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ZBC urged to build national consciousness
The recapitalisation of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is essential for the national broadcaster to fulfill its mandate of fostering national consciousness and promoting heritage-based br...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:13hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Media Commission fires warning shots at media houses
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has issued a strongly worded statement condemning what it describes as a growing trend of slanderous and irresponsible reporting by media houses. The commission exp...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 14:35hrs | 368 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Professor Welshman Ncube biting the hand that fed him?
HIGH COURT YET TO DECIDE WHICH IS THE LAWFUL CCC IN HCH 6872/23: ONE WHOSE MAIN DEPONENT IS JAMESON TIMBA OR ONE WHOSE ONLY DEPONENT IS SENGEZO TSHABANGU.Will the real or lawful CCC please sta...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 14:38hrs | 1097 | by Jonathan Moyo
'ANC MPs acted unlawfully on Ramaphosa's Phala Phala'
ANC MPs broke the law when they voted against holding President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable for failing to report the theft of millions of rand in undeclared foreign currency in his Phala Phala farm....Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:58hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gold baron refutes owing US$3m in gold deliveries, threatens
Zanu-PF's Insiza North Member of Parliament, Farai Taruvinga, a well-known gold magnate in Matabeleland South, is embroiled in a legal battle with gold buyer Shasha Richard Gomez over an unpaid gold d...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 17:12hrs | 3929 | by Staff reporter
Advantage Welshman, Tshabangu as Timba CCC suffers setback
The Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Jameson Timba on Wednesday suffered a setback in its bid to claim ZiG 22.1 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act after a judge ruled that its...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:10hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Council approaches Supreme Court over US$2 fraud case
The Chikomba Rural District Council (RDC) is making a renewed effort to appeal to the Supreme Court following two unsuccessful attempts to challenge a Labour Court judgment that cleared its former emp...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:20hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zambia army recruits terrorise Mufulira residents
In a disturbing incident dubbed the "revenge of the ninja," a group of over 20 army recruits ran amok in Mufulira last night, attacking residents in retaliation for an earlier altercation involving tw...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 11:45hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 795 | by Nomazulu Thata
What is the probability that those who poisoned Jacob Zuma poisoned Paul Mashatile?
The recent health scare involving Paul Mashatile, South Africa's Deputy President, has reignited discussions about the troubling pattern of alleged poisonings among top South African politicians. With...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:09hrs | 2252 | by Askari
Innscor vs Rutendo Matinyarare takedown order judgement
Yesterday, we finally received the judgment from Judge Makume, following nine days of deliberations on Innscor's court application filed on August 20th, 2024, in which they sought a court order compel...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 17:54hrs | 1897 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Lungu dares Hichilema
FORMER president Edgar Lungu says during his time in office, the Judiciary was fully independent and that is why the courts declared that it was illegal for his ministers to remain in office after the...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 14:29hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Seat miscalculation in KZN: How the IEC got it wrong
The recent allocation of seats in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial legislature has raised serious concerns about the accuracy and legality of the process. This article reveals the factual an...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Statement on voice messages circulating on social media
It has been brought to my attention that there are voice messages purportedly being attributed to me which are circulating on various social media platforms. In these 'voice notes' I am alleged to hav...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Madzibaba Wicknell Munodaani Chivayo
UNMASKED: Philippe Van Damme's gross exaggerations on Zimbabwe's hunger situation
Phillipe Van Damme, a former European Delegation country representative to Zimbabwe, has once again demonstrated his propensity for spreading misinformation. His recent claim on social media that ...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:36hrs | 28 | by Tonderai Ndoro
'Green Bombers' join ZiG campaign
As the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe grapples with making the new currency work by using several measures including a crackdown on illegal money changers, government's quasi-military wing, the National You...Published: 25 May 2024 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
The rise of General Chiwenga: My reply to this article
My article today is to reply an article written by Samkeliso Ncube on Bulawayo 24: it was written in large; The rise of General Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future. This article is no...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:30hrs | 14 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean permits: Helen Suzman Foundation takes on Motsoaledi in Constitutional Court
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal against a ruling that he may not terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt yet to declare Bulawayo water crisis a national disaster
GOVERNMENT says it will only declare Bulawayo a water crisis area after a committee appointed to assess the water situation in the city completes its work and is satisfied there is need to make such a...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Minister commissions first Binga propaganda radio station
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, yesterday officially commissioned Twasumpuka FM, the first and only community radio station in Binga District in Matebelel...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Deputy PG implicated in gold mine scandal
ZIMBABWE'S acting deputy prosecutor-general, Michael Reza, is facing allegations of "conspiracy" and "sabotage" in connection with disputed gold claims in Bindura, documents obtained by Truth Diggers ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
A chitchat ain't an interview
It's been quite a spectacle to witness people – who since 3 October 2023, have been painting Sengezo Tshabangu as a Zanu-PF tortoise that has allegedly caused the mayhem which has ravaged CCC throug...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 17:00hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
SA court hears how diesel consignment from British oil company to Zimbabwe 'disappeared'
British oil company BP claimed to have exported a consignment of diesel to Zimbabwe in 2019 - but the fuel never arrived.A case brought by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in a South A...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new ZBC board
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board which will be chaired by Ms Helliate Rushwaya.The new board was announced in a statement by Actin...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe performs dismally on human rights'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked among the world's worst performers in terms of human freedom, the Human Freedom Index (HFI) has revealed.The country was ranked 153 out of 165 countries with analysts ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza
