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Zimbabwe needs 64,000 nurses to fill skills gap
Zimbabwe is facing a severe shortage of healthcare workers, with a deficit of 64,000 professionals, according to Health and Child Care Minister, Dr. Douglas Mombeshora. The minister revealed this alar...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
UK's Labour Party advertised slots for Kamala's campaign
The row between Donald Trump's team and the Labour Party was sparked by a LinkedIn post last week from Labour's head of operations, Sofia Patel.In the now-deleted post, Patel said she has "10 ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 14:11hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Collen Malatji issues fiery warning to Ramaphosa
In a passionate and defiant address during a march from Luthuli House to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Collen Malatji deliv...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:17hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Mandla reveals that Chamisa lost to Mnangagwa in 2023 Zimbabwe Presidential elections
Thank you for your patience. It is the 1st anniversary of the elections. We all worked hard to mobilize resources and encourage people to vote. We went into a flawed election hoping that maybe we coul...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 14:54hrs | 1171 | by Freeman Chari
Mthwakazi members charged with public violence
EIGHT members of the opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) arrested on Wednesday during a "clean-up" campaign in Mzilikazi and Nguboyenja have been charged with public violence.This was co...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:49hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands better allowances for councillors
A Zanu-PF legislator has pleaded with the Local Government and National Housing ministry to improve the plight of local authority councillors by offering them competitive conditions of service....Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The growth, legacy of Pelandaba Bus Company
ESTABLISHED in 1958 by the late Mtshumayeli Joseph Ngwenya in Bulawayo, Pelandaba Buses, born out of poultry selling, is still growing 50 years later.It is also proving to be a lifelong legacy...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FAZ in mass deployments
The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its o...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dark underbelly of pickpocketing in Harare CBD
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall chanter Killer T aptly captured Harare central business district in his chartbusting song Masuspect whose lyrics partly go: "Vapfanha vacho vanobhosha masuspect. Havan...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF played ‘dirty' in Binga by-election'
A ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) report on the December 9 by-elections has claimed that the ruling Zanu-PF party intimidated voters and used vote-buying tactics to win seats.The by-e...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter apathy gives Zau-PF an upper hand in Zimbabwe by-elections
Apathy rocked parliamentary and council by-elections held Saturday with Citizens Coalition for Change led by Nelson Chamisa saying Zimbabweans were denied an opportunity to pick representatives of the...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC Mabvuku-Tafara MP Kufahakutizwi arrested
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara constituency, Febion Kufahakutizwi has been arrested on charges of assault and malicious damage to property.C...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala to challenge Mnangagwa from prison
Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala, currently incarcerated, has initiated a nationwide movement aimed at challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governance, which has witnessed an increase ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Faz after election disaster
The shadowy Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz), which is at the centre of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial re-election, says it is now being used as a scapegoat by its critics, including Zan...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kundai Mazhindu's dedication to enhancing education in underserved communities
In a commendable effort to bridge the digital divide and empower students in rural areas, Kundai Mazhindu, a passionate education advocate, has established the Empower Together Initiative. This ground...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 19:21hrs | 1 | by Chipo Zhou
ERC, ZESN unable to verify Zimbabwe election results
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have said they are unable to verify Presidential election results after police confiscated their gadgets in a recent raid of...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa must be arrested
Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff members and volunteers arrested on allegations of attempting to post the general election results have been free...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
As expected, Carter Center says Zimbabwe general elections took place in a restricted political environment
Zimbabwe's administration of the elections lacked independence and transparency in key areas and the polls happened in a restrictive political environment, a preliminary observer report by the Carter ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Arrested ERC, ZESN observers ordered to lie on stomachs for three hours'
A Harare magistrate's court was Friday told of how 39 election observers seized Wednesday night by AK assault rifle wielding police officers were made to surrender their phones and passwords and furth...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZEN speak on arrest of election observers
Election Resource Centre (ERC) & Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) Alert 🚨 The Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff Reports
Niger: Calls for mass recruitment of volunteers to counter Nigerian military invasion
Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation's democratically elected president.Residents in the capital, N...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease
UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infe...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 26 | by Erick Matotoba
I am a descendant of Allan Wilson, says presidential candidate
The August 23 harmonised elections are fast approaching with just over two weeks left. As The Herald continues to profile Presidential candidates, our reporter Wallace Ruzvidzo (WR), caught up with th...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man who used false documents for job as child psychologist is jailed in Ireland
