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Mr Chamisa, What Do You Stand For?
Over the last few years we have heard much about and from newly-crowned MDC President Nelson Chamisa.However, when you ask most people about his vision, policies and ideology, there will be a ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3738 | by Charles, Harare (student)
Fired nurses reapply
The majority of nurses who were handed dismissal letters have reapplied for their jobs.Updating the nation on the nurses strike, Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa told repo...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya, Tuku collabo on cards
Chimurenga Music Company and Tuku Music officials revealed that they are working on a collaboration song of Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo and his former protégée Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi.This...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T refuses to commit to gender equality
Proportional Representation legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga says the country's leading political parties Zanu-PF and MDC-T have refused to commit to gender equality and 50-50 representation...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa linked invaders dare Grace Mugabe
Clad in a dirty white T-Shirt emblazoned with the face of a glum Emmerson Mnangagwa, an illegal gold miner sifts through brownish wet sands and points out to a group of journalists, "this is gold"....Published: 12 hrs ago | 1297 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri found in Malawi
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri whose world is collapsing around him, reportedly sought and found refuge at his wife's family home in Malawi where he is said to be nursing an undi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 7904 | by Staff reporter
'Brace for Zimbabwe presidential run-off'
This year's presidential elections could be decided by a re-run because none of the aspiring contestants has capacity to garner enough votes in the first round of voting, analysts have predicted....Published: 12 hrs ago | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rescuer in multimillion-rand fraud scandal
Zimbabwe businessperson Justice Maphosa, who is credited with sheltering that country's President Emmerson Mnangagwa from Robert Mugabe when he was president, is being investigated by the Hawks for al...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4478 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe must go' narrative taken over by Mnangagwa, Chiwenga
ZIMBABWE'S opposition parties had the rug pulled from under their feet after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his military allies dramatically took over power last November, academic and human rights ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1585 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Osama bin Laden's WhatsApp Group, says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former Higher education minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, has scorned President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nomination among the 100 most influential people in the world by Times magazine.Acco...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3544 | by staff reporter
Coltart appalled by Commonwealth and Britain
FORMER education minister David Coltart says he is appalled by the way the Commonwealth and the British government have rushed to embrace President Emmerson Mnangagwa.According to NewZimbabwe....Published: 12 hrs ago | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Vacancy announcement
National Communications Consultant Personal Services Agreement Contract Three months (with possibility of renewal) Duty Station: HarareUnder the overall supervision of the FAO Subregional ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1149 | by FAO
Chiwenga rescues stranded family
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has come to the rescue of the family of a Zimbabwean cyclist who was found dead in Belgium by helping to source funds for the repatriation of his body.Abel ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1742 | by Staff reporter
I didn't steal, says Mugabe's son-in law
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's name has been at the centre of a raging debate over government's controversial plans to set up a new airline, Zimbabwe Airways.There...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2190 | by Staff reporter
SA-based mogul eyes Zimbabwe State House
If business success was the only pre-requisite for leading a country, Joseph Makamba Busha (pictured right) of the FreeZim Congress (FZC), would be certain to be the next resident of State House....Published: 14 hrs ago | 3800 | by Staff reporter
Nurses bow to govt pressure
Striking nurses will return to work tomorrow after union leaders claimed the week-long job boycott has been politicised.Nurses went on strike last Monday demanding outstanding allowances and a...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Ndebele spellings, IDIOT Damasane defend the wrong words
A MATABELELAND South chief has accused the government of insulting Ndebele people with 'a new word' when the country's constitution was translated into the official language.The Ndebele versio...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in- law bares soul
Former president Robert Mugabe's son- in-law has come out guns blazing in defence of the Zimbabwe Airways deal, saying he is only doing a service to his country and is not on a self-enrichment exercis...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2012 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya dares Mnangagwa on graft
Chimurenga music star Thomas Mukanya Mapfumo is in the country after spending 14 years in the United States. On Saturday Mukanya will perform at Glamis Arena in Harare at a show dubbed Mukanya Homecom...Published: 14 hrs ago | 620 | by Staff rpeorter
Chiwenga fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician
VICE-president Constantino Chiwenga is fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician after summarily dismissing 15 000 striking nurses, but analysts have warned his leadership style is not con...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Zvimba CEO in trouble
Local Government minister July Moyo has ordered the suspension of Zvimba Rural District Council chief executive officer, Peter Hlohla who is facing a litany of corruption charges involving land....Published: 14 hrs ago | 484 | by Staff reporter
Nurses scandal reveals new govt's smart authoritarianism
When Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga dramatically "expelled" striking nurses last Tuesday, the responses from different quarters were somewhat predictable. Understandably so. Because the move was ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 531 | by Tawanda Majoni
MDC-T gets new leaders
EXPELLED MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe was yesterday elected unopposed as the leader of a breakaway MDC-T formation, and the ex-deputy prime minister quickly said she did not regret cutting t...Published: 14 hrs ago | 654 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Cricket board illegal'
A PROMINENT lawyer has challenged the legality of the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board and implored it to leave office in five days.Gerald Mlotshwa, a senior partner at Titan Law, has written to th...Published: 14 hrs ago | 277 | by Staff reporter
Tuku, Mukanya and Sulu join forces
