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Zimbabwe among 7 African governments using Israeli cyber-espionage tools
As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in organising opposition movements. In response, several governments have at tim...Published: 8 hrs ago | 975 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe in demo demanding Matanga's resignation
MDC Alliance Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and scores of party youths Thursday staged a flash demonstration outside the Harare Magistrates' Courts demanding the release of activist Makomborero Haruziv...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Blessing Chebundo praises Matemadanda for the hard work
The newest member of ZANU PF cde Blessing Chebundo praised the ZANU PF NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMISSAR cde Victor Matemadanda for the hard work he did in bringing Chebundo over to ZANU PF. ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 968 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chombo remanded in custody
Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally parcelling out land in Harare and Zvimba, will hear today whether his application for bail is successful a...Published: 22 hrs ago | 668 | by Staff reporter
'Housing co-ops remitted money into Chombo personal bank account'
SEVERAL housing co-operatives around the country reportedly deposited cash into former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo's personal bank account instead of remitting the money to the State, a ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:51hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Chombo in court for fraud, abuse of power
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Morgan Chombo today appeared in court on allegations involving illegal parcelling out of pieces of land in Harare and Zvimba Rural District during his tenure as the Mi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says all land barons are from Zanu-PF
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, who has recalled dozens of rival MDC Alliance councilors over the past several months alleging involvement in corrupt land deals, now says all land barons are from Zanu-...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:53hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Bid to bring Chelsea Legends to Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Chapter of registered fans of English Premiership giants, Chelsea, have embarked on an audacious bid to bring the London club's legends to come and play in this country. The suppo...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Dr Masimba Mavaza
I normally do not want to respond to social media neither do I want to be vilifying people. But after reading the article by Nomaz...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2294 | by Mandla Khumalo
Mohadi on the ropes
Vice President Kembo Mohadi is on the ropes as a growing sex scandal threatens to upend his political career.Mohadi, 71, missed a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the second major diary event he ha...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 4678 | by Staff reporter
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5521 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records highest number of Covid-19 cases
THE country has reported two more Covid-19 related deaths and 58 new cases in the last 24-hour cycle, with the highest number of cases, 24 being recorded in Bulawayo. All the 58 new cases are ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Kagonye fingered in farm invasion
Ex-cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has been fingered in a Bromley farm invasion where she is reportedly barring an indigenous farmer from utilising it and influencing invaders to resist eviction....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:36hrs | 1793 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Constructive criticism of leaders needs courage
The Honourable Vice President KEMBO Mohadi's Shenanigans have touched a gas cylinder there by creating a social media blast. Many people have urged party ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 19:58hrs | 753 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with Senator Tambudzani Mohadi that left us cold about ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1986 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa declares war on land barons
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on land barons and councils that duped desperate home seekers to settle and develop on illegal land, saying the government would bring them to book....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:15hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Why the colonial UK sanctioned Zimbabwe security chiefs
UNITED Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says the British government is not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's pace of reforms.Robinson (MR) told Alpha Media Ho...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 541 | by Ken Mufuka
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare workers give notice to strike
CITY of Harare workers have given their employer a seven-day notice to strike over poor salaries and non-availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), among other grievances.The move co...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Malaba faces a mountain to climb in his bid to stay on
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba's has a mountain to climb in his bid to extend his reign beyond 15 May 2021 when he is due to retire at 70: he needs to overcome hurdles around Constitutional Amen...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 2159 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi embarrasses the presidium
The vice president's power to lead comes from a ceremonial reverence Zimbabweans grant their presidents. To deserve the reverence, a vice president must act as a steward of the dignity and stature of ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2552 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has ravaged the globe....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Govt bans land allocation in Midlands
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect banned the allocation of residential stands in the Midlands province following revelations that 25 out of 100 dysfunctional settlements in the province were sittin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Cop attempts to murder pastor
A Masvingo Police woman has been remanded in custody on charges of attempted murder after she allegedly struck and injured her husband who is a pastor with a hoe handle.Yvonne Kufakunesu, a Po...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:30hrs | 1838 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance councils have failed the people,' claims Mnangagwa
The opposition must be voted from local authorities as they have run-down urban councils much to the suffering of the people, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the Politburo meeting yes...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
A 'Tsvangirai' needed in the opposition
ON SUNDAY, Zimbabwe marked the third anniversary since MDC founding president and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai died from colon cancer at a private hospital in South Africa.Tsvangira...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:05hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge council to repossess land
