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Highlanders pummel Dembare Uhuru Cup
Dynaoms 0 - 2 HighlandersUNDERFIRE Dynamos coach Lloyd Chigowe was forced to defend his position after yet another defeat, this time against a free-flowing Highlanders side in the final of t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe youths win Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge
A group of four Zimbabweans has won $20 000 in the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge for a technology platform they designed to provide easy access to quality educational materials with a mission t...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law seeks acquittal at High Court
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore has approached the High Court seeking acquittal on charges of unlawful detention.This comes after his bid for discharge at the close o...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:25hrs | 8106 | by Staff reporter
POPULISM is ahead of COMPETENCY in the African Context
In Africa one is prepared to die for a politician, and people can go to the extent of kneeling down before political mastitis for favors and bootlicking. One may fail to construct a proper English sen...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 421 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Malema loves to attack Zimbabwean leaders
Malema this week came pout on eNCA TV news calling for President Mnangagwa a sale out and urges him to step down. This was because Zimbabwe has started compensate farmers. The Righ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 11:52hrs | 2685 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sadomba slaps goalie Chinani in team training bust-up
VETERAN Dynamos forward Edward Sadomba reportedly slapped under-fire team goalie Simbarashe Chinani following a training bust-up in which the later told the Dembare skipper he was now too old to be pl...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2283 | by newzimbabwe
Mutasa says he never left Zanu-PF
Former Zanu-PF Politburo member Didymus Mutasa and Retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri have been formally welcomed back to the ruling party, with the former declaring that he never left Zanu-P...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:44hrs | 4817 | by Staff reporter
Wankie coal burn Dembare
Dynamos 1 - 2 Hwange DYNAMOS goal-minder Simba Chinani was the Fall Guy at Rufaro yesterday as the Harare giants threw away their lead to lose a Castle Lager Premiership football match they though...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:34hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law has case to answer, rules court
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's application for discharge at the close of the state case has been dismissed by a Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba for lack of merit....Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 21:41hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plans to appoint more MDC official to key govt positions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to appoint more opposition officials to key government positions notwithstanding his continuing brawl with MDC boss Nelson Chamisa - who has adamantly refused to...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:21hrs | 7523 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fishes in Chamisa's pond
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to appoint more opposition officials to key government positions notwithstanding his continuing brawl with MDC boss Nelson Chamisa - who has adamantly refused to rec...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 13842 | by Staff reporter
Elite school Peterhouse in Twitter storm over 'racist' picture
An elite Zimbabwean school was forced to take down a tweet on Tuesday after it created an internet uproar amid racism allegations.A second tweet put up to calm the anger was criticised for per...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 9841 | by ZimLive
9th Anniversary ZAA UK Nominees Out
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK (ZAA UK) have released the much anticipated list of nominees for the 9thAnniversary ZAA UK event set for Saturday 25 May 2019 in London at The Millennium Gloucester Ho...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:28hrs | 478 | by Agencies
Ariel comes to Bosso's rescue
Black Rhinos 1 - 1 HighlandersGOALKEEPER Ariel Sibanda came to Highlanders' rescue after pulling off some important saves and converting a second half penalty, which salvaged a point for the Bulaw...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
'No to gays'
METHODISTS have united against homosexuality at a Special General Conference held last month in the United States where delegates refused to recognise gay unions and ordain homosexuals into offices of...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:11hrs | 2724 | by Fatima Bulla
Dynamos in winning start as Ariel Sibanda saves Highlanders against Rhinos
Mangala inspires Dynamos to winning start as Ariel Sibanda saves Highlanders against RhinosCongolese striker Ngandu Mangala netted a brace which gave Dynamos a winning start against league deb...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:54hrs | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Britain to deport a Zimbabwean man blinded by a British prison
Sikhonzile Sibanda a Zimbabwean man who became blind while he was in prison in England is due to be deported from the UK on the fifth of April 2019. Sikhonzile who arrived in the UK IN 1998 was senten...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 08:25hrs | 6244 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa lauds Zanu-PF's cyclone rescue efforts
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has commended efforts by the ruling party in assisting communities affected by Cyclone Idai. The cyclone left a trail of destruction ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:43hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son in-law case: Witness declared hostile
There was drama in court yesterday in the unlawful detention case involving former President Mugabe's son-in-law that saw top lawyer Phillipa Phillips declared a hostile witness.Harare magistr...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:37hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's trial takes dramatic twist
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in law Simba Chikore took a dramatic twist yesterday after the State threatened to incarcerate its key witness who refused to answer questions citing ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 3504 | by Staff reporter
National Sports Stadium stampede victim laid to rest
THE 38-year-old woman who died in a stampede at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, Egna Nyamadzawo, was laid to rest at her rural home in Mutonda Village, Domboshava, yesterday.Nyamadzawo ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:46hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Witness in Mugabe son-in-law case develops cold feet
The trial of former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is accused of kidnapping his employee - Bertha Zakeyo - at Zimbabwe Airways offices, continued yesterday with the fourth Sta...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:41hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe shadow looms large at Sadc solidarity conference
OVER a year after his removal from power, former President Robert Mugabe's shadow continues to loom large at regional level, as his political influence in the country seems to be waning by each passin...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2014 | by newzimbabwe
Mutambi to feature Macheso
Sungura artist Simon Mutambi the Cobra king is set to feature Sungura ace Alick Macheso in his forth coming album entitled "hazvipere mushe" next month.Performing at Club 1160 in Bindura on Fr...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:34hrs | 424 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity
In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HI...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1539 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF grabs cyclone aid
THERE are fears that relief aid meant for cyclone victims is being "looted" after eight branded Zanu-PF vehicles yesterday drove off with foodstuffs from Silver Stream distribution centre in Chimanima...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in SA for Sadc Solidarity Conference
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the Sadc Solidarity Conference with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) at which regional leaders are expected to express support towards de-col...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Why Engineer Elias Mudzuri is not a favourite to win the presidency in MDC-Alliance.
