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10 000 ghost workers struck off Government payroll
At least 10 000 suspected ghost workers have been struck off the Government payroll after a biometric registration exercise as the Second Republic walks the talk on its reforms aimed at restoring orde...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:03hrs | 601 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean journalist wins the 2020 APO Group African Women in Media Award
APO Group yesterday announced Zimbabwean journalist Debra Matabvu (@dmmatabvu) as the winner of the 2020 APO Group African Women in Media Award.The award recognizes, celebrates, and empowers A...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | 758 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's MPs pay tribute to Mushayi
MEMBERS of Parliament moved a motion to convey condolence messages to MDC Alliance Kuwadzana constituency MP Miriam Mushayi, three months after she died after a short illness.Mushayi died on S...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges judiciary to fight corruption
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) should play a leading role in the fight against corruption and speed up the conclusion of corruption cases before the courts as Government pursues a development a...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya investigated over women abuse
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni last week revealed that her ministry through the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) investigated Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walther...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:28hrs | 5653 | by Staff reporter
'Mgodoyi' is Jonathan Moyo's predicate he used to express disgust!
It is one of Professor Moyo's terms to express anything disgusting him.Umgodoyi is an overly thin malnourished dog whose mouth unendingly oozies slummy saliva, a sign of obvious illness relate...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1937 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean ex-domestic worker set to inherit mansion in Capetown SA
CAPE TOWN Jane Bwanya, a former domestic worker who was "swept off her feet" six years ago by a relatively wealthy businessman, has succeeded in changing the provisions of South Africa's Intestate Suc...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:16hrs | 4982 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Masimba Mavaza: stick to Zanu PF/MDC-T politics please!
I have just finished reading your today's article: "How Zimbabweans in the Diaspora wreck their marriages" is the title. Your article has the hallmarks of a misogynist who is hell-bent to defend his g...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 20:24hrs | 2224 | by Nomazulu Thata
No uniforms for pregnant schoolgirls
GOVERNMENT has decreed that pregnant schoolgirls be allowed to attend class in their maternity attire as formal school wear might not be compatible with their changed body stature.Women Affair...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Govt supports pregnant pupils
GOVERNMENT is facilitating that pupils who fell pregnant during the lockdown period be allowed to attend lessons in their clothes while child support committees have been established to mentally equip...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Dozens of laws should be repealed in Gambia
The Commonwealth has said dozens of discriminatory gender laws should be repealed or revised in The Gambia to guarantee equal rights for women and girls within the legal framework.A report - p...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 16:40hrs | 353 | by Stephen Jakes
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1501 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Mnangagwa sued over appointments
Zimbabwe women Lawyers association (ZWLA) and women's academy of Leadership and Political excellency (walpe) have taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for failing to observe gender balance in h...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2993 | by Staff reporter
Bosso Chair queries income parity
With the notion of equal pay in the global football fraternity gaining momentum, Highlanders "Bosso" F.C Chairperson, Kenneth Mhlope is not optimistic that this will happen anytime soon in Zimbabwe....Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1623 | by Daniel Itai, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
COVID-19 can open new path to more equitable and just societies - Part 1
The Covid-19 pandemic has already begun to shape the world we will inhabit, once we get to the other side of the disease. Just think of the many ways we have to do things now that are likely t...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 547 | by Emmanuel Koro
Online #ZimbabweLivesMatter campaign jolts Mnangagwa govt
STUNG by the impact of an online campaign by Zimbabweans to raise awareness about alleged human rights violations in the country, top government officials are fighting back with claims that gory image...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:23hrs | 10059 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya in stands scam
HUNDREDS of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries followers recently besieged their leader Prophet Walter Magaya's offices in Cape Town, South Africa, demanding refunds following a botche...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:20hrs | 1168 | by Staff Reporter
Marriages Bill does not ban lobola
Zimbabwe's new marriages bill, which was approved by the lower house of Parliament on June 4 and is on the verge of being passed by the senate, seeks to repeal and replace the current Customary marria...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:35hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
WALPE condemns abuse of women activists by state agents
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has said it boldly repudiate the impetuous announcement of the Public Hearings dates (15-19 June 2020) on the proposed Constitutiona...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 652 | by Stephen Jakes
Petition puts Parly Speaker Mudenda under international spotlight
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda (pictured)'s "questionable decisions and actions" have come under scrutiny on the international arena following a petition by a Zimbabwean man to have hi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lashes African leaders
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on African leaders to stop silencing citizens and undermining human rights and democracy as the continent commemorated Africa Day....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
MDC Vice President Lynette Karenyi-Kore joins Thokozani Khupe?
