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Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1151 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mugabe coup announcer distanced himself from US ambassador attack?
Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo told Western diplomats before and after making an intemperate rant against the United States ambassador last week that he was not the originator of the statement...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:34hrs | 18180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1976 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:15hrs | 823 | by Pearl Matibe
Zimbabwe tour operators accuse Botswana of unfair business practice
ZIMBABWE'S tour operators have alleged unfair business practices by their Botswana counterparts, whereby they bring their clients straight to the country instead of letting them do that on their behal...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1619 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs
The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic gr...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 359 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Starvation to hit Zimbabwe
Food security is a matter of strategic national importance. Issues of food security affect us all regardless of colour, Creed and political affiliation. The issue of food security caused migrati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:42hrs | 3344 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe to be food insecure by September, says USAid
MOST of the country’s districts will be food insecure by September due to a poor 2018/19 harvests and "escalating" macroeconomic hardships, a food security report by the United States Agency for Int...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
MDC linked Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended over corrupt
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnest...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:43hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 351 | by Pearl Matibe
US shows hand in potential destabilisation of Zimbabwe
The United States of America (USA)'s latest "Zimbabwe Travel Advisory" to Americans intending to visit Zimbabwe, and those in Zimbabwe, is couched as a routine cautionary statement, yet it is laden wi...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:22hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe not to blame, says USAID chief
Zimbabwe is creating a straw-man by blaming sanctions for the lack of investment and a failing economy, a top official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says....Published: 07 May 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2991 | by ZimLive
Zimbabweans eating less as economy deteriorates
THE widening gap between prices of food and stagnant wages has led to 44% of poor households in the urban areas spending more of their incomes on food, from 16% in 2016, a USAID official has said....Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lied on Trump's US$2.5 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently told residents of Manicaland that America's President Donald Trump sent his Ambassador to meet him and handover US$2.5 million. Contrary to Mnangagwa's st...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 10:46hrs | 22499 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Chamisa recieves donations from churches
Various churches in Harare went to opposition MDC headquarters to donate some goodies which were meant to support in the relief process for the victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland.MDC Presid...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 12:21hrs | 5652 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: America pours US$2.5 million into Zimbabwe
The United States Government has poured an additional contribution of US$2.5 million towards the victims of Cyclone Idai.In a statement on Wednesday the US Embassy in Harare said, "The c...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 14:43hrs | 5770 | by Mandla Ndlovu
America impressed with Zimbabwe reforms
Reforms being implemented by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led Government are positive and a reflection of great urgency to transform the country economically and politically, United States of Amer...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination'
IT has reached the stage where, to be honest with each other, it is no more surprising that posting a most non-political and non-partisan message on social media praising Zimbabweans — one and all â...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | 930 | by Conway Tutani
Villagers get US$ notes for hunger alleviation
Thousands of villagers in Mutoko yesterday were given United States dollars to help them fight hunger during this lean season.The programme dubbed Lean Season Assistance (LSA) is being sponsor...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
'My wife sleeps with 14 other men'
SEX binge!A Chipinge woman's husband sensationally claimed she was taking turns to indulge in sex with him and with 14 other men, this according to court records obtained by B-Metro.Jo...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 5809 | by Staff reporter
Massive fraud at Amnesty International Zimbabwe
An audit has unearthed serious fraud and financial mismanagement involving millions of dollars at Amnesty International Zimbabwe. Amnesty, an international human rights organisation that has b...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 437 | by IRIN
Mnangagwa loses credibility
GOVERNMENT is losing credibility in its fight to resuscitate the economy as evidenced by the three day national shutdown, which started on Monday, an economist has said.Since Monday, the count...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira disowns article...fingers pastor
MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira has disowned an article that is making rounds on social media which is attacking civic society and MDC as being the problems that are behind the Zimbabwean crisis. Ma...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prof Peter Dzvimbo appointed CEO of ZIMCHE
Professor Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo has been appointed as the CEO of the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) with immediate effect.Celebrating the appointment former minister of high...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 2660 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 1399 | by Staf reporter
Disused and dilapidated infrastructure a cause for cholera in Chegutu
Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna has bemoaned that the dilapidated infrastructure in his constituency was a serious health threat which might have resulted to a repeated outbreak of cholera....Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:31hrs | 487 | by Stephen Jakes
1.1 million Zimbabweans will need food aid, warns WFP
The World Food Programme warned on Friday that 1.1 million Zimbabweans could need food aid before the next harvest in 2019, with rural smallholders most at risk of food shortages.Growing food ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 10:24hrs | 998 | by AFP
Zimbabwe faces El Nino-induced drought
Zimbabwe faces another climate change-induced drought since the 2015-2016 season amid revelations by government that the 2018-19 rainfall season points to an El Nino effect.El Nino is the warm...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:54hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
USAid funds abusers push for Zimbabwe GNU
A GROUP of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 3244 | by Staff reporter
Shady NGO caught offside on violence
A group of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: United States to Improve Water Security for River Basin Communities
HARARE - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces Resilient Waters, a five-year, $32.4 million project to address severe water challenges facing the Limpopo River Basin...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 09:50hrs | 452 | by APO
Zimbabwe Election Support Network's damascene moment
In April 2008, Canadian writer and blogger Stephen Gowans wrote an insightful piece in which he revealed the unbelievably intricate web of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Western organ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
United States Launches Program to Support Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zimbabwe
HARARE - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the launch of Pathways, a five-year $35 million program that will offer services to 250,000 HIV-affected orphans and v...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 10:27hrs | | by APO
4 000 school drop outs!
