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Setting the record straight on Qoki Zindlovukazi Land Projects
I would like to set the record straight on the opinion piece by Solabanye Nqabeni titled The Uphill Battle of Economic ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 18:19hrs | 1880 | by Yolandah Nyathi
War vet wants special recognition of frontline fighters
Former ZPRA regional zone commander and war veteran Andrew Ndlovu has called for a re-examination of how Zimbabwe acknowledges its liberation fighters, particularly those commanders whose roles in the...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:52hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop dies of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction
A 57-year-old former police Superintendent died of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction on Monday just after finishing his second sexual encounter with his Chitungwiza girlfriend of nine y...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:38hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo begs Mukanya to accept his gifts
Wickell Chivayo strongly criticized journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in response to his remarks following musician Thomas Mapfumo's refusal of a contentious businessperson's car and home gifts.In ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:47hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
SA chrome tycoon 'pays millions' to Zanu-PF chefs
A FIRM controlled by one of South Africa's richest tycoons suspiciously moved millions of United States dollars to politically connected Zimbabwean companies and powerful individuals, about five years...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Top management milk LSU in economic rental scam
IN yet another scandal the top management at Lupane State University is reportedly milking the higher learning institution through paying sick money in rentals for the properties they are using ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Setting the record straight
I AM an avid reader of NewsDay and NewsDay Weekender as they appear online and in print, and take the time and pleasure every day to be informed about the happenings locally, regionally and globally. ...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 08:02hrs | 14 | by Spokesperson, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Zimbabwe
Zuma releases book to set record straight
Former president Jacob Zuma, accused of orchestrating the systematic plunder of government coffers during his rule, launched a new book on Sunday in which he intends "to set the record straight"....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Nashville High school's false COVID-19 exposed
The Ministry of Healthcare and Child Welfare has reiterated that there is no outbreak of Covid-19 at Nashville school as reported by the media....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
'Nehanda not a national heroine'
A LOCAL historian has said government erected Mbuya Nehanda's statue for political expediency, distorting history since the heroine of the first war of resistance against colonial rule was not a natio...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defies COVID-19 protocols
THOUSANDS of people, mostly Zanu-PF supporters, yesterday gathered in defiance of COVID-19 safety protocols in central Harare for the unveiling of the statue of Mbuya Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana....Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight about King Mzilikazi The Mthwakazi King
THIS narrative that King Mzilikazi subjugated other tribes and forced them to join his Nguni tribe to form the Mthwakazi nation is as false as falsehood itself. The narrative is refuted by both eviden...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 3 | by Reinford Khumalo
Ndiweni praises Mnangagwa? Setting the record straight
Outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni - who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu-PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government - has praised President Em...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his shona speaking chiefs must blame Gukurahundi not Ndebele chiefs
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT PRESS STATEMENT01 JULY 2019As chiefs we are deeply disappointed by statements by some that Chiefs from the Midlands province were invited to a meeting with the Pres...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:42hrs | 3 | by Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Zim comedians feature in SA TV show
TOP comedian Carl Joshua Ncube said the diverse display of Zimbabwean comedy during last week's recording of the ShowMax television show, Funny People, at Goliath Comedy Club in Johannesburg, South Af...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight on VP Mudzuri - MDC
The MDC informs the media and the public that a story circulating on social media pertaining expulsion of Vice President Eng. Elias Mudzuri is false.No party Spokesperson nor any other leader ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 13:53hrs | | by Jacob Mafume MDC National Spokesperson
Price monitoring mechanism for cement retailers
THE Government will consider directing cement manufacturers to put in place monitoring mechanisms with the view of taking stern measures against retailers selling the commodity at prohibitive prices a...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer quashes Chronicle report on his remarks
A Bulawayo prominent lawyer Matshobana Ncube has quashed the Chronicle report in which he is quoted as saying the commission of inquiry appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in proper co...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa needs to stick to written speeches
Zimbabwe hasn't had a brilliant political orator of Robert Mugabe's proportions, but even Bob, the titanic speaker of note, stuck to his written scripts and speeches and would only deviate to emphasiz...Published: 31 May 2018 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
The British can't hide it anymore
Many people must be surprised by the British Government's refusal to give Zapu President Dumiso Dabengwa a visa to enter the United Kingdom in response to an invitation to give a lecture on Gukurahund...Published: 31 May 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Mkhululi Zulu (Zapu Presidential Spokesperson)
'Mugabe plane' chews $50k/week
