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1) Who is Innocent Ndibali?Innocent Ndibali is proud Zimbabwean, a Commander-In-Chief of Economic Freedom Fighters (Zimbabwe Chapter: EFF-Zim), business man in both Zimbabwe ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 620 | by Zim EFF
Warts of democracy can be an eyesore
Cynics often say politics is like a sewage as it allows stinking and filthy scum to rise to the top.In a twisted way, it's pretty much like milk, which, as it matures, allows cream to rise....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 68 | by Bishop Lazarus
ZESA sue Minister for $414k – load shedding is collective punishment for untouchables' sins
The tragedy in Zimbabwe is that those who can least afford it have again and again been forced to subsidise the filthy rich. One prime example is Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax on all electro...Published: 18 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 3071 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
BREAKING: Tsvangirai's daughter in horror crash
Former Prime Minister and late MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java was last night involved in a head-on accident in kwekwe.A family member yesterday told Bulawa...Published: 14 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 10521 | by Methusi Ncube
Mukupe 'assault' journalist dragged to court
NEWSDAY senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga will today appear in court facing charges of assaulting former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe during a radio show last May.The State alleges tha...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
'Fascist Mthwakazi denying people a voice' - we must remove dictators and stop fascists
"A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply," wrote Nomazulu Thata. "We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of ma...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:14hrs | 523 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe, the end of a Dictator's Reign
The title for this book is an attempt at a clever link between Robert Mugabe's dramatic and rapid fall from power in November 2017 and the political activities of his second wife, Grace, whose actions...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:44hrs | 3527 | by Paul Hubbard
University bus runs over, kills student
Tragedy struck the Chinhoyi University of Technology, CUT, last night (Wednesday) when a male student was run over by the institution's bus. This occurred as students stampeded to board one of...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:18hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Student kills lecturer over thesis
An argument over a thesis turned fatal as a student allegedly killed his professor by slashing her throat.The incident happened Monday afternoon, May 2, at the North Sumatra Muhammadiyah Unive...Published: 09 May 2019 at 21:25hrs | 6003 | by Staff Reporter
School loses 50 students and headmaster
UNICEF Zimbabwe has revealed that Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani lost 50 students, their headmaster and 3 teachers to Cyclone Idai which struck Manicaland region in March.The organisat...Published: 09 May 2019 at 10:07hrs | 9141 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 miners die in mine collapse
FIVE illegal miners died when a tunnel at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South province collapsed while about 15 Amakorokoza were underground. The incident happened on Monday w...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1043 | by Staff Reporter
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2021 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Dear Lord, for lack of wisdom, courage and/or serenity, grant me the sanity to stop repeating same foolish mistakes
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."The prayer by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (189...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 541 | by Wilbert Mukori
Beer binge ends in attempted murder tragedy
A 20-year-old Madziwa man was dragged to Bindura Magistrates court on Monday facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly struck his colleague with a log over beer misunderstanding in Bindura ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | 1886 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe trumps Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have said former president Robert Mugabe was a relatively better dictator than incumbent Emerson Mnangagwa because although he plundered the country's resources, Mugabe did not pass the co...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 20:26hrs | 56608 | by Methusi Ncube
China to build houses for Cyclone Idai victims
Government has announced that Chinese companies have pledged to build houses for the victims of Cyclone Idai who lost their properties during the tragedy that struck the country in March.Durin...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 19:30hrs | 1090 | by Mandla Ndlovu
11 dead in kombi, Honda fit head-on accident
Eleven (11) people are feared dead following an accident involving a commuter omnibus and a Honda fit near Headlands this morning.The tragedy once again hit the Apostolic Christian community a...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | 3560 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's advisor is a CIO double agent'
One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's key advisors Dr Shingi Munyeza is alleged to be a CIO spy who worked as a double agent during the run up to the bloody coup that ended 37 years of forme...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 11:41hrs | 17343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Brooklyn bus inferno survivor wants compensation
A MBERENGWA woman who survived the Brooklyn bus inferno, which claimed over 30 lives over six months ago, is bitter after the bus operator dumped her following the tragedy which left her disabled....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Freebie-hunting teens raped after binge
TWO teenagers believed they could get drunk without spending their money but feeding off grown men until tragedy struck.The two (names withheld) from Pumula suburb one day found their target a...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
Renewed bid to stop MDC's elective congress
Gokwe-based Elias Mashavire, represented by lawyer Ashel Mutungura, launched a renewed bid to stop MDC's elective congress and force the party to first deal with an extra-ordinary congress, which they...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:46hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
Reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi
We the children of Silobela welcome the news of the proposed reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi. We believe it is a noble idea for the government to do its duty that is long overdue. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:01hrs | 911 | by Cde Godfrey Viki
14 die at apostolic sect shrine
FOURTEEN members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Sect died, while several others were injured after a lorry loaded with bags of maize veered off the road and ploughed into worshippers at a roadside shrine in...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
When nature fights back
