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Mnangagwa and Chamisa MPs fume over deferred vehicles
Legislators from both Zanu-PF and the MDC have expressed anger at the government's decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them - with the money budgeted for that now earmarked to fight t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1677 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube should grow a thick skin'
Prominent economist and former MDC executive member, Eddie Cross, has urged the new Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, to grow a thick skin and resist executive pressure to push him to spend more than wh...Published: 15 hrs ago | 879 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to prepare for austerity measures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabweans must prepare for austerity measures that may appear harsh but are in the medium to long-term designed to set the economy back on track. Zimbab...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's biggest headache
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube entered the national political scene with a lot of verve, making very ambitious pronouncements, including the scrapping of the bond note, among other loft...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1306 | by Zimind Comment
Marc Cayeux gives everyone hope after top ten finish in Cape Town
Marc Cayeux's story is one that stays with you for the rest of your life once you are aware of it. For anyone unaware of the Zimbabwean's journey so far, observing the final leaderboard of the Vodacom...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 11:27hrs | 527 | by Agencies
Residents petition court over demolitions
NINE residents of Budiriro 4 in Harare have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to interdict the local authority from demolishing their houses.Through their lawyers, Manyurureni and Com...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Currency reform answer to Zimbabwe's economic woes
THE success of the new Government's effort to transform the country's economy, both in the immediate and future term hinges on addressing the currency reform problem. The vision of the Government is t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 330 | by Bongani Ngwenya
Zimbabwe stops luxury car purchases for cholera fund
Zimbabwe's government has suspended plans for ministers to buy luxury vehicles as the country continues to deal with a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 30 people.Last week, Finance M...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:16hrs | 2684 | by BBC
Chamisa's MPs must go beyond heckling, walkouts
WHILE heckling and walkouts during parliamentary sessions are common the world over, and are considered legislators' privileges, it is important that in countries like ours, where a positive attitude ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1777 | by Newsday Comment
Ziyambi urges legislators to prioritise Bills enactment
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday challenged Parliament to ensure that most, if not all the 29 Bills outlined by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his legislative agenda on Tuesday, were attend...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints top ally as State Security minister
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed his long-time ally Owen Ncube to the powerful position of Minister of State for National Security in the President's Office.Ncube, a Mnangagwa ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Ministers, MPs' cars suspended
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday suspended plans to buy new vehicles for the new Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament and channelled the money towards fighting the cholera ep...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's R30 million dream
HIGHLANDERS fans based in South Africa have mooted an ambitious crowd-funding exercise to raise R30 million (about US$2 million) as part of their efforts to help the country's oldest football club cle...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa inherits Mugabe's anti-Gukurahundi traits'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime has come under fire for allegedly refusing to surrender former state leader Robert Mugabe's old culture of muzzling any talk around the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:46hrs | 3049 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi seeks to eclipse Intwasa
A documentary which explores the post-independence political disturbances in the Matebeleland and Midlands provinces is set to be showcased here during the Intwasa Arts Festival, as the number of acti...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Madinda is a winner
HIGHLANDERS have described their coach Madinda Ndlovu as a fighter and a winner in a show of support for the gaffer who is on a mission to lay the foundation on which to build a strong side. T...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Court inspects ZBC records in Pambuka, Mazivisa fraud case
A HARARE court yesterday inspected Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) records in a case which television personality Oscar Pambuka and former Zanu PF legislator Psychology Maziwisa are accused of...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The Thorns
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The THornsZapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa opver the weekend launched Jill Baker's Boook titled The THORNS through his Foundation at the Bulawayo Theatre....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 909 | by Stephen Jakes
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | 835 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe's mobile data charges second highest in Africa - report
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa after Equatorial Guinea at $25 for one gigabyte, a technology report released last week has shown.Despite the spread of...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Dembare's Mutasa safe, for now
DYNAMOS have said firing under fire coach Lloyd Mutasa is not the solution to the challenges the Glamour Boys are currently facing. Club president Solomon Sanyamandwe told reporters they will focus on...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza running own race
CHAMPIONS FC Platinum are not looking at the five-point gap between them and second-placed Ngezi Platinum Stars, but just concentrating on their race in the marathon. The Zvishavane miners aff...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zimra ordered to refund Zimplats $9,5m
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has been caught on the wrong side of the law in collecting revenue and the High Court has ordered it to pay back $9,5 million it unlawfully garnished from a local mi...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5306 | by Staff reporter
Dembare boss reads riot act
Beleaguered Harare football giants Dynamos chairman Isaiah Mupfurutsa has described the club's season as embarrassing as the team languishes a mere three points above the relegation zone, just eight m...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:12hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | 281 | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
Salaries, benefits freeze still in force
GOVERNMENT has said the salary and benefits freeze imposed on chief executive officers and board members of State enterprises will remain in place until the reform process in the public sector is comp...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:19hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers speak on Bulawayo Deputy Mayor conviction
NEWLY-elected Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Councillor, Tinashe Kambarami, who was two months ago convicted of theft, can only be fired through a court order, legal experts have said. Mr Kambarami was...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2874 | by Igomombe
Zimbabwe's (Criminal) Record Check!
