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Fake driving licence syndicate bust in Bulawayo
The police have busted a syndicate specialising in creating fake drivers licences after arresting a 21-year-old Pumula East woman.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector, Abednico Nc...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4784 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa peace deal on the cards?
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party's planned extra-ordinary congress.A...Published: 15 hrs ago | 7764 | by Staff reporter
Harare's major hospitals record Covid-19 cases
TWO of Harare's major hospitals have recorded Covid-19 cases among their staff as the country's caseload rises sharply amid an increase in the number of deaths.As of Friday, Zimbabwe had recor...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri must explain wealth, PG insists
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri must not be allowed to use his feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to evade justice, prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has argued.Hodzi was respond...Published: 16 hrs ago | 675 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop arrested at roadblock
A Harare man was slapped with a three-month jail term for impersonating a police officer while driving without a licence.Daniel Chibvongodze (29) appeared before Bindura magistrate Ethel Chich...Published: 16 hrs ago | 906 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new cyber law to target online government and military critics
ZIMBABWE could sanction the search for government critics online, thanks to a planned cyber-security law earmarked to make it an offence to spread falsehoods and deal with leakage of official informat...Published: 16 hrs ago | 191 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Does Lobengula deserve a monument?
I read with great interest the report that a monument is to be built in honour of Mbuya Nehanda at long last. But then i said to myself: Why not do the same for King Lobengula or even Mukwati (Makwati...Published: 16 hrs ago | 384 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
The Chinamasa versus Matematanda race of ZanuPF Political Violence and Intolerance: Deplorable.
Zimbabweans are stunned by the venomous threats of violence vomited through the press by the two high ranking ZanuPF leaders Chinamasa and Matematanda against organisers of a yet to happen demonstrati...Published: 17 hrs ago | 752 | by Mkhululi Zulu Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Drama at Chamisa mother's funeral
Tempers flared up in what should have been a somber moment when MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was burying his late mother in Gutu on Tuesday.Chamisa's mother collapsed and died in her gar...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 16:22hrs | 8392 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 6 Harare council employees
DETECTIVES from the Commercial Crimes Division have launched a manhunt for six Harare City Council employees who are at large over the US$1 million Kuwadzana stands scam involving director of human re...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 3814 | by Staff reporter
Smells like November 2017
WHEN harvesting is completed in many parts of rural Zimbabwe, there are many rituals that take place.Villagers hold night vigils, sing and dance, but more importantly for those who love blood ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1923 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Old and homeless abroad
HUNCHED back pensioners hobble between laden supermarket trollies clutching baskets with a few meagre provisions three or four tomatoes, an onion or two for the usual potato broth for three nights' su...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1394 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'Running mate clause must ensure VP is elected'
GWERU Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) says the running mate clause in the current Constitution must be amended to ensure the President is barred from selecting deputies. Speaking during the...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs in bid to block dreaded Khupe recalls
A TOTAL of 51 MDC Alliance legislators and councillors have approached the High Court seeking to interdict MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe from filling up vacancies created by ongoing recalls of party MP...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4981 | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism and Anti-Imperialism should never be abused to justify corruption, tyranny, and brutality against one's own citiz
In all my 47 years of existence on this planet Earth, there has always been one thing that has always thoroughly vexed my intellect - as I have greatly struggled to fathom how something that appears s...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:42hrs | 960 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Radical Economic structural Transformation (part 7 of 10)
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those with much, it is whether we provide much to those with too little" Jean Jacques Rousseau.Natural resources have b...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:36hrs | 253 | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe must be vigilant on dealing with Covid --19: WILD
Women's Institute for Leadership Development - WILD, Zimbabwe has urged Zimbabwe to be now vigilant in dealing with the Covid 19 as the disease is escalating its toll."Now is the time for the ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1164 | by Stephen Jakes
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4372 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP approaches court over mandatory fuel blending
HARARE North member of the National Assembly and businessman Allan Markham has approached the High Court for an order to set aside regulations for the mandatory blending of anhydrous ethanol with unle...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2442 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 467 | by Jonathan Chando
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 9643 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa updates the nation on Coronavirus
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a video on social media updating the nation on the measures that his government has taken in dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The President said h...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 18:40hrs | 3968 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Not Worried About the 31st July Demonstrations.
Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 17:37hrs | 3051 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2221 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans should refuse to be abused, and used as sacrificial lambs for a self-serving ruling elite opportunist clique
Whenever any government resorts to habitually and incessantly using the 'national interests' tag, then a wise nation should immediately know that their leaders have reached record lows in their parasi...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:32hrs | 829 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UBH reviews user fees upwards
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals have reviewed its user fees upwards the fees ranges from between $250 to $15 000.The development comes at a time when the government recently increased civil serv...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:21hrs | 975 | by Stephen Jakes
Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2553 | by The Big Interview
Mnangagwa pampers soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered soldiers and the police, giving them between $5 000 and $8 000 COVID-19 allowances which critics say are meant to appease them ahead of the planned July 31 pr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 20852 | by Staff reporter
5 ways to make money with just your phone
It is amazing to think about all of the different ways that you can make money today. There used to be a day not too long ago when traveling meant that you could not add to your bankroll while you wer...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 974 | by Staff writer
MDC houses, motorbikes and cars missing
TOP MDC Alliance officials (names supplied) used their positions to strip the troubled opposition party of assets that include houses, vehicles as well as lining their pockets with donor and public fu...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:21hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic urges farmers to insure their livestock
As Zimbabwe continues to face various challenges in its Agricultural sector brought about by climatic change and other natural factors, Stanbic Bank has urged farmers to take advantage of its Agribusi...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:33hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protĂ©gĂ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2040 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BREAKING: Bulawayo Mayor instructed to report to Thokozani Khupe daily
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has constituted a Presidential Task Force to look at the death of about 13 people in Luveve in the past months and has instructed Bulawayo Mayor His Worship Solomon Mad...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 9031 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Covid-19 confirmed cases top 700
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716. Three of yesterday's patie...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:04hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Confirmed cases reach 716 in Zimbabwe
Another 18 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the weekend total to 91 and the cumulative total since the start of the pandemic in Zimbabwe to 716, The Herald reported. Three...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2050 | by Staff Reporter
Fake ZNA card lands bogus soldier in trouble
A bogus soldier was sold by his fake Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) which he produced at a roadblock in Guruve on Wednesday.Costa Taruvin...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 21:16hrs | 2976 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF youths fight over pigs
ZANU-PF youth league officials in Bulawayo are fighting over a piggery project, which was recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with some provincial leaders accused of hijacking the initi...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 3226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MTV Base host weighs in on career
The first Zimbabwean television host to be on MTV Base South Africa and MTV Africa, Kimberley Robinson, aka Kim Jayde, says even though her career is often seen as an overnight success, consistent har...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 8282 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1392 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zimbabwean problems need a military solution
To solve problems brought by genocidists in a country, the route can never be through the popularly known ballot box but a military intervention, if indeed prosperity becomes the ultimate goal wanted ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 3454 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa failing Zimbabwe awfully'
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa are failing Zimbabweans badly by not ending their feud and putting the nation's...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:51hrs | 4067 | by Staff reporter
Jostling for posts divides Khupe's party
INFIGHTING has erupted in the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe a few months after the faction found new life following a Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the former deputy prime minister as leader of ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:10hrs | 5863 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo hints at retirement
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will be retiring from music soon to take a deserved rest and devote his time to impartation of musical knowledge to up-and-coming musicians, particularly the young.He ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2841 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo faces extradition from Kenya?
Former minister Professor Jonathan Moyo may have to flee Kenya to avoid extradition to Zimbabwe on fraud and related charges involving the alleged diversion of US$244 575 from the Zimbabwe Manpower De...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 16:16hrs | 4310 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa asks Kenya to urgently deport Jonathan Moyo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has requested assistance from the government of Kenya to assist in the extradition of Professor Jonathan Moyo. Moyo who went to exile in 2017 after th...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 8263 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Politics of Cyber Security: A State of Anarchy?
"Man is by nature a political animal" Aristotle.The realm of electronic communication, viz-a-viz cyberspace has taken a complex turn into a murky, treacherous, if sometimes not a total ridicul...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:09hrs | 901 | by Bongani Mazwi Mkwananzi
The rise and fall of Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa
Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa is now a public figure and celebrated name in Zimbabwean media. While Ruvheneko has scored high profile jobs with high profile responsibilities in the Zimbabwean media circles, ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:02hrs | 9319 | by Alexio Muzuva
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6484 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Pensioner sues over US dollar savings
AN 86-year-old pensioner is challenging the constitutionality of the statutory instrument (SI) that converted United States dollar balances to Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) accounts, which resulte...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:28hrs | 5311 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks Chief Mvutu's potential successor
The High Court has nullified nomination of Mr Sanders Mlotshwa as a potential successor to the late Chief Mvutu and ordered a restart of the selection process saying gender cannot be used as grounds t...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
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