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1 June declared Bulawayo Day
THE Bulawayo City Council has declared 1 June, Bulawayo Day, a day which will be set aside to commemorate the declaration of the city as a town in 1894 and will be marked by arts and cultural activiti...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2226 | by Staff Reporter
Acie Lumumba endorses Saviour Kasukuwere for President?
Self-styled Communications strategist William Gerald Mutumanje has posted a tweet suggesting that he is throwing his weight behind the exiled former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to take over as...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 10733 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe accelerating towards precipice of doom - Asante sana
The pace at which Zimbabwe's socio-economic situation is deteriorating is quite terrifying and a long-lasting panacea is urgently needed. I am afraid that we might be heading towards the precipice of ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:04hrs | 365 | by Canisio Mudzimu
Logan Paul's struggles with YouTube stardom
Logan Paul might not be a name you're familiar with, but his face certainly will be. The YouTube star has gone viral multiple times for his hilarious videos, but in recent years has gone somewhat off ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 12:49hrs | 625 | by Staff Writer
WATCH: Mnangagwa fires warning shots at doctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a veiled threat on doctors accusing them of neglecting their job in pursuit of money. Speaking on Thursday Mnangagwa said doctors used to prioritise the l...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC renews push for diaspora vote
MDC secretary for elections Jacob Mafume has said the party will use all legal channels to make sure that people in the diaspora vote in 2023.Mafume told the Daily News that his party will app...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:31hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 176 | by Tony Hawkins
Power of symbolism in lobbying
WHEN culture is looked at from a global standpoint, especially black culture, Americans have always led the way in producing iconic figures with global reach. This includes the likes of Michael Jackso...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:24hrs | 23 | by Admire Kudita
Enjoy donor money but vote Zanu-PF, says Minister
Mutare: People in rural areas should gladly enjoy financial donations by international aid agencies in the form of relief projects but should go on to vote Zanu-PF during election time, Minister of St...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:20hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean fugitive living his best life in South Africa
Roland Muchegwa (49) is on the run from police in Zimbabwe after savagely attacking his ex-wife, mother of two Mitchell Kawome, on the 16th of September 2015 leaving her fighting for her life....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3014 | by Staff reporter
Defiant doctors face censure
THE Health Service Board (HSB) is likely to commence disciplinary hearings against all doctors who ignored the last Friday's Labour Court ruling ordering them to return to work within 48 hours. ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 5 | by Staff rpeorter
WATCH: Pastor turns congregants into animals...feeds them bible pages
A video of an unnamed Pastor commanding his congregants to behave like animals has gone viral online. The female congregants are seen standing next to the Patsor who then tears pages of the bi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 15:26hrs | 293 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa appoints Advocate Thabani Mpofu for MDC top post
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has appointed famed lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu to lead an anti-corruption committee that the party has just formed. In a statement on Wednesday MDC said, "Presiden...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 12:07hrs | 1161 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Massive power cuts to be implemented
The national power company ZETDC has announced that it is going to escalate the electricity load-shedding to Stage 2 due to the massive power cuts that is happening in the neighbouring South Africa. ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 11:41hrs | 1619 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa to experience 14 hours load-shedding
South Africa's power utility company Eskom has announced that load-shedding stage 2 will be implemented on Wednesday.According to a Twitter statement the load-shedding will be implemented from...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:27hrs | 886 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Leonard Dembo's 'Dambudzo watinetsa' tune allegedly banned on ZBC
Leonard Dembo's 'Dambudzo Watinetsa' tune allegedly banned on ZBC.Apparently this song was banned on zbc. That's unfair to the family of Le...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:48hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 909 | by AP
'George Charamba confuses Mnangagwa's government'
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says Presidential Spokesperson is confusing the current administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by telling them deep English words that do...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 16:20hrs | 3066 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF officials block Mnangagwa-Chamisa meeting
ZANU PF Youth League Political Commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has lashed out at unnamed ZANU PF officials whom he alleged to be sabotaging the dialogue between MDC leader Nelson chamis and ZANU PF Presi...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 15:40hrs | 6162 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans secretly vote in Mozambique elections?
MDC Deputy Spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka has alleged that some Zimbabweans secretly voted in the Mozambique elections held on Tuesday.Said Tomborinyoka, "We have it on good authority that the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2175 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 755 | by Tony Hawkins
Zimtrade rallies industry to export
THE need to increase Zimbabwe's exports will come under the spotlight when government, local exporters, industry players, academia and researchers among others meet in Bulawayo on Thursday for the Zim...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 548 | by Victor Bhoroma
Police takeover MDC head office
MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende has reported that the Morgan Tsvangirai House has been sealed by police officers who have blocked the officials from accessing it. The move by the police ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 09:49hrs | 8628 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe external debt hits US$8bn
Zimbabwe's external debt is an estimated US$8 billion, the Finance and Economic Development 2020 pre-budget strategy paper has revealed. The strategy paper revealed that the country's total pu...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1490 | by Staff reporter
New political systems needed to steer development in Africa
It is often said that most African nations have, for decades, failed to take off developmentally after political power was handed over to African leaders by the various colonial administrations. While...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 158 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Council workers demand urgent salary review
THE Harare Municipal Workers Union (HMWU) has urged council to urgently review workers' salaries to levels above the poverty datum line of $2 600. HMWU executive chairperson Mr Cosmas Bungu sa...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Judge calls for married people database
In a development likely to inspire changes in the proposed Marriages Bill that seeks to have unregistered customary law unions itemised, a High Court judge has called for a countrywide database of mar...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Jean Gasho: Do you realize you are in an abusive marriage in Ghana? Come home!
