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Mozambique becomes a hub of extremist islamic terrorists
The' “European” Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs says it fears that the nighbouring Mozambique is becoming a hub of extremist Islamist terrorism.According to reports, the EU Commi...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 3963 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 459 | by Jonathan Chando
SA to reopen border post within 24 hours
South Africa will reopen its side of Beitbridge Border Post within 24 hours after completing the necessary disinfection in the wake of finding a customs officer infected with Covid-19. South A...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2946 | by Staff reporter
SA closes Beitbridge border after customs officer tests positive
South Africa has temporarily closed its component of Beitbridge Border Post after one of its customs officers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19).According to border off...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
No need to make Africa one country
There is obsession today among many Pan-Africanists of believing a one country Africa as the only viable way Africa can develop and eliminate all the problems it is facing. They believe that a one cou...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 852 | by Lubani Nondo
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches global board to fight Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Youth Combating NTDs founder and Zimbabwean entrepreneur Gerald Chirinda unveiled his global advisory board today as he urged world leaders not to forget NTDs in the fight against Covid-19.Inc...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 717 | by Agencies
Covid-19 scuttles Joshua Nkomo gatherings
FOR the first time in 20 years, there will be no public events to celebrate the life of Father Zimbabwe, the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Every year on Ju...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:13hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
A very good lesson from Malawi
It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties, from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same pa...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3189 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Coup fears allayed after 'unusual' army drills in Darwendale
UNUSUAL heightened activity at the Zimbabwe National Army's Mechanised Brigade in Darwendale, spooked government to spiritedly dispel swirling rumours of a brewing coup against President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 3479 | by newzimbabwe
Rhodies wanted Gagisa for a war trophy
I first met Stanley Nleya (Elish Gagisa), who died in Bulawayo on 16 June and was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday last week, at Morogoro in Tanzania in 1969.I had tra...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 318 | by Retired Brig-Gen Mazinyane
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 153 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 171 | by Bishop Lazarus
Football restart gathers pace across Africa
Some football Leagues in Africa have been declared over, but Tanzania have forged ahead, returning to competitive football last weekend while clubs in Morocco and Egypt resumed training on Thursday ah...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:22hrs | 435 | by Busisani Ncube
Border authorities intercept 21 smuggling commercial trucks
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have increased surveillance and anti-smuggling activities during the ongoing lockdown and 21 trucks and 22 other vehicles smuggling an assortment of goods worth m...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1170 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Nleya
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to national hero, Stanley Nleya as one of the foremost contributors to the liberation struggle. Nleya, who died on Tuesday last week was declared a national hero and w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
General Philip Valerio Sibanda salutes hero Nleya
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda yesterday described national hero Stanley Nleya as a humble, dedicated and selfless cadre who contributed immensely to the liberation o...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nleya's burial set for Wednesday
NATIONAL hero Stanley Nleya will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Wednesday and not on Tuesday as earlier reported. Nleya (72), described as a true soldier, died on Tuesday at the Uni...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Guerilla training was no picnic
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa on Friday conferred the national status on former Zipra deputy chief of operations Stanley Nleya pseudonym Elish Gagisa who died in Bulawayo last Tuesday.During the armed s...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1664 | by Hadebe Hadebe
Mahere calls for Collins Mnangagwa's arrest
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop confusing Zimbabweans and arrest ministers involved in corrupt Covid-19 related deals.She was addressing...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1490 | by newzimbabwe
Zimpost upgrading Zipcash facility
ZIMPOST is in the process of further developing its money transfer service, Zipcash, in line with global trends to enable it to sit on the digital platform that will make it faster, more convenient an...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war stalwart Nleya dies
ONE of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) stalwarts, Stanley Nleya has died. Nleya whose guerilla name was Elish Gagisa died on Tuesday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) due to ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2855 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Covid-19 breakthrough drug dexamethasone is made in SA
