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SA taxi associations terrorising Zimbabwean immigrants in Pretoria
"We are living in fear. We do not know when they will strike next," says Ashley Johnson.Johnson, a Zimbabwean living in Pretoria, is nursing wounds after being attacked last week at a shop by ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1180 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 6 hrs ago | 895 | by Walter Mzembi
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 6 hrs ago | 758 | by AP
Zimdollar crashes further
THE Zimbabwean dollar this week continued its downward spiral after a momentary lull last week following the central bank moved to freeze bank accounts of companies believed to be exerting downward pr...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife's buttocks
Police have arrested an abusive Bulawayo who struck his wife with a brick and stabbed her on the buttocks with an empty beer bottle in a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Zibusiso Mthe...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1162 | by Staff Reporter
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Natio...Published: 6 hrs ago | 66 | by Zipporah Musau
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 6 hrs ago | 42 | by Frank Kuwonu
Chamisa's 11 supporters remanded in custody
Eleven suspected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters who were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a police officer were today remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail rulin...Published: 6 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
'George Charamba confuses Mnangagwa's government'
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says Presidential Spokesperson is confusing the current administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by telling them deep English words that do...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4253 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa told to resign
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the ritual killings happening in the country caused by a group of people called Ma...Published: 10 hrs ago | 5291 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zhuwao rallies young people to take over
Late President Robert Mugabe's grandson Jason has urged young people in Africa to take active role in African politics and retire the elderly who are currently at the helm of different political insti...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2309 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The trials and joys of travelling in overloaded malayitshas to Zimbabwe
"Wait and see for yourself: the sky is the limit," said the man halfway up the trailer.He was loading more and more goods on what already appeared to be a mountain of luggage, GroundUp reporte...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2074 | by GroundUp
Mnangagwa, govt running scared, says Chamisa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC - after hundreds of police cordoned off the party's national headquarters in Harare....Published: 17 hrs ago | 2086 | by Staff reporter
RBZ bigwigs face arrest
Three Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials face arrest after a committee of Parliament yesterday threatened to prefer contempt charges against them. This came after the RBZ deputy governor...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday shut down the MDC headquarters in Harare following the alleged discovery of 210 riot police and 41 municipal police helmets in a basement of a nearby building, but the opposition part...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1269 | by Staff reporter
HIV+ man rapes 9-year-old girl
A 25-YEAR-OLD Marange man has been arrested for raping and infecting a-nine-year-old juvenile with HIV.The accused appeared before Mutare magistrate Prisca Munhibi on Saturday and was remanded...Published: 18 hrs ago | 561 | by Staff reporter
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 18 hrs ago | 310 | by Tony Hawkins
5 in soup over chicken thief murder
Five Rusape man are in hot soup after allegedly killing a 17-year-old man for stealing a chicken.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa yesterday confirmed the incident....Published: 18 hrs ago | 595 | by Staff reporter
Winds destroy Mrs Mnangagwa's community irrigation project
A WINDSTORM, which hit Bulilima district last week, destroyed solar panels at a San community irrigation project funded by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa in Makhulela village in rural Plumtree....Published: 18 hrs ago | 454 | by Staff reporter
Parliament probes botched govt truck deal
SOLUTIONS Motors owner Patrick Siyawamwaya yesterday came under fire in Parliament after his company got a US$518 850 contract from the Department of Irrigation to supply 10 trucks in 2017, but only s...Published: 18 hrs ago | 287 | by Staff reporter
Govt still consulting on civil servants bonuses
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday told Parliament that government had not yet made a decision on whether civil servants will be paid bonuses this year as they needed to consult workers' representative...Published: 18 hrs ago | 616 | by Staff reporter
RBZ deputy governor faces contempt of Parliament charges
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Khuphukile Mlambo and other senior staffers at the central bank face contempt of Parliament charges after they failed to attend a Public Accounts Committee (Pa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 18 hrs ago | 194 | by Cliff Chiduku
Grannies 'steal' US$17k+ burial money
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo allegedly stole US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegwe suburb allegedly betraye...Published: 18 hrs ago | 443 | by Staff reporter
Man practices karate kicks on wife
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against her husband who allegedly practices karate kicks on her and once stabbed her on the stomach before knocking out her front teeth. ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 268 | by Staff reporter
