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Ramaphosa, DA secret deal clinched before elections
The outspoken SACP general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says he stumbled upon credible intelligence way before the May 29 elections, exposing that the ANC secretly had a predetermined agenda to go into b...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 09:26hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm leaves 25 homeless in Beitbridge
A severe hailstorm that struck the Luwade area in Beitbridge last Wednesday has left approximately 25 people, including 12 children, homeless. The violent storm caused significant destruction, particu...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's missed political opportunity'
Former government critic turned Zanu-PF sympathizer Eddie Cross has publicly criticized Nelson Chamisa, the charismatic leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), for allegedly squandering a g...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Chafuka on Zimbabwe social media will topple Mnangagwa government!
I should be forgiven if I said this man is an implant of president Mnangagwa masquerading as a revolutionary. Yet he is playing a political game that speaks the opposite to loo as many as he can get t...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:12hrs | 1555 | by Nomazulu Thata
Former ZANU-PF MP under fire for supporting alleged child abuser
Former ZANU PF Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu has faced backlash on social media after pledging support for Shaw Mushati, a woman arrested for allegedly abusing her baby.Zivhu a...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 554 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25181 | by Nomazulu Thata
MK Party reinstates challenge to the rigged outcome of SA's 29 May elections
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has reinstated its electoral court challenge to the outcome of the 29 May national and provincial elections and has asked it to order a rerun of the poll.The pa...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:31hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Mutapa Fund clinches US$350m power deal
The Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has approved a significant joint venture valued at US$350 million between Indian firm Jindal Africa Investments and Zesa to refurbish six units at Hwange Thermal Power...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:25hrs | 3219 | by Staff reporter
Gordhan gave tenders to his cronies, leaves a fractured legacy
ONCE praised as an "incorruptible" crusader in South Africa, Pravin Gordhan has left behind a legacy tarnished by mistakes, poor leadership, and growing corruption claims, giving rise to the question ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:35hrs | 1139 | by Sizwe Dlamini, Thabo Makwakwa, Manyane Manyane
'Pravin Gordhan was the embodiment of greed, corruption, and elitism'
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a scathing statement in response to the death of former Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, making it clear they feel no sorrow over his pas...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 15:49hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Molefe exposes Transnet's CEO
The role state capture has played in the current troubles facing Transnet was in dispute in Parliament on Tuesday as the state freight company's former CEO, now MK Party MP, Brian Molefe, challenged t...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 06:58hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is presiding over a mobster regime!
It has been confirmed.So, the ruling ZANU PF party can, after all, have its opponents arrested and thrown in jail on trumped-up charges.This shocking revelation was made by none other ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 641 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pastor Mboro arrested following panga attack at a school
Four suspects have been arrested after a group of panga-wielding men intimidated teachers at a Katlehong school on Monday.According to the Gauteng education department, in a series of shocking...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 13:56hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires Guvamatanga, then changes mind
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sacked finance secretary George Guvamatanga last week but then had a change of heart after he made a groveling apology, and following further representations by chief cabi...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya underscores importance of well-managed parastatals for economic growth
John Mangudya, the chief executive of the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), underscored the crucial role of well-managed State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in driving economic growth in Zimbabwe.Addre...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mutapa portfolio grows to 66 companies
The Mutapa Investment Fund (Mutapa) manages a diverse portfolio of 66 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), their subsidiaries, and state-invested enterprises (SIEs). This portfolio includes entities in var...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:13hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Statement on voice messages circulating on social media
It has been brought to my attention that there are voice messages purportedly being attributed to me which are circulating on various social media platforms. In these 'voice notes' I am alleged to hav...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Madzibaba Wicknell Munodaani Chivayo
Ramaphosa's ANC must not give us a mini-apartheid
In a powerful public pronouncement, ANC veteran Lindiwe Sisulu has called for a "Black Pact" alliance to counter the proposed coalition between the African National Congress and the Democratic Allianc...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blame govt as life gets tough
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have decried neglect by the government at a time they are are earning US$120 in monthly pensions despite a deepening socio-economic crisis which has left them vulne...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:46hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi says SA strategically placed to push agenda
THE opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has described South Africa as a strategic country to push its revolutionary agenda based on the democratic space accorded by its government compared to Zi...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'ZiG difficult to accept in US$-dominated market'
RESPECTED businessman and economist Nigel Chanakira says acceptance of the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), will be difficult given that the majority still prefer the greenback.The Reserve B...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZiG difficult to accept in US$-dominated market'
Businessman and economist Nigel Chanakira says acceptance of the new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), will be difficult given that the majority still prefer the greenback.The Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe central bank boss talks tough
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu on Friday declared that he will protect the central bank from external forces to maintain its independence.But analysts were quick to ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mushayavanhu just removed zeroes from dying currency
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mushayavanhu has issued his maiden monetary policy statement, bringing with him a new gold-backed currency and promises to end the money-printing that tanked the...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 6 | by GroundUp
Mnangagwa's Mutapa fund plots parastatals shake-up
The MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF), previously criticized as a conduit for elite enrichment, has declared its commitment to establishing robust governance frameworks aimed at reining in reluctant State ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
South Africa fails to hold Pravin Gordhan to account as he will retire after elections
South Africa's Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, will retire after this year's general elections on May 29, he told Reuters on Friday.Gordhan oversaw state entities including str...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 18:24hrs | 2 | by Sytaff reporter
Markham follows Nelson Chamisa out of CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare East MP Allan Rusty Markham has resigned from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition last month citing a rel...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths invade Harare greenway
A GROUP of suspected Zanu-PF youths has invaded a greenway in Haig Park, Harare and demarcated it into residential stands.The greenway, a corridor of protected open space managed for conservat...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 10 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Mnangagwa regime perpetuating the normalization of oppression!
