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Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2710 | by Staff reporter
Dismissal of Zacc commissioners commendable
Corruption in Zimbabwe has to be stamped out. On January 31, 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired the entire Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in a move that was hailed as progressive....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 547 | by Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto
MPs want action on Matabeleland schools
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has said four schools in Matabeleland North registered 0% pass rate in the 2018 Grade Seven examinations, a situation which is worrying Parliament....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF cannot convene talks'
POLITICAL and civic society activists have called for a neutral mediator to lead interparty talks, which they say should be all inclusive and not led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The remark...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Maimane a misguided and delusional politician
This week, the country woke up to the news that the South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane intended to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the International Criminal ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 13:37hrs | 1233 | by Elijah Chihota
Malema forgives Zuma
EFF leader Julius Malema on Sunday said that a church service had moved him to forgive former president Jacob Zuma. Malema attended a service at the Apostolic Faith Mission River of Life in So...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Can South Africa help Zimbabwe?
South Africa is our powerful neighbour and is one of the most powerful nations in Africa and can easily influence political changes for the better in Zimbabwe. So far they have not been able to work o...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:44hrs | 822 | by Clement Moyo
Can South Africa help Zimbabwe?
South Africa is our powerful neighbour and is one of the most powerful nations in Africa and can easily influence political changes for the better in Zimbabwe. So far they have not been able to work o...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:43hrs | 684 | by Clement Moyo
Malema describes Mnangagwa as a 'fool'
Julius Malema, the leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) called the Zimbabwe government "backward" and "barbaric" for shutting down the internet after deploying soldiers...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 12:13hrs | 12323 | by ZimLive
Zuma, Ramaphosa mourn Mtukudzi
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa and his predecessor Jacob Mhlanganyelwa Zuma has issued their messages of condolence to the passing away of music legend Oliver Mtukudzi."I am ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1896 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Post-Election violence commission submission
I am an independent member of the Zimbabwean society, meaning that I make rational decision and conclusions on political matters. Officially I am trained in the accounting profession henceforth in my ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:17hrs | 1164 | by Terence Simbi
Mnangagwa face ICC threat
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa to take urgent steps to stop the on-going crackdown against dissenting voices by Zimbabwe's...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:59hrs | 5977 | by Staff reporter
Malema should mind his own business
Following the three-day protest stay away, which was ostensibly given as meant to register disquiet over the prevailing economic challenges, the South African controversial Economic Freedom Fighters (...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 11:28hrs | 4942 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zupco bus timetables released
Government has mobilised more than 140 buses that will carry passengers for $1 per trip in and around Harare starting today as part of long-term interventions to modernise the mass public transport sy...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:47hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
'Racist' SA party to approach international court if Ramaphosa fails to intervene in Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa's Democratic Alliance party has threatened to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) if President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to intervene directly to stop the ongoing human rights vio...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | 714 | by TimesLive.com
Govt mobilise 140 buses mobilised to ferry passengers
GOVERNMENT has mobilised more than 140 buses that will carry passengers for $1 per trip in and around Harare starting today as part of long-term interventions to modernise the mass public transport sy...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:18hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri-Kashiri warns saboteurs
THE net is closing in on unscrupulous elements holding secret meetings aimed at toppling the constitutionally elected Government of President Mnangagwa, a Cabinet Minister has said. Minister o...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:06hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Government urges public transporters to ignore rowdy mobs
GOVERNMENT has urged public transport operators to continue ferrying people to their work stations and ignore rowdy mobs trying to cause chaos. Yesterday opposition-linked rioters blocked roads, stone...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:09hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Sexual allegations rock Zimbabwe's National Aids Council
Government has launched an investigation into the operations of the National Aids Council (NAC) over allegations of sexual harassment, corporate sleaze and maladministration.The probe coincide...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 925 | by Staff rpeorter
RBZ fails to release money for refuse trucks
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is yet to release the money required by Harare City Council (HCC) to pay duty for the 15 refuse trucks that have been stuck in South Africa.The trucks which ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:52hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Edward Sadomba rejoins Dembare
EDWARD Sadomba is set for a sensational return to Dynamos, a decade after leaving the Harare giants and is part of a list of players that the club has identified to play a part in the rebuilding proce...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:08hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube refuses to relax tax thresholds
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has refused to relax non-taxable income thresholds to $400 saying Treasury needs every penny it can raise to respond to the tough budgetary environment.In his 201...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:27hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Dogs bite thief's privates
A suspected thief who allegedly used a rod to fish out cell phones and clothes from houses is on the verge of losing his private parts after he was bitten by three dogs as he fled the scene in the wee...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:41hrs | 4139 | by Staff reporter
MPs say 'Yes' to Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax
The 2019 National Budget sailed through the National Assembly on Thursday with legislators adopting the two percent intermediated tax which was one of the contentious issues in the Finance Bill. Parli...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 08:00hrs | 2234 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF blocks MDC bid to scrap 2% tax