As the MDC-Alliance Congress gathers momentum, there are conspiracy theories and smear campaigning going around in the social media where people are discussing about the preferred candidate to lead th...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:51hrs | 5013 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe blocks US$1bn pipeline project
THE Ministry of Energy has blocked a plan by South African-owned Mining, Oil and Gas Services Company (MOGS) to construct a US$1 billion 550-kilometre fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare, arguing that ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:08hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 567 | by July Moyo
Serious secrets exposed by Cyclone Idai
Zimbabwe' "has" heard many stories of tragedy, heroism and community spirit which come from the floods of recent weeks and of course the cyclones in Manicaland and some parts of Mashonaland East and C...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | 12562 | by Dr. Masimba Mavaza
No one will die of hunger, Mnangagwa tells cyclone victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has today visited Chimanimani - the epicentre of the devastating Cyclone Idai - and has assured the affected communities that none will die of hunger as government was sei...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:00hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Government launches Bulawayo Cosmetology Hub
THE Government has officially opened a Cosmetology Hub in Bulawayo to create a necessary environment for youth participation in the mainstream economy for inclusive growth.The Hub, which was c...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Boeing sucked into Zimbabwe Airways saga
The world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of aircraft and other equipment - Boeing - has been sucked into the Zimbabwe Airways saga where the son-in-law of former president Robert...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:02hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Empower Bank opened it's doors for youths in Bulawayo and Surrounding Provinces
Empowerment bank is geared to transform the livelihoods of many entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. On the 11th of March 2018 the bank officially opened its doors in the city of Kings . The occassion was grace...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 14:11hrs | 521 | by Enos Denhere
Forcing countries to pay debt in currency it denies them - that's the US!
ONE thing for sure is that Zimbabwe is not short of real original thinking to counter the West's capture of some Zimbabwean minds.Because of donor funding, too many politicians (naturally more...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 672 | by Conway Tutani
New bank opens in Bulawayo
EMPOWER Bank yesterday officially opened its first Bulawayo branch pledging a $50 000 non-collateral loan package to local entrepreneurs with viable project proposals on a first come and first serve b...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:26hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council, workers in salary deadlock
AN ad-hoc committee has been appointed to look into the impasse between Gweru City Council workers and their employer.The development comes hardly a week after the restive workers issued a not...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:02hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe's son in-law milked Air Zimbabwe staff
Zimbabwean engineers maintaining aircraft in Malaysia went for months without being paid their travel and subsistence allowances after former Air Zimbabwe chief operating officer, and later chief exec...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:43hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo fingers Mnangagwa in Mugabe Airways saga
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has sought to correct the narrative carried in the Herald on Monday that Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore was solely responsible for the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 08:52hrs | 6907 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe Airways: The untold story
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Mr Simba Chikore used his family ties to manipulate processes, corrupt people and enter into shady deals involving several stakeholders during his time at ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2261 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Expanding economy driving fuel demand'
The huge demand for fuel, which has caused supply challenges and spawned fuel queues across the country, is testimony that economic activity has expanded significantly over the past year or so, Reserv...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4394 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya grilled over RTGS$, US rate disparity
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya was on Thursday grilled in Parliament over disparities between the official United States dollar rates of 1:2,5 and the parallel market rate of 1:3,6 re...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:27hrs | 3262 | by Staff reporter
State witness exonerates Mugabe's son-in-law
A POLICE officer who was called in to testify against, former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simbarashe Chikore on charges of unlawful detention, has instead exonerated the former Air Zimbabwe c...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1744 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe son in-law case: Elusive witness worries investigator
The trial of former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is accused of kidnapping his employee - Bertha Zakeyo - at Zimbabwe Airways offices, continued yesterday with the investigat...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos name squad
HARARE Giants Dynamos yesterday announced their 2019 squad set to represent the record winners in their quest for glory.Dynamos coach Lloyd Chigowe believes they have assembled a team of 'tige...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:57hrs | 3763 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate executors in trouble
The late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai's estate executors have taken over a $50 000 lawsuit in the High Court in which a Harare man is demanding that principal amount from the late former trade unio...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:11hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says his admin will listen to PAC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) that members of his administration, at all level, will be receptive to their suggestions and ideas.The Presiden...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:24hrs | 1481 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC come to our rescue please
Maybe a technical explanation from ZETDC will rest my heart and mind. Power out or power cuts are a common occurrence in Harare and other towns. Indeed we hear the government has 'boots and eq...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:14hrs | 351 | by Thomas Murisa
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