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Zimbabweans prefer democracy to military rule
A majority of Zimbabweans say they prefer democracy to any other kind of government, but only a minority are satisfied with the way democracy works in their country, a recent Afrobarometer study revea...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:11hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urbanites to receive cash transfers by end of next week
The Zimbabwean government is set to begin cash payments for food aid to 1.7 million vulnerable urban residents starting next week, according to Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Permanent Secr...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:48hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa releases ZiG 154m for cash transfers to urbanites
The Treasury has released ZiG154 million to the Ministry of Public Service, Labour, and Social Welfare for disbursement to vulnerable persons in urban areas. The funds will be available for withdrawal...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Declare drought a national disaster'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has called on government to declare a state of emergency resulting from the El Nino-induced drought.The 2023/24 farming season has been condemned as a write-off,...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland hunger shocks Zanu-PF
BUHERA North MP Philip Guyo (Zanu-PF) has raised hunger concerns in the district owing to the El Niño-induced drought.Buhera district is one of the most affected districts in Manicaland provi...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We want regime change!' clamoured Mt Pleasant 'fat cows'. They did not get it, punishment for decades of navel-gazing
A picture is worth a thousand words. A recent Zimbabwe Daily cartoon was one such picture. It depicted Mt Pleasant resident family, the fat cows in Pharaoh's dream, shouting "We want change! Ngaapinde...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:01hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zupco terminates contracts for urban buses
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has initiated a process of terminating its contracts with private owners of buses plying urban routes.The move comes as the remaining buses on con...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urbanites and the politics of the West
The country is nearing the conclusion of the election period, with the appointment of Cabinet ministers, deputies, Mayors, and council chairpersons being among the final steps in the process. This ele...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assures delivery on promises
CONSOLIDATION of gains made in the first term and advancement of the Zimbabwe dream to become an upper middle class economy will characterise the second term of President Mnangagwa who was sworn in ye...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Moses Moyo
Nelson Chamisa's Alienating 100 Page Manifesto
The Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) lost in the 2023 electoral plebiscite, and as expected immediately rejected the results complaining the elections were "marred by vote suppression and egregious ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 22:29hrs | | by Dr Moses Moyo
Why we must reject Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF government is not a listening administration. For the last 18 years, I provided the government with grounded policy advice, but all fell on deaf ears. Zanu-PF is so arrogant that in this 2...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Gift Mugano
Chamisa mixes politics with religion
Tony Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell, when the former British Prime Minister was asked about his faith, famously retorted that "we don't do God," illustrating the perceived perils of mixing ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 22:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to descend on Harare Province
AS Zanu-PF continues to display massive mobilisation capacity, steely political willpower, and a magnificent show of charisma, President Mnangagwa and his team are expected to descend on Harare Provin...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Residents stampede to join Homeseekers4ED
HUNDREDS of Marondera residents are jostling to join the newly-formed Homeseekers for Economic Development (Homeseekers4ED) in anticipation of getting residential stands.The outfit, which has ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's future is debated in the city but decided in the village
THE electoral lines have been drawn as we face the impending reckoning of the August 23 general election. Intra-party squabbles have been settled regarding who will be the torch bearer in what ward or...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 9 | by Ntando Dumani
Zanu-PF dishes out free-range chickens
Zanu-PF Churu constituency candidate, Ephraim Fundukwa, has hit the ground running after rolling out several projects in the area in line with President Mnangagwa's clarion call of leaving no one and ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC promises stands
CCC councillors and previous opposition parties that controlled urban councils have been grossly abusing stand allocations on council land, allowing themselves, other party officials and girlfriends o...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Zanu-PF commandeers supporters to register en masse
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly been mobilising its supporters to get registered to vote in Harare and Bulawayo, with hundreds turning up daily at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) regis...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa comes face to face with Zanu-PF violence
INDEPENDENT Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa, was left fuming after suspected Zanu-PF hectored him at the funeral of provincial hero Shepherd Tsomondo where the legislator was scheduled ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urbanites facing high prices
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the cost of basic goods has risen by 493% in the year to September 30, 2022 in urban areas, leaving many struggling to get by.In its latest food security mo...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland gets Intwasa inputs
FARMERS in Matabeleland are geared for the summer cropping season following the delivery of agricultural inputs for the 2022/2023 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, p...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
83% of voters choose policies over freebies
AN estimated 83% of urban voters want candidates with clear policies than those that dangle gifts, but aspiring candidates offering freebies tend to enjoy support in rural areas, an Afrobarometer surv...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that opposition councillors are corrupt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused opposition-led local government councils of being "corrupt opportunists".He made the remarks at the burial of the late national hero, Oliver Chid...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trust in Zimbabwe army, elected officials dwindles
