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MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 2 hrs ago | 640 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa will not talk to Chamisa outside POLAD
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 8 hrs ago | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Talks poser for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 8 hrs ago | 592 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo 'shona' nurses graduate under police guard
Mpilo Central Hospital held its nurses graduation and prize giving day under the protection of police at the Bulawayo Large City Hall Wednesday to thwart off any interference from members of the publi...Published: 16 hrs ago | 4255 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF grand heist, autocracy writ large
IN the aftermath of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's budget that sounded more like was crafted in some Western world capital and delivered in Harare, many people may have missed the assault on our parl...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1376 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
ZEC calls for input on strategic plan
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) wants objective reviews from seconded staff, political players, civic society organisations and election observers who participated in last year's harmonised el...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:01hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Africa Unity Square signal blocked
Police yesterday banned MDC president Nelson Chamisa's Hope for the Nation Address scheduled for Africa Unity Square in Harare, tomorrow. In a letter written to Chamisa, the police said they f...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3705 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to confront Mnangagwa, says MDC
MDC acting president Lynnete Karenyi-Kore has called on Zimbabweans to occupy all democratic spaces to demand accountability and an end to unchecked deaths at government hospitals as a result of the o...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans caught in witchcraft practices in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have totally refused to abandon their beliefs in Witchcraft lucky charms and in superstitions. They have carried their beliefs in the United Kingdom and created a world of supers...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 8311 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Patients share wards with dead bodies in Zimbabwe
The medical personnel industrial action in Zimbabwe is blamed on the country's crumbling healthcare service, poor governance and corruption.The lack of response of the international community ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2830 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Behold the 4th Chimurenga!
We do no not seek to dispense ourselves from the past. We are a product of our past. We do not seek to despise our fore bearers because we are where we are because of them. We are part of the revoluti...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:15hrs | 5149 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4889 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Menstrual Equity Journey: 200 million dollars later
The move by government to allocate $200 million for free sanitary wear for rural school girls who menstruate, in the 2020 National Budget, is a big step in the right direction towards ending period po...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:19hrs | 630 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1096 | by Ayanda Manala
Zanu-PF delegates accreditation starts
Accreditation of delegates expected to attend the 18th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference to be held at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province will start this week, secretary for informati...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
'HIV wears a woman's face'
In 2001 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the former and late UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said "HIV has the face of a woman", and for decades even up to date it still has that face!&n...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1205 | by Nyasha Phanisa Sithole
Chamisa to give signal
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will on Wednesday make an address to the nation from Harare's Africa Unity Square in what could be a test to police, who are being accused of effectively banning the oppositi...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 4789 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife must step back
Barely two years into her husband's tenure as president, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has diminished the little dignity she enjoyed having come into the comforts of State House on the back of a milit...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:57hrs | 3330 | by Edmund Kudzai
Free tillage for villagers
THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose dra...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Josphat Ngulube convicted over January protests
PROMINENT Bulawayo activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat Ngulube was yesterday convicted of torching three cars, destroying a precast wall and breaking several windows at a...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:17hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans arrested in SA for immigration violations
AT least 380 Zimbabweans and Malawians were recently arrested in South Africa for allegedly violating the immigration laws.They failed to produce documentation authorising their stay in South ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:14hrs | 4119 | by Staff Reporter
30 trafficked Zimbabwean women rescued from SA brothels
Nore than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were also rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga Province where their c...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2367 | by Staff Reporter
MDC should decisively deal with internal violence
IT is disturbing to note the current developments in MDC Alliance whereby the internally organised violence is perpetually shifting away from the founding values of the party. The unrest brought by th...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 148 | by Senator James Makore
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle fails to impress
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet reshuffle last Friday, where he retained tired and incompetent ministers, including those tainted by corruption allegations, and assigned supposedly fresh minds t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Pupils to get free sanitary wear
PRIMARY and secondary school girls are set to receive free sanitary wear starting January 2020 with Government setting aside $200 million towards such provision. Presenting his 2020 National B...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mine dispute sucks in MP
A 65-year-old woman from Silobela, just outside Kwekwe, is accusing local legislator Mthokozisi Manoki Mpofu of forcibly taking over her mine. Ms Martha Moyo said she now feared for her life after Mpo...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:13hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Arab Bank backs Mnangagwa
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa intends to increase assistance to Zimbabwe after being impressed by the country's economic reforms. Yesterday, the bank commended President Mnangagwa f...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:12hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to introduce war veterans wing
ZANU-PF is set to amend its constitution to create a war veterans wing, similar to the youth and women's leagues, the Daily News reported. Speaking to journalists after yesterday's politburo m...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Zesn raises red flag over recurrent voter apathy
INDEPENDENT election watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged electoral stakeholders to support voter education campaigns in the face of an increasing trend of voter apathy in ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:16hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Rhodies we know, where are Zimbos?
