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Mwonzora expels Mudzuri, demotes Komichi
PLIANT opposition MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday expelled his deputy Elias Mudzuri and announced a new standing committee that saw former party chairperson Morgen Komichi being demoted...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena removed from remand
HARARE regional magistrate Taurai Manuwere has ruled that Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has no case to answer in a matter he was accused of money-laundering and fraud charges i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 444 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt guilty of political suppression'
FORMER Primary and Secondary education minister and lawyer David Coltart has reproached African governments for arbitrarily clamping down dissenting political voices.Contributing last week to ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 191 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 16 hrs ago | 458 | by Staff reporter
'Donors snub Nelson Chamisa's CCC'
Former MDC Masvingo urban lawmaker and member of Returness4ED Tongai Matutu has sensationally claimed that the opposition CCC led by Nelson Chamisa has suffer a major blow after losing all its major d...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 17:14hrs | 2794 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wadyajena acquitted in Cottco fraud case
Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was accused of fraud has been set free pending completion of investigations after a Harare court granted his application for refusal for furthe...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 16:05hrs | 798 | by Paul Ndou
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa leaps to defence of Ginimbi's ex
Zimbabwe has long struggled with the problem of drug and substance abuse with experts noting that a deepening economic crisis and the attendant poverty and despair have resulted in increasing numbers ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's director for east and southern Africa, warned of dire consequences if the bill becomes law.Amnesty International, which has been advocating for a regim...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's diamonds sold for a song
Zimbabwe often sells its diamonds below market prices as they are not sought for and are even explicitly banned by major jewellery retailers for ethical reasons," ReportZIMBABWE is allegedly s...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:28hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'I was told to stop supporting Mnangagwa'
WE today conclude our interview with Elphas Tshuma, a former guerilla who operated in Hurungwe in Mashonaland West Province and later on in Hwange in Matabeleland North. Tshuma, now a member of the ru...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:27hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Zanu-PF Youth League offers free transport for voter registration
Zanu-PF has embarked on a massive voter registration blitz for its members, with its Youth League executive pledging to ferry members to registration centres starting tomorrow.In an interview ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa too compromised to fight corruption'
BINGA North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda says President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot fight corruption because he is compromised by vested interests of his family's corrupt business undertakings condu...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:16hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora keeps Zimbabwe afloat but no vote
ALTHOUGH Zimbabweans in the diaspora are not allowed to vote from their host nations, their cash remittances back home are fast growing and helping to keep the country afloat.Last year, remitt...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:12hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 578 | by Stephen Bates
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 295 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 110 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 5033 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe re-registers closed schools to absorb returnees' children
The returning learners will also undergo a stringent vetting process before they can be admitted into local schools, a top government official said yesterdGOVERNMENT has started re-registering...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:16hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
South African-based armed robbers, team up with locals to terrorise Harare residents
FOUR South Africa-based Zimbabweans appeared in court today on allegation of teaming up with six locals and committed a spate of armed robberies in and around Harare.Deborah Mukambachaza, Gadi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:14hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Otis 'The Flow' Fraser back in town
THERE is so much to look out for this weekend as one of Bulawayo's most loved leisure joints, The Backroom Shisha Lounge plays host to legendary turntablist Otis "The Flow" Fraser this afternoon. The ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
CCC leader distributes 45 letters to 45 Luveve Pastors on Chamisa birthday
Discent Collins Bajila who is one of the CCC champions in Luveve has written a letter to 45 church leaders in Luveve and Gwabalanda urging them to encourage their members to register to vote in the 20...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 08:45hrs | 1459 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Afri-USA Initiative to launch Mat North Investment guide
The Afri-USA Business Initiative is set to launch the Matebeleland North Investment Guide which is an investment handbook targeting investors in the United States of America and Europe.The Pre...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 408 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lukashenko pushes for Zimbabwe - Mozambique economic ties
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko is exploring ways of forging economic ties with Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the agricultural sector.Lukashenko ended his three days long visit to Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 882 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dangles US$20m for lithium battery plant
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says the Government is ready to put forward US$20 million to partner investors willing to invest in a lithium battery manufacturing pro...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:44hrs | 873 | by Staff Reporter
USAid warns of Zimbabwe funding threat