THE majority of Zimbabweans say the government has failed to address economic challenges, create jobs and ensure price stability, with a huge percentage saying they would vote for the opposition Citiz...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'51% Zimbabweans still trust Mnangagwa'
AN Afro barometer round 9 survey has revealed that 51% of Zimbabwean still trust President Emmerson Mnangagwa to lead the nation despite them not happy about the badly performing economy.This ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZTV should adapt to technology changes
Technology is changing the way Zimbabweans watch TV; 90% of all Zimbabwean urbanites now watch TV over their mobile devices through streaming services, other than traditional TV sets.Keeping a...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:15hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mutisi
'Partisan politics breeding starvation'
GOVERNMENT has been accused of pushing millions into starvation and poverty through its populist and partisan politics, civic society organisations said yesterday as they joined the continent to celeb...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
60% of Zimbabwe has never known electricity
NEARLY three quarters of the country remains stuck in the dark ages after only 20% and 40% of the country's rural and urban areas have respectively been electrified since the country came into existen...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombis are not coming back for good, says Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday said commuter omnibuses (kombis) are not coming back despite transport woes that are affecting many urbanites. Speaking to the Daily News, Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Please help and protect the rural consumer
Urbanites by way of proximity to big supermarkets are enjoying wallet-friendly monetary rates whilst rural villagers are singing the blues. Pensioners and communal farmers buy all basic commod...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:42hrs | 8 | by Tondo Murisa
Chamisa's hot air speeches
The leader of the newly formed Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, continues to peddle lies and falsehoods at his rallies and people should take him seriously at their own peril. ...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Grace Chekai
Of Chamisa's rally utterances, lack of substance
Following the formation of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on January 24, 2022 after being forced by MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora to adopt a new party name, the interim leader, Nelson Chamis...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | 10 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Russia-Ukraine tiff exposes hypocrisy of US, West
On the last Friday of last month, a delegation of US Embassy in Zimbabwe personnel and its European Union (EU) counterparts made a beeline for Munhumutapa Building in Harare to the Ministry of Foreign...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zanu-PF spokesman vows 'borehole revolution' to end Zimbabwe's urban water crisis
Zanu-PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi says the ruling party's urban renewal project will usher a "borehole revolution" to avert water shortages blamed on the collapse of water reticulation ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga denounces campaign violence
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has denounced all forms of violence and urged Zimbabweans to desist from fighting each other ahead of the March 26 by-elections.Mr Nelson Chamisa, who leads...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes urban renewal gospel to Kwekwe
URBAN renewal is at the centre of Zanu-PF's agenda ahead of both the looming by-elections and next year's general elections, occasions which both offer the electorate the opportunity to boot out incom...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
The so-called main opposition is the instigator of voter apathy in so many ways
As the by-elections get closer and even the 2023 plebiscite gets nearer people ask, to participate or not to.Nelson Chamisa and his new branded party should blame neither ZEC nor unseen forces for...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 13:05hrs | | by AT Kadada
'Sanctions-mongers must be brought to book'
All political parties and individuals calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe must be arrested and face economic terrorism charges, a renowned human resources expert and philosopher, Mr Joshua Maponga ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa exonerates Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has exonerated under fire President Emmerson Mnangagwa and laid blame for Zimbabwe's economic woes squarely on late leader Robert Mugabe.Mutsvangwa,...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Title deeds for urban dwellers ready
THOUSANDS of urbanites will on Saturday be presented with title deeds as President Mnangagwa delivers on his promise to implement development that leaves no one and no place behind.The title d...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections campaign launch this week
AHEAD of the by-elections pencilled for March 26, President Mnangagwa is this week expected to launch the Zanu-PF campaign where he will enunciate game-changing policies that his administration is imp...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF kicks-off poll campaign
The ruling Zanu-PF yesterday launched its campaign for the National Assembly and council by-elections scheduled for March 26.All candidates representing the party in Harare Province were intro...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gifts title deeds to urban dwellers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has gifted urban dwellers Christmas and New Year gifts in the form of title deeds that will benefit residents who built houses on undesignated land under the watch of the incompete...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vote out incompetent opposition candidates, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday castigated the opposition for dismal failure in providing quality service delivery in urban councils, while calling on Zimbabweans to utilise impending by-elections slate...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF development trajectory step ahead
Zanu-PF is leaving no stone unturned in implementing people-centred policies meant to turn the country into a middle income economy by 2030.In the year 2021, the party continued to spearhead u...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation a replica of the old
DEAR President.Your Excellency, your ascendance to the Presidency was a political upstage which kindled hyped deliberations in the court of public opinion. Discussions on the probable directio...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
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