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600 arrested over Zimbabwe looting
600 people have been arrested following Monday's acts of hooliganism and looting and the government is urging all workers to return to work tomorrow as the situation has now normalised.The Min...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1493 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance distances self from looting
THE MDC Alliance is desperately denying its hand in the events despite a documented trail where its National Youth Assembly Secretary General, Lovemore Chinoputsa having issued a statement, calling pa...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 8 hrs ago | 6190 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for 'calm, peace'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for "calm and peace" as the southern African country entered its third day of protests over the recent fuel hikes.Writing on his Facebook page, the pres...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2183 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers continue to patrol streets
SOLDIERS patrolled city streets in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, as clashes between protesters and security forces resulted in the deaths of at least five people, including a police officer.Dozens of p...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1810 | by aljazeera.com
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2810 | by Staff reporter
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 2882 | by AP
Zimbabwean military chopper fires tear gas at demonstrators
A Zimbabwean military helicopter on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires in the capital on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled t...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:43hrs | 975 | by AP
Zimbabwe businesses and schools remain shut down
Businesses and schools are shut down and public transport vehicles are grounded in most of the country despite government assurances that security would be provided.The government over the wee...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:40hrs | 445 | by AP
Mnangagwa activates security organs
THE MDC Alliance and its allies in non-governmental organisations and civil society sectors are behind the violence that broke out is some parts of the country yesterday, leading to a loss of life and...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Situation in Beitbridge this morning
Chicken inn or Engene garage Beitbridge Schools"Sc...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:17hrs | 3894 | by Citizen Journalists
Zimbabwe now has the world's highest petrol price
Police clashed with protesters in the Zimbabwean capital as the main labor-union confederation began a three-day national strike after the government more than doubled fuel prices to the highest in th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 713 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers
A woman with a wounded leg during clashes between protestors and police, is transported in a wheelbarrow to hospitalHARARE: Soldiers deployed Monday to some areas of the capital where police w...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:23hrs | 1890 | by Associated Press
Bulawayo grinds to a halt
Anti-riot police here had to be called to disperse hundreds of disgruntled protesters who heeded calls for a national shutdown protest against deepening economic crisis in the country.The prot...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:22hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Barred bearded top school student sues
A St John's College student who practises Islam and was barred from attending lessons after refusing to shave his beard has taken the school's authorities to court arguing that the officials' decision...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:16hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
A divided people, a defeated people!
The national shutdown or stayaway is developing in interesting dimensions.... It is not as peaceful as earlier predicted and disturbing reports of loss of lives keep filtering in. Variously motivated ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 13:41hrs | 1042 | by Zifiso Masiye
Khupe wanted to be a soldier
Tendayi Madhomu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Who is Thokozani Khupe; where and when was she born?A: ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Use dollarised taxes to pay civil servants
Government must stop using foreign currency (forex) to finance lifestyles for elites and instead use dollarised taxes to pay civil servants in United States dollars, an official from Zimbabwe's larges...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust in financial need
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust (CNCVCT) is seeking financial assistance to finish a classroom block worth $25 000 at Sishawe Primary School in Bubi District, Zimbabwe. The organ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 100 | by Buhle Nkomo
Say no to bullying in school
Despite the 'dry wallet' circumstances most Zimbabweans are facing, the zeal to have their children educated can never be underestimated. With schools opening this week, parents and guardians were all...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 125 | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa on the edge
Mass protests proposed by the combined force of civil servants, labour unions and the opposition MDC Alliance have plunged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party into panic, amid fears the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's tactics questioned
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has intensified his calls for "urgent dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on "the worsening situation and unbearable suffering" Zimbabweans are enduring, but his t...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3657 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa motorcade blocked by fuel queue, forced to abandon trip
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade was on Friday allegedly blocked by a long-winding fuel queue at Westgate roundabout in Harare West.Mnangagwa is said to have been on his way to attend ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 9436 | by Staff reporter
Govt resumes apprenticeship training
About 1 000 young people will this year enrol for apprenticeship training at various State institutions as Government resumes the programme abandoned in 2015 to pave way for (Science, Technology, Engi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal from police station
POLICE were left twiddling their thumbs, after daring thieves vandalised and stole copper cables from right under their noses.Police have since registered a case and are carrying out investiga...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Ingwebu seeks $20million for recapitalisation
Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking (BMCU)'s beverages manufacturing unit Ingwebu Breweries is seeking about $20 million to recapitalise its business operations.Speaking after a tour of ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a monumental failure
Robert Mugabe's protracted despotic rule brought Zimbabwe down to its knees. Such was the damage to a nation hitherto referred to as 'Jewel of Africa' that the general consensus was that things could ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 18:28hrs | 12207 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Marginalised pupils get 3 000 bicycles
UNITED Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed), yesterday unveiled 3 000 bicycles to benefit marginalised children as ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:22hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants warn Mnangagwa
CIVIL servants yesterday warned government that a full-blown national strike was imminent if their employer fails to review its decision to offer them a paltry $41 pay rise.Civil servants who ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:20hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Africa And The Look East Facade
When former Zimbabwe despot Robert Mugabe was shunned and ostracized by the West he turned to the East. China in particular promised him funding which would be a slap in the faces of former erstwhile ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | 518 | by AT Kadada
Lightning kills 5, destroys cane fields
Five people died in Chipinge this Thursday afternoon after being struck by lightning at Lucky Chitima's farm as heavy rains continue to claim lives in the district since the start of the rainfall seas...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:54hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
National Reclamation:- Against the Perpetuation of a ruling elitist dynasty!
