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Heavy rains damage Beitbridge roads
Heavy rains that have been pounding the country have left a lot of roads in Beitbridge district damaged resulting in most rural communities being cut off from the border town.The local Civil P...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Former minister grilled over land
THE government is probing former Labour minister Petronella Kagonye on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm, Glorious Properties.On her ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa against 'stoking political fires'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against "stoking political fires" through arbitrary arrests of his opponents and silencing of divergent voices....Published: 21 hrs ago | 3007 | by Staff reporter
Warriors suffer setback
INJURIES and illness have hit the Warriors camp ahead of tomorrow's must-win game against Burkina Faso in the ongoing African Nations Championships (Chan) tournament, with five players set to be ruled...Published: 21 hrs ago | 866 | by Staff reporter
Two mayors, town clerks for Harare
HARARE City Council is currently operating with two acting mayors and two town clerks as the fight for control of the capital city reaches boiling point.Councillors Luckson Mukunguma and Stewa...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo regrets what he said about Dzamara disappearance
Former Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo says he regrets comments he made during his time as Minister of Information about the disappearance of Itai Dzamara in 2015....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:40hrs | 5356 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro FM caught in Bosso elections storm
Bulawayo based radio station Skyz Metro FM has been caught in the Highlanders elections storm after its popular presenter Babongile Sikhonjwa allegedly declared during his Saturday morning show that h...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:45hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Flood fears at Tugwi-Mukosi
Heavy rains that have been pounding Masvingo and the rest of the country have sparked fears of flooding downstream of Tugwi-Mukosi Dam which is billed to spill for the first time ever in the current r...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:40hrs | 1327 | by Staff reporter
School bullying mirrors broken society
A FEW days ago, a video of Waddilove High School pupils beating a fellow pupil for not wearing a mask caused an uproar on social media.It was heartbreaking for many parents and guardians to wa...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:04hrs | 454 | by Phyllis Mbanje
Loga in pre-match juju drama
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic rekindled the debate about the use of "juju" in African football after a picture of him with a dead bat found at centre circle of the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in YaoundÃ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:50hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 hits rural communities
The second wave of Covid-19 has impacted rural communities, which were previously seen as safe havens, with many positive cases and deaths reported since the beginning of the year. Most rural ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Belgian minister tweets EU's Covid vaccine price list to anger of manufacturers
A Belgian minister has blown the lid off a sensitive and commercial secret – the price that the EU has agreed to pay for the leading Covid vaccines.Belgium's budget state secretary, Eva De B...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 20:05hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Malianga, Gwaradzimba declared national heroes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on the late Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba (60) and founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Co...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:18hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 137 | by Taurai Mutoti
Mnangagwa ally died of COVID-19
MANICALAND State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday became the second high profile government official to succumb to COVID-19.This followed the death of Lands, Agriculture, Wa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2562 | by Staff reporter
Museveni takes commanding lead in polls
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has taken a commanding lead in the country's presidential election, according to provisional results released yesterday, with 34 percent of the ballots counted....Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says officials
The New York Post ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 4674 | by Staff reporter
Policewoman beaten by drunk hubby in front of visitors
A drunk man is an unpredictable man!Sharon Ncube's Christmas Day turned from a blissful day to a miserable one after her intoxicated husband battered her while demanding to know what visitors ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC confirmed its violent streak
263Chat reports that Member of Parliament for Makoni central, David Tekeshe who was attacked by a group of hoodlums at the funeral wake of a deceased member, says the MDC Alliance is confirming its vi...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:12hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1261 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Chamisa supporters harass 'Mwonzora MP'
THERE was tension between members of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa and those of the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T during the burial of a Makoni Central villager on Wednesday.This was aft...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 5 million votes achievable, claims Shakespeare Maya
Former National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG) president, Dr Shakespeare Maya, who rejoined Zanu-PF in 2018 and was recently elected Chegutu District Coordinating Committee (DCC) secretary for sc...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
47 die of Covid-19 in 24 hours in Zimbabwe
FORTY-SEVEN people died of Covid-19 yesterday to take the total number of deaths to 636, while 1 112 tested positive. All the positive cases are local transmissions, with 467 from Harare. Five...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to demolish illegal upmarket homes, lodges in Victoria Falls
The government is reportedly hunting for land barons who allegedly illegally parcelled communal land outside the world-class resort city amid indications more than 100 "illegal executive settlers" wil...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
'GBV awareness campaigns during lockdown period crucial'
GOVERNMENT and its development partners have come up with various ways of reducing cases of Gender Based Violence-GBV during the lockdown period with at least 14 cases having been recorded in Chipinge...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 14:00hrs | 470 | by ZBC News
4 escape death as plane crash lands in Zimbabwe
