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Chiwenga tightens army grip amid succession manoeuvres
ZIMBABWEAN Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - a politically ambitious retired commander of the defence forces - has formally tightened his grip on the military as new Air Force of Zimbabwe boss Air...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 5265 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | 1535 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 890 | by Tawanda Majoni
War Victims endorse Mavhunga; praise ED's choice
The Zimbabwe Liberation War Victims Association (ZLWVA) welcomes the recent appointment of Senator Monica Mavhunga as the Minister of the Veterans of Liberation Struggle Affairs while describing the c...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 22:10hrs | 590 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Chivayo seek to bar investigations
Journalists have rallied to support their colleagues facing threats from both the military and wealthy figure Wicknell Chivhayo over their investigative articles.Owen Gagare, News Editor at Ne...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 3256 | by Staff reporter
Zuj condemns harassment of journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) has condemned a recent wave of harassment, cyber attacks, and intimidation of journalists by State and non-State actors, describing it as an existential threat ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
NewsHawks freezes exclusive Zimbabwe military story
The NewsHawks, which has further delayed publication this week due to circumstances beyond its control, will not publish follow-up stories on the issue of three Zimbabwean army generals forced out due...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:02hrs | 1288 | by NewsHawks Editor
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar further tumbles against US dollar
The cost of goods and services keeps on increasing in Zimbabwe as the local currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar, a trend that accelerated at the beginning of 2024.The local dollar, which ...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:52hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Scrap December 22 public holiday
ANY nation has its own historical landmarks, political or otherwise, that are peculiar to its survival and embedded in its heritage.Such landmarks are revered in certain ways, in the form of p...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 361 | by Vivian Siziba
Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'état dividend
Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 659 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
UN tells Zimbabwe to make changes to attract FDI
The United Nations (UN) has urged Zimbabwe to implement necessary changes to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) as global foreign assistance diminishes, moving away from quiet diplomacy. This adv...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:41hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Our meat is rotting, Cde Mnangagwa
ON August 3, 2023, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa commissioned the new Hwange Thermal Power Station Units 7 and 8.Amid the pomp and fanfare, Mnangagwa proudly and confidently declared t...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | 702 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Please tell Mnangagwa our meat is rotting!
On Thursday, 3rd August 2023, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa commissioned the new Hwange Thermal Power Station Units 7 and 8.Amidst the pomp and fanfare, Mnangagwa proudly and confident...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:46hrs | 496 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa planning to resume talks on restructuring $14 billion of unpaid debt
Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is planning to resume talks on restructuring $14 billion of unpaid debt, despite ongoing divisions over disputed elections in the country. Mnangagwa hopes to ...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:30hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 3071 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zimbabwe targeting Zimdollar return in 5 years
Zimbabwe will continue to put in place measures to entrench the use of the domestic currency because having its own currency forms the basis for sustainable economic growth and development, President ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 19:09hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business calls on presidential poll loser to concede defeat
ZIMBABWE'S industries this week called for a peaceful post-election period, as they made a passionate plea to frontrunners in the presidential poll to concede defeat and help the country focus on rebu...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Tanzanian President congratulates Mnangagwa
TANZANIAN President Samia Suluhu has congratulated President Mnangagwa after being re-elected the country's President following last Wednesday's Harmonised Elections.President Mnangagwa amasse...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo opens up after David Coltart 'insult'
Zimbabwean former minister and MP Jonathan Moyo has written a long open letter to main opposition CCC senior leader David Coltart over his remarks about his late father Melusi Job Mlevu who was ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:03hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart operated in Matabeleland where he did dastardly things
Dear David Coltart,WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT QUINTUPLE C: COLTART, CHAMISA AND CCCMy attention has been drawn to your fraudulent and disgusting tweet you posted on my Twitter TL yesterday D...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 18:58hrs | 34 | by Jonathan Moyo
Forex rate premium falls
THE parallel market exchange rate premium has fallen below 50 percent, as policy interventions by the Government continue to drive appreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar, but pockets of resistance remain...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZNCC calls for review of Customs and Excise Act
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has called on government to review the Customs and Excise Act, saying the law is now outdated and no longer addressing critical issues."For the...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth conscientization critical in liberating Zimbabwe!