Chronicling abuses on women in Zimbabwe Dear Zimbabwean Women, It is high time we chronicled all abuses...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2279 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa 'won', but lost the 2018 election
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa won the 2018 election on one hand, but lost it on the other. First, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Mnangagwa celebrated their vindication by the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:57hrs | 7417 | by Moses Tofa
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2466 | by CONWAY TUTANI
Mudede denies refusing to issue passport to Gonda
Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has denied reports that his department refused to issue a passport to prominent Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda on allegations that she was on a "stop list"....Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Gonda to get passport
REGISTRAR-General Mr Tobaiwa Tonneth Mudede has agreed to issue a passport to United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda, who last week unsuccessfully applied for the travel document beca...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mudede in humiliating climbdown over Gonda's passport blacklist
REGISTRAR-GENERAL (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has made a U-turn and admitted that his officers erred by refusing to grant a passport to freelance journalist Violet Gonda, who had been blacklisted by the gover...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 16:36hrs | 4083 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa seems to be on track - ZUNDE
It is a matter of public record that, from inception, ZUNDE fiercely and consistently fought against President Mugabe and his destructive policies. On 24 October 2013, we came together to adva...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3395 | by Moses Chamboko
Chipanga sued for grabbing farmer's property
One of former Wakefield Estate owners, Andrew Dawson, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to prohibit former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanayi Chipanga from taking over his assets.Daws...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must chart clear agenda to unite nation
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, has gone through different phases in its development, as people seek to chart a path that brings prosperity. Each epoch in the country's history has been character...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 149 | by Lovemore Chikova
Mighty Warriors battle for second Cosafa Cup
THE Mighty Warriors' quest for a second Cosafa Cup title gets underway this morning when they take on Namibia in their Group C opener in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Mighty Warriors last ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Bid to spite whistle-blower backfires on Zimra official
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended its commissioner responsible for investigations Charles Jaure with immediate effect after he was implicated in a bribery case in which he allegedly...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:14hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimra official suspended over graft claims
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has suspended its commissioner responsible for investigations, Charles Jaure, who is currently being probed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Zimra suspends senior official
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has suspended its commissioner responsible for investigations, Charles Jaure, with immediate effect after he was implicated in a bribery case in which he allegedly deman...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
'How Buyanga sold my house'
A Harare man yesterday narrated how businessman Frank Buyanga allegedly fraudulently processed change of ownership of his house before selling it behind his back, a court heard.Buyanga had adv...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo statment on Mugabe
Media enquiries have drawn my attention to a front-page story in today's Standard newspaper in which the former first lady, Mrs Grace Mugabe, is said to have called on her alleged followers, presumed ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 6330 | by Prof Jonathan N Moyo
Our parliament must reflect the new dispensation's mission
The August 30 elections presented a shift in the majority in Parliament took place creating the basis for the transfer of governing responsibility to a new team of Members of parliament. During the ma...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 540 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo lays into Grace Mugabe
SELF-exiled G40 cabalist Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday tore into former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe while revealing a nasty fall out between the two that led to the latter blocking him from all he...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
'Nothing is fulfilling as Highlanders beating Dynamos'
THE celebrations are still going on in the City of Kings after Highlanders' sensational 3-0 destruction of Dynamos in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Barbourfields on Sunday. Madinda Ndlovu's men ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's messy fallout with Grace Mugabe
Media enquiries have drawn my attention to a front-page story in today's (9 September) Standard newspaper in which the former first lady, Mrs Grace Mugabe, is said to have called on her alleged follow...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1923 | by Jonathan Moyo
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