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Fight over Zpra properties gets ugly
A prominent war veteran says he has been receiving death threats for campaigning for the return of properties seized by the government from war veterans.John Gazi, the chairperson of Nitram, a...Published: 1 hr ago | 267 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 1 hr ago | 110 | by The Economist
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: 1 hr ago | 129 | 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: 1 hr ago | 370 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 1 hr ago | 452 | by ZimLive
Striking doctors dig in
Doctors have refused to return to work after the government increased their allowances by a paltry $360.The junior doctors went on strike a fortnight ago after the government announced that it...Published: 1 hr ago | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police refuse to charge Mutodi with hate crimes
Police in Bulawayo have refused to charge Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi with hate crimes after the Zanu-PF politician declared on social media that Ndebeles are refugees in Zimbabwe....Published: 1 hr ago | 88 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was unrepentant'
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) Veterans' Association has described former president Robert Mugabe as unrepentant after he died without addressing the Gukurahundi massacres.Mug...Published: 1 hr ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 1 hr ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Lessons to be learnt
Nations, like families, learn from past experiences.The death of Robert Mugabe, the second president of a liberated Zimbabwe, 1987-2017, brings many memories to us all.I will propose t...Published: 1 hr ago | 53 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Stop mourning Mugabe, family says
Former president Robert Mugabe's family yesterday said the nation should now just celebrate the life of the former Zanu-PF leader and stop mourning him as he lived a long life."We must stop mo...Published: 1 hr ago | 459 | by Staff reporter
Did Mugabe propose to marry Barack Obama?
Following the death of Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6 at age 95, various media have carried articles on some of his most famous quotes.Among the quotes is a claim that he once proposed...Published: 1 hr ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 1 hr ago | 131 | by Staff reporter
Graca Machel: Appreciate Mugabe's role in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel has urged young people to appreciate the role played by the country first black leader the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week in Singapore...Published: 1 hr ago | 60 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 2 hrs ago | 109 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Bulawayo City Council workers demand housing stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) workers have demanded that the local authority avail non-monetary allowances as they seek to identify ways of cushioning their salaries, it has been learnt.This com...Published: 2 hrs ago | 39 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 2 hrs ago | 14 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zimbabwe stuck with expired medical drugs, says committee
AT a time when the country is facing drug shortages, it has been revealed that the company mandated to store and distribute medical supplies of public health institution, NatPharm, is stocked with exp...Published: 2 hrs ago | 35 | by Staff reporter
College charges extra on EcoCash
A COLLEGE in Bulawayo has come under fire for allegedly forcing parents to pay 30 percent extra if they are paying using plastic money.Parents with pupils at Herentals College said they were t...Published: 2 hrs ago | 30 | by Staff reporter
Sables beat Zambia, win Victoria Cup
ZIMBABWE are the winners of this year's Victoria Cup, a four nation rugby contest following their impressive 41-5 triumph over Zambia at Lusaka Show Grounds in Lusaka yesterday.The Sables ran ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 24 | by Staff reporter
ZB Bank introduces WhatsApp banking
ZB Financial Holdings has signed a money transfer agreement with one of the largest international money transfer companies, Ria Money Transfer of the United States as part of its efforts to enable dia...Published: 2 hrs ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 2 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
Zesa, BCC agree on compensation for power station use
AFTER years of fighting between the Bulawayo City Council and Zesa, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Power Company, over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station, the impasse seems to be coming to a co...Published: 2 hrs ago | 36 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 2 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
'Foreigners can now invest in Zimbabwe's restricted sectors'
Government has reviewed the ownership of restricted areas by making it permissible for individuals, who are not Zimbabwean citizens, to invest in previously "reserved sectors" of the economy.T...Published: 2 hrs ago | 50 | by Staff reporter
South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.He has also told them th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 35 | by Mtandazo Dube
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 2 hrs ago | 44 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
Final salute for Robert Mugabe
WHILE his remains will be interred at the National Heroes Acre after completion of a mausoleum currently being constructed at the national shrine, over the past week thousands of Zimbabweans gave the ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 37 | by Staff reporter
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wasn't...Published: 2 hrs ago | 29 | by Jason L Riley
G40's ahistorical narrative
It was a comic spectacle to watch some G40 elements coming out of hibernation, mouth-frothing like demented confused fools gushing vitriol that former President Mugabe was forced to die in exile. Noth...Published: 2 hrs ago | 31 | by Ranga Mataire
Crafty Bob is not just history but our history
No matter how intelligent we might be, sometimes it is difficult to wrap our heads around some things; they are simply inscrutable.I am sure many people have heard the name Saint Augustine, wh...Published: 2 hrs ago | 16 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe nears SA industry loans deal
Zimbabwe is closer to sealing over half a billion US dollar syndicated loan package with South African banks to support the private sector, amid revelations Treasury is now finalising the insurance gu...Published: 2 hrs ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa apologises for xenophobia
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday apologised to the African continent over the recent spate of xenophobic attacks on African immigrants in his country, promising to improve cohesion ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe died a sad man
FORMER Mines Minister, Walter Chidhakwa has revealed that former State President and close relative Robert Mugabe died a sad man.He was addressing mourners, among them several Heads of State a...Published: 2 hrs ago | 408 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 2 hrs ago | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's body to be kept in Zvimba?
The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his birthplace, after a sparsely-attended state funeral at in the capital Harare.African leaders hailed Mr Mugabe as a li...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4487 | by BBC
PHOTO: Mphoko attends Mugabe's funeral
Former Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Report Phelekezela Mphoko was among the people from all walks of life who converged at The National Sports Stadium to pay their last respects to the f...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3626 | by Staff reporter
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4213 | by AP
Mugabe's funeral will be tricky because there are so many narratives
As the dictatorial president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe occupied the national pulpit and wrote his own colourful story.It is a well-tuned narrative about a man who liberates a nation from the ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1550 | by John Sparks
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2025 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
What is his legacy?
Sometimes haters magnify your small mistakes to make them look so big so that the good which you have done is obscured by lies. I would describe Mugabe as generally a good person, a good and intellige...Published: 13 hrs ago | 623 | by Etiwel Mutero
Increase monthly EcoCash limits to $100,000
Our members and stakeholders in the ICT sector have requested for an increase on personal monthly limits of your mobile money services to a minimum of a $100,000 a month. This is due to the constant p...Published: 13 hrs ago | 857 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 13 hrs ago | 875 | by Victor Bhoroma
WATCH: Mnangagwa expresses gratitude to Grace Mugabe
The President, Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will remain resolute in upholding the legacy left behind by the late founding father and former President, Robert Mugabe.The President made the ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa booed, jeered in Zimbabwe
Cyril Ramaphosa was booed at former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's memorial in Harare on Saturday.Earlier the South African president had received a lukewarm applause when his arrival wa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4539 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters snub Mugabe funeral
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4299 | by BBC
Tsvangirai's premature condolence message on Mugabe's death
THE late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, at one time, had prepared a condolence message on former President Robert Mugabe in 2016 following widespread rumours on social media that he had passed on....Published: 20 hrs ago | 5697 | by Staff reporter
Failed politicians demonising Mugabe funeral: War vets
WAR veterans yesterday have claimed that mischievous criminals and failed politicians were behind the demonising of the late former President Robert Mugabe in his last days and defended Defence minist...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in court over govt loans
HARARE North legislator Allan Norman Markham (MDC Alliance) has approached the High Court seeking an order to nullify a loan agreement entered between the Finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans, says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere believes ex-president Robert Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans to fix the economy, adding that blaming the departed strongman will not bring solution...Published: 20 hrs ago | 983 | by Staff reporter
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