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17 CIA spies sentenced to death
(CNN)Iran has detained 17 Iranian citizens accused of acting as spies for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, according to the country's Ministry of Intelligence.An Intelligence Min...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1579 | by CNN
Obert Mpofu says MDC are cry babies
The opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been called upon to stop being cry babies but focus on developing the lives of those it purports to represent.In an interview after a s...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand Land Cruisers, houses in Harare
Members of Parliament have demanded to be issued with Toyota Land Cruiser V8 vehicles, houses in Harare, security and five-digit salaries, accusing Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube of prioritising the ot...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:25hrs | 567 | by ZimlIve
Mnangagwa should release Chihambakwe, Dumbutshena commissions reports
This is the third in a series of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the State...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe gets fresh hope for international flights
STRUGGLING flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) might regain its wings to fly internationally after a Netherlands-based company, Knighthood Capital (Knighthood), recently tabled an offer to partner the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Who are the best South African poker players?
If you're an avid fan of poker, you'll know that the majority of the big-name players on the circuit, particularly in the World Series of Poker, and at the top rankings of the all-time money list are ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:03hrs | 413 | by Staff Writer
5 things to know about the upcoming immigration raids in major U.S. cities
A series of immigration raids is expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, according to President Donald Trump.It's part of the Trump administration's crackdown on...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:47hrs | 787 | by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic
'Mnangagwa is my younger brother'
Today we round up our interview with pioneer freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament for Nkayi Constituency, John Maluzo Ndlovu. In the last few weeks, Ndlovu has spoken about how he j...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 3121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 11200 | by Agencies
Mthwakazi activists disrupt Chiguhamadzi's Queen Loziba lecture
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists disrupted the Queen Loziba lecture series by researcher Panashe Chiguhamadzi claiming she was unfit to do so as she is from the Shona tribe. Chiguhamad...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rugby Union announces women's national team to face Zambia
Zimbabwe Rugby Union has announced the squad for the Women's national team that will face Zambia Women tomorrow at the Machinery exchange Stadium at Harare Sports Club.The squad features 10 pl...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:54hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's new powerful political couple
Zimbabwe has yet again seen the emergence of a new power couple in Zimbabwe that has seemingly captured the seat of power analysts have said.Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister&nb...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 10049 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt must set up independent commission on Gukurahundi
This is the second installment of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the Stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
The man who will save Zimbabwe revealed
The country is experiencing probably one of the worst power shortages. Industry is losing money , city councils do not have power to pump water to residents , there is very little fuel available and i...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 54816 | by Nicholas Ncube
Bonyongwe suffers strange break-ins
POLICE are investigating two cases where unknown assailants broke into former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general Happyton Bonyongwe's offices and vehicle, getting away with docum...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 5147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana negotiate cattle repatriation
Government is negotiating with Botswana to have hundreds of livestock that stray into the neighbouring country repatriated instead of being put down.Villagers along the border in Matabeleland ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube brings stand up comedy back to Vic Falls
This Tuesday Carl Joshua Ncube reintroduced Stan's up comedy to VICTORIA Falls with his first show in close to a year in the tourist town. The pop-up comedy show was launched on Tuesday 9th of...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:16hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Mthuli Ncube speaks to Trevor Ncube
Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube speaks to the Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube about issues relating to the economy.The event titled : Conversation with Trevor is the first in a ser...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 4161 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe loses billions to illicit financial flows
GOVERNMENT should complement monetary policy changes with an anti-corruption strategy to curb illicit financial flows (IFFs) as the country is losing billions annually, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:37hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Tigermania Returns During 2019
We've all gone crazy again over Tiger Woods, especially when it comes to betting on golf. According to the Golf Channel, ahead of last month's US Open at Pebble Beach, Tiger was certainly not the favo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:07hrs | 627 | by Staff Writer
Mugabe wants Jehovah's Witnesses delegates to enjoy a rich & diverse spiritual programme
The Love Never Fails annual convention of Jehovah's Witnesses gets into high gear, with a bumper three-day programme beginning today in Harare and Chitungwiza, respectively.The spokesperson fo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
Queen Loziba lecture series at gallery
A lecture series for, Queen Loziba, senior queen in the Ndebele Kingdom will be held at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo as a way to promote female narratives and profiling powerful histor...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Giving Mthuli Ncube's mono-currency a fighting chance
It is July 1, 1916, World War 1, the Battle of the Somme. The British Army had been planning for weeks and months for a massive assault on German positions dug in around Somme, to relieve pressure on ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 18:46hrs | 3994 | by Joseph Mverecha
Chamisa now desperate to be in government
MDC vice president Tendai Biti has said it's high time his party's leader Nelson Chamisa and president Emmerson Mnangagwa find one another politically, as a way of ensuring a soft-landing for the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:59hrs | 10958 | by Staff reporter
RBZ takes aim at forex speculators
Government says the sharp hike of the overnight bank rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to support the domestic currency will discourage borrowing for currency speculation as well as protect the val...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2670 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forced to return Zim Dollar
Zimbabwe People First spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was forced to reintroduce the Zimbabwean dollar whose success depends on him having a political ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:49hrs | 17209 | by Staff Reporter
'20% of Soweto births are Zimbabwean children,' says Biti
ZIMBABWE's economic and political crisis is putting pressure on South Africa's ability to deliver services to its people, MDC vice president has claimed.Biti was speaking in a panel discussion...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1766 | by newzimbabwe.com
ZIFA issues apology over AFCON trip of shame
ZIFA yesterday issued an apology to Zimbabweans after the Warriors suffered a humiliating exit at the 2019 AFCON finals with the association saying bitter lessons have been picked from an adventure th...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 17:23hrs | 2407 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's quotes on currency reforms . . .