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which has been criticised by opposition parties and civic groups for muzzling government critics and narrowing democratic space, has gone a s...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
American Chamber of Commerce launched in Harare
UNITED States of America-based companies are taking a keen interest in Zimbabwe through increased investment and trade.Signs of the USA warming up to business opportunities in Zimbabwe were co...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 13:15hrs | 700 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe keeps western diplomats away from Lukashenko
Zimbabwe broke with established protocol on Tuesday after western diplomats were not invited to a state banquet in honour of visiting Belarusian authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, emphasizing tension...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Police spokesperson subpoenaed to testify in Mahere police 'baby murder' tweet
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has been subpoenaed to court February 17 to give his testimony in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Maher...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
How some people make money by analysing betting odds
The most important aspect of sports betting is comprehending the betting odds. The accuracy of the odds you receive is crucial, so if you can't figure them out on your own, you should learn how. The p...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 241 | by Staff Reporter
'Civil servants forced to buy Zanu-PF cards'
Civil servants in some parts of the country have protested over what they have described as "coercion" by the ruling Zanu-PF party to buy the ruling party's membership cards at US$3 each.To av...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Lukashenko to visit Victoria Falls today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart President Aleksandr Lukashenko are expected to visit the tourism city of Victoria Falls this morning as the two countries seek to cement relations ac...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Donel's song featured in new movie 'FEAR'
UK-BASED Zimbabwean musician, Donel Mangena's song was featured in the new movie, Fear, which premiered in Atlanta, USA. Raised in Zimbabwe, the 21-year-old singer has spent the last few years...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:53hrs | 523 | by Staff Reporter
Spilling Umguza dam reignites hope for good harvest
THE spilling of Lower Umguza Dam in Matabeleland North province has brought smiles among farmers and rekindled their hope of recording a bumper harvest. Lower Umguza Dam is a major source of p...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1670 | by Staff Reporter
It's tragic how 'Pan-Africanism' has become a refuge for those who ruined fellow Zimbabweans' lives!
I genuinely believe that I am actually more Pan-Africanist that most of those who claim to be Pan-Africanists. I, as so many others, have chosen to place my own safety and life in danger ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 566 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Headmaster swindles exam fees
A headmaster at Usavi Primary School, Ward 22 Buhera Central Constituency is being accused of swindling US$315 meant for grade seven examination fees.The headmaster Samson Magirigide confirmed...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:39hrs | 1517 | by Zebedi Mupuranga/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa tightens the noose
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has started restricting operations of non-governmental organisations ahead of this year's elections as fears continue to grow that it will use ame...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:17hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1719 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Fire Minister Kirsty Coventry
I am not sounding like a racist but whoever thought that introducing Kirsty Coventry to take charge of the Ministry of Sport just because she excelled well in winning swimming awards needs their brain...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 22:44hrs | 3619 | by Leonard Koni
NGOs under siege as Mnangagwa tightens noose
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has started restricting operations of non-governmental organisations ahead of this year's elections as fears continue to grow that it will use amendments to t...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:14hrs | 1117 | by Staff Reporter
'Schools concealing drug and substance abuse by students'
SCHOOLS in the country are reportedly concealing rampant drug and substance abuse by students to protect their reputation, NewsDay Weekender can reveal.This comes as the country has been exper...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1155 | by Staff Reporter
Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme the name of our God!
The Apostle Paul was right!"The love of money is the root of all evil"!And, tragically these words have been proven more real i...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 1758 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Harare Hindus plan wide-ranging activities during 2023
Hindu Society Harare (HSH) in Zimbabwe seems to have lined-up extensive religious and social activities, projects, celebrations during 2023.These include three daily aartis; twice-weekly yoga ...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 11:13hrs | 577 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's nonentity on global stage leaving Zimbabweans' continued oppression largely unnoticed!
After the November 2017 military coup d'état - which ousted long-time dictator Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and ushering in his protégé Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa as new president - the plight of oppres...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1855 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sharpe plots to bloc witness from testifying against him
Pokugara Properties, owned by controversial businessman Ken Sharpe, which caused the arrest of a State witness testifying against it for malicious damage to property has applied to have the same witne...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1216 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 2734 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unleshes machete gangs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has allegedly unleashed machete-wielding gangs in the Midlands province to mobilise voters for its five million votes for ED campaign ahead of this year's polls.NewsDa...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
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