South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC blocks Obey Sithole on X (formerly Twitter)
The Citizens Coalition For Change youth chairperson Tererai Obey Sithole has been blocked by his party on X (formerly Twitter).Sithole seems to be perpetuating the thesis that there are crimin...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's facial image belongs to CCC founded by MDC Alliance
RIGHTS TO NELSON CHAMISA'S FACE IMAGE AS AN ELECTION SYMBOL BELONGS TO CCC FOUNDED BY MDC-A ON 22 JAN 2022, NOT TO CHAMISATHROUGH ONE OF THE LEGION OF THE LAWYERS acting for him and his beleag...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:37hrs | 11 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Members of MDC Alliance standing committee launched CCC
JOB SIKHALA, AS VICE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE MDC-ALLIANCE, chaired the National Council meeting of the MDC-ALLIANCE, which on 22 January 2022 formed and founded CCC.About that day and that me...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 09:27hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Dingumuzi Phuti election petition goes to Supreme Court
LOSING candidate for Bulilima Constituency in the August 23-24 harmonised elections, Ms Bekezela Maplanka of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the de...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara defends his book on Mugabe
PROFESSOR Arthur Mutambara has defended the credibility of his newly published book, which opens a window on the political life of former President Robert Mugabe, who died without writing his memoirs....Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 20:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Thabani Mpofu tackles Tshabangu
THE crucial Supreme Court appeal by 14 main opposition CCC legislators against their arbitrary recalls by an opposition activist upheld by the High Court will be heard this week after their lawyer Adv...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Charumbira question Miles Sampa's motives
PAN-AFRICAN Parliament (PAP) president Fortune Charumbira has denied allegations that he abused the organisation's resources saying such claims are malicious and false.The allegations were mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Mahere's 'big fat lie'
EXPLAINER: Fingerprints of the MDC in the "Edited" CCC Constitution filed by Tshabangu in Chamisa's Interdict Court Case to halt Further Recalls not Fraud but Proof of MDC Paternity of Lawful CCC...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 18:06hrs | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
The Godfather experiment, politics of attrition in Zimbabwe
GODFATHER experiments are made in instances of confrontation and attrition, mostly, if not always. Godfathers consider themselves to be powerful figures who wield significant influence, especially und...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 13 | by Sharon Hofisi
Thabani Mpofu tears Tshabangu recalls apart
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, one of Zimbabwe's most prominent lawyers, has ruthlessly torn asunder opposition political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's case of recalling main opposition CCC MPs, senators and ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 17:48hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa panics...plots Emergency Congress to crush internal rivals
Former Zimbabwean Cabinet minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has brought to light a meticulous plan by Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), to orchestrate what Moyo aptl...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 16:16hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Ex-Zimbabwe commercial farmers sue SA government for R7bn
DOZENS of former Zimbabwean commercial farmers are demanding R7 billion from the South African government for its role in the suspension go the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal....Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cantankerous apologists protest Mumba 'has criminal record' but accept Zanu PF live vote rigging and murderous agendas
"A Zanu-PF-affiliated organisation called the Citizens has expressed its desire to see the head of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Mission (SEOM), Nevers Mumba, face...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 22:01hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Biased Harare fines Bosso US$5 000, given up to 17 October to pay
HIGHLANDERS have been fined US$5 000 by the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee with US$500 being suspended for the rest of the season and have up to October 17 to pay the effective US$4 500....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC boycott of opening of Parliament risks boomeranging as only a news headline stunt with no reform headway
While CCC is well within its rights to boycott today's opening of the First Session of the 1Oth Parliament by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the boycott could in fact boomerang on CCC; and ultimately leave the p...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 13:39hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa shrugs off Chamisa
Zanu-PF, which got a fresh mandate in the August 23-24 elections, will not entertain "any talk of a rerun, a Government of National Unity, or the so-called Transitional Authority", as this "is a piped...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's application for discharge dismissed
On Tuesday, a Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, dismissed former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala's application for discharge in a disorderly conduct case. Sikhala is jointly charged ...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's property worth over ZW$100m forfeited
FORMER Croco Motors boss Joseph Matinyarare's properties have been forfeited to the state after a court established that he acquired them using the proceeds of crime between 2016 and 2020. The exchang...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets white Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2023
Zimbabwe has earned a spot at this year's Miss Universe competition, which will take place in El Salvador, Central America, in two months. Brooke Bruk Jackson, a 21-year-old beautician, was cr...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 07:55hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema stands firm on Zimbabwe
AHEAD of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration today in Harare which will be attended by some regional leaders after his controversial and hotly-disputed re-election, Zambian Presiden...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Watchers wait on Chamisa's next move
Zimbabweans and those around the world who have been watching the recently ended elections are wondering what Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa will do next after he rejected Emmers...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims victory after rejecting results
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday claimed he won the Presidential election last week and said he had been the victim of fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.Mr Chamisa, of the CCC, hel...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZESN unable to verify Zimbabwe election results
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have said they are unable to verify Presidential election results after police confiscated their gadgets in a recent raid of...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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