Late yesterday evening I got WhatsApp from a friend who lives in Belgium. She had an article to share with me. This time around it was article from Jean Gasho extracted from her blog? I got another on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:23hrs | 1287 | by Nomazulu Thata
210 police helmets retrieved at a building in Harare
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating circumstances in which 210 old helmets resembling those used by the Police and 41 others used by Harare Municipal Police were found hidden in a basement o...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 20:39hrs | 2706 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti tears into Mthuli Ncube
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has fired salvo at the Finance and Economic Deevelopmnet Minister Mthuli Ncube accusing him of being a person who misleads the citizens. Biti was commenting on N...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 10:05hrs | 11242 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean authorities called to commence diaspora vote facilitation
AN independent election watchdog has called on authorities to immediately commence the process of facilitating the diaspora vote, saying any delay would continue to disenfranchise Zimbabweans living o...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
ICC to lift Zimbabwe suspension?
ZIMBABWEAN cricket stakeholders are keeping their fingers crossed that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will lift the country's suspension, with an announcement to be made tomorrow.All ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Government crafts Bulawayo industry development policy
THE Government will soon unveil an industry development strategy specifically designed to revive Bulawayo's status as the country's industrial hub, a Cabinet Minister has said.In an interview ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Noose tightens on Kasukuwere
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has filed an interdict pendente lite (pending litigation) at the High Court seeking to bar former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from dealing with or disposin...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:24hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Primary school pupils throw stones at Mnangagwa
A video of a group of primary school pupils stoning a banner of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2018 election banner has gone viral on social media. The pupils are seen throwing stones and othe...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:18hrs | 16605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimnat resorts to lies and deceit in pursuit of the Diaspora dollar
ZIMNAT LIFE is risking a possible lawsuit in pursuit of the diaspora dollar over data protection breaches and gross misrepresentations to Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan (DFCP) clients of their role in the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 14:32hrs | 904 | by Alois Vinga
Matabeleland Collective speaks on tribal recruitment of student nurses in Matabeleland.
Matabeleland Collective strongly condemns the unfair, tribal motivated recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg, Mangwe, Gwanda, only one student at St Lukes, over 95 % of student nurses at Mpilo Sch...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1282 | by Matabeleland Collective
Jacob Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment
Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment if found guilty of during a trial where he is facing 18 charges of fraud, corruption, money lau...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 5627 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kuda Tagwirei travels with Mnangagwa to France
Embattled oil guru Kuda Tagwirei accompanied President Emmerson Mnanggwa to Lyon France recently to attend a Global Fund event. Online publication Zimlive reported on Thursday that, "Pre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 09:39hrs | 6588 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU leaders get death threats
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leaders received death threats from an unknown number on Thursday warning them of taking certain decisions during the General Council. Posting on Twitter ZCTU...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 05:13hrs | 1273 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US blacklists Gupta family
The US Treasury announced sanctions against the controversial Gupta family and associate Salim Essa, it said in a statement on Thursday."The Guptas and Essa have used their influence with prom...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 16:54hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's statement on World Mental Health Day
Today it is the World Mental Health Day, a very important occasion where we stop and reflect on how we would have spent the previous year looking after the most import part of the human body, the mind...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 13:45hrs | 289 | by Advocate Nelson Chamisa
United Nations fails to pay salaries?
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation says the United Nations might fail to pay salaries of its staff due to the failure of its member state to pay dues. "United Nations Secretary-General warn...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 12:38hrs | 2098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni pledges to campaign for Mnangagwa's reforms
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has urged the government to explain clearly to the citizens the kind of reforms that they are pursuing so that the people may support them. Ndiweni...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 6870 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Nurses go on strike in Harare
Reports coming from Harare indicate that nurses at Parirenyatwa Hospital have gone on a strike citing incapacitation to work due to the remuneration that they are getting.The strike comes when...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 11:07hrs | 5134 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nelson Chamisa’s statement on World Mental Health Day
Today it is the World Mental Health Day, a very important occasion where we stop and reflect on how we would have spent the previous year looking after the most import part of the human body, the mind...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 705 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mnangagwa donates USD$1 Million to Global Fund
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to donate USD$1 Million to the Global Fund during a Global Fund replenishment event held in France on Thursday. The money is to fight against, TB and M...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 10:31hrs | 4099 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe needs to move beyond uncertainty
"Climate change in Zimbabwe. You can hear it on the banks of Lake Kariba up north and feel it in the fields of Beitbridge in the south. You'll see it in the classrooms of rural Gokwe, where the succes...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 296 | by Pearl Matibe
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