Music veteran Thomas Mapfumo will tomorrow get into the studio to record two separate collabo tracks, one with veteran Oliver Mtukudzi and the other with dendera artiste Sulumani Chimbetu.The ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash from Heaven
AS the wave of prophets continue to engulf Zimbabwe, a man from Gweru has sensationally claimed that he received miracle EcoCash money after a prayer by a Malawian prophet and the sender was ANGEL GAB...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1391 | by Staff reporter
All set for urban infrastructure summit
ALL is set for the Zimbabwe Urban Infrastructure Investment summit which is set to be held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo tomorrow.The summit which will be hosted ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Hlalani Kuhle project to be completed in 16 years
SERVICING of the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme in Cowdray Park is likely to remain a pipe-dream with revelations that a total of $49 million is required for the suburb to be fully promoted from...Published: 14 hrs ago | 214 | by Staff reporter
Why Tuku may be more loved than Mapfumo
After receiving a rousing reception at the Robert Mugabe International Airport earlier on Thursday, Thomas Mapfumo sat sedately on one of the chairs at the Star FM's studios, ready to give what would ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 584 | by Staff rpeorter
ZITF kicks off
THE usual serene City of Bulawayo will this week be bouncing as the who is who in the business sector heads to the country's second largest city for the biggest Zimbabwe International Trade Fair event...Published: 14 hrs ago | 145 | by Staff reporter
Ex-bodyguard bares all on Nikita Mangena
THE late Zipra commander, Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena, was recently honoured by the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by naming a cantonment area which houses Zimbabwe National Defence Unive...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1194 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa meets Russians
THE world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 14 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
SA firm applies for $200m Nkayi Road construction
LEADING South Africa-based Zimbabwe-owned construction firm, ALW Team Investments (Private) Limited has made an application for the construction of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road at an estimated budget of $2...Published: 14 hrs ago | 583 | by Staff reporter
Dismissed nurses panic, end strike
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has served about 5 000 nurses with dismissal letters following the directive by Government to fire all nurses that disregarded the call to return to work.Howeve...Published: 14 hrs ago | 337 | by Staff reporter
470 000 houses to be constructed
Government is committed to provide low income houses for the people of Zimbabwe, with at least 470 000 units set to be built in urban and rural areas.The development comes amid estimates that ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 267 | by Staff reporter
Makamba plotting a smear campaign against Supa Mandiwanzira?
After failing to get a controlling stake in Telecel Zimbabwe, businessman Mr James Makamba is plotting a smear campaign against ICT and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira.Mr Makamba cla...Published: 15 hrs ago | 208 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Moyo rallies nation, Diaspora
THE responsibility to turnaround Zimbabwe's economic fortunes is vested in all Zimbabweans, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo has said.Addressing Zimbabweans re...Published: 15 hrs ago | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doing things differently
Zanu-PF is open for business, to borrow from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's catchphrase.In this instance it is the "business" of elections and electioneering.Last week, the CVs of thou...Published: 15 hrs ago | 196 | by Staff reporter
Big welcome for Mukanya
"MUKANYA woye, Mukanya woye," echoed chants across the foyers of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Wednesday evening as fans welcomed the legend who is back home after 14 years in the...Published: 15 hrs ago | 154 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe angling for $213bn diamond sub-sector
Government, through state mining entity - the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (Pvt) Ltd - is angling to tap into the $213 billion per annum global diamond cutting and polishing sub-sector as a w...Published: 15 hrs ago | 182 | by Staff reporter
Diamond giant wants Zimbabwe gems
The world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 15 hrs ago | 248 | by Staff reporter
'Nedbank can help Zim economy'
President Mnangagwa says Nedbank Zimbabwe can play a leading role in financing core economic activities in the energy, infrastructure and agriculture sectors.He said this at the launch of Nedb...Published: 15 hrs ago | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya has no intentions of dying in a foreign land
DECORATED Chimurenga music proponent, Dr Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says he has no intentions of dying in a foreign land and his visit is the beginning of a solid reconnection with his motherland....Published: 15 hrs ago | 160 | by staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa meets Russians
THE world's second biggest diamond mining company, Alrosa, is in Zimbabwe exploring investment opportunities amid huge optimism the Russia-based firm, whose annual turnover stands at $4 billion, could...Published: 15 hrs ago | 262 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T hand behind nurses strike
Opposition politicians conspired with the leadership of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) to embark on a strike that led to thousands of health professionals losing their jobs last week, it has e...Published: 15 hrs ago | 416 | by Staff rpeorter
2018 polls: It's game on
Zanu-PF will hold primary elections next Sunday with the ruling party employing a new strategy that will see candidates holding joint campaign rallies.More than 1 302 candidates are set to bat...Published: 15 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff rpeorter
Man (30) kills drinking mate over puppy
A Chiweshe man allegedly killed his drinking mate accusing him of failing to look after his puppy in Majanga village, Rosa, Chiweshe hence leaving villagers shell shocked.Kudakwashe Chikukwa (...Published: 15 hrs ago | 192 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Our government will prioritise rural development - Chamisa
MDC Alliance President Advocate Nelson Chamisa held a rally yesterday which was well attended by thousands of people in Chipinge at Kondo growth point.Before addressing the rally, he passed th...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1587 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Elections are free if in compliance with constitution,' says Minister - so was 2013, why did we need coup!
"Muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi!" (To big mouth, there is no such thing as flooded river he cannot wade cross!) So, goes the Shona adage. Ever since the November 2017 coup President Mnangagwa and h...Published: 16 hrs ago | 286 | by Wilbert Mukori
Identity crisis of the urban planning profession in Zimbabwe: a tragedy of 'politics in planning'
Since 1980s urban planning profession has been groping in the dark, still, it could not find light anymore. Planning in the face of political power has become troubling and injurious to the soul of th...Published: 16 hrs ago | 292 | by Kelvin Zhanda
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