A BID by the main opposition MDC Alliance legislators to have the 2% transaction tax cut to 0,5% hit a snag in the National Assembly when Zanu PF legislators used their majority to vote for its implem...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:32hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Vandalism costs TelOne
DIVERSIFIED telecommunications firm, TelOne, has lost over US$3 million in the 10 months to October this year due to vandalism of network infrastructure.Of the US$3 million, US$2, 2 million wa...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:42hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube warns that scrapping bond a 'costly exercise'
Demonetising the bond note is a "costly exercise", Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube warned on Wednesday after coming under pressure from Members of Parliament who labelled his budget announced in Novembe...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:43hrs | 10563 | by ZimLive
James Makamba lands top post in Swaziland
Business tycoon James Makamba has been appointed to serve as a member of the advisory committee to the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology (MICT) of the Kingdom of ESwatini. The appo...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 19:30hrs | 8835 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe colonial farmers to sue Jacob Zuma
Former South Africa president Jacob Zuma, facing 16 corruption charges and a demand to pay back as much as R32m in legal fees, may soon see his woes deepen from beyond the country's borders.Af...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 16:54hrs | 3655 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver hits pedestrian, dumps body in the bush
A COMMUTER omnibus driver based in Harare allegedly hit a pedestrian in the central business district and took away the body under the pretext that he was taking him to hospital before dumping it in t...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | 3692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scoffs at SA ConCourt ruling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is unfazed by a damning judgment delivered by the South African Constitutional Court early this week that could signal the resuscitation of the Sadc Tribunal,...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:44hrs | 2860 | by Staff reporter
Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | 5698 | by Mmatigari
SADC headache for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has a new regional headache after the South African Constitutional Court yesterday ordered President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his signature from the 2014 Protocol, whic...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:07hrs | 9787 | by Staff reporter
The problem with kaSong Kejecha
WHEN all is said and done, 2018 has been another good year for Winky D as his anticipated album, Gombwe, reasserted his position as Zim dancehall's top dog.A year is a long time and 11 months ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:54hrs | 4446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs disrupt Hwange colliery hearings
ZANU-PF legislators in the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee yesterday disrupted oral evidence by British businessman and Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) shareholder Nicholas Van Hoogs...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes and Zimbabwe's currency debate
WHEN Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya announced in 2016 plans to issue bond notes, a currency he claimed had the same value as the US dollar, many were apprehensive.It was backe...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | 2244 | by Staff reporte
Widower sues bus company for $700k
KING Lion Bus Service (Pvt) Ltd, the firm which owns a cross-border coach that was involved in an accident killing 43 people and injuring 40 along the Harare-Chirundu Highway last year, has been slapp...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:17hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
'Compensate war collaborators'
DEFENCE and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matematanda was yesterday grilled in Parliament over government's failure to vet war collaborators 38 years after the liberation war.The issue w...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe saying the country has turned a wonderful corner and needs support on its path to great re...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Bus accident victims' families seek $2,2m compensation
NINE surviving spouses and three guardians of the June 2017 horror accident involving a King Lion bus along the Harare-Chirundu Highway have filed a $2,2 million compensation lawsuit from the bus comp...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa using ANC integrity commission to purge Zuma loyalists
The ANC is at odds about the status of its integrity commission rulings, with some members arguing that the structure is used to settle factional scores.The matter was among the dominant subje...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 15:19hrs | 830 | by City Press
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight inevitable, says Lumumba
William Gerald Mutumanje has made astonishing claims that a war was about to erupt between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga.The maverick former Zanu-PF youth le...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 13:53hrs | 19165 | by Ndou Paul
Lumumba spills the beans
In a shocking claim which could put under pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under further political scrutiny, rabble-rousing influence peddler - William Gerald Mutumanje - is spilling the beans o...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:46hrs | 11069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want liquid in water cannons probed
Parliament has been urged to institute an investigation into the chemical composition of the liquid in water cannons used by police to disperse crowds amid fears that the liquid could contain harmful ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must call the midwife for a proper re-birth
After the opposition MDC Alliance commemorated its 19th anniversary last Saturday, one hopes that there will be a lot of introspection on the part of its leadership and supporters about their perpetua...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1423 | by Kuda Bwititi
May the Executive give us confidence, please!
DearYour Excellence, VPs and government officials please recent revelations regarding your relationship and dealings with one Kudakwashe Tagwirei of Sakunda need an honest and true explanation...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:42hrs | 790 | by Matigari Muchaneta
Damaging allegation against BUSE vice chancellor
A FORMER Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) lecturer has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to direct President Emmerson Mnangagwa to suspend his pending dismissal by the instituti...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Zuva Service Stations lose trading licence
The government today revoked service stations licence for Zuma Petroleum accusing the company of overcharging customers.In a Press Briefing to the Media after today's Cabinet meeting, Minister...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 18:46hrs | 21224 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Queen Bee' once caused govt shutdown
The death of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father dealt a major blow on government business this week as virtually all ministers abandoned their workstations to attend his burial - in a developmen...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:38hrs | 12156 | by Staff reporter
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