A man who used false documents to secure employment as a child psychologist and “live a fake life” has been jailed for four years.Nikiwe Dube (41) with an address at Colpe Drive, Deepforde...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 13:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains
Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 15 | by Elliot Ziwira
Bulawayo City Council moves to tackle exodus of skilled staff
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) plans to resurrect a skills exchange programme with the Japanese Volunteers Cooperation to tackle the severe brain drain facing the local authority.Council has been...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CIO versus Zimbabwe military
TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CIO linked FAZ abducts village head over cement
Three men from Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) on Wednesday allegedly abducted and threatened to kill Munamati Village head in Ward 8 Gutu Central, Wilfred Munamati, for receiving ten bags of cement...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parastatal bosses' wings must be clipped
RECENTLY Harare City Council reported that it is losing a lot of money in double salary payments — paying senior employees who are on suspension while at the same time paying those acting in their p...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Martin Stobart
CCC appeals Zec decision to accept smuggled candidates
THE opposition CCC has filed a notice of appeal at the Electoral Court against the decision of the nomination court to accept parliamentary and local authority election candidates who were not on the ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Forever Associates of Zimbabwe now Zanu-PF affiliate
FOREVER Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation outfit which has taken over electoral processes, has spoken out and says it is now an affiliate member of Zanu-PF, but...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Faz election project fuels tension within security forces
TENSIONS are mounting within state security structures and government, as well as Zanu-PF, over the role being played by the shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Forever Associates Zimbabwe's campaign methods exposed
A MANUAL for the Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a Central Intelligence Organisation-controlled shadowy entity clandestinely and unlawfully using public resources to campaign for the re-election of...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbare houses declared a state of emergency
Mbare's New Line area has been declared a state of emergency by the Government which has subsequently ordered that devolution funds be redirected to refurbish housing, sewer systems and enhance garbag...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of Zimbabwe's watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's August 23 elections are already rigged
Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz) is, in deed, a new kid on the block, even though it's not that new.It's new in the sense that while it was established as a trust way back in 2012, it hasn...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:36hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Chief Dakamela launches housing and education foundations
Chief Dakamela of Nkayi has launched a housing scheme and education foundations to assist less privileged members of his community.The housing foundation will target mostly the elderly who do ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A new great Zimbabwe is possible
IN a few months, Zimbabweans head to the polls to decide on their future.There have been many elections before, all of which have not brought the change we desire. So, I understand why, for ma...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:30hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa I CCC President
Jitters over Al Jazeera exposé telling
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, rarely has Zanu-PF and the said new dispensation been in jitters as they are now. Contrary to their characteristic obstinacy, they are un...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
NUST wins CFA Institute Research Challenge
A team from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won the local competition of the CFA Institute Research Challenge after beating teams drawn from seven other local universities...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:24hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Meet Kemo Bojang: Africa's rising star
Gambian Youthful politician Kemo Bojang was recently recognised as one of the top 100 influential young persons of Africa. Kemo Bojang has over ten years of experience in advocating for youth ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 09:12hrs | 5 | by Khumbu Malinga
Zimbabwean mum and son 'proud' volunteers at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
A mother and son from Zimbabwe are part of the 20,000-strong volunteer team at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.Rufaro Makambira-Chindalo is supporting operations at the Main Media Centre, whi...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hwende dumps CCC campaign
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende (Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)) has withdrawn from the party's rural mobilisation exercise, citing "too much negative social media comments" from colleag...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces open revolt from CCC MPs?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa faces open revolt from his party legislators after he tried to stop them from receiving a US$40 000 Government loan through a populist announcement on social media....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwende stops campaigning over negative comments from CCC citizens on Twitter
THERE is internecine strife in the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party to the extent that top official, Charlton Hwende, has decided to stop campaigning for the party in Mhondoro.This c...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets an honorary doctorate degree from Russia
RUSSIAN State University for the Humanities yesterday conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Philosophy (Honoris Causa) on First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa in recognition of her philanthropic work ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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