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Parliament walkouts: MPs must serve the national interest
ZANU-PF legislators' decision to boycott the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) sitting where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding how the US$3 billion...Published: 7 hrs ago | 443 | by Nyasha Chingono
Zanu-PF plots MDC carnage
ZANU-PF has reportedly set in motion plans to purge MDC chairpersons of parliamentary portfolio committees using its majority in the august House, setting the stage for another bruising fight between ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Biti says Nick Mangwana is 'deranged' and has 'mediocre mindset'
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has described Information Ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana as "deranged" and having a "mediocre mind set" after the government official claimed that t...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1125 | by Staff Reporter
We'll invest more in Zimbabwe - Nestle
The world's largest food and beverage processing company, Nestle, plans to continue investing in its Zimbabwean operations, which it says are poised for growth despite the prevailing economic challeng...Published: 10 hrs ago | 410 | by Staff Reporter
JETGATE: 'Mnangagwa uses luxury jet to loot diamonds and foreign currency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa seemingly sensing his imminent boot from power, is allegedly involved in grand looting of the country's scarce foreign currency coffers and resources using his chain of hi...Published: 18 hrs ago | 8971 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Police summon more Zapu leaders over hospital demo
POLICE in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Tuesday summoned more Zapu leaders on charges of holding an unsanctioned demonstration at the Catholic-run St Anne's Brunapeg Hospital recently.Zapu ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:10hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Nestle delegation
A delegation from Switzerland headquartered food and beverage manufacturer, Nestle has paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa Offices this morning.The delegation includ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:07hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Telecel launches Summer Bundles Promo
Mobile Operator Telecel Zimbabwe will this week launch the Sizzling Summer Bundles Promotion. The promotion will run till end of January 2020.The promotion aims to reward loyal Telecel subscri...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:05hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Equipment boost for Mpilo Hospital
MPILO Central Hospital yesterday unveiled medical equipment, which include infant incubators, a mobile X-ray machine, radiant warmers, sourced from India by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The in...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:05hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa must open up airwaves
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa must allow opening of media space so that more players could enter a field dominated by State controlled publications.He was speakin...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:01hrs | 184 | by Staffreporter
Beitbridge community challenged to destroy poisonous plant
A poisonous plant known as Cactus Rossia has ravaged some parts of Matabeleland South province killing livestock with calls being made for the local community to play a leading role to curb the menace...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2505 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa will not talk to Chamisa outside POLAD
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:03hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Expectant mothers overwhelm Mpilo's maternity wing
MPILO Central Hospital's maternity wing is overwhelmed by numbers of expectant mothers seeking its services thereby compromising service delivery. The hospital is attending to an average of 20...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:00hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Talks poser for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:56hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo 'shona' nurses graduate under police guard
Mpilo Central Hospital held its nurses graduation and prize giving day under the protection of police at the Bulawayo Large City Hall Wednesday to thwart off any interference from members of the publi...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:53hrs | 5292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police morale hits rock bottom
Parliament yesterday heard that soldiers and police officers' morale had hit rock bottom due to a shortage of food and uniforms, with a meagre 39 cents being spent on each soldier's daily diet, causin...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:45hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF grand heist, autocracy writ large
IN the aftermath of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's budget that sounded more like was crafted in some Western world capital and delivered in Harare, many people may have missed the assault on our parl...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1403 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Parastatals embroiled in car smuggling scandal
STATE-OWNED entities, Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza), Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) are embroiled in a messy car import scam after details emerged that they took delivery o...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3143 | by Staff reporter
Harare derby test for Caps
CAPS United face one of their biggest tests in their bid to win the championship this season when they clash with old foes Dynamos in a potentially explosive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League tie at ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:58hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bombing investigations turning into cold case
Investigations into the White City Stadium bombing in Bulawayo is turning into a ‘cold case' as there are no leads pointing to potential arrests almost 17 months after the blast which killed three a...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:11hrs | 3778 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Musona silences army of critics
KNOWLEDGE Musona answered his critics in the best manner possible last night with an influential role as he guided his Warriors to an historic AFCON qualifying victory over Zambia at the Heroes Stadiu...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:02hrs | 2811 | by Staff reporter
ZEC calls for input on strategic plan
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) wants objective reviews from seconded staff, political players, civic society organisations and election observers who participated in last year's harmonised el...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:01hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's saga divides Matabeleland
The case of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has sharply divided Matabeleand activists over ethnic lines.Kalanga Cultural activist Divine Dube posted on Facebook saying, "We have a...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 15:17hrs | 5392 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nightmare is madman wielding a stick - pity Zimbabweans have corrupt president wielding absolute power, for 39 years counting
"If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1204 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EcoCash upgrade 'a success'
