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Zifa defy Chiyangwa's Cosafa ban
Zifa have said they will attend the Cosafa annual general meeting set for South Africa at the weekend, despite the regional football governing body earlier this week barring the association from atten...Published: 9 hrs ago | 305 | by Staff reporter
Council workers demand 6-fold salary increment
Municipal Correspondent Stung by the alleged quadrupling of salaries for top council management, ordinary Harare City Council workers are now demanding a six-fold rise in their earnings to beat inflat...Published: 9 hrs ago | 356 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 19 hrs ago | 904 | by Nelson Chamisa
Why Kasukuwere, Mzembi are doomed to fail
Since November 2019, former ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been attempting to effect a political comeback and went as far as threatening to contest the 2023 presidential e...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 461 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Ideological school tasked to refocus Zanu-PF membership
ZANU-PF's Chitepo School of Ideology has been directed to carry out the task of realigning, refocusing and recalibrating the party membership at all levels countrywide, the school's principal Munyarad...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:30hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
CIOs pounce on PTUZ leader
State security operatives reportedly pounced on Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou's office on Thursday last week following reports of his involvement in the planne...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2882 | by Staf reporter
Polad economic summit on the cards
POLITICAL leaders under the banner, Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have set plans to engage various business and industry sector players to come up with economic reforms that will be key in revivin...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
University fees subsidised
Treasury has released at least $6 million to each State university to subsidise student tuition fees as well as the institutions' daily operations.The money will help the higher learning insti...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu dumps Khupe's MDC-T
OBERT Gutu, Vice President in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T, has resigned with immediate effect citing "personal and private reasons.""For purely personal and private reasons, I'm resigning fr...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:51hrs | 7118 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 192 | by Derek Matyszak
Zanu-PF ideological indoctrination for teachers
Zanu-PF is currently compiling a list of graduate teachers who will undergo the Herbert Chitepo Ideological School training before deployment, a move that is meant to instil patriotism as well as avoi...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF wary of unions
ZANU-PF is wary of labour unions and is accusing them of attempting to use workers to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government under the guise of fighting for better working conditions.I...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
MDC, unions plan to defy state threats over demos
DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe once again following the threat by the MDC and labour unions to hold rolling anti-government protests around the country despite the State's stern warning against...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Making a big fuss over a jest is just pathetic
The hullabaloo over a mere jest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made during a clean-up campaign in Kuwadzana High density suburb, Harare, just goes to show how low the opposition lot has stooped....Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2038 | by Tafara Shumba
Mthwakazi Founder exposes Mqondisi Moyo
As you raise up through the political ranks, never forget where you come from, never undermine those you started with, never undermine the efforts of others, never assume you hold monopoly over ...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 11:51hrs | 2896 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Presidential nominations for ZAPU #2020Congress
Zimbabwe African People's Union wishes, through the department of Information and Publicity, to correct a minor misinformation concerning nominations for the party's congress coming on August 26-29. I...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:53hrs | 2287 | by Iphithule Thembani Maphosa
Mzembi to lead the new People's Party
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has been appointed interim leader of a new opposition party, the People's Party.Mzembi, who left for South Africa in 2018 on the pretext of se...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:17hrs | 4609 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu finally announces congress dates
THE opposition Zapu has finally announced August 27 to 29 as the dates for its congress to elect a new leader following the death of its founder Dumiso Dabengwa in May last year.The congress w...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 1611 | by Staff Reporter
General Tongogara's ZANU PF died in 2017
Is this the country that Tongogara, Chitepo, JZ Moyo, Silundika and other gallant sons and daughters gave up their lives for?Is this version of ZANU PF the same liberation movement that Tongog...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 07:38hrs | 12763 | by Dr Utete
Zimbabwe Communist Party unveils new leadership
The Zimbabwe Communist Party held its elective Congress in Bulawayo from the 20th to the 21st of December 2019 and elected new leadership who were mandated to lead the party for the next three years. ...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 13:48hrs | 3222 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Congress for JEUZ to be held this month
Judiciary Employees Union of Zimbabwe (JEUZ) has revealed that they will be holding their first ever elective congress in Bulawayo next month.The union was formed recently and has since been r...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 173 | by Stephen Jakes
'I was used!' Jacob Zuma claims
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has claimed that he has been used as a scapegoat in the multibillion-rand arms deal.Zuma says the state must investigate other decision makers like fo...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 13:43hrs | 85576 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Craft laws to jail pro-sanctions politicians.' says Chinotimba
BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) yesterday suggested in the National Assembly that laws must be crafted to throw into jail all those who travel outside the country calling for sanctions, in...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:09hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
'Kirsty Coventry attends ZANU PF Conference to save job'
Youth Minister Kirtsy Coventry attended the recently held ZANU PF Peoples Conference in Goromonzi to save herself from losing the Minsiterial job, Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa. Mli...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 14:33hrs | 3998 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zinasu congress faces court challenge
THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has filed an urgent High Court chamber application against board chair Rodrick Fayayo and secretary Mfundo Mlilo for allegedly convening a congress withou...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:07hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns power-hungry party leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that unnamed power hungry officials within the rank and file of the ruling party are out to destabilise his leadership.Addressing the 112th ordinary s...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2967 | by Staff reporter
