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Democracy and philanthropism in governance and five of Africa's most rare men in politics
Democracy is a system of governance in which the people choose their leaders by voting for them in elections. ... Philanthropy is free-giving of help or money to those in need. Governance is control o...Published: 5 hrs ago | 228 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Chivayo meets Malawi president Mutharika
Doors continue to be opened in the region for the controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, who met Malawian President Peter Mutharika last week.Chivayo posted pictures of himself meeting M...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1279 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF to fight MDC protests
THE Zanu-PF youth league has threatened to block the demonstrations planned by the opposition MDC party to protest government's poor handling of the economy which it claims has left the majority of pe...Published: 9 hrs ago | 997 | by Staff reporter
The curse of education?
I was jolted by a friend's tweet last night. It said "I have learnt much in my life… but the biggest stumbling block to my learning has been my education!"So it turns out, life is really one...Published: 9 hrs ago | 492 | by Zifiso Masiye
Ex-NetOne boss faces probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating former NetOne CEO Reward Kangai over a myriad of alleged criminal abuse of office cases during his tenure at the state-owned mobile netw...Published: 9 hrs ago | 278 | by Staff reporter
ZESA adds 160mw to national grid
Refurbishment work on Hwange thermal power station unit 5 has been completed and from this Saturday the unit has been providing an additional 160 megawatts to the national grid. Unit 6 is scheduled to...Published: 9 hrs ago | 248 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped as lover flees
A GROUP of five men reportedly ambushed a Filabusi couple, threatened the man who fled from the scene before one of them raped the woman.Kennedy Wonder Ndlovu (23) of Marumba B Village in Fila...Published: 18 hrs ago | 4174 | by Staff reporter
Electricity woes to ease as Zesa fixes station
ZIMBABWE last week lost 160 Megawatts of power after one of the only reliable generation station Hwange Unit Five went down, further crippling power supply at a time authorities are battling to secure...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1943 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet Shinzo Abe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), a major engagement set to unl...Published: 19 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
What is holding back Zimbabwe - perverse Zanu-PF and MDC entente cordiale
There is no doubt that ever since the 2008 to 2013 GNU there was mutual understanding, a cordial agreement, a "entente cordiale" as the French would say, struck between Zanu-PF and MDC. MDC was suppos...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | 2259 | by Wilbert Mukori
Policeman flees to a toilet for safety
In a dramatic incident a police officer stationed at Bulawayo Central Police Station hid in a toilet after he was pummelled and violently pushed against a guard room wall.Prayford Masund...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
Police crush teachers' demo
POLICE yesterday ruthlessly crushed a demonstration organised by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's offices and arrested the union's eight top...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:15hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Technical faults at Hwange cause for prolonged load shedding
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate Fortune Chasi, has said the prolonged load shedding hours experienced in some parts of the country over the past few days were due to unexpected ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Solar products still expensive despite duty waiver
The prices of solar panels, batteries and other accessories have remained high despite the recent move by Government to remove duty on all imported solar kits. This means the high prices of so...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:00hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Coltart tortured
Human Rights lawyer Douglas Coltart was assaulted by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on Friday when he accompanied teachers from the Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe to submit a p...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 16:26hrs | 5245 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa goes for the kill
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa is cranking up the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, amid revelations that the MDC will soon launch fresh mass protests against the government ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 15043 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF won people's mandate and will not share it with MDC' - illegitimate, rigged elections
Zanu-PF is treating the issue of the regime's lack of legitimacy and the MDC's call for a power sharing arrangement as if the two are one and the same thing."The people pronounced themselves a...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 628 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Beitbridge runs dry
BEITBRIDGE town has run dry following a major breakdown at the border town's water pumping station, Water Department officials said yesterday.The breakdown affected supplies to an estimated 60...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC under siege
NELSON Chamisa's MDC party has raised alarm over the "arbitrary" arrest of its activists and top leadership in the past few days, with the latest being national organising secretary Amos Chibaya who w...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Gunmen open fire on MDC MP's house
MARONDERA Central MP Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance) and his family escaped unhurt when suspected State security agents opened fire on their house in Nyameni high-density suburb yesterday morning....Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Probe underway on Gonyeti 'kidnapping'
Government is concerned about allegations of Samantha "Gonyeti" Kureya's kidnapping and assault by unknown masked men which occurred on Wednesday night. Gonyeti is a comedian and an artiste at...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Harare to invest in more solar traffic lights
Harare City Council is committed to investing more on the establishment of solar-powered traffic lights and street lights as a way of saving the environment, an official has said. The local au...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
'New GNU will address legitimacy deficit' argues Biti - he is still breathtakingly incompetent
Some of us castigated Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, Welshmen Ncube, David Coltart and the rest of the MDC leaders as "breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent" as far back as 2010; whe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4062 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of barbaric abuses
MDC Alliance leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of barbaric human rights abuses following the abduction and torture of Bustop TV comedian Samantha Kureya popularly known as Gonyeti by the...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 471 | by Staff Reporter
Abduction fears grip MDC members
THE MDC Bulawayo provincial executive has claimed that its members are now living in fear of abductions after three party activists were reportedly seized from their homes on Tuesday night and torture...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands strong after MDC-Alliance conspiracy to cause chaos
ZIMBABWE stands strong following days of calculated conspiracy by the MDC Alliance and its western funders to not only destabilise the nation but throw it into chaos through violent demonstrations mea...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 168 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mobile base stations to resume normal service as load-shedding eases
Network challenges will soon end following an improvement in electricity availability that will ensure uninterrupted power supply at base stations, a Cabinet minister has said. Information Com...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Guns fired at MDC MP's house
The MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende has alleged that some unknown person fired guns at the house of MDC MP Catson Matewu on Wednesday night. Said Hwende, "Bullets were fired at the House...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:57hrs | 4061 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Phelekezela Mphoko exposes ZANU PF killing secret?
