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Cigarettes worth R100 000 seized in border operation
SOUTH African border security officials on Monday destroyed a wooden raft used by criminals to smuggle goods between Zimbabwe and the neighbouring country. The team also recovered smuggled cig...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC chief executive officer faces forensic investigation
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and its chief executive Adelaide Chikunguru are facing a forensic investigation amid allegations of financial mismanagement, poor corporate governance pract...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state because we're governed by buffoons claiming to know best but know nothing
Both Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF and Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party claim that they are nation builders. If so, then why is Zimbabwe a failed state whose economy is in ruins and ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 12 | by Bishop Lazi
'Gold Mafia will face full wrath of the law!' Bollocks! For once, face povo's wrath in free elections
"Charova sei chando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (The winter will have to be extraordinarily cold to force the tortoise to climb a tree!) so goes the Shona adage. Well after weeks of dismissing the Al Jaze...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | | by Charles Mutasa
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 11 | by Bishoo Lazarus
When losers seek to overthrow winners
Quite burdensome are the times we are living in, and one hopes to wake up from this nightmarish existence wiser. What with all this talk about overthrowing a constitutionally elected Government or coe...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 9 | by Zifiso Masiye
Loose lips can really sink ships
As Jesus liked his teachings in parables, the Bishop will continue to use intelligible riddles and anecdotes to help you understand the workings of the world, at least as how I understand them....Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa Expected to Correct Mistakes in Mini-Cabinet Reshuffle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that he will name the new resident minister for Harare Province, almost 6 months after appointing his cabinet.The ZANU PF First Secretary is also ex...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC protests against Mugabe interviewer's reinstatement
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has petitioned the High Court challenging the Labour Court's recent decision ordering the reinstatement of its suspended director of news and current affair...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF girds loins for major economic uplift
An army donning nothing remotely linked to a camouflage – apparels made from a tapestry of red, yellow, black and green colours – invaded the usually sleepy environs of Esigodini, Matabeland South...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC ordered to reinstate Mugabe interviewer
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been ordered to reinstate its head of News and Current Affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza with immediate effect pending the finalisation of the civil dispute be...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingered in ZBC saga
Suspended ZBC head of news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza's mounted after he wrote to Presidebnt Emmerson Mnangagwa reporting that his bosses were unfairly treating him. It has been revealed. ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 17:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister SB Moyo retires?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly mulling a cabinet reshuffle that will see minister of foreign affairs Sibusiso Busi Moyo retiring from the ministry of Foreign Affairs and taking up fu...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe boys laying low as govt cracks down on big-spenders
Following the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fight corruption – particularly in government and the business sector – several public figures have been either briefly caged, released on...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.co.za
Lumumba saga: A 3rd ZANU PF faction emerges
Factional politics in ZANU PF have taken an ugly twist with reports that a new faction led by embattled War Veterans Leader Chris Mutsvangwa has emerged. Mutsvangwa wants to push General Constan...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC suspend managers after news bulletin glitch
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has sent two managers home over a technical hitch that saw a 30 minute delay in last Sunday news bulletin edition.The suspended managers are Informa...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by newzimbabwe.com
Fired ZBC bosses appeal to High Court
Two former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) executives, who were fired in 2015, have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel the State broadcaster to provide them with critical doc...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pambuka, Maziwisa's application for discharge dismissed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by television personality Oscar Pambuka and former Highfield West legislator Psychology Maziwisa (Zanu-PF), who are facing ch...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament summons ZBC board
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has been summoned to appear before Parliament next week to explain corporate governance failure at the national broadcaster after it turned out that one of its to...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer blocked out by State broadcaster
STATE broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has finally let go of senior executive Tazzen Mandizvidza, whom it accuses of improperly benefiting from allowances running into a million dol...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer suspended without pay
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has suspended without pay its head of news for failing to repay more than a million dollars he reportedly owes the state-owned broadcaster.Tazzen Ma...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe interviewer sued for $1m
A veteran interviewer of former president Robert Mugabe is being sued for $1m by his employer, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, state media reported on Monday.Tazzen Mandizvidza, ZBC's h...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC sues Tazzen Mandizvidza for $1m
ZBC head of news and current affairs Tazzen Mandizvidza has been slapped with a $1 million lawsuit over financial irregularities that plunged the State broadcaster into massive losses.Mandizvi...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Olinda, Tytan planning to relocate to South Africa
ISSA girl!Never the one to keep a secret like this, Olinda Nkomo nee Chapel has revealed that she's heavy with her husband Tytan, real name Njabulo Nkomo's seed.She didn't just stop there,...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charamba attacks ZBC for failure to live-stream Mnangagwa event
