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Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks looming
The much needed direct between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa edged closer yesterday after Zanu-PF welcomed the MDC's decision to drop its demands for foreign mediat...Published: 15 hrs ago | 10876 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa trims talks demand
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is toning down on one of his key demands for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - to have an external mediator and is now open to either local cleric or r...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 8692 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled drugs flood Zimbabwe market
High mark-ups imposed by importers, wholesalers and retailers of medicines have resulted in a flood of cheaper drugs being smuggled from neighbouring countries and sold on the streets by vendors. ...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Five cops attacked by civilians in Harare
Five police officers were recently attacked and injured by civilian gang in Harare.This is contained in the Zimbabwe Peace Project latest report."On 22 November 2019, five Zimbabwe Rep...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:14hrs | 1141 | by Stephen Jakes
Teen boy 'drinks brandy' to death
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a boy (13) from Bulawayo who allegedly finished an undiluted 750ml bottle of brandy in less than an hour.The brandy has an alcohol percentage of 43 percent compa...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:40hrs | 928 | by Staff Reporter
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2362 | by Leonard Koni
Church divisions more dangerous than political ones
In recent week's churches in Zimbabwe have displayed a divided tongue in public on key issues concerning national dialogue in the country, its composition and pre-recognition terms. In general...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1352 | by Terence Simbi
Doctors defy Mnangagwa
STRIKING public hospital doctors have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest 48-hour moratorium which came after government reversed its earlier decision to fire them.Information ministe...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 6549 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matebeleland backs Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matebeleland North and Matebeleland South provinces have endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elections and recommended that the Government speedily i...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 48-hour moratorium: Doctors trickle back to work
AT least 10 percent of junior doctors have reported for duty countrywide with Government ready to consider extenuating circumstances for doctors reporting to work after the moratorium extended by Pres...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:02hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Only 46 out of 448 doctors return back to work
Only 46 doctors have returned to work after the President Emmerson Mnagwagwa issued a 48-hour moratorium to them last Thursday.Government had fired 448 doctors. The Minister of Informa...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 15:25hrs | 2106 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo businessman hit with $500 000 adultery lawsuit
A BULAWAYO man is suing his wife's suspected lover for $500 000 in damages for allegedly engaging in an adulterous relationship with his spouse. Mr Herbert Chipandu is accusing his rival Mr Jo...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:20hrs | 917 | by Staff rpeorter
Fired doctors want moratorium extended
FIRED doctors, who ignored the initial 48-hour moratorium extended to them last Thursday to return to work without reapplying, have now asked for an extension in a letter to the President. Alt...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
SA team tracks Bosso right-back
SOUTH African Premiership side Bidvest Wits are reportedly tracking Highlanders' right-back McClive Phiri and dispatched scouts to watch the player in the Chibuku Super Cup final against Ngezi Platinu...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1150 | by Staff Reporter
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2805 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's current economic meltdown beyond description
I am writing this piece writhing in agony because I see helplessness in our society with a moribund leadership on a broad scale. The current economic meltdown is beyond description especially given th...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 10:20hrs | 2648 | by JJD Dube
Tshinga Dube's book reveals plot against ZPRA
Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube says he averted a potential civil war in the formative years of independent Zimbabwe after an order was issued to dismiss all the ex-Zpra soldiers in the newly formed Zimb...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:17hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube averted a potential civil war in Zimbabwe
Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube says he averted a potential civil war in the formative years of Independent Zimbabwe after an order had been issued to dismiss all the Ex-ZPRA soldiers in the newly formed...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to support arts
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has promised Government support and removal of bureaucratic bottlenecks and red tape that are stalking the arts industry.The move is meant to create a conducive operating e...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:54hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
De Jongh open to new Bosso deal
HIGHLANDERS coach Hendrikus Pieter de Jongh is open to extending his contract with Highlanders beyond its December 31 expiry date after turning Bosso from a farce into a force to reckon with over the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Harare sells 1 000 cattle, beerhalls to pay debts
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council is selling 1 000 cattle and some of its beerhalls to finance its businesses and pay debts, it has emerged.Council is planning to use proceeds from the sal...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Gold Baron's murder trial starts at High Court
GOLD dealer Baron Dube who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in the area last year following a dispute has appeared in court in a case that opens the lid on looting and the rei...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE ink 2 000MW solar deal
Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a 2 000 megawatts solar power deal, which will go a long way in solving Zimbabwe's power deficit once implemented in 18 months. The firs...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga was planning a coup while in China
RETIRED army general Chiwenga returns from China after four months of plotting against his health. He thanked president Emerson Mnangagwa for giving him a second chance in life. Literally.Zimb...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 07:31hrs | 33666 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Matopo Small Scale Miners tributaries beneficiaries at Logger heads With Police and Falcon Gold Proxy
According to the Matopo Small Scale Mining Trust's members, the ZRP officers are making it difficult for them to fully utilize the mining production on their tributaries. This is due to Joseph Mupasi ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:29hrs | 722 | by Enos Denhere
Car 'smugglers' push for Zimra deadline extension
