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Forever Associates Zimbabwe casts dark cloud over Zimbabwe polls
THE involvement of parallel structures in the running of elections has raised alarm, with main opposition official Tendai Biti demanding that Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri present a minist...Published: 11 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's US like law gets thumbs down from foreign funded NGOs
Zanu-PF's spirited attempts to introduce a law that will impose a death penalty on 'unpatriotic' Zimbabweans is an assault on human rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression analysts s...Published: 16 hrs ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Wife gets protection against violent hubby
A Harare man says his marriage collapsed because he was being denied his conjugal rights. The revelations were made at the Harare magistrates court last Thursday where Wendy Mupungu was s...Published: 16 hrs ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Couple fight over phone
A Harare man opposed his wife's application for a protection order accusing her of provoking him by invading his cell phone privacy.Gray Brasho told Harare magistrate Nyasha Marufu that he fou...Published: 16 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs to manage her debts
DEBT plays an important role in the resource mobilisation strategy of any country.However, the processes of its contraction, sources, structure and its implications on the economy and the live...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | 41 | by Zimcodd
Hwange Unit 7 back on Zimbabwe power grid
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for confirmation tests, was successfully put back on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output as the country puts...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 987 | by Ian Beddowes
Woman stones 2 daughters to death
A mother in Masvingo teamed up with her brother to stone her daughters aged two and five to death.This was after Modina Mavhunga (28) and Clever Mavhunga (35) had assaulted their father accusi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns of a coup
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Tendai Biti has warned the unconstitutional recruitment of agents from spooky Zanu-PF aligned group, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to allegedly tampe...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:14hrs | 2576 | by Staff reporter
Man throws self into moving traffic after killing wife
A FORTY-TWO-year-old man from Ramahori Farm in Concession threw himself into moving traffic along the Mazowe-Mvurwi highway after fatally striking his wife with an axe on the head over infidelity accu...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:13hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 402 | by Dzikamai Bere
Low tariffs chew into Econet earnings
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has posted a near $17 billion loss for the year ended February 28, 2023, owing to a 317,14% increase in exchange losses during the period as the local currency tumbled....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Growing Casino Industry: Opportunities and Challenges
On the global economic landscape, all eyes are steadily shifting over to Africa. Countries on this continent are taking strides in growing. Double-digit growth rates are impossible for the rest of the...Published: 31 May 2023 at 17:31hrs | 132 | by Mila Roy
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Chamisa says Mnangagwa is running scared
CITIZENS Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has said the continued delay by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to announce the election date clearly indicates that he is scared of losing the plebisc...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube banks on new currency measures
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Monday announced new measures to encourage the use of the Zimbabwe dollar as opposed to the U.S. dollar, in a bid to boost the local unit and tame rising consumer infl...Published: 30 May 2023 at 15:10hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
How worried should we be about income inequality?
How worried should we be about Income Inequality actually? We worry plenty about its opposite. Forced economic equality is socialism. It is unZimbabwean to be for socialism. But Zimbabwe's strength is...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:14hrs | 138 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mthuli's theatrics expose government lack of seriousness in addressing Zim economic crisis!
So, finance minister Mthuli Ncube, over the weekend, went around shops in Bulawayo, like a crazed vigilante, tearing down tags displaying prices strictly in US dollars!He even berated a haples...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:02hrs | 539 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Petition to The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
Editor please publish our petition to the Minister of Primary and Secondary education for our pupils are not attending school due to the interference of powerful politicians who are protecting a viole...Published: 29 May 2023 at 22:58hrs | 418 | by Parents/Guardians - Murowa School
Wife kills self over cheating hubby
A 41-YEAR-OLD Guruve woman allegedly killed herself after failing to live with her cheating husband.Miriam Mutamba of Mangara village in Guruve consumed a pesticide and died at her homestead....Published: 29 May 2023 at 20:58hrs | 1158 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cheating wife axed to death, hubby commits suicide
Concession residents were left shell-shocked in the early hours of today when a 42-year-old jealous man fatally axed his wife during an infidelity dispute and subsequently committed suicide by throwin...Published: 29 May 2023 at 20:51hrs | 1975 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The nightmare of hiking on 'Mushikashika' vehicles
Sure, here is the text in paragraphs:The alarm sound from my comms gadget wrenched me from the dream world. It's 3:30 am, time to get ready if one wants to board 'mushikashika' commuter cars, ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 312 | by TT Murisa, Chinehasha
Violence spectre casts shadow over elections
A NEW report by the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) has predicted increased organised violence and torture, particularly in urban areas, highlighting the need for more surveillance as the country hea...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:59hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Massive price hikes throw the Zimbabwe economy into turmoil
THE Zimbabwean government is having sleepless nights over price hikes, which have continued unabated, plunging low-income earners into immense poverty, a snap survey by The NewsHawks.Commodity...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:54hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Who sent Mthuli Ncube to Zimbabwe?
