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'Will not rest until Zanu PF is extinguished' - shadow boxing, failed to implement even one reform in 20 years
As much as Zanu PF thugs would want to believe they will rule Zimbabwe until "donkeys have horns" the reality is that change is coming. The best they have...Published: 5 hrs ago | 166 | by Nomusa Garikai
Calls to diversify energy mix grow louder
CALLS for Zimbabwe and its regional peers to diversify the energy mix are growing in the face of biting climate change, whose effects have been erratic rains or too much rains in some areas, impacting...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:37hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing US$400m to oil pipeline cartels
ZIMBABWE is losing US$400 million annually in potential oil revenue due to Sakunda Holdings' untenable monopoly over the Beira-Harare fuel pipeline, it has emerged.Sources in government and th...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 1769 | by Staff reporter
There is no honour among thieves
A FORTNIGHT ago, the Constitutional Court in Malawi set a precedent by overturning that country's 2019 election results, setting aside the victory of the incumbent Peter Mutharika, citing "widespread ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:32hrs | 975 | by Crispen Manjonjo
Gukurahundi commissions nothing but a waste of taxpayers money
The meeting that took place between ZANU-PF president Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa , who is also the chief architect of the Matabeleland Gukurahundi Genocide and so called Matabeleland Civic Society (fo...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 197 | by Mr Mbonisi Gumbo
Sikhala says enough is enough to Mnangagwa
FRESH from being acquitted on treason charges, firebrand MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prepare for major civil unrest, unless he halts Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:21hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
100 wagons boost for NRZ from Russia
The resuscitation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe received a major boost yesterday after Government guaranteed the payment of the initial US$1,5 million required to facilitate the delivery of 100...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 2091 | by Staff reporter
Malaba retires
Agribank chief executive Mr Sam Malaba has retired after 16 years at the helm of the financial institution. He was appointed CEO in May 2004 after serving as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3847 | by Staff reporter
Maize scam sucks in GMB executives
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) senior executives were yesterday accused of allocating subsidised maize to millers who are allegedly diverting it to the black market and countries like the Democratic Repu...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Politicians continue to bicker while Zimbabweans are starving
Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a large-scale humanitarian crisis and South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) cannot afford to ignore it. Half the population (7.7 milli...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 22:16hrs | 1090 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4919 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pressured on talks with Chamisa by EU
THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pet project, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as adequate to resolve the problems in Zimbabwe and s...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 3612 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa approaches Sadc, AU on Mbeki, talks
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union (AU) in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the count...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
EU not taking Polad seriously
The European Union (EU) has called for "inclusive national dialogue", a clear indicator that it is not taking the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) seriously and believe dialogue between Mnangagwa and...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 12:59hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
EU sanctions blow for Mnangagwa
The European Union (EU) has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe and sanctions on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) for one year and lifted restrictions on four individuals following the Council o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 12:58hrs | 2459 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa puts up heat on Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the country's ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 6306 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water challenges worsen
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has further reduced the allocation of water for power generation at Kariba hydro-power station for 2020, which will result in suppressed electricity supplies from the...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Britain invests US$1.9 billion to Zimbabwe
United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says companies from the former colonial power have invested about US$1.9 Billion into Zimbabwe. Robinson however, said the laws of Zimbab...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 7654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe's economy most vulnerable in the region'
ZIMBABWE'S economy is vulnerable, with its growth trends now 2% below the average of sub-Saharan Africa's economic expansion, partly due to exchange rate misalignment, volatile weather patterns, and u...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
'Let's smoke peace pipe' Chamisa invited ED - never had peace, ain't tobacco they are smoking
"Zimbabweans have their rights. They are the authors of the history of this country. They are the last line of authority in this country. It is not just the question of Mr Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa has no ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 18:25hrs | 1691 | by Wilbert Mukori
Black uMfolosi sends message of condolence to late Joseph Shabala's family
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Joseph Shabalala, a leading Isicathamiya musician and a greatest leader of our times, and who has greatly influenced the Isicathamiya music...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 18:24hrs | 814 | by Black uMfolosi
'Tsvangirai accepted GNU to end people's suffering' - did not end rigged elections thence suffering continued
"It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt," said Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to many by his pen name Mark Twain, a reno...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:34hrs | 765 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4439 | by George Mkhwanazi
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks quashed
The prospects for direct talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to end Zimbabwe's growing political and economic crisis, appear to be dead in the water. ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:58hrs | 5189 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hawks query Mnangagwa's capacity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 election campaign, which has been underway since the Zanu-PF Esigodini Conference in 2018, is increasingly coming under scrutiny within government, the ruling party...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 7553 | by Staff reporter
'Mbeki not facilitating talks between Mnangagwa and Chamisa'
Former South Africa president, Thabo Mbeki, is not a facilitator of any political dialogue in Zimbabwe, and assumptions that he is, are a media construction, a senior government official has said....Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:02hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF funded MDC-T, we were not a real opposition' - funded MDC during GNU too and continues to this day