"Replacing the multi-currency regime anchored in the United States dollar by the South African rand as the sole transaction currency would help reduce over-valuation and stimulate exports and growth. ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 3733 | by Lisa Tazviinga
Chipezeze crashes Warriors out of 2019 Afcon finals
Zimbabwe 0-4 DRC A NIGHTMARISH performance by stand-in goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze dominated a horror night for the Warriors as they crashed out of the 2019 Afcon finals, under a cloud of humiliati...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3924 | by Staff reporter
General Electric comes to Zimbabwe
General Electric (GE) will dispatch a high-level team to Zimbabwe next month as the United States' industrial behemoth scouts for investment opportunities in the country.A three-man team from ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:31hrs | 3896 | by Staff reporter
Biti reveals why he 'hates' Mangudya
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti has admitted to undercutting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe during his time in charge of the national purse.Biti was Treasury boss between 2009 and 2013 when ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 10427 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa's youths want Mnangagwa gone before 2023
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot remain in power until the next election set for 2023 while Zimbabweans continue to suffer, MDC youth assembly chairperson Obey Sithole has said.The tough ta...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:16hrs | 874 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe's new currency: What does it all mean?
FEW things fill a Zimbabwean with fear and dread more than the word "Zimdollar". So, it was no surprise that the news Zimbabwe had declared the RTGS the sole local currency, one more step in the count...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:22hrs | 978 | by newZWire
Bulawayo businessman buys US$43 000 stolen car
A PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman has been duped by a Harare car dealer who allegedly sold him a Ford Ranger worth US$43 000 which was stolen from South Africa. Mr Phathisani Nkomo (47) of Kuma...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 7753 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
Zimbabwe discovers rare minerals
Zimbabwe sits on bountiful and lucrative deposits of minerals known as rare-earth elements (REE), some of which sell for more than US$1 000 for a single kilogram and where investors are seeking altern...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
ED now faces tough political choices
AS Zimbabwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequen...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:23hrs | 7398 | by Staff Reporter
MP subjected to series of suspicious car break-ins
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director of security Albert Ngulube, now Zanu PF MP for Beitbridge East, has been subjected to a series of suspicious break-i...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:59hrs | 3824 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces riots, palace coup and impeachment
AS Zimbababwe's economic turmoil intensifies and the country reaches a crossroads, government security experts and foreign diplomats based in Harare have started drawing scenarios and weighing consequ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:58hrs | 9763 | by Staff reporter
Why should we remember Joshua Nkomo
IN this two-part series, the Zimbabwe Independent reproduces the 2019 Annual Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, organised by Joshua Nkomo Legacy Foundation ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2506 | by Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni
'Not My Job!' declares Kariba Mayor
Residents of Beira Blocks, a section of Mahombekombe suburb, falling under Ward 5, have resorted to using the bush to relieve themselves. The only toilet servicing this bustling community is in a stat...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | 3199 | by Laiton Kandawire | Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Zanu-PF executive rescues Mutoko MP
A HIGH-POWERED Zanu-PF delegation from Mashonaland East province at the weekend descended on Mutoko district, where they held three rallies as the ruling party moved to resolve the impasse between the...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
How to watch US Netflix in South Africa?
Who doesn't love Netflix? It's the leading name when it comes to online streaming services, with a whopping 150 million paid subscribers worldwide. It has a massive catalog of TV shows, documentaries,...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1456 | by Staff Writer
Ngarivhume calls for a hunger strike against ED
In a first of its kind, the Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader has called for a hunger strike and picketing at Parliament against the ZANU PF government. This follows a meeting that was held yesterday in ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2863 | by Fungai Taruvinga
Comprehensive analysis of the current political, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe
Politics requires strategy and there are several political and economic connotations evolving around our situation in Zimbabwe. Every aspect of politics or economics has its own indicators. Never make...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1224 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Man loses R500k to armed robbers
A BEITBRIDGE man on Sunday reportedly lost more than half a million rand to armed robbers, who shot him seven times before driving away in his car.Muchineripi Hlaringo, a known money-changer a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Amakhosi brings back radio dramas
AMAKHOSI Theatre Rep is producing a new radio drama series with the first season set to premiere on Skyz Metro FM next month. Titled "Kunjalo Makhelwane", the series, written by Nonhlalo Dube ...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Toyota working towards driving Zimbabwe Motor industry
TOYOTA Zimbabwe is working on expanding its business in the country in anticipation of a boom in the motor industry buoyed by the Government's efforts to revive the country's economy.In an int...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:34hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's health woes linked to Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination plots over Mnangagwa's successor
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's perennial health problems are reportedly linked to the ruling Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination and counter-assassination plots among it's ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | 9268 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
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