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Tinoda Machakaire's power in Zanu-PF shaken
ZANU-PF's national secretary for youth affairs, Tinoda Machakaire, is facing a significant challenge to his political clout after party secretary-general Obert Mpofu publicly reprimanded him for unila...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs plunge into war
The Zanu-PF youth league is in turmoil following a leadership reshuffle announced on Monday by the party's national secretary for youth affairs, Tinoda Machakaire. The move has resulted in a bitter cl...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Court visits Mugabe's 'grave' in exhumation case
Chinhoyi Magistrate Kudzanai Mahaso has granted village head Tinos Manongovere his request for an inspection in loco at the burial sites of the late former President Robert Mugabe, following a dispute...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 1968 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire responds to Paradza as factions tear Zanu-PF
Daggers are drawn within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party as a power struggle between top leaders of the influential Youth League threatens to deepen divisions.Youth Affairs Minister Tino Macha...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Town Clerk threatens Councillors with arrest over bus terminus dispute day before Deputy Mayor Ndlovu is arrested
Retired Major Christopher Dube, the Town Clerk of the City of Bulawayo, has come under fire after allegedly threatening elected Councillors with arrest if they failed to reverse their decision to relo...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 20:00hrs | 1570 | by George Tshuma
Axe-wielding ZANU PF Bulawayo Councillor Josiah Mutangi faces Jail over murder threats
ZANU PF Ward 1 Councillor Josiah Mutangi stands at the center of a sensational legal storm after defying multiple court orders to vacate Rosebank Farm Number 10 in Umguza. The embattled Councillor is ...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 14:24hrs | 481 | by Mandla Ndlovu
White City grenade attack on Mnangagwa still under investigation
The investigation into the June 23, 2018, grenade attack that targeted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-ranking officials during a Zanu PF rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo has taken ...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 09:54hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth possible readmission queried
Zimbabwe's bid for readmission to the Commonwealth has raised concerns about the bloc's credibility as a champion of democracy and justice, with critics arguing that the country's human rights record ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:12hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Fired BancABC managers threaten to wash 'dirty linen' in public
A bitter and escalating dispute between dismissed BancABC managers and the bank's leadership is threatening to destabilize one of Zimbabwe's leading financial institutions. The conflict, which involve...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:04hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso, Greenfuel match netted US$811'
Highlanders Football Club Chairman, Kenneth Mhlophe, has disclosed that their recent Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against GreenFuel at Barbourfields Stadium generated a modest US$811 from ...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:55hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Dembare players snub their Chairman
Dynamos players are intensifying their protests over unpaid bonuses and sign-on fees ahead of Sunday's Chibuku Super Cup semi-final clash against Manica Diamonds at Rufaro Stadium, which they see as t...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 15:35hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos, players standoff persists
Tensions are mounting at Dynamos Football Club as players staged a second day of protest yesterday, boycotting training over unpaid winning bonuses and sign-on fees. The unrest has thrown their Chibuk...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 104 | by Staff reporgter
BREAKING NEWS: ZANU PF Councillor Threatens Court Officers with Axe to Resist Eviction from Umguza Farm
In a shocking turn of events, ZANU PF Bulawayo Ward 1 Councillor, Josiah Mutangi, is embroiled in a dramatic standoff after defying a court-ordered eviction from a farm he has unlawfully occupied for ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 2849 | by Staff Reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2479 | by Tawanda Majoni
Ex-CCC organizer jailed 36 months
Tineyi Mapepa, former Mwenezi district organizer for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Mwenezi Magistrate Conceptor Ngwerume on July 16. Mapepa, 46, was ...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:53hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tightens army grip amid succession manoeuvres
ZIMBABWEAN Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - a politically ambitious retired commander of the defence forces - has formally tightened his grip on the military as new Air Force of Zimbabwe boss Air...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demanding their power station back
Some Bulawayo residents are demanding that the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station be handed back to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) instead of being decommissioned.This came out during an engageme...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic students protest USD fees
Students at the Bulawayo Polytechnic are up in arms with the institution over its demand that they pay fees in United States Dollars (USD).This demand, said the students, violates the governme...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Chitungwiza rally cancelled
Nelson Chamisa's rally in Chitungwiza scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled. In a statement on it's X account (formerly Twitter), the party did not provide any spe...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors calls off strike
Normalcy has returned into the Warriors camp after players were paid their camping allowances and appearance fees, allowing them to return to training ahead of Sunday's crucial Sunday's 2026 FIFA Worl...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Anti-riot police storm parliament as CCC MPs turn rowdy
In a dramatic turn of events, members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police were summoned to the Parliament building in Harare today to remove opposition MPs affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 15:42hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Why SADC is happy with the Mumba Report
Franz Kafka's worldFranz Kafka's art rests and runs on the bizarre and overawing grotesquery. Yet it is that de-familiarised, out-of-size world which he so ably colours which becomes the vehic...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Chamisa's CCC trashes Father Mukonori 'biased' dialogue
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from the opposition has expressed the need for a dialogue in Zimbabwe, facilitated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to address the ongoing ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is set to get Starlink before South Africa
