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Zapu explodes ahead of congress
ZAPU secretary-general Strike Mnkandla is battling attempts to oust him from the post by the party's northern province as infighting dogs the opposition party ahead of its elective congress.Za...Published: 8 mins ago | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to proceed with Independence Day protest
FIREBRAND pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour...Published: 18 mins ago | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confident of 2023 victory
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is confident of a Zanu-PF landslide victory in the 2023 harmonised elections on account of Government's success in stabilising and growing the economy.In an interview ahead...Published: 20 mins ago | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 22 mins ago | 9 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
The lame duck approach to gukurahundi genocide: A case of stitching rear opening of alimentary canal to cure diarrhoea
As Zimbabwe celebrates what it calls independence, forty-one (41) years on, government's lame duck approach to the resolution of the gukurahundi genocide disappointingly remains the case of stitching ...Published: 1 hr ago | 74 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabwe secretly deploys key special forces to Mozambique
FOLLOWING a recent military siege on the northern Mozambican town of Palma by Islamist insurgents, killing dozens, including a Zimbabwean, while leaving a trail of bloodshed and destruction in its wak...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3312 | by Staff reporter
More trouble for Malaba as lawyers gird up for fight
TWO lawyer groupings, one in Harare and another in Bulawayo, are preparing to challenge the passing of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill in parliament last Tuesday, a move which pote...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3403 | by Staff reporter
Zimra engulfed in corruption storm over whistle-blowers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which operates a whistleblower facility in a bid to eradicate tax fraud and duty evasion, is caught in a damaging storm of corruption in which its senior office...Published: 17 hrs ago | 768 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reverses corrupt sugarcane plot allocation
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials, their relatives and security agents who were corruptly allocated sugarcane plots in Chiredzi by minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira were last weekend ordered to su...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Simba, Bona's mansion: Monument to corruption
THE huge mansion that former president Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and son-in-law Simba Mutsahuni have been struggling to complete since the longtime ruler was unceremoniously removed from power thr...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council faces serious staff shortage
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is battling a serious staff shortage, with over 1 300 vacant posts, one of the reasons for poor service delivery. In December last year, the local authority wro...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Tech trends that cannot be ignored in 2021 and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated reduced physical human interaction with more people engaging online now than ever before. This is unlikely to fade anytime soon and will see the increased datafic...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:09hrs | 355 | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ calls for Ministry of labour's intervention over threatened strike
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) and United federation for food and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe are meeting the minister of Public Service labour and Social Welfare Paul Mavima to...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 13:10hrs | 976 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa hints on by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu-PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3118 | by Staff reporter
Insuza villagers fight over land
VILLAGERS in Insuza, Matabeleland North province, are embroiled in a nasty land dispute which has spilled to a traditional court.The brawl started after villagers resolved to subdivide Khemuts...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Mayor's relocation angers Bulawayo residents
BULAWAYO residents have lambasted a council resolution to relocate Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni from his Nkulumane house to a council property in Burnside, describing it as an insult to the people w...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens Mozambique terrorists
ROBUST action will be taken against insurgents in neighbouring Mozambique as an attack on any member state is an attack on all, while in Zimbabwe Zanu-PF structures should ensure communities are on hi...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
We cannot sit back, watch Mozambique terror, says Mnangagwa
ROBUST action will be taken against insurgents in neighbouring Mozambique as an attack on any member state is an attack on all, while in Zimbabwe Zanu PF structures should ensure communities are on hi...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:37hrs | 929 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo water reticulation system set for overhaul
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is yet to order equipment worth nearly US$300 000 for the completion of water reticulation works at Aisleby 1 and 2, nine years after council applied for the loan to implem...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume as mayor relocates
BULAWAYO United Residents Association (Bura) has rapped the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for allocating a double-storey mansion to mayor Solomon Mguni in North End suburb.Mguni, who currently r...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls housing backlog hits15 000
VICTORIA Falls City's housing backlog currently stands at over 15 000 at a time when the local authority is struggling to secure land for housing development.Housing director Brian Nyamande ye...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
BCC to purchase water pumps directly
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) hopes the purchase of water pumps directly from manufacturers will help ease water woes that have been bedevilling the city. This comes as the city last w...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tramples on constitution over Malaba
