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Harare select booted out of CHAN qualifiers
Former Warriors' coach Zdravko Logarusic expressed his delight on Saturday evening as his Eswatini side secured a decisive 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the second leg of the 2025 African Nations Champ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:25hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo linked company to print Zambia's ballot papers?
Ren-Form CC, a South African printing company linked to Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has secured a three-year, $14 million contract to print ballot papers for Zambia. This tender has raise...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 14:13hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 273 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's government: The biggest threat to its own currency
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) recent decision to devalue the Zimbabwean Gold (ZiG) by 50% has left the nation reeling. Overnight, the currency's value plummeted from 14 to 23.4 against ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 15:25hrs | 3366 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1265 | by Peter Fabricius
40% of South Africa critical skill permits issued to Zimbabweans
South Africa has issued 4,913 critical skills visas since 2020 to nationals from over 100 countries, with more than half (55%) of those going to people from Zimbabwe and India.Home Affairs Min...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 19:29hrs | 5242 | by Staff reporter
Zulu Reed dance marks 40 years of purity
With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 16:23hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora community form Funeral and repatriation service fund
Gwanda North community members based in South Africa have formed a funeral and bodies repatriation services group fund due to desperation of some colleagues whenever death strikes across the Limpopo....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:54hrs | 603 | by Stephen Jakes
Sifiso Dabengwa to be buried in South Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former CEO of MTN Group and Eskom board member, will be laid to rest in Johannesburg on Saturday. Dabengwa, 66, passed away o...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:09hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Sifiso Dabengwa dies
Zimbabwean-born South African corporate executive Raymond Sifiso Dabengwa, former president and CEO of telecoms giant MTN Group and a board member of Eskom, has passed away at the age of 66.Da...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 15:52hrs | 6630 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Phathisa Nyathi didn't see Lobengula's tomb
Prominent historian Phathisa Nyathi says reports that they discovered Ndebele King Lobengula's tomb in Zambia were not true as they only saw the mountain where he is said to have settled after leaving...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:07hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public schools ranked among the best in Africa
GOVERNMENT'S efforts to reform and continuously improve public education have not gone unnoticed after a recent survey showed that the country's public schools rank among Africa's best based on the ex...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec boss speaks on Cambridge examinations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) can stand its ground against any other examination board and is still internationally recognised even by some of the elite universities, chairperson o...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Princess Zinkabi attempted a coup on King Lobhengula
Princess Zinkabi was King Mzilikazi's daughter. She was married to Mbiko the son of Madlenya Masuku. Mbiko was a powerful warrior who was respected in the northern Ndebele kingdom.Mbiko Masuku...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 12 | by Thomas Sibanda
Zimbabwean singer crowned best gospel artiste in Mzansi
BULAWAYO-BASED gospel musician Canaan Nyathi was crowned the best gospel artiste at a colourful Crown Gospel Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, on Sunday.The Crown Go...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa connections spared Rushwaya jail
A FORTNIGHT ago, we boldly declared "Rushwaya exhausts nine lives" in one of our headlines. How wrong we were!At the time, it seemed the chickens had finally come home to roost for Henrietta R...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane to perform alongside Soul Brothers
Sought-after rhumba group, Insimbi ZeZhwane has been added to the line-up of the anticipated Ziyakhala Music Festival in Bulawayo which will be headlined by the Soul Brothers from South Africa....Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngwabi Bhebe dies
Tributes are pouring in for the late Zimbabwean prominent academic Professor Ngwabi Mulunge Bhebe, the founding Vice-Chancellor and later professor emeritus of Midlands State University in Gweru, who ...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Swaziland born lawyer piles pressure on Justice Chinamhora
SWAZILAND -born human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to rein in High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora....Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Springboks
President Mnangagwa extended his heartfelt congratulations to the South African men's senior rugby team, the Springboks, for their triumphant victory in the Rugby World Cup held in Paris, France on Sa...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporte
Soul Brothers return to Bulawayo
Bazobuya hit-makers, the Soul Brothers from South Africa are set to return to Bulawayo for a performance at the White City Stadium next month.The traditional music group, which last performed ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia relations deteriorate
ZIMBABWE'S relations with Zambia have become frosty since the Sadc observer mission led by the neighbouring country's former vice-president Nevers Mumba revealed gross irregularities in the country's ...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted Zimbabwe poll observers outed
DISGUISED as election observers pro-opposition activists are grossly interfering in the country's electoral processes making outlandish claims that seek to sully the whole process.This comes a...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa can fight back
CITIZENS Coalition of Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has told his supporters to avenge the death of slain supporter Tinashe Chitsunge by voting out Zanu-PF in the August 23 elections.He sa...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