\ABOUT 4 000 girls have dropped out of school due to poverty and sexual violence in the Midlands province and $2 million has since been secured to pay their school fees so that they return to class....Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:02hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Press silent about women achievements
A few days before the July 30 historic harmonised Presidential and Local Government elections take place, the media in Zimbabwe still remain man~world with little to zero reflection of women's involve...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | | by Maxwell Kudzika Teedzai
Chamisa broke, as his funders withdraw handouts because of abuse of public funds
In a twitter message the US indicated that "Earlier this year as a result of regular internal oversight USAID became aware of the possible misuse of US assistance funding in Zimbabwe. "They went furth...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 11:11hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Apology to Dewa Mavinga
In our articles regarding USAID's unilateral funding cut we used Mr Dewa Mavhinga's image, we apologise unreservedly for any damage done to Dewa Mavhinga's credibility and we have since pulled down M...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 17:44hrs | 1290 | by Mandla Bhebhe
MDC-Alliance principal quaking in their feet
The press conference that was held by the MDC-Alliance principals at MDC party headquarters, Harvest House in Harare last Wednesday exposed the poor senseless leaders of that union and how they are fr...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Zimbabwe NGOs fret over withdrawn funding
THE three local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), whose foreign funding was last week unilaterally cut by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) on allegations of gross mi...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigumba scuppers Chamisa's chances
THE MDC Alliance yesterday raised a red flag over a litany of electoral irregularities which it claimed were part of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s choreographed scheme to scupper coalition...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3545 | by Staff reporter
US confirms NGO funds abuse, hints at probe
The United States (US) yesterday confirmed that the quasi-political civil society organisations it had been funding to push the regime change agenda in Zimbabwe squandered funds meant for the "project...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Setback for Dewa Mavhinga and co
The country's pro-democratic movement has suffered a huge setback after one of the key funders of civic society groups championing rights and peace-building terminated its funding over noncompliance i...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
US suspends funding for political NGOs ahead of polls
THE United States has suspended funding to several civil society organisations after investigations exposed non-compliance with set principles, and gross abuse of funds meant to oil regime change mano...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T and the American connection
IN my last submission, I touched on a crucial player in the regime change agenda - the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust (ZDT) - and hinted they were a story for another day. The Trust was set up...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 15:55hrs | 1747 | by Tafadzwa Masango
Trump threatens aid cut to Zimbabwe
United States President Donald Trump wants to cut foreign assistance dollars to countries who don't vote with the US at the United Nations (UN) - and South Africa and Zimbabwe are among these countrie...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Hubby left me because of TB'
FORTY-YEAR-OLD Primrose Chigwada was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) back in 2001.Doctors could not diagnose it through sputum tests but after being screened through X-Ray it was revealed she...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 16:48hrs | 2119 | by Staff reporter
Son strikes mum with hoe
RESIDENTS in Chikanga high-density suburb, Mutare, were left shell-shocked after a 70-year-old woman was struck in the head with a hoe by her son who accused her of witchcraft.Manicaland polic...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
US seeking a 'soft-landing' in Zimbabwe?
Many independent observers were shocked when the United States recently renewed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe at a time when it appeared Harare and Washington were warming up to each other following ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1525 | by Ranga Mataire
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