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Zifa approach Joburg
Zifa have officially approached the City of Johannesburg for a stadium to use in their Afcon 2021 qualifier against Algeria on March 29.Zifa wrote to the operators of Dobsonville and Ellis Par...Published: 3 hrs ago | 514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa risks failure to see through his term of office if he does not embrace the opposition party's proposals for political and electoral reforms....Published: 3 hrs ago | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to pacify uniformed forces
THE setting up of shops with subsidised groceries for uniformed forces in their camps by the government are part of efforts to pacify them, analysts have said.This comes after Finance minister...Published: 4 hrs ago | 876 | by Staff reporter
Harare fails to account for US$9,3m
Harare City Council is under scrutiny for allegedly abusing US$9,3 million availed to it by Government last year for urgent works at Manyame and Warren Control Pump stations that should have been comp...Published: 7 hrs ago | 414 | by Staff reporter
'Development stalled for want of requisite external funding' admitted Mnangagwa - IMF won't fund a pariah state
The trouble with people like Mnangagwa is that they think they are smart, they can not only have their cake and eat it too and, better still, that no one would be the wiser! 
Soon after the ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 495 | by Wilbert Mukori
53 African countries converge in Zimbabwe
The representatives of small and medium-scale farmers, rural women and youth, fish folks, agricultural workers, livestock keepers, pastoralism, indigenous people, cooperatives, consumers, Non Governme...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1011 | by Rudo Saungweme
MDC councils in stadium ban storm amidst abuse of office
The disqualification of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to hold an AFCON qualifier match between Zimbabwe and Algeria has opened a can of worms within the MDC run urban Councils. Their ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1060 | by Tapiwa Mutonhodzi
'Nelson Chamisa to join POLAD' says Charamba
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is set to join POLAD after dumping the idea of an external mediator in Zimbabwe's political dialogue, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has said.Writing on Tw...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3740 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa dumps Thabo Mbeki
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has all but dumped foreign-meditated talks with his nemesis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, preferring a home-grown solution to the current economic and political crises facin...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2435 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to shape up or ship out
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa risks failure to see through his term of office if he does not embrace the opposition party's proposals for political and electoral refo...Published: 12 hrs ago | 940 | by Staff reporter
Harrison raises fitness concerns
HIGHLANDERS coach Mark Harrison will measure the strength of his squad ahead of the Castle Challenge Cup against FC Platinum next month, and the league with a planned friendly match against Black Rhin...Published: 13 hrs ago | 415 | by Staff reporter
Gweru top cop seeks discharge
THE officer-in-charge Criminal Investigations Department in Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhibit, yesterday made an app...Published: 13 hrs ago | 526 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Army Commander appears with Mnangagwa in Botswana
Zimbabwe Army Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda is currently in the Republic of Botswana accompanying President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a diplomatic trip. A picture that has surfaced on t...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1627 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Malajila quits SA club
HE lasted just five months and Zimbabwean player Cuthbert Malajila has called it quits at South African second tier league side Black Leopards for reasons he says he will divulge soon. Malajil...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt has not brought desired change
THE Zimbabwean economy has been teetering on the edge of a crisis for the past 20 years, save for a brief interlude during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013.The econ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 665 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
US piles pressure on Mnangagwa's govt
THE United States is ratcheting up pressure on the Zimbabwean government to expeditiously compensate families of the six people who were shot dead and those injured on the streets of Harare by the mil...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3640 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is open for business' mantra now rings hollow
ZIMBABWE's failure to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019, with investment plummeting by more than 50%, demonstrates that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "Zimbabwe is open for business" man...Published: 15 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mortgage land in return of busses
THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government is planning to mortgage 10 000 hectares of prime horticultural land to the Belarusian government in return for buses to be used for low-cost public transport, it ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces 300% surge in electricity tariffs
THE continuous low water levels on Zimbabwe's biggest dam, Kariba, could see a 300% spike in electricity costs, as the country battles crippling power cuts of up to 17 hours daily, the United Nations ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 775 | by Staff reporter
NRZ investor takes money to SA
IN the wake of the termination of the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and related companies are shifting ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Botswana hails Zimbabwe's role in regional peace
BOTSWANA has applauded Zimbabwe's role in fostering peace and security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) saying this is a critical ingredient for sustainable development within ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe risks 'deep humanitarian' crisis, IMF warns
Zimbabwe faces a grim economic outlook this year and is also at risk of an extreme humanitarian crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday.An IMF team issued the warning after ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 19:37hrs | 867 | by AFP
The girl child now leaving nothing to imagination
Are prophecies of yore now coming to the fore as per the Good Book? Signs of the end times appear to be in currency everywhere, does the Word not say so? Great swarms of locusts are ravenously...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:30hrs | 705 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa equates corruption to cancer
The New Dispensation is on a vigorous drive to eliminate all forms of corruption from all sectors of society as they are a cancer that impedes meaningful development to take place, Harare Post can rep...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:28hrs | 720 | by Innocent Mujeri
African Women Leaders Network - Zimbabwe Chapter launched
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched the African Women Leaders Network Zimbabwean Chapter (AWLNZC) in Victoria Falls where the 6th South African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (A...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:27hrs | 139 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mnangagwa bemoans lack of external financial support
