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MSU translates science textbooks into Shona and Ndebele
THE Midlands State University (MSU) National Language Institute (NLI) has started working on a national project to translate primary school science textbooks into Shona and Ndebele.Government ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 99 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira declares Mnangagwa challenge in presidential election
Outspoken feminist and politician Linda Masarira has declared her intentions to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2023 presidential election set for 23 August.The leader of the opp...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:14hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
'Voters' roll must be audited before elections' CCC's folly is no excuse for granting Zanu PF legitimacy again
A year or so ago, Team Pachedu warned that the voters' roll was in shambles. ZEC denied the accusation by denying ownership of the voters' roll Team Pachedu have used for their analysis. Team Pachedu ...Published: 31 May 2023 at 09:09hrs | 861 | by Wilbert Mukori
President Ruto asks Africans to ditch the US Dollar
President William Ruto has asked African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the globally-bullish US dollar by signing up to a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the conti...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:32hrs | 996 | by Erick Matotoba
Chamisa's name on voters roll
HUNDREDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters took to the streets in Kuwadzana 4 high-density suburb marching and singing for party leader Nelson Chamisa who was confirming his name on Zi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 21:37hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi drown DeMbare
Ngezi Platinum Stars 2 - 1 DynamosNgezi Platinum Stars came from behind to inflict a second league defeat on Dynamos and shoot to the top of the log.The engrossing encounter played in fron...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Home Affairs Ministry goes fully digital
THE Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Affairs has started implementing a digital integrated system (DIS) in all its departments to enhance crime detection, smoothen applications for natio...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:58hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Parents reject Cala
PARENTS in Harare and other parts of the country have rejected the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) programme under the competence-based curriculum that was introduced in 2015 saying i...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Russia's Rostec assists Zimbabwe establish air ambulance service
Russian Helicopters Holding Company, a part of Rostec State Corporation, has handed over a batch of 18 Ansat helicopters to Zimbabwe. The light multipurpose helicopters manufactured at the Kaz...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Election buzz has not gripped Zimbabwe
ELECTION 2023, A FIRST IN 43 YEARS: As Zimbabwe holds a General Election in the Heroes & Defence Forces MonthWhen it comes to the meaning of things whose spiritual force can move mou...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:46hrs | 407 | by Jonathan Moyo
Bosso target outright victory
Highlanders coach Brito Baltimar hopes that his charges will finally hand him his first victory over Dynamos in open play when the two giants clash in their rearranged fixture at Barbourfields Stadium...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
CCC demand credible, auditable voters roll
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded an accessible, auditable, and credible voters roll ahead of Zimbabwe's 2023 Harmonized elections.The announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral...Published: 24 May 2023 at 18:35hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
'Give us a chance to fix economic mess' cried Chamisa. Failed to fix political mess - THE critical first task
Nelson Chamisa is like Unoka, in Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart. Unoka wanted a good harvest but would not put in the hard work to earn it. Chamisa wants to be president of Zimbabwe but will n...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:26hrs | 378 | by Wilbert Mukori
Senior journalist acquitted in Mphoko case
ALPHA Media Holdings Bulawayo bureau chief Silas Nkala was yesterday acquitted by Bulawayo magistrate Gamuchirai Gore in a case where he was being accused of transmitting false data messages intending...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
CALA curriculum not fit for purpose in Zim
In my view, the Zimbabwe government has done well by my inviting the parents and all stakeholders, to review CALA curriculum. Of course, this type of curriculum demands a lot for it, in order to be pr...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:46hrs | 934 | by Njabulo
Jonathan Moyo takes a dig at Chamisa
EXILED former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed any chance of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa unseating Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa and declared Zimbabwe's wan...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | 4977 | by Staff reporter
Ministry sex pests lure junior employees to bed using workshops
High ranking sex pests within the Ministry of Health and Child Care are sending female employees on financially rewarding workshops in exchange for sex, a workers' union has said.In a 16 May 2...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
Pumula supermarket in residents' crosshairs
PUMULA residents have taken to task a local supermarket for allegedly selling rotten meat."I bought meat this Monday and when I got home and opened the packet, the whole house was immediately ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in spotlight over the massive Nssa corruption
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has presented its forensic audit which unearths corruption and names individuals implicated in the pensions fund's latest scandals to the Office of the Pr...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Money changers hijack POS machines for big transactions
DECKED out in trendy designer wear, clutching energy drink cans and munching take-aways while engaging in high-pitched conversations, illegal money changers, popularly known as osiphatheleni who have ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splashes on 800 more cars
Zanu-PF is said to have bought 800 more top-of-the-range vehicles after dishing out at least 210 all-terrain cars to its 2023 parliamentary election candidates.The spending spree by the ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:13hrs | 1480 | by Staff reporter
CCC claims Matebeleland North youth are heading call to register to vote
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Youth Task Force, claims youths in Matebeleland North have headed the call to register to vote under their flagship programme – the Register, Elect and Protec...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Only 3% of Zimbabwe's school have a web presence
Schools in Zimbabwe opened on the 8th May 2023 and our schools are looking for the best way to communicate between the school and the parents/guardians and stakeholders. In Zimbabwe the statisti...Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:00hrs | 144 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Development of rural communities is vital
Developing rural communities is crucial for the well-being of the entire country.The government has a significant role to play in ensuring that countryside areas have access to basic amenities such as...Published: 18 May 2023 at 15:54hrs | 281 | by Melody Moyo
'Use legit sources of receiving cash'
POLICE in Matebeleland South have urged members of the community who receive large sums of money from the diaspora to use legitimate sources of receiving the cash as many people have fallen victim to ...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:43hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
ZESA Hwange Unit 8, 300 MW, to boost supply. It's 43 years overdue, what's there to celebrate!
"Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 8 is expected to be synchronised with the grid on Tuesday, and will progressively add another 300 megawatts that will boost supplies to both domestic and industria...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:28hrs | 1285 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa hands Matabeleland South youths 10ha plots
Ms Lilian Mhlanga (28) from Insiza District is among 60 youths from Matabeleland South Province who have been awarded permits for 10 hectare A2 plots under the Presidential 10-hectare Scheme, which se...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
The illusion of Fairness: How the Zimbabwean justice system fails minorities
The Zimbabwean justice system is meant to be a pillar of fairness and impartiality. It is supposed to dispense justice to all Zimbabweans irrespective of their race, gender, ethnicity or social status...Published: 15 May 2023 at 11:16hrs | 271 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Refrigerator features to look out for in 2023
Buying a refrigerator might seem like an easy task, but in reality, it needs a lot of planning and consideration. It is a significant expense and you do not want to end up with an ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 14:56hrs | 1041 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra official jailed 18 months
GWERU magistrate Progress Murandu yesterday sentenced a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official to a wholly suspended jail term after convicting her of criminal abuse of office.Mercy Dzvuk...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
BCC red-flags college over fliers
HERENTALS College in Bulawayo has come under scrutiny from the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) who claimed that the distribution of its flyers and other promotional materials was not only "annoying" but a...Published: 12 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Zec over voters roll
INDEPENDENT election watchdogs say they are worried that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) could manipulate the number of registered voters citing secrecy surrounding its management of the elect...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to investigate the latest spate of basic commodity price hikes
A CABINET committee has been set up to investigate the latest spate of basic commodity price increases as Government moves to ensure corrective measures are taken to protect consumers. The int...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:57hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's security establishment bigwig dies
One of Zimbabwe's security establishment bigwigs, who defined an era in his field from Rhodesia to post-colonial Zimbabwe amid a record of brutality and terror, David Daniel "Dan" Stannard, later clos...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 4097 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, it's great to be loved by the Brits, isn't it!
I can not help finding it thoroughly amusing how the ZANU PF regime is always so excited over the supposedly 'warming relationship' between Harare and London.We witnessed this with the embarra...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:41hrs | 558 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean politics in generational transition
It seems there is a growth in the number of younger candidates being nominated to represent the parties in the upcoming polls.ONE of the most stubborn facts is that the old die, and the new are bo...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | 484 | by Ntando Dumani
Bona Mugabe divorce, yet another Damascene moment for the republic
The world is not for honest people. I am convinced. Those who toil, break a sweat in various endeavours to make an honest living a...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:22hrs | 936 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
UK to grill Mnangagwa
THE United Kingdom (UK) has said it will take President Emmerson Mnangagwa to task over the worsening human rights situation in the country during his visit for King Charles III's coronation.M...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Artificial intelligence and robotics: Great expectations and daunting existential risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is both exciting and challenging. There are opportunities and dangers. There are fascinating possibilities and existential risks.The starting point is to understan...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 71 | by Arthur Mutambara
Lawyers make demands to Simba, Bona over Carrick Creagh stands
Lawyers representing Arosume Property Development (Pvt) Limited, Jiti Law Chambers are demanding that Ms Bona Ouma Nyepudzai Mugabe and Mr Simba Chikore remove all the Carrick Creagh stands totalling ...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe alone got 21 farms peasants, supposedly beneficiaries of Land Redistribution, got nothing
If you asked most Zimbabweans out there today what the war of independence was about; most of them will say, "Land!" Before independence the major would have said "One man, one vote!" but all ...Published: 04 May 2023 at 10:13hrs | 1626 | by Wilbert Mukori
Experts give COVID-19 warning
HEALTH experts have urged COVID-19 caution ahead of schools opening next week and the approaching winter.Speaking to NewsDay on Tuesday, chief coordinator of the COVID-19 taskforce in the Offi...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors petition Chief Charumbira
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi atrocities that rocked Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s have expressed reservations over the role of a traditional leaders taskforce constituted by P...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Service delivery improves at Beitbridge border
The transformation of the Beitbridge Border Post at a cost of US$300 million has started bearing fruits as it has drastically reduced the turnaround time for cargo clearance and the movement of human ...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zacc pounces on IDCZ bosses
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Friday last week arrested two officials from the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDDZ) on allegations of criminal abuse of office invo...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will wake up after elections…well, hopefully!
Yesterday, during a relative's burial, I had a wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, family, neighbors and people from all walks of life. In these interactions - especially wit...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:00hrs | 621 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'It's dumb for CCC to boycott elections with Mwonzora lurking!' He's bait, participate and VHUMBU! Pwete-e-e!
"It is stupid to think Zanu PF will reform itself out of power. It is also dumb stupid to suggest boycotting of elections when Mwonzora is lurking in the shadows to fill that void," shot Osama23. Shoo...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1368 | by Wilbert Mukori
Marvo Stationery saga rages on...10 years later
The Marvo Stationary case continue to drag on and on, with new twists and turns. Since the company was sold to Mahlongonono Valela and his partners, following the death of Mr. Kates the original owner...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1220 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe lecturers go on strike
LECTURERS at tertiary institutions are now expected to go for industrial attachment to enable them to troubleshoot what is obtaining in industry and produce quality graduates, with the University of Z...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is rigging 2023 and CCC is participating out of greed; it's insane. Even the mentally challenged must know this
"You should be ashamed of yourself! How can you keep attacking Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party? They are the only hope for Zimbabwe!" came the caustic attack. How naïve!In my article, I ...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 508 | by Wilbert Mukori
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