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Villagers living in fear of eviction
MUTOKO'S Karimazondo and Chingamuka villagers are living in fear after "some" Chinese officials informed them that they would be relocated to pave way for mining operations.The community membe...Published: 12 hrs ago | 236 | by Zela
Zifa dangles US$600,000 carrot to Mapeza
Zifa has dangled a US$600 000 bonus to Warriors coach Norman Mapeza if he manages to take the Zimbabwe national senior men's team to the Fifa 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.Mapeza was appointe...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa remembers Muzenda
On the 18th anniversary of the death of Vice President Simon Vengesai Muzenda yesterday, President Mnangagwa said the best that the country can do to honour him is to always remember the sacrifices th...Published: 12 hrs ago | 233 | by Staff reporter
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu declared national hero posthumously
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday posthumously declared the late Cdes Rabelani Choeni, Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, Elliot Ngwabi, Professor George Kahari and Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki as national heroes. Pr...Published: 12 hrs ago | 477 | by Staff reporter
'ERC call for reform in not push for regime change' - why apologise, it is consequence of free elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess and political paralysis (both the ruling party and the opposition are corrupt, incompetent and clearly have no clue how to get the nation out of the mess and paralysi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 17:14hrs | 208 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Democracy is dying under Mnangagwa
LAST Wednesday, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Democracy Day but the country faces a darkening future under the current leadership, with gains made in the recent past bei...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2203 | by Staff reporter
From David party to Forus: new political outfits raise eyebrows
The sprouting of political parties on the eve of a major election in Zimbabwe has become a tradition, but the period leading to 2023 might see even a bigger number of new formations if the current tre...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Villagers make way for billion dollar Chinese project
"Instead of joy and fulfilment, the fortunes sitting in the bowels of our fathers' land have brought misfortunes upon us," 78-year-old Chokutaura Chananda said ruefully.Chananda is among hundr...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki: The Zimbabwe regime change agenda
SEPTEMBER 2008 became a watershed date in Zimbabwe's post-independence political history. Zanu-PF signed a political agreement, Global Political Agreement (GPA) with the opposition MDCs to protect its...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:20hrs | 3935 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
What good is Mutambara prosperity pentagon if buffoon can, once again, rig elections and impose voodoo policies
Dear Nomazulu Thata, Thank you for your thought provoking article "Professor Arthur Mutambara, Dr Nkosana Moyo and Advocate Nelson Chamisa are speaking" in Bulawayo24.com. I agree that...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2987 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa risks throwing the country into a constitutional crisis
INCIDENTS when President Emmerson Mnangagwa has acted at cross purpose with the law are increasing at an alarming rate that every patriotic Zimbabwean should begin to worry.When Mnangagwa took...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2059 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe democracy under siege'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to promote democratic governance processes by among others, lifting a suspension on elections as the country joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International D...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Furore over village heads' powers
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has petitioned the Local Government and Public Works ministry for the alignment of the Traditional Leaders Act [Chapter 29:17] to the Constitution....Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Ambassador Matemadanda presents his credentials to the Mozambican president
On Thursday 16th September 2021, comrade Victor Matemadanda presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellence president of Mozambique, accrediting him as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the Nation of Mozam...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 16:15hrs | 1426 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa a threat to rule of law'
A GROUP of lawyers have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of unlawfully overturning a court ruling which allowed unvaccinated congregants to attend church service by insisting on enfor...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
'The number of real war vets dwindling fast'
THE Zanu-PF congress slated for October this year has exposed the falling number of the heroes of the liberation war fought in the 1970s.The party has introduced a war veterans wing in its str...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up on private life
President Mnangagwa, who turned 79-years yesterday, called on Zimbabweans to be peaceful, united and most of all, be patriotic to develop the country. Speaking at his African-themed birthday d...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
High Court presides over challenge of ZUPCO monopoly
HIGH Court Judge Justice Owen Tagu is today preside over hearing and determination of an application challenging the state-run Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) monopoly and some restrictions ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 2313 | by Stephen Jakes
LEAD party sues govt over child marriage laws
THE leader of the opposition, Labour Economist Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) party Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and co applicants have taken the government to court in their quest to end child marriage...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:24hrs | 715 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa turns 79
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa today celebrates his 79th birthday with the dream of a better and greater Zimbabwe still his main mission. Since his inauguration in November 2017, Mnangagwa has remained ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 3074 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no job for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has barred all unvaccinated civil servants from reporting for duty in a move that could throw schools into disarray.Schools reopened two weeks ago amid reports that just over 10% of...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:48hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Journalists detained at MDC Alliance anniversary commemorations
TWO journalists were Saturday detained by the military and police during the MDC –Alliance's 22nd anniversary commemorations held in Bulawayo.The two journalists Pamenus Tuso, a freelance an...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Partisan security forces Zimbabwe's biggest election risk
Zimbabwe's security forces are the biggest threat to free and democratic elections because of their partisan nature, human rights watchdogs have said.The army has been widely implicated in par...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF forces villagers to pay for war vets' welfare'
AS the country gears for 2023 elections and political tensions rise, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) highlights how traditional leaders and Zanu-PF activists are coercing villagers across...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
'Why I joined Zanu-PF'
VETERAN modelling instructor and mental health activist Sipho Mazibuko said she joined Zanu-PF out of her own volition as she believes it is the "right party" to belong to as it offers many opportunit...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:50hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Cops demand sex from sex workers