President Emerson Mnangagwa has repledged his commitment to reforms as he told thousands of delegates attending the sixth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) that his government ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:27hrs | 546 | by Innocent Mujeri
Remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, AU tells US
African Union Commission deputy commissioner Mr. Kwesi Quartey has called for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by United States and its allies as they are negatively ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:26hrs | 642 | by Innocent Mujeri and Jasper Hloka
Climate change is real, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has today implored the United Nations (UN) and delegates attending the 6th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) here in Victoria Falls to prioritize t...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:26hrs | 137 | by Innocent Mujeri
UN commends Africa on implementation of SDGs
The United Nations deputy secretary general Ms. Amina Mohammed has applauded the African governments on their efforts to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and urged them to acceler...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:25hrs | 31 | by Innocent Mujeri
Lottery culture in the UK and South Africa compared
If the rise of websites such as SuperLenny are anything to go by, lotteries are as popular as ever! All across the world, news of massive ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:14hrs | 194 | by Staff writer
Malawi legalises marijuana
Lilongwe, Malawi - Today, the Malawian Parliament endorsed the Cannabis Regulation Bill which allows for the farming of the three leaf herb for medicinal purposes.Legislators said legalising m...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 17:10hrs | 564 | by Daniel Itai
Kirsty Coventry commits to refurbish stadiums
YOUTH, Sports, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry has on Thursday, spoken out on the dilapidated state of the local stadiums and made a commitment to refurbish them.She however categ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:11hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surges 44%
Zimbabwe's gold deliveries surged 44% to 2.54 tonnes in January from 1.77 tonnes during the same period last year on the back of increased fuel allocations to miners.Experts said the country's...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 12:09hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Maize 'cartel boss' snubs Parly committee
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday snubbed the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture Water and Rural Resettlement when it visited hi...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:48hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema's identity stolen
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters have issued a statement claiming that there is an individual who is using a fake identity of their leader Julius Sello Malema and is soliciting for money from ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:03hrs | 2117 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lewis Matutu in tribal war with Obert Mpofu?
Embattled ZANU-PF Youth leader Lewis Matutu has been accused of practicing tribalism by questioning ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu's academic credentials.Media reports recent...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 3050 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC's game of thrones drama
So, it has always been a curse within the MDC party that everyone wants to lead. The death of its founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai two years ago seem to have opened up a Pandora's box as aspirants f...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1484 | by Taurai Mazwi
WATCH: SA Ambassador tells Mnangagwa to respect the rule of law
SOUTH AFRICA has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop political interference in public institutions, respect trade agreements and allow competition in business if it is serious about...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
New-look Dembare excites Jaure
DYNAMOS defender Partson Jaure is excited with the display of vigour by the new-look side ahead of the start of the 2020 season and has compared it to that of the all-conquering squad that swept four ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must just do the right thing
WITH all hope of a genuine economic rebound for Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa having been dashed by contrary developments on the ground, isn't it indeed time to go back to the drawing bo...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa relative' removed from remand
THE case in which a woman who claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "relative" who appeared in court facing charges of swindling a South African businessman of R290 522 has crumbled after a Har...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
BCC, Zifa scramble to get BF ban lifted
ZIFA and Bulawayo City Council officials held a four-hour meeting in Bulawayo yesterday in the aftermath of the surprise ban of Barbourfields Stadium to host international matches by Caf. Zifa...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Poisonous fish fears grip Zimbabwe as SA firm recalls deadly pilchards
THERE are fears that some shops and homes in the country have poisoned pilchards following a recall of a batch of the brand from a processing plant in South Africa due to a canning deficiency. ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman off the hook
BUSINESSWOMAN and Connect Water chief executive, Ms Smolly Moyo, who was facing allegations of duping a businessman of R290 000 has been freed. Moyo will only return to court by way of summons...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:46hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Algerian protest led to Barbourfields ban
THE Confederation of African Football banned Barbourfields from hosting international matches following complaints by Algerian officials that the stadium's dressing rooms were too small. The t...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Eskom US$1m monthly
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said Zimbabwe is paying nearly US$1 million towards clearing its debt to South Africa's State power utility, Eskom, and expects improved power s...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
New Act curtails shelf company manipulation
Some criminals that for long, have been manipulating the laxity around the registration of shelf companies, will have their shenanigans curtailed by new provisions of the recently promulgated Companie...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:44hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Minister to issue statement on stadium ban
A ministerial statement on the ban of local stadiums by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) now has to be made by Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry. The instru...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
A lesbian Zimbabwean's struggle for UK asylum
Angel fled Zimbabwe in fear of her life after police found her in bed with another woman five years ago. It's taken most of the time since then for her to convince the Home Office that she is gay and ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 18:05hrs | 1990 | by BBC
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