Four people aboard a single-engine Cessna plane are lucky to be alive after it crash landed in the Luunga area of Binga yesterday morning.The engine of the plane, registration number ZSIZG a C...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:48hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
Police increase heat on Covid-19 sinners
Police have set up a special crack unit to enforce discipline among ordinary citizens who are defying lockdown restrictions. This comes as there are growing calls for the government to further...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 08:31hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
10 000 arrested for mask violations in one week
NEARLY 10 000 people have been arrested countrywide for not wearing face masks and more than 16 000 were arrested for flouting lockdown regulations within a week. Government has expressed conc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Loga sweats over Khama, Musona injuries
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic will be keeping his fingers crossed for the next few weeks as star player Khama Billiat is likely to be unavailable for the crucial African Cup of Nations qualifying f...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 screening at roadblocks
Healthcare workers will soon join the security services at roadblocks to screen those intending to pass through for Covid-19 and carry out awareness campaigns on mitigatory measures to reduce the spre...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2475 | by Samantha Power
COVID herd immunity will not happen in 2021, says WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Monday that herd immunity to the coronavirus would not be achieved in 2021, despite the growing availability of vaccines. ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1403 | by Staff reporter
71 inmates test positive to COVID-19
SEVENTY-ONE people at the Beitbridge isolation centre as of yesterday tested positive to COVID-19 with 59 of them being local cases referred from the district hospital, it has emerged.This was...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Chamisa scuffle (is there a Zanu-PF hand)
There have been many accusations and counter-accusations going on since the ruling that installed Khupe as MDC T leader and which resulted in much turmoil in the opposition camp. While much or less ma...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 2336 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Uganda retaliates against Facebook blocking some pro-government accounts
Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps on Tuesday until further notice, a letter from the country's communications regulator seen by Reuters s...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:34hrs | 853 | by Reuters
Mwonzora to be 'biggest opposition by 2023' - and perpetuate rigged elections, deplorable lack of imagination
The trouble with Zimbabweans is they have no clue what constitutes a competent leader and it is little wonder the nation has blundered from pillar to post, the blind leading the blind into the ditch. ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1361 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe regime exposes its tyrannical tendencies in seeking to force South Africa into a dictatorship
If ever there is one thing I 'like' about someone with a criminal and rogue character - who always seeks to deny and hide their waywardness and lawlessness - is that, they always, somehow, manage to e...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 561 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MSU suspends face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures to reduce possible transmission of the deadly coronavirus disease.MSU deputy registrar (academic affairs) I...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:51hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies Covid-19 fight
The ruling Zanu-PF has abandoned conventional political functions in line with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:40hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi to officiate at Brig-Gen Moyo's burial
The late national hero Brigadier-General Collin Moyo (Rtd), will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Tuesday 12 January 2021. According to the government spokesperson Nick Mangwanga, the ...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 19:15hrs | 2364 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 2378 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Ramaphosa hits out at ANC's integrity commission after dodging it for 18 months
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit out at the African National Congress (ANC's) integrity commission's report into his appearance before it, saying it created the impression that he was delinquent....Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:51hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi donates wheelchair to gukurahundi victim
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has donated a wheelchair to former ZIPRA cadre, Better Tshuma who lost his legs when he was subjected to acts of torture by the Zimbabwean military during the dark Gukur...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Moyo national hero
Decorated military commander, Brigadier-General Collin Moyo (Retired), who died in Harare last Friday, has been declared a National Hero. Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kas...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Virus out of control - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The UK is in lockdown, experiencing the highest level of deaths from Covid-19 since the pandemic broke 10 months ago. In all more than 80,000 people here have died of the virus.The disease has...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:17hrs | 3086 | by ZimVigil
'Buy Zimbabwe' will never succeed as long as local companies produce sub-standard goods and services
Zimbabweans are generally a proudly patriotic people - who, never hesitate to show unquestionable devotion and love for their dear country - but, that dedication should never be equated to foolishness...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:06hrs | 357 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South African editors hit out at Zanu-PF's Tafadzwa Tuboy Mugwadi and Mnangagwa govt
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef), which was accused by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of being fascist and biased in its reporting, has called for the release of Zimbabwean ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 10:29hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
Two cops murder suspect, torch corpse
TWO police officers based in Beitbridge have been arrested for allegedly torturing to death and burning the remains of a suspect they had arrested for an alleged theft.Constables Xander Siasay...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide Rtd Brig-General Moyo hero status
THE Zanu-PF leadership will deliberate on the hero status of decorated military commander, Brigadier-General Collin Moyo (Retired) who died on Friday last week in Harare.He was 66.The ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
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