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Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 14 hrs ago | 962 | by Staff reporter
Minister pledges to link industry, colleges
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has pledged to facilitate strong partnership between industry and higher learning institutions in developing innovative packages that will a...Published: 15 hrs ago | 298 | by Staff reporter
Fading giants seek solace in Chibuku
FADING giants Highlanders, Caps United and Dynamos have been presented with an opportunity to salvage something from a disastrous season when they shift focus to the country's premier knockout tournam...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 5802 | by Staff reporter
Residents attack MDC Alliance mayor over cholera remarks
THE Zimbabwe Combined Residents and Ratepayers' Association has chided newly-appointed Harare mayor Herbert Gomba for making "inflammatory and reckless statements" after the latter blamed central gove...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Top entrepreneurs, firms talk service innovation
A CUSTOMER service symposium held last week attracted Zimbabwe's top entrepreneurs and firms, including quoted companies who gathered in Harare to explore strategies on how the country could catch up ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu advises MDC-T on congress
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to immediately call for MDC-T congress to legitimised his leadership.Chamisa and Elias Mudzur...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1737 | by Stephen Jakes
Government secures $940m lifeline for Harare water
Government has secured funding commitments worth $940 million from China to overhaul Harare's water and sewer system, which is in a state of disrepair and has been blamed for the current cholera outbr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1683 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga blocks Chivayo donation
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga reportedly stopped controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo from donating towards the hosting of the just-ended Miss World Zimbabwe pageant, NewsDay Weekender rep...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2066 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's business empire
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 7254 | by Staff reporter
Cholera tsunami sweeps across Mashonaland again
STEWART Murambiwa's snow-white teeth appear too big for his mouth; his arms and limbs look like they belong to a little boy and not the 27-year-old man he is.Propped up on an iron bed in a ten...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:29hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
Granny sends lizard to kill granddaughter
ANASTACIA Nsingo (62) (pictured above) from Thombankala Village in Zhombe, Midlands province reportedly sent a monitor lizard to suck the blood of her niece who later died.This was discl...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents fume over dumpsite blaze
AN environmental disaster is looming in Gweru's Woodlands suburb following yesterday's outbreak of a fire at the city's largest dumpsite, Southern Eye has established.The fire is emitting a th...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Disabled sidelined in HIV information dissemination
Thirty-year-old Chenai Murimbika of Dunzvambeva village under Chief Kazangarare, 60km north of Karoi, looks older than her age.She has endured untold suffering, marked by stigmatisation couple...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Dirty City Mayor lifts lid on cholera
NEW Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba says the central government and Zanu PF should take responsibility for the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed the lives of 21 people, alleging that a caretaker c...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's NPP on the verge of collapse
FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) is on the verge of collapse after members of its national leadership have begun resigning en masse.Amongst those who have dit...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1421 | by Staff
It's not all doom for Zimbabwe; We just need to be honest with ourselves
AS a new chapter of our country's political landscape is slowly unfolding; it is also a time for self-introspection.There comes a time as a people where we need to be honest with ourselves, be...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 388 | by Terrence Muvoti
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak declared state of emergency
GOVERNMENT has declared the cholera outbreak in Harare a state of emergency and ordered the closure of a primary school in Glen View as the death toll from the waterborne disease rose to over 20, whil...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has a cash crisis plan
NEWLY-APPOINTED Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube says government expects to announce a plan to tackle the on-going currency crisis by month-end and confirmed that he expects to r...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:43hrs | 6301 | by Staff reporter
Gweru vendors relive running battles with municipal cops
Molleen Makasi (54) runs across a busy street in Gweru's central business district while clutching a bag full of tomatoes, onions, carrots and vegetables. At the corner of the road, she is blocked by ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:33hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Police appeal to residents to curb vandalism
POLICE in Bulawayo have appealed to residents to help in the fight against vandals targeting TelOne and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Zetdc) property.Bulawayo pol...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, a failed politician
The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has proved that he is a failed politician after he failed to win both the 2018 harmonised elections and the Concourt ruling where he challenged President Emmers...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 3606 | by Peacemaker Zano
War vets rap Chamisa's MDC Alliance for conniving with 'imperialist handlers'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) has blamed the opposition for conniving with their "imperialist handlers" to cause the worsening economic situation in the country, ...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding starts in Bulawayo
THE Bulawayo City Council has embarked on 10 hour water cuts in some suburbs mainly due to erratic electricity supply at its waterworks. In a statement, the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube adv...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
China To Africa: don't blame us for working with corrupt govts, you voted for them
Chinese officials have defended their government for working with corrupt African governments saying that China did not have a choice as it was not responsible for selecting the governments. F...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:04hrs | 2258 | by Sithabile Mafu
Macheso disowns Shona drama
SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso has denied either playing a role or penning a Shona drama titled "Dzatisvitsa Kure", which is being sold in street corners.And with the drama awash in the street corn...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:44hrs | 3192 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blamed for failure to address 'legitimacy' issues, prices soar
