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A dying (public) intellectualism in Zimbabwe
THE late Masipula Sithole taught me (and many others) how to perceive and think about our country, Zimbabwe's politics.Not only formally via the university lecture room, but also more signific...Published: 7 hrs ago | 794 | by Takura Zhangazha
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2380 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members urged to show loyalty to party
ZANU-PF members in Bulawayo's Ward 28 have been urged to show their commitment and loyalty to the party by voting for the party's candidate, Kidwell Mujuru, in the council by-election set for March 30...Published: 7 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses cyclone rip-off
Government and the ruling Zanu-PF have dismissed circulating reports alleging that some homeless victims of Cyclone Idai in Bikita were being ripped off through paying a daily levy for accommodation, ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 625 | by Staff reporter
Spanking ban: Where to now?
Government has gazetted the Education Amendment Bill which effectively seeks to outlaw corporal punishment on pupils and encourages teachers to pursue alternative disciplinary methods, a Cabinet minis...Published: 7 hrs ago | 381 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Nduna dropped from Parly committees
PARLIAMENT has removed Norton and Chegutu West legislators, Mr Temba Mliswa and Dexter Nduna, from their positions as portfolio committee chairpersons. Mr Mliswa was the chairperson of the Min...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1680 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants pay increase
The civil servants pay increase to be effected in April this year is one hell of a joke. What is wrong with these people's reasoning capacity. This is a toddler's game they playing here. How can you c...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1457 | by Clement Moyo
Zanu-PF chairperson admits stealing from GMB
Zanu-PF Mwenezi district chairperson, Rennias Muchoko (42) was last week arrested and arraigned before magistrate Honest Musiiwa on charges of stealing bags of maize and millet from Rutenga Grain Mark...Published: 16 hrs ago | 565 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens to overthrow Mnangagwa's govt?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party will soon be exerting more pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government until they come to the negotiating table to resolve the countryﾒs ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 6418 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo challenged to engage govt on nagging issues
Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the people of Bulawayo must bring all the nagging issues to government so that they are attended to in order to move together as a nation in developing and empowering ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 378 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa cancel Bulawayo, Shurugwi rallies
THE MDC has cancelled its "thank you" rally scheduled for tomorrow in Bulawayo in the wake of the devastating Cyclone Idai which has left hundreds dead in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces.Par...Published: 20 hrs ago | 869 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP under fire for 'lying', deserting cyclone victims
CHIMANIMANI East legislator Joshua Sacco (Zanu-PF) is under fire from his constituents, who accuse him of peddling falsehoods during the time when Cyclone Idai was wreaking havoc in the area.S...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 20 hrs ago | 555 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee freed on $500 bail
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor, Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu-PF) and two of his co-accused were yesterday set free on $500 bail each by the Bulawayo High Court.The trio Mpofu (42) Milton Sibindi (47) and P...Published: 20 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fire brigade defies odds
Zimbabwe's widely respected fire brigade usually tackles house fires and traffic accidents, but it became a symbol of the regime during anti-government demonstrations that turned into violent looting ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 870 | by Ben Sheppard I AFP
Auxillia Mnangagwa throws out chief, MP from event
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa ordered a Member of Parliament and a traditional chief removed from an event she had organised, ZimLive can reveal.Mnangagwa recently spent two weeks in New York,...Published: 20 hrs ago | 5207 | by ZimLive
Chamisa's MDC on fire
THE intense jostling for positions within the main opposition MDC, ahead of the party's May elective congress, is escalating - with chaos marring the 20-year-old political outfit's ongoing restructuri...Published: 20 hrs ago | 919 | by Staff reporter
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 151 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Court to decide on Mphoko pension
THE government will decide whether to grant former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko his terminal benefits after the High Court makes a determination on his application, a senior government official r...Published: 20 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
The voice of reason from an MDC veteran
Contesting a post in any political structure is legitimising the plebiscite processes.W inning a post in a Mass party is secondary but laying a democratic foundation. We need to leave a legacy for the...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1128 | by Henry Madiro
Piece-meal austerity without reforms a wild goose chase
AUSTERITY measures introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) will have a devastating effect on the economy and is at variance with Zanu-PF's elec...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Divisions ravage Chamisa's MDC
THE intense jostling for positions within the main opposition MDC, ahead of the party's May elective congress, is escalating - with chaos marring the 20-year-old political outfit's ongoing restructuri...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 4500 | by Staff reporter
CIO boss coup death: Family wants justice
THE family of senior Central Intelligence Organisation operative Peter Munetsi, who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup that toppled former president Robert Mugabe, has written to...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 3804 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa won't return Zapu properties'
GOVERNMENT has declared it will not return Zapu properties confiscated before the advent of the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide in Matabeleland and the Midlands.Former guerrillas of Zipra, the arme...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance congress: Of a leopard devouring its cubs
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 374 | by Tafara Shumba
Bulawayo sends help to Manicaland
BULAWAYO province yesterday donated 30 000 tonnes of mealie-meal, an assortment of groceries and clothes to victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland province. The mealie-meal was donated by the G...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aim to break the urban jinx
Zanu-PF is aiming to break the jinx and reclaim support in urban constituencies as it sells President Mnangagwa's transformational vision of growth and industrialisation, Politburo member Chris Mutsva...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Nduna kicked out Parliamentary Portfolio Committees
