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Demystifying Robert Mugabe's Pan-African bubble
When the dust settles, it's time to write. I have just watched Ian Bedowes' engagement of Robert Mugabe's legacy, which got me thinking. I was reminded of my very robust, 'no walls barred' WhatsApp re...Published: 5 hrs ago | 546 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Mbeki's praise for Mugabe deeper than what meets the eye
The research by Mthwakazi Institute of Research (MIOR) has shown that people of the same philosophy tend to support each other. This becomes more pronounced if the people under scrutiny once have a ch...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1268 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 6 hrs ago | 147 | by Reginald Nyathi
'We will not switch off Kariba'
Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - the body responsible for managing the reservoir on be...Published: 11 hrs ago | 345 | by Staff reporter
Whodunnit? And Why?
Two of the country's dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised in the Hal...Published: 11 hrs ago | 214 | by Bishop Lazi
Black market forex rates tumble
Government will not hesitate to descent on companies that fuel parallel market activities that have triggered massive price increases and erode people's disposable incomes.Industry and Commerc...Published: 13 hrs ago | 7578 | by Staff Reporter
Clerk of court assaults cop
A CLERK of court stationed at the Mutasa Magistrates Courts has been convicted of assaulting a police officer who had been referred to him for assistance.Admire Tangwena (34) of House Number 9...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:18hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Woman smashes boyfriend's car
A local bar waitress in Matsheumhlope, Siphathisiwe Moyo (30) cracked the court open last Friday when she told the court that it was her right to smash her boyfriend's car bonnet after she found him i...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1434 | by Leonard Koni
UN probes Zimbabwe amid 'abductions'
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule this week flew into a storm as his visit coincided with the reported abduction of the acting presiden...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Top EU official meets Mugabe coup announcer
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, yesterday met two top European Union (EU) representatives in Harare and the parties expressed increased desire to use the existing F...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1968 | by Staff reporter
Scholarships fraud suspects granted bail
An employee from the Presidential and National Scholarships Department, who is facing fraud allegations, appeared in court yesterday. Silent Mubariki, was not asked to plead by Harare magistra...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Magombeyi's abduction requires a firm 'Jamal Khashoggi-style' solidarity response
The recent abduction of the acting president the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) Dr. Peter Magombeyi should be a wake up call for all Zimbabweans to finally stand strongly together again...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2078 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Top businessman convicted for stealing Zesa cables
Top Zvishavane businessman Kudakwashe Diza (43) and his companion Mark Tiweni (39) were yesterday slapped with a 48-month jail sentence each for stealing 810kg of aluminium cables belonging to Zesa Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
Doctors demonstrations continue
Health professionals have been boycotting work since Monday claiming they wanted Government to furnish them with the whereabouts of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) acting president Dr Pet...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 14:27hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
RG's Office urged to stop the habit of going into the rural areas during election periods only
Some traditional and community leaders in Mashonaland East province have called on the Registrar-General's Office to decentralise and stop the habit of going into the rural areas during election perio...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of mobile money platforms symptomatic of a failed currency regime
IT is a good thing that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Corruption (Zacc) has finally taken interest in the stinking corruption that has been going on through some mobile money platforms on which members...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 348 | by Editorial - Newsday
African Dream boat spurs growth at Kariba Airport
THE Kariba Airport has started witnessing growth in passenger traffic following the launch of the African Dream boat in Kariba Dam in 2017, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has revealed....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Belarus sign US$350m deals
Zimbabwe and Belarus last night signed deals worth US$350 million as the two countries step up efforts to enhance economic cooperation. President Mnangagwa witnessed the signing ceremony held ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Arrested 'Zimbabwean' millionaire swaps jail for a swanky Maserati in SA
Flamboyant Mpumalanga businessman Sam "Mshengu" Chabalala has whisked away in a Maserati after being granted a R200,000 bail in the Witbank magistrate's court yesterday.Chabalala, who was arre...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 15:59hrs | 40832 | by Staff reporter
18 more counts for ex-ZBC bosses
FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Patrick Mavhura and ex-head finance, administration and human resources manager Benenia Shumba are likely to be charged with 18 more case...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-top aide sweats for bail
Former principal director of State Residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Douglas Tapfuma's bid for freedom hit a brick wall yesterday after Harare Provincial magistrate Mr Hosea Mujay...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Work on Mugabe's grave house begins
The construction of a mausoleum for former President Robert Mugabe has started, with preparatory work at the site under way, while work on the design is still to be completed. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4747 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'dodgy donator' 'already dead' at time of crash - report
A private pathology report has reportedly revealed that former Bosasa boss Gavin Watson was already dead before he crashed his company car into a concrete pillar at the OR Tambo International Airport ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:24hrs | 5564 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Hwange share spoils at Colliery
Hwange 0 - 0 Highlanders A DRAW was probably the fairest result in this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Hwange and Highlanders played before a huge crowd at the Colliery Stadium y...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
ZINARA Employees stealing from government and motorists
