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Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned.Downing Street in...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Lightning strike strikes Faz leader's family members
Kudakwashe Munsaka, the leader of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), suffered a tragic loss when three members of his family were struck by lightning during torrential rains in Zimbabwe last Tuesday. ...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
July Moyo implicated in murky Chiredzi land deal
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo's staggering US$155 million Chiredzi land deal — stinking to high heaven in the lowveld — for his cronies has now fully exploded as residents and Members of Par...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zinara defends Univern deal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) yesterday claimed that the awarding of a 2016 contract to Univern for the supply and maintenance of graders and provision of software programmes was ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP demands 'ChineseMustGo' police operation
A Zanu-PF legislator has called for a 'MaChina Ngaande' (the Chinese Must Go!) police operation amid increasing concern over abuse of workers, wanton flouting of laws, and smuggling by Chinese compani...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chinese embassy threatens 'strong counter-measures' against The Standard over fabricated anti-China news
The Chinese embassy in Harare has threatened to take "strong counter measures" against The Standard newspaper and the NGO, Information for Development Trust (IDT), over what it calls fabricated "anti-...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga's n'holo we mwizana marriage myth demystified
MARRIAGE is defined differently depending on one's culture but it is primarily an institution where interpersonal interactions, typically intimate and sexual ones are acknowledged.Every tribe ...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt must stay out of Gukurahundi genocide hearings
HUMAN rights watchdog, National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG), has called on the State to stay away from organising public hearings into the Gukurahundi massacres saying its involvement w...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIMTA files urgent chamber application challenging teacher suspensions
Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to render suspension of teachers from duty null and void as the victims were not heard neithe...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 13:22hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Mangoh and Virginia Zifesho
Chinese miner loses granite licence
A Chinese firm, Heijin Mining Company, is set to lose its certificates of operations in Kaseke and Chibvi 2, in Murehwa following complaints by the community, Chief Nyajina and Councillor Marowa....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Victims sad Chimonyo died without facing gukurahundi genocide justice
GUKURAHUNDI victims are concerned that perpetrators of the early 1980s human rights atrocities are dying without facing justice for the heinous crimes they committed during Zimbabwe's darkest hour....Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has changed face of Zimbabwean politics'
Former MDC Kwekwe legislator Mr Blessing Chebundo (BC) is among many opposition members who have jumped ship to join the ruling party this year. Below he shares his experiences with our Political Edit...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe to be exhumed as Grace gives up?
After seriously looking at the summonses chief Zvimba issued on Grace Mugabe the former First Lady one is left wondering does chief Zvimba understa"nds his duties. Zvimba District is a district ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Brief Treatise for my Beloved Sister Nomazulu Thata
Just to briefly put our differences in perspective, I am forwarding a few words for you to consider ahead of our conversation. I have always valued and still do, your deep and ingenious analytical ski...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Anonymous Writer
MDC Alliance activists' arrests 'ploy for sanctions renewal'?
Recent allegations of targeted arrests and human rights abuses in the country have been described as a ploy by opposition linked political activists to influence the outcome of a sanctions review proc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC MP slams De Lille over Beitbridge border fiasco
Calls for decisive action against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille are growing louder as lawmakers adopted a damning report on her involvement in the Beitbridge border fiasco...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accused of vote-buying
THE MDC Alliance has accused Zanu-PF of vote-buying ahead of the Mangwe by-election in which their candidate Vincent Sihlabo will fight it out with the ruling party's Hlalani Mguni and six other conte...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
The judgement on Chief Ndiweni is a provocation of Mthwakazi
The judgement against Chief Ndiweni by the unlearned magistrate is unfortunate, political motivated and a clear provocation of Mthwakazi by Zimbabwe and the Shona regime. It is clear that ZANU is taki...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:47hrs | | by MLF
South African tycoon's invasion of Zimbabwe analysed
Matshela Koko served as acting CEO of South African power utility ESKOM, he has been awarded a contract to produce 100MW of solar-generated power in Gwanda. This comes on the back of a project that wa...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 13:06hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Kambarami and gang must leave Bulawayo - MLF
Shonas never learn! It is time wasting for the people of Mthwakazi as a whole and those of Bulawayo in particular, to be listening to trash emitted by the imposter Councillors and their puppy to ZANU-...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by MLF
Govt must set up independent commission on Gukurahundi
This is the second installment of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the Stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament wants Zinara boss fired
THE Tendai Biti led parliamentary committee has demanded the firing of one of the senior executives at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara). During yesterday's hearing, Parliamen...Published: 21 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do they come from where windows are used more often than doors?
