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'Safety of Zimbabwean journalists guaranteed'
Journalists' safety will be closely watched during the forthcoming harmonised elections and Government will promptly investigate any action against journalists and support resulting prosecutions, Info...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:05hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa and Mnangagwa must work together to establish Karanga hegemony
Zimbabwe's National Council of Chiefs and Pan-African President, Senator Fortune Charumbira, has set the cat among the pigeons calling for talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition CCC...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi predicts GNU post 2023 elections
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has predicted dialogue and the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) after this year's general elections.Mzembi, has been holed up in S...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 07:03hrs | 3444 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not doing enough to convince the public
New entrants to the presidential race in Zimbabwe have set their sights on new voters as well as those who are undecided.By 10 June last year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said ther...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 20:15hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of shutting civic space ahead of 2023 elections
POLICE are reportedly banning feedback meetings of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs), which has unnerved the opposition as the country inches closer to the 2023 general e...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:13hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban on meetings rattles Chamisa's CCC
POLICE are reportedly banning feedback meetings of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs), which has unnerved the opposition as the country inches closer to the 2023 general e...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
US tightens screws on Zimbabwe
A representative of the United States government has indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration should satisfy sanctions conditions in full for Washington to approve its arrears clea...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:22hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's underworld of teen sex, drugs
TEENAGERS of schoolgoing age take turns to go into a secret hide-out located in Hatfield, Harare, on a Saturday.The girls are dressed in all sorts of skimpy tight fitting clothes, while their ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:09hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
US demands Mnangagwa halt PVOs Bill
THE United States yesterday pressured government to halt its controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, widely viewed as oppressive and meant to weaken democratic space ahead...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
'Certain people who brought their culture to Bulawayo have turned our street into a Mbare'
Fifth Avenue in Bulawayo has become a hub of illegal activities and city fathers have vowed to continue with their operation to rid the area of illegal traders.This comes after clashes between...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:35hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
US envoy jets into Zimbabwe to interfere with polls preparations?
UNITED States senior official Robert Scott yesterday jetted into the country for a two-day visit aimed at holding talks with stakeholders and ensuring free and fair elections.Zimbabwe is expec...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:16hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
EU begs to deploy observers to Zimbabwe
THE European Union (EU) says it is ready to send an observer mission to help Zimbabwe hold free, fair and inclusive elections this year, which will guarantee the bloc's increased economic development ...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
US official to visit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe will today host the United States deputy assistant secretary of State in the Bureau of African Affairs Ambassador Robert Scott, where discussions around various issues affecting the two count...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes Commonwealth inroads?
ZIMBABWE continues to make headway in its quest to rejoin the Commonwealth after a Cabinet minister was invited to attend the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations Ministerial Alliance for Dig...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe upholds good governance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates attending the Zimbabwe Second Structured Dialogue Platform Meeting that the country is upholding tenets of good governance and democracy as part of efforts ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:50hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
China calls for investigation into Nord Stream blasts
China called on relevant parties to conduct an objective and fair investigation into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosions incident and supported the accelerated investigation process to fin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choke Zimbabwe, says AfDB chief
Economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States (US) and its Western allies remain the biggest impediment to the country's ability to clear its arrears and resolve its debt, president of t...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:08hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe govt committed to tackle debt arrears
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday said his administration is committed to clearing external debt arrears which have prevented the country from accessing fresh capital from global finan...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commits to fair elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has committed to running the upcoming 2023 elections fairly amid signs that the country's creditors have specified the area as a prerequisite for debt resolution.A...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:31hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
AfDB president expected in Zimbabwe
African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinumwi Adesina, the chief facilitator for Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resolution process is expected in the country tomorrow to attend the seco...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:49hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Political violence casts spotlight on free, fair polls
WITH political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later this year face questions about whether the polls will meet free and fair international benchmarks.Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:33hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa urges Zimbabwe media to preach peace ahead of elections
Let's dance to this, Minister Mutsvangwa and her Deputy Kindness Paradza take to the floor leading the dignitaries and the crowd in Dulivhadzimo Stadium Beitbridge at the launch of Lotsha FM, the Beit...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:36hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Peace expert exhorts journalists to responsible reporting
