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Married women are jealous of Bev
Raunchy dancer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda says married women in the country are jealous of her flexibility and think she is after their men.Bev said men form the biggest chunk of her following in t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 388 | by Staff reporter
UNGA 2018: Articulating Zimbabwe's unique selling points
For the first time in 37 years Zimbabwe is represented at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly summit by a new leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who represents a refreshingly different poli...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:04hrs | 400 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Forex crisis vexes Mnangagwa
AROUND mid-day on Tuesday, a decorated procession blasted off State House, its lash green lawns and flowering jacaranda trees complimenting to give breathtaking scenery.It was a long processio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5047 | by Staff reporter
Multilingualism a vehicle of positive political traction
Speaking a different language - whether it's one's grandparents' tongue or primary - school English - fundamentally changes the structure of your brain and assimilation of issues, Ngqabutho Ndhlovu ha...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 121 | by Stephen Jakes
Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Fading giants seek solace in Chibuku
FADING giants Highlanders, Caps United and Dynamos have been presented with an opportunity to salvage something from a disastrous season when they shift focus to the country's premier knockout tournam...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2926 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs challenged to forego cars
ZANU-PF MPs have called on colleagues in Parliament to forgo their perks including top-of-the-range vehicles worth over $20m that government is set to buy them and channel the resources towards combat...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:31hrs | 3337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for MPs
Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament.This is at a time when government is struggling to mobili...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:07hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Tharisa plan next move as Zimbabwe opens doors again
PLATINUM group metal (PGM) and chrome miner, Tharisa, is taking a low-risk approach to a high-risk country with the investments into Zimbabwe, it has announced this year.For almost 30 years, Z...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1720 | by miningmx.com
Chamisa's Bulawayo deputy Mayor a convicted thief
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is a convicted thief who was fined by a court for stealing an electrical extension cord, it has emerged. According to court records, Kamba...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 3813 | by BBC News
Chivayo wife explodes on social media
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. It has become a trend for women to blast their spouses on social media to let the world know about their haggling. Joining the list of controversial Oli...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 3440 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hits out at Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he will continue putting pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, even through protests, until he is recognised as the winner of the July 30 election...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:55hrs | 10977 | by Staff reporter
Raza denied Zimbabwe Cricket contract
SIKANDAR Raza will not take part in the national team's upcoming tours of South Africa and Bangladesh after being surprisingly axed from Zimbabwe Cricket's (ZC) list of centrally contracted players fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
ED rigged elections, per se, illegitimate and 'Chamisa holds the key' argue Biti - what a narcissist
Zimbabwe is in serious trouble already with unemployment at the dizzying heights of 90%, basic services such as clean running water and health all but collapsed and 75% of our people living on US$1.00...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | 2520 | by Nomusa Garikai
Impending drought: Farmers should plan carefully
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) report released on 28 August 2018 showed that from October to December (OND) 2018 and January to March (JMF) 2019 periods will be characterised by "normal ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 924 | by Elijah Chihota
I have started aligning myself with the needs of the constituency- Mliswa
Norton MP elect Tema Mliswa has said he has started aligning himself with the demands of the constituency to deliver the promises he made during the election campaigns."Whilst we await the off...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 669 | by Stephen Jakes
New-elected Bulawayo councillor sinks in debt
BULAWAYO's newly-elected ward three councillor, Tinashe Kambarami (MDC Alliance) has been taken to court over an $11 000 debt owed to the National Railways of Zimbabwe Contributory Fund (NRZCPF)....Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Rigged votes aren't just an African thing
AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When de...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 255 | by Nic Cheeseman
Third term opens as Nation transit from fear to acceptance
The hullabaloo of the inconsequential routine rituals of elections is now over. The political elites find themselves on different polar ends, the citizens are petrified and are slowly accepting the ne...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | 769 | by ARTUZ
Chamisa defies ZRP rally ban
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, is going ahead with his rally scheduled for Kwekwe on Sunday, his first since he lost the July 30 plebiscite to President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF.Cham...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:19hrs | 4315 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son arrested
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has been arrested for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" more than $50 000 worth of cash and goods from the outl...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court saga lawyers
My Advanced Oxford Learners dictionary says, 'saga' means a long story of heroic deeds, events or adventures especially involving several generations of people. It goes further to give the adjective t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1032 | by Morris Mtisi
Outrage over racist South African writer’s toxic article on Zimbabwe
A VICIOUS article penned by a South African freelance white cricket writer, describing Zimbabwe as a "fascist'' country whose national team should not be allowed to compete against their international...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 513 | by staff reporter
MDC 'rebels' sing Mnangagwa praises
HARARE - MDC "rebels" who left the 18-year-old party now under Nelson Chamisa's leadership seem to be warming up to Zanu PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa after several of them graced his inaugur...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 16:15hrs | 6305 | by Staff Reporter
Newly elected MDC Alliance councillor faces civil imprisonment
NEWLY elected MDC Alliance councillor for Ward Three and aspiring Bulawayo deputy mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami has been issued with summons for civil imprisonment over a debt of nearly $40 000 in unpaid...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | 2365 | by Staff Reporter
Takura urges Tytan and Olinda to stay strong
AWARD-winning hip-hop musician Takura has dished out advice to newly married couple Tytan and Olinda in a new song titled, "Jehovah".A week ago, Olinda took to social media with a statement ab...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1336 | by Staff Reporter
Man who tried to break into Zanu-PF office jailed
Bid to break into an Mvurwi ZANU PF offices landed a notorious Chitsungo thief in jail after he was convicted of 5 counts of unlawful entry and theft charges together with one attempted unlawful entry...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 18:29hrs | 1213 | by Simbarshe Sithole
Knives out for POSB bosses
A major labour grouping in the financial services sector, has lined up a series of demonstrations against POSB's board and management over an array of allegations, chief among them incompetence. ...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:23hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court to set number of precedents
On Wednesday, the Constitutional Court starts hearing oral arguments and evidence in the electoral petition launched by one of the 23 Presidential candidates in the just-ended election. This i...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1007 | by Editorial - the herald
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1350 | by The Language Coach
Tytan, Olinda marriage on the rocks
Easy come easy go is the bitter lesson that United Kingdom-based businesswoman Olinda Chapel could be learning right now after her musician husband Njabulo Nkomo aka Tytan's wooing escapades with anot...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
Exposed Chief's wife goes berserk threatening all and sundry!
