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Civil servants push for another wage hike
Civil Servants have made fresh wage demands on the government as Zimbabwe's economy battles rising inflation and a weakening domestic currency.Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe secretary...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1857 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to be on the United Nations Security Council agenda
A South African broadcaster has claimed that some countries in the world were likely to push for Zimbabwe to be put on the United Nations Security Council agenda over gross human rights violations....Published: 23 hrs ago | 2292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's tone-deaf speech: A tutorial on 'how not to lead'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday morning had yet another chance to show leadership in a national address. But, as he has done countless times, he squandered it in a tone-deaf statement that onl...Published: 23 hrs ago | 611 | by newZWire
'Malema struggling for significance,' says ZANU-PF Youth League
THE ZANU-PF Youth League says the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is struggling for significance in his native South Africa and he cannot authoritatively comment on Zimbabwe...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:34hrs | 2830 | by Staff reporter
Curfew betrays govt anger towards citizens
HIS Excellency, the imposition of the sunset to sunrise curfew prompts me to write to you, yet again. Notwithstanding the spike inconfirmedCOVID-19cases, the country has long been languishing at a rec...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:15hrs | 995 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Commuters stranded as Zupco fleet is grounded
SCORES of commuters in Bulawayo were left stranded yesterday as fuel shortages grounded most of the Zupco fleet. The city has been facing acute fuel shortages which the Ministry of Energy and Power De...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:08hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Defections hit Chamisa's MDC in Zaka
MDC Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has suffered a heavy blow in Zaka after scores of its members, led by its parliamentary candidate for Zaka West in the 2018 polls, Mr William Zivenge, recently de...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is back
Opposition MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, accompanied by his lawyer Thabani Mpofu, on Tuesday visited incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono at Harare Remand Prison."Clearly we must...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 21:46hrs | 13843 | by Staff reporter
System glitch leaves scores of Zesa clients stranded
SCORES of consumers were left stranded in Bulawayo yesterday, failing to buy prepaid power tokens as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) online system had some techn...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Police given 72 hours to bring Mduduzi Mathuthu's nephew to court
High Court judge Justice Makonese has ordered the police to investigate the whereabouts of Tawanda Muchehiwa and produce the outcome to the Magistrates Courts at Tredgold Building in Zimbabwe's second...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 12:31hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa enforces terror tactics he used in Gukurahundi days'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is using terror tactics that were used by the notorious 5th Brigade to implement a crackdown on persons who are labelled as opposition to his regime, Professor Jonathan Mo...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 11:32hrs | 2660 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors scoff at Mnangagwa plea
STRIKING doctors have vowed to press on with their job boycott despite pleas by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for them to return to work amid revelations that scores of people could be dying in their h...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:38hrs | 3445 | by Staff reporter
Musona strikes ahead of season kickoff
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona sharpened for the upcoming Belgian Pro League season with a goal in KAS Eupen's 2-2 friendly match draw against league rivals Sint Truiden at Kehrwegstadion on Friday...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:19hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Abductions rock region
THE MDC Alliance claims unknown men abducted eight of their Matabeleland South members last week as cases of enforced disappearances climb.The incidents came a week after an MDC Alliance membe...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:16hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals should not demand Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients
Hospitals should neither turn away patients nor demand a Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients, particularly in emergency cases, the Government has said.The exhortation comes after th...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:04hrs | 724 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe businesses closed, streets deserted on day of protests
Businesses were shut and streets deserted around Zimbabwe on Friday as security forces increased patrols to stop anti-government protests called by activists over corruption and economic hardship....Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:31hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
Fresh farm seizures soiling Zimbabwe's image?
