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Lumumba undresses Fadzayi Mahere
William Gerald Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Friday engaged in a heated Twar with human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that Mutumanje had ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4906 | by Mandla Ndlovu
China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 28822 | by Itai Mushekwe
Let the games begin - it's now jecha for jecha!
THE call by some in the ruling Zanu-PF party for the presidential age limit to be raised to 52 years from 40 has caused mixed reactions, but what is there to it?It should first be accepted tha...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1742 | by Conway Tutani
Doctors take to the streets
MEMBERS of Mpilo Hospital Doctors' Association yesterday staged a demonstration at the health institution complaining about poor infrastructure, shortage of drugs while at the same time demanding sala...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Police probe Nkulumane carjack and robbery
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case in which a woman lost her vehicle, cell phone and more than 6 000 rands in cash to robbers at her home in Nkulumane on Sunday.The robbers jumped int...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:38hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel situation dire
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says the fuel supply crisis has reached catastrophic levels as the 100-million-litre consignment procured last week at a cost of US$60 million has alrea...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 20:00hrs | 5961 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe's NGO threats barbaric
We note with concern a statement released by the acting Minister of Social Welfare one Kazembe Kazembe who is threatening NGOs.His statement is totalitarian, draconian, fascist and unaccep...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 18:53hrs | 575 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
CIOs stressing over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:51hrs | 4383 | by Staff reporter
Government riot act to errant NGOs welcomed
The reading of the riot act to some errant Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) by the Acting Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Kazembe Kazembe on 11 December 2018 should be applauded...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 709 | by Brightface Mutema
130 000 cars face deregistration
GOVERNMENT has begun deregistering over 130 000 cars for failure to comply with licensing requirements in the past two years.Initially, those with cars that had not been registered since 2016 ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sweats over Mnangagwa's safety
As the Zanu-PF conference gets off in earnest in Esigodini today, security agents are stressing over the safety of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top aides - as the ruling party converges there ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:11hrs | 7263 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sits on $300 million worth of diamonds
State-owned ZCDC is sitting on $300 million worth of Marange diamonds, as the nation continues to bear the brunt of fuel and other essential commodity shortages at the back of an acute foreign currenc...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chamisa is daydreaming
President Mnangagwa has ruled out the formation of a Government of National Unity (GNU) with MDC-Alliance, saying the ruling Zanu-PF had won an overwhelming people's mandate in the July 30 harmonised ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:45hrs | 2754 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says those thinking GNU are day-dreaming
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says those who think Zanu-PF is going to form a government of national unity (GNU) with the opposition are day-dreaming.Addressing youths on the sidelines before t...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 12:15hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa given his passport
Embattled Former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa was given his passport by a Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande. Parirenyatwa's lawyers had applied for the re...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 11:59hrs | 1009 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa threatens to de-register NGOs
GOVERNMENT has threatened to deregister civic society organisations which it claims are dabbling in politics and are seen as hostile to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party, in a ...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo vs ZPC judgement expected today
The High Court is today expected to deliver judgment in a case in which Intratrek Zimbabwe managing director Wicknell Chivayo sued the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for US$25 million for instigating ma...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:17hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Government to shut down political NGOs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has threatened to shut down Non-Governmental Organisations that are involved in political activities. This was revealed by the acting Minister of Public S...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 21:07hrs | 2124 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Michael Reza not fit to be a prosecutor
The revelation that Michael Reza is questioning the decision by a Harare Magistrate allowing journalists to live stream Hon. Tendai Biti's trial is not only shocking but unacceptable.Lawyers r...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 10:33hrs | 2297 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2363 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Gweru hikes burial fees 100%
GWERU City Council has proposed to more than double burial charges to $160 from $60 for non-residents and $80 from $30 for adults and children respectively, a senior council official has said....Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Mathema, Matanga sued
TWO Bulawayo residents have taken Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, police commissioner Godwin Matanga and three police officers to court, demanding US$90 492 in damages over unlawful arrest and ass...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:36hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
SA eases children's travel requirements
THE South African Government has relaxed travel requirements for children travelling through its borders by scrapping compulsory submission of affidavit forms which many found cumbersome. Sout...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Immigration Dept officials face sexual harassment probe
Zimbabwe Gender Commission acting chairperson Mr Paul Kadzima yesterday said they have set up a commission of inquiry to conduct hearings into allegations of sexual harassment being levelled against f...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:26hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
'Luxury-gate exposes Mnangagwa's government'
The opposition MDC has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for reckless spending and lack of prioritisation through purchasing of luxury cars for Ministers.In a statement release...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 17:55hrs | 12195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A paradox within the MDC
The launch of the National Cleaning Day in Highfield last week left many stuck in awe in trying to unlock the logic of what is actually transpiring within Nelson Chamisa's MDC party.Since the ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:40hrs | 1518 | by Brightface Mutema
Which fundamentals require attention?
