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Zimbabwe fuel drop
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a slight adjustment on fuel price at a time when the Government continues with the downward review of fuel prices coupled with positive ma...Published: 6 hrs ago | 491 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala's continued detention is Zanu-PF's ploy to thwart dissidents ahead of 2023 polls'
Political analyst and academic, Alexander Rusero, says the continued incarceration of firebrand Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala is a ploy by Zanu-PF to instil fear on disse...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe diasporans are welcome back
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would never abandon its citizens residing outside the country, saying they were welcome back home.Addressing the Zanu-PF politburo at...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 19 hrs ago | 958 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you hold on power through brutality
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, Zimbabwe has long been in socio-economic dire straits. Her citizenry are rendered economic wanderers. Even children of liberation veterans ar...Published: 19 hrs ago | 685 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Bulawayo industries revival hinges on secure water sources'
BULAWAYO residents have advocated for the allocation of more resources towards the speedy completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project, setting up a special fund for the revival of Bulawayo industrie...Published: 19 hrs ago | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's attempts to internationalise Sikhala case flops
CCC interim spokesperson, Gift "Ostallos" Siziba and a retinue of other opposition members and other detractors were in the United States for the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that ran f...Published: 19 hrs ago | 444 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe voter registration requirements relaxed
CABINET has received and approved the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 which relaxes registration requirements for voters.In the Bill, as presented by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Min...Published: 19 hrs ago | 355 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's 5th bail application dismissed
FRESH efforts to secure bail by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have hit a snag after Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere dismissed their application which ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:29hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe youths to get uncontested seats in parliament
Zimbabwean youths could soon see their demands for seats in both parliament and local authorities granted after cabinet Tuesday approved the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022, which seeks to, among other ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:27hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
High Court berates magistrate over CCC activist's conviction and imprisonment
HARARE Magistrate Judith Taruvinga is facing a backlash for convicting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruzivishe who was recently acquitted by the High Court.Haruziv...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4564 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF now a serious danger to itself
REPORTS that hordes of Zanu-PF youths besieged Mbare Magistrates Court environs on Monday threatening to burn vehicles belonging to lawyers representing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Scrap 2% tax, citizens tell Govt
Citizens have demanded that the 2% transaction tax be scrapped, saying it is a burden to the already financially hamstrung and over-taxed population.This came out on Monday during the 2023 pre...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:37hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 card 'scam' surfaces
WORKERS at public health institutions are reportedly fleecing citizens seeking to activate the quick response (QR) codes on their COVID-19 vaccination cards which are a prerequisite for travellers at ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:34hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Government clears 180 000 passport backlog
GOVERNMENT has cleared the passport backlog which had reached close to 180 000 following the introduction of e-passports.President Mnangagwa launched the new secure electronic passport in Hara...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders campaigning for ED akin to Jesus' apostles campaigning for Pontius Pilate!
It is undeniable that the Christian Church, particularly over the past centuries - after its institutionalization by the Roman Empire, through Constantine the Great, over 1,700 years ago - has been a ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:46hrs | 660 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Which Western countries brainwashed Mbuya Nehanda into rebelling against oppression?
I never understand Zimbabwe's political elite! Whenever I listen to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, I am left dumbfounded as to why he fails to see that today's freedom fighters - some ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:40hrs | 709 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa a dictactor' Ruhanya says
As cracks continue to widen in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), one of the party's key advisors, who is also University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya has warned that CCC leader, N...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 13:11hrs | 4098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Thomas Mapfumo free to return to Zimbabwe'
Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana says exiled Chimurenga music legend Thomas 'Mukanya' Mapfumo is free to return home to bury his late brother, Lancelot who died recently in the USA.This i...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:22hrs | 3762 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths run amok at court
RULING Zanu-PF party youths yesterday ran amok at the Mbare Magistrates Court threatening to set ablaze lawyers' vehicles if three members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) who wer...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 2158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'No to foreign interference'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he would not brook foreign interference in Zimbabwe's internal affairs.Addressing mourners at the burial of the late national hero Highten Nkomo at ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
'Allocate more funds for Nkayi projects'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to increase funding in the 2023 budget to ensure speedy completion of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Ziminya Dam projects, which would enhance economic activity and create more ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa is just not serious
Slightly into the second week of last month, CCC's Nelson Chamisa said something that, by the end of the same month, he was already contradicting, practically.In the first instance, he was in ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:56hrs | 3610 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe opposition must rethink its strategy to win 2023 polls
In most southern African countries political parties become entrenched once they win state power and they pull all stops to maintain the status quo. Such parties appear to be a "restorat...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:54hrs | 571 | by Evans Mathanda
'I'm not absent, says Zanu-PF MP
Zanu-PF Lupane East legislator Mbongeni Dube has refuted claims that he has been absent from the constituency following his election into public office in 2019.Dube was accused of not doing mu...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:51hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi in scathing riposte at claims he's trying to help Zanu-PF win 2023 elections
