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Chamisa dares Mnangangwa, Chiwenga
An angry opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threw the gauntlet at both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, challenging them to also testify at the official probe...Published: 21 hrs ago | 9267 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will not appear before the Motlanthe led commission of inquiry
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed he would not appear before the commission of inquiry on the August 1 shootings claiming the probe was misplaced and described as stupid the demonstrations over the ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu arrest warrant cancelled
A WARRANT of arrest which had been issued against former Minister of Home Affairs and Culture, Dr Obert Mpofu, for failing to attend court to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 745 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lampoons supporters he incited
MDC leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, yesterday described the violent August 1 demonstrations by his supporters as stupid and uncalled for in a desperate attempt to cleanse himself of blame for the post-elec...Published: 23 hrs ago | 570 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws supporters under bus - #GodIsInIt
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threw his supporters under the bus and branded them "stupid" for undertaking an unnecessary demonstration that resulted in the death of six people and d...Published: 23 hrs ago | 467 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora prepared for the worst
Abridged comments by MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora on Thursday morning about the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry and comments made by security chiefs:There are certain statements that...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 18:04hrs | 5576 | by zimlive
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 927 | by Aljazeera
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa distances self from deadly August 1 demonstrations
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said that he was not aware of the demonstrations which took place on August 1 in Harare which led to the killing of six civilians. The deaths occurred afte...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Court punches holes in MRP activist case
The state says it is not ready to proceed to trial in a case in which a Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Wisdom Mkhwananzi, accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of murdering his parents during...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:08hrs | 1127 | by Abigirl khupe - cite.org.zw
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2562 | by zimlive
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 417 | by Pearl Matibe
Motlanthe Commission meets ZDF, Police tomorrow
THE Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence will hear evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police tomorrow.President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:30hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
UZ vice chancellor challenges students
University of Zimbabwe, (UZ)'s ultimate goal is to produce graduates who can demonstrate real value to industry, commerce and the wider community, the institution's acting vice chancellor Paul Mapfumo...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should shun MDC demonstrations
At a moment when the economy is facing temporary economic challenges, the opposition has decided to politicise the situation, blaming Government for failing to redress these challenges. It has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 09:53hrs | 3506 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Mnangagwa, Chamisa head for showdown
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to proceed with his party's anti-government demonstrations despite threats of a ruthless crackdown from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.C...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 10969 | by Staff reporter
Let's engage as the youths
ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we a...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 314 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Zimbabwe as a new gateway into Africa
ON Friday afternoon of 2 November 2018, I visited Surface Wilmar based in Chitungwiza, Harare. The company is owned by one of the largest companies in the world in the production of edible oils, based...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 14:36hrs | 1644 | by Minister of Finance Prof Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe as a new gateway into Africa
ON Friday afternoon of 2 November 2018, I visited Surface Wilmar based in Chitungwiza, Harare. The company is owned by one of the largest companies in the world in the production of edible oils, based...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:21hrs | 495 | by Hon. Prof Mthuli Ncube
Police apologise to top lawyer for wrongful arrest
The police have apologised to seasoned lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu, after conceding to wrongfully arresting and detaining him on charges of trying to obstruct the course of justice.He was arreste...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:42hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed for bedding workmate's wife
A KEZI man has been given a 10-month wholly suspended jail sentence for stabbing his workmate with a knife and leaving him severely wounded after catching him with his wife in their matrimonial bedroo...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa guns for Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday started mobilising his supporters for a proposed march to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for allegedly rigging the July 30 elections....Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:07hrs | 5109 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya’s humble beginnings
THE "rags-to-riches" trope may be a cliché, but it's one that's definitely grounded in reality for Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya.Magaya beat the odds and a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Scribes chucked out as human trafficking suspect is tried
Journalists were yesterday asked to leave the court room in which a suspected Kuwait human trafficking kingpin, James Maroodza, was being tried in order to protect the identity of victims.Maro...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter6
National Hero's son calls for an International Gukurahundi Commission of Inquiry
Siphosami Malunga the son of the late National Hero Sydney Malunga has called for an International Commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi massacre that claimed the lives of an estimated 20 000 peo...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 16:21hrs | 2135 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's crackdown on dissent stepped up
THE Police have stepped up their crackdown against perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after arresting and charging a Bulawayo man with undermining his authority.Wisdom Mkwanan...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official raises stink at shooting enquiry
