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The uncanny parallels between Zanu-PF and the Rhodesian Front
THE white Rhodesian regime by all accounts waged a highly effective counter-insurgency war against the guerilla forces.Its successes were across the military and intelligence spheres.T...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 556 | by Rigid Kondongwe
Used clothes take Zimbabwe by storm
Kimberley Dube takes great care with her appearance. She always looks sharp and fashionable in smart-looking jeans, t-shirts, sweatpants, tops, and designer sneakers."I love jeans - can't get ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 11:24hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
South African Rand takes a hit
The rand and a number of South African stocks took a hit on Monday as investors moved away from purchasing riskier assets, and it became evident that the US may enter a recession.The rand was ...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 09:12hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
The death of coalitions
To drag out or not to drag Biden!What a disaster for the Democrats in United States elections!With little foresight or care, Democrats pitted a dead-man-come-to-life by the name of Joe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Benjani Mwaruwari gets coaching job in England
FORMER Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari has kick-started his journey towards a return to coaching after earning an opportunity to work with English Championship side Plymouth Argyle's juniors....Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'offered third term in office'
A Zanu-PF lawmaker on Wednesday said Zanu-PF had "offered" President Emmerson Mnangagwa a third term in office after several party officials chanted a slogan that the 81-year-old "will still be ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Chamisa, Tshabangu fight for Bulawayo offices
NELSON Chamisa's loyalists are engaged in a bitter fight with a Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) rival camp and the MDC over control of Bulawayo party offices.The offices, which once belonge...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia urged to put nuclear weapons in Cuba
Russia should place its nuclear weapons in "friendly countries" near the US in response to Washington's alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested....Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar flounders
Zimbabwe's central bank will hold its first rate-setting meeting of the year next Monday as it seeks to deal with a currency rout.The monetary policy committee will meet "to discuss interventi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Global headwinds spell doom for Zimbabwe
TOP international economists predict that the global economy will decline this year, spelling trouble for Zimbabwe's foreign market-dependent economy.The Treasury expects Zimbabwe's economic g...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's CCC in leadership crisis as Nelson Chamisa steps back
The political landscape of Zimbabwe is witnessing a ripple of turbulence as Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), reportedly steps back from active leadership. The step ba...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:32hrs | 7 | by Olalekan Adigun
Zanu-PF tension grips Midlands
SIMMERING tension has absorbed the ruling Zanu-PF in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard, stoked by the party's provincial leadership's decision to block scheduled disciplinary hearings f...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Mahere's 'big fat lie'
EXPLAINER: Fingerprints of the MDC in the "Edited" CCC Constitution filed by Tshabangu in Chamisa's Interdict Court Case to halt Further Recalls not Fraud but Proof of MDC Paternity of Lawful CCC...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 18:06hrs | 10 | by Jonathan Moyo
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Mnangagwa's Mutapa Fund likely to create oligarchs
FEARS abound that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's self-serving Mutapa Investment Fund project has hallmarks of how Russian state assets were sold for a song or brazenly stolen during its transition fro...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nevers Mumba making a spirited attempt to take the regime change agenda from where Mwanawasa left it
"For those who don't know the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, let me fill you in about him. During his tenure of office as Zambian President, he became the darling of Western countries and, che...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chinamasa ZANU-PF Treasure
South Africa, Zimbabwe in behind the scenes talks
The South African government and the governing ANC under President Cyril Ramaphosa are engaged in new secret talks with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's freshly-minted administration to resol...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's previous known political association with Chamisa creates unwholesome perceptions
Reverend Dr. Nevers Sikwila Mumba. Who is this man? People who don't know him were caught completely by surprise by his pronouncements as Head of SEOM (SADC Electoral Observation Mission), purportedly...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by ZanuPF Treasurer General. @Chinamasa_PA
Mayweather encounter stokes boxing flames in Zimbabwean prodigy
BEAVEN Sibanda shoved and pushed tens of people, including security detail, desperately trying to get an up close for an autograph from his boxing hero, his stature betraying his efforts."I co...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
France and Ecowas in a fix as Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger
Coup-hit Niger's neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, have warned that any military intervention against Niamey would be considered a "declaration of war" against their nations.The two countries...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 07:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Spiritual home of Black cricket in Zimbabwe finally gets international recognition
Bill Flower realized 30 years ago that cricket wouldn't survive, let alone bloom, in Zimbabwe unless it reached out to the country's Black majority and found a place in their hearts.Part of hi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 13:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can learn from Ashes Series
Zimbabwe's Test players are likely to be keeping an eye on proceedings in England over the coming months as a new chapter is to be written in Ashes history.It's a series that will see the seco...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 16:12hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa claims the resurgent skyrocketing inflation is a calculated political attack
