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Nigerian billionaire Zimbabwe deals falter amid capital problems
WITH the help of Zimbabwean authorities who supported him amass platinum, gold, lithium, iron ore, tin and some rare earth mineral concessions, it first appeared like he was going far.At some poin...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bob Nyabinde dies
Renowned jazz maestro Bob Nyabinde, affectionately referred to as "The Headmaster," has passed away.Nyabinde had been in poor health for an extended period, grappling with the challenges of di...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 19:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Edd Branson receives prestigious Focus Africa recognition award
Amidst a grand and momentous celebration of unparalleled excellence and unwavering dedication, the illustrious Ambassador Edd Branson was graced with the highly esteemed Focus Africa recognition award...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 13:55hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nigerian billionaire's US$1 billion Zimbabwean mining deals stall
NIGERIAN oil and gas billionaire Benedict Peters' massive investment plans to shell out over US$1 billion into a local platinum mining project and more into lithium, iron ore, tin, gold and rare earth...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 13:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 9 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe's opposition ready for 2023 elections?
The main opposition will enter next year's election with a new name, Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC). Hidden in the acronym perhaps not deftly is the personalistic nature of opposition politics i...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages
VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Mnangagwa agents hunt for Jonathan Moyo
From fierce clashes in the Zanu-PF politburo meetings after a bitter political fallout over a hotly contested leadership succession during the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule to resorting t...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Jamwanda
Chief Justice Luke Malaba sweats over looming retirement dilemma
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba - who by operation of law retires at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70 years old - faces the biggest question of his long professional career as a judicial ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bleak Christmas as cost of living rises again
THE cost of living for a family of six increased by 5,66% to $22 976 in November, underpinned by a rampaging parallel market exchange rate, according to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gono bitter and lonely outside Government
After a lengthy period of hibernating from the media spotlight, Gideon Gono, the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor resurfaced in a twitter interview with Alpha Media Holdings' Trevor Ncub...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1 | by John Mhazo
'Chamisa's stubborn pursuit of its destabilisation agenda has now reached its zenith'
Zanu-PF yesterday castigated the opposition party over its planned nationwide demonstrations.In a statement, Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, said the MDC's "continued and stub...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC can go hang'
WAR veterans have declared that they will not let power slip into the hands of the opposition MDC party, which they accuse of being a proxy of the West.Speaking after a national executive meet...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why protests are important
LAST night as I was scrolling down latest postings - usually not very useful except for banter and comic relief - on our WhatsApp chat group feed with former journalism training classmates, I came acr...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:55hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Warriors attract former Macedonia coach
Experienced former Macedonia Janevski Cedomir, who has also coached top clubs in Europe, has registered his interest in the vacant Warriors coaching job after submitting his credentials to Zifa for co...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube doing everything by the book
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube seems to be doing everything by the book as he pursues orthodox economic policy often prescribed by the global "Bretton Woods" lending institutions to try and ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | | by Reuters
Mugabe's ally accused of grand corruption, swindle Israeli investors
A long-time ally of former president Robert Mugabe has been accused of grand corruption after he allegedly swindled Israeli investors in a lucrative gold mining venture in Midlands province.Hi...Published: 19 May 2019 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about the 'new dispensation'
Grace Mugabe is like a civet cat's stench. It's so strong it will burn your nostrils. And it doesn't go away in a hurry. Now, that disgraceful smell is hanging around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's se...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
I haven't arrived yet, says Seagirl
After bagging three awards in a space of three months, Bulawayo-based musician Novuyo Seagirl (27) still insists she hasn't reached her zenith.Seagirl last week won the Best House Music Song o...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dzamara speaks on War veterans
Activist Patson Dzamara has called up the generation of war veterans running the affairs of the country to retire and let a young people take over the positions."The bunch of liberators has overst...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe consumers bear brunt of inflation
ZIMBABWE in 2018 experienced a dramatic rise in inflation and widening price increases after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube hinted that there was need to separate the Real-Time Gross Settlement bank ba...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
National wisdom, honest optimism can rescue Zimbabwe
FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is almost November again. Are you getting this novemberish sense of déjà vu? Remember November 2017? It was the best of times and the worst of times.This November, pro...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Brian Kagoro
Masvingo chair assures Zanu-PF leadership of resounding victory
The Zanu-PF national leadership has been told not to lose sleep over the ruling party's electoral prospects in Masvingo with party provincial chair Ezra Chadzamira promising President Mnangagwa a crus...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mugabe's Sekeramayi project failed
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's project to appoint former defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi as his successor failed due to an array of reasons: his lack of gravitas, weak support from the deposed ve...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nathaniel Manheru resurfaces as Igomombe?
DEAR reader, we regaled each other leisurely under the eaves last week. But it can't be play, play, play forever. We have to get down to the business of interpreting our times, what with so much happe...Published: 15 May 2018 at 16:23hrs | | by Igomombe
Our bad patch called Nelson, more ambitious than Satan
DEAR reader, we regaled each other leisurely under the eaves last week. But it can't be play, play, play forever. We have to get down to the business of interpreting our times, what with so much happe...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:23hrs | | by Igomombe
Jacob Mudenda tainted by Gukurahundi atrocities?
