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Have Zimbabweans become Chivayo's wives?
Have we lost all self-respect?One of the most disturbing spectacles unfolding in Zimbabwe today is the humiliating spectacle of grown men and women - from all walks of life - openly begging co...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | 1129 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Some Zimbabweans oppose development
There is a growing and deeply troubling trend among certain segments of our society—an unsettling comfort with the status quo of decay and underdevelopment. It is as if, for some, the sight of crumb...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 13:26hrs | 513 | by Kudzai Mutisi
Harare City Council remains silent on Donnybrook land dispute
A bitter land ownership dispute between two developers, Shelter Zimbabwe and Highserv Payscheme, has thrown residents of the Donnybrook-Chizhanje area in Mabvuku into turmoil, with the Harare City Cou...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:13hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farm invaders evicted
After months of failed attempts, the deputy sheriff on Friday successfully carried out evictions and demolitions at Cloverdale Farm, Goromonzi, displacing dozens of families who had invaded the land....Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:56hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
UZ students demand exam postponement
Student leaders at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have formally requested a one-week postponement of upcoming examinations, citing academic disruptions caused by an ongoing strike by university lectu...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:06hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
After making Zimbabweans suffer, the ZANU-PF leadership now wants to kill them!
Do those in power really care about us? After plunging millions of Zimbabweans into untold poverty and misery through corruption, misgovernance, and authoritarian rule, the ZANU-PF leadership ...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 11:08hrs | 719 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF recruits content creators and journalists for 'Movement for Change'
The ruling Zanu-PF party has launched a nationwide recruitment drive targeting journalists and content creators as part of a new digital campaign aimed at promoting what it calls "positive stories" ab...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 14:41hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Who benefits from Zanu-PF infighting?
In the past 48 hours, Zimbabwe's political landscape has been rocked by the deepening infighting within the ruling Zanu-PF party, with the removal of key military figure Lieutenant-General Anselem San...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:37hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police detective killed by friendly fire?
A Bulawayo police detective, who tragically died in a shootout with armed robbers, was killed by a police bullet, her family has revealed. Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, 37, was shot in the left ...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:23hrs | 2232 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 49% surge in divorce cases
Zimbabwe has experienced a significant increase in divorce cases, with 3,214 recorded across the country in 2024, up from 2,149 in 2023. Despite this rise, only 1,562 of the cases have been finalised,...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa versus Chiwenga: Who will blink first?
The political atmosphere in Zimbabwe has reached a boiling point, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga engaged in an increasingly bitter power struggle that could ...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:08hrs | 3761 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire responds to Paradza as factions tear Zanu-PF
Daggers are drawn within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party as a power struggle between top leaders of the influential Youth League threatens to deepen divisions.Youth Affairs Minister Tino Macha...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Govt stops Harare demolitions
The Harare City Council was forced to suspend its controversial house demolition exercise yesterday following mounting pressure from the government. The move came after a public outcry and strong crit...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:06hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in fear amid Mozambique's post-election violence
Zimbabweans living along the border with Mozambique are growing increasingly fearful as post-election violence continues to spread across the neighboring country. Protests have erupted following Mozam...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:18hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Factionalism threatens Zanu-PF unity
ZANU-PF's ongoing cell restructuring exercise has revealed deep-rooted factionalism within the ruling party, as loyalists aligned with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:42hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Lithuania donates Zimbabwe fire engines to Ukraine
Lithuania's recent decision to donate 17 fire engines, originally destined for Zimbabwe, to Ukraine has sparked outrage, with political analysts condemning the move as unlawful and discriminatory....Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 09:33hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Mafia Tactics? Chinese family hounded by convicted Italian mafia boss as deportation mystery deepens
In a chilling escalation of legal and criminal misconduct, convicted Italian mafia boss Francesco Marconati has become the focal point of an international...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1509 | by Staff Reporter
SADC meetings underway in Harare
Ahead of the 44th ordinary summit of heads of state scheduled for 17 and 18 August in Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern African Development Community (SADC) engagements proceeded without incident, despite gr...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:02hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mboro arrested following panga attack at a school
Four suspects have been arrested after a group of panga-wielding men intimidated teachers at a Katlehong school on Monday.According to the Gauteng education department, in a series of shocking...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 13:56hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cigarette smuggler, SA police in shootout
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean was nabbed in Musina, South Africa, following a shootout with police on Sunday after attempting to smuggle local cigarettes worth ZAR348 000 to the neighbouring country....Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fadzai Mahere's five minutes of shame
The speech of shame by Fadzai Mahere has exposed CCC's treacherous tendencies. Mahere made very serious allegations against her own country. Issues raised by Mahere were unfounded, untrue and overly c...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's name mired in underworld gold activities
FROM the Macmillan family and their gold-smuggling activities to the Kwekwe underworld mining adventures and Henrietta Rushwaya's sensational arrest three years ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's nam...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:00hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Henrietta Rushwaya flees angry mob