Senior journalist Zenzele Ndebele has reported that information reaching him indicates that top MDC leaders have dumped the faction led Nelson Chamisa and joined the smaller faction led by Thokozani K...Published: 13 May 2020 at 18:19hrs | 6018 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF hails workers
Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) has joined workers in Zimbabwe and beyond in celebrating the International Workers' Day, today. The revolutionary party said the day i...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:49hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@40: Still standing . . . going strong
APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe's Independence Day.We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 113 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
FULL TEXT: Chamisa's Independence day speech
Happy Independence Day fellow Zimbabweans, wherever you are and whatever your political affiliation or station in life. As I wish you happy Uhuru Day, I know and I understand that...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 15:52hrs | 2903 | by Nelson Chamisa
Covid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered impacts, implications and effects on women and girls as primary caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and m...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:21hrs | 626 | by Alfred Towo
Misihairambwi cements the plight of women
Former cabinet minister Priscilla Misihairambwi vows to support the emancipation of women prior to the Beinjing conference which was held 25 years ago, she was in Harare at a celebration event organis...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 14:22hrs | 740 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
WALPE celebrates international women's day
Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE), this week joined the nation and the rest of the world in commemorating the International Women's Day (IWD) under the theme: I am Genera...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 11:39hrs | 272 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's wife launches women driver training programme
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has launched the country's first ever driver safety training programme targeting women and youths, as part of broad-based measures to reduce road carnage. She is the patr...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:17hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Masarira, Khupe speak out
Today is International Women's Day a day which is celebrated on the 8th of March every year.Two prolific women in Zimbabwe's political ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 10:23hrs | 1823 | by Daniel Itai
WALPE, WLSA and Imba Mukadzi petition Parliament for full implementation of outstanding electoral reforms
Hundreds of aspiring women leaders drawn from all the country's ten provinces on 28 February 2020 gathered in Harare and petitioned the Parliament of Zimbabwe to implement outstanding electoral reform...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 09:05hrs | 336 | by Steve Grays
African Women Leaders Network - Zimbabwe Chapter launched
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched the African Women Leaders Network Zimbabwean Chapter (AWLNZC) in Victoria Falls where the 6th South African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (A...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:27hrs | 365 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mnangagwa challenges women to take up leadership positions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has challenged women to take up leadership positions in the development agenda as they are the beacon of morality and integrity. He was speaking while officiating at the launch of ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Forced sterilisation of women in South Africa exposed
Dozens of HIV-positive women in South Africa have been sterilised without their consent or were pressured to agree just before giving birth, an official inquiry has found.State hospitals had v...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 18:22hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's constitutional amendments are raising dust
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to abandon plans to amend the constitution with civil society groups plotting campaigns to derail the process.The government last year gaze...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 587 | by Everson Mushava
Aspiring women leaders reject Constitutional amendment bill number 2
One thousand aspiring women leaders who are members of WALPE have submitted 1 000 letters to Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2020 rejecting the propos...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:06hrs | 200 | by Stephen Jakes
Iran marks 41 years of Islamic Revolution victory
On February 11, Iran marked the day the monarchy was officially toppled 10 days after the triumphant return from exile of the revolution's leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. This year's 41st...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 109 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
Sextortion haunts women
WHILE Zimbabwe has taken great strides in advancing gender equality, women are becoming more vulnerable to sexual abuse in the absence of both political and economic muscle to restore the balance....Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records unprecedented jump in sextortion
Zimbabwe loses close to $2bn (£1.5bn) to corruption annually, contributing to financial instability, according to Transparency International. Photograph: BloombergZimbabwe has recorded an unp...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 10:22hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
Polad rejects constitutional amendment
POLITICAL parties affiliated to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) yesterday rejected the proposed constitutional amendments, saying it was "too premature for the governm...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
How many Justices Dube-Banda does Zimbabwe have?
ZIMBABWE has had a long history of violence. In fact, it was a country raped by colonialists using violence in 1890 and gained its independence nearly a century later in 1980 through a violent liberat...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1351 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
WALPE pushes for women training and educational programme on the electoral law and reforms
Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has engaged into training and educating women on the electoral law and reforms.In a statement the organisation said on 21 Janu...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 188 | by Stephen Jakes
Malaba, Chiweshe collide over messy Chiwenga divorce
Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Judge President George Chiweshe are on a collision course after being dragged into Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's messy divorce from his wife, Marry Mubaiwa....Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 20:39hrs | 5687 | by Staff reporter
Imbokodo Zangempela empowers Zimbabwean women
Established in 2017, Imbokodo Zangempela (Distinctive Women) is an organisation that seeks to empower women of all age groups through educational, health, agricultural and entrepreneurship projects....Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 16:01hrs | 1247 | by Staff Reporter
'Chiwenga threat to rule of law'
High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube-Banda has described the use of the military by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in kicking out his estranged wife, Marry (pictured), from the couple's matr...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
Judge hammered Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has been ordered by the High Court to allow his estranged wife, Marry, to access the couple's Borrowdale matrimonial home after castigating his use of the military ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga using military to settle matrimonial dispute'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was on Friday forced to swallow a humble pie after a High Court judge told him that he was not above the law.Justice Dube Banda said what the politician pai...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:11hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Marry throws Chiwenga under the bus
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has thrown another salvo at her husband, claiming the retired military commander is a dangerous character who uses the army to deal with pe...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 11958 | by Staff reporter
Law society challenges Mnangagwa's constitutional amendments
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has said attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to make fundamental changes to the national Constitution fly in the face of global democratic best ...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 07:01hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
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