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Zimbabwe should now embrace racial minorities
It is now forty one years since Zimbabwe secured its independence from the white minority oppressive regime. Forty one years is a life time and the only minorities left in Zimbabwe are true Zimbabwean...Published: 10 hrs ago | 434 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe continues to endure crises of unimaginable proportions
Statement by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo, a Zimbabwean citizen and aspiring president of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) on the transport crisis in Zimba...Published: 10 hrs ago | 334 | by Mr. Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo
Mnangagwa's govt to unleash soldiers on gold panners
GOVERNMENT has threatened to unleash "special security operations" on artisanal gold miners destroying public infrastructure such as railway lines in search of the yellow metal.This was announ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni COVID-19 centre still closed a year on
BULAWAYO's Ekusileni Medical Centre is yet to admit COVID-19 patients a year after it was declared a coronavirus treatment centre, amid calls for strengthening of the health sector to effectively deal...Published: 21 hrs ago | 230 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't have his cake and eat it
CONCERNS recently raised by the House of Lords in the United Kingdom over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and a call for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of opposit...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza workers give strike notice
THE Chitungwiza Municipal Workers Union (CMWU) has given the council until May 16 to address their poor working conditions or face a crippling strike.In a letter, addressed to acting town cler...Published: 21 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to blame for 6,8% pass rate drop
TEACHERS unions yesterday blamed government for the 6,8% drop in the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 O-Level pass rate.The unions attributed poor budgetary allocations to th...Published: 21 hrs ago | 382 | by Staff reporter
Trial of Zanu-PF activist who 'incited' Chiwenga to topple Mnangagwa falters
The trial of a Zanu-PF activist accused of circulating messages instigating vice president Constantino Chiwenga to stage a coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa suffered a false start on Monday af...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2632 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is afraid of Chamisa' - rubbish, it's lure to participate and give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy AGAIN
It was the great Physicist, Albert Einstein, who said insanity was doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.My aunt, whose husband worked at a mental hospital, tol...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:09hrs | 838 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe back on UK radar
THE House of Lords in the United Kingdom (UK) has raised a red flag over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and called for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of oppositi...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | 4526 | by Staff reporter
Commuters bear brunt of Zupco's shambolic transport system
IT'S 5:10pm and Harare's Market Square bus terminus is teeming with commuters desperate to get home before dark, but there are no Zupco buses.Two young men exchange blows as they both wrestle ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho kombi operators ditch route over state of road
KOMBI operators who ply the Bulawayo-Nyamandlovu-Tsholotsho route have abandoned it due to the poor state of the road and are now using the Bulawayo-Solusi Road Most roads in the country are in a bad ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Government starts issuing birth certificates for children born during lockdown
GOVERNMENT has started issuing birth certificates to children who were born during the Covid-19-induced lockdown and had not been captured in the national registry following the suspension of the serv...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Gugulethu Moyo is accuses Jewish museum of racism and sexism
Zimbabwean lawyer Gugulethu Moyo has abruptly resigned from her job as executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States, citing racism ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora counters President Mnangagwa
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, accused of aiding and abetting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's power consolidation scheme, his one-party state project and the controversial plan to extend Chief Justice ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 6654 | by Staff reporter
Marry opens up on her relationship with Chiwenga
An ailing Chiwenga was airlifted to China from South Africa on 21 July where he underwent life-saving treatment at a top Beijing hospital amid revelations by his close associates that he could have be...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 4528 | by Staff reporter
Workers bemoan worsening poverty on Mnangagwa's watch
AHEAD of the 2021 Workers' Day commemorations, The NewsHawks (NH) caught up with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Peter Mutasa (PM), for an interview to mark the 2021 International Wor...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Here is what MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora said in senate
THANK you very much Mr President Sir, I will just make brief comments before I go to the very new thing. Of course, in the absence of a clear 50-50 provision, an extension of the women's quota is the ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Land developer fights Mnangagwa's graft buster
PROPERTY developers, Pokugara have accused officials from the National Prosecuting Authority and Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) housed in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office of interfering with...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:26hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
Workers, pensioners feel the pinch
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner yesterday decried living standards in the country, which they described as "unbearable and terrible", and worse than life during the t...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Rights groups urge govt to 'take education seriously'
BULAWAYO-BASED human rights groups have urged government to resolve the ongoing industrial action by teachers.Their statements come at a time when learning at most Bulawayo schools was disrupt...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Cult family shuns hospitals
DEATH in a family is heart-numbing and if there is anything that can be done to prevent it the majority will choose to do that. However, this is not the case for an Apostolic sect family in Gwambe in ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thinks Zimbabwe economy is showing rapid growth
Zimbabwe is on a path to rapid socio-economic growth driven mainly by measures put in place to boost production, which has risen remarkably across various sectors of the economy in the last few months...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF could regret constitutional changes'
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu-PF, Rugare Gumbo, says the removal of the running mate clause from the country's Constitution could come back to haunt the ruling party whi...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:33hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
Anticipated delays at Beitbridge border post
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) wishes to advise all travellers, importers, exporters, transporters, clearing agents and the general public that due to ongoing extensive construction work at Be...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1456 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Teachers cash in on US$140 incentives