INDEPENDENT Norton MP Temba Mliswa and his Chegutu West counterpart Dexter Nduna, were on Thursday dropped from the newly constituted Mines and Mining Development Portfolio committee, Speaker of Parli...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:19hrs | 970 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa warns against looting of donations
Unco-ordinated collection and disbursement of donations towards relief efforts for Cyclone Idai victims in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces has created gaps and loopholes, which are being manipulated...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:05hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Recycled bad politicians as the last resort of saving Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe is full of talented and equally good citizens who if coopted into politics can turn around the fortunes of our country. Unfortunately for our beloved motherland we seem to be cased. We have a...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:04hrs | 218 | by Henry Madiro
Mnangagwa to focus on tragedy in Manicaland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has cancelled a "thank you rally" that was scheduled for Saturday in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, following the deadly Cyclone Idai that left over 90 people dea...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:48hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Civilian military leader needed to restore electoral democracy before 2023 presidential elections
Without doubt electoral democracy has failed to work in Zimbabwe, it might have worked in Zambia, South Africa and Botswana but in Zimbabwe electoral democracy has failed dismally, it is on record tha...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1903 | by Knowledge Hakata
Supa offers $100,000 house to get passport back
Ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, pictured, - who is facing two counts of criminal abuse of office - has offered to surrender an additional property worth $100 000 as surety in a bid to convince ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2271 | by Staff reporter
Proposed govt law to bring clarity on forex repatriation fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is in the process of formulating a law that would spell out how foreign investors can repatriate their profits from Zimbabwe, a country facing foreign currenc...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 574 | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa's national dialogue useless'
FreeZim Congress party leader Joseph Busha yesterday described the national dialogue initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a useless exercise that will not take the country forward.Mnan...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone forces Mnangagwa to dump home province 'Thank You' rally
The Meet the People Rally that was scheduled for Saturday at Chachacha Growth Point in Shurugwi has been shelved to allow President Mnangagwa time to assess the impact of Cyclone Idai. Zanu-PF...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to decriminalise wilful HIV transmission
Government is set to repeal a legal provision that criminalises transmission of HIV/AIDS to a partner in order to keep abreast with international standards, Parliament heard yesterday. Justice...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa drags Ziyambi into Kereke jail sex storm
OUTSPOKEN Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has accused Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi of unlawfully giving orders to Chikurubi Maximum Prison officials to allow jailed former Zanu-PF MP Munyaradzi Kereke hav...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1329 | by newzimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police
During the Rhodesia era the police force then was called the British South Africa Police( BSAP). It was well trained, disciplined and efficient. More-so it had resources for use in combating crime. It...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 21:26hrs | 11117 | by Clemen Moyo
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga plead for MP Sacco after he's jeered in Chimanimani
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga were both forced to defend a Zanu-PF MP as they toured areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai on Wednesday.Joshua Kurt Sacco, who wo...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:04hrs | 14442 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa plans to stop using army in demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed government's plan to buy riot hardware and water cannons for police officers in a bid to stop relying on the military in containing violent demonstrations....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:10hrs | 6833 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over illiterate councillor
Resident from Gwanda town's ward 1 have slammed the opposition, MDC for seconding an illiterate councillor to represent their community.According to sources, the councillor, Mkhululi Tshuma al...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:05hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa cannot lead dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his opposition counterpart Nelson Chamisa can never be the best candidates to conduct dialogue as they cannot represent the ordinary people's wishes on the ground, the...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to appear before Bulawayo court
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, is set to testify before a Bulawayo magistrate in a case in which he stands accused of inciting a Ntabazinduna villager to defy directives from Chief ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | 3585 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa visit to #CycloneIdai hit areas a publicity stunt'
HOME Affairs deputy minister and top Zanu-PF official, Mike Madiro says the Monday visit by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to Cyclone hit areas in Manicaland was an unwelcome attempt by the firebrand oppos...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:35hrs | 5282 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa resurrects Beitbridge District club
THE Beitbridge District Club, once a social assembly point for white commercial farmers prior to independence, and the entire Beitbridge community after independence, relived its past glory last week....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF Senator sued over $368k power debt
Former Zanu-PF Midlands Senator Flora Buka, has been taken to court by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over aUS$368 833 debt for electricity supplied at her ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
#Cyclone Idai: Mnangagwa on the ground
President Mnangagwa will today tour areas that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani to assess the extent of the damage and get a realistic appreciation of the situation on the ground. ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacks Mwonzora ally
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa railed at party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's ally in Masvingo last weekend, blaming him for the opposition party's poor showing in the region during last year's harmo...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:34hrs | 5570 | by Staff reporter
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