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Chivayo meets Malawi president Mutharika
Doors continue to be opened in the region for the controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, who met Malawian President Peter Mutharika last week.Chivayo posted pictures of himself meeting M...Published: 39 mins ago | 39 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF to fight MDC protests
THE Zanu-PF youth league has threatened to block the demonstrations planned by the opposition MDC party to protest government's poor handling of the economy which it claims has left the majority of pe...Published: 39 mins ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
5 dead, 44 injured as SA-bound bus overturns
Five people have died and 44 injured in an accident that involves an African Link coach that was Beitbridge bound last night. Mwenezi District Administrator Ms Rosemary Chingwe confirmed the a...Published: 45 mins ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
Dirty things happen at Mnangagwa's State House
An unsaid but angry war is raging in the State Residences department as you fret over the prices of essential commodities, government's cluelessness to fix the economy and, of course, the swarm of cor...Published: 45 mins ago | 533 | by Tawanda Majoni
Cassava announces free remittances to Zimbabwe via Sasai App
Cassava Fintech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Econet Group, says with effect from September 1, 2019, Zimbabweans sending money from the Diaspora will pay only 2.5% in remittance fees, a drastic re...Published: 46 mins ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
The curse of education?
I was jolted by a friend's tweet last night. It said "I have learnt much in my life… but the biggest stumbling block to my learning has been my education!"So it turns out, life is really one...Published: 46 mins ago | 69 | by Zifiso Masiye
Rights violations draw Zimbabwe back
One of the first key concessions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made when he took over from Robert Mugabe almost two years ago was that the previous administration, which he was part of, lacked dem...Published: 47 mins ago | 42 | by Editorial Comment
Zimbabwe opposition of staging-managing abductions and torture
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has accused the opposition of staging-managing the abduction and torture of activists to soil the image of the country amid reports at least 18 people have be...Published: 48 mins ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni reveals poisoning fears
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday visited jailed Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo, where the traditional leader revealed he feared for his...Published: 49 mins ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Ex-NetOne boss faces probe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating former NetOne CEO Reward Kangai over a myriad of alleged criminal abuse of office cases during his tenure at the state-owned mobile netw...Published: 50 mins ago | 55 | by Staff reporter
Coltart, unionists set free
Human rights lawyer Doug Coltart and eight unionists arrested in Harare on Friday for protesting against low salaries paid to teachers were released on bail yesterday.Coltart and leaders of th...Published: 52 mins ago | 51 | by Staff reporter
Army brutality land Muchinguri in trouble
A Chinhoyi woman is suing two ministers and the police chief for $300 000 after she was brutalised by four soldiers at her home during the army crackdown that followed the violent January protests....Published: 53 mins ago | 114 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe bemoans violent politics
Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe says Zimbabwe's politics is very violent in nature with women and the opposition being the biggest victims.The country's youngest legislator made the remarks in a...Published: 54 mins ago | 41 | by Staff reporter
Currency changes choke banks
ZIMBABWE'S banking sector is skating on thin ice due to a illiquidity crunch that has drastically reduced the financial institutions' capacity to lend following the reintroduction of a local currency,...Published: 55 mins ago | 80 | by Staff reporter
Huge drop in US investments in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe received a negative US$2 million worth of investments from the United States last year, a huge drop from the US$37 million.According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United S...Published: 55 mins ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 56 mins ago | 42 | by Staff reporter
ZESA adds 160mw to national grid
Refurbishment work on Hwange thermal power station unit 5 has been completed and from this Saturday the unit has been providing an additional 160 megawatts to the national grid. Unit 6 is scheduled to...Published: 57 mins ago | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to put price control measures: ZIMTA
Civil servants have pleaded with Government to set a control framework that safeguards the value of salaries following the latest adjustments.Government has tabled a 76 percent salary adjustme...Published: 57 mins ago | 46 | by Staff reporter
Tension grows as government clamps down on dissent
Teargas and truncheons returned to Zimbabwe's cities in recent days, as protesters took to the streets to express their discontent at the deteriorating economy.Protests began on August 16 in H...Published: 58 mins ago | 133 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's book to expose ZEC
Exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has finished writing a book which details how the 2018 presidential election was systematically rigged by state institutions for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2059 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Phumuzile Phiri geared to grab Mangwe constituency from ZANU PF
Phumuzile Phiri a 30 year old lady is running for MP in Mangwe Constituency which has 17 rural wards and is found in Matabeleland South. The constituency is endowed with a lot of wild life and...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2694 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rare solidarity for jailed Chief Ndiweni
Jailed Nhlambabaloyi chief Felix Nhlanhlayamange Ndiweni had an early Christmas on Satrurday when he received various groups of visitors on Saturday at Khami prison where he is spending time for instr...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4694 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1210 | by Michael Mhlanga
Stay loyal to Dr Nkomo, vote Zanu-PF, says Khaya Moyo
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has said that the people of Mangwe in Matabeleland South need to stay loyal to the ruling party as doing so meant they woul...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1679 | by Staff reporter
Borehole drilling company dupes clients