Reports of armed robberies and rape in Mash. Central province are very disturbing as much as they are alarming. Knife and gun-totting gangs are said to be driving around ravaging women and helping the...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Tondorindo
MDC's 'Black Monday Shock'
On behalf of myself, the National Reclamation Assembly and the 5 Million Vote Effect Campaign Worldwide, It is grievous and greasly that i learnt of the passing on of Leader Paul Rukanda the Glenview&...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Taurai Leonard Gwesu
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Robbing the poor in the name of patriotism
The post-Robert Mugabe administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa fancies itself a new dispensation. That is a useless fantasy, of course. Things are as old in the "new" administration as they...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zinara audit exposes double-dippers
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) dished out a whopping US$71 million between 2011 and 2016 to 17 private companies that largely failed to deliver, The Herald reported. It als...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's alleged daughter in trouble
Gugu Ncube who for a long time has claimed to be the daughter of MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube might find herself in more trouble than what she bargained for when she staged a one person...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube in currency volte-face
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who two months ago indicated that he would prioritise currency reforms, including demonitising the country's fiat currency last Wednesday made a huge climb down on the p...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must walk the talk
Luke 18 verse 11 to 12 says, "I thank you, God that I am not like other people-cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I'm certainly not like that tax collector! I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of ...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 13:49hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
Corruption damaging Zimbabwe recovery
TRANSPARENCY International's 2017 corruption perception index ranked Zimbabwe number 157 out of 180 countries. Using a scale of 0 to 100 (where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean), Zimbabwe has...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Paddington Masamha
Greed, graft major undoings for Zimbabwe
Over the years, the Zanu-PF leadership has taken the country and its citizens down a bottomless pit where recovery is proving very difficult.Since independence from the British in 1980, when t...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Text: Crisis in Zim expresses reservations on the commission of inquiry to look into August 1, violence and shootings
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry which has been tasked to investigate the shooting of civilians in the capital on August 1, 2018, by the military. The ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by CiZC
Bulawayo ratepayers table demands
BULAWAYO residents have listed a cocktail of demands they want the incoming councillors to address, chief among them uprooting debilitating corruption and addressing double allocation of stands....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra justifies board fees
THE 9 percent jump in fees and allowances for Zimbabwe Revenue Authority board members for the year to December 31 last year, has been attributed to the high number of meetings held to tackle pressing...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa are you tired of stealing elections!,' cried Biti - to put nation's destiny at mercy of ED's whim is insane
MDC leaders have proven to be breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent, after nearly 20 years of blundering from pillar to post one is tempted to say "Nothing that lot does or says, will surprise me any...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimdollar at appropriate time, says Chiwenga
GOVERNMENT will reintroduce a Zimbabwean currency at the appropriate time as part of a sustainable economic growth strategy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He was addressing a Zanu-PF r...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife over questions
A man who bashed his wife after she asked where he had slept the previous night has been fined by a Chitungwiza magistrate.Patrick Mapfumo, pleaded guilty to physical abuse charges when he app...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo scuttle to cover his back
Jonathan Moyo's misguided efforts to draw the African Union (AU) into the perceived Zimbabwean crisis drew a volley of criticism across the political divide seeing that there was a spiral of silence i...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 12:12hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
'Failure to address Gukurahundi ticking time bomb'
Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BZA) leader, Noah Manyika and his Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) counterpart, Harry Wilson have described the government's failure to address Gukurahundi as a ticking time ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe removed from power over corrupt Ministers - Mliswa
Norton house of Assembly member Temba Mliswa has said former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) was removed from power for failure to take advice on his corrupt Ministers.Mliswa said Mugabe...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Top detective prosecuted for torturing suspect
Detective assistant inspector Joseph Nemaisa has been summoned to appear before a Mbare magistrate on February 5 for brutally attacking a suspect and breaking his arm.According to the subpoena...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bluntly refuses to apologies on Genocide.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa bluntly refuses to apologies for his role in orchestrating the devilish Gukurahundi genocide. Quizzed on his one on one interview in Davos at the World Economic Forum, he ...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Noma Tholo
We must always call it a coup
Mugabe's last speech and the missing page: Why we must not allow the current Zanu pf government's removal of Mugabe, describe it as people driven....Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Zimra appoints new boss
The government has appointed a new Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Commissioner General as the state seek to rejuvenate its operations and clear all the wrong doings by the Robert Mugabe administration in ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai bravest man to take 'heartless' Mugabe head on
MDC-T Leader Morgan Tsvangirai must be held high with esteem for being the most brave person to take then President Robert Mugabe head on when all politicians were fearing the now 94-year-old retired ...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo offside
The same burning sentiments he was talking and complaining about in today's interview on the BBC HardTalk, have been the bone of contention in Zimbabwe's political history for a long time on which his...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Open letter to President Mnangagwa - Don't follow Mugabe's footsteps & you'll be a great man
Dear Mr PresidentFirst and foremost we would like to congratulate you on taking office of the President, Makorokoto, Amhlophe!!!!We must say Mr. President most of us were not amuse...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Sisasenkosi Khabelo Dube & Mduduzi B Dube
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