AN apparent standoff over licensing rules in South Africa means the country's impoverished northern neighbour is set to get Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet first.It has emerged that Zi...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A nation at crossroads
Good day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, Zimbabwe is dogged by reputational and socio-economic challenges. Consequently, the citizenry is despondent, crying out for commitment to uphol...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chamisa has a solid plan
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has revitalized the dwindling hopes of millions of Zimbabweans who had lost faith in the prospect of a change in government...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joachim Chissano attends Mnangagwa rally
Former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano on Saturday attended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's star rally in Midlands amid reports he would also attend opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa's own ral...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Joachim Chissano to attend Chamisa's rally
Former President of Mozambique, Joachim Chissano is attending Zanu-PF's last presidential star rally in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province of Midlands.Chissano is one of most illustr...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Niger: Calls for mass recruitment of volunteers to counter Nigerian military invasion
Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation's democratically elected president.Residents in the capital, N...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rally disrupted
POLICE randomly fired tear smoke into people's houses as they dispersed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters who were attending party leader Nelson Chamisa's star rally at Mamutse Ground in ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter was run over by truck?
A CCC activist, who died in Glen View 7 on Thursday, was run over by a truck that was coming from behind in the brawl between youths from the ruling party ZANU PF and the opposition who were fighting ...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 19:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mine wrangle sucks in deputy minister
Mines deputy minister Kambamura has been sucked in a mining wrangle pitting his ally Hillary Mutandwa against Phillip Makunze, a leaked police memo from Sanyati Police Station to Kadoma district polic...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Iran exposes Zimbabwe's lies about sanctions crippling economy
As a Zimbabwe delegation, led by foreign affairs minister Fredrick Shava, visits Iran, and is showcased the repressive regime’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst enduring arg...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimasco readies to commence production
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, is in the process of switching on three of its furnaces as it seeks to resume operations.The ferrochrome producer switched off its Kwekwe plant in N...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends colourful Mbasogo inauguration
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was among high profile dignitaries from several countries who joined thousands of local people here yesterday to witness the inauguration of Equatorial Guinea President, Teodoro Ob...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress maintains 2017 coup hierarchy
"LOBENGULA comes back as secretary for administration," Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on 29 October as he appointed the ruling party's top leadership at the recent congress at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest witness testifying against Ken Sharpe
A witness testifying against Ken Sharpe has been arrested today by the police in sudden turn of events, the controversial businessman is accused of ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa should tell her husband that sanctions can't cripple a country's economy!
As Zimbabwe First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visits Iran, and is showcased the Islamic Republic’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robbers police Fidelity standoff' Details emerge
BUSINESS came to a standstill in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) yesterday when police cordoned off streets leading to Fidelity Building at Corner 11th Avenue and Fife Street, where suspect...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spies stalk US Senate aides to Harare cafe, stage high speed chase
In a dramatic incident, suspected Zimbabwe state agents tailed and secretly filmed two visiting US Senate aides who were having a meeting with a civil society activist at a Harare cafe.The inc...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets engage police over regalia
ZIPRA war veterans are seeking an audience with the police to help prevent possible future standoffs over their yellow regalia.The development comes a fortnight after police clashed with the w...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers, other civil servants face off
THE standoff between the civil service umbrella union and teachers representatives has escalated amid reports that government workers called off their planned demonstration last Friday fearing disrupt...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec yet to pay O, A-level markers
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) is yet to pay some examiners who marked the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, almost seven months after completing the exercise.E...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
School fees shocker
GOVERNMENT and private schools have hiked fees ahead of opening day tomorrow citing the weakening Zimbabwe dollar.While the bulk of schools were still assessing the situation, some private sch...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec standoff leaves students, varsities in limbo
A STANDOFF between markers and the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has resulted in the examination board failing to release the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level results in time.I...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Robert Mugabe Jnr playing the fool?
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's son, Robert Junior's recent endorsement of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is seen as a climbdown meant to protect the late strongman's empire and s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marriot's ownership claim to dominate Dembare indaba
THE 51 percent share ownership claim by Dynamos board chairman Bernard Marriot is likely to dominate discussion when the newly-assembled Dynamos board of trustees convene their first meeting in Harare...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Marriot disowns Dembare legends
DYNAMOS board chairman Bernard Marriot has dismissed as a legal nullity the meeting held by former players and club legends which elected a new board of trustees meant to assume control of the club....Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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