti-sanctions lobby group, on Monday, filed a court application at the High Court in the national capital of Harare, seeking reparations from t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Names vanish from Zimbabwe voters roll
THE on-going Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) voters roll inspection exercise has exposed major anomalies as many people including prominent opposition politicians could not locate their names on t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 737 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Sikhala demo students
FOUR University of Zimbabwe students, who were arrested for protesting the continued incarceration of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala were yesterday remanded in custody to June 1 after the State p...Published: 9 hrs ago | 364 | by Staff reporter
UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves...Published: 9 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn ruffle feathers
ZPC Kariba 0 - 3 Chicken Inn CHICKEN Inn coach Prince Matore has demanded consistency from his resurgent team following their latest win, this time over ZPC Kariba in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer...Published: 9 hrs ago | 275 | by Staff reporter
US call for peaceful poll rattles govt?
GOVERNMENT says it will take action against the United States (US) embassy for calling on Zimbabweans to vote in peace during the forthcoming elections, arguing that it was against diplomatic protocol...Published: 9 hrs ago | 197 | by Staff reporter
How worried should we be about income inequality?
How worried should we be about Income Inequality actually? We worry plenty about its opposite. Forced economic equality is socialism. It is unZimbabwean to be for socialism. But Zimbabwe's strength is...Published: 17 hrs ago | 120 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 17 hrs ago | 231 | by Emmanuel Koro
Petition to The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
Editor please publish our petition to the Minister of Primary and Secondary education for our pupils are not attending school due to the interference of powerful politicians who are protecting a viole...Published: 17 hrs ago | 328 | by Parents/Guardians - Murowa School
US revokes visas after Museveni signs tough anti-gay Bill into law
In a swift response, the United States has revoked the visas of Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among following the stricter anti-gay Bill becoming law in Uganda.On Monday the Speaker rev...Published: 20 hrs ago | 623 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'aide' in dock
A Harare man who masqueraded as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's aide to unsuspecting members of the public has appeared in court. Loyd Mutotote was facing impersonation and physical abus...Published: 20 hrs ago | 565 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe probes lawyer in property scam
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is looking into a case in which prominent Mutare lawyer Cosmas Chibaya of Chibaya and Partners Legal Practitioners is accused of selling a residential stand he knew w...Published: 20 hrs ago | 228 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs dry, amid cholera fears
THE Bulawayo City Council has prolonged the disruption of water supplies to most city suburbs due to an electrical fault that happened at the Criterion water works.In a statement the City Coun...Published: 20 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter
Priscins Petals sets the pace in Zimbabwe fashion industry
Award winning fashion brand Priscins Petals and Priscins Shoes have become the top and most popular fashion house in Harare.Prisicins Petals and Priscins Shoes have dominated the market with t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 11:08hrs | 287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo issues a warning
EXILED former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo has warned that the recent threats by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to crack down on businesses over price hikes will only worsen the already dire situati...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 6125 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks voters roll inspection
Zanu-PF affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz) has reportedly hijacked the voters roll inspection exercise by demanding proof of ruling party membership from those trying to check for their name...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
ZEC under fire over voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has come under intense scrutiny after registered voters and the opposition identified several anomalies during the voters roll inspection exercise which started...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa urge citizens to inspect the voters roll
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC0 leader Nelson Chamisa have urged all voters to inspect the voters roll as we head towards the upcom...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chief Binga installed
GOVERNMENT yesterday installed Grey Sikalelu Muleya as the new Chief Binga at the Bulawayo Kraal Primary School in Binga.Muleya (73), who becomes the area's third chief, takes over from the la...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Mother, son in cement scam
A MOTHER and her son appeared before a Harare magistrate on Friday last week for allegedly conning people of more than US$300 000 and $40 million in cement deals.Tinashe Zimunya representing h...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blew a marvellous chance to bring nation together
REVELATIONS that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa have never talked to each other for the past five years is more than worrying and tells of the...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took the lead to inspect the voters' roll ahead of today's scheduled announcement of the election date.The voter inspection exer...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar not going anywhere
THE Treasury has assured the market of continued usage of the local currency and that deliberate steps are being taken to strengthen its value so as to restore consumer purchasing power and buttress t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe backs Sudan peace efforts