I think it was around 1978 or 79 - at the age of five or six years old - when I posed a very pointed question to my parents. We frequently drove past the outskirts of the low density suburb of...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:56hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's ailing SOEs owe Chinese, Indian banks US$1.7billion
ZIMBABWE has accessed loans of up to USS$1.7 billion from Chinese and Indian banks to shore up technically insolvent state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a leading regional financier has revealed.A...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before'
ZAPU says Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before as there is no unity whatsoever, to warrant a whole public holiday, under the guise of commemorating the pivotal signing of the Unity Accord bet...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 24 | by Associated Press
Media that serves the ruling elite is against the people!
Lately, in Zimbabwe, there has been a noticeable resurgence in calls for media to focus more on what is termed 'developmental journalism'.We have heard this call repeated by the new informatio...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:56hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's facial image belongs to CCC founded by MDC Alliance
RIGHTS TO NELSON CHAMISA'S FACE IMAGE AS AN ELECTION SYMBOL BELONGS TO CCC FOUNDED BY MDC-A ON 22 JAN 2022, NOT TO CHAMISATHROUGH ONE OF THE LEGION OF THE LAWYERS acting for him and his beleag...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:37hrs | 10 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe lithium mines given March 2024 deadline
Lithium mining companies have been given a deadline of March 31, 2024, to submit beneficiation plans as the Government seeks to tap into substantial mineral revenues that can be generated from the ben...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't benefit from removal of presidential term limit!
It is common knowledge that Zimbabwe has become a lawless place.Some may even call it a jungle - where the ruling elite flagrantly flout the country's laws with arrogant impunity.In fa...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa consolidates grip over investment fund
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retained control of the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), raising concerns about potential widespread corruption resulting from housing 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) u...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 14:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Muppet Show
A couple of days after the first storm, I headed out just before sunrise when it was cool and overcast. The dust had gone, the ground was soft underfoot, and everything looked fresh, clean and green....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 9 | by Cathy Buckle
Sadc anti-sanctions crusade a lost cause
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) annual Anti-Sanctions Day commemoration held last week was a sham vigil.It was misdire...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 9 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zapu trashes former ZIPRA Commander Valerio Sibanda
IF Commander Defence Forces (CDF) Valerio Sibanda still had an iota of Zapu conscience he would reject his recent appointment into Zanu-PF's Politburo by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the opposition p...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SOEs, parastatals bleed Treasury
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals have suffered significant financial losses, totaling millions of US dollars, due to procurement scams where suppliers received prepayments but failed to ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biased Harare fines Bosso US$5 000, given up to 17 October to pay
HIGHLANDERS have been fined US$5 000 by the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee with US$500 being suspended for the rest of the season and have up to October 17 to pay the effective US$4 500....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer takes Mnangagwa to court
HARARE lawyer and businessman Frederick Nyamande has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court following the promulgation of the controversial Mutapa Investment Fund which he argues allows the head ...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC boycott of opening of Parliament risks boomeranging as only a news headline stunt with no reform headway
While CCC is well within its rights to boycott today's opening of the First Session of the 1Oth Parliament by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the boycott could in fact boomerang on CCC; and ultimately leave the p...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 13:39hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
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