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How African dictators are groomed! Akot will be one!
When I saw Emmanuel Akot from Uganda talking to President Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe, I despaired. I could not help but said to myself: this is how dictators are born and nurtured in Africa. The young inno...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 14:04hrs | 320 | by Nomazulu Thata
Dynamos thrashed 3-0 in BF relegation dogfight
Chicken Inn delivered a fiery performance and heaped misery on a lifeless Dynamos side with a commanding 3–0 victory in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League relegation six-pointer at Barbourfields S...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:58hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei blundered, says Mutsvangwa
Business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's presence at a recent Zanu-PF central committee meeting has been described as a violation of the party's constitution, potentially complicating his swift rise into...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:15hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei sparks Zanu-PF factional tensions
Business mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei's bid to join Zanu-PF's powerful Central Committee has stirred controversy within the ruling party, with senior officials declaring his recent attendance at a party ...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:01hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks culls 5 problematic elephants
In a relief to communities living under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge District, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) recently culled five elephants that had been causing exten...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Starving ZANU-PF youths loot exhibition food, detergents
A number of hungry and disgruntled ZANU-PF youths from various provinces stormed food and detergents scientific women conference exhibition stands displays area, loot foodstuffs, detergents and promot...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:06hrs | 899 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chaos as truck carrying Chibuku beer overturns on highway
A 30-tonne truck carrying Chibuku opaque beer was involved in an accident today at the 10 km peg along the Chinhoyi-Chegutu Highway, resulting in a stampede as crates of beer were strewn across the ta...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 21:07hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
'I did not loot Mnangagwa's rice, ZBC is my witness,' ZANU-PF MP
Thousands from Mbare constituency are up in arms with their legislator, Martin Matinyanya who allegedly stole three tonnes of rice from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Christmas donation meant to rescu...Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 16:08hrs | 2260 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Stampede for Zifa board positions
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections scheduled for January 25, 2025, are poised to be among the most hotly contested in the organization's history. With an impressive lineup of candidate...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:44hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top aides stampede in congratulating Auxillia
The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Auxillia Mnangagwa, the First Lady of Zimbabwe, for successfully attaining a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:30hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga steers clear of the Mnangagwa-2030 mantra
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday deftly avoided being stampeded into blind endorsement of the "2030 Mnangagwa" mantra which has vigorously been parroted by some party activists who want P...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Passengers escape death as CAG bus burns to ashes
Dozens of passengers narrowly escaped death on Wednesday afternoon when a CAG bus travelling from Harare to Kariba caught fire in Hurungwe.Several passengers sustained minor injuries in a stam...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:37hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Stampede to congratulate Mnangagwa
Government's loss-making entities and departments have peppered newspaper pages with fawning congratulatory messages to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his assuming of the rotational chairmanship of S...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:55hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires Guvamatanga, then changes mind
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sacked finance secretary George Guvamatanga last week but then had a change of heart after he made a groveling apology, and following further representations by chief cabi...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo just name droping, says Charamba
WHAT INSANITY: You have business partners who dribble one another. In the ensuing fallout, one of them allegedly name-drops in order to scare away the rest. I am supposed to be exercised by su...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by George Charamba
Mnangagwa's 2030 plot faces fierce Zanu-PF resistance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loud campaign for support to hang on to power beyond 2028 when his final term ends has drawn fierce resistance from a Zanu-PF faction loyal to his deputy Constantino Chi...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 07:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans will stampede for ZiG by June'
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr. John Mushayavanhu has highlighted the impending surge in demand for the Zimbabwean dollar (ZiG) anticipated to occur by June. This surge is expecte...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:47hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Stop Zanu-PF extortionists, villagers plead
VILLAGERS in some parts of the country have appealed to the Zanu-PF leadership to rein in their local party leaders who are reportedly fleecing them of cash under the guise of raising funds for indepe...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics is a rat race and the antagonists' trump cards are deception and betrayal
Zimbabwe's political system is not a caucus race but a rat race! Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland explained what a caucus race is: "After swimming around in Alice's pool of tears...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa allies stampede for Blue movement positions
Politicians aligned to former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are said to be jostling for positions in their yet-to-be unveiled movement as efforts are being made ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
His haircuts are turning heads
Toddlers, juveniles, teens, adults and octogenarians, they all flock to Alexio's Barbershop. Sometimes we even see stampedes during school recess as each learner hurries to be in front of the queue to...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:17hrs | 136 | by Tondo Chinehasha
Councillors fume over US$7 allowance
SOME councillors are reportedly failing to attend committee meetings citing paltry monthly allowances of ZWL$113 000 that translates to less than US$7 at the prevailing interbank rate.This was...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Billiat's Dynamos deal stalled
DYNAMOS had principally sealed their prime target Khama Billiat's deal before news about his availability triggered a stampede across the top echelons of the league last week, Zimpapers Sports can rev...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 16:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Caps United join Billiat race