BEITBRIDGE Municipality says it is considering repossessing all undeveloped business stands around the Central Business District (CBD), where most people are holding on to prime land without any meani...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai book to be launched after lockdown
LATE founding MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's second book 'Service and Sacrifice' is now set for launch end of the national lockdown period, former spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka has revealed....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
No democracy works without dialogue
WHEN a President in the United States of America (USA) is set to address the nation, it is often report-ed that many citizens tend to go about their business and catch up with the address afterwards. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:12hrs | 426 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Matabele artistes honour Chief Maduna
ARTISTES from Matabeleland South have honoured the late revered Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu through artistic projects. Chief Maduna died last Saturday at his Avoca homestead in Filabusi, Insiza Dis...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe man loses US$4 000, R18k to robbers
THREE suspected robbers last week allegedly attacked a 28-year-old Gokwe man and robbed him of more than US$4 000 and R18 000 before speeding off in a getaway car.Midlands provincial police sp...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:26hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Land sales to private developers banned
Local authorities in the Midlands Province have been directed to stop allocating land to private developers while a recommendation has been made to demolish over 100 illegal settlements that exist in ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Chinese doctors to help administer Covid-19 vaccines
Chinese medical doctors are in Zimbabwe to help local personnel to effectively administer the Covid-19 vaccine brought from the Asian country yesterday as the two Republics continue to exploit the goo...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zuma hints that some judges were bribed by Ramaphosa
Former president Jacob Zuma has once again blasting the Zondo Commission for, in his view, not holding a fair and independent inquiry. He also blasted some in the judiciary who 'have had their hands f...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 22:48hrs | 2552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination to start this week
President Mnangagwa says vaccination of citizens will start this week following the arrival of 200 000 vaccines from China this morning.In a tweet, the President said: "The first batch of vacc...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga must crack the whip!
THE government last week set up a Cabinet Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management to bring sanity and order in urban areas by deregistering housing cooperatives being run by corrup...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Govt rescues duped UDCORP beneficiaries
THE government has pledged to assist Urban Development Corporation (Udcorp) beneficiaries that paid for residential stands four years ago in Chitungwiza that were not delivered.The stands in q...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:01hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Housing project for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set for a massive new housing project that will see 8 500 stands being developed on a 5 000-acre area along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road.The project is being implemented by Thompson Pr...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:47hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
BCC reassures residents on service delivery
THE Bulawayo City Council has reassured residents that it is working round the clock to ensure improvement of service delivery in the country's second largest city.The local authority has in r...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:46hrs | 195 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Zanu-PF land baron Chivhanga in dramatic 'catch and release'
ZANU-PF Chitungwiza youth leader Taurai Chivhanga was last week involved in a dramatic ‘catch and release', when he was arrested and released with no charge under unclear circumstances on the next d...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 20:13hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 501 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga a hero in the making
The Police Commissioner General Mr GodwinMatanga is a gentle giant but brutally effective. The United Kingdom of Britain imposed sanctions on three security chiefs plus a minister of state sec...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3521 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF disowns housing co-operatives
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it was supportive of government and Harare City Council's proposed demolition of illegal structures, including those under co-operatives led by party members....Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:50hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
NPA moves to block Machaya appeal
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has filed a notice of opposition at the High Court challenging jailed former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya's application for leave to appe...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Help in cleaning up urban settlements - Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has urged all its structures to cooperate with the Government team set-up to bring normalcy to urban settlements that had become feeding troughs for land barons and some councillors. T...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:35hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Harare master plan 3 decades behind
MDC-led Harare City Council is operating with a master plan that is at least three decades behind with the city reluctant to produce a latest one.The last master plan was in 1993 when Zanu-PF ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:32hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SACU probes 'land baron' Peyama
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa' Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) has opened a probe into land deals involving Chitungwiza businessman Wellington Peyama and the local authority.According to do...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves demolition of illegal settlements
CABINET has approved the demolition of illegal structures built on wetlands and on land corruptly parcelled out by land barons throughout the country.Task teams have already been set up to ide...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
BCC threatens to punish water abusers
BULAWAYO City Council has threatened to penalise residents who abuse water and exceed their daily limits.The warning came after the local authority partially eased the water-rationing schedule...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:17hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
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