SOME schools in the Matabeleland region are reportedly demanding between US$1 to US$10 from learners per week as incentives for teachers to attend class, despite learners having paid fees in full....Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Pay workers in US dollar, says Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said employers must pay their workers in United States dollars, saying they deserve a decent wage.In a message to commemorate Workers Day, Chamisa ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:58hrs | 615 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh war erupts over Mugabe remains
A fresh war has erupted over the burial of the late president Robert Mugabe with a Zvimba villager dragging the erstwhile strongman's widow Grace to a traditional court over the matter.M...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | 3571 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Dotito
'No reason to celebrate Workers Day'
WORKER representative body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) yesterday said workers have no reason to commemorate this year's Workers Day because of the deteriorating economic situation in ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:46hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Government must expeditiously engage ZIST
Zimbabwe has for a very long time been experiencing boorish governance which led to unprecedented economic abyss coupled with gross violation of human rights and other ignoble injustices manufactured ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:31hrs | 215 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
3 Thornhill High pupils test positive for Covid
THREE pupils at Thornhill High School in Gweru have tested Covid-19 positive.The outbreak follows another one at Anderson High School early this year.The latest three cases are asympto...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the lobola refund issue
Zimbabweans were highly active on social media discussing an underreported 2015 court ruling which made a ruling that a man can sue his in-laws to recover lobola if his wife cheated on him. The ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1911 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Minister asked to pay a US$30 bribe to jump passport office queue
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday experienced the corruption at the Makombe passport office after he was asked to pay a US$30 bribe to jump the queue. ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
9 000 passports to be produced per day
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage says it has put in place measures to clear a backlog in passport processing dating back to March 2019.In response to the Portfolio Committee ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 16:19hrs | 2765 | by Staff Reporter
'You (VP) work at the mercy of the President' MDC reminded Mnangagwa - that's hen shtick to the eagle
MDC leaders are corrupt, incompetent and sell-outs and, like all cowards, they love being portrayed as courageous fighters. They loved the News Day headline "Mwonzora's senators reject Mnangagwa Bill"...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2102 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Kembo Mohadi removal was necessary for 'nation building'
Since Kembo Mohadi is on record saying Matabeleland genocide was necessary for nation-building, we also put it on record that his sacking by Mnangagwa following his sexual romps was good for nation bu...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 2266 | by Israel Dube
Bulawayo mayor condemns Sidojiwe Flats
BULAWAYO'S overcrowded Sidojiwe Flats in Belmont have been condemned as unsafe for human habitation.Mayor Solomon Mguni called for immediate decongestion of the overcrowded flats during a meet...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 963 | by Staff writer
How blockchain is transforming Zimbabwe's economy
Zimbabwe is perhaps the first example that comes to anyone's mind when they think of failed states or economies. The country has been regularly making global headlines for the wrong reasons, with its ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:33hrs | 1275 | by Staff writer
Mwonzora's senators reject Mnangagwa Bill
SENATORS from the Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC-T party yesterday deviated from their party position on the Constitutional Amendment No 2 Bill and rejected clauses giving unfettered powers to Pr...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 6293 | by Staff reporter
Separated by a river, but worlds apart
Depending on one's propensity to follow the news, the world, at varying days of December of 2019 was introduced to the novel corona virus, a highly contagious and deadly virus preliminary reports at t...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 14:40hrs | 2264 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Stanbic resuscitates Sally Mugabe Hospital maternity theatre
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has purchased equipment to resuscitate operating procedures in theatre number 1 at the maternity wing, and also refurbished its recovery room at Sa...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 10:16hrs | 534 | by Agencies
Government enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:02hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam construction resumes
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam site was yesterday a hive of activity with onsite engineers from the Zimbabwe National Water Authoriy (Zinwa) and Chinese contractors supervising construction works following th...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Govt enforces 'no work, no pay' policy
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has directed school authorities to submit names of teachers who have not been reporting for duty since the reopening of schools last month as Gove...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1236 | by Staff Reporter
'What good is strong party in fraying economy' - for once, Heads, povo win Tails, Zanu PF lose
Much has been said about the endless factional wars in the country's main opposition MDC ever since the party's launch in 1999. Zanu PF has suffered similar factional war with the booting out of the V...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 551 | by Nomusa Garikai
Debates on Zapu presidential candidacy: worth commenting
Admittedly some of the debates about the future of Zapu party and its leadership were interesting and how they articulated the future of this party in our political landscape. We cannot escape the fac...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | 498 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe increases licensing fees for all gambling houses
The Zimbabwe government has decided to raise licensing fees for all gambling houses, casinos, lotteries, and betting shops, which are now estimated to be $250,000. The DailyNews reported that Home Aff...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 17:27hrs | 882 | by Staff Writer
Health hazard as council cuts water supplies at schools
PUPILS and teachers at a number of government schools in Bulawayo have been left exposed to communicable diseases after the city council cut water supplies due to failure by the State to settle a $12 ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:37hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Rights Forum raises alarm as cases of arrests, torture rise
A LEADING human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, has raised strong concerns over the continuing rise in violations especially arbitrary arrests and torture mainly of oppositio...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
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