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UN overwhelmingly approves Palestinian statehood resolution

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution advanced by France and Saudi Arabia on Friday, which supports the advancement of an "irreversible" path to Palestinian statehood.The resolution was approved by a majority of 142 countries, with…

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 16:52hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Mutapa to shake-up State firms

Mutapa Fund Plots Major Shake-Up of State-Owned Enterprises to Enforce Governance and ProfitabilityZimbabwe's sovereign wealth vehicle, the Mutapa Investment Fund, is preparing to roll out sweeping leadership changes across dozens of its p…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa announces new state lands management policy

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced the development of a new State Lands Management Policy aimed at eradicating the growing problem of land barons and lawlessness in land administration.Speaking at the launch of the Minimum Service …

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:51hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter

State gem miner pushes ahead with hazardous mining facility

The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has commenced operations at a high-risk deep diamond processing facility in Chiadzwa, despite internal warnings flagging serious safety failures that pose grave risks to workers, local commu…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:23hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt suppliers plot Treasury showdown at funeral parlour

In an extraordinary show of desperation, Zimbabwean government contractors used the funeral wake of one of their own last Thursday to plot emergency engagements with Treasury officials, warning that unpaid bills dating back to 2024 are pus…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:11hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter

Zimparks infrastructure in bad state

The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has raised alarm over the deteriorating state of its infrastructure, warning that the situation is severely affecting domestic tourism and the organisation's capacity to gener…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter

State assisted funeral for late Alfred Nikita Mangena's widow

The Government has accorded a state-assisted funeral to the late Sikhubekiso Madeya Mangena, widow of national hero and former commander of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), Rodgers Alfred Nikita Mangena. Mrs Mangena passed…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:24hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

High Court slams State over delays in protest case involving 95 accused

High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba on Monday sharply criticised the State for its handling of a case involving 95 individuals who were arrested over a month ago for allegedly staging protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 12:01hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter

Minister Mhona reminded of Victoria Falls-Beitbridge road bad state

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has come under fire in Parliament over the slow pace of rehabilitating the deteriorating Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, a critical artery for international and dom…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man found with R40,000 cash in SA, forfeited to the state

THE Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, has secured a forfeiture order against undocumented Zimbabwean man, Gift Mafukidze.Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd Ramovha, Gauteng spokesperson for the Hawks said Mafukid…

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe suspends selling of urban state land

The Government of Zimbabwe has announced an immediate moratorium on the allocation of urban state land. This measure is intended to improve the administration and management of this critical and limited resource, essential for the country'…

Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's case is political'

Embattled former Speaker of Parliament has been released on R50,000 bail after she appeared before Magistrate Anna Oosthuizen in a packed Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning.The State requested that bail be set at R100,000 but …

Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ostallos Siziva to sue State

Ostallos Siziva, Deputy Spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has announced intentions to pursue legal action against the State after being acquitted of charges related to tearing Zanu-PF campaign posters and inciting v…

Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Heath Streak gets State assisted funeral

LEGENDARY cricketer, Heath Streak, who passed away last weekend and was cremated as per his wishes, will get a State assisted funeral in recognition of his contributions to the development of the game of cricket.Streak passed on at the age…

Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 19:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa says nobody has monopoly over state institutions

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted Zanu-PF leadership whom he claims are behind violence orchestrated on his party faithful saying the ruling party must always bear in mind that no political party or indi…

Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Sikhala prosecution not political, claims the State

CCC's Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala was not arrested on political grounds and his prosecution in relation to the violence that engulfed the Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza is not politically motivated, but in line with his cri…

Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction

The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their abduction and alleged torture in 2020 by…

Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa leaving a legacy of failure

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa for umpteenth time last week told those who care to listen that he was preparing a sjambok treated with salt and hot spices (shamhu ine munyu) to beat up and inflict pain on the business community for  wan…

Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 10 | by Muzokomba villager

Business community must be economic actors

IT is a fact that Zimbabwe is in a mess.The fuel  and basic commodities' prices are adjusted on a daily or weekly basis.Inflation is at its all-time high in the post dollarisation era.The healthcare system is virtually dead. Healthcar…

Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Chief Chiduku

State of a Zimbabwean worker lamentable

AS the world celebrated Workers Day yesterday, my heart bled with sorrow about the current conditions of the majority of workers in Zimbabwe.One of the reasons that led to the liberation struggle was the worker's struggles, need for self d…

Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Linda T Masarira

'Zimbabwe among world's 56 authoritarian States'

ZIMBABWE has been adjudged as one of the 56 countries across the globe whose citizens are increasingly living under authoritarian leadership, the latest 2022 Freedom House report has revealed.The report evaluated the state of freedom in 19…

Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 15:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

State seeks to recover US$32m from Chihuri

The High Court is this week expected to hear a high profile corruption case in which the State is seeking to recover more than US$32 million and forfeit numerous properties from former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and his …

Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Burglar loses car to the state, jailed