As youth in Zimbabwe mark the 'Day of the African Child', it is clear that today's generation lacks conscientization on why the country is still not free. A few days ago, I penned an article, ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:45hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
4 rogue firms' accounts frozen
BANK accounts belonging to four major basic commodity distributors have been frozen for suspected economic sabotage, while unscrupulous manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies also face the same co...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial kicks off amid contradicting testimonies
THE trial of embattled Zengeza West lawmaker Job Sikhala, accused of inciting public violence, began this week amid inconsistent testimony by law enforcement agents.On Wednesday, Officer Comma...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Black market rates to fall,' dreams RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is set to introduce a gold-backed digital currency to be used as legal tender for transacting in the country as part of interventions to stabilise the local currency...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Valee Music courts DJ Tira
UNITED KINGDOM (UK)-BASED Zimbabwean Afro-pop songbird Valee Music has roped in the services of South African DJ, record producer and kwaito artiste DJ Tira on Ng'cabanga Ngawe (Thinking about You), h...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Power cuts to wipe out US$4bn'
ROLLING blackouts, which have deepened in the past few months, could cost the economy close to US$5 billion this year, industrialists told the Zimbabwe Independent.They said many companies had...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 29 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Half of Zimbabwe youths loafing'
ABOUT half of Zimbabwean youths are loafing, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey has revealed, laying bare the job crisis facing the countr...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions increase cost of doing business in Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West hamper the free movement of funds across international borders, and therefore can raise the cost of doing business, or at least make investors worry a...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'No easy road to recovery for Zimbabwe'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) warned on Thursday that there would be no quick fix to the myriad of economic challenges afflicting the country.Zimbabwe is in the throes of an...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
First commander of Mkushi Camp declared National Hero
LIBERATION stalwart Highten Nkomo, who was the first commander of the Mkushi Women's Camp in Zambia, has been declared a National Hero.He was 70.Nkomo, who was also known as Billy Mzam...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA blackouts bleed Zimbabwe industry
ZIMBABWEAN industries, already battered by a long running economic crisis, have been thrown off balance by rolling blackouts in South Africa, which escalated this week, briefly grounding trade....Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa name drops Ndabaningi Sithole to woo votes in Manicaland
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised to honour the late revered nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole through championing development in Manicaland province.Ch...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Dube elected Chartered Governance & Accountancy Institute president
The head of Finance and Administration at the Competition and Tariff Commission, Mr Jonathan Dube, is the new president of the Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute in Zimbabwe (CGAIZ)....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 07:06hrs | 21 | by Agencies
'Sithole, Chikerama honour a Mnangagwa vote buying ruse'
Renowned political analyst and publisher Ibbo Mandaza has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's belated honour bestowed on Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema as a vote buying gimmick targeted a...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 18:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Huge send-off for gukurahundi linked Brig Gen Mabenge
GOVERNMENT officials, services chiefs, Zanu-PF supporters and church congregants yesterday thronged the revered National Heroes Acre to pay their last respects to Brigadier General (Rtd) Benjamin Mabe...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Mabenge
President Mnangagwa has described national hero Brigadier-General Benjamin Mabenge (Retired) as an intelligent and principled cadre who never deviated from the cause of the revolution from the time of...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Falling fuel prices ease pressure on consumers
The sustained drop in fuel prices, which saw prices being reviewed downwards twice over a two-week period this month owing to falling international crude ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube
Interbank rate now sole legal rate, huge penalties for breaches
The interbank exchange rate has been set as the sole exchange rate to be used in commercial and other transactions and anyone selling goods and services, who uses any other rate faces a minimum civil ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sounds death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sounded the death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers, calling on law enforcement agents to decisively deal with the violent criminals.Speaking at the bur...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
RBZ in dramatic U-turn on lending
THE central bank yesterday lifted its temporary suspension of lending services by banks after the policy triggered sustained protests from industry, commerce and the public in general.In a sta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Basics run out of Zimbabwe shelves
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent economic pronouncements have reportedly triggered a shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities in most retail shops...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
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