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Zimbabwe MPs on SA crisis intervention
LEGISLATORS have called on Zimbabwe and its regional counterparts to urgently take action on the raging South African crisis to rescue locals who could have been caught in the crossfire following rece...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
SA unrest cuts off Zimbabwe supply chains
THE manufacturing sector is in disarray following violent clashes in South Africa in recent weeks, which have affected the supply of critical raw materials.The Confederation of Zimbabwe Indust...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:01hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gears for Mozambique war
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has reportedly put on standby its contingent of troops to be deployed in conflicttorn Mozambique as government finalises modalities, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal....Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora inflows top US$1 billion
Zimbabwe's Diaspora remittances jumped 58 percent last year, to about US$1 billion, a development that helped the country to cover gaps left by trade disruptions caused by the Covid19 pandemic. ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
SA protests to push Zimbabwe prices high
ZIMBABWE could see a spike in prices of imported goods as hundreds of containers with goods destined for the country were stuck along routes and at warehouses in South Africa following last week's pro...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry feels impact of SA protests
Businesses and consumers have already begun feeling the contagion effect of the country's heavy dependency on South Africa after the unrest that plagued the rainbow nation last week over the incarcera...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sweats over SA protests
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has acknowledged that the ongoing violent protests in neighbouring South Africa could trigger regional instability, and called for a peaceful resolution to the impasse....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe feeling heat from SA riots
Zimbabwe's industries will likely feel the pinch of the violent demonstrations and looting unfolding in South Africa, its largest trading partner, as trade channels get clogged and supply chains disru...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fears food disruptions, price hikes; pins hopes on ANC
ZIMBABWE says the ANC has the capacity to deal with South Africa's current turmoil and that for now there's no need for SADC intervention.Speaking to journalists in Harare on Wednesday night a...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique signs agreement for SADC troop deployment
Mozambique has, after initial hesitance, signed an agreement allowing the immediate deployment of troops from the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) to help fight an Islamic State...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:04hrs | 1784 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares Colonel Panganai Kahuni a Liberation War Hero
President Mnangagwa has conferred Liberation War Hero status to the late liberation war fighter and decorated senior officer Colonel Panganai Kahuni.Colonel Kahuni (61) died in Gweru on Sunday...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 15:45hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
'SA protests to trigger food shortages in Zimbabwe'
CONSUMER watchdog, National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has warned that the ongoing riots in neighbouring South Africa following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma will likely sp...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
A wave of political change blowing over SADC region
The recent events characterizing developments happening in the Sadc region are pointers to a very big change in the political arena of region.The current wave of protests and looting in South ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 21:56hrs | 2604 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa mum on South Africa riots, calls for SADC unity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries to draw lessons from their historical past and unite against ensuing instability in the region.He...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:16hrs | 2664 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'go extra mile to uplift Zimbabwe'
AS the march towards Vision 2030 continues, loyal sons and daughters of the country must step up and advance national interests both among the country's diplomats and also in the security establ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to finance Mozambique war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is struggling to mobilise sufficient resources to contribute to the Southern Africa Development Committee Standing Force (SADC SF), which is supposed to s...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:04hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean oil firm expands into Sadc
MATRIX Petroleum, a United Kingdom-based oil firm majority-controlled by Zimbabwean-born Malvin Chiwanga, has announced plans to enter the Namibian and South African markets.The firm has signi...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:45hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Eswatini revolution today and Zimbabwe tomorrow: Catharsis in the words of Franz Fanon
"Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better," wrote a theologian Richard Hooker in the 16th century. Confronted with a dilemma on one hand: Violence is a tool in which Zimbabw...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 19:49hrs | 1684 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's MDC says Mnangagwa, Mswati are twins
THE MDC Alliance yesterday described embattled Eswatini monarch King Mswati III and President Emmerson Mnangagwa as "twins" in terms of the deteriorating human rights situation as well as shrinkage of...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:17hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
'G7 countries won't help Zimbabwe'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe should not expect any help from the Western countries that imposed sanctions on Harare.Speaking after sending off former Zanu-PF national c...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:19hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe removes Sadc visa requirement
Zimbabwe has become the first country to exempt all SADC Member States from visa requirements, taking the lead in the region as part of accelerated efforts to operationalise the African Continental Fr...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:12hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
'West must desist from lecturing Zimbabwe on democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has again warned Western countries to desist from lecturing Zimbabwe on the need to uphold human rights as the same states were involved in worse abuses against their citi...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:09hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Rising poverty hits Mnangagwa support
THE majority of Zimbabweans are unhappy with the decline in their well-being under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and are unlikely to retain him for a second term in the 2023 elections,...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues warning over third wave
Zimbabweans must remain on their guard to beat back Covid-19 whose third wave has seen a spike in deaths and new infections, the President has said.He was speaking at the burial of Major-Gener...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 16:27hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Be on guard for 3rd wave, Mnangagwa warns
Zimbabweans must remain on their guard to beat Covid-19 whose third wave has seen a spike in deaths and new infections, President Mnangagwa said yesterday at the interment of the late Major-General (R...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:26hrs | 614 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo tops country Covid-19 infection risk
THE Metropolitan provinces of Bulawayo and Harare are at the highest risk of a debilitating third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country amid reports that the country's seven-day rolling average f...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:21hrs | 683 | by Staff Reporter
Ask why Dumiso Dabengwa crushed ZimRights Gukurahundi investigations while Minister of Home Affairs!
