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Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1522 | by Siphosami Malunga
UZ sues Catholic University
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has petitioned the High Court, seeking $2 million compensation from the Catholic University in Zimbabwe (CUZ) for allegedly stealing and using its trademark without its...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientist wins Cambridge scholarship
Zimbabwean scientist Sandile Mtetwa is one of the 92 new scholars selected by the Gates Cambridge Trust to study a PhD at the prestigious Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.According t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 5568 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's sanctions study results out?
Zimbabwe has lost billions of dollars in revenue, with the manufacturing sector deprived of at least $4,8 billion in 2010 owing to illegal sanctions imposed by the United States of America and Western...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2151 | by Staff reporter
UK hails setting up of Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
OUTGOING United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, says her country was encouraged" by the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into the political violence of August 1, which led to the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe, team sworn-in today
President Mnangagwa is today expected to swear-in the seven-member commission set up to probe the post-election violence that occurred in Harare on August 1 that led to the deaths of six people. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mpopoma whiz kid gets scholarship
LOCAL cement producer PPC Zimbabwe has offered a Bulawayo whiz kid who got 20 points at A-Level a scholarship to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe starting this year.Mkh...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Lawyer dumps Nyagura
ADVOCATE Lewis Uriri yesterday recused himself from representing the suspended University of Zimbabwe Vice- Chancellor, Levi Nyagura in a case he is accused of criminal abuse of office for allegedly p...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4318 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura trial put on hold
The trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, has been put on hold pending the determination of his applic...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's special graft team under siege
In May this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a team of lawyers and prosecutors to form the Special Anti-Corruption Unit as part of his pledge to deal with corruption.months later, the...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Cholera blocks Chamisa 'inauguration'
HARARE's deadly cholera outbreak, that has so far claimed 25 lives, yesterday forced opposition MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa to postpone his party's 19th anniversary celebrations that had been schedule...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1578 | by Staff reporter
UZ graduation postponed
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has deferred a graduation ceremony that was set for today owing to an outbreak of cholera which has claimed 25 lives and left several people hospitalised mostly in Glen...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cholera death toll rallies
THE death toll due to the cholera outbreak that has hit Harare and other parts of the country has increased to 25, with more than 3 700 people hospitalised as government availed a paltry $1 million to...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | 11559 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'is now his own man'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet signifies his determination to "reset the government's compass", as he hopes to turn around the country's deteriorating economy, an analyst has reportedly sa...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:48hrs | 5203 | by Staff reporter
No difference between Grace Mugabe & Judas Iscariot
The only difference between Grace Mugabe and Judas Iscariot is on gender, otherwise, they are a brother and a sister from different mothers. Judas Iscariot betrayed Christianity because of some few pi...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:40hrs | 5012 | by Don Chigumba
ZimTrade board appoints new substantive CEO
THE ZimTrade board has announced the appointment of Mr Allan Tawanda Majuru as the new substantive chief executive officer for the country's trade promotion agency with effect from 1 September 2018. ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura to stand trial
Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Levi Nyagura, accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, will stand trial on September 17 following the dismissal of his ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's endorsement of Mnangagwa did not come cheap
Former president Robert Mugabe's endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa after an ugly fallout did not come cheap.Mugabe and Mnangagwa's relationship broke down in November last year after the 94-ye...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 18:11hrs | 14129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet raises Zimbabwe hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:19hrs | 5857 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 13827 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Cross drown Chamisa
The determined bids by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and some Zanu-PF bigwigs to bring down President Emmerson Mnangagwa are now effectively dead in the water - after Zimbabwe's former leader Rob...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:06hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges nation to embrace Dr Nkomo's legacy
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said Zimbabweans should embrace the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo's legacy of peace, love, unity and tolerance if the country is to develop. Dr Chiweng...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:22hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15364 | by Lloyd Msipa
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura ConCourt bid in limbo
HARARE magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday dismissed a bid by suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), challenging the legality...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lawyer guns for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer in the just-concluded presidential election challenge, Advocate Lewis Uriri, yesterday challenged the Zanu-PF leader's authority to appoint a special anti-corrupt...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 7087 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura seeks referral to Con-Court
Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura who is facing charges of abuse of office has made an application for referral of his matter to the Constitutional Court cit...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:14hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Post-poll violence commission criticism baseless
Following the unfortunate incident in which six people died in the post-election violence of August 1, 2018, which was instigated by the MDC-Alliance as it staged anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Z...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | 181 | by Nobleman Runyanga
A Zimbabwe National Venture Capital fund, industry and youth entrepreneurship
Zimbabwe is on the brink of a new era of innovation and economic activity. Our government's greatest task will be to promote small and medium-sized enterprises and to unlock the creativity and product...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:29hrs | 1096 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
Chamisa's folly of non-engagement exposed
The President set up the commission of enquiry into what happened on August the 1st when 6 people died as opposition supporters went on a rampage burning vehicles and destroying property. Naturally th...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:14hrs | 597 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Lovemore Moyo hails Mnangagwa
Leader of the newly-formed United Movement for Devolution (UMD) has welcomed the appointment of a seven-member Commission of Inquiry into post-election violence that rocked Harare on August 1. ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:09hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson's body arriving tomorrow
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade say the remains of the late diplomat and Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal, Ambassador Trudy Stevenson, who died in Senegal on 24 August, wil...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:31hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's likely trajectory
THE most significant political fact about Zimbabwe today is that it is mired in a complex and turbulent multi-dimensional transition of which the just-ended elections were a part. The bitterly contest...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:48hrs | 3158 | by Eldred V Masunungure
Post-poll violence probe team gets thumbs up
THE seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the violence that occurred in Harare early this month will deliver on its mandate as it consists of people of integrity who cannot be compromised, analysts ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Stevenson body underway
Preparations for the repatriation of the remains of late Zimbabwean ambassador to Senegal and The Gambia Mrs Trudy Stevenson are underway in the north western African country.In a telephone in...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 20:07hrs | 1423 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa spoilt for choice as he picks his Cabinet
Jostling for Cabinet posts has reached fever pitch, as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a young, dynamic and small Cabinet capable of breathing fresh life into the country’...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 11:05hrs | 15088 | by Staff Reporter
8 unique things you didn't know about Auxillia Mnangagwa
1. Birthday and place of birth Auxillia was born on 25 March 1963 in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central.2. Family li...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 16:37hrs | 10978 | by Sithabile Mafu
Spotlight on Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will have to demonstrate that he does not tolerate corruption by appointing a Cabinet that does not feature people with soiled reputations, a senior academic has said....Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 9410 | by Staff Reporter
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 5497 | by Staff reporter
Who is Advocate Thabani Mpofu?
Thabani Mpofu is a Zimbabwean lawyer and a constitutional expect. Thabani is currently representing MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, in challenging the presidential results as announced by the Zim...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 17:42hrs | 37872 | by Agencies
Chamisa alleges 'massive doctoring' of the vote
Zimbabwe's opposition argued in the country's top court on Wednesday that the presidential election results must be thrown out, alleging that only "massive doctoring" of the vote had kept Emmerson Mna...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 14:20hrs | 3158 | by AFP
Chamisa 'faces an uphill struggle' in its bid to overturn Mnangagwa's election victory
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court will on Wednesday hear an opposition petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result, in a legal challenge seen as unlikely to succeed despite allegations...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 09:23hrs | 5244 | by AFP
Profiles of Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court judges
Nine Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges will today preside over a matter which will decide on who will lead Zimbabwe for the next five years. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will lead a cast of eight ju...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 8095 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fate lies with 9 judges
ZIMBABWE'S estimated 14 million citizens are today holding their collective breaths as the Constitutional Court bench made up of nine men and women sit to make a determination in one of the greatest p...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2672 | by Staff reporter
A deep dive into the world of the Constitutional Court
NO one can deny that this election season has been a rollercoaster and people are confused, anxious and hopeful as they face an unpredictable outcome from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the pe...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | 309 | by Thabani Mnyama
Nyagura suspension: Reviving calls for academic freedom, prudence
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe vice-chancellor, Levi Nyagura was recently suspended from office by President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa.According to a Press statement by the Minister of Higher and Terti...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 545 | by Takura Zhangazha
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