War vet who quit Bosso for struggle
RALITALI Ngwenya Qondani decided to quit Highlanders FC to join the struggle in 1976 because he could not stand oppression.Qondani said his father Elias Qondani was in detention for political ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop spilling blood, says Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Monday made a plea on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop spilling the blood of innocent Zimbabweans in the name of politics as he vowed not ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane MP embarks on roads rehab to unlock tourism, agriculture potential
ZANU-PF aspiring candidate for Umzingwane constituency Brigadier General (Rtd) Levi Mayihlome has embarked on a road rehabilitation programme targeting five prime roads which he says will unlock the t...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mangwe, Bulilima villagers go online
VILLAGERS in Mangwe and Bulilima districts are reaping immense benefits from infrastructural development spearheaded by the Second Republic's philosophy of leaving no place and no one behind.O...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec to blame for electoral disputes
JUST about two months to the 2023 polls, the electoral environment has never been this murky ever since Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980.Never has the country experienced such a contes...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gold dealer claims to be well-protected
ZIMBABWEAN gold dealer Ewan Macmillan has made a sensational claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom he pays an undisclosed amount of money every month, jumps to his protection whenever he gets ...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bow out gracefully, respect voters
IT was refreshing to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling United States President Joe Biden that, "Israel does not make policies guided by pressures from abroad." This was after Bide...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Zipra war vets fume over Moyo's hero status
ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) ex-combatants have lashed out at government for dragging its feet to confer hero status on one of the country's liberation war pioneers, David Moyo....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grand Palm Lodge owner dies, burial tomorrow
SENIOR citizen, seasoned businesswoman and Grand Palm Lodge proprietor Mrs Phyllis Pamie Majele-Sibanda who died last Saturday will be buried at Denver Farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe remains stuck in football wilderness
ON February 24, 2022, Fifa took the decision to suspend Zimbabwe from international football because of government interference in the running of the game.This was after the country's sports r...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mourns assassinated human rights lawyer
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has described Africa as a breeding ground for murders and violence following the killing of Swaziland human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko....Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over Chamisa's Sadc links?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is increasingly becoming worried about the growing anti-establishment wave sweeping across the region after a recent shock victory by former opposi...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamelodi Sundowns target two Bulawayo youngsters
FORMER Warriors star and Mamelodi Sundowns head scout Esrom Nyandoro has revealed that they are monitoring three young players from Zimbabwe.Two of the youngsters are from Bulawayo and the oth...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moots Road Accident Fund
Government is mooting the establishment of a Road Accident Fund (RAF) which is aimed at minimising the effects of traffic accidents on the citizenry and the proposal was tabled to traffic stakeholders...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools operating without water
MORE than half of Bulawayo's schools are operating without water after council disconnected supplies due to non-payment of rates amid reports that they owe council a combined $100 million while those ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Africa must make use of it's resources
The African political and economic perspective mindset and landscape need to be changed if we are to reap and tap the gains of our independence.It looks like African leaders are still holed up...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:21hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Farmers in Umzingwane bemoan lack of agricultural products outlets
FARMERS in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South Province, have bemoaned lack of agricultural products outlets close to them, stating that they were parting with a lot of money travelling to get agr...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:57hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
CCC beats Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South
THE opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) defeated Zanu-PF in the two wards by-elections held at the weekend in Bulilima, Matebeleland South province.Bulilima held by-elections on Satu...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime has turned Zimbabweans into the laughing stock of the world!
I remember those yesteryears of international travel in my childhood, as if they were only a few days ago!How, when I was chosen to represent Zimbabwe and the southern African region at a scou...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:24hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi claims Mangudya, Chinamasa misled Mugabe
FORMER Foreign Affairs minister, Walter Mzembi has made sensational claims Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, and then Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa shot down his proposal fo...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Chamisa bishop must be arrested, demands Mtetwa
Swaziland born human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtewa has ratcheted pressure on the State to take action against a Zanu-PF member who threatened Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa w...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Platform One says Zimbabwe is second home as they lament bad treatment in SA
It was in 1992 at Pimville Square in Soweto when then teenagers Nani Tengo, Sonto Dladla and Neli Gwala, dressed in their Zulu maiden garb, danced while some passers-by looked on and others joined in ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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