While accusations are still hot on Obert Gutu, can we revisit our past and see where things went wrong for the victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands. I maintain that what Gutu uttered wa...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 2934 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF Covid-19 Super-spreader
Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF and its government are a cause for concern in the light of rising Covid-19 infections. They have imposed Covid-19 restrict...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 17:11hrs | 946 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
5 Brigade ready for Mozambique deployment to combat insurgents
FOLLOWING the extraordinary summit of the heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in Maputo last week, Zimbabwe could deploy 5 Brigade - which is associated ...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:35hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army to take active role in Mozambique'
Zimbabwe is likely to play an active role in the ongoing conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region to save their ‘brother' at war, Zanu-PF Secretary for Science and Technology Christopher Mutsvan...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Zambia for Dr Kaunda's funeral
President Mnangagwa has arrived in Lusaka for the official state funeral of the late former President and founding father of Zambia, Dr Kenneth Kaunda.On arrival, President Mnangagwa was welco...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 13:55hrs | 934 | by Staff Reporter
NRZ goes on regional offensive
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has embarked on a regional offensive to unlock business potential in southern and eastern African countries through full exploitation of the north-south corrido...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 17:25hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
SA back on lockdown and Ramaphosa criticised for slow vaccine rollout - Zimbabweans duped into complacence
Pressure is mounting on SA's President Cyril Ramaphosa to contain the coronavirus pandemic as he places the country back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions including a ban on all alcohol ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:42hrs | 2672 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Harare woman arrested for car theft
A Harare woman has been arrested for being part of three suspects, two of them foreigners, believed to be part of a vehicle smuggling and carjacking syndicate operating in the SADC region.The ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 14:09hrs | 4592 | by Staff Reporter
Top soldier dies due to Covid-19
Decorated military guru and former Commander of Two Infantry Brigade and a veteran of the liberation struggle, Major-General (Retired) Clever Shadreck Chiramba has died.He was 66.Maj-G...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 06:59hrs | 4004 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF, army inseparable'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it would continue banking on the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) for political survival because the two are tied together by the liberat...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa blasts Studio 7 for fronting American interference
Zanu-PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa has singled out The Voice of America (VOA) station popularly known as Studio 7, as a propaganda mouthpiece for the hostile American government.Chinam...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:51hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
China is irreplaceable to Zim, Parly told
CHINA has proven to be an irreplaceable partner to Zimbabwe amid difficult challenges, including the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and poverty, Sadc parliamentarians heard yesterday.Speaking at a...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
'ZACC has failed and must be reformed' demanded MDC-A - posturing, what reforms did GNU implement
"ZACC should be disbanded if it does not have the capacity and the political will to investigate the chronic corruption that is killing us, if it cannot act independently, of course this must be part ...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 21:51hrs | 595 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Operations resume at SA border
The movement of commercial and private traffic has resumed at Beitbridge Border Post following the restoration of water supplies at the South African side of the port of entry.Commercial cargo...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 18:32hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are biggest cowards in the region report
A RECENT study on SADC democratic processes has revealed that 77 percent of Zimbabweans live in fear and are very mindful of what they said in public about their rulers.The study by Research a...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:01hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo businesses must ride on ZITF, exploit regional market opportunities
WITH only a few weeks left before the country hosts the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), Bulawayo once again comes under spotlight, not only as a host to the prime trade showcase, but ...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 10:11hrs | 379 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe ready to export Covid-19 protective equipment
ZIMBABWE is ready to export Covid-19 protective equipment after two local institutions received funding from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to manufacture these for the benefit of t...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:32hrs | 640 | by Staff Reporter
SADC to deploy troops to help Mozambique contain insurgency
Recently in Maputo, Mozambique SADC member states have resolved to deploy a force to help Mozambique contain insurgency in its northern provinces where terrorists have left a trail of destruction that...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2234 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Maputo for SADC summit
President Mnangagwa has arrived in Mozambique for the SADC extraordinary summit that also coincide with the regional bloc's 40th anniversary.The President was welcomed at the Maputo Internatio...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Shurugwi-Boterekwa Road set for dualisation
BOTEREKWA Road in the mining town of Shurugwi is set to be dualised to facilitate easy movement of trucks that pass through the escarpment.Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima las...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
'Struggle (for free elections) is in safe (Chamisa) hands' says Tajamuka - supposedly 'Enlightened'
"@nelsonchamisa comes straight from the Tsvangirai blast furnace of leadership.There is absolutely no doubt about his capability, dedication, hard work & loyalty to the cause & the people ...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 22:11hrs | 957 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mbare demolitions is a call for people to converge' argue Chamisa - converge to think or to panic
"They don't even make an effort to create jobs and when people try to survive peacefully and patriotically, they go after them. It is cruel, heartless, irresponsible and incapable leadership. Central ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:57hrs | 2792 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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