COMMERCIAL sex workers in Mashonaland East province have accused police officers of extorting bribes or sexual favours in order for them to operate after curfew hours.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
High Court says unvaccinated congregants can attend church
THE High Court yesterday ruled against a Cabinet decision barring unvaccinated congregants from physically attending church services, saying the ban violated citizens' rights and freedoms.Gove...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:07hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi II's demands to Great Britain
Demands to Great Britain. Further and emanating from this Charter, HRM King Mzilikazi II has already presented the following demands to Great Britain through their Sovereign Monarch who is also t...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1888 | by King Mzilikazi II
Grown up Zimbabweans are 'more Zanu PF than Zanu PF parents' - more brain-dead than Zanu PF buffoons, it's true
"An untold but deep seated sociological truth about Zimbabwe today is that many grown up kids with ZanuPF parents are more ZanuPF than their parents. Therefore, Zimbabwe does not only need new leaders...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 13:38hrs | 941 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mutsvangwa sued for spying
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has been dragged to court for enacting a Statutory Instrument (SI), which permits monitoring, recording, and storing of communications data between persons where...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:39hrs | 6149 | by Staff reporter
Retired colonel found dead
Retired Colonel Patrick Tawona Maponga was found dead at his home in Magunje on Tuesday morning.He was 60. The late Maponga lost his wife early this year.A former freedom fighter, join...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 9471 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt COVID-19 response driven by ignorance and ego than logic and science
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make global headlines, and issues of how to respond to it - most particularly, faced with restive populations divided between those who want to be vaccinated, and...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 17:27hrs | 742 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa and Hichilema plot to annihilate Africa old guard revealed - 'Chawanzwa usaudza Chamisa, idare rinorira nohusiku'
It was natural for then Zambia opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema (HH) to meet and hobnob with a fellow opposition leader like Nelson Chamisa. But now that HH is the President of Zambia his relation...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 5648 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC: A case of burning ambition, failed leadership
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as an opposition party from members of a broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "no" vote in the 200...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 676 | by Cedric Steele
Mnangagwa says Mugabe was 'principled’
Former president Robert Mugabe distinguished himself as a principled man who did not deviate from what he believed to be right, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. The President said this in a...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
War vets savage Mnangagwa again
UNAPOLOGETIC war veterans have launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, accusing it of failing to expedite the exhumation and reburial of victims who are still interre...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Journalist arrested for breaching Covid-19 curfew
CHITUNGWIZA-based community newspaper editor, Gilbert Munetsi has been arrested for allegedly breaking the Covid-19 lockdown curfew.The Courier newspaper editor is currently detained at St Mar...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces fresh war vets onslaught
VETERANS of the liberation war have launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, accusing it of failing to expedite the exhumation and reburial of victims who are still in...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 2750 | by Staff reporter
War vets expose ugly Zanu-PF fights
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West province have laid bare deep-rooted factionalism in Zanu-PF and blasted their national chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa for accusing other former freedom fighters of be...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2753 | by Staff reporter
Another political party launched in Zimbabwe
WITH 2023 elections drawing closer, a new political party, that has promised to revive the country's struggling economy, has been launched.Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) party was l...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 3651 | by Staff reporter
Sex-treatment 'prophet' has rape conviction and 22-year sentence quashed
A self-styled prophet jailed for 22 years in July 2017 for raping two women is a free man after the High Court quashed his conviction and sentence.Grace Ministries founder Onbert Mapfumo, now ...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora earns Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has been sternly warned by former colleagues to respect other political parties who are part of the MDC Alliance formation and stop masquerading as the president of th...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 10749 | by Staff reporter
Honey Bird Kop Farm seizure takes new twist
THE ownership wrangle of Honey Bird Kop Farm has taken a new twist as the white "owner" has finally spoken out after decades of silence, the Zimbabwe Independent reported.Honey Bird Kop Farm h...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
'Consult on Gukurahundi victims reburial'
Transitional justice lobby group, the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said exhumations and reburial of victims of Gukurahundi victims must be conducted in consultation with fam...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Poor urban family's monthly budget shoots to $41,000
A LOW-INCOME earning urban family of six now requires approximately $41 235.93 to sustain their monetary needs per month, according to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ).This translates to...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 21:19hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
'Allow the diaspora vote' - for umpteenth time, Zanu PF does not care monkeys about free elections
"People want to come back home and contribute in developing their nation but are being hindered by the ever rising cost of living, unstable economic environment, erratic power supply. The financial mu...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 18:44hrs | 374 | by Nomusa Garikai
Who will guard the guards?
EVER wondered "who will guard the guards themselves?" This age-old political question, which raises concern over the conduct of those who are charged with enforcing rules on others, is interrogated in...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 514 | by CHRA
Mdc-Alliance and United Party for National Development cooperating against the Zimbabwean government
The MDC-Alliance has proclaimed that its relations with the United Parties for National Development (UPND) have scaled new heights following the latter's win in Zambia's 12th of August 2021 elections....Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:34hrs | 2120 | by Staff Reporter
Sphithiphiti Evaluator abused because of her pro-Zuma views
The 36-year-old woman identified as Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi and known as "Sphithiphithi Evaluator" on Twitter, has finally spoken out about her social media accounts, her political beliefs and her abu...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1094 | by The Star
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 363 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
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