There was chaos at Sandawana mine as thousands of artisanal miners bayed for the blood of Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya after they failed to agree on working conditions...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe trucks forfeited to the State
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has been given the green light to forfeit to the State three trucks belonging to former first lady Mrs Grace Mugabe that were brought into Zimbabwe more than 1...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
WHEN December 31, 2022 arrives, South African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country th...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Qaanitah Hunter
American lawyers join Sikhala legal team
A LEADING international law firm based in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) has joined the legal team representing incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member of parliamen...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA government's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
SOUTH AFRICA: When 31 December 2022 arrives, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country the...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:32hrs | 6 | by News24 editorial
Chamisa blames CCC violence on Zanu-PF mob
A memorial service for the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali descended into violence on Tuesday after a Zanu-PF mob tried to scatter the gathering in Nyatsime, sparki...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BVTA urges BCC not to use violence on illegal vendors
BULAWAYO Vendors and Trader Association (BVTA) has urged the city council to desist from using violence to solve the problem of illegal vendors occupying restricted areas.BVTA Director Michael...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
SA companies caught in Russia-Ukraine crossfire
JSE counters with even a remote connection to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have taken a pounding in the past week as gun-shy investors decided they were not worth the risk.Leading the fall was ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption hits 1,2bn litres after bounce back
ZIMBABWE'S fuel consumption increased to almost 1,2 billion litres during the 11 months to November last year, compared to just over one billion litres in 2020, data from the energy regulator showed y...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 killed in bar brawl
A member of the security services allegedly entered a bar in Mhondoro-Ngezi armed with an AK47 assault rifle and fatally shot five people on Christmas Day after being accused of proposing love to an u...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Alleged police brutality alarming
Allegations of human rights violations by the Zimbabwe Republic Police are alarming. Such accusations force citizens to lose confi...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 10 | by Shelton Muchena
'Zimbabwe industry defies odds, hits 95% capacity'
ZIMBABWE'S industries have emerged from the crossfire of Covid-19-induced lockdowns and forex shortages to extend a bounce-back registered since the second quarter of this year, central bank chief Joh...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs on SA crisis intervention
LEGISLATORS have called on Zimbabwe and its regional counterparts to urgently take action on the raging South African crisis to rescue locals who could have been caught in the crossfire following rece...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as demolitions rock Harare
POLICE yesterday barricaded roads leading into Harare's oldest and most populous suburb of Mbare to pave way for demolitions of informal business structures in an operation sanctioned by President Emm...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Banjani abantwana ngekhaya? Ndebele women included: Celebrating the International Day of the African Child
To be fair to other cultures in Zimbabwe, it is only in Ndebele culture where a woman is considered and addressed as a child regardless of her age. Ndebele women are called abesintwana by their male c...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fires NatPharm board, officials
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has dissolved the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) board, while ministry principal director Gibson Mhlanga is in trouble over a Covid-...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown hits exam classes
THOUSANDS of students writing Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council "O" and "A" Level examinations were yesterday caught in the crossfire due to the absence of clear-cut directives which resulted in t...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Kwekwe violence ring leaders go into hiding
ZANU-PF youth leaders, who spearheaded the violent clashes at the party district offices last week leading to the abandonment of primary elections to choose a candidate for the vacant Kwekwe Central p...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pressure keeps mounting on Chamisa
Pressure keeps mounting on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa as his former top lieutenant and now MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said that MDC Alliance name belongs to the MDC-T and the...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Khupe recalls
Harare and Bulawayo residents say they have been caught in the crossfire in the ongoing opposition power struggles after the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T engineered the mass recalling of councillors in M...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Motorist shot by cop wants $100 000
A MAN from Bulawayo who was accidentally shot and wounded by a policeman who opened fire on a suspected robber within the city's Central Business District, is suing Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army killings survivor speaks out
As the nation is still in the month of August, citizens recount the dark cloud that enveloped the nation on 1 August 2018 when the national Reaction Force led by Retired General Senyatwe stormed the s...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shot protestor claims bad luck
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Luveve suburb in Bulawayo who was shot and injured by police while allegedly planning to loot Choppies supermarket during January violent demonstrations has appeared in court. ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Time to appreciate Zimbabwe progress
It is a few days after the first anniversary of the history-making 30 July 2018 harmonised election when Zimbabweans participated in the first harmonised elections in the new dispensation. And what a ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
30 July election: one year later
It is a few days after the first anniversary of the history-making 30 July 2018 harmonised election when Zimbabweans participated in the first harmonised elections in the new dispensation. And what a ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 17:28hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Matemadanda warns MDC
The deputy minister of defence Victor Matemadanda threatened on Saturday that soldiers would be unleashed to crush opposition protests, warning: "They are trained to kill."The chilling threat ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 16:12hrs | 8 | by ZimLive
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