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500 Zanu-PF supporters fight eviction
THERE was pandemonium at Lot H, Whiteside Farm in Bromley on Friday after 500 illegal settlers attacked the High Court Sheriff who was evicting them to pave way for a new owner.The settlers, m...Published: 24 hrs ago | 961 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge court rebuffs Mohadi request
A BEITBRIDGE magistrate has dismissed an ex-parte application by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi seeking to have solitary access to a bank account he jointly holds together with two other businessmen he h...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1453 | by Staff reporter
SI 142 yields positive results
Having been asked by fellow Zimbabweans to clarify the impact of Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 (SI 142/2019), announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube on June 2...Published: 24 hrs ago | 589 | by Tendai A. Chinamasa
Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 3605 | by Israel Dube
Jonathan Moyo advises Chamisa's MDC
Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised MDC leadership to be with the people if they want to win elections. Moyo was responding to Twitter comments after the MDC lost the Bikita by-election with a...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | 7705 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Middleton Nyoni turning in his grave: His office of excellence is reduced to despicable genital-mother insults and death treats
We are watching on the sidelines seeing the gross mismanagement of Bulawayo residents' rates payments squandered to the extent that Bulawayo City council cannot resuscitate the water works for weeks a...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 17:50hrs | 3957 | by Nomazulu Thata
Jealous woman assaults ex-lover's pregnant wife with an electric cable
There was drama in New Magwegwe suburb when a jealous woman left residents shocked after she assaulted her ex-lover's wife with an electric cable.Briana Sibanda is reportedly angry about her e...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns that Zimbabwe faces a bleak future unless he is President
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the country faces a bleak future, which could end in turmoil if the current economic crisis characterised by biting shortages of fuel, electricity ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa directs Ministry to urgently invest in water reticulation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the Ministry of Finance to urgently invest towards the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in the face of acute water shortages across the countr...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 240 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa directs Ministry to urgently invest in water reticulation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the Ministry of Finance to urgently invest towards the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in the face of acute water shortages across the countr...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 1907 | by King Mzilikazi II
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Shambles rock Zimbabwe govt over domestic debt
GOVERNMENT is guesstimating the real domestic debt figure despite announcing that it settled a significant portion of it last week as chaos continues to characterise official communication on the stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Former top govt official in US$5 million Zinara storm
FORMER deputy chief secretary to the president and cabinet Ray Ndhlukula is in the eye of a storm after it emerged this week that he unprocedurally ordered the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Unexplained wealth orders here to stay
THE proposed introduction of a free-standing procedure which compels an individual to explain the source of his wealth is a radical development in English law. For instance, the human rights and polit...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 354 | by Prosper Simbarashe Maguchu
'Salary Idai' hits civil servants
The government has once again sold a dummy to the loyal and hardworking civil servants of Zimbabwe. The workers were expecting a salary increment in line with the current cost of living but were yeste...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 13:36hrs | 7628 | by ARTUZ
The man who will save Zimbabwe revealed
The country is experiencing probably one of the worst power shortages. Industry is losing money , city councils do not have power to pump water to residents , there is very little fuel available and i...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 49815 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mnangagwa misleading SADC
The MDC is concerned by President Mnangagwa's attempts to mislead regional leaders on the situation in our country. This follows a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa where he indic...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 3865 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Masiyiwa 'former' lawyer's multi-currency regime challenge ruled not urgent
High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa has ruled as not urgent an application by businessman and lawyer, Tawanda Nyambirai who was seeking an order to interdict Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Rese...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets unregistered downtown shops
GOVERNMENT will soon pounce on unregistered shops in downtown Harare, which it blames for fuelling the parallel market for foreign currency and other illegal activities, Industry and Commerce Minister...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:42hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South teachers call for strike
EMBATTLED teachers in Insiza district, Matebeleland South, have called on their union, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, to urgently organise a strike over their deteriorating working ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy Zanu-PF youths disrupt Parly hearing, threaten violence
A PARLIAMENTARY portfolio committee meeting was aborted in Kadoma at the weekend after rowdy Zanu-PF youths heckled legislators and participants, threatening to unleash violence.The Youth, Spo...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants start getting cushioning allowance
CIVIL servants yesterday started receiving a cushioning allowance while the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) convened a meeting to discuss an increment and other conditions of service for Gov...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Chasi flies to SA to finalise a power import deal with Eskom
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi is in South Africa to finalise a power import deal with Eskom as the Government moves to reduce power shortages. Minister Chasi's trip to So...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic crisis a silhouette of the political crisis
The enduring crisis in Zimbabwe presents a conundrum to a lot of people.To the generality of Zimbabweans,whose only desire is the pursuit of a dignified existence, the debilitating liquidity c...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 352 | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Strong warning for Chamisa's MDC