MONDAY, November 11, marked the 54th anniversary of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by then Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, a move that severed the white colony from the B...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 740 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
ZESA's corruption & incompetence an unwarranted burden on Zimbabweans - need for urgent accountability
As I write this article, we are just seated, or milling around, incapable of engaging in any meaningful productive work. Why? Because there is no electricity - which, we desperately need for our effec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 1930 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'African Pentecostalism has given birth to a new breed of mentally lazy Christians'
Africa is currently experiencing another form of slavery through Pentecostalism.We are now mentally lazy and our ability to reason scientifically has been incapacitated.The African pas...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1399 | by Kay Musonda
Warren Park clinic shuts down as council nurses continue strike
Warren Park Polyclinic has effectively shut down following the industrial action by City of Harare nurses on November 4, leaving mainly expecting women and infants in need of vaccination in dire strai...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth leader faces disorderly conduct charge
THE Zanu-PF Masvingo province youth deputy chairperson, who picketed Bikita Rural District Council (RDC) offices together with party activists on Tuesday last week, was on Friday brought before magist...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1747 | by Learnmore Zuze
Doctors' absence prolongs patients' suffering
ORDINARY citizens whose pockets are not deep enough to afford private medical care continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between medical doctors — who have been on industrial action fo...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1088 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZNA condemns killer soldier
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has condemned its member who fatally shot his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before committing suicide with a service gun in Chitungwiza recently. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ready to scale dizzy heights
ZIMBABWE'S only accredited female FIFA match agent, Ellen Chiwenga, was recently nominated among a galaxy of sports personalities in England like Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane for this year's Footbal...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
UN condemns virginity testing
The United Nations has condemning and called for the end of virginity testing saying the practice is medically unnecessary, painful, humiliating and traumatic practice.The virginity test...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1235 | by Staff Reporter
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1432 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province rocked by fresh chaos
Meanwhile, MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has been rocked by fresh chaos over the co-option of some members into the provincial executive. The resolution to co-opt members into the province wa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Disgraced minister says 'Women's Affairs not recruiting'
Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sithembiso Nyoni says her ministry is not recruiting, contradicting a senior official who said they were failing to get...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should revitalise traditional medicine
CLAIMS by Zimbabwean - and generally African - men and women to have found cures for complex diseases and medical conditions have often been dismissed as maverick, unscientific or outright fake....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 108 | by Vincent Gono
Hundreds of Zimbabweans found in hijacked Hillbrow building
Over 300 undocumented foreign nationals have been in a Hillbrow building, and three suspects have been arrested for hijacking the 21-storey building.The undocumented nationals, from Malawi and...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 14:08hrs | 5090 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe population to hit 21,4 million
Zimbabwe's population is projected to hit 21.4 million by 2032 from 13.4 million in 2012 as the country undergoes demographic changes that could be beneficial to economic growth and development, accor...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2509 | by Staff reporter
Super dad fathered 25 children
A Bulawayo man left a court in shock with his claims that he fathered 25 children with three different women in an apparent bid to avoid paying more in maintenance for his four-year-old child....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:58hrs | 3672 | by Staff reporter
Vaping during Pregnancy: Myths and Cautions
The presence of a little common sense can assure one that vaping and pregnancy can never go hand in hand. Neither electronic device nor nicotine is safe and healthy for a pregnant mother, in turn, the...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:42hrs | 802 | by Staff Writer
Police, children rights lobby group target child abusers
POLICE in partnership with Save the Children is working towards connecting its database with the Interpol to track paedophiles and other child abusers and molesters to combat cases of child online abu...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:12hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
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