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South Africa to consult over Zimbabweans facing deportation
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has announced plans to consult on the future of approximately 230,000 Zimbabwean and Lesotho migrants after a court halted their deportation attempts, reports...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 19:38hrs | 3578 | by Staff Reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 40 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
WATCH: Gayton McKenzie says Zimbabweans are cowards
Ex-convict and outspoken South African Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie, notorious for his xenophobic outbursts and anti-immigrant campaign, as well as fuelling aggressive anti-foreigners sen...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Tesla batteries are keeping Zimbabwe's economy running
Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla to help them pay their bills.Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe's biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to the Palo...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Bloomberg
Bulawayo teen dazzles SA TV
WHERE there is hope there is life!Born and raised in the dusty streets of Nkulumane, no one would expect that a local gem in the name of Sakhekile Mabhena (18) would feature in the South Afric...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admin ignoring root cause of rot
Poisonous snakes' teeth regenerate. It, therefore, doesn't work to remove the serpent's fangs and think you won't get snake bites anymore. The venom lies deep inside too.The Mnangagwa administ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Dumiso Dabengwa: An epitome of courage, endurance and integrity
HE used to call me at random and odd times; almost always late at night. The last time he did was at 11pm several weeks ago. He wanted to tell me he was in South Africa and was not well. This was the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Beer prices have reduced cases of domestic violence
'Wine that gladdens the heart of man'. Beer prices are ever climbing up far away from the hands of many would be imbibers let alone mouths of merry-makers and pub crawlers. Paying tribute to Bacchus t...Published: 05 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabwe in panic mode, solution needed
LAST Saturday, I attended the Mbira Festival which was organised by my friend, Albert Chimedza, at Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare.It was an awesome venue for a traditional music festival with a ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | | by Debbie Peters
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Igomombe
'Mnangagwa delivers impassioned 90-minute address to visiting US senators'
I had a chat with an amiable insider who was in the delegations that met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week on Saturday.In what has been described as a spirited but calm performance t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
China, Russia and Iran helping Zimbabwe to set-up own NSA
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe is reportedly on the brink of setting up a powerful multi-million dollar sophisticated surveillance system facility, said to be similar in function to the National Security Agency (...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 26 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mugabe demands his pension from Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe has reportedly demanded his pension and retirement benefits just less than two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted the list of perks applicable to ...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is ill-treating Mugabe'
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuwao has reportedly claimed that his uncle is being "ill-treated" by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.According to the pri...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'faces defeat in 2018 polls'
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party faces defeat in 2018 polls because many of its members still support ousted president, Robert Mugabe, his nephew has claimed.Patrick Zhuwao, writing in an opini...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Critical examination of the current affairs of this country
It is very important to take a mirror and go through all events throughout the year and have a reflection on political and economic events before we have a shutdown of 2017. Before we come to the year...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 13:34hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe gets heft package
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday gazetted pension and retirement benefits which a Zimbabwean former Head of State and Government should enjoy on retirement.The benefits were published in...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 09:12hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa and the 'poisoned ice cream' plot
On August 17, the Zimbabwean government issued an official denial that Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was vice president at the time, had eaten ice cream at a political rally."For the record, the Vic...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 15:37hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa, wife denied Gushungo ice-cream
THE stand-off between President Robert Mugabe and Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over alleged food poisoning, took a new twist on Saturday when the under-fire Vice-President and his wife, Auxilia, ...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
What I Learnt From An Outstanding Waiter
About ten years ago, I worked as a waiter for a certain company which offered catering services to different functions in S.A. One day we were booked to serve at a function which was in Auckland Park....Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Zimbabwean exiles: Life in the dark valley between starvation and desperate poverty
A fresh wave of reluctant economic exiles from across the Limpopo River now calls South Africa home. And burrowed deep within a five-kilometre radius of one nondescript shopping mall situated in the h...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 10:50hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Prostitution, drugs, violence in Zimbabwe music
A lot has been said about the vices of the local music industry yet, to those that are not directly involved in this entertainment circle, black spots that litter the underworld of musicians remain a ...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Godwin Muzari
'Security chiefs love Tsvangirai'
Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa says the country's security chiefs have no issues with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, and will readily accept him if he wins next year's eager...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Security chiefs love Tsvangirai'
Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa says the country's security chiefs have no issues with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, and will readily accept him if he wins next year's eager...Published: 12 May 2017 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe the man'
I was fortunate to work closely with President Mugabe soon after Independence in 1980 as one of the few people seconded to strategic parastatals by the party. Thomas Nyagumbo, Kumbirai Katsande, Lazar...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:12hrs | | by Hon Christopher Mushohwe
'Mugabe has abandoned a whole generation of Zimbabweans,' says daughter
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has abandoned a whole generation of Zimbabweans and it will take a new administration to go through the painstaking exercise of documenting them, opposition leader Joice Mu...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested for bank card skimming fraud in Capetown
A Zimbabwean man Waiter Kelvin Chirume started wearing expensive clothes two months ago and posted a picture of himself and friends on social media titled "The money team #1."Colleagues at...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 21:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No cash shortage in Victoria Falls
VICTORIA FALLS - At a time when most major towns in the country are battling cash shortages, Zimbabweans coming into Victoria Falls are obviously surprised by the flawless cash situation in this resor...Published: 27 May 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Sbu rips the stage at Pabloz VIP
South African deejay‚ philanthropist‚ television and radio personality Sibusiso Leope was at the weekend on fire when he made a guest appearance at the upmarket Pabloz VIP Lounge in Harare. ...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is South Africa doing enough to combat human trafficking?