THE ongoing seizures of mainly white-owned productive farms severely dent Zimbabwe's international image and cast aspersions on the country's reputation as an investment destination, Commercial Farmer...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:57hrs | 877 | by Rejoice Ngwenya, Comaliso
MSU postpone examinations due to protests
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) was forced to postpone examinations for final year students yesterday as panic gripped the Zanu-PF government ahead of the planned anti-government demonstrations schedu...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Protests: Army takes charge
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army and the police yesterday shut down the central business districts (CBDs) of major cities and towns, kicking out civilians and barricading all roads into city cent...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:33hrs | 4403 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri untimely death - evoking my traumatic childhood memories of witnessing Gukurahundi genocide
When I woke up this morning, there were two main things on my mind: to check if there was still Internet connectivity, as there had been widespread rumours last evening of an impending plan by the Zim...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 15:09hrs | 1340 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Defiance in Covid-19 hotspot suburbs
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs continue to flout lockdown regulations despite the threat posed by the global pandemic in their communities, as local transmissions constitute 90 perce...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, civil servants delight in housing programme
Scores of war veterans and civil servants on Sunday expressed their delight after benefitting from a housing project in Melfort, Goromonzi, that will see many of them becoming property owners....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1591 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
IFC Announces $50 Million Loan to Equity Bank to Support Kenyan SMEs During COVID-19
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help it increase working capital and trade-related lending to its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 15:56hrs | 171 | by Stephen Jakes
IFC Announces $50 Million Loan to Equity Bank to Support Kenyan SMEs During COVID-19
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help it increase working capital and trade-related lending to its small and medium-sized enterprise (SME...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:19hrs | 144 | by Stephen Jakes
66 positive Covid-19 cases at Bulawayo Prison
FORTY-THREE inmates and 23 prison officers at Bulawayo Prison have tested positive for Covid-19 amid reports that cases are on the increase in the city. Bulawayo has recorded 36 new Covid-19 c...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:02hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
'State did not demand repay US$ b RBZ loans, all above board' said Gono - essence of institutionalised corruption
After decades of denying that corruption was rampant is Zimbabwe, Mugabe shocked the nation in his 2016 birthday interview with ZBC TV when he admitted the country was "been swindled out of US$15 bill...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1493 | by Wilbert Mukori
Police disperse 5 000 sect members
POLICE on Saturday dispersed more than 5 000 members of the Johane Marange Apostolic Church who had gathered on the outskirts of Masvingo for their annual Passover ceremony.The worshippers wer...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1869 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume dares Zanu-PF youths
ORGANISER of the July 31 nationwide protests against high level corruption in the country, Jacob Ngarivhume remains unfazed by threats from Zanu-PF youths plotting to disrupt the demonstrations with v...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting victim scores US$16 000
A victim of an accidental police shooting incident at a roadblock along Seke Road in Chitungwiza two years ago has been awarded over US$16 000 in damages in a civil lawsuit. Loveness Chiriseni...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Khupe pummels Chamisa faction
ACTING MDC leader Thokozani Khupe, pictured, and her team are unrelenting in their assaults on Nelson Chamisa and his top allies - signalling yesterday that they are now planning to sack 30 more party...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:53hrs | 11397 | 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: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 11861 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescues Khupe at his mother's funeral
MDC-Alliance hooligans allegedly manhandled and temporarily blocked MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe from attending the burial of Gogo Alice Chamisa, the mother to MDC-Alliance faction leader Mr Nelson...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 4587 | 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 | 5887 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration fails to recover looted funds
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to recover funds looted by chief executive officers (CEOs) of 13 State enterprises and parastatals (SEPs) who were taking home an aggregated US...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri failing to feed family
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has disputed the valuation done on his vast properties describing it as mischievous political persecution that has compromised his family's surviva...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 8936 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17116 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda
Early career timing and ideological wiringTHE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-Preside...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 174 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Stampede as office burns at NRZ 24-storey building
A WOMAN was yesterday rushed to hospital after inhaling smoke while scores were evacuated from the 24-storey National Railways of Zimbabwe's Parkade Centre in Bulawayo's city centre following a fire i...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
The latest live scor soccer of the German Bundesliga
The German Bundesliga is gradually coming to an end. Soon the fans will know the distribution of places in the standings. It's worth watching all live scor soccer res...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:10hrs | 593 | by Staff writer
Zimbabweans should stand up against parasitic sadistic ZANU-PF regime
It has never been doubtful, nor debatable, that the Zimbabwe regime is one made out of some of the most soulless, ruthless, and ungodly people on the face of the planet - who have no qualms at all in ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:30hrs | 459 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The latest soccer news you must know about
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, soccer leagues across the world were shut down. Things are starting to change rapidly. The world is starting to reopen and soccer is returning to the center stage. As ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 21:48hrs | 2093 | by Staff writer
Police arrest striking nurses
POLICE yesterday arrested health and general workers at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare as nurses and some doctors deserted major hospitals across the country following a call by their unions to d...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea-hit Bulawayo suburb to test for Covid-19
THE diarrhoea outbreak death toll in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb has increased to nine and the city's health services department has treated nearly 1 000 patients since it launched the door-to-door treat...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF alleged funder John Bredenkamp dies
Controversial arms dealer and mining tycoon John Bredenkamp has died.According to online publication ZimLive, the late businessman is known for assisting the Ian Smith regime to bust sanctions. ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 14:08hrs | 14926 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police speak on Bulawayo, Harare roadblocks
POLICE are addressing complaints by Bulawayo and Harare residents who were blocked from going to work by security forces yesterday and on Monday. Yesterday morning scores of Bulawayo residents...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:39hrs | 2206 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, G40 ties exposed
A TOP MDC-Alliance official has lifted the lid on the opposition party's unholy alliance with the putschist G40 cabal, opaque financial dealings, as well as the deliberate sidelining of the party foun...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1187 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabwe to prayer and fasting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow lead the nation in the Presidential National Day of Prayer and Fasting to galvanise the moral and spiritual fortitude of the nation in its fight against Covid-19....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1030 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa goes bonkers, gags Biti, Sikhala
IN A move that underscores both the lack of leadership and senselessness of the turmoil that is consuming the MDC, Nelson Chamisa has barred his once close associates from speaking to the media....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3451 | by Staff reporter
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