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba Wednesday harangued ZBC managers and journalists for failing to live up to competition which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of an election vi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Businessman dangles incentive for Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S heavy hitters are yet to set the Cosafa Cup as well as a bitterly cold Polokwane alight, but they find themselves in a final they are desperate to win. It hasn't been razzmatazz, but Sunday...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa survives frenzied London propaganda storm
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa must be celebrating. For months now, Zanu-PF and its attack dogs have virtually ignored Chamisa until he gained the irresistible political momentum. It was so bad that the ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
3 ex-ZBC bosses to lose properties
THreE former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) top executives are set to lose their upmarket Harare properties which the national broadcaster claims were fraudulently acquired through bank loans...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF plots razzmatazz campaign
ZANU PF has come up with a new grassroots-based campaign strategy in a bid to corner voters and win July's crucial elections at a time the party is worried about the main opposition MDC Alliance resur...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time we tell Mugabe some home truths
Having worked with ex-President Robert Mugabe as editor of the Zanu-PF's publication, The People's Voice, for close to three years, I must admit that there was a time when I sincerely believed the man...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
MDC-T succession war, violence and tribalism
THE death of MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai - a hero of the new struggle for democracy - triggered a succession war in the main opposition MDC-T party (one wonders why the party should maintain...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 11:25hrs | | by MUCKRAKER Twitter: @MuckrakerZim
Chiyangwa's legitimacy crisis
THOSE not remotely interested in the boardroom politics of Zimbabwean football are probably wondering what the hullabaloo is all about.Though one cannot totally dismiss vested interest and per...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political deception has its limits
The World Bank yesterday published its 2018 Global Risks Report which confirms that in today's topsy-turvy geopolitical landscape characterised by heightened global uncertainty and strengthening popul...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 16:58hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Woman bites rapist's privates
Police in South Africa are hunting for an alleged rapist who sustained an injury inflicted on him by the woman he raped. A statement from the police service said operatives were "looking for a man app...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by AFP
Kalawa Homecoming pandemonium
IT was meant to be the event of the year but in the end it was characterised by shoddy preparations and a weak line-up that left many questioning if the Kalawa Homecoming would be ever be the same aga...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Female rapists on the prowl in Mpumalanga South Africa
Cases of women raping men after drugging them have been on the increase in some parts of Southern Africa especially Zimbabwe and South Africa.Sometime fours years ago a Zimbabwean man fell vic...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
LISTEN: Zimbabwean artist releases a protest song on the eve of military takeover
Mutare born and raised jazz artist, Tazz Machekano (29) has just released a song coincidentally on the eve of a military takeover in Harare, Zimbabwe.In the song, Tazz Machekano reminisces of ...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 15:36hrs | | by Agencies
ZBC rot exposed
The rot at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been exposed in a court application in which the national broadcaster's board is seeking nullification of hefty pay rises effected by the company...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance 'hit the ground running' - not even Tsvangirai, the President, knows where to
The MDC Alliance; launched last Saturday 5 August 2017 with all the usual funfair, razzmatazz, chaos and confusion that the nation has learnt to expect from Tsvangirai and company; is off. The Allianc...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 19:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'English was used to undermine Zimbabwe's native languages'
ENGLISH is a colonial language that was used to undermine the country's native languages and destroy the culture of Zimbabweans, Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Dr Chr...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's nephew plots Hayatou downfall
The man driving the campaign to unseat longtime African soccer boss Issa Hayatou is a multi-millionaire Zimbabwean property tycoon, who dabbles in politics and was once accused of being a spy....Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Agencies
Mugabe shows his age in barely-audible birthday interview
Eyes closed, frequently fumbling for the right word: this was President Robert Mugabe finally showing his 93 years.In a sunlit room at State House in Harare, Mugabe has given his usual lon...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I don't listen to prophets of doom,' says Mugabe
President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) turns 93 years old today. The following is Part One of the interview the President had with Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM) of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corportion ZBC....Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fix the economy first, Mr Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told hundreds of his injudicious cohorts at the Harare International Airport that Africa was mulling pulling out of the United Nations because the West was refu...Published: 26 Sep 2016 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stunner launches album in style
In a rare occasion in the history of hip-hop in Zimbabwe, Desmond Chideme a.k.a Stunner proved that he is a force to reckon with through his successful album launch held last Friday at Pablo'z VIP in ...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:22hrs | | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
1ns and 2s with Dj-Sticha - Qualities That All Successful Musicians Have
The music industry has always been competitive and cutthroat at heart, and these days, income is becoming harder and harder to find. Making a little money playing music on the side isn't so hard, but ...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 13:40hrs | | by Dj-Sticha
It's show time! #GOWarriorsGO
KALLISTO PASUWA is not a fan of the razzmatazz, he prefers graft ahead of craft, artisanship ahead of artistry and sweat ahead of the swagger.As he stands on the cusp of immortality, ready to ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Makomborero Mutimukulu
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