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African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 5 hrs ago | 133 | by Reginald Nyathi
Rampant price increases must end, says Mnangagwa
I ADDRESS you this evening on three issues which have been exercising the mind of the Government. These are: (1) the ongoing industrial action by our medical staff; (2) the below-par water supply situ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 496 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
'We will not switch off Kariba'
Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - the body responsible for managing the reservoir on be...Published: 11 hrs ago | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges farmers to plant early
Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country's food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing the nation on Friday night, P...Published: 11 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exchange rate Armageddon near
THE Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) released last Friday supplied data which when analysed show that unless drastic measures are taken, our local currency will take a heavy battering in the coming wee...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3682 | by Brett Chulu
Madinda replaced as Gabs Utd coach
HOSPITALISED legendary Zimbabwean football legend, Madinda "Khathazile" Ndlovu, has been replaced as Gaborone United of Botswana head coach. Ndlovu collapsed in training a fortnight ago and wa...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's granddaughter a hit on 'Orange Is The New Black'
Her parents are from Bulawayo, but she was born in Ensley, Alabama. Now, Sipiwe Moyo went episodes deep playing a much-loved character Adeola Chinede in the hit Netflix series "Orange Is The New Black...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's company bank accounts frozen by RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Friday issued a directive calling on local banks to freeze all accounts belonging to top ally to the President, Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings to allow "anal...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 5605 | by newzimbabwe
Zesn urges parties to invest in campaigns
INDEPENDENT election watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged political parties to invest in campaign processes to ensure a large voter turnout during polling elections.Zes...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Ndux Jnr to launch 10th album
PLUMTREE's favourite Rhumba musician, Ndux Jnr, will launch his 10th album titled, ''Ukhona Ongizwayo'', in South Africa next month. The musician, son to the late Ndux Malax, said the six trac...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland livestock situation dire
The livestock situation in Matebeleland has become dire with pastures having significantly deteriorated while cattle are succumbing to the drought.Matabeleland, owing to low rainfall the regio...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2732 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was a complex man, said Bona
There were few dry eyes by the time Bona Mugabe ended her speech.Former president Robert Mugabe's eldest child spoke from the heart to an audience that held her father in messianic reverence, ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:40hrs | 4003 | by ZimLive
Nomadic Dutch coach for Bosso
THE incoming new Highlanders coach has been in charge of an incredible 22 football clubs in a career spanning 29 years and is from the Netherlands, contrary to previous reports that he is a British na...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:34hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Bossolona clamp Chuma
NOMADIC goalkeepers' coach Tembo Chuma's move to Castle Lager Premier Soccer League new boys TelOne is a gross breach of the contract he signed with Highlanders, club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe has said...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Scottish coach for Bosso
AILING Bulawayo giants, Highlanders, will unveil a new head coach in a few days' time in a bid to prevent a catastrophic end to what has been a disastrous season. While the club declined to re...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Akbay fired by Ngezi Platinum Stars
MHONDORO-based Ngezi Platinum Stars have parted ways with their Dutch coach Erol Akbay and his assistant Tendai Chikuni with immediate effect. In a statement yesterday, club president Stanley ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Bosso settle for British coach
AILING Bulawayo giants Highlanders will soon be unveiling a new coach to take charge of their dressing room as the country's oldest clubs moves in to prevent a catastrophic end to a disastrous season....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 15:54hrs | 2615 | by Staff reporter
RBZ explains exchange rate depreciation
THE depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar against the United States dollar and other currencies in recent weeks is as a result of the closure of the tobacco marketing season which is a major foreign cur...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:53hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Can Bosso stand Colliery heat?
THAT Highlanders are finding the going tough this season is not a secret, it is the magnitude of the magnitude of that struggle that is shocking.Highlanders have won just five of the Castle La...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Zifa pursue Mapeza
There are indications that Zifa are plotting to engage Norman Mapeza to take over as the Warriors coach in January after the former national team captain quit FC Platinum to take a break from football...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia dishonour Pan Africanism ideology
Few weeks ago winds of xenophobia started blowing, leading to loss of life, destruction of property and causing some severe wounds. This time around xenophobia erupted in Gauteng province which is the...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:54hrs | 233 | by Matora Hupile
Zimbabwe faces serious turbulence
THE quasi Zimbabwe currency this week weakened against the United States dollar as the authorities struggle to defend the value of the domestic currency. The local currency, which was trading at ZW$11...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1898 | by Economic Global Capital
Zanu-PF to slaughter 150 cattle at conference
Zanu-PF delegate to the party's annual conference at Goromonzi High School will feast on 150 cattle, 5 000 chickens, 60 000 tonnes maize and 400 goats, organizers have said. Provincial secreta...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:47hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal shortage hits Bulawayo
MAJOR supermarkets in Bulawayo have run out of mealie-meal and by yesterday only a few retail outlets had the commodity on the shelves. A snap survey conducted in the city's Central Business Dis...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Adios, the perfidious one!
