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Chiyangwa's challenger arrested
ASPIRING Zifa president Felton Kamambo, who is challenging incumbent Philip Chiyangwa for the post, was yesterday picked up by the police on allegations of threatening violence on the association's ge...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1008 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has no agenda for a GNU'
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the the ruling party's 17th National People's Conference at Umzingwane High School...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 151 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa warns Zanu-PF against complacency
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday warned Zanu-PF members and supporters against complacency in the wake of the party's impressive showing in this year's elections, saying the party should work on ensuring...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:29hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top aide demands R5m bribe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that one of his top aides demanded R5 million from a prospective South African investor, reflecting the challenge he faces to rid his administration of graft ...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF urged to focus on fixing economic challenges
THE ongoing Zanu-PF national conference must give the party a chance to realign its energies into coherence and come up with responsive strategies to arrest the obtaining economic challenges.T...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Munyeza, a discredited Chamisa will never make illegitimate ED legitimate - stay to your branch
Brazilians are some of the most artful football players, football is the nation’s greatest passion and it shows. There was one occasion, a few years ago, when the Brazil National team looked...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | 2189 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
War Veterans now Hated like Armed Robbers in Zimbabwe
Imagine living in a country run by Armed Robbers. The President, the Ministers, the Police, the Judiciary all being armed and ready to pull a trigger to defend their positions of power at any cost? Th...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1775 | by Multiverse Dungani
Temba Mliswa goes after gold barons
Chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy Temba Mliswa has warned that his committee will be investigating the gold sector and there won't be any 'untouchables'....Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 11:01hrs | 2134 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Madhuku blasts Matemadanda
Human Rights lawyer and member of the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission of inquiry Professor Lovemore Madhuku has come out guns blazing against War veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda for p...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 16:17hrs | 12251 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tensions escalate in Zanu PF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas. ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 11:15hrs | 2383 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa to recall errant MPs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas....Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | 7949 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba under threat
THE ZANU-PF national people's conference, scheduled to take place in Esigodini from Tuesday to Sunday, is under threat of flooding after the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned of hailstor...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grain surplus can last 9 months
ZIMBABWE has a surplus of grain that can last for nine months, the Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Mr Ringson Chitsiko, has said. He was briefing the P...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, thunderstorms forecast for ZImbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains in excess of 60 millimetres in 48 hours in parts of the country from today to Monday. Indications are t...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje, Chadzamira in holy alliance
Zanu-PF national secretary for the commissariat, Engelbert Rugeje has kept at bay those harbouring ambitions to remove Masvingo provincial chairperson Ezra Chadzamira, saying the new Minister of State...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa for life president?
A section of the ruling party is gingerly pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rule Zimbabwe for life to spite ambitious cadres within his party who are burning the midnight oil, plotting again...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Trump's govt piles more pressure on Mnangagwa
THE United States administration has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with his government's economic mismanagement rather than blame the current economic mess on sanctions the global po...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:40hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges women to stop gossipping
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has urged women in Zanu-PF to desist from gossiping, which she described as a destructive tendency that causes discord within the party. Speaking at a Zanu-PF Wome...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:39hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths against blocking Chamisa
The Zanu-PF youth league has come out guns blazing against war veterans who have proposed a controversial constitutional amendment of the presidential age limit - aimed at blocking opposition leader N...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 14:31hrs | 7458 | by Staff reporter
More feathers fly in fake chicks scam
THE "fake broiler chicks" saga that recently rocked Bulawayo has hit another high amid revelations that the alleged fraudsters were also painting the chicks in question with red and black oxide before...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:03hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Govt averts National Foods closure
INDUSTRY minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu says the flour milling arm of National Foods will not close shop after government addressed the concerns brought by the company, which had warned of imminent closur...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
'The Shona will knife the Shona' - Nkomo Prophesy 1983
It wasn't hard for Joshua Nkomo to Prophesy in 1983 that Mugabe's exit would be essenced by tribalism. In his 1983 London letter to President Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo wrote some Autistic Hallucinations - ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 21:02hrs | 8775 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Matemadanda torches storm
MDC Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Felix Magalela Sibanda yesterday lambasted the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda over his comment...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Bloodless coup against ZANU PF government just started
In October 2018, I wrote a piece claiming that the ZANU PF government will collapse within six months if the controversial President ED Mnangagwa is not going to form an inclusive government with Nels...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 07:50hrs | 23942 | by Don Chigumba
'Unequal marriage triggered Mugabe’s fall'
ZANU-PF national chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has chided elderly male politicians who targeted ambitious young women for marriage and warned that they risked having their political careers derailed....Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | 9212 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in currency volte-face
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who two months ago indicated that he would prioritise currency reforms, including demonitising the country's fiat currency last Wednesday made a huge climb down on the p...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | 11150 | by Staff reporter