Motor vehicle importers who are embroiled in a smuggling racket which is alleged to have prejudiced the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) millions of dollars by avoiding customs duty have requested f...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 08:55hrs | 3651 | by Staff reporter
Why Joice Mujuru failed to succeed Mugabe
FELLOW compatriots, where is madam Joice Mujuru? Is it game over for madam Mujuru? I posit that if she is to do her homework she can still maintain her political relevance. At a fireside conversation ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2861 | by Nyasha Machimbira
Chiwenga's reunion with Mnangagwa gives no hint of tension
EXPECTATIONS - largely on social media - that the return to Zimbabwe of fit-again Vice President Constantino Chiwenga would mark the beginning of a titanic political contest between him and President ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 19:49hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1271 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fast-tracks Dubai deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has said it will soon fast-track paperwork for construction of an upmarket hotel for his business partners from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ensure exte...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle houses still without water connections
MORE than 90 percent of houses under Bulawayo's Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle suburb are still without water connections despite the local authority having completed water reticulation to the suburb....Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:20hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland switches to rand amid currency turmoil
As the government celebrates the transition from the multi-currency regime to a mono-currency system as one of its successes towards currency reforms, it is a different situation altogether in rural M...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:38hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
EU not happy with pace of Zimbabwe reforms
European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkkonen says Brussels is not happy with the pace of reforms in the country, especially the realignment of laws to the constitution.Olkkonen (T...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Former top council employee now incapacitated
FORMER Bulawayo chief fire officer Mr Richard Peterson has reportedly hit hard times and has written to the local authority requesting an advance to his benefits to meet his ever-ballooning bills....Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:14hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa will be arrested'
AS POLITICAL tension continues to rise in the country amid growing criticism of the authorities' brutal handling of dissenters the government warned yesterday that it would arrest opposition leader Ne...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 4791 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Lacoste holding 'bush meetings' again: Trouble in the paradise!
Once you see the Lacoste faction holding meetings in the farms you know that the politics of Zimbabwe have entered turbulent waters again. The last time these meetings happened, the writing wa...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 16997 | by Israel Dube
Chiwenga's return sends shockwaves in Zanu-PF
TENSION is rising in Zanu-PF as the party counts down to its annual conference, with the imminent return of ailing Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga from China where he has been receiving medical tr...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:13hrs | 7214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces hotel room deficit
Government is concerned with the country's hotel room stock which it says projections show would be over 2 000 rooms short by end of 2020 thus curtailing the growth of the tourism sector. This...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa has failed to improve the economic prospects of Zimbabwe?
It is now more than two years since President ED Mnangagwa assumed power with an ostensible mandate from his backers to improve the country's economic fortunes, the nemesis of his predecessor, RG Muga...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:03hrs | 575 | by Martin
Mnangagwa's 'end is nigh' says Chamisa
Police on Wednesday used batons, tear gas and water cannon to beat up and disperse MDC supporters who had gathered outside their party headquarters in the capital to listen to a speech by their leader...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:22hrs | 5345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police use force to disperse MDC crowd
Riot police in Zimbabwe's capital have forcefully dispersed supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered to listen to a speech by their leader.Hundreds of police officers on Wednes...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:42hrs | 569 | by Aljazeera
BREAKING: Presidential guard fires bullets at Mnangagwa residence
Tensions are running high between the military and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after a soldier stationed at State House emptied an AK 47 magazine in the aiAccording to former Zan...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 11:54hrs | 21793 | by Staff Reporter
Tshinga Dube ready to launch book
ALL is set for former Cabinet Minister, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube's much-anticipated 'Quiet Flows The Zambezi book launch. The autobiography will be launched at the National Art Gallery of ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:06hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami appeal postponed
THE Supreme Court yesterday postponed a hearing in which deposed Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, is challenging the recent nullification of his election by the High Court. Bulawayo H...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:05hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2670 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A critical review of Zimbabwe’s health sector today
This morning I woke up to a headline in the Herald reporting a visit by the First Lady to a Mbare based traditional midwife celebrating the achievements by the midwife. And juxtapose that to the situa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 638 | by Dr Togarepi Mawoyo
Horror crash, 2 dead on the spot
TWO Safeguard Security employees died on the spot yesterday after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree while trying to avoid a head-on collision on a curve in Bulawayo's Suburbs subu...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts Dubai investors
Zimbabwe intends to lure cash-rich investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to exploit opportunities in mining, tourism and manufacturing when it engages them at the 5th Global Business Forum on ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants can not live on ZUPCOs alone! Zim govt should give them their worthy and dignified salaries
Never in my 46 years of existence have I been exposed to such an ignorant and arrogant government as that of Zimbabwe. Never in my life have I encountered a group of people who are divorced from reali...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 3017 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kambarami replaced
BULAWAYO councillors seem to have thrown in the towel regarding the status of disposed deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami after they appointed a caretaker councillor to take care of business in Ward T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:24hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
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