The leadership and general membership of the National Reclamation Assembly are deeply concerned about the current state of affairs in our beloved nation. We would like to categorically state that the ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:33hrs | 471 | by Advocate Walter Nyabadza
Civil servants reject $41 (bond notes) pay rise
GOVERNMENT business is now headed for a grinding halt after salary negotiations collapsed yesterday, as civil servants rejected their employer's "paltry" 10% pay rise offer and vowed to down tools in ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has enough USD to pay civil servants'
The government has enough foreign currency to pay civil servants in United States Dollars, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has said.In a statement released by Party Spokesperson ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | 8609 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Students turned away over fees
Hundreds of students across the country have been turned away from school for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away.This comes after Primary and Secondar...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:17hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's defining moment
GOVERNMENT will today meet its restive employees in a crunch meeting for salary negotiations in a desperate bid to stop a full-blown strike that could cripple State operations.This comes as wo...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 3515 | by Staff reporter
Govt holds fuel crisis meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's under-fire government yesterday held an emergency meeting over the country's worsening fuel crisis.The debilitating fuel shortages have now resulted in desperate...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Schools report 100% teacher turnout?
SCHOOLS in Manicaland Province are geared for the new term, with all teachers and staff having reported for duty as usual following Government's ongservice. A snap survey by The Herald showed ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:42hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Austerity does not bring prosperity - ED, stop destroying our lives, please!
Ever since the current economic crisis bedeviling Zimbabwe started, sometime around October, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime has been at pains trying to reassure the nation that they were on to...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 14:33hrs | 993 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Travellers stranded in Zimbabwe as fuel crisis grows
The double whammy of biting fuel shortages and steep transport fares is leaving thousands of commuters stranded - forcing many of them to hitch precarious rides on lorries and pick-up trucks, in the l...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:58hrs | 3951 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa given a 14-day notice
CIVIL servants representative groups announced Tuesday they were all going on strike within the next 14 days if government failed to meet their wage demands.This follows a crisis meeting they ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:16hrs | 3112 | by newzimbabwe.com
More doctors report for duty
More doctors yesterday heeded Government's call to return to work and joined their colleagues who reported for duty on Monday. In a statement yesterday, Government said all doctors who had bee...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Can ED turn the economy round
Over the last three months, Zimbabwe has been dominated by some ugly headlines from elections squabbles to economic down turn.- It is fair to say the loud silence on the issue by His Excellence did no...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 10:53hrs | 1518 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'We offering civil servant salary increment' promised Minister Moyo - where are you getting the money from
"GOVERNMENT has a salary increment offer for civil servants to cushion them from the prevailing economic challenges set to be tabled before a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) soon, acting Pub...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1734 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Back to school, back to period poverty!
In a country with 3 million girls and women who menstruate, with about a third of them being school going children either in primary or secondary school, there is a good chance that thousands of them ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1204 | by Theresa Nyava
WATCH: Latest on teachers strike
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting has announced that schools have opened and both the teachers and the learners pitched up in class. "Schools have re-opened today an...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 10:20hrs | 6042 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Illegitimate' Mnangagwa has ignored Chamisa request
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party have ignored calls for dialogue by opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa even as the country's economic meltdown continues.MDC spokesma...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3803 | by newzimbabwe.com
'Education now preserve of the rich'
AS the first term opens today, parents and guardians in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces have raised concern over the skyrocketing cost of education and the strike by teachers.Teachers'...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Blame not the striking doctors but the insatiable greed of ruling elite for the nation's mess
THE Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association has announced that its members who had resumed duty on Monday will be withdrawing their services on Tuesday to join the rest of their counterparts who did not...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 338 | by Nomusa Garikai
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