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Mnangagwa tightens his security
In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force per...Published: 3 hrs ago | 4125 | by Staff reporter
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 6281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits deploying military crackdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the military crackdown against protestors last month.Addressing a rally at Rutenga in Masvingo Saturday, the Zanu-PF leader blamed th...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean facing UK deportation says fears being 'killed' at home
A charity worker who cooks weekly meals for the homeless is at risk of being deported back to Zimbabwe and says he has no idea why.Sheffield-based Khuzani Ndlovu, 46, told Metro.co.uk he fears...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3167 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa issues chilling warning, ready to deploy the soldiers again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw several ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has power to end Zimbabwe isolation
PRONOUNCEMENTS by the European parliament on the grave human rights situation in Zimbabwe provided a concise checklist of everything that has gone wrong in the past six months and President Emmerson M...Published: 11 hrs ago | 720 | by Editorial - The Standard
'Why we are talking to Mnangagwa'
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is one of the opposition parties that have embraced calls for dialogue by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is meant to address the country's political and economic ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 855 | by Staff reporter
Chimbetu's 'lovechild' preaches unity
Dendera musician Chamson Boroma, affectionately known as Aforomani, has released a six-track album titled Tiripamwe laden with social commentaries.Boroma, who claims to be the son of the late ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Madzibaba Kagoro has God-given powers'
God of Miracles Apostolic Church leader Jonah Kagoro, who is based at St Mary's in Chitungwiza where has a great following, has a story to tell.The 37-year-old Murehwa-born Man of God says he ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 454 | by Staff reporter
Nuggets from the men's conference
I just sneaked out of a boot-camp for that boy-thrill, the urge to break a cardinal rule: What happens at the men's conference stays at the men's conference! The thrifty snitch in me couldn't resist t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 256 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mnangagwa gets tough on violence
Government is aware of a renewed bid by the MDC-Alliance and its allies to relaunch violent demonstrations, and will deal decisively with elements that are hell-bent on making the country ungovernable...Published: 12 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 12 hrs ago | 297 | by Staff reporter
Winky D, Jah Prayzah rivalry renewed
The country's most sought-after musicians Winky D and Jah Prayzah coincidentally revived their "rivalry" in time to celebrate love through eye-catching videos for their singles Mugarden and Kunerima....Published: 12 hrs ago | 616 | by Staff reporter
Zifa Cup set for return
The Zimbabwe Football Association is set to bring back the biggest football competition, the Zifa Cup, after more than a decade of absence.The tournament was last contested for in 2005 as the ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
Solar energy is the future: Masiyiwa
Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa says mini-power grids based on solar energy are the solution to Africa's energy problem.Masiyiwa made the prediction at a global conference of investors in Abu D...Published: 12 hrs ago | 276 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro hit by resignations
A restructuring exercise at Bulawayo's first commercial radio station - Sykz Metro FM - has resulted in the departure of two popular presenters amid indications that more employees will ditch the broa...Published: 12 hrs ago | 544 | by Staff reporter
How cryptocurrencies can rescue Zimbabwe
On September 17, 2018 media houses were abuzz with the news that the then newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was considering cryptocurrencies as an option for Zimbabwe's economic turnaround...Published: 12 hrs ago | 279 | by Masotsha Charles Matlobo
The paradox of Chete Chete! Emerging understandings in 2019
Pursuant to last week's instalment, an erstwhile barrister in the making, Zwelithini Xaba gave a candid response on how Nelson Chamisa and his generational consensus are a façade. But the budding bar...Published: 12 hrs ago | 259 | by Michael Mhlanga
Bosso end pre-season training
HIGHLANDERS concluded their pre-season camp in the Eastern Highlands with a 2-1 aggregate triumph over Zifa Eastern Region Division One side Green Fuel in a practice match played at Green Fuel Arena i...Published: 12 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
NRZ slashes commuter train fares
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has announced that it is charging $1 for a return trip on its City-Cowdray Park route while its multiple ride ticket has been slashed to $5 from $9.NRZ ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 343 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aware of Chamisa's renewed bid to relaunch violent protests
Government is aware of a renewed bid by the MDC-Alliance and its allies to relaunch violent demonstrations, and will deal decisively with elements that are hell-bent on making the country ungovernable...Published: 12 hrs ago | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unlikely to renew Bureau Veritas deal
Bureau Veritas's contract is unlikely to be renewed as Zimbabwe's private sector continues to raise consternation over increasing business costs due to the implementation of the Consignment Based Conf...Published: 12 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 12 hrs ago | 411 | by Nick Mangwana
Masowe woman in record breaking home deliveries
AT 30, Vongai Matara Gondo, a midwife of the Johanne Masowe ye Chishanu apostolic sect, has helped 157 women to deliver.Vongai says midwifery is her calling.Despite the high risks that...Published: 12 hrs ago | 274 | by Staff reporter
Christianity and the Curse of the Papa Generation
We can all agree that Robert Mugabe has proven the "gods" wrong so many times, well at least according to the "prophets" that are awash on every street corner from Harare to Lilongwe. From one to the ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1802 | by Robert Sigauke
Avalanche of blunders gives Mangudya guts to challenge 'Tzar' Ncube - another sneak resignation on card
Rumour has it that Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya are failing to agree on key monetary policies including when Zimbabwe shou...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4721 | by Nomusa Garikai
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE European Union (EU) is set to hand down a new set of sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in the wake of persistent human rights violations as well as the deteriorating ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moots stop and search roadblocks