CAPS United have joined the race to sign clubless former Warriors star Khama Billiat who is expected to jet into the country today.Billiat, who has been without a team since leaving South Afri...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Ghost' sparks chaos at primary school
A SUSPECTED 'ghost' caused chaos at Mberi Primary School in Zengeza yesterday morning, resulting in one child being injured in a stampede.The 'ghost,' which they claim was in the form of a wom...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu facing the axe
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is now facing the axe from the same opposition party that he snatched from its former leader Nelson Chamisa for allegedl...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:20hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Coltart says Bulawayo residents will decide if he stays or goes
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said Monday that a decision on his political future is imminent, but stressed that it will be influenced by "those I am directly responsible to."Coltart, like othe...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bread shoots to US$1,30 in Zimbabwe
PRICES of most basic commodities, particularly food items, have surged by more than 30% since last year as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value against the greenback.The new 15% value-added tax...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:02hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
2 women die celebrating New Year's Day
TWO WOMEN died this morning while celebrating New Year's Day in unclear circumstances in Tafara, Harare.Initial reports indicate that the road leading to Kamunhu Shopping Centre and Tafara sub...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 17:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Vene veCCC battling against against 'rebels'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is battling to seize the initiative from disgruntled officials from his party who are allegedly using the recalls of elected opposition repres...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 18:53hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Thousands stampede to submit CVs at Zimbabwe government's jobs fair
Despite scorching temperatures reaching 34°C, thousands of job seekers, eager for employment, endured the heat to attend the government's job fair at the Museum of African Liberation in Harare on Wed...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans stampede for passports ahead of new shock fees kicking in from January
Hundreds of people have besieged passport offices at Makombe Building in Harare to try and secure the travel documents ahead of hiked fees announced in the 2024 national budget, which take effect begi...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa battling to seize initiative from CCC 'rebels'
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is battling to seize the initiative from disgruntled officials from his party who are allegedly using the recalls of elected opposition repres...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:26hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Disputed polls worsening voter apathy,' Stop using sticky band-aid to fix broken limb - vote rigging
"Disputed polls to worsen voter apathy" proclaimed Bulawayo 24 headline. "The frequency of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the most recent being the August 23 polls, will discourage more regis...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC were hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed and now want to stampede into fresh flawed election
"Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has initiated a 30-day campaign calling for fresh elections following last week's controversial poll results," reported Pind...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Voters in last minute stampede to get identity cards
THERE was commotion at the Civil Registry offices in Gweru today as hundreds of prospective voters who lost identity cards jostled to process new cards ahead of tomorrow's Harmonised Elections....Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Return of Zapu, Zipra properties imminent, says Mohadi
Zanu-PF second secretary, Kembo Mohadi, yesterday claimed that the return of properties belonging to Zapu and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) is imminent.Zipra was the military...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Residents stampede to join Homeseekers4ED
HUNDREDS of Marondera residents are jostling to join the newly-formed Homeseekers for Economic Development (Homeseekers4ED) in anticipation of getting residential stands.The outfit, which has ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Call for election boycott over hefty nomination fees
The Nationalists Alliance Party (NAP) has called on other political parties to boycott the upcoming elections in protest against the hefty nomination fees for election candidates.NAP leader, D...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won't force us to reveal candidates'
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will not be stampeded into revealing its August 23 election candidates by its opponents before it completes the selection process.Pre...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus catches fire
Forty-three passengers including learners on their way to school, yesterday escaped death by a whisker after an Inter Africa bus caught fire near Battlefields between Kwekwe and Kadoma. Most of the ba...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has refused to be stampeded into the 'Gold Mafia' mess
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has refused to be stampeded into the "Gold Mafia" mess following talk the opposition chief and lawyer once defended one of the culprits and ha...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation
IN the days leading to 17 February when the final delimitation report was supposed to be gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:38hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to take UN's advice
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to disregard parliament's consent and take the United Nations (UN)'s advice not to sign the Private Voluntary Organizati...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Spike in Zimbabwe marriages... as many stampede for diaspora jobs
SCORES of desperate Zimbabweans, particularly civil servants, are reportedly entering into fake marriages to expedite the processing of spousal visas to enable them to travel to developed countries su...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police officer's gun jammed during shootout
A police firearm jammed during a shootout as police tried to intercept an armed man who went on a killing spree in Wedza on Friday gunning down a self-styled prophet, a police officer and another vict...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rally 'cancelled' over poor turnout
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday reportedly cancelled a planned address to Zanu-PF supporters who had come to cheer him on at the official opening of the US$7,4 million Madokero Mall in Harare...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
APA endorses DUZ presidential candidate
THE Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) party, formerly led by Nkosana Moyo, says it will back the candidature of the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader Robert Chapman in the 2023 presidenti...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa soccer legends clash set for next year
PREPARATIONS for a clash pitting Warriors legends and Bafana Bafana legends have gathered momentum with Jonathan Mashingaidze who is part of the organising committee revealing the encounter is schedul...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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