THE prices of basic commodities have risen sharply since elections held on July 30 to levels that are too high for a dollarised economy.The bout of inflation is blamed on excessive government ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF promises fake, claims MDC Alliance partner
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo has challenged the ruling Zanu PF government to honour its pre-election promises, which he described as "fake"."Towards t...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1215 | by Stff reporter
Biti violated electoral laws
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti, challenging the jurisdiction of the court after he was allegedly abducted from Zambia by Zimbabwean aut...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:05hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance vows to defy police ban
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed to go ahead with its "Thank you" rally in Kwekwe tomorrow despite the police's refusal to sanction it.Party national organiser Amos Chibaya argued...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's shooting inquiry a PR stunt'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commission of inquiry into the August 1 army shootings that left seven people dead and a dozen others injured in Harare is just an international public relations stunt t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Vice Presidents' appointments failed to jump-start our bedridden economy
I am convinced that ED is not alone to blame for the recent appointments of our two Vice Presidents in Zimbabwe. ZANU PF should shoulder the responsibility and blame (for appointing Vice Presidents wh...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:16hrs | 2632 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa targets rogue soldiers
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead a seven-member commission of inquiry tasked with investigating circumstances leading to the post-election violence of August 1.The ap...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:02hrs | 4098 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens shootings probe, Welshman Ncube complains
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed a seven-member panel to probe the fatal shootings which occurred in Harare on August 1 after soldiers opened fire on suspected MDC Alliance activists, ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:20hrs | 2763 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets 111 motorists
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 111 motorists for driving unregistered vehicles in an ongoing operation.Motorists driving vehicles without licence plates have been blamed for an increase in c...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet okays Zesa re-bundling
Cabinet has approved the re-bundling of Zesa Holdings as part of measures to arrest the high cost of running the business, and potentially result in the power tariff coming down or remaining at the cu...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn wins in five-goal thriller
Highlanders 2-3 Chicken InnCHICKEN Inn FC striker Obriel Chirinda inspired his team to a well-deserved victory over Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Bulawayo derby at Barbou...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:43hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
War vets feels heat from MDC Alliance
The ruling Zanu-PF party let loose the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (Znlwva) yesterday to denounce the MDC Alliance leadership for challenging President-elect Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu PF youth leader wants kidnapping charges quashed
Former Zanu PF youth leader Innocent Hamandishe, together with six other alleged accomplices, yesterday pleaded with Harare magistrate Noel Mupeiwa to have their kidnapping charges quashed for lack of...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:45hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Disputed polls: Zimbabwe govt credibility in jeopardy
HOW the government of Zimbabwe rejuvenates its re-engagement strategy will be critical to the country's prospects for economic recovery and political cohesion.The government posited that the f...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 770 | by Piers Pigou
Khaya Moyo calls for calm, peace
THE Acting Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services and Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday urged Zimbabweans to remain calm and peaceful to allow the Constitutio...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:06hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime legitimacy in limbo
The Zimbabwean government posited that the first elections after the November 2017 ouster of Robert Mugabe would enhance the state's credibility and strengthen the country's prospects for economic rec...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 16:39hrs | 3282 | by Piers Pigou
'We'll not mourn,' says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE will not mourn over the imposition of sanctions by the US, but will instead maximise exploitation of its vast natural resources and ensure a better life for its citizens, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:52hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Why Chamisa beat Mnangagwa in his own backyard
After President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared winner of the July 30 elections, many expected Kwekwe to erupt into wild celebrations.The city had just produced Zimbabwe's only second leader i...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 16:13hrs | 5021 | by Staff reporter
Decolonising Political Philosophy in Africa
It is the argument of the present piece that in the history of the world Africans have and still can produce, independent of Europe and America, political and economic ideas that can save the world. F...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 307 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
US cranks up pressure on Mnangagwa
United States President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on embattled President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa by demanding that he institutes a transparent and credible investigation...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:54hrs | 3169 | by Staff reporter
Lovemore Moyo says not losing sleep over July 30 polls
United Movement for Devolution (UMD) leader and former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo has said he was not losing sleep over his party's poor showing in the July 30 elections, but would seek to co...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:09hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Police denies abducting Tendai Biti
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday blamed immigration officials for handing over MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti, arguing they were the ones who took the accused from the Zambian authorit...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:05hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
ERC blames authorities for failing to create platform for free, fair elections
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) has blamed authorities for failing to address the fundamental institutional reforms and other basics that are important in creating a platform for free and fair election...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:02hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 7647 | by Staff reporter
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