FORMER President Robert Mugabe finally bade farewell at 95. The Mugabe story had lost currency, albeit temporarily, since his unceremonious departure from office in November 2017. Zimbabweans are just...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:44hrs | 808 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Dictator Mugabe denied million a vote - now they can finally 'vote', by boycott his funeral
David Coltart has proven to be a confused, corrupt and incompetent opposition politician; the kind very nation dreads. Coltart was a senior member of the MDC during the 2008 to 2013 GNU and they faile...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 22:21hrs | 1432 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Bob owes us an apology'
With every five years I stalled, post-uni, he stole a big piece of my future. Nothing is quite as harrowing as to lose something you cherish.All of us have suffered that deep sinking feeling -...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 944 | by Zifiso Masiye
Tshinga Dube spearheading search for foreign coach
LONG time Highlanders benefactor Tshinga Dube is reportedly spearheading the search for a foreign coach to take over the team in preparation for a new season in 2020.Dube, whose love for Bosso...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 23:15hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Tembo Chuma set to leave Bosso
ONE of the country's best goalkeeper trainers, Tembo Chuma, is set to turn his back on Bulawayo giants Highlanders over unfulfilled contractual obligations, we can reveal. While Chuma is yet t...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:07hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Africa has lost one of its strong pillars
Because of his stance on the land issue, and the need to empower his people, not merely by giving them an electoral voice, but through equitable distribution of the means of production, former Preside...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:56hrs | 138 | by Elliot Ziwira
Mohadi leads clean-up campaign in Glen View
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has called on Zimbabweans to promote sustainable waste management practices and initiatives in a bid to keep a clean environment. Speaking at the National Environme...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:54hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 90 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3224 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mudimu named Warriors captain
Wales-based Zimbabwean soccer player Alec Mudimu has been named the Warriors captain for the team's World Cup preliminary qualifier against Somalia in Djibouti today.The match starts at 5pm....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers produce record tobacco crop
Despite the drought that ravaged Zimbabwe during the 2018/19 agricultural season, the southern African country still managed to produce a record-breaking tobacco output, reaching 257 547 838 kilograms...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:41hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
MDC and the season of disruptive demonstrations
After losing the 2018 Presidential race, MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa vowed to embark on nationwide demonstrations until he was declared the winner of that plebiscite. The MDC wants to use this tool to ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:35hrs | 281 | by Elijah Chihota
Bulawayo dam levels drop 42%
BULAWAYO's dam levels have dropped to 42 percent at a time when water consumption has drastically increased above daily limits after council suspended the water shedding exercise in July. The ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zesa where is your conscience, heart and professionalism
My 'beef' with Zesa is denying me the chance to watch my favourite local drama 'Tunga'. I am an avid follower of that local series but alas, I have now lost track, only fading memories still lingers. ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1764 | by Thomas Murisa
ZPC Kariba claims top position
Yadah FC 0 - 1 ZPC KaribaTAWANDA Nyamandwe scored the only goal as ZPC Kariba saw off relegation-haunted Yadah and shoot to the top of the Castle Lager Premiership table adding spice to the ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Billiat out of Somalia tie
WARRIORS poster-boy Khama Billiat has been ruled out of the team's 2022 World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Somalia this week because of an injury.Zimbabwe play the minnows in the f...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Gift Lunga Jr resigns as Mosi Rovers coach
VICTORIA Falls-based Southern Region Division One League side Mosi Rovers failed to fulfil their away fixture against Ajax Hotspurs in Bulawayo following the sudden resignation of coach, Gift Lunga Jr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Freddie Gwala, Majalisa date Bulawayo
SOUTH Africa's yesteryear musician Freddie "Amadamara" Gwala makes a return to Zimbabwe during the festive season where he is expected to hold a show alongside disco queen, Patricia Majalisa, in Bulaw...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for communal farmers
Communal and subsistence farmers in most parts of rural Zimbabwe are facing a bleak farming season due in two months as the military government has resorted to distributing seed and other inputs such ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 1716 | by Makho Precious Moyo
The influence of top African football players on their teams
According to the football experts, the African continent will very soon have a nation capable of winning the World Cup title. The expansion of football here is enormous, and more and more fantastic pl...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:29hrs | 1311 | by Staff Writer
Starvation to hit Zimbabwe
Food security is a matter of strategic national importance. Issues of food security affect us all regardless of colour, Creed and political affiliation. The issue of food security caused migrati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:42hrs | 3324 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Zimbabwe to have normal to below normal rain'
ZIMBABWE and much of the region, which saw the lowest rainfall in 40 years this year, will receive normal to below normal rains in the coming season, a regional forecast released on Friday says....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1767 | by newZWire
Zesa tightens screws on bigwigs
ZESA has embarked on a blitz to compel all high-profile people who owe it money to pay up or face prosecution. So far, several bigwigs including former and serving ministers have appeared in c...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Japan on major roadworks
GOVERNMENT has applied to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for multi-million dollar funding for four major road projects including the construction of missing links on Harare Drive, P...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland roads get facelift
The District Development Fund (DDF) has embarked on a massive rehabilitation of roads and bridges in Matabeleland to improve infrastructure in the region.The government department, which falls...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:49hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Government releases $46m for water projects
TREASURY has released $46 million to the District Development Fund (DDF) to help drill 600 boreholes that will provide clean water for consumption and irrigation, especially in the country's eight rur...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:46hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
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