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US sanctions on Zimbabwe to stay
Former United States Department of State assistant secretary for African Affairs, Todd Moss has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the US administration will notlift sanctions and accused him ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2364 | by Staff reporter
Young agri-entrepreneur shines in rural Zimbabwe
While agriculture forms an integral part of Zimbabwe's economy, many young people still think of it as back-breaking labour that offers little economic benefit.However, things are slowly chang...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
15 arrested at birthday bash
FIFTEEN people who were part of more than 100 people who attended a suspected gold dealer's birthday party on Sunday in violation of lockdown rules at a house in Nkulumane suburb where police officers...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabweans severely burnt while stealing fuel in SA
Two Zimbabwean men were last Thursday evening severely burnt while stealing fuel from a pipeline in Kendal area near Phola, South Africa.Ngoni Nyamuruma (25) and Vimbai Magorosi (35) have sinc...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 17:00hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC mourns Chief Mashayamombe and Chief Marozva
On behalf of the MDC-T party and indeed on my own behalf I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the President of the Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira, the Mudhe family, Chiketa family,...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 15:58hrs | 1594 | by Douglas T Mwonzora
Moral ambivalence in the midst of darkness
OH, what a sad, heavy and dark week! The COVID-19 pandemic has eventually stamped its indelible wound on our nation. It has been with us since the first quarter of last year, though. But it was hittin...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:30hrs | 127 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Soldier, police officer rob man of 30 boxes of cigarettes
Police have arrested a soldier from the One Commando regiment and a police officer from the support unit for allegedly robbing a Beitbridge man of 30 boxes of export quality cigarettes worth R95 000. ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:28hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Justice Nicholas McNally has died
One of Zimbabwe's most respected judges, retired Supreme Court Justice Nicholas McNally, has died.McNally was among judges, mostly white, bullied by the late leader Robert Mugabe for upholding...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | 6086 | by Staff reporter
St George's enrols girls as school celebrates 125th anniversary
One of the country's oldest boys high schools, St George's College this year celebrates its 125thanniversary in the provision of faith-based education that has seen the institution evolve to also ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 11:36hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Goodbye Aneus Chigwedere
In as much as the death of a person is not celebrated, but the death of Chigwedere brings about relief and a possible leeway to historical justice. Chigwetere out of his hate for Mthwaka...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 3376 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Donald Trump's letter to Joe Biden. Twitter has some guesses on what's in it
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday told reporters that outgoing president Donald Trump had left him a "very generous" letter, in keeping with a long-standing tradition. Trump spokesperson Judd Deere ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 08:15hrs | 4426 | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer wanted for gun crime
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating allegations that a local gold buyer pointed a pistol threatening to shoot a man for repossessing a Honda Fit which he had sold to a Filabusi gold miner. Th...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa buried
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa's brother, Daniel Parirenyatwa was buried yesterday in Zimunya, Manicaland Province. Minister Mutsvangwa's husband, ...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2096 | by Staff reporter
Police to impound curfew violators' cars
POLICE yesterday warned violators of the 6PM to 6AM curfew, saying that they will be out in full force to ensure full compliance with lockdown regulations. Both defiant motorists and pedestria...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Police descend hard on curfew violators
Police are tightening enforcement of the curfew, at present between 6pm and 6am, and those breaking it now have higher risk of arrest and impoundment of any vehicle they might be using. Only e...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance: An opposition effort built on a foundation of lies
Last week some of the issues making rounds on both the mainstream and social media included the arrest of MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson, Job Sikhala, MDC-Alliance spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere and ac...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 275 | by Nobleman Runyanga
WATCH: Defiant Trump says 'The movement we started is only just beginning' in farewell speech
US President Donald Trump struck an optimistic and defiant note in his farewell address, vowing that his movement is here to stay and praising his administration's achievements in restoring America wh...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Trump's reign ends
President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration is due to take place today in a ceremony President Donald Trump has said he won't attend, making him the first president since 1869 to buck the tradition. ...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Illegal use of the ZPP icon by Advocate Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance
The Zimbabwe People's Party ZPP would like to bring to your attention that Mr Nelson Chamisa is using the icon on our logo. This is a cause for concern for us because we have seen that he is now using...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1371 | by Jaison Midzi
Inauguration exclusion for Mnangagwa! so what?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend this week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the invitation list did not include the president of Zimbabwe. It must be clear to an...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 4309 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
USA democracy under the spotlight
The year has started on a bad note with the COVID-19 pandemic taking lives, causing sickness, destroying livelihoods and depriving people of freedoms. It is like starting a new a day under a thick dar...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 284 | by Tapiwa Gomo
White former farmers blame Zuma, Sadc for loss of farms in Zimbabwe
Last month the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria handed down judgement in a R2 billion damages claim against South Africa by 25 dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers, some of whom were South African citizens, ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:29hrs | 810 | by Ben Freeth
SABC blind to progress, Peter