A 47-YEAR-OLD Budiriro buglar who terrorised Bindura using his black unregistered  Toyota Wish breaking into people's cars stealing parts was finally arrested.Vincent Joni of number 3524 was slapped with five years in jail by Bindura …

Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 20:30hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole

AmaZulu stadium in deplorable state

THREE middle aged women emerge from a section of AmaZulu Sports Club holding pieces of firewood bundled together and make their way to the exit gate of the sports facility.They walk in the direction of the nearest homes in Paddonhurst subu…

Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

'State firms' crisis can be averted'

ZIMBABWE'S rundown state enterprises can bounce back without being transferred to private hands, a new report indicated last week, discounting the long â€“held view that privatisation presented the best opportunities to save bleeding gover…

Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

State agents draw up civic society hit list

ZIMBABWE'S security services last year intensified the hounding of civic society activists at a time Zimbabwe is expected to redouble its international re-engagement drive following months of simmering political tension and drama, confiden…

Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Teachers are not enemies of State

THE government exposes its true nature with each pass-ing moment and not only does it make bold, dumb, illegal and reckless statements, but it does it with so much lack of thought and arrogance. The current state of teacher welfare is desp…

Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe

State agents swarm Chilonga

STATE security agents have reportedly deployed heavily in Chilonga, Chiredzi district amid fears that they want to flush out strangers and contain the flow of information on government activities in the area.These include members of the Ce…

Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

State capture: Time to declare party financiers

SINCE time immemorial, the political class has been defined across the world by class, capital and raw power.In many instances, these groups of people have formed elite pacts to foster their hegemony in communities and are generally referr…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:15hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Govt to centralise control of State firms

THE Government will adopt a centralised ownership model for State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to eliminate inconsistencies in governance and ministerial interferences, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said yest…

Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe remains unitary state

ZIMBABWE is maturing as a democracy and in politics as evidenced by the devolution drive spearheaded by the Second Republic, but will however remain a Unitary State in the wake of the provincial and local governments. In an interview on th…

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police State

Within days of President Mnangagwa lecturing the West about how 'the rule of law is sacrosanct' in Zimbabwe, the police in Harare arrested representatives of rural teachers for trying peacefully to present a petition to the Finance Ministr…

Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:37hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

Zimbabwean man pops up in SA state capture inquiry

You will find Zimbabweans in the most unlikely of places.As South Africans embark on a bruising inquiry into allegations of whether the state was captured by a corrupt clique that milked government coffers to the detriment of ordinary citi…

Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:10hrs | 19 | by staff reporter

State Capture: The imperfect metaphor

Language and its expressions and metaphors does not only deliver messages and meaning but it can also do a lot to hide the truth. In that way language can be used, sometimes innocently and at times in true bad faith, to conceal rather than…

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena

State appeals Chivayo ruling

State prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal against businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo's acquittal by the High Court in a $5,6 million fraud involving the Gwanda solar project.Mr Chivayo and his company, Intratrek Zimbabwe, were last week…

Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:38hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

State of the nation under spotlight

SATIRICAL play, State of the Nation-Vortex, that highlights critical issues troubling the nation and a call for dialogue among citizens is set to be staged on February 15 and 16 at Theatre in the Park in Harare Gardens as the venue opens i…

Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa cracks whip on 'State capturers'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly cracked the whip on top ally and State residences principal director Douglas Tapfuma, who has been implicated in alleged corrupt deals, including the disappearance of $6,4 million at Hwange Colli…

Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 5116 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean economy reflects state of governance

IN 2015, I argued that the economy was Zanu-PF's most virulent opposition.The 2016 introduction of bond notes pegged to the US dollar saw the emergence of a parallel market for foreign exchange, owing to the shortage of foreign currency. C…

Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by Brian Kagoro

Looting of State resources to blame for economic crisis

THE Zimbabwe economic malaise can be traced to the political elite in the ruling party who loot and strip public funds from institutions such as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, among others.The looting of State resources implies that citizen…

Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Tendai Kamba

Zimbabwe's state of emergency

I CAN recall times when a state of emergency was declared and almost always it was in response to violence or political events.But when conditions reach the point where the very livelihoods of the people are at stake, I think the State sho…

Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:35hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross

Reflections on a captured Zimbabwean state

In November, people celebrated the fall of Mugabe, the junta misled the global community and portrayed as if Mugabe was the stumbling block to Zimbabwe's democracy. The junta deceived the world by preaching a new order of fake of system in…

Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 11:15hrs | 2 | by Tazvi Gamz

Party-State conflation must be checked

THE late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo noted in his autobiography that he once asked the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe which was the supreme organ of the State and to his great shock and horror Mugabe replied that the party…

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo

State to relocate villagers for Batoka power project

HUNDREDS of villagers living along the Zambezi River banks are likely to be displaced soon to pave way for the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) being initiated by Zambia and Zimbabwe.This was revealed by Zambezi River Authority c…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF captures State

With the 2018 elections on the horizon, Zanu-PF seems to have captured key institutions like Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), ZBC, police and army among others that can aid it to win the elections.But how can this state capture be addre…

Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 11:42hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Sibanda

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