HARARE - Controversial new airline Zimbabwe Airways' recently received Boeing 777 has already cost hard-pressed taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars even as the wide-bodied aeroplane remains grounde...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC big brother mentality is the problem - NPP
NPP notes with concern persistent and Consistent efforts by Colleagues it perceives as comrades in arms in portraying a big brother mentality that suggests that NPP has no will power to work tog...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 19:38hrs | 3 | by Advocate Gift Nyandoro
Setting the record straight on the political future of Mthwakazi
We wish to state unequivocally that Crown Prince Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo has never issued a statement on the political and constitutional future of Mthwakazi/Matebeleland and Midlands region....Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by staff Reporter
Mnangagwa crushed
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday dropped the bombshell on his deputy and wartime personal assistant, Emmerson Mnangagwa, axing him from government for allegedly "consistently and persistently exhibit...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
PDP Coalition status, setting the record straight
The People's Democratic Party is part of the MDC Allaince; the party has no intention of forming another parallel coalition.For the avoidance of doubt the PDP Management Committee held in Gwer...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mafume, PDP Spokesperson
Mnangagwa plots fightback
UNDER-FIRE Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) will not be pressured to quit his government or party positions, but instead will continue to serve under President Robert Mugabe, family source...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai demands Mphoko apology
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is demanding an apology from Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko for his remarks that the former prime minister was once involved in an assassination attempt on the late nat...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was personally involved in an attempt on Joshua Nkomo's life?
VICE-PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko's claims that MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai was personally involved in an attempt on the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's life at the height of the infamous Gukur...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wicknell hits back at haters
OF late, pompous businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, has not been active on social media networks but when people started mocking him earlier this week after an image showing that his new top-of-the-range ...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Of Ndebele Kingship, setting the record straight
People must guard against false alarms IButho leNqama cultural regiment, Inqama kaMthwakazi ethi ingahlehla ibuye ngamandla, we would like set the recor...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Junior Ngwenya: IButho leNqama spokesperson
Setting the record straight - ARTUZ
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ was disappointed by an opinion piece, published on Bulawayo24.com, rubbishing our call for a strike for bonuses, questioning our mandate and the cre...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 21:26hrs | | by ARTUZ
On Linda Masarira: Setting the record straight
Normally I do not respond to hogwash but however, given the harm that my friends, family and loved ones have endured as a result of systematic character assassination and insults emanating from my pos...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 13:52hrs | | by Pride Mkono
The Mambo 'Kingdom' Project: Setting the record straight - Part I
"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history" – George Orwell. ...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 18:47hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
'I'm not Masuka, I'm Masuku,' says Auntie Dot
While Zimbabweans and others the world over have known and called her Dorothy Masuka, the legendary musician said people were getting her surname wrong.On Thursday, the jazz singer who was cel...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 14:54hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Lundi to clear air on troubles
Controversial gospel singer Lundi Tyamara who has a large following in Zimbabwe believes the time has come to vindicate himself in the eyes of his fans by setting the record straight once and for ...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 10:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mine accident victims: setting the record straight on funeral service
Dear Editor, I am concerned at the inaccuracies and omissions in the reportage of the event surrounding the arrival of the remains of Zimbabwean miners who perished in South Africa recently, s...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 10:32hrs | | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
'Why I am bootlicking Tsvangirai'
I write to correct the distorted and twisted views in the NewsDay issue of March 4, 2014 headlined A detest of bootlicking and name-calling, based on the good remarks I made at an MDC star rally held ...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 12:41hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
Newsday editor Chimakure suspended Mbeki, Tsvangirai stories
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), the publishers of Newsday, have suspended editor Constantine Chimakure with immediate effect following the publication this week of two stories which the paper said did not...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Benjamin Chitate on Welshman Ncube- setting the record straight
I have spent some thirty hours going through articles written by Driden Kunaka under his pseudonym Benjamin Chitate. His hatred for MDC President Welshman Ncube seems very topical in his writings....Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 13:14hrs | | by Discent Bajila
Electricity Supply and Service Delivery - Elton Mangoma
Press Conference – Electricity Supply and Service Delivery by the Minister of Energy and Power Developme...Published: 22 Feb 2012 at 13:53hrs | | by Elton Mangoma
Indigenisation: Setting the record straight
UPON reading Psychology Maziwisa’s reply ...Published: 15 Apr 2011 at 06:13hrs | | by Eric Bloch
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