Johannesburg - Thousands of people are trafficked across continents every year by people smugglers and organised crime syndicates.Human trafficking has become a billion dollar industry and governments...Published: 04 May 2016 at 21:31hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Doctors abandon patients to drink during working hours
JUNIOR doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital have been abandoning patients to drink during working hours at the Doctors Quarters (DQ) Bar located near the doctors residence at the institution, while waite...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:30hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Mutasa challenges Zanu PF to arrest him
Didymus Mutasa has said he is not afraid to be jailed for allegedly spilling Zanu PF secrets after his ouster in December last year claiming that he is a law abiding citizen.Ousted former Zanu...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Didymus Mutasa to be arrested?
Former Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa faces possible arrest for breaching the Official Secrets Act after disclosing to the private media some of the operations of State security agents, ...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Felex Share
Zanu-PF pleaded for mercy in 2008, says Tsvangirai
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday revealed how a desperate Zanu-PF had dispatched its leading lights to him, allegedly including former State Security minister Nicholas Goche, to try and ...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa hailed for reveling that Mugabe cheated in 2008 elections
Former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymas Mutasa has been hailed for exposing that his long friend President Robert Mugabe rigged the 2008 elections in order to remain in power though s...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo, Tito Mboweni in twitter WAR
Former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has been involved in a twitter war with Zimbabwe's Information Minister Jonathan Moyo .Mboweni twitted, "Jonathan Moyo irritates me. writes ...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Collateral damage of Mugabe's poor governance
WHEN a government fails to conduct its duties as the principal centre of authority in a State, the consequences are often borne, not by the residents alone, but by other States and regions.The...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 09:07hrs | | by Eddie Cross
BBC's world affairs editor regrets ban from Zimbabwe
YOU can't please everybody, especially if your job is to report on other people's countries. I've been banned from a range of places, from Iran (for me among the most charming countries on Earth) ...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 14:01hrs | 2 | by The Telegraph
Diaspora isn't always greener
Many of our Zimbabwean-based readers might have noticed that this past festive season, fewer people from the Diaspora than usual made it back home to celebrate with friends and family.Though ...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 09:17hrs | | by Garikai Mazara
New SA visa rules force 250k Zimbabweans to decide on returning home
Strict new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in this "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250,000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.W...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 09:13hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
250,000 Zimbabweans in the firing line
With the new regulations, an estimated 250,000 Zimbabweans are in the firing line. Zimbabwe's economic problems, sparked by the Western squeeze targeting President Robert Mugabe's land reform project,...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 12:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Barter trade resurfaces in Zimbabwe
BARTER trade, an archaic system of exchanging good or services before money was widely accepted as medium of exchange, has resurfaced in Zimbabwe.To circumvent prevailing liquidity challenges,...Published: 27 Jul 2014 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA visa rules hit Zimbabweans hardest
Strict new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in this "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250 000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.W...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 09:30hrs | | by Citizen
Mass deportation fears as South Africa gets tough
STRICT new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in the "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250,000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.Wa...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 18:36hrs | | by AFP
Generations actor's Bulawayo show flops
THE much awaited cocktail party with Generations star Khethiwe in Bulawayo was a lukewarm affair with only a handful of fans attending the event.The event dubbed One on One with Khethiwe was...Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Showbiz Reporter
Dabengwa in danger
Ever since President Robert Mugabe made the passionate plea to ZAPU President Dumiso Dabengwa and his Comrades to return back to Zanu PF on the 22nd of December 2013, the media has been abuzz with...Published: 03 Jan 2014 at 12:43hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
Tsvangirai an 'ignorant' man, says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe says his opponents must use elections and not call for security sector reforms in a bid to effect regime change.In an interview with Namibia's New Era newspaper early this wee...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by New Era
Gay man claims to have dated 3 Zanu-PF politicians
Bulawayo - 'Steven', a man in Bulawayo, has some news for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe: some of his senior party officials are gay. Steven should know. He claims to have dated three of them ...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Thabo Kunene
One on One with Bruce Grobbelaar
Interview with one of Zimbabwe warriors and Liverpool's most colourful characters, Bruce Grobbelaar.You were born in S...Published: 10 Apr 2013 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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