Despite being tainted by Gukurahundi atrocities and the Willowgate scandal, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairperson Jacob Mudenda's star continues to rise. He has now opened a new ...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
No squabbles among Andy Brown's children, says Ammara
Winky D speaks on albumFOR the longest time, Zim Dancehall icon Winky D has launched his albums towards the end of the year but save for his next offering.The Ninja president is set to...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa joins Mugabe bootlickers club
The "Zanu-PF Bootlickers Club", signed up a new member on Monday - Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Perhaps, conscious of the ugly economic situation that awaited his boss upon his return fro...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Déjà vu as Zimbabwe's 2008 ghost returns
The year 2008 was the zenith of shortages of basic commodities. Hyperinflation reached levels that had only been seen during Europe's Great Depression. After a decade of hyperinflation, Zimbabwe learn...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 18:15hrs | | by Linda Masarira
The day Mugabe crushed Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe chose the recent Zanu-PF Youth League Bindura interface rally to define for the first time his relationship with Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the context of the liberat...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 11:07hrs | 7 | by Farai Maguwu, Civic activist
President Mugabe to name Grace Successor
In a shocking development to President Robert Mugabe's succession political plate tectonics, the veteran nonagenarian is reportedly set to name his wife, First lady Grace, as his successor some time n...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Sekeramayi's political stock is rising
Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi's political stock is rising amid indications that neutrals in the do-or-die Zanu-PF war to succeed President Robert Mugabe are pushing for his elevation to occupy th...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 10:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa free to meet Mugabe or rejoin Zanu-PF
FORMER Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Mr Didymus Mutasa is free to meet President Mugabe or rejoin Zanu-PF, but should do so openly without trying to put on a brave political face, Presidential ...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Range Rover Reborn set for world debut at the Salon Rétromobile 2017
South Africa - Salon Rétromobile 2017 will see the world debut presentation of the next in the 'Reborn' series of expertly sourced and comprehensively restored...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 10:55hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo stop dabbling in Zanu-PF succession politics
In history and to the outsider, Zimbabwe has always been a fabulous illusion. An Ophir. An El Dorado, a home to the Queen of Sheba. If the wishes of early European "pathfinders" were horses, Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
BOOK REVIEW: 'No more plastic balls and other stories'
Living in this world especially soon after the turn of the millennium has been a double edged sword experience.Born frees like me might have missed an opportunity to witness the fi...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 16:55hrs | 8 | by Wilson Chipangura
'Mugabe's word is final'
President Mugabe's warning to Zanu-PF members against factional fighting linked to successionism is final and there should be no further debate around "petty" differences, a senior Politburo official ...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Kuda Bwiti and Lincoln Towindo
Whither Zimbabwe opposition parties
THE Zimbabwean economy is going through structural regression, with rapid de-industrialisation, burgeoning external debt, an over 85% formal unemployment rate and nominal growth due to declining inves...Published: 01 May 2015 at 19:09hrs | | by Nicole Beardsworth
I am used to these threats, Cdes
Dear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, at the weekend I had to reveal some details about some uncouth attempts made by some desperate members of this party to ascend to the zenith of t...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 10:02hrs | | by CZ
Zimbabwe's future has always been in Zimbabwean hands
There is no argument that Zimbabwe is not leaving up to its potential nor expectations it had for itself at Independence, an African story but this piece is looking at Zimbabwe in particular. Zimbabwe...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 17:06hrs | | by Bhekuzulu Khumalo
Zanu-PF factions in bare-knuckle fights
"TIRIKUFAMBA naChipanga! (We are voting for Kudzai Chipanga!)," whispered Zanu-PF national commissar Webster Shamu to this reporter last Saturday at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare as the battle for t...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 07:23hrs | | by Elias Mambo
No surprises: Brazil's World Cup squad
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari announced his World Cup squad on Wednesday without any major surprises, choosing most of the players who won last year's Confederations Cup.Scolari's 23-na...Published: 08 May 2014 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Goodluck Jonathan suspends Lamido Sanusi
Lagos - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi on Thursday, removing an increasingly outspoken critic of the government's record on tackling rampant co...Published: 20 Feb 2014 at 20:50hrs | | by Reuters
Smartphone app to give early earthquake warning
Rio de Janeiro - A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro.Resea...Published: 30 Nov 2013 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF fiddling while oppositions regroups
Last week I broke with tradition. I sank my harsh fangs and canines into Zanu-PF, mauled it badly for some of its senseless rules, most of them crafted more to beguile and convict than to guide, more ...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 08:08hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Re-invention of Beverly 'Bev' Sibanda
Love her or hate her - Beverly "Bev" Sibanda has ripped the nation apart with her trail-blazing raunchy and well-choreographed moves since she descended onto the local showbiz scene a few years ago....Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Mtandazo Dube
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