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United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Zanu-PF member joins Zapu
A Zanu-PF official in Matabeleland North, Jonathan Nkanyezi Sibanda, has rejoined ZAPU, claiming the ruling party has no principles and that the party leadership often sidelines him and incites member...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Forex Trading: Indispensable tools for generating maximum profits
Forex trading is one of the best ways to diversify investment portfolios and earn a living. This activity has become incredibly popular, especially with ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 11:14hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fooled us
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu says he supported President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over power because he believed the former vice president had learnt the ropes after serving under ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mshika-shika robbers on the prowl
POLICE in Gweru have launched a manhunt for three suspects who are reportedly driving around in a silver Honda Fit vehicle targeting commuters and robbing them of cash, cellphones and other gadgets....Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC candidate selection hits turbulence
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change nomination process degenerated into chaotic scenes of violence and disruption in some constituencies amid fears of imposition of candidates, although the party says ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 10 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Almost 200 babies born through IVF Zimbabwe programme
The in vitro (IVF) fertilisation programme which was reintroduced in Zimbabwe in 2016 by a team led by Dr Tinovimba Mhlanga has proved a great success with 197 live births recorded so far and more exp...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:06hrs | 8 | by Agencies
Unknown Brig-Gen Kaneta declared national hero
Brigadier General Charles Kaneta, who died on Saturday after collapsing at his farm in Nyanga, has been declared a national hero in honour of the immense contributions he made to his country before an...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Donors who assisted Nkayi farmers which lost 21 cows revealed
A full list of donors who assisted the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has been availed. The...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 17:27hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo says bye bye to Rtd Major General Bhebhe
THE late Major-General (Rtd) Sydney "Yengani" Bhebhe was among a crop of visionary leaders whose credentials are not questionable, going down the annals of history as people who served the nation dili...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Our fathers back then: strict disciplinarians, but loving
"WHAT time is it now, and where have you been?" "Go back to where you have been, I will not have any of my children knocking at my door after 6pm!" (Uvela ngaphi ebusuku kunje, angiqoqodelwa ngu...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:32hrs | | by Clifford Kalibo
Zambia on standby should Fifa ban Zimbabwe
Zambia have been placed on standby to feature at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in case Zimbabwe are banned by Fifa with just a few days to the start of the competition.Fifa had threatened to ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 19:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu 'invades' Malunga's farm
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu was yesterday accused of invading the hotly contested Esidakeni Farm in Matabeleland North and chasing away workers.Esidakeni Farm in Matabelel...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm ownership documents 'disappear' from deeds office
Documents proving the family of the late national hero Sydney Malunga owns a farm that's being controversially seized by government have gone missing from the deeds office, Malunga's son Siphosami cla...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi school hostel gutted by fire
MTSHABEZI Primary School leaners with disabilities escaped unharmed after their hostel and learning class caught fire but they lost clothes and other property.The eleven learners comprising se...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bank queues a Covid-19 time bomb
BANKS are not adhering to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and national Covid-19 guidelines as evidenced by their failure to control clients to ensure social distancing. Social distan...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
When the US media is captured!
When my mentor, Eddison Zvobgo, returned to his hotel room in London after the Lancaster House Conference, he was met with delirious laughter from his English friend. The cause of laughter was Zvobgo'...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 6 | by Ken Mufuka
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Growing up in Bulawayo: Chronicles of a colourful childhood
Bulawayo celebrated 125 years of existence as a city last week. That should be put out there because there are those who believe that the authorities misfired since King Lobengula established it some ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:26hrs | | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Dumiso Dabengwa: An epitome of courage, endurance and integrity
HE used to call me at random and odd times; almost always late at night. The last time he did was at 11pm several weeks ago. He wanted to tell me he was in South Africa and was not well. This was the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Dabengwa family welcomes hero declaration, but....