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has offered unwavering support to Sudan in an effort to attain a cessation of hostilities in the country.In a speech read on his behalf by acting Foreign Affairs Minister O...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:30hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem at National Sports Stadium
REFEREE Jimmy Makwanda left the pitch with a heavily bandaged head yesterday after a section of incensed CAPS United fans ran amok at the end of their drawn game against Simba Bhora, unhappy with the ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:29hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's family will only bury her after Sikhala's release
THE family of the deceased Citizens' Coalition for Change activist, Moreblessing Ali, maintains that the release of incarcerated lawmaker and family lawyer Job Sikhala is standing between them and the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 18:02hrs | 1054 | 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 | 380 | by Staff reporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe citizens less willing to embrace new street names
FOR the one-year period he has been selling wooden utensils in Harare's central business district, Blessing Magocha (35) has been using popular buildings and landmarks as a meeting point with his clie...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:57hrs | 3576 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sells Elizabeth Tsvangirai her late husband's mansion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government technically took possession of and sold the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Highlands mansion to his widow after it had appeared to be willing ...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:10hrs | 2873 | by Staff reporter
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 | 630 | by Jonathan Moyo
Who sent Mthuli Ncube to Zimbabwe?
Mthuli Ncube was the founder of the Barbican Bank, an elite institution that faced serious liquidity challenges, was involved in rampant fraudulent foreign exchange activities among other vices. After...Published: 28 May 2023 at 15:58hrs | 973 | by Sam Wezhira
Mohadi ambition to be Zimbabwe President caused tribal chaos in the presidency
If he had his way, Kembo Mohadi could have been the first Zimbabwe President of Matabele origin after 43 years of Zimbabwe independence. But his repeated statement in which he expressed his wish to su...Published: 28 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 973 | by Israel Dube
UZA launches 2023 election manifesto
The United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) has formally launched its election manifesto hinged on four themes: accountability, dignity, unity and stability as a guide to delivering a ‘flourishing' Zimbabwe....Published: 28 May 2023 at 14:57hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZANU PF electorate protest
ZANU PF electorate in Maramba constituency, Mashonaland East recently protested against their provincial leadership which endorsed Tichaona Karimazondo who won in the ended chaotic primary elections....Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:02hrs | 1003 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ziyambi stutters as Mliswa demands answers
JUSTICE Minister had to request Parliament for more time to 'investigate and document' how Zimbabwe's vast array of minerals were benefiting ordinary citizens after Independent Norton legislator Temba...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 5638 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Women fight over hubby in court
Two Domboshava women in a polygamous marriage last week realised in court that their husband was tricking both of them and dodging payment of maintenance.Gladys Chikweza had dragged her husban...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Grandsons terrorise woman
An elderly Harare woman has been granted a protection order against her three grandsons, who have been tormenting her for the past two years.Acquisillia Makonyonga from Mufakose told Harare ma...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe toothpaste maker faces closure
The country's only toothpaste maker - Merken- is in danger of going out of business following the government's decision to allow the unfettered entry of the products it manufactures into the country, ...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Persecution of Donald Trump!
If I were in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's situation, and the US I had an audience with the ambassador whereby the honourable ambassador would lecture me about free and fair elections, the rule of la...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 104 | by Kenneth Mufuka
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a "dream" in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging.The provocation and the challenge come from the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 69 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Chiadzwa community, govt and ZCDC smoke peace pipe
GOVERNMENT and the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Corporation (ZCDC) have backed down from a protracted confrontation with the Chiadzwa community over a contentious proposal to invest US$400 million in...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:05hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube confronts Osiphatheleni
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building, which houses the Bulawayo Magistrate Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's FIU to probe businesses inflating prices for USD bank transfers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has said it will investigate unethical behaviour exhibited by various businesses after it emerged that they are forcing customers to pa...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:00hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2000 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 806 | by Musa Kika
Mnangagwa's amnesty for rapists hitting victims harder
EMELKA (not real name) was only 11 years old when a 59-year-old villager forced himself on her. The villager repeated the attack several times, threatening to kill the young girl using witchcraft if s...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
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