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Mwonzora shields Maboke from suspension
Masvingo Mayor Collen Maboke should be allowed to do his job without any disturbances and any move to suspend him is null and void, Douglas Mwonzora has said.Mwonzora has wasted no time to ass...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Death, secrecy and online assets
PEOPLE are advised and rightly so to ensure tight protection of their online data and other personal information held in electronic format. Protecting data helps against unauthorised access and crimin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 371 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9552 | by Robert Sigauke
'Parliament useless without Chamisa's MPs,' says Mliswa
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday said the National Assembly would be "useless" without opposition MDC Alliance MPs, adding that Zanu-PF legislators were incapable of asking probing quest...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5581 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Zambezi Water Trust lashes out at BCC
THE Matebeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT) has accused the Bulawayo City Council of mismanagement and lack of vision that has led to the city's water crisis. Bulawayo is facing a critical wat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
99 returnees escape covid-19 quarantine hotspots - please go back, you make them habitable
Corona virus presents one of the greatest existential threat to mankind the world has ever faced. Whilst the virus has spared no nation on earth but how each nation will fare will depend on how well o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:04hrs | 1417 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kariba women under siege from baboons
Baboons are causing havoc to Kariba residents where women are major causalities in the resort town here.This has been part of challenges faced during Covid 19 lockdown that kicked off late Mar...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1516 | by Naume Muza
Abductions, social media and the new dispensation
On May 13th three MDC-Alliance members, Cecilia Chimbiri, Netsai Marowa and legislator for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe were allegedly abducted after staging a flash demonstration in Harare...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:27hrs | 857 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 742 | by Vince Musewe
Fireworks expected as Musarara appears in Parliament on Thursday
Fireworks are expected at the parliamentary portfolio committee on Agriculture on Thursday where Tafadzwa Musarara is set to have another showdown with Chairman Mayor Justice Wadyajena.On the ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 22:04hrs | 2150 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa ropes in UN envoy
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sought the intervention of the United Nations to facilitate investigations into the alleged abduction and torture of his three-party members by suspec...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 8159 | by Staff reporter
'Key to stopping covid-19 is ITTIT and civic collaborative effort' - keep corrupt government and it come to naught
"Writing on his popular Facebook blog following his appointment by the African Union as a Special Envoy to Coordinate the Africa Private Sector Initiative for the Procurement of Personal Protective Eq...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:24hrs | 475 | by Nomusa Garikai
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1833 | by Leonard Koni
How Dabengwa Made me a Freedom Fighter - Confessions of a Zipra Cadre
I must have been 15 years old herding cattle EMlageni near Siwubu along the Manzamnyama river in 1967. I remember the year very well. It was a very hot day and it was schools holiday. So, it was aroun...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1292 | by ZAPU Department of Information Publicity and Marketing.
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 777 | by George M Mkhwanazi
MP's recall triggers backlash
TOM Phiri* popped out of a grocery shop at Areno shopping centre in Harare's Kuwadzana suburb swinging a plastic bag with three tomatoes using his right hand.Phiri also clasped a loaf of bread...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
Pondering the Post-Covid-19 world
Ndamase is a serious type. Very serious that he sees a fault in every joke. He regularly feels that whenever people joke and laugh they waste too much time not thinking about their inevitable death on...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 99 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Fighting for nothing, living for anything
Blessed are those who will intently read Bishop Lazi's sermon today and take it to heart for they will be able to see the future.You see, politics is not a beauty pageant: You cannot just catw...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:17hrs | 140 | by Bishop Lazarus
Leave us alone with our Mwonzora!
We have been accused of being sell outs. They claim that we we're bought by Zanu PF in order to support Mwonzora. Chamisa's 'cult' followers think everyon...Published: 17 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2444 | by Etiwel Mutero
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1201 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Grace Mugabe and Mnangagwa were never Presidential material, says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says he did not at one time find the now President Emmerson Mnangagwa and then First Lady Grace Mugabe close to being presidential material.Respond...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:11hrs | 4889 | by newzimbabwe
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1615 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zanu-PF missing the target
MDC-AlliAnCe leader nelson Chamisa is simply a face representing an ongoing struggle against a multifaceted catastrophe that has been ravaging the livelihoods of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe for fa...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1295 | by Gumisai Nyoni
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4171 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
'Tsvangirai was bruised in quest for democracy' says Hakata - Sure, US$4m mansion bribe knocked him out cold
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "Dictatorship is a political system characterized by a single ruler, the dictator, or a group of governors (e.g. a party, a junta or a family) whose power is unlimited. ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 18:09hrs | 1535 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa should take some life and death lessons from Sudan ...Zimbabweans should brace for sleepless and massive demostrations
A year ago, protests triggered by a deepening economic crisis broke out in the Sudanese town of Atbara and quickly swept across the country. Four months later, the persistent demonstrations would lead...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 2559 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mwonzora 2 - Chamisa 0
The day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpace and outdate fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now came to face the reality that t...Published: 13 May 2020 at 11:53hrs | 5874 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Khami Dam plan reignites debate