THE family of leading nationalist and ex-Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has welcomed Government's decision to declare him a national hero. Dr Dabengwa died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Businessman attempts to kill neighbour
A businessman and his two brothers recently appeared before Chipinge magistrate Bill Chineka on charges of attempted murder of a neighbour at one of his businesses at Gunura Township.Sidney (3...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil looms in Zanu-PF, as war vets demand clean up at party HQ
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party is heading for stormy waters, after it emerged a group of war veterans led by one Philemon Mutongi are demanding a "clean-up" of the party headquarters in ...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa brings Mugabe's preferred successor closer to him
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to allow former Defense Minister Sidney Sekeramayi to sit at the top table during the burial of national hero the late Brigadier-General Emilio Munemo could rai...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's limited options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remain numerous avenues and options for...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | | by Dumisani Nkomo
Sidney Malunga did not surrender his dignity
"......During the genocide years, Sidney Malunga was imprisoned, tortured and put on trial for treason. He was finally acquitted, in time to see his party absorbed by the 'new' ZANU-PF. He could have ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:08hrs | 1 | by Jacob: not real name
What the Nation and world should know
When MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai was ailing and walking and breathing his last, he made it clear that he wouldn't die as someone who failed the party on its succession debate. The fake news paddled by his...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | | by Sidney Chisi
Anti-Chiwenga demo; fresh details emerge
Following reports of the Anti-Chiwenga demonstration pencilled for 12 November by the Youth League aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, both camps have moved in to beef up security for their leade...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 15:44hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa lies on CNN
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to accept the outcome of investigations into the massacre of over 20 000 people in Midlands and Matabeleland by the army soon after independence.Presid...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remains numerous avenues and o...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Dumisani Nkomo
Mugabe 'accepts' Mnangagwa's election win
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has said that he accepts the election victory of his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, IOL news site reports."Mnangagwa won. It's now constitutional... I...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP president's speech at the occasion of the launch of the union of Mthwakazi Parliament
It has been a torrid, bumpy and painful journey from 2013 to this momentous occasion today. As I speak before you now, I'm holding back floods of tears of both joy and pain. 2013, the birth of Mth...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 18:50hrs | 2 | by Mqondisi Moyo
'Gukurahundi planned in 1979'
ZAPU leader, Dumiso Dabengwa on Friday sensationally claimed that Gukurahundi was planned in 1979 during the Lancaster House talks, adding he still has more to reveal about the 1980s mass killings tha...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new cabinet ministers accused of looting diamonds from DRC
According to a report from the United Nations Security Council, the two military generals who were named in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet looted diamonds from the Democratic Republic of C...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
The 'secret' war vets document that rattled Mugabe
Former liberation war fighters have a well-calculated strategy to set up First Lady Grace Mugabe and her backers for failure as they push for Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over from her hu...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 14:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition members held on Mnangagwa's orders - rewind
From 22 November 1980 POLICE are holding some people in Bulawayo and Salisbury for investigation, a Government spokesman announced today. They are being held on the orders of the Minister ...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Underwear thief caught red-handed
RESIDENTS of Mwadzinga Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge were left shell-shocked after a 20-year-old man was caught in possession of 40 women's panties, which he wanted to exchange with a Honda F...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slayer clears her way to the top
THREE years after joining active politics, first lady Grace Mugabe has brought down two vice-presidents and hundreds of experienced Zanu-PF politicians that she viewed as a stumbling block to her ambi...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to wield axe
Zanu-PF has started rolling out the process to overhaul its central committee and politburo ahead of the December congress, which is expected to set the tone for a post-President Robert Mugabe era, le...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga a championing Matabeleland concerns
OPPOSITION parties and civil society groups in Matabeleland have saluted Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, MDC's proportional representation legislator for Matabeleland South, for single-handedly champ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blasts liars over Mnangagwa 'poison'
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday castigated some elements peddling false allegations that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently fell sick after eating ice cream from Gushungo Dairy owned by the First F...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
All aboard Mamvemve Express Motorways: Zimbabwe has no soul left brothers and sisters
I adored the soulful action on Thursday nights. Lovemore Majaivana could do the classic leg shuffle and shimmy with resourceful elegance noticeably better than the self-styled godfather of soul James ...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa intensifies efforts to dig dirt on Jonathan Moyo
Sources claim that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has intensifies his efforts to dig dirt on Moyo to prove his allegations that the minister is an American spy who is determined to destroy Zanu-PF ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube in hot soup
War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is in deep trouble for throwing his weight behind former liberation war fighters who are putting pressure on President Robert Mugabe to name his successor in order t...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims 'hurriedly' reburied without any forensic analysis
Suspected human bones believed to be of victims of the Gukurahundi massacres discovered in Kezi, Matabeleland South last week were "hurriedly" reburied without any forensic analysis, raising questions...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paying school fees with goats: Fact vs fiction
"IWE! Mbudzi munadzo here dzekubhadhara fees term ino?" asked my cousin Piri, meaning, do you have goats to pay for your school fees this coming term? The schoolchildren from St Columbus School were g...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:23hrs | | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
Mugabe's five likely successors
At 93, President Robert Mugabe is reaching the twilight of his career and not even vote-rigging or abuse of state security apparatus can stop the inevitable.The sobering reality is the rea...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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