Zimbabweans are in deep mourning, the nation is bereaved, hundreds of lives were lost with others missing and injured. Cyclone Idai was apocalyptic in every dimension, where there was livestock ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:25hrs | 304 | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabwe in serious trouble now
Two months ago I started sharing my political opinions in video format. This included negotiating airspace on popular political YouTube channels and Facebook groups. In trying to obtain airspace I hav...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 5185 | by Terence Simbi
Jonathan Moyo responds to Mnangagwa
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has blasted the initiative started by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with the issue of Gukurahundi genocide.Moyo said Mnangagwa's p...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 11:39hrs | 14346 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 45184 | by Staff reporter
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 496 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa a Fisher of Men, of Mwonzora and Fissures of Men
The African National Congress went into the Mangaung congress in 2012 deeply wounded because of consistent corruption scandals by figures in the national leadership. Jacob Zuma's political stock had d...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2903 | by Robert Sigauke
Khupe throws weight behind Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:30hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a Fisher of Men, of Mwonzora and Fissures of Men
The African National Congress went into the Mangaung congress in 2012 deeply wounded because of consistent corruption scandals by figures in the national leadership. Jacob Zuma's political stock had d...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:11hrs | 703 | by Robert Sigauke
Khupe endorses Mnangagwa legitimacy
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Value the national interest
Since the days of the French thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli, the primacy of the national interest has always formed the basis of foreign policy, and has been the foundation of every country's strength o...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 129 | by Reason Wafawarova
'Mnangagwa dialogue laying ground for 2023'
NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has defended his participation in the dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he is contributing to nation building and laying the groundwork for credible elec...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:03hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a smiling merchant of death
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe might have been left in a sticky situation after his MDC-T party national chairman Abedinico Bhebhe compared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to his predecess...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2843 | by newzimbabwe
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1966 | by Bishop Lazi
BREAKING: America pours US$2.5 million into Zimbabwe
The United States Government has poured an additional contribution of US$2.5 million towards the victims of Cyclone Idai.In a statement on Wednesday the US Embassy in Harare said, "The c...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 14:43hrs | 5732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance must stop chasing shadows
The opposition MDC-Alliance is evidently livid by the swift reaction rendered by Zanu-PF and Government to help those affected by Cyclone Idai cope with the tragedy. We notice that the opposition part...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:55hrs | 1875 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai aid looters to face the music
Government will decisively deal with irresponsible individuals who abuse or distribute aid along partisan lines, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.The Vice President said this ye...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
EU envoy confronts minister over Zanu-PF cyclone food grab
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen Wednesday confronted Minister of State for Manicaland Ellen Gwaradzimba over alleged partisan distribution of food aid to those affected by Cy...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:56hrs | 3642 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe army truck kills 3 villagers
THREE Chimanimani villagers who survived the recent Cyclone Idai died while several were injured Thursday afternoon when an army truck that was transporting food relief experienced brake failure and p...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 19:44hrs | 1259 | by newzimbabwe
Army foils Zanu-PF bigwigs attempts to muscle into Cyclone Idai aid
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs not to interfere with the distribution of food aid in Cyclone Idai-hit Chimanimani on Sunday to avoid the politicisation of relief e...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:53hrs | 1634 | by Staff reporter
Army boots out Zanu-PF bigwigs
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs not to interfere with the distribution of food aid in Cyclone Idai-hit Chimanimani on Sunday to avoid the politicisation of reli...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 5661 | by Staff reporter
National Sports Stadium stampede victim laid to rest
THE 38-year-old woman who died in a stampede at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, Egna Nyamadzawo, was laid to rest at her rural home in Mutonda Village, Domboshava, yesterday.Nyamadzawo ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:46hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross rubbishes reports of cyclone aid politicisation
REPORTS of politicisation of aid for Cyclone Idai victims, which have mainly been emanating from the local opposition, were yesterday dismissed by the International Red Cross with its country director...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:54hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trucks seen picking up Cyclone Idai donations
Zimbabweans reacted with anger on social media after a video and pictures emerged showing Zanu-PF vehicles and supporters handling aid donated to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland P...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:45hrs | 3231 | by ZimLive
1 August Killings: 30 accused persons released
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has announced that the court has released Harare residents who were accused of staging a post-election violent protest on August 1.The residents we...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:28hrs | 994 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Apostle Chiwenga resurfaces...strikes at Mnangagwa again
Prominent Harare preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga has resurfaced again with a blow aimed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's accusing him of failing to provide leadership during the Cyclone Idai tragedy...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 08:57hrs | 16394 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A disaster in the midst of polarisation and Lessons learnt from Cyclone Idai
The days 15 and 16 March 2019 will ever be etched in the memory of many of us Zimbabweans Sadly, so as we will relive the horror caused by an unusual stranger called Cyclone Idai. Cyclones are...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 287 | by Johanne and Kowanai Mhlanga
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