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'Zanu PF hegemonic grip on power depends on poverty and violence' - without reforms, never be broken
Last week, former Zanu PF Minister Walter Mzembi promised to spill the beans of how Zanu PF has been rigging elections. Those who know Mzembi is but a man of little substance, an intellectual midget m...Published: 5 hrs ago | 370 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's govt warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it is ready to thwart any unsanctioned dissent in the wake of threats by the country's opposition political party - the MDC - to unleash crippling protests in a bid to push P...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2487 | by Staff reporter
CID boss faces criminal abuse of office charges
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, has appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly releasing a vehicle stolen from South Africa that wa...Published: 8 hrs ago | 588 | by Staff reporter
Judgment reserved on Mupfumira application
THE High Court has reserved judgment on an application by former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira for a review of a magistrate's dismissal of her original ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 134 | by Staff reporter
Wife clobbers soldier hubby
A SOLDIER left many hearts sore and eyes teary when he revealed that he is tired of being beaten up by his wife who always comes back home drunk and in the company of males.This came out at th...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Man steals wife's panties to give girlfriend
A Bulawayo man who recently turned to court claiming he was being bashed by his wife was further disgraced by his wife when she claimed that the alleged abuse was a stern reprimand against him for all...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready for revolution
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa warned yesterday that the worsening economic situation in the country had created conditions conducive for a revolution, the Daily News reports.This comes as e...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 16:08hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Alternatives for Matebeleland
After the signing of the Unity Accord, Zimbabwe had a semblance of National peace and calm. At face value one would think that the country was now poised towards true peace and national development. H...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:26hrs | 320 | by Mthulisi Gaja Masumbilka Hanana
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 65 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Sikhala says enough is enough to Mnangagwa
FRESH from being acquitted on treason charges, firebrand MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prepare for major civil unrest, unless he halts Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:21hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo sitcom airs on ZBC TV
THE long-awaited 13-episode situational sitcom titled Indlalifa (The Heir) which features award-winning local musicians Tebza and Paulla Paloma premiered yesterday on ZBC TV, something which is positi...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:18hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri threatens to sue Mukupe over 'sex with wife' message
South Africa based preacher Shepherd Bushiri, who leads the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, has threatened to sue Zanu-PF's Terence Mukupe after the former Deputy Minister of Finance in ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 3195 | by Staff reporter
Machaya has a case to answer, says court
FORMER Midlands Minister of State, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office has failed in his attempt to avoid trial after his application was dismissed by the High Court this ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 16:28hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Bushiri denies having sex with Zimbabwe minister's wife
Enlightened Christian Gathering leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has denied impregnating the wife of former Deputy Minister of Finance Terrence Mukupe. In an emotive statement written on Wednes...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 14:06hrs | 9858 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mangudya and Mthuli's economic policies failing as the RTGS tumbles
As the Zimbabwe's economy meltdown continues to hit the vulnerable people from both the urban and rural areas, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation has been put on a litmus test...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 4364 | by Leonard Koni
'Maize being smuggled to DRC from Zimbabwe'
LOCAL small-scale millers yesterday sensationally accused large milling companies of collecting subsidised maize from the Grain Marketing Board and smuggling it to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor slapped with $300,000 adultery suit
VICTORIA Falls Mayor, Councillor Somvelo Dlamini has been slapped with a $300 000 lawsuit by a local resident accusing him of engaging in an adulterous relationship with his wife. Mr Sha...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Maize scam sucks in GMB executives
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) senior executives were yesterday accused of allocating subsidised maize to millers who are allegedly diverting it to the black market and countries like the Democratic Repu...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Politicians continue to bicker while Zimbabweans are starving
Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a large-scale humanitarian crisis and South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) cannot afford to ignore it. Half the population (7.7 milli...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 22:16hrs | 1072 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Ramaphosa accused of abusing his late ex-wife
The EFF has once again overshadowed the joint sitting in Parliament, this time with allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa beat his late former wife.Chaos erupted in the National Assembly ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3384 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube key witness in Jokonya trial
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is billed to testify as one of the chief witnesses in Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board chairperson Callisto Mazorodze Jokonya's graft trial.Jokonya is bei...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:20hrs | 2215 | by Staff reporter
GMB executives implicated in grain scam
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) senior executives were today fingered in a maize subsidy abuse scam through allocation of grain to undeserving people who would divert it onto the black market and neighbou...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4915 | by Staff reporter
Zimondi sucked into prisons poultry scam
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi has been sucked into a poultry scam after it was revealed in court yesterday that he allegedly recommended engag...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa playing dangerous gukurahundi games in Matabeleland - we see blood on the floor
This has to be put as crude as it is. Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF government and the Shona majority that cheered the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade and celebrated the death of innocent Matebeles in the 198...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4706 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa pressured on talks with Chamisa by EU
THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pet project, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as adequate to resolve the problems in Zimbabwe and s...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
Residents call for ban of donkeys in city
GWERU residents have implored the local authority to come up with a by-law effectively banning the rearing of donkeys in the city following an upsurge in their numbers as they are used as draught powe...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube explains subsidised roller meal system
GOVERNMENT is next week expected to roll out the new targeted system for the distribution of subsidised roller meal to vulnerable groups with more work still needed to upgrade the database of urban be...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Database for roller meal beneficiaries out soon, says Mthuli Ncube
Government is compiling a database of the vulnerable in urban areas who will benefit from subsidised roller meal. Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said: "The ex...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe remains on EU sanctions
LATE former President Robert Mugabe has been removed from the European Union (EU) sanctions list but his widow, Grace remains "restrictive measures".Mugabe died September 6 last year, aged 95....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1247 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
EU sanctions blow for Mnangagwa
The European Union (EU) has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe and sanctions on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) for one year and lifted restrictions on four individuals following the Council o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 12:58hrs | 2459 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Europe renews sanctions against Zimbabwe Defense Industries
The European Union has renewed against the Zimbabwe Defense Industries for a period of one year. In a statement issued on Monday EU said, "Taking into account the situation in Zimbabwe, includ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 11:34hrs | 13051 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa exposes Innscor Africa Limited
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Innscor Africa Limited's Mike Fowler of running a cartel that has captured the state and is practicing racism in the country. Mliswa who wr...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 09:12hrs | 4488 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soul Jah Luv survives accident
Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Luv was involved in a road traffic accident over the weekend while on his way to a show in Kwekwe. His manager, Kudzanai Ruwizhi, otherwise known as Selekta Junk, co...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks removal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should reform sooner rather than later or face overthrow by angry citizens who have endured continued abuse under his regime, an international human rights defender has wa...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:10hrs | 8373 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's spin nurse speaks of MDC friction
DR Nkululeko Sibanda, the spin nurse for MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, dismissed speculation that there was friction between the MDC leader and the party's chairperson Tabitha Khumalo."I need to ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:53hrs | 2705 | by Staff reporter
Manhood enlargement backfires
A manhood enlargement procedure has allegedly turned a Lupane woman's marriage into a nightmare as the husband has become abusive following complications. The woman has since sprinted to the c...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:41hrs | 5259 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa has case to answer: Magistrate
HARARE regional magistrate Elijah Makomo has dismissed an application for discharge filed by former Health minister, David Parirenyatwa, who is being charged with abuse of office for ordering the irre...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:23hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Bosso is an economic driver
HIGHLANDERS FC life member Solwayo Ngwenya says the club is a national economic driver that also plays an important role in empowering the youths in the community. Ngwenya said this on Thursda...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest porn viewers
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men for peddling pornographic material through social media. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Roland Nokuthula Nkala (...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Lets love the childless
Let's show our love to the infertile and childless in the month of loveEverywhere around the world, February is a month of love.To be specific ,14 February is a Valentine's Day where people sh...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:30hrs | 162 | by Heaven Munyuki
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4430 | by George Mkhwanazi
MLO applauds Sudanese government for handing over genocidist Omar al Bashir to ICC
MLO would like to commend the brave decision taken by the government of Sudan to handover genocidist former President, Omar al Bashir and others to the International Criminals Court to face the charge...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1192 | by Israel Dube
BVTA, WICBTA concerned over sexual abuse of female traders
BULAWAYO Vendors and Traders Association in conjunction with Women Informal Cross Border Traders Association (WICBTs) have expressed concerns over the unfair treatment of women traders in the city....Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 07:28hrs | 714 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF hawks query Mnangagwa's capacity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 election campaign, which has been underway since the Zanu-PF Esigodini Conference in 2018, is increasingly coming under scrutiny within government, the ruling party...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 7540 | by Staff reporter
Zacc won't be used to settle personal scores
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lethargic approach in the fight against corruption has raised the spectre of distrust towards his administration's will to fight graft. The appointment of Loice ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko turns tables against Avondale top cop
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing a charge of corruptly causing the release of two government officials arrested for sleaze, has turned the tables against officer-in-charge at Av...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Matutu, Tsenengamu censure a master-stroke for Zanu-PF
It is Monday February 3, 2020 and I see two esteemed comrades getting into the Media Centre in Harare. They arrive in five-minute intervals, much to the excitement of the who-is-who in the media indus...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 518 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
Abortion is legal in Zimbabwe
The right to life is sacrosanct and absolute. It is the first human right enshrined in our Constitution. Even the yet to be born have the right to life. Section 48(3) of the Constitution states that "...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:17hrs | 951 | by Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
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