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Zimbabwe govt rolls out reforms to end blood challenges
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is undertaking sweeping reforms to Zimbabwe's blood supply system, aimed at making blood more accessible and affordable-particularly in public hospitals-where man...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora demands investigation into politicization food aid distribution
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Douglas Mwonzora, has called for a government investigation into allegations that ZANU-PF officials are politicizing food aid distribution in rural areas, ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland has the highest number of widows in Zimbabwe
A recent government survey has uncovered that Matabeleland North and South provinces have the highest proportions of households headed by widows in Zimbabwe, compared to other regions. The findings, p...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:30hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks US$2b to avert famine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday extended the begging bowl to raise over US$2 billion to avert starvation in Zimbabwe after declaring the El Niño-induced drought a state of disaster....Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a good farmer but then...
While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, near Kwekwe, is doing well and is often used to showcase isolated success stories of the state-sponsored chaotic land reform p...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Anticipatory Action in the Wake of El Nino in Zimbabwe
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a growing threat driven by climate variability (sequential changes between ElNino and La Nina phases).Citizens in Action Southern Africa noted in its...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:53hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa to meet UAE counterpart
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to hold bilateral meetings with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Aal Nahyan, as well as with UAE business leaders when he attends the United Nations Climate...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's forex earnings to reach US$12 billion this year
ZIMBABWE registered US$4,9 billion of foreign currency inflows during the first five months of this year, and is on course to surpass the 2021 record of US$9,7 billion, a senior official has said....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 13 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
BCC finally adopts Master Plan
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has adopted the Bulawayo Master Plan 2019-34, which is expected to assist in refurbishing old infrastructure.The master plan was adopted after BCC conducted consult...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Don't criticise my budget surplus, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said Zimbabweans should not criticise his budget surplus, and claimed that his austerity measures had saved the economy from an economic collapse induced by the...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC under pressure to publish assets register
BULAWAYO City Council has come under pressure to publish a list of its properties to enhance transparency and accountability. The call by civic society group Habakkuk Trust came in the wake of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo conducts virtual consultations on city master plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a virtual consultation with residents on the city's master plan in line with the country's Regional, Town and Country Planning Act.The current c...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Nomazulu Thata
Spectre of a donor-funded Christmas
AS MANY across the globe get into the swing of Christmas festivities, millions of people in Zimbabwe living on less than US$1 a day are turning to donor agencies and well-wishers for survival....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female Judge fighting a merciless Zanu PF regime: worse than that of Ian Douglas Smith!
Justice Erica Ndewere is alone, fighting the evil regime of Mnangagwa's Zanu, worse than that of Smith's UDI. There is not a single women's organisation fighting on her side to give her emotional assi...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 23:24hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Zimbabwe teachers vote with their feet
HUNDREDS of teachers are leaving the country or preparing to do so to escape worsening economic problems amid deteriorating working conditions, a new report says.Over the past couple of weeks,...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to find each other as a nation
As we begin 2019, there are key lessons from the coup and Zimbabwe's post-coup experiences. The key lessons going forward relate to ethical leadership, public sector performance management, service de...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | | by Brian Kagoro
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | 2 | by Panganai Kahuni
Doctors rubbish Chiwenga
STRIKING doctors have reacted angrily to claims by government that the State assisted them through medical school and that there are enough medicine stocks in the country.In a hard-hitting sta...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:08hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Linda Masarira disowns article...fingers pastor
MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira has disowned an article that is making rounds on social media which is attacking civic society and MDC as being the problems that are behind the Zimbabwean crisis. Ma...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?
LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic strea...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Ian Scoones
Self-aggrandisement mars opposition politics in Zimbabwe
I arrived at Oslo International Airport one late afternoon in October 2005 en route to Oslo University where I had been invited as guest professor.By some coincidence, the then secretary-gener...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota.
Chamisa scored ten-fold against incumbent Mnangagwa!