MORE than a dozen Zimbabweans based in the diaspora have fallen prey to an alleged bogus borehole drilling company that was operating in Bulawayo and duped them of thousands of United States dollars....Published: 10 hrs ago | 1908 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo Museum stalls due to funding challenges
FUNDING challenges have stalled the completion of the John Landa Nkomo Museum located in Bulawayo City Centre despite work having started in earnest in 2016.The museum, which is situated along...Published: 10 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
PSC revamps civil service training
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has begun integrating all Government employee training institutions into an overarching academy, as the employer seeks to equip the workforce with modern skills....Published: 10 hrs ago | 689 | by Staff reporter
Namibian expert raps MDC-Alliance
The MDC-A has become panicky as signs of economic stability, which naturally undermines its relevance, begin to set in, a Namibian-based economist has said.Dr Drian Kashkongo, a lecture at a u...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans do not read assertion is nonsensical
Trevor Ncube's assertion that Zimbabweans do not read can only be nonsense given that we have more than 90% literacy rate, Africa's second-highest behind Mauritius! Zimbabweans know very well ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 321 | by Dennis Shoko
Cambridge English On The Go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 11 hrs ago | 338 | by The Language Coach
Mnangagwa's govt censures EU ambassadors
THE Government duly takes exception and offence in instances where accredited diplomatic personnel dabble in "opposition politics in Zimbabwe", Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibu...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Zaka East candidate confident
ZANU-PF candidate for Zaka East parliamentary by-elections, Clemence Chiduwa says he is optimistic that the party will retain the seat next month.Chiduwa, who won the party primary elections w...Published: 11 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Electricity woes to ease as Zesa fixes station
ZIMBABWE last week lost 160 Megawatts of power after one of the only reliable generation station Hwange Unit Five went down, further crippling power supply at a time authorities are battling to secure...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1595 | by Staff reporter
Banana's wife gets new wheels from Mnangagwa's govt
WIDOW to former Zimbabwean President Canaan Sodindo Banana, Mrs Janet Madade Banana has received a brand new Ford Everest car from Government as part of her benefits.The Government early in th...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Louis Mhlanga excited at Bulawayo return
SOUTH Africa-based jazz guitarist, Louis Mhlanga is relishing returning to perform in the city after a three-year hiatus.Mhlanga is set to feature in the 2019 Spring Feelings Jazz Show schedul...Published: 11 hrs ago | 249 | by Staff reporter
We cannot afford to have idle, unproductive land - Mnangagwa
Address by His Excellency, President Mnangagwa at the official opening of the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show at the Harare Showgrounds on Friday....Published: 11 hrs ago | 929 | by Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa to meet Shinzo Abe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), a major engagement set to unl...Published: 11 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
More flights for Bulawayo
THE Government has increased flight frequencies for low-cost airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, in a move which will play a huge part in improving connectivity and growing of the country's economy.Civ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 493 | by Staff reporter
'Austerity ends in 2019,' says Muthuli Ncube
While Government has instituted a batch of key macro-economic reforms since late last year, which analysts say have set the economy for recovery and sustainable growth, the chief architect of the chan...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest bid to arrest price distortions
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) is currently engaging manufacturers and producers countrywide to establish pricing formulae , a strategy meant to arrest the current distortions on cost o...Published: 11 hrs ago | 689 | by Staff reporter
'The path had to be set for Mugabe'
Last week, Farai Tafirenyika claimed there were Zipra cadres eliminated by Zanla combatants at the front during the ZIPA era. Levi Mukarati continues to seek answers on events surrounding the ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's no to GMOs, position unchanged
GOVERNMENT says it will maintain its position of prohibiting the growing of genetically modified crops, arguing it is yet to be convinced on the benefits of the GMOs.This comes amid growing ca...Published: 11 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe begins grain imports
Government has bought 20 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania and is in active discussions with other countries in the region, particularly Zambia, as it moves to procure more than 1 million tonnes, it h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 11 hrs ago | 250 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 11 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Sables on a roll
Zimbabwe 32 - 26 UgandaIT'S all looking rosy for Zimbabwe as the Sables continued to edge closer to success after making it four out of four wins with a hard fought Victoria Cup rugby triump...Published: 11 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Mathema, army, police hit with fresh $3,5 million lawsuit
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) have been slapped with a $3, 5 million lawsuit as more civilians mount claims following episodes of a brutal crakdown by security fo...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1112 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid on course
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the Second Republic is anchored on ensuring the country regains its past glory by integrating into the community of nations after years of isolation typified by the First ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is a multi-party democracy' said Gutu - nonsense, when did the metamorphose happen
Zimbabwe is in this political mess because the country has had the great misfortune of having more than its fair share of corrupt and incompetent leaders in both sides of the political divide. During ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2119 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's former advisor speaks out
Former President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former Petinah Gappah has taken Newsday journalist to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that he published about Gappah's resignation from Mnang...Published: 23 hrs ago | 7807 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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