Proposed Zimbabwe finance law threatens jobs
BACK in July 2015, a Supreme Court ruling involving Zuva Petroleum and two former managers, caused at an estimated 30 000 workers to lose their jobs on three months' notice, most without benefits....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU leadership dispute erupts
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is embroiled in a leadership wrangle after some of its members held a congress allegedly against their constitution and elected new leadership.The...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:12hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
'More parties to join Zanu-PF'
MORE political parties in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) are set to join or re-join Zanu-PF following in the footsteps of Brian Mteki, the ruling party spokesperson said yesterday.Zanu-...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference not elective
The 18th Zanu-PF National People's Conference to be opened by President Mnangagwa at Goromonzi High School tomorrow is not going to be elective, but will be a defining meeting to set the country on a ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:58hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga to retain position at Conference
The 18th Zanu-PF National People's Conference to be opened by President Mnangagwa at Goromonzi High School tomorrow is not going to be elective, but will be a defining meeting to set the country on a ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 09:55hrs | 7577 | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa in trouble over $30,000 Zifa withdrawals
FORMER Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa is in trouble following a cocktail of allegations in which he is accused of stealing money from the association's bank account, fraud, abuse of office and misapp...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 3511 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands
MERCURIAL Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has threatened to dissolve the party's Midlands provincial leadership led by chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube on allegations of slee...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2913 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma develops mental illness
South African media has reported that the country's former President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma is currently in Cuba seeking treatment for an illness linked to an alleged poison plot from...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 09:11hrs | 13929 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rise in food deprivation of citizens by Zanu PF irks human rights watchdog
Majority of Zimbabwean companies are reportedly operating at 30% capacity due to biting economy which has resulted to several others folding.The Zimbabwe Congress of trade Unions (ZCTU) reveal...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 09:07hrs | 353 | by Stephen Jakes
Minister Obadiah Moyo sees red over audit report
Health minister Obadiah Moyo is taking the heat from an audit report which exposed massive corruption at Chitungwiza Central Hospital during his term at the helm of the institution.But Moyo ye...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:19hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party to hold inaugural congress
The Zimbabwe Community Party (ZCP), formed two years, is set to hold its maiden congress this month in Bulawayo to elect central committee members, a senior party official has said.Bongani...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:49hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube condemns Oppah Muchinguri attacks of Joice Mujuru
A member of the Zipra high command in the liberation war Tshinga Dube has criticised Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri for accusing former Vice Pre...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 17:13hrs | 5240 | by Staff Reporter
Johannesburg gets mayor
South Africa's industrial city Johannesburg today got itself a new Executive Mayor Geoff Makhubo from the African National Congress after a vote by councillors. Makhubo replaces Herman M...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 17:14hrs | 2246 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's current environment not ideal for social dialogue
SINCE the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe's government has been confronted by restive workers and their leadership from different labour unions, either threatening industrial action or alleging incapa...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 202 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Muchinguri in Namibia poll rigging row
Namibia's opposition parties are crying foul after incumbent President Hage Geingob was re-elected for a second term with a reduced majority on Saturday.Geingob's rivals are claiming vote mani...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2604 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not abandoning Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
MDC Monday stood firm it will never relent on its stance not to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's legitimately elected leader.This comes after Family of God Church founde...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1211 | by newzimbabwe
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2836 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Minister guns for NSSA board
The troubled National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is headed for more turmoil after the new Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavhima asked the State-controlled pension schem...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Ordinary Zimbabweas played no role in Mugabe coup
As Zimbabwe remembers the second anniversary of the "resignation" of long-time dictator Robert Gabriel Mugabe on November 21, 2017 — marking the end of his 37-year reign of terror — it is shocking...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:41hrs | 459 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Expect steady economic recovery by December 2019' - nonsense, none as long as we remain a pariah state
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1813 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC has had enough, planning to roll out fresh protests
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is tired of the political stand-off in the country and of government using the police to crush opposition activities and is, therefore, planning to roll out fresh pr...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 5328 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC says 'No foreign mediation, no dialogue'
Since its formation in 1999, the MDC has been perceived by Zanu-PF as a "puppet of the West" and a regime change agenda proponent with the backing of the United Kingdom and the United States.N...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Why Joice Mujuru failed to succeed Mugabe
FELLOW compatriots, where is madam Joice Mujuru? Is it game over for madam Mujuru? I posit that if she is to do her homework she can still maintain her political relevance. At a fireside conversation ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2899 | by Nyasha Machimbira
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