Just by refusing to go for a debate-show, Chamisa has scored big again Mnangagwa. Why is Zanu PF refusing to go for a kill in a televised debate with the youthful Chamisa? This is the moment Mnangagwa...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Donor agencies shun funding Zimbabwe military, govt appeals for increased demining funding
The government of Zimbabwe has appealed to donor agencies funding demining activities in the country to increase the funding. The appeal was made by vice president Constantino Chiwenga at Munh...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Byo24News Reporter
Mnangagwa's first 100 days as president
Incoming President Emmerson Mnangagwa is inheriting a deeply-divided nation which needs reconciliation and healing, analysts contend adding that the former vice president has a huge task establishing ...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aid agencies and civic organisations promoting government irresponsibility and community dependency
It was with great relief reading in Britain's Daily Express how calls by that country's taxpayers to ban aid to the so-called 'Third World' were growing louder - as these had had no positive impact....Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africa must finance own civil registration, says Mudede
AFRICAN governments must come up with budgets to finance civil registration amid concerns that the continent is under siege from Western countries that use donor agencies to negatively portray the con...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientists unravel El Nino origins
A new study by two Zimbabwean climate science experts could make it possible to predict El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ENSO several months before its occurrence.Climate experts say ENSO i...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Social movements have transformed Zimbabwe's politics
ZIMBABWEANS have mostly relied on political parties and elections to make their preferences known, but recently there has been an upsurge in protests, demonstrations, petitions, campaigns, marches, an...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 11:54hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Zanu PF defeats opposition at ideas - analyst
A political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the ruling Zanu-PF has defeated the opposition at the level of ideas and advised the opposition that they should know that their constituencies are ...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
I will vote for Nkosana Moyo if he stands for the 2018 elections!
For a personality like Nkosana Moyo to say he is contesting for the elections come 2018, I will certainly vote for him. The guy is not stupid! I am sure he made his homework very well. His Physics and...Published: 12 May 2017 at 21:48hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe floods threat recedes
There will be no further flooding expected in Zimbabwe, with the rains having receded as the rainy season approaches its end, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday.MSD senior...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks to regain industrial hub status
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is working on an economic blueprint aimed at ensuring the city regains its industrial hub status, after suffering years of de-industrialisation.Councillors argu...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
CSOs faces serious stiffing state sponsored constrains
The CIVIL Society Organisations has alleged that they are facing stifling constraints caused by the government in their operations in Zimbabwe.This was revealed through...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
We have a bloated parliament sleeping on duty- Muzambindo
A political analyst Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo has while Zimbabwe is faced with serious economic challenges it was sad that it has a bloated parliament of 210 legislators. He said first and forem...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 05:25hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
We have a bloated parliament sleeping on duty
First and foremost I would like to highlight some major roles which parliament plays toward enhancing development. It is the duty and obligation of the public to have an oversight view on the roles of...Published: 29 Dec 2016 at 10:29hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Ridding of corruption must be everybody's battle
In its ten years of existence, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has shown its first commitment that it is geared to combat the vice of corruption and make Zimbabwe corruption free....Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Charity Maodza
'Mash Central is a one-party province'
Today, Guruve South Constituency in Mashonaland Central Province will hold a by-election for the vacant House of Assembly seat following the expulsion of Chriswell Mutematsaka by the ruling Zanu-PF pa...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:52hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Waters levels in Bulawayo dams irks the council
Bulawayo City Council is reportedly irked by the deterioration water levels in city supply dams which has prompted the local authority to revive the water crisis committee.Latest council minut...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Electoral reforms should enhance democracy
The MDC-T advocates for electoral reforms that will deepen and enhance Zimbabwe's democratic dispensation. In this respect, therefore, Section 12 of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2: 13) has to be amended...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 09:55hrs | | by Obert Gutu - MDC-T National Spokesperson
Zimbabwe Special Permits will not be renewed in 2017
The Migrant Workers Union South Africa official Ngqabutho Mabhena has said it appears the Zimbabwe Special Permits in South Africa will not be renewed in December 2017 which means that those wh...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe better off without a government
With schools opening for 2016 on Tuesday, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is concerned by the deteriorating state in the education sector, which is grappling with serious challenges as a result of...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by Jacob Mafume, PDP National Spokesperson
Donor funds cannot sacrifice our dignity
Zimbabweans should applaud President Robert Gabriel Mugabe for coming out denouncing the same-sex marriage which some of the respected leaders around the world seem to be embracing it. God created a m...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 11:45hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Is Zim entering post-Mugabe era?
CAN you believe it is Christmas again? It seemed that just yesterday we were celebrating the New Year; I know I am at an age when time seems to rush by, but this is ridiculous. For th...Published: 27 Dec 2014 at 05:21hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Dr Parirenyatwa warns prophets
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa, has warned traditional and faith healers against misleading people by claiming that they had powers to heal HIV.Dr Parirenyatwa sa...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Tsholotsho flood victims still living in tents
MATABELELAND NORTH - Tsholotsho villagers have accused government of failing to fulfill its promises of coming to the rescue of Gariya villagers who were affected by floods early this year.The...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hunger in Manicaland - starving in the midst of plenty
Zebedia Sithole stared blankly at the sun baked ground and squint his eyes in the blistering afternoon sun.He remarked dejectedly: "I hope this year we will have a better farming season". ...Published: 24 Mar 2014 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai
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