Dear Minister of TransportOn Friday at around 1700 hours I witnessed one ZINARA tollgate till operator stealing from both the government and motorist. The operator in question was at the Guine...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:40hrs | 2767 | by Munya Shumba
Doctors strike calls for urgent attention
The death of Robert Mugabe has taken the nation's focus away from very pressing issues, among them the strike by doctors at public hospitals.Doctors went on strike almost two weeks ago after f...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2341 | by Staff reporter
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7828 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1717 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Amateurish ZBC propaganda ridiculous
We all know that working at the state media one has to sing for their supper. But ZBC's Robson Mhandu went above and beyond the call of duty.During the live broadcast of the body viewing cerem...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2419 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 334 | by Enock Muchinjo
ZACC starts cleansing councils of corrupt officials
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has set sights on cleansing local authorities of corrupt officials, with Chitungwiza, Harare and Victoria Falls topping the investigations list, an offic...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Thousands bid Mugabe farewell at Rufaro
Thousands of mourners, mainly from five provinces, yesterday braved the scorching heat as they thronged Rufaro Stadium in Mbare to bid farewell to national hero and former President Robert Mugabe who ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Kanyemba villagers call for a GMB deport
Villagers in Kanyemba have called on the government to give them a Grain Marketing Board deport in their constituency following their failure to raise transport fees.A survey by this publicati...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:35hrs | 284 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe: A peerless, malevolent fearmonger
AS a young lad, my late grandmother would occasionally ship me to her rural home in Nkayi, where, for the first time, I came face to face with the late former President Robert Mugabe's handiwork....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:01hrs | 208 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Kombi crash injures 22
TWENTY-TWO people were injured yesterday when a commuter omnibus collided with a Nissan X-trail at the intersection of Luveve and Masiyephambili roads in Emakhandeni, Bulawayo.Council acting c...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Fired magistrate appeals
FIRED Esigodini resident magistrate, Mr Tawanda Muchemwa, has approached the Labour Court challenging his dismissal by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) following a disciplinary hearing. M...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:55hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Dozens injured in stadium stampede to view Mugabe body
DOZENS of ordinary Zimbabweans were injured Thursday in a stampede at Rufaro Stadium to view late former President Robert Mugabe's body.The incident happened when the body of the country's fou...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:53hrs | 269 | by newzimbabwe
Xenophobic attacks turn into tribal attacks
The recent outrageous xenophobic attacks that have been witnessed across some parts of South Africa have now turned into tribal attacks.Earlier on today, the South African Police Service (SAPS...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 16:08hrs | 6180 | by Daniel Itai (Ekhurhuleni South Africa)
The untold side of Robert Mugabe
"We all die....The goal isn't to live forever,The goal is to create something that will"Robert Gabriel MugabeThe man and legend,The myth and mystery,Truly a man of Destiny ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 10:19hrs | 9026 | by Temba Mliswa
Of the South African confusion
South Africa has two current types of politically inclined confusions that we are witnessing as Zimbabweans. The first one of course is this primitive but very costly xenophobic crusade against largel...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1337 | by Wiston Mazhandu
General Sibanda welcomes South Africa army in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda last Friday officially welcomed the South African Nation Defence Forces (SANDF) contingent constructing two Bailey bridges at Kopa in ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:59hrs | 4675 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa sings Robert Mugabe praises
President Mnangagwa yesterday received the body of former President Robert Mugabe at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from Singapore where the former leader died on Friday last week....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 819 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says Mugabe's work and ideology will continue to guide Zimbabwe
President Mnangagwa yesterday received the body of former President Robert Mugabe at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from Singapore where the former leader died on Friday last week. ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 534 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh bid to identify Mnangagwa bomber
Investigators are trying to breathe new life into a stalled investigation into the attempted assassination of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in June last year.On Wednesday, police in Bulawayo - ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 22:44hrs | 4251 | by ZimLive
Zhuwao assigns Bustop TV to cover Mugabe funeral
Former President Robert Mugabe's nephew Jason Zhuwao has announced that he has commissioned entertainment company Bustop TV to cover the funeral of the Zimbabwean strongman.In a tweet on Wedne...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 09:48hrs | 5135 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa has impoverished us: Green Bombers
AN association representing graduates of the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme has accused the current government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "pauperising them", and work...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3108 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead in car
BULAWAYO residents yesterday discovered a dead man inside a locked car in the central business district, in a suspected murder case.The man's trousers were unzipped and his head was wounded....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of IDs a human right violation'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern over the high number of people without proper documentation, particularly national identity (IDs) cards and birth certificates, saying...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Liberation movements will miss Mugabe
The death of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, whom President Emmerson Mnangagwa, described as "comrade, liberator, founder and leader", has coincided with the 10th meeting of secreta...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 84 | by Trevor Shiri
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