Bulawayo City Council's proposal to purify Khami Dam water for drinking has reignited the debate on the suitability of the water for domestic consumption with some residents flatly objecting the plann...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Escalated onslaught on ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo legacies
ZAPU notes the escalated attack on the legacy of both its founding president and liberation struggle with totally new and nonsensical narratives coming out forty years after the war and twenty one yea...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 937 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Sewage contaminated Khami Dam water for drinking, as BCC goes back to 'objectionable' plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is exploring possibilities of purifying the dirty Khami Dam water for drinking as the city' s water situation reaches critical levels.The city is conducting a f...Published: 11 May 2020 at 15:01hrs | 565 | by Staff repprter
Lockdown Cowdray Park police assault case postponed
THE case of six police officers charged with assaulting two women in Cowdray Park in Bulawayo was not heard yesterday after it was decided that further investigations should be carried out on the matt...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:30hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Homeless troop back to CBD
HOMELESS people in Bulawayo, who disappeared soon after the announcement of the total national lockdown on March 30, are back on the streets capitalising on the Government's decision to downgrade to l...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:28hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's crumbling empire: Time for self-introspection
The world has been plunged into one of the most trying times in recent history, with the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 in China. Leaders worldwide have put their political differences aside to...Published: 07 May 2020 at 20:40hrs | 2878 | by Ben Mberikwazvo
Machete and axe armed gangs terrorize people as police look other side
Dear, They are so daring that they move around armed with machetes and big axes during broad day light. They terrorize, rob, rape, beat and kill villagers boasting that nothing will happen to ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1212 | by Concerned Citizens
Zanu-PF at its exploitative best
The ongoing MDC political infights presents Zanu-PF with a rare opportunity of political opportunism which they cannot afford to miss. Zanu-PF is reacting to the MDC saga with predatory instincts, typ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:25hrs | 843 | by Mzingaye Ngwenya
Kudos to Minister Shiri and his team
IT pains a lot when a person knows swimming is the only way to survive drowning or being carried away by a flooded river, but denied by a stagnant log that pins one of his legs against the surface. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1379 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
'We are standing on the edge of the precipice' warned Mandaza - true, Zanu PF centric NTA will take us over the edge
"Today Zimbabwe stands on the edge of the precipice, and it is no time for prevaricating, but one for action. The political crisis must be addressed with urgency, and we can see no other way than the ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:45hrs | 3144 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's new lockdown rules lack clarity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday announced the extension of the national lockdown by another 14 days and at the same time relaxed the conditions saying the country was now on level 2 of the meas...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:22hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
Children using face masks, gloves from Gweru dumpsite
Gweru residents fear a Covid-19 explosion due to poor waste disposal mechanisms amid reports that children are retrieving used face masks and other items meant to protect against the novel coronavirus...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
UN buys US$4.1M PPE for covid-19 workers - yeah, whatever is left after kitting VP Chiwenga, etc
"The United Nations (UN) Monday announced plans to disburse US$4.1 million support to help Zimbabwe tackle Covid-19," reported New Zimbabwe.The funds will be used to procure personal protectiv...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 10:37hrs | 1479 | by Wilbert Mukori
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2533 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe among world's top food crises, says UN
ZIMBABWE is among the world's top 10 countries where children are at risk of stunted and impaired physical and cognitive growth due to hunger-induced dietary challenges, the United Nations (UN) said y...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:30hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Dr Moyo itching to contest 2023 with no reforms, 'innovative solution' - another blinded by greed
The people of Zimbabwe have risked life and limb to elect Zanu PF's political opponents on the understanding, once in power, they would implement the democratic reforms the nation was dying for.&n...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:36hrs | 2206 | by Nomusa Garikai
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 4983 | by Staff reporter
BCC to set up market stalls in suburbs
THE Bulawayo City Council has identified and designated areas for the setting-up of agro-food distribution hubs and vending sites at each suburb in its efforts to reduce decongestion in the Central Bu...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:13hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records a budget surplus, But
Zimbabwe recorded its first fiscal surplus since 2011 as a result of significant contributions from Intermediate Monetary Transfer (IMT) Tax, subdued investment on capital expenditure and civil servic...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 715 | by Victor Bhoroma
Our 1980 Independence celebrations have turned out to be the bullet on the head: Zhou
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe President Takavafira Zhou has said the independence celebrations that characterized the country in 1980 has turned out to be a bullet on the head for the cit...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 327 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare's chickens coming home to roost
FOR the umpteenth time, Harare City Council is trying to restore order in the city. It is taking ad-vantage of the COVID-19 crisis and the void created by the lockdown to destroy illegal structures. ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 12075 | by Miriam Tose Majome
ZANU PF 'Propaganda officer' tells Mthuli Ncube to resign
A member of the ZANU PF online propaganda officers (Varakashi) Kudzai Mutisi has urged Finance and 3Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to resign from the government of President Emmersonn Mnan...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 12904 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Returnees will stay in quarantine' decrees govt - until catch COVID-19 and recover or leave in a coffin
Government give returnee Zimbabweans quarantined Belvedere Teachers' College bottled water and tell them they must stay put! "The institution had running water, but what they wanted was boreho...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 10:06hrs | 1279 | by Wilbert Mukori
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