SOUTH Africa's home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has scornfully dismissed speculation that his decision to extend permits for Zimbabwean immigrants was aimed at helping the ruling Zanu-PF party w...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3512 | by Staff reporter
Parallel structures split Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's alleged use of parallel structures has divided the ruling Zanu-PF with party officials warning of possible infiltration ahead of elections.Leaked WhatsApp chats ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
About time common sense prevailed
AS the clock ticks away towards Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections, a foreboding feeling of trepidation is all round.The source of this anxiety is largely emanating from the highly charged poli...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
'Diaspora bond can only worsen Zimbabwe's situation'
ANALYSTS have described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's latest attempt to secure investment from Zimbabweans living in the diaspora through a diaspora bond as "day dreaming".Addressing diaspor...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Doctors ask Chiwenga for land to build surgeries
GOVERNMENT has said that plans to redevelop some of the oldest suburbs across the country is critical in increasing housing space and industrial opportunities.The idea dovetails with the Secon...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions increase cost of doing business in Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West hamper the free movement of funds across international borders, and therefore can raise the cost of doing business, or at least make investors worry a...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Matebeleland North, Matebeleland South risk losing constituencies
THE latest Afrobarometer survey says Bulawayo, Matebeleland North and Matebeleland South provinces have the least number of potential voters and could risk losing constituencies during the upcoming de...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Mutare family 'disowns' gay son
GALZ has slammed Zimbabwe's laws for fuelling hate against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQl+) community following the recent publicity of a Mutare based family "diso...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:02hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
3 million civic documents issued during blitz, but e-passport machine remains down
The mobile registration drive ended on Friday, with over three million civic documents having been issued.The figure is one million more than the planned target.The exercise, which was...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bloodbath ahead of congress
SECURITY, law enforcement agents and tax authorities are gunning for flamboyant business dealers and socialites linked to Zanu-PF who have in recent years amassed wealth through government contracts....Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
No hope for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders?
THE National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) has called on its members to check Zimbabwean employees' documentation ahead of the expiry of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs) in Decem...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:56hrs | 3058 | by Staff reporter
Colonial mistress raises doubt over credibility of 2023 elections
British Peer Baroness, Kate Hoey has expressed doubt over the credibility, freeness and fairness of Zimbabwe's upcoming 2023 general elections in the wake of a clampdown on dissent.This comes ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole innocent, claims Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has launched a diplomatic offensive in the region and abroad to secure the release from remand prison of legislators Job S...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs openly back Zanu-PF candidate
TWO traditional leaders in Buhera, Manicaland province, are openly campaigning for an aspiring Zanu-PF candidate ahead of the 2023 elections.Chiefs Chitsunge and Chimombe have openly backed Ph...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regime stands to gain more by doing the right thing
AS the clock ticks away towards Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections, a foreboding feeling of trepidation is all round.The source of this anxiety is largely emanating from the highly charged poli...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches medical strategy
THE Government of Zimbabwe has launched the National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Strategy (NSOAS) for the period 2022 to 2025, becoming the fifth African nation and ninth in the world to have ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Completion of Hwange Unit 7 a milestone achievement
ZIMBABWE will soon celebrate yet another milestone achievement when the Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 is commissioned.The plant is 97 percent complete and is set to be commissioned next ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC feeding Diaspora with lies
The Diaspora recently was fed a glut of fake news on the situation in Zimbabwe.As the CCC and few others calling themselves human rights activists tear the name of the country, portraying a pi...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 112 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bleak future for Zimbabwean families depending on breadwinners in South Africa
Families depending on remittances from relatives working in South Africa fear they will lose their primary income when the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit expires.A financial services company warns ...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 21:24hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Broad reforms key for Mnangagwa ahead of US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE'S invitation to attend the US-Africa summit in December can only reap through country a diplomatic dividend if President Emmerson Mnangagwa implements broad reforms to deepen democracy and pr...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 20:57hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he reached out to United Nations over Sikhala, Sithole
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa said the party has reached out to the United Nations and regional bodies to intervene over the pre-trial incarceration of lawmakers Job Sikhal...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 20:54hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Gambians prove capabilities of youthful leadership
Young people are driving development in West Africa and demonstrating capacity to lead and transform entire regions and cities.Youthful Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda of Kanifing Municipality is t...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 10:01hrs | 1119 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa hints at diplomatic offensive to free Sikhala and Sithole
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa Thursday gave a sombre account admitting to his camp's failure to secure the release of legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole along wi...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:24hrs | 3812 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala is a victim of flouting bail conditions, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi told Parliament Wednesday that the continued detention of two opposition legislators was justifiable as they were notorious for flouting bail conditions involving pre...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
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