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ICAC petitions SA President Ramaphosa over calls for massive deportation by political pressure group
The International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) a civic organisation represented in Southern, Eastern and West Africa has petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the calls...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2361 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans siblings die of COVID-19 in SA a day apart
Two Zimbabwean sisters based in South Africa reportedly succumbed to Covid-19 a day apart resulting in their three children and two brothers being quarantined.The late siblings, Ms Senzeni Mel...Published: 17 hrs ago | 5116 | by Staff Reporter
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4167 | by Staff reporter
Residents fined for violating lockdown rules win in court
A ZIMBABWEAN court has overturned the conviction of two Mutare residents after they successfully challenged the decision by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to order them to pay RTGS$1 000 ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1934 | by Stephen Jakes
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Interim Zisco board chair leaves in a huff
ECONOMIST Gift Mugano has resigned as Ziscosteel interim chairperson after Industry minister Sekai Nzenza reportedly censored him for making remarks that were deemed in 'conflict' with his role as a b...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Zupco ready to ferry pupils
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has said it is ready to ferry students across the country back to their various schools in preparation for the June/July examinations, which begin tomorro...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 153 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Wild partying as Tagwirei takes over gold mine
Workers are said to have gone into wild partying and drinking at Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane three weeks ago after Kudakwashe Tagwirei rated as one of the country's richest persons took over the mine...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:18hrs | 13123 | by Staff reporter
From boy to man the growth of Melusi from Isibaya
He was just 16 when he made his Isibaya debut as the mischievous 14 year old, Melusi Zungu. Nkanyiso Mzimela's character has literally grown up right before our eyes....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 14378 | by Jera
Fresh land seizures target white farmers
SENIOR government officials have put in motion plans to grab productive white-owned farms in Mashonaland West, with Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa spearheading the action.Sources in t...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 8381 | by Staff reporter
Health sector showdown looms
GOVERNMENT and striking health professionals are headed for a showdown after the Health Service Board indicated that it will not be able to pay salaries in United States dollars as demanded by the wor...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
Senior nurses join juniors' strike
SENIOR nurses at public hospitals have joined their juniors in a nationwide strike, paralysing the public health delivery system.Nurses and junior doctors across the country declared a strike ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls city fathers, residents face off
A Vic Falls forest along Kazungula Border Post Road which has been targeted by residents for indiscriminate cutting down of treesVICTORIA Falls authorities and residents have faced off over th...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Man (75) acquitted of raping granddaughter
A 75-YEAR-OLD man from Jambezi in Hwange district who was accused of impregnating his granddaughter after allegedly raping her twice, has been acquitted. The man from Jabula area under Chief S...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Rename Victoria Falls, and Lake, after African luminaries
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa, liberation starts by "Decolonising The Mind," to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong'o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans w...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 851 | by Milton Allimadi
Mnangagwa associate distances self from Landela
BUSINESSMAN Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei has denied any involvement in Landela Investments which is said to be involved in a Government bus deal. A local weekly reported that Mr Tagwirei was the own...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe special permit holders to get SA's R350 Covid-19 relief grant, says court
The Pretoria High Court's ruling compelling the government to give asylum-seekers the R350 Covid-19 relief grant, is expected to cost the Department of Social Development R700 million.The judg...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 20:09hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Edison Zvobgo abolished lobola Mr Ziyambi: it has become commodified livestock with variable price tag!
It should never escape me to comment on what Justice Minister Ziyambi previously said about lobola in our diverse cultures. Talking about lobola nowadays, almost every society in Zimbabwe upholds trad...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3416 | by Nomazulu Thata
Law changes to give Mnangagwa edge on succession
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu-PF's and the country's new leader....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records marginal increase in exports receipts
ZIMBABWE'S exports marginally increased by 2% to US$1,24 billion during the first four months of the year, largely driven by commodities such as gold and tobacco, official statistics reveal.Fi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:43hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is clueless'
The investor and I had just come to the realisation that the Victoria Falls Formula 1 Grand Prix project had been politically-infiltrated and most politicians wanted in at any cost. We decided to aban...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:40hrs | 16853 | by Shami Fred
Man jailed 20 years for raping daughter
A 40-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man was caged 20 years by Bindura magistrate Ngonidzashe Nduna yesterday for raping 11 year daughter several times.The rapist who is the complanaint's biological father ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 13:51hrs | 1959 | by Simbarashe Sithole
PHOTOS: Zimbabweans invade Pretoria Embassy...demand impeachment of Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans under the banner of Chapter 2 Movement staged a demonstration outside the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on Friday demanding the urgent impeachment of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 13:50hrs | 7418 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police brutality Why the Zimbabwe, US outrage is different
THE past few weeks have seen unprecedented global outrage at the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while Floy...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 725 | by Dzikamai Bere
Zimbabweans in US, China to return home
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans, stranded in China, the United States, South Africa and other countries after Covid-19 induced lockdowns have registered with Government to be repatriated as quickly as possib...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa insists that ball is in Mnangagwa's court