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa claims the resurgent skyrocketing inflation - which has seen the country plunge into a third hyperinflation wave in 15 years - is a calculated political attack ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso executives survive vote of no confidence
HIGHLANDERS Football Club's executive survived a vote of no confidence after the auditors issued an adverse opinion on the club's financials which paints a bad picture of the institution.An ad...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marvelous ending for Nakamba
AFTER a gruelling 10-month race, the English Championship is now set for a frenzied ending tomorrow, with Zimbabwean football fans keeping a close eye on proceedings.While champions Burnley an...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wife stabbed 19 times
A JILTED man from Morningside suburb in Bulawayo went berserk and brutally killed his wife by stabling her 19 times using a kitchen knife before crushing her head with a stone while their 13-year-old ...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA High Court bars hospitals from turning away foreigners
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Friday upheld the rights of all pregnant and lactating women, as well as children under six, to be provided with free health services at public hospitals. It ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala got US$40,000 Parly money against Chamisa's advise?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have risen to the defence of the party and its leader, Nelson Chamisa, in the row over the welfare of jailed legislator Job Sikhala.Sik...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba's Luton resurgence continues
MARVELOUS Nakamba's resurgence at Luton Town continued at the weekend as the Zimbabwean midfielder again put up a solid performance in his side's 2-0 victory over Watford. Nakamba made a recor...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not adversary of United States
Zimbabwe's unrelenting pursuit for self-determination has seen the Southern African country at loggerheads with the Americans who have a penchant for interfering in the internal affairs of other sover...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:15hrs | | by Mapozho Saruchera
Mubobobo dream stokes gruesome murder rage
IN a shockingly bizarre development, a man from Chiredzi in Masvingo province was a fortnight ago gruesomely murdered and his head crushed with an axe handle by a fellow villager who had sensationally...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | | by Jamwanda
Why Nakamba chose Luton
LUTON Town boss Rob Edwards played a big role in convincing Zimbabwean International Marvelous Nakamba to join Hatters on dead-line day of the just ended mid-season transfer window.Nakamba joi...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba impresses on first start for Luton Town
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba put in a good performance to help Championship side Luton Town earn a draw against Coventry City away at the CBS Arena on Saturday.The 29-year-old defensi...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe bullish on inflation
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday remained bullish that month-on-month inflation will remain stable below 3% throughout next year, despite indications last week that the country will use de...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UK's deportations deal with Zimbabwe putting lives at risk
In the four years since she arrived in the UK, 56-year-old Josephine Sipiwe Jenje-Mudimbu's life has shifted from one of hope to one of daily, grinding fear.Josy, as she's better known, is an ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 12 | by Raoul Walawalker for Open Democracy
US threatens to extend Zimbabwe sanctions list
THE United States (US) has warned that it might add more names on its sanctions list on Zimbabwe if human rights violations persist ahead of the 2023 polls.Addressing an Africa Media Hub digit...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF responds angrily to Matobo violence allegations
Zanu-PF Director of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi has fired salvo at Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) for blaming the ruling party over recent violence that rocked Matobo, describing the oppositio...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Rwanda relations put to test again
ZIMBABWE'S diplomatic relations with Rwanda face a new test as it emerged a prominent Zanu-PF and anti-sanctions activist has launched a tirade against President Paul Kagame.Apart from denounc...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe star Sikandar Raza makes history by claiming ICC monthly award
VETERAN all-rounder Sikandar Raza has created history by becoming the first Zimbabwe player to win the ICC Men's Player of the Month award.Raza beat New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner an...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 19:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza shortlisted for ICC Player of the Month award
ZIMBABWE cricket star Sikandar Raza has been shortlisted for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for August 2022 in recognition of his outstanding individual performances against Bangladesh and In...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 2023 strategy
Zimbabwe's general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling intense government repression similar to the iron-fisted rule of Robert Mugabe, the former ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK 'bonded labour' schemes
Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor.The scam, which plays on the acu...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Ray Mwareya
Is Zimbabwe's new gold coin evidence of a broader global trend?
Saber rattling by the Chinese Communist Party stoked investor fears this week, putting upward pressure on gold prices. CCP officials felt aggrieved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, whi...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Mike Gleason
China sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan trip
Beijing said Friday it will cancel phone calls between regional military commanders, defense meetings, talks on maritime safety and on climate change. It also said it would end cooperation with the U....Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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