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Zanu-PF to crack whip on MPs
Zanu-PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged disciplinary action against party Members of Parliament (MPs) and officials who habitually skip crucial meetings of the ruling establishment's organs...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:28hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP a role model in the SADC region'
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has received commendations for its effective implementation of resolutions set forth by the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation (SARPCC...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:57hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Italian investor Francesco Marconati flouts mining regulations...poses threat to national security
Italian investor Francesco Marconati's contentious actions in Zimbabwe's mining sector have raised serious concerns about regulatory compliance, worker safety, and ethical standards. Despite being ord...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1087 | by George Tshuma
'Zimbabwe inflation rate at 747%'
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation could be over 20 times higher than the official rate of 34,8%, an independent advisory estimated this week, as it gave glimpses into fundamentals behind deeper turbulence c...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:22hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Schools defy Mnangagwa govt directive
Some rogue schools, including some in the public sector, are defying a clearly stipulated Government directives banning the exclusive charging of fees in foreign currency and forcing parents as well a...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Man throws 5-year-old into blazing hut
A MENTALLY ill man from Zaka in Masvingo went berserk and torched a grass-thatched hut before throwing a juvenile in the raging inferno resulting in the boy succumbing to the burns, police said yester...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:35hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
The USA's strategic blueprint for South African elections
The United States has played a leading role in global electoral interventions, acting as a master conductor. This intricate process includes precise allocation of substantial financial resources to sh...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:19hrs | 957 | by The Anchor
CCC orders MPs to stay put until Chamisa gives a signal
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has directed its Members of Parliament (MPs) to remain in the National Assembly while the party engages its former leader, Nelson Chamisa. Amid the ongoing turm...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu threatens drastic measures against CCC MPs
Sengezo Tshabangu, the 'interim' Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has issued stern warnings of decisive action against defiant legislators who deviate from party directive...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Schools inflate prices of uniforms
THE Government has called on parents to ignore unauthorised school fees for next term which begins in January, warning that school heads found flouting regulations will face disciplinary action....Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:08hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans appeal for neutral venue
DYNAMOS supporters have added their voice in calling for the hosting of the Chibuku Super Cup final between the Glamour Boys and Ngezi Platinum Stars at a neutral venue.Just a few weeks after ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:01hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints top general to Zanu-PF Politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda as an ex-officio member of the Zanu-PF politburo.This is an unprecedented move as i...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 17:07hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Helen Suzman Foundation rush to court to protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) rushed to court this week in an attempt to secure an order to protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders whose presence in South Africa, it said, was again und...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:05hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chiwenga's wife hires new lawyer
Marry Mubaiwa, the embattled former model currently facing a range of alleged charges, has retained Harrison Nkomo as her new legal counsel. This choice comes in the wake of Beatrice Mtetwa, her previ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 18:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's unpopular third-term manoeuvre
When Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived at the 2018 Zanu-PF annual convention, officially called the Annual National People's Conference, held at Mzingwane High School in Esigodini, 40 ki...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:40hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs, councillors ordered to report for duty or risk more recalls
Sengezo Tshabangu, who has assumed the role of "interim secretary general" amid controversy, has issued a communication instructing all legislators and councilors affiliated with the Citizens Coalitio...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
CCC gives Mudenda two weeks to reverse recalls
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will be dispatching a letter to the National Assembly Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, demanding the reversal of the recalls of 15 of its members. This letter grants a t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reverses land grab
Zanu-PF has instructed its Mutare district co-ordinating committee chairperson, Binali Yard, to rescind the offer letters he recently distributed to individuals who had encroached upon council land....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean living in Israel says situation scary as defense forces, Hamas skirmishes intensify
A Zimbabwean resident in Tel Aviv described the tense situation in Israel as the country faces ongoing skirmishes with Hamas militants. The conflict has resulted in over 1,000 casualties, with 700 Isr...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get 500 more buses
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is set to receive a total of 500 buses by the next year, including 150 coaches to be delivered by the end of this year, as part of a comprehensive plan to...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank to flag suspected terrorists
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit will now swiftly freeze the bank accounts of individuals and entities listed by the United Nations for suspected terrorist activities, follow...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:33hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
How to secure your legacy through setting up a Family Trust
In the world of life's certainties, where the inevitabilities of death and taxes loom large, few of us take the time to ponder the fate of our hard-earned assets after our journey on this mortal plane...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 18:02hrs | 1440 | by Clifford S. Ncube
Mnangagwa cuts on foreign trips for government ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued directives to government ministers and senior officials within the country's extensive bureaucracy, urging them to reduce their foreign travel activities, citin...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 1653 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Mayor finally elected
In a unanimous decision, Prince Thuso Dilelihle Moyo, the youthful Ward 7 councillor of Victoria Falls City, has been chosen as the city's new mayor. Joining him in leadership as deputy mayor is Ward ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 22:18hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Final Matabeleland North civil servants' relocation by December 2023