The newly-discovered coronavirus breakthrough drug dexamethasone is produced and readily available in South Africa, giving hope amid a surge in both infections and deaths.The drug was already ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3342 | by Busisani Ncube
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
General Philip Valerio Sibanda's Commander Stanley Nleya dies
Senior journalist Zenzele Ndebele has reported that former ZPRA Commander Stanley Gagisa Nleya has died.The former ZPRA Deputy Chief of Operations was born in 1947 in Masendu ,Bulilima Distric...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 16:12hrs | 7603 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cargo traffic surges at Beitbridge Border
THE volume of commercial cargo traffic using Beitbridge Border Post has increased since the start of the lockdown period, which most Sadc countries are implementing to curb the spread of the Coronavir...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:11hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabwe to prayer and fasting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow lead the nation in the Presidential National Day of Prayer and Fasting to galvanise the moral and spiritual fortitude of the nation in its fight against Covid-19....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1025 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF cracks whip on members
The ruling Zanu-PF will descend on members that have failed to conform to set standards as it moves to stem wayward behaviour.Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu said the party wo...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF top official torches tribal storm
ZANU-PF Mberengwa North district executive member and prominent businessman, Tinashe Shumba has torched a tribal storm after he reportedly insulted members of the Lemba (VaRemba) community who refused...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2775 | by George Mkhwanazi
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 960 | by Leonard Koni
Illegal panners 'destroy' Boterekwa Road
A SECTION of the famous Boterekwa Road in Shurugwi caved in on Friday after illegal gold panners allegedly dug a series of tunnels under it over the years. The damage threatens motorists trave...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
3 000 ghost workers on Zimbabwe government payroll
TREASURY has struck off 3 000 names from Government's payroll after a recent headcount revealed thousands of ghost workers.The Public Service Commission (PSC) recently undertook a biometric re...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keen to re-engage America but.....
ZIMBABWE is eager to re-engage with the United States of America, but Washington continues its hostile stance on Harare after US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mr Tibor Nagy, blatan...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF apologises to Tanzania over Mutodi's Covid-19 utterance
ZANU-PF has apologised to Tanzanian President John Magufuli's ruling party, Chama Chama Pinduzi for the wayward behaviour of its member, Energy Mutodi after he made undiplomatic statements questioning...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1649 | by newzimbabwe
Zimra acts on congestion
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has come up with a raft of measures including creating express lanes for critical consumables and transit cargo to ease congestions that has been reigning suprem...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Nestlé announces donations towards COVID-19 relief efforts across East and Southern Africa
"People are at the heart of our Nestlé business. We are working hard to keep our employees, customers and the communities where we operate safe," stated Bruno Olierhoek, Chairman and Managing D...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 18:36hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zimra's Documented Processing Centres hit by teething problems at borders
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)'s Documented Processing Centres (DPC) have been hit by teething problems, which have resulted in cargo piling up mainly at Beitbridge, Chirundu and Forbes border...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:05hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Congestion hits Beitbridge border post
THE Beitbridge border post is failing to cope with increased traffic made up of mainly haulage trucks shuttling between Zimbabwe and South Africa.This has resulted in intermittent traffic jams...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:43hrs | 4033 | by Staff reporter
'Mutodi fired after Moyo confronted Mnangagwa'
FORMER Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi was axed after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo (pictured) confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatened to resign from the governm...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 5887 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ministers to meet over Covid-19
SADC Council of Ministers are scheduled to hold a virtual meeting tomorrow to consider issues of regional development, cooperation and the economic impact of Covid-19. Foreign Affairs and Inte...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2119 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 5856 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 168 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
EcoCash limits ridiculously low in comparison to similar markets
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been on a war path against EcoCash, one of Africa's successful mobile money service. The battle has been tariffs, barring of EcoCash agents and some crazy pronou...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 16136 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Brinkmanship failed Mutodi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally wielded the axe on Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday.The junior minister had become a danger to the country's international image, spe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3782 | by Staff reporter
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