Dear EditorWe don't know either to laugh or cry? But surely some people have less grey matter than a bullfrog. So the wife of self imposed chief Mazvihwa has threatened to beat Murowa School t...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | 2736 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
'No valid application before the court'
The following is part of Justice Chigumba's response to the application by MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa challenging President-elect Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangag...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:58hrs | 547 | by Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba
Aretha Franklin dies
76-year-old music superstar Aretha Franklin has died, according to a report by AP. The news follows reports on Monday that the multiple award-winning artist was "gravely ill" and surrounded by...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 15:26hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
So far, signs not pointing to investor interest
A quick search done on Zimbabwe on the Google search engine yesterday in the morning under the news section, before scrolling down the page, gave eight stories on the country, with five being negative...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | 847 | by Tatira Zwinoira
Chamisa's US sanctions expected to sow misery in Zimbabwe
The decision by President Donald Trump to extend sanctions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration came after Zimbabwe's new government failed to meet international obligations, and spurned a...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 15:03hrs | 4184 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Con-Court that he won with 60%
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa claims in his petition challenging the outcome of the July 30 presidential elections that he won the polls with 60 percent, citing several mathematical inconsistencies...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 15:01hrs | 4042 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF explains winning formula
Zanu-PF won the 2018 harmonised elections after connecting with the masses, reorganising its structures and using a "Dandemutande" strategy that appealed to its grassroots support base, the ruling par...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:42hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'serial killer' gets death sentence
BULAWAYO "serial killer" Rodney Tongai Jindu yesterday pulled another shocker when he pleaded for assisted suicide before he was eventually sentenced to death for the callous murder of two of his frie...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1946 | by Staff Reporter
No to fake news! There are NO NEW SANCTIONS
It is said that the first casualty of war is the truth. Well, I think we can now extend that saying to Zimbabwean elections, as over the past few months, we have seen a series of exaggerations, half-t...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 12:55hrs | 5053 | by Faith Hope
More Zimbabwe political activists go into hiding
Hundreds more activists have gone into hiding in Zimbabwe as security agencies intensify a crackdown launched shortly after the election 10 days ago.Millions of people cast votes in the poll, ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:29hrs | 10433 | by The Guardian
Harare violence yet another wake-up call for Sadc
First, there's the voting. Then, there's the counting. But what happens next? This is the sad question now on everyone's mind after the military was deployed to suppress post-election protests in Zimb...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:48hrs | 313 | by Joe Devanny
Biti violence timeline - 'Don't wait for dead bodies in Dotito'
February 8, 2018: During an election discussion convened by Southern African Political Economy Series (SAPES) in collaboration with Information for Development Trust, Tendai Biti said, "I have absolut...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Game of Thrones actors to be Zimbabwe brand ambassadors?
A CALL has been made on social media to make two actors Liam Cunningham and Lucian Msamati from the HBO blockbuster series, Game of Thrones, brand ambassadors for Zimbabwe in order to boost the touris...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa an ideologically weak leader and a passionate heartless villain
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is an ideological weak leader while he is passionate heartless."Ever since the capture of the government by the callous and ideo...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2513 | by Stephen Jakes
Residents mete instant justice on Zesa crew
THREE Zesa employees were arrested after they were allegedly caught stealing copper cables in Woodville suburb in Bulawayo on Wednesday night.The trio was bashed by neighbourhood watch committ...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:24hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma visits Victoria Falls
CHINESE billionaire Mr Jack Ma visited Victoria Falls incognito and spent a night in the resort town. Mr Ma (53) landed on Wednesday afternoon on a private plane with a group of about 20 peopl...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
How knowing the population size will help you win in business
When you come up with a new product or business idea it is very easy to get too excited and ignore the available data and information that would otherwise have helped you to improve upon the initial i...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:50hrs | 270 | by Sibusiso T. Mabhena
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