ECOCASH has announced that it has successfully migrated to a new platform and is now addressing post-cutover stabilisation issues. In a statement yesterday, Mr Eddie Chibi, the chief exe...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:49hrs | 2320 | by Staff reporter
Man kills neighbour in fight over married lover
A 35-YEAR-OLD herdsman from Bulilima allegedly fatally assaulted his 66-year-old neighbour whom he accused of having an affair with his married girlfriend who is also his employer. Vincent Lup...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:48hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
SA Express Airways touches down in Bulawayo
SOUTH African Express Airways yesterday landed at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo in an introductory flight ahead of the airline's Johannesburg-Bulawayo route launch soon. ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet to meet on Thursday
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda yesterday said this week's Cabinet meeting has been deferred to Thursday. No reason for deferment was given, but President Mnang...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:43hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes new appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed renowned agronomist, Dr John Basera as the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement as well as Engineer Silibaziso ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:54hrs | 8731 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash post upgrade off to bumpy start
Giant mobile phone operator Econet says it has successfully upgraded its Ecocash platform although users are having challenges to transact.Econet announced that week that it was carrying...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:20hrs | 3200 | by Staff Reporter
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2623 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief Ndiweni's purported dethronement 'a legal nullity', claims lawyer
Chiefs from Matabeleland North on Saturday initiated a process to dethrone outspoken Ntabazinduna tribal chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni in an orchestrated move.A majority of the 41 chief...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 10:27hrs | 3340 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4908 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU won't laugh last still- MLF
The removing of chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni from the Nhlambabaloyi chieftaincy does not do ZANU any good than bad. The move exposes not only how much ZANU fidgets on Mthwakazi cultural matters ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:20hrs | 3248 | by MLF
'It takes an active and informed people to keep a republic' - Zimbabweans were never given a chance
There is a story, often told, that upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:17hrs | 500 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe: The tragedy of gumboot Shona hegemony and dictatorship
When the colonial masters settled in Africa in the late 1700s and early 1800s, they mainly had one goal to stretch their economic prospects. In their arrival, it was numerically impossible to gather i...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1117 | by Ayanda Manala
Government plotting Chief Ndiweni's downfall?
The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe might be involved in the plot to remove the firebrand Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, journalist Zenzele Ndebele has said. Said Ndebele,...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 3398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndiweni challenges suspension
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he will file a court application today challenging his suspension as the traditional leader of the area at the weekend.Ndiweni was su...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 2420 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's property to be seized by ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is ready to hunt the corrupt beyond the grave and now wants to seize property in the estate of the late Twalumba Holdings director Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 3309 | by Staff reporter
Fresh woes for 11th born Chief Ndiweni
THE Matabeleland North Provincial Chiefs Assembly has recommended that the process of appointing Ntabazinduna chief be redone after a brother to the incumbent, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni challenge...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers salvage goods from burning bus
A Harare-bound bus was yesterday reduced to a shell after it caught fire near Tree Tops Tollgate, about 20km from Gweru along the Bulawayo Road. No one was injured as the more than 40 passengers disem...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash, 2 dead on the spot
TWO Safeguard Security employees died on the spot yesterday after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree while trying to avoid a head-on collision on a curve in Bulawayo's Suburbs subu...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Dubai
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow join fellow African governments and business leaders for the 6th Global Business Forum Africa 2019 (GBFAfrica 2019) scheduled to kick off this Mo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:21hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni suspended
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was yesterday "suspended" by the Matabeleland North traditional leaders' provincial assembly on grounds that his chieftainship is being contested....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:04hrs | 5153 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up battery storage
As a worsening drought slashes the country's hydropower production, creating lengthy power cuts, Zimbabwe's industries are beginning to turn to solar panels and battery storage systems to keep busines...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mathema laments lack of dams
Aprominent Matabeleland South traditional leader Chief Mathema has urged the government to ensure that people in the province benefit from the vast water bodies in their region.Chief Mathema w...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Police chief convicted
Commissioner-general of police Godwin Matanga and the Police Service Commission (PSC) chairperson have been slapped with a 60-day jail term each after they were convicted for contempt of court....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3789 | by Staff reporter
Xhosa community mourns King Sigcawu
THE Xhosa Community in Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the African community in mourning the passing-on of their King, His Majesty, King Zwelonke Sigcawu in South Africa.The King who was 51, d...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to turn Victoria Falls into regional financial centre?
VICTORIA Falls should be turned into a regional financial centre for the Southern African Development Community as its tourism facilities mean it can attract the right clientele that can push the indu...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:25hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
'We had informers within the Rhodesian security services'
WE continue our interview with Tapson Ncube pseudonym Makhula Thebe who in the past instalments has spoken about how dissenting voices were treated within the Zipra ranks. Viewed as a rebel, N...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:24hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
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