There is a real sense of despair in the country. Perhaps it is a left over from the heady days when we celebrated the final departure of former President Robert Mugabe from office and welcomed a 'new'...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | 908 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa ally faces 3-month jail term
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has been convicted of contempt of court and has been given up to seven days to reinstate a fired school teacher or risk serving a 90-day jail term....Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:58hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillor dies
THE Councillor for Ward 28 (Cowdray Park) in Bulawayo Hapson Nyasha Ncube (MDC) has died. Clr Ncube died yesterday morning at Mater Dei Hospital and the cause of death has not yet been establi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Drug lord cop arrested
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo undergoing disciplinary action for allegedly deserting the force has been arrested with his wife and three others for running a drug cartel that reportedly sold dangerou...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spoils his Cabinet with top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery vehicles
With the majority of the citizenry getting poorer by the day owing to the biting economic crisis, the cash-strapped government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has splurged over $2 million on top-of-th...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:32hrs | 10762 | by Staff reporter
I'm no land baron, says Msindo
DESTINY of Africa Network (DAnet) founder and Zanu-PF-aligned cleric, Obadiah Msindo, has claimed his land deals were above board and that he is not a land baron.Msindo, known for parcelling o...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1645 | by Staff reporter
Govt ponders US$ fuel pricing
The government is considering requests by players in the oil industry who are seeking authority to sell fuel in foreign currency, the industry regulator has said.Service stations do not seem t...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo procures UPS cancer machine
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has bought a R1,45 million Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) machine for the radiation department, which will see radiation sessions on cancer patients being carried ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:01hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to name new PG
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon announce his choice for Prosecutor-General after getting a shortlist of three candidates who underwent public interviews by the Judicial Services Commission last...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Mega deals remain elusive for Zimbabwe
Locally, thousands have called him a hero for toppling the only leader Zimbabwe has known for almost four decades.Abroad, investors are, for the first time in decades, considering Zimbabwe as ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:50hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
35 MPs denied Constituency Development Funds
Thirty-five MPs from the eighth Parliament who failed the House's audit of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will be denied access to the same in this session's CDF allocation, Parliament announ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:47hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans face soft drinks shortages
DELTA Beverages says it has the capacity to supply beer, but will not be able to meet demand for soft drinks during the forthcoming festive season.Addressing journalists during a tour of the c...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:45hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
What the Nation and world should know
When MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai was ailing and walking and breathing his last, he made it clear that he wouldn't die as someone who failed the party on its succession debate. The fake news paddled by his...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | 3039 | by Sidney Chisi
Mnangagwa caps 2,844 ZOU graduands
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has capped 2 844 students from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).Speaking for the first time following his instalment as Chancellor of the university, President M...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
US hypocrisy on Zimbabwe exposed
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on 24 November 2017, he announced a paradigm shift in the manner in which things would be done politically and economically by the new ad...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:12hrs | 1473 | by Elijah Chihota
Chief Makoni's wife faces $57,000 fraud charge
A WARRANT of arrest has been issued against Chief Makoni's wife, Redempter Gwasira after she absconded court in a case in which she is facing allegations of stealing farming inputs worth $57 600 from ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:02hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Mthuli Ncube
MDC national chairperson Tendai Bit has hit out at finance minister Mthuli Ncube for travelling aboard at a time the country's economic problems have taken a turn for the worst.Biti, a former ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 12:22hrs | 7107 | by newzimbabwe
Take care of the elders, they deserve more
In all this economic turmoil, prices madness and the consumer unfriendly three tier pricing system, how are NSSA pensioners making ends meet? Do they also have to pick their walking sticks and...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 07:30hrs | 289 | by Tondo
Daylight robbery of pricing at 4:1, but giving change at 1:1
As economic recovery measures are implemented, let's discuss this wrong mentality - yes, wrong - that nothing works until everything works because in real life there are no quick and easy fixes....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2467 | by Conway Tutani
'Chamisa clause' no stroll in the park
Of all the problems facing the country, the Zimbabwe War Veterans' Association felt the most pressing concern is the age limit of presidential candidacy in the Constitution, which they feel needs to b...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:27hrs | 2850 | by Paul Kaseke
Zera mulls pricing fuel in forex
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has made submissions to Government to allow some selected service stations countrywide to sell fuel to motorists in foreign currency.This comes ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2129 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe runs out of fuel'
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) acting chief executive officer Eddington Mazambani yesterday revealed to Parliament that the country had exhausted the $60 million worth of fuel imported la...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo, Chinotimba kiss, make up
THE MDC Alliance leader of the House Thabitha Khumalo and Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) yesterday buried the hatchet over an incident where the Zanu PF legislator on Wednesday labelled K...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 4057 | by Staff reporter
Fuel companies call for 2-week forex cover
Fuel firms operating in the country have said Government should supply them with two-week worth of foreign currency cover to ensure there are no gaps that "exaggerate" the fuel shortages. Appe...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:22hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
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