Former ZPRA Commander and the country's Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has made the nation aware of one of the killing strategies that is used by the state on arrest political activists analyst hav...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:37hrs | 9984 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Comedian Gonyeti abductued and tortured
Bustoptv TV Comedian Samantha Kureya a.k.a. Gonyeti was abducted from her home by unidentified masked men with AK47 assault rifles on Wednesday night, reports from Harare have said.It is...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:24hrs | 4392 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 5921 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Phelekezela Mphoko given ZW$1 000 bail
A Bulawayo magistrate has granted former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko ZW$1000 bail on condition to surrender his passport and report at Drill Hall over a crime of defeating the course of justice ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5042 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe plunged into darkness again
Zimbabwe has rolled back into darkness with Zesa Holdings (Zesa) re-activating the Stage Two load-shedding regime where households and businesses go for 18 hours without electricity.Sources wh...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:25hrs | 6404 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 4919 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's govt frightened to the core, says Coltart
Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3442 | by Staff reporter
Top 5 PS2 ISOS to play with friends you can get right now
Do you remember a retro game with nostalgia? Or are you looking to relive the golden age when you used to wipe the floor with opponents on Soulcalibur?If that sounds like you, then you might b...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:12hrs | 187 | by Staff Writer
Soldiers arrested for stealing scrap metal, illegal mining
Two soldiers have been taken to court for stealing scrap metal from their employer in Mutare and selling it to a local dealer.Farai Chada (30) and Antony Mashaira (43), who are both employed b...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Zec pushes for transparency
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it plans to rebrand and become more open and transparent to the public ahead of critical elections in 2023.Speaking during a strategic meeting held...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Fuel situation in Zimbabwe improves
The Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi told Cabinet on Tuesday that the fuel situation in the country has improved in the country significantly as has been evidenced by the shorter...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 829 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Poison fearing Mphoko now a wanted man
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched a manhunt for former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who reportedly dramatically escaped from ZACC investigators on Monday afternoon. ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1929 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwean woman forced to give birth standing up in South Africa
A newborn baby who died at Mamelodi Hospital because his mother, a Zimbabwean national, was allegedly forced to give birth standing up was buried on Tuesday.Theresa Ngwendu, 30, said she was r...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 17:09hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Manicaland accuses MDC of cheap politicking
ZANU-PF youths in Manicaland yesterday said MDC Alliance councillors should stop blaming the ruling party for their failure to mobilise for their protest march slated for Thursday.The oppositi...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Four children go missing in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the whereabouts of four children who went missing last month in Old Pumula and Sauerstown suburbs. Bulawayo police spokesperso...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | 5352 | by Staff Reporter
Mphoko flees poisonous injection
Zimbabwe's former vice president on Monday fled from anti-corruption after being tipped off that if he is detained, he will be injected with a poisonous substance.Phelekezela Mphoko, 79, who s...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:17hrs | 15896 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni wants to pay $20 fine instead of jail time
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was slapped with an 18-month jail sentence by a Bulawayo magistrate after he was convicted of malicious damage to property has appealed ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:22hrs | 9934 | by Staff reporter
Harare CID officers deployed to Bulawayo to thwart MDC demo
Police officers from Harare's CID Law and Order section were deployed to Bulawayo to quell violence in the second largest city, a Harare court heard.This was revealed by prosecutors at the Har...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni appeals against jail sentence
Chief Ndiweni's lawyer Dumisani Dube has filed an appeal against last week's ruling.Ndiweni has been sentenced to 24 months in prison over malicious damage to property charges after he alleged...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:06hrs | 2997 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in show of force to thwart MDC Bulawayo demo
Anti-riot police were out in full force in Bulawayo on Monday to thwart any attempts by members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stage its planned demonstration.Most parts of the...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3314 | by Staff reporter
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