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is back on track after a temporary derailment of a controversial extension of his tenure linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 re-election bid.This comes afte...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3757 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1288 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sangoma uses manhood to heal patient
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Stoneridge in Harare has been arrested on rape charges and allegedly using his manhood to treat a woman who had menstruation problems.Stephen Nyashanu Mabviregudo (3...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2420 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique terrorists murder Zimbabwean man
Zimbabwean Nyasha Mugwagwa, who was among the 12 people killed in Palma, Mozambique, when armed criminals who claim allegiance to a terrorist group ISIS that attacked the town, has been buried by Moza...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance has resolved to challenge the passage of Constitution Amendment No 1 Bill in court saying the manner in which it was passed by Parliament was unconstitut...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 5034 | by Staff reporter
MDC Senator says striking teachers must resign
AN opposition MDC-T senator last Thursday said teachers who were not reporting for work should leave employment and let unemployed qualified teachers take over.Masvingo senator Tichinani Mavet...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 2265 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-T supported Zanu-PF
MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu-PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 4436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks shut doors on 99-year farm leases
THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pampers Mayor with double storey mansion
IN a first for Bulawayo, the city council is set to pamper the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni, with a mayoral mansion located in the exclusive Hornung Golf Club in the leafy suburb of Burnside, Sunda...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Pupils turned away as teachers abscond
PUPILS from various schools were yesterday turned away after "incapacitated" teachers resolved to attend duty for three days per week.NewsDay Weekender gathered that parents were ordered to wi...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:01hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe troops ready for war
Zimbabwean troops are girding for war after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other regional leaders agreed an "immediate technical deployment" to help Mozambique fight Islamic insurgents who have rece...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:01hrs | 5611 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants resolve to go on partial strike
RESTIVE civil servants have resolved to go on a partial strike which will see them work just two days a week after insisting their current earnings can no longer sustain their livelihoods.This...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
SADC to deploy in Mozambique
SADC will urgently resuscitate and capacitate its Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in order to facilitate deployment in Mozambique, which is presently under siege from insurgents that claim to be affi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 537 | by Staff repporter
Tsenengamu condemns politics of hate
Former Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has exhorted the country's political leaders to ditch politics of hate and unite for their own good and that of the nation."We need to change t...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:36hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Meter fraud haunts Jere
BUSINESSMAN Farai Jere's company, Helcraw Electrical Private Limited, will be jointly charged along with its owner and two Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) engineers,...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:39hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Millers declare looming workers strike illegal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has warned employees representatives of the milling industry that their threats to embark on a nationwide...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 809 | by Paul Ndou
Catch and release has the prosecutor general failed the fairness test in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe legal system bleeds and limps and trudge on as it staggers towards shame and doom. The people of Zimbabwe have always pointed blood-dripping fingers in the direction of the legal system. The ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 15:29hrs | 1208 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Luveve water situation improves
BULAWAYO residents have heaped praise on the local council for the improved water situation in Luveve following an outcry over fears of another diarrhoea outbreak. Last year, at least 13 Luvev...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:42hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's 'defining moment'
WITH pressure mounting on its leaders all round, insiders say the MDC Alliance has reached a critical point where tough decisions now have to be made about its future.This comes as both Zanu-P...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 17:01hrs | 3027 | by Anesu Mirisawu
Funeral at 'killer's' house
THE family of a murdered Bulawayo man held his burial service at their neighbour's home in Pumula South suburb yesterday accusing them of fatally beating him. Blessing Zikhali (30) died on Wed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | 3500 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwean auditors face probe
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) has given in to pressure to investigate owners of audit firm BdO Zimbabwe over allegations of unprofessionalism.The investigation will...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City chairman on why he voted in Highlanders elections
BULAWAYO City Football Club chairman Jerry Sibanda has provided clarity on why he voted in last Sunday's Highlanders elections to choose three executive committee members.Sibanda was one of th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents to pay for roads rehabilitation
RESIDENTS in Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle in Bulawayo will be required to contribute money towards the rehabilitation of the poor road infrastructure in the suburb.This comes amid revelations th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
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