A few days ago, I wandered into a Twitter discussion between Peter Ndoro and a gentleman called Selwyn Nkomo and various other people.The discussion I stumbled upon was about the apparent bias...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:23hrs | 583 | by Stembile Mpofu
Mnangagwa not invited to Joe Biden's inauguration
Zimbabwean dictator Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend next week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, a list of guests seen by 7NN shows.Mnangagwa has been excluded from the proceedings...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:09hrs | 4529 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now almost overrun by Covid-19 second wave
When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, most Zimbabweans never took it seriously. Many were misled by social media where it was peddled that Corona is only for whites and only comes in wint...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 2746 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Beitbridge killer cops remanded in custody
Two police officers from Beitbridge rural suspected of torturing, killing a suspect they had arrested for an alleged theft, and burning the body, have appeared in court charged with murder. Xa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
US$2,7m heist suspect killed in shoot-out, three still on the run
A suspect in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit heist died in Zaka on Thursday in a shoot-out with detectives, while three others appeared in court yesterday. So far, police have arres...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Twitter prepares to hand over Trump's presidential accounts to Biden's team
As President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Inauguration Day, Twitter will be at work transferring its institutional "@POTUS" account to him, the company announced Thursday.According to the ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:48hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe business empire crumbles
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's business empire has crumpled amid revelations that Gushungo Dairy Estate is being leased to a company linked to a millionaire businessman.A once thriv...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 909 | by Livingstone Kazizi
The UK Parliament trampled on Rushwaya's human rights
Ms Henrietta Rushwaya is alleged to have attempted to smuggle gold out of Zimbabwe, late last year. She was arrested at Robert Mugabe airport. From what one has read so far, she has since been charged...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:31hrs | 1989 | by Njabulo
Malema urges Zimbabweans to find 'creative' ways to enter SA
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has criticised the closure, this week, of South Africa's borders including the Beitbridge Border Post saying the decision was self-hate.The...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 16:20hrs | 4701 | by Staff reporter
US$500K cash recovered in US$2.5 million heist
EIGHT more suspects in a US$2.5 million money heist were on Wednesday brought to court movie style.Police used high security vehicles in a motorcade to bring the suspects to court.Of t...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 14:32hrs | 3492 | by Staff Reporter
Hydro-politics depriving Bulawayo and Matebeleland of water
MORE than a century ago in 1912, the people of Matebeleland and Bulawayo regions were promised that they will draw water from the Zambezi River, through the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP)....Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:56hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
US$2,7m heist: 8 more suspects appear in court
Over US$456 000 has been recovered from the US$2,7 million that was robbed from a security company last week, together with cars that had been bought by the suspects. Eleven suspects have been...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone thieves on the run
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province are hunting for suspected robbers who allegedly assaulted a 24-year-old man before robbing him of his cellphone and money on Tuesday.Suspects committed t...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:44hrs | 1111 | by Simbarashe Sithole
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2557 | by Samantha Power
Gokwe Centre has not lost its glitter
All memes and pass time jokes can not be complete without mentioning Gokwe, what makes Gokwe tick? In gone years the region was known for high quality cotton farming but when the white gold lost its g...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | 632 | by Murisa Tondo
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 909 | by Livingstone Kazizi
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under the platform's policies, the company said Tuesday evening....Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 10:05hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Stockfeeds shortage hits the market
A SHORTAGE of stockfeeds has hit the market, with poultry farmers going from one supplier to another in search of the major input for their business.This comes at a time the country is faced with ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1784 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 2471 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zimbabwe regime exposes its tyrannical tendencies in seeking to force South Africa into a dictatorship
If ever there is one thing I 'like' about someone with a criminal and rogue character - who always seeks to deny and hide their waywardness and lawlessness - is that, they always, somehow, manage to e...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 562 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Massive flooding hits Gweru areas
Incessant rains that have pounded Gweru and surrounding areas since the onset of the rains, have caused massive flooding in residential areas and a number of dams in the Midlands provicnes are already...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:42hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Swept away car sighted, 6 feared dead
Six people, including the driver, are feared dead after a Toyota Hilux double cab vehicle was swept off a flooded bridge on Gweru River along the Gweru-Matobo Road yesterday morning. The autho...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 3477 | by Staff reporter
Mind your own business Cde Mwonzora
DEAR Douglas Mwonzora, The fact that you bagged the MDC-T presidency through dubious means does not mean you should dictate your point of view to us (MDC Alliance family). I can easily see...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 2304 | by Alliance for ever
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | 739 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
The white man behind Mnangagwa's Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme
Zimbabweans have embraced the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme that is turning out to be the trump card for this summer cropping season. However, not many people know the man behind the concept. Last week,...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:20hrs | 5121 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba: How to hide a mining giant in plain sight
A year ago, Kuvimba Mining House did not exist. now it could be the country's biggest gold producer.How? The answer shows how transparency is still not a thing for Zimbabwean authorities....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
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