Cheap kombis for Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is engaging Bulawayo public transport operators to rope in kombis under its comprehensive urban public transport system, a development that will result in...Published: 18 hrs ago | 921 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect arrested in prison
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a murder suspect on their wanted persons list moments before his release from prison for another crime after discovering that he had been in jail while they searched f...Published: 18 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
PSL, NMB introduce tap and go card
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has partnered with NMB Bank to introduce an electronic ticketing system to ease transactions at turnstiles. The electronic ticketing system, which is in the for...Published: 18 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's deputy governor faces contempt of Parly charges
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Khuphukile Mlambo and other senior staffers at the central bank face contempt of Parliament charges after they failed to attend a Public Accounts Committee (Pa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance councillor accused of abusing food aid
Goromonzi West Ward 4 Councillor Tapiwa Murima (MDC-Alliance) is under fire for allegedly misappropriating food meant to cushion the elderly, the disabled and the less privileged. This comes a...Published: 18 hrs ago | 53 | by Staff reporter
Ignorance, prejudice doom intersex children
HUMANS do not occur strictly as either just male or female. There are many variants to the boy-girl dichotomy.Ignorance and deep prejudice are denying such persons – intersex individuals, re...Published: 18 hrs ago | 112 | by Norma Tsopo
ZHRO 9 October 2019 Planned Peaceful, Vigil Protest hindered by another protest
The ZHRO (Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation) planned weekly peaceful vigil protest at 429, The Strand London, was held on Wednesday 9th October 2019. It was a sombre and worrying day for all.&n...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:41hrs | 154 | by ZHRO Team
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:36hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:33hrs | 336 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe suspension lifted
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has lifted the suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) this afternoon. The announcement was made at the ongoing board meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:57hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
MDC to revamp its security system?
A source in the MDC has revealed that Nelson CHAMISA and other MDC leaders are furious with the MDC Security and Intelligence Department following a series of actions that reflect its incompetence.&nb...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:56hrs | 293 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 124 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa accused of trying Gukurahundi tactics
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of trying to use Gukurahundi tactics to clamp down on the opposition party by falsely claiming that they are storing ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:49hrs | 406 | by Staff Reporter
Chemplex to supply water chemicals to all local authorities
Government has reappointed Chemplex Corporation, the country's largest chemical and fertiliser maker as the sole water chemicals' provider for all local authorities as a measure to promote import subs...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:25hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:18hrs | 69 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight Mnangagwa over talks
Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 08:15hrs | 932 | by Staff rpeorter
Violence at Zanu-PF DCC elections
The Zanu-PF internal elections to select members of the district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) held in Harare at the weekend were marred by violence, intimidation and allegations of vote-rigging....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says he is not a sell-out
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu-PF for financial gains, last week told NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga t...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 — chara...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 27 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Social media for development: A mirage for the marginalised
There is no doubt that the advent of social media has revolutionised the communication landscapes and networks. Not only have the worlds apart been brought closer than ever before, with the barriers a...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Peter Makwanya
Nust students urged to come up with diaper recycling methods
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to engage students from National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to come up with diaper recycling methods to address increasing levels of litter in the c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Dr Dish, Econet case takes new twist
Former Econet Media's partner Dr Dish's fears that the mobile company could conceal or destroy accounting statements it needed to confirm any payments due to it warranted the intervention of the court...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
11 cops arrested in botched extortion bid
ELEVEN constables from different police stations, were last week arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in foreign currency and gold. ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Thrills, spills in Zanu-PF Harare elections
Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections for Harare ended yesterday with some former provincial executive members emerging victorious. Notables who won the elections include for...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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