The media can radicalise or unite the country and journalists should embrace peace reporting in their work to unite, rather than divide people.Speaking during a workshop to train journalists o...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:44hrs | 120 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Concern over biased reporting by public media
OPPOSITION political parties have raised concerns over continued biased reporting by the public media ahead of election later this year.Their remarks come as the country joined the rest of the...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
AfDB chief to meet Mozambique's Chissano over Zimbabwe debt
AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina and former Mozambique president, Joaquim Chissano, will meet at the end of this month to map out key actions to be taken on Zimbabwe's debt c...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:29hrs | 229 | by Ashlet Simango
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe security forces stifling dissent'
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to win the forthcoming general elections while the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will reject the results setting Zimbabwe on another disputed poll...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:24hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy foreign universities cost Zimbabwean students
SOME Zimbabwean students are losing a lot of money studying at foreign universities but their professional qualifications are not recognised locally due to the quality of their degree programmes....Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crying out for political remaking
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, the refrain of the song Remake the World by Jimmy Cliff aptly portrays the magnitude of destitution that is prevalent among citizenry....Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 431 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Chamisa's CCC says, 'electoral Bill targeted at us'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill as "retrogressive" and aimed at blocking as many opposition candidates as possi...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims high level engagements with CCC and Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora has claimed his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling Zanu-PF have been engaged in "high level" discussions since early last year....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 3227 | by Staff reporter
Polad gobbles millions in taxpayers' money
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's creation, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), hangs in the balance after gobbling millions of dollars in taxpayers' money as Zimbabwe hurtles towards make-or-break ge...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Lukashenko pushes for Zimbabwe - Mozambique economic ties
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko is exploring ways of forging economic ties with Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the agricultural sector.Lukashenko ended his three days long visit to Zimbabwe...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 902 | by Staff Reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
We can't disclose Mnangagwa proposals, says ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has declined to disclose the recommendations that President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED) made on its controversial preliminary delimitation report.Zec told N...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1469 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa allies turn heat
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country's electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimb...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:17hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba guns for 'rogue' Zec commissioners
SEVEN Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, who reportedly refused to append their signatures to the electoral body's preliminary delimitation report presented to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies turn swords on Zec
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies that are members of a platform ostensibly set up to improve the country's electoral environment after the disputed 2018 polls have turned their swords on the Zimb...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:04hrs | 3773 | by Staff Reporter
Education ministry bemoans lack of funding as shortage of schools soars
PRIMARY and Secondary Education permanent secretary, Tumisang Thabela has admitted that the ministry is buckling under pressure due to under-funding consequentially hindering deliv...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer's family pleads for forgiveness
THE family of killer cop, Jaison Muvevi yesterday approached two families of the three victims that he shot dead in Hwedza last week and apologised for the heinous crime.They roped in police d...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'Obama' turns down Chamisa party overtures
Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader, Robert Chapman, the latest entrant in the race for the Zimbabwe presidential seat, has turned down overtures for him to join the Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:36hrs | 4535 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suspends health services director over CBD garbage
Bulawayo's health services director Dr Edwin Sibanda has been suspended for alleged incompetence over uncollected garbage in the city centre and deteriorating environmental standards.The decis...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:56hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive losing steam?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is serving the last few months of his five-year term, is facing the monumental failure of one of his major goals since he was brought to power by a military coup in 2...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 20:09hrs | 2363 | by Staff reporter
New sanctions on Zimbabwe spoiled US-Africa Summit
When President Joe Biden announced the hosting of United States-Africa Summit last year, he sounded like he was doing a favour to Africans. That was mistake number one.That is old archaic poli...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 11:16hrs | 1435 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa says no unity without true dialogue
CIVIC society and opposition political parties yesterday decried Zimbabwe's highly-polarised society which they say have rendered Unity Day irrelevant.Zimbabwe yesterday celebrated the 35th an...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU threatens to boycott meetings
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to boycott the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meetings next year, saying the body has failed to represent the interests of workers....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Lenders slap Zimbabwe with US$2,1 billion penalties
INTERNATIONAL creditors and banks have hit Zimbabwe with penalties totalling US$2,1 billion for unsettled debts, official data has shown.According to a report titled "Statement of Zimbab...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's party says ZW$2,5 billion Govt funding not enough
OPPOSITION parties have described the ZW$2,5 billion funds allocated to them by treasury under the Political Parties Finance Act as too little to fully capacitate them ahead of the 2023 general electi...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:45hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
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