A MIDLANDS-BASED Zanu-PF provincial executive member, Farai Nugget Manyima, misled the commission of inquiry into the August 1 Harare shootings that killed seven people by claiming he was not a politi...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:55hrs | 3892 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe commission condemned for Zimbabwe genocide arrests
Fellow Matebeleland nationals and friends of Matebeleland, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), reaches out to you today once more, as our Nation is under siege from the ...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1441 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Chaos mars Zimbabwe army killings probe
The Gweru leg of the hearings into the August 1 army killings in Harare was rocked by chaos yesterday after suggestions soldiers must be given immunity for them to testify.Tariro Maturure, who...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:12hrs | 3785 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe wise counsel
FORMER South African President Kgalema Motlanthe who is the Chairperson Commission of Inquiry into the post-election violence that hit Harare on 1 August, has implored Zimbabweans to respect the...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:01hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Sex in car costs man-of-God $2 000
EXPENSIVE sex!A self-proclaimed man of God in Bulawayo experienced a painful fate when he lost $2 000 to a prostitute he had allegedly hired for a $4 "short-time" sex.A shame-faced Tan...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:21hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Three Mthwakazi Activists arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have unlawfully arrested three Mthwakazi Republic Party Activists at the Rainbow hotel in the presence of the international commission of Inquiry. Party security&n...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 14:27hrs | 2587 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's economic woes self-inflicted
THE Zimbabwean economy is bedeviled with self-inflicted woes.However, the economic tribulations largely emanate from government portfolios and their episodic fiscal blunders.The fiscal...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:43hrs | 796 | by Paddington Masamha
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 | 402 | by Staff reporter
Another gold attack at Chief Sigola area
Three families under chief Zephania Ntantanana Sigola have been left homeless after the owners of a local mine demolished their homes on the 18th of October 2018. Mthwakazi Republic Party Pres...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2430 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga goes down memory lane
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is back on his feet and yesterday attended a prayer meeting at his rural home in Hwedza where he took people down memory lane explaining how he joined the liberatio...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF backers justify army use of deadly force
A public hearing on the August 1 violence entered a third day at a hotel in the capital yesterday, with Zanu-PF supporters claiming that the army cannot be blamed for the election unrest that turned d...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 13:56hrs | 4076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings probe hots up
After a near-farcical start, temperatures rose a notch up yesterday at the government's commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence - which ended up with the army killing at least s...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:51hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
We told you so!
SOMETIMES it's nice to be right, that does not often happen, but in this case I am sorry that those of us who had said we are headed for trouble, were right.I am referring to the first stateme...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1373 | by Eddie Cross
Biti nailed over post-election violence
MDC-Alliance principal and Harare East legislator Mr Tendai Biti and former Zanu-PF youth leader Mr Jim Kunaka reportedly incited youths that attacked the Zanu-PF Harare Provincial Headquarters during...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Stampede at August 1 killings commission of inquiry hearing
There was a stampede yesterday as journalists and members of the public pushed into a small conference room, the set venue for the commission of inquiry public hearing on the August 1 killings....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1796 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary open to criticism, says CJ
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has challenged lawyers to critique court decisions as this can have a beneficial impact in the improvement of the country's legal system. He said the Judiciary was open to ro...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:16hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Edgars resumes exports
LISTED clothing retailer, Edgars Stores Limited has resumed exports after a decade as it seeks to improve its revenue base through foreign currency generation.Speaking during a tour of the clo...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:43hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ salutes the revival of the fighting ZCTU
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ salutes the revival of the fighting spirit in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, ZCTU under the able leadership of cdes Peter Mutasa and Japhet...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1215 | by ARTUZ
MDC deplores heavy police deployment in cities
The MDC notes with alarm the unwarranted heavy deployment of police in the streets of Harare and other cities. The apparent "securocratisation" of the state by the illegitimate Zanu PF Government is a...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 11:41hrs | 1905 | by Jacob Mafume MDC National Spokesperson
Zimbabwe could draw valuable lessons from Singapore in the former's quest for economic growth
SINGAPORE and Rwanda are exciting countries that may easily serve as case studies for other countries seeking a rapid reduction in their poverty levels. For the purposes of this article I will allow t...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 19:17hrs | 1596 | by Prosper Munyedza
Overhaul social security
I GOT a phone call from a man in Bulawayo who said he wanted to see me on a personal matter. We arranged to meet and he told me that he had worked for a major and well-known company for 40 years. The ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:47hrs | 264 | by Eddie Cross
ED receives hero's welcome at UNGA
When a new baby is born in a family, everyone wants to see, hold and shower it with gifts. It is normal for family members to even suggest that that the baby should be named after them. So stiff...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 13:13hrs | 3751 | by Elijah Chihota
Chiwenga launches African Dream boat
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has inaugurated the French-owned and Zimbabwe assembled luxury boat, the African Dream, built at a cost of $2,5 million dollars.The luxury c...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:34hrs | 7267 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU honours 2006 torture victims
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has honoured its members who were brutally tortured by police on September 13 2006 after spearheading countrywide protests against social injustices by for...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
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