Mthuli Ncube was the founder of the Barbican Bank, an elite institution that faced serious liquidity challenges, was involved in rampant fraudulent foreign exchange activities among other vices. After...Published: 28 May 2023 at 15:58hrs | 1028 | by Sam Wezhira
Mohadi ambition to be Zimbabwe President caused tribal chaos in the presidency
If he had his way, Kembo Mohadi could have been the first Zimbabwe President of Matabele origin after 43 years of Zimbabwe independence. But his repeated statement in which he expressed his wish to su...Published: 28 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1026 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 5351 | by Staff reporter
Limited Bosso 2023 replica edition runs out
THE 2023 Highlanders' black and white stripe replica jerseys have been received with high demand with the club revealing that the first batch has been sold out. Highlanders communications offi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 814 | by Musa Kika
Chamisa calls for single currency across Africa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called for the use of one currency across the continent in his message celebrating the 60th anniversary of Africa Day.Africa Day w...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:32hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?
When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Afr...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 253 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Election buzz has not gripped Zimbabwe
ELECTION 2023, A FIRST IN 43 YEARS: As Zimbabwe holds a General Election in the Heroes & Defence Forces MonthWhen it comes to the meaning of things whose spiritual force can move mou...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:46hrs | 407 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chinese investigators arrest murder suspect in Zimbabwe
CHINESE detectives successfully investigated the murder of their two countrymen in Zimbabwe, leading to the arrest of a Chinese national.One of the accused, Chen Long (34) appeared before Hara...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll', Dies Aged 83
Tina Turner, the legendary rock 'n' roll singer who became a pop behemoth in the 1980s, has died aged 83 after a long illness.Turner, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, in 19...Published: 24 May 2023 at 20:48hrs | 784 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials non-existent
ON his return from brief exile in South Africa on November 22, 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe had been deposed by his military chiefs in a coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu-PF sup...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo takes a dig at Chamisa
EXILED former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed any chance of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa unseating Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa and declared Zimbabwe's wan...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | 4979 | by Staff reporter
Clamour for reforms puts Zimbabwe polls in doubt
Less than four months to the end of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangawa's first term, the date for the southern African country's next elections is still a mystery amid calls for electoral reforms....Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Bosso executives survive vote of no confidence
HIGHLANDERS Football Club's executive survived a vote of no confidence after the auditors issued an adverse opinion on the club's financials which paints a bad picture of the institution.An ad...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 back on grid today
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF ropes in CIO, military in poll plot
Zanu-PF's elaborate plan to deploy state security services such as the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the military as part of its strategy to win the harmonised elections at all costs has...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:13hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
All set for UB40 featuring Ali Campbell Zimbabwe show
All is set for the UB40 featuring Ali Campbell show that will be held at the Old Hararians on Africa Day amid revelations that the gig is almost sold-out.Organisers told Standard Style that pr...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ups tempo on debt resolution
President Mnangagwa's scheduled engagements at the African Development Bank (AfDB)'s annual meetings in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, this week will add impetus to Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resol...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo streets erupt as cheating hubby faces wife's wrath in public confrontation
In a jaw-dropping scene that has set tongues wagging throughout the streets of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's vibrant second largest city, an unsuspecting man found himself at the mercy of his enraged wife, whi...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:49hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
The stakes will be high in Zimbabwe's elections
After the general election in Nigeria in February, the next most significant election in Anglophone Africa will be in Zimbabwe in July or August.There is huge interest in the conduct and outco...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:47hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 passes tests, back on grid Monday
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, will be back online on Monday, adding 300MW to the national output, Energy and Power Development ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:09hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF activists clash in Umguza
CITIZENS Coalition for Change activists in Umguza, Matebeleland North province, clashed with Zanu-PF activists while conducting a door-to-door campaign as violence escalates going into the election pe...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba stars as Luton beats Sunderland to reach Championship play-off final
WARRIORS star Marvelous Nakamba's resurgence after a forgettable start to the season continued on Tuesday evening after the midfielder reached the Championship play-off final with Luton Town.T...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:38hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa impeachment bid brewing
JUSTICE Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has appeared to give credence to speculation that an impeachment bid may be mounted against President Emmerson Mnangagwa after general e...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:44hrs | 6567 | by Staff reporter
Couple robbed, woman raped on picnic
A Kadoma couple was last Saturday afternoon mugged by two unknown assailants as they were having a picnic near a local hotel. The couple was handcuffed and robbed of phones, US$150 and other v...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:42hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's shaky control exposed
INVESTIGATIONS into how a controversial government notice which subverted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority while he was in London attending United Kingdom King Charles III's coronation last we...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:28hrs | 2130 | by Staff reporter
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