Many people have often asked why Zanu-PF has managed to stay in power for 40 years regardless of the party's checked track record as a corrupt, incompetent and murderous regime? The answer is slowly b...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1876 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The fight against illegal sanctions continues
The recently held African Union (AU) 33rd Ordinary Session Summit in Addis Ababa passed a resolution on 'The impact of sanctions and the unilateral coercive measures,' on all African Union member stat...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 14:28hrs | 658 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mnangagwa blundered by jumping into AfCFTA deep end
THE urge to be a member of a group is strong for some people, even if they are not suitable or ready for the membership. Zimbabwe, despite its struggling economy, has committed itself to join the Afri...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 3469 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chinamasa criticise Chamisa for his recent global political 'escapades'
The Anti-Sanctions Day, as set by SADC, will now be an annual event, as the illegal embargo continues to exclude Zimbabwe from access to international capital markets, Zanu PF acting secretary for Adm...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Throwback: Tsvangirai's open zip, open mouth and shut mind
Tsholotsho North Member of Parliament for Zanu-PF Professor Jonathan Moyo has attacked Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai via the state media calling him "open zip, open mouth and shut mind".In ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 21:19hrs | 1347 | by Jonathan Moyo
Jonathan Moyo goes for broke to force his way into MDC
ZIMBABWE's political chameleon in-chief Professor Jonathan Moyo has gone for broke in his bid to be admitted into the MDC Alliance leadership echelons.Moyo on Monday made wild revelation...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 21:17hrs | 5851 | by Staff reporter
Designation: The new US weapon against Zimbabweans
The United States does not want to leave Zimbabwe alone and has upped its game by using designation of persons as a way of forcing the ZANU PF government to capitulate. In a strange development, the U...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1925 | by Elijah Chihota
'Zimbabwe is not Malawi' true, still we too need 2018 nullified and Zanu-PF booted out
To Dr Ibbo Mandaza and Tony ReelerThank you for your article "Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powe...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:42hrs | 2336 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa, Mbeki meet over Zimbabwe military
The leader of the opposition MDC, Nelson Chamisa told former South African President Thabo Mbeki the Zimbabwe military should be part of the dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa as part of moves...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 19:00hrs | 7621 | by Staff reporter
Lake Kariba needs three years to fill up
KARIBA Dam needs three years to reach its maximum retention levels at current average annual inflows of 40 billion cubic meters, Zambezi River Authority chief executive Engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 13:22hrs | 2592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's apocalyptic end as Zimbabwe President
BERLIN - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly going to be viciously toppled from power in a catastrophic manner, that will include a combination of mass civil revolts and militia-like insurrect...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:14hrs | 22585 | by Itai Mushekwe
Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powerful?
NULL and void, do it again: when the Malawian Constitutional Court ruled that the May elections were null and void, this was a victory for the rule of law. The Malawian Court decision follows a simila...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1824 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
Mnangagwa urges Malawi to respect Constitutional Court judgment
President Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has urged all responsible authorities in Malawi to respect the judgment of the Constitutional Court and ma...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
'Key lessons for SADC to learn from Malawi judgement,' said Chamisa - irony, you have learned nothing yourself
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic chaos; with unemployment a nauseating 90%, public education and health care all but collapse, rocketing hyperinflation, etc. And political paralysis; we are stuck...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 13:07hrs | 1397 | by Nomusa Garikai
$2 million vanishes from Chamisa's MDC coffers
THE opposition MDC has hired independent auditors after $2 million allegedly vanished from its accounts last year, officials said yesterday.MDC treasurer-general David Coltart confirmed to New...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 4665 | by Staff reporter
SA-Zimbabwe bilateral agreement in limbo
THE Zimbabwe Clothing Manufacturers' Association (Zcma) has urged government to use the clothing industry as a driver of employment and economic growth, just like what other developing countries have ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
The regime is alien to transparency, accountability
THE ruling Zanu-PF party members have been giving Zimbabweans comic relief in the past few months, making the right noises about transparency and accountability in government and the economy, but ques...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 296 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Malawi election ruling V11-based'
THE ruling by the Constitutional Court of Malawi, which ordered fresh Presidential polls in 150 days after establishing large-scale vote manipulation, cannot be likened to the Zimbabwean scenario as t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts SADC, AU
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who claims he was robbed of poll victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 elections, Tuesday took a dig at SADC and the African Union (AU for blindly endorsing th...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hits back at Madhuku
Nelson Chamisa's MDC has hit back at Professor Lovemore Madhuku, saying the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) grouping has failed to proffer solutions to the country`s myriad of challenges.Thi...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:42hrs | 12818 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabweans don't deserve to go to hell
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa says Zimbabweans don't deserve to go to hell as the living conditions they are surviving on under President Emmerson Mnangagwa similar to a life of condemnation. ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:24hrs | 835 | by Staff Reporter
Opposition Parties in Malawi should not relax because of the ConCourt Judgement - Judgement is not winning state power
Now that the Malawi Constitutional Court Judge Potani yesterday declared that President Mutharika was not duly elected in the May 21 2019 and has therefore demanded fresh elections, Opposition P...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 498 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chamisa hails Malawian ConCourt
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has hailed the Malawian Constitutional Court for passing a verdict that the elections which saw Peter Muitarika winning Presidency were rigged."I wish to congratulate...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 3996 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF, MDC hawks work to derail dialogue
AMID growing calls for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, it has emerged that hardliners within both Zanu-PF and the MDC are escalating their efforts t...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 20:35hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
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