The provincial and metropolitan councils bill
Devolution of power has been the flagship policy of ZAPU for a long time. ZAPU recognises and acknowledges the vast contribution of all who came on board the principle of devolved governance. The resu...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 16:45hrs | 347 | by Iphithule T. Maphosa, ZAPU Information and Publicity Secretary
Bloodbath at Hwange as Nicholas Van Hoogstraten jets in
The battle against the reconstruction of Hwange colliery has taken another twist as the second largest shareholder Nichola Van Hoogstraten has landed in the country and is set to appear before the Par...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:08hrs | 6359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe is a sovereign country' SADC tell MDC - many became failed states too
"SADC Executive Secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has advised the opposition MDC Alliance that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy is indisputable, underscoring that the regional bloc is prep...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:55hrs | 613 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mphoko in $94 million headache
FORMER vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's Botswana-based business partners are demanding US$94 million for them to allow him to take over control of supermarket giant Choppies' local operations....Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:31hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Smelly legacy of patronage
Smelly Dube, a businesswoman from Midlands province who was once close to former president Robert Mugabe's family, has been throwing a stink over a controversial housing project that is now giving the...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 1830 | by BRENNA MATENDERE
Mnangagwa scoffs at Chamisa's MPs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has scoffed at opposition Members of Parliament who were conspicuous by their absence at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new Parliament in Mt Hampd...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 19:12hrs | 9166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns truant MPs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged parliamentarians to be accountable to the people who elected them into office and help to push forward the country's vision.Speaking during th...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:15hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West
WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | 18655 | by Simukai Tinhu
Gweru warns against drinking borehole water
RESIDENTS in some parts of Mkoba suburb in Gweru have been warned against drinking borehole water after traces of the Escherichia coli (E coli) bacteria were found in some boreholes. Respondin...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:00hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to screen second-hand vehicles
GOVERNMENT is working on a policy to screen all second-hand vehicles to make sure they meet minimum standards before they can be imported into the country, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. O...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:49hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes and Zimbabwe's currency debate
WHEN Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya announced in 2016 plans to issue bond notes, a currency he claimed had the same value as the US dollar, many were apprehensive.It was backe...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | 2072 | by Staff reporte
Forex dealer jailed as crackdown starts
Government has handed a prison sentence to a trader selling foreign currency outside the official exchange rate, marking the advent of the crackdown on a black market it says destabilises the country'...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 12:01hrs | 4643 | by Staff reporter
Soldier 'escapes from kidnappers'
In a dramatic twist to the saga involving Elliot Piki - who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon - the retired army colonel suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into t...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:59hrs | 3691 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not ready to liberalise bond note exchange rate'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said the country is not ready to liberalise the bond note exchange rate or introduce a new currency as this will raise inflation and worsen the economic situatio...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:29hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube defends army, police budget allocations
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday revealed that the Defence ministry is failing to feed and clothe its personnel and that the soldiers living in the barracks were surviving on two meals a day, w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1797 | by Staff Reporter
Today's demonstration unstoppable, says Chamisa's MDC
THE opposition MDC yesterday said it was unfazed by threats and discouragement over today's street protest while the police warned "some elements are planning to cause violence, disrupt the smooth flo...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:40hrs | 3315 | by Staff Reporter
Insuza man axed to death
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Insuza died on the spot during a nasty fight with his neighbour whom he had provoked into a fight over an undisclosed grudge.Witness Tshuma (29) of Village 2 Mindora und...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 11:00hrs | 1458 | by Staff Reporter
Col. Elliot Piki's wife approaches high court
The wife of a retired army colonel who was allegedly kidnapped at his home on Sunday, has approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the government to investigate the incident and to establ...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1999 | by Staff Reporter
Charamba's utterances misplaced, misdirected, inciting and in breach of constitution
Our attention has been drawn to media remarks by Mnangagwa's administration through George Charamba, Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet (Presidential Communications), who also doubles...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 09:39hrs | 1101 | by Jacob Mafume MDC Nationa Spokesperson
Pharmacies warned to revise pricing or lose licences
A disheartening sight it was, witnessing sick people walk in and out of pharmacies empty handed. After having paid exorbitant amounts to have a doctor's diagnosis and yet the prescribed remedy f...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1408 | by Prosperity Mzila
MDC demos won't be allowed to cause anarchy
The MDC has set a date for their demonstration for the 29th of November 2018 and we hear planning and mobilising of its supporters is currently underway. The purpose of the demo is said to be, to prot...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:09hrs | 1608 | by Gift Mashoko
'First accept Mnangagwa as president, then have dialogue' Motlanthe Commission instructed Chamisa
"One of the most impressive things you have said was about MDC being a party that respects the law. I take it that now that the Con-Court has made a pronouncement (on the election result), that in kee...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 07:45hrs | 6021 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mupfumira warns parastatal bosses over abuse of funds
ENVIRONMENT, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Prisca Mupfumira has warned parastatals under her ministry to desist from corrupt tendencies that have crippled most parastatals and State-owned ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Fifa orders Dembare to pay $17,000
IT just keeps getting worse for ailing Premiership giants Dynamos, with the ghost of Christian Joel Epoupa, who left them in acrimonious circumstances earlier this year, returning to haunt them ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
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