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned the MDC Alliance that the law will be used to decisively deal with opposition members threatening to illegally unseat a constitutionally elected administration. In ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disgusted by Chamisa MDC insurgent rants
GOVERNMENT on Monday morning said it was disgusted by the insurgent rants uttered by members of the opposition threatening to illegally unseat a constitutionally elected administration. In a s...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 22:11hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prophet Magaya's urgent message to the nation
Embattled Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has urged Zimbabwe to seek the Lord amidst all allegations that are flying around implicating him or rape charges. ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 09:43hrs | 21345 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Multi-currency was a disaster
Government says multi-currency system created fiscal and monetary challenges, stunting economic growth and making most industries in Zimbabwe uncompetitive. Treasury permanent-secretary George...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 3621 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump's message to Mnangagwa
US President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up the pressure on Harare, saying the time has come for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to make a clear choice between implementing much-needed re...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 15833 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hit by doctors shortage
MPILO Central Hospital needs an additional 44 junior doctors and 20 specialists in order to adequately service its catchment area. The shortage of doctors is straining the few doctors who are ...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
'Multi-currency stifled Zimbabwe economic growth'
THE use of the multi-currency system since 2009 stifled growth as the country could not utilise monetary instruments to stimulate economic activity, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Prof Mth...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out Gweru residents' case on State land
THE High Court has dismissed an application by 11 residents who sought a court order blocking the Land Commission from re-convening in Harare for an inquiry into the sale and acquisition of State land...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to engage ZNA over border post landmines
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will seek the intervention of the Zimbabwe National Army to assess Forbes Border Post for possible landmines to enable authorities to access an are...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls scrapping forex duty for vehicles
TREASURY is considering scrapping the payment of duty for vehicles in foreign currency when it presents the mid-year fiscal policy at the end of this month, it has been revealed.On June 24, th...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:30hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of voodoo economics
I was attending a pre-conference of Christian pastors in Masvingo at the urgent invitation of Prophetess Elizabeth Chademana.I had been charged by the saints in Greenwood District of the Unite...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:30hrs | 337 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Hwange diarrhoea outbreak cause still unknown
THE cause of diarrhoea that led to more than 200 residents including schoolchildren in Empumalanga's suburb in Hwange being taken ill recently has remained a mystery after tests carried out so far fai...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:09hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zacc breathes fire
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair has lambasted the current docket keeping system, which may result in loss of key information in criminal cases, and the institution is moving to mo...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 20:58hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka promises to strike again
This statement comes at a time when we have tested our government`s open door policy by submitting a petition demanding that government urgently attends to the political crisis and the economic plight...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 19:30hrs | 3558 | by Promise Mkwananzi
Zimbabwe dollar strengthens in parallel market
For Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the re-introduction of the country's currency after a decade of US dollar dominance marks a return to normalcy.To many others, however, it heralded u...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:32hrs | 6870 | by The East African
A woman is raped daily in Bulawayo
ABOUT 30 women are raped in Bulawayo every month, statistics that have prompted police to issue an alert over the development and release rape hotspots around the city.Acting Bulawayo spokespe...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:24hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2090 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa cornered over demos
After failing to mobilise Zimbabweans for a crippling stay-away this week pressure group Tajamuka has joined a growing list of organisations that are pushing for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to le...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:33hrs | 6415 | by Staff reporter
Perverse opulence amid squalor likely to sink Zimbabwe
The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amids...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Gweru's Gwenoro Dam at 18% capacity
GWERU'S main water source, Gwenoro Dam is now at 18% capacity, with city fathers expressing concern that the Midlands capital could face an unprecedented water crisis if urgent solutions for alternati...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Woman detective challenges dismissal in High Court
A FIRED junior woman police detective, who was discharged after she extorted US$2 250 from a suspected forex dealer following arrest, has taken Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court challenging...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC slams ED for ‘unnecessary' Rwanda trip
THE MDC has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for spending time and scarce resources on a trip to Rwanda when the country's economy was crying out for urgent solutions from his leadership.M...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:13hrs | 2421 | by newzimbabwe
Silaigwana's appointment dents ZEC credibility
The MDC is worried that Utoile Silaigwana, a former army Major who joined ZEC as a serving military officer, has now been confirmed as the electoral body's substantive chief elections officer....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:04hrs | 2628 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Why the smear campaign?
Zimbabwe has been under economic sanctions for nearly two decades.To date, it is still reeling under the effects of the ruinous Western economic embargo that is estimated to have cost the coun...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 403 | by Kudakwashe Mugari
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