The government has made a commitment to promptly address pending water and electricity connections for civil servants' residences in Lupane, facilitating the relocation of all government employees to ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayoral selection process - details emerge
The recent appointment of the Mayor and deputy Mayor of Bulawayo has sparked controversy amid allegations that Advocate Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), played a pivo...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira survives PAP ouster bid
AN attempt to unconstitutionally dethrone Pan-African Parliament (PAP) president Chief Fortune Charumbira, led by his second vice president Dr Ashebiri Gayo from Ethiopia, fell apart spectacularly aft...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 09:04hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Gayo coup attempt on Charumbira suffers still birth
Attempts by Pan African Parliament 2nd Vice President Dr Ahebiri Gayo from Ethiopia to effect a coup on President Chief Fortune Charumbira during his absence on elections in Zimbabwe suffered a still ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Controversial Nevers Mumba excluded from SADC Panel of Elders meetings
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat in Botswana has dispatched its Panel of Elders (PoE) on a fact-finding mission into disputed 2023 harmonised elections results in Zimbabwe....Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
As expected, Carter Center says Zimbabwe general elections took place in a restricted political environment
Zimbabwe's administration of the elections lacked independence and transparency in key areas and the polls happened in a restrictive political environment, a preliminary observer report by the Carter ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:49hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF will remain in power
Western countries, through some of their election observers, are interfering in the country's elections. The interference is being done to aid their preferred candidate, Nelson Chamisa.They po...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1248 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Mliswa-Chikoka accused of forging Zanu-PF aspiring councillors' signatures
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has been fingered in a fraud storm amid accusations she forged the signatures of three aspiring councillors prompting the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC linked independent candidate digs in
Masvingo City Mayor who is vying for Masvingo Urban seat as independent candidate Collen Maboke told Masvingo Urban residents that he was the best option for MP since he will be answerable only to the...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Outgoing Bulawayo mayor worked well with the Government
OUTGOING Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has implored opposition led local authorities to stop being blinded by petty party politics and opposing for the sake of it, reminding them that they ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:16hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt punishes rogue businesses
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended trading licences for 17 pharmacies for violation of the Exchange Control directives and Government policy where they were using speculati...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Independent candidate not backing down after CCC fallout
ASPIRING Masvingo Urban legislator Collen Maboke has insisted he would not have jumped to collect a hefty housing loan given to Parliamentarians last year without first asking his constituents, had he...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:36hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi to apply for leave to appeal against Zimbabwean Exemption Permit judgments
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced that his office will apply for leave to appeal against two Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) judgments handed down by a full Bench of the Gauteng H...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:03hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transporters to fit speed limiting and monitoring devices
Bus operators and other public service vehicle operators have welcomed the Statutory Instrument 118 of 2023 instituted by Government last week that compels them to be fitted with speed limiting and mo...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fingered in Harare City Council recruitment storm
OPPOSITION CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has been fingered in an alleged Harare City Council recruitment storm amid allegations that he is trying to impose senior management staff, with his latest nominee...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp gag order divides Zanu-PF
RULING Zanu-PF's security chief, Lovemore Matuke this week rebuffed reports that he has directed party organs to disband WhatsApp groups, which officials have claimed were dividing the party, but prov...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Liberian national rapes Zimbabwean student in India
Khanna police on Tuesday evening arrested a Liberian student for allegedly raping a student from Zimbabwe at his rented accommodation.The accused is a civil engineering student at a local coll...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 08:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare during Mubaiwa's trial
TEMPERS flared during the trial of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa as her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, and the prosecution haggled over cross-examination procedures, for...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chief Makope steals 40 cattle
Chief Makope of Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central is facing arrest after he allegedly abused his office and stole 40 cattle from a Mvurwi farmer.Born Godwin Zambara, the 63-year-old chief...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:44hrs | 64 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC goes for complete overhaul in Masvingo
Though there are reports of violence across the country, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party successfully completed its first stage of the long process of candidate selection for the 2023 harmon...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams information ministry for 'gross shortcomings'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday launched an extraordinary attack on his government's communications department which he said had "gross shortcomings" and hinted at hiring people with "contemp...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that there is no place for incompetence
INEPTITUDE and poor performance in local authorities and State-owned enterprises are unacceptable and have no place in the Second Republic which will soon be implementing an Accelerator Model to quick...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring ZANU PF candidate Mavetera drops Mnangagwa's name
Aspiring ZANU PF candidate for Chikomba West Tatenda Mavetera is reportedly campaigning while name-dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name and defying party directives.Mavetera who is fig...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 13:50hrs | 45 | by Staff Reporter
Zifa members hit back at Mnangagwa's son in-law
A MEMBER of the suspended Zifa board has said they will not offer any apology for the chaos obtaining in the country's football landscape, before ripping into Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) ch...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 16:48hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
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