AS ZIMBABWE'S political and economic crises continue to deepen, Nelson Chamisa says the ball is in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's court to initiate sincere and inclusive national dialogue to help reso...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:47hrs | 5093 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man jailed for axing ex-wife to death
A MAN from Inyathi in Matabeleland North who fatally struck his ex-wife several times with an axe on Christmas Eve in 2018 after she had ended their marriage has been sentenced to 30 years in prison f...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to resolve his political differences with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 17:57hrs | 6484 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to talk with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 15661 | by Staff reporter
Form six student up for raping neighbour
An 18-YEAR-OLD Bindura form six student appeared before a Bindura magistrate today facing a charge of rape.The suspect who cannot be named for ethical reasons pleaded not guilty to rapin...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 14:17hrs | 3648 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa must expel Jacob Mudenda
Today President Emmerson Mnangagwa leads the nation in a day of prayer and fasting. This is a noble initiative and welcome development, however the context of the day of prayer and fasting make the en...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 12:01hrs | 8997 | by Chapter 2 Movement
I was terrorized by Luveve police for making a report
Most of us reassure ourselves that as long as we never break the law, the police will never have reason to bother us. We also assume that when you go report a crime, at the very least you can expect t...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:26hrs | 2311 | by T.S Mabhena
Fight over tycoon's estate rages
The fight for control of Waverley Blankets founder Victor Cohen's estate is still raging three years after his death and now his children say their relatives, who allegedly grabbed his companies want ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:15hrs | 1720 | by Staff reporter
Nude Madzibaba jailed 4 years after fondling congregant
A self proclaimed Mutorashanga apostolic prophet Madzibaba Never Mavhurere was slapped with a four year jail term by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro on Friday for fondling a congregant's p...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 434 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe records over 100 cases of harassment, intimidation during lockdown
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that in the past month it recorded 110 cases of harassment and intimidation in the country.The organisation said the majority of the cases are attribute...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:24hrs | 111 | by Stephen Jakes
UK appoints Zimbabwean songbird Anna Mudeka to lead African choir online to help ease isolation
Zimbabwean UK-based singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and artistic director, Anna Mudeka, has been commissioned by the Hostry Festival in Norwich to lead The African Choir of Norfolk. Anna is invit...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 19:43hrs | 639 | by Agencies
Obadiah Moyo probed over coronavirus deals
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is in the dog box after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opened a docket to probe his qualifications and controversial coronavirus deals following a complain...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:14hrs | 3013 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa thanks Malema for solidarity
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has sent a message of gratitude to Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema for standing with the people of Zimbabwe in the fight against corruption involving the COVID...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 12:12hrs | 4424 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gift Banda's endless saga spills into FIFA corridors
THE endless saga related to the suspension of ZIFA vice-president, Gift Banda, who clocked 509 in football wilderness yesterday, has now spilled into the FIFA corridors. The world football gov...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's Davies Muhambi turns against Mnangagwa?
ZANU PF official and chairman of the Small to Medium Millers Association, has turned against the current set of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government implemented subsidy program....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:25hrs | 3959 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chaos hits Caps United
CAPS United descended into chaos yesterday, triggered by a sensational fallout over unpaid salaries, forcing police to come in and resolve the ugly stand-off. Club vice-president, Nhamo Tutisa...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to lead rolling mass demonstrations against Mnangagwa
AS POLITICAL tensions in the country continue to escalate, combative MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala has renewed his threat to lead rolling mass demonstrations against President Emm...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 5327 | by Staff reporter
'Don't kill Zimbabweans' Malema tells South Africa
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema had implored South African not to engage in xenophobic activities against others Africans. Speaking during a justice for Afr...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 15:19hrs | 3635 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Abusive man slashes wife's throat
An abusive Harare man killed his wife by cutting her throat with an unknown sharp object after she had run away from their matrimonial home to escape physical abuse, the court heard on Saturday. ...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Impunity won't go unpunished
One of the alleged first causalities of the police brutality under the lockdown was Levison Ncube, a 25-yearold Bulawayo man, who was assaulted by police officers.Ncube was walking his girlfri...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs national healing
EDITOR,I'm a Zimbabwean female opposition activist based in the United Kingdom (UK) and would like to register my greatest fear for my motherland since the abduction, torture and assault of th...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:18hrs | 614 | by Sandra Kudenga
Nude Madzibaba nabbed after fondling congregant
IN a bizarre incident that sent tongues waging in Mutorashanga an apostolic prophet Madzibaba Never Mavhurere was arraigned before Guruve magistrate court...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:44hrs | 2457 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Slain man's family pushes for private investigator
HE family of a Bulawayo man fatally shot by the police in May, is pushing for the involvement of private investigators in the matter after expressing fears that there "is something the police want to ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube not involved in murky govt payments
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday absolved himself from the murky procurement of Zupco buses and supply of COVID-19 protective equipment by companies whose owners are linked to President Emmerso...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:29hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
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