GOVERNMENT is considering introducing stop-and-search security roadblocks on roads following a wave of armed robberies targeting cross-border buses plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa route.A num...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams US big brother mentality
ZANU-PF has condemned the United States' big brother mentality saying Donald Trump administration lacks moral authority to lecture Zimbabwe on how to conduct its affairs. The party said it is ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 138 | by Staff reporter
BCC ordered to stop mining activities
THE Government has ordered Bulawayo City Council to immediately cease mining activities at its Aisleby and Good Hope Farms as individuals and companies carrying out mining activities at the two farms ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor still holed up in SA in the wake of army crackdown
Masvingo Urban Ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone remains holed up in South Africa where he sought refuge in the wake of a national crackdown against perceived instigators of the national shutdown pr...Published: 24 hrs ago | 115 | by Staff reporter
US told to stop lecturing Zimbabwe
THE United States must stop lecturing Zimbabwe on how to conduct its affairs as it has no moral ground to do so, Zanu-PF has said. In a statement yesterday, the ruling party's Secretary for In...Published: 24 hrs ago | 339 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' protester Kaitano jailed
TINASHE Kaitano, who was alleged by MDC-Alliance and its non-governmental organisations associates to have been killed by security forces during the illegal demonstrations organised by the opposition ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya walks out of meeting with Mthuli Ncube
THERE was high drama after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, in a fit of rage, tossed paper files at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and walked out of a meeting, angrily slamming th...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 18394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now facing condom crisis
Zimbabwe is now facing condom challenges as donors are pulling back.This was said by the Director of AIDS and TB Unit in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Owen Mugurungi at the Interna...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 15:12hrs | 6193 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
The violent suppression of Zimbabweans protesting rising fuel costs and food shortages by security forces has prompted debates in the UK Parliament on the growing crisis in the African state. Here we ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 892 | by Louisa Brooke-Holland
Tsvangirai was duped by Mnangagwa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa revealed yesterday that his revered late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai, had died a bitter man after he was allegedly duped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his all...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
Re-colonising Zimbabwe will not work
United Kingdom lawmaker Lord Adrian Palmer's dream of Britain re-colonising Zimbabwe on the ploy of safeguarding the lives of its citizens will never come to fruition in this modern world.Palm...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1074 | by Gift Mashoko
ZCLDN holds drug masterplan roundtable
Today, the Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network held a breakfast roundtable meeting in Harare with government officials, police and officials from several non-governmental organisations on the Na...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 241 | by ZCLDN
Botswana NGOs condemns Zim army for killings
The Botswana Civil Society Solidarity Coalition for Zimbabwe (BOCISCOZ) has condemned the arbitrary arrest of civil society activist and the violation of human rights of citizens by members of the Zim...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1127 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The EU Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe read like Chamisa's script
The European Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe (2019/2563(RSP) are like reading from Chamisa script. In fact it's not surprising as the EU has been half-hearted in its attempts to engage the Second R...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:14hrs | 2269 | by Brightface Mutema
US cannot be our national dialogue referee
The continued United States (US) big brother mentality on Zimbabwean affairs cannot go unchallenged, as it undermines the country's sovereignty and independence. This time the Washington administratio...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2208 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Haru Mutasa denied UK Visa
TOP Al Jazeera correspondent for Africa and Zimbabwean journalist Haru Mutasa has been denied a UK Visa.This comes just a week after she accused a UK newspaper of publishing fake news about th...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 6793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looks to tackle telecom fraud with technology
Despite an ambitious economic reform agenda, Zimbabwe's economic freedom score dropped down 3.6 points to a mere 40.4 on the Heritage Foundation's latest Index of Economic Freedom, making its economy ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:38hrs | 505 | by Agencies
Chamisa says he asked Tsvangirai to leave Mudzuri as party leader
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he was asked by his late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai to take over as leader of the main opposition but initially declined the offer saying this was going to put him i...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 5388 | by newzimbabwe
Ziyambi downplays Nduna murder confessions
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday tried to downplay Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna's confession that he was a killer by telling the Senate that the word in Shona had several meanings.Zi...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2869 | by Staff reporter
More foreigners at Dembare
DYNAMOS' appetite for foreigners is showing no signs of abating with the Harare giants coach Lloyd Chigowe (pictured) yesterday revealing that the club is expecting two more players from Ivory Coast t...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rejects 'meaningless' dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would not be bulldozed into "a meaningless dialogue" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, vowing that any talks with the Zanu-PF leader to resolve ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth opens up on Tsvangirai's last days
ELIZABETH Macheka, widow of the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday poured her heart out, sharing intricate details of the couple's psychologically-draining journey from the day the former Pr...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa banks on peace, dialogue
President Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his commitment to peace and dialogue and maintaining an open door policy to resolving challenges facing the country. Addressing diplomats in Harare yesterday...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
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