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Joice Mujuru warns Oppah Muchinguri
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has cautioned the Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri against using the national army to crush opposition members if they protest against the government of Presiden...Published: 13 mins ago | 66 | by Mandla Ndlovu
#CapeToCairo: Alvin "Aluvha" Zhakata gets Ethiopian visa
Monday was a breakthrough day for Alvin "Aluvha" Zhakata afterthe government of Zimbabwe assisted him to secure a visa to pass through Ethiopia. He embarked on a journey to hike from Zimbabwe ...Published: 57 mins ago | 224 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Chinese infect Zimbabwean women with STIs'
Chinese National operating in Norton have been accused of sexual abusing women and infecting them with sexually transmitted diseases in exchange for jobs. The matter came to light after one Ch...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2910 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New dispensation a far fetched idea
The much talked about the new republic has dismally failed to live to the billing. The current political and economic challenges in the country has reached another level and with a lot of peop...Published: 3 hrs ago | 621 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa hires second United States public relations firm for $1 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling to end Zimbabwe's international isolation, has recruited a second public relations firm in the United States at a cost of US$1 million per year.Documents...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1597 | by ZimLive
Teachers desert classrooms in protest against under-payment
Today is day one of phase 2 of teachers' job action against slave wages. The day coincides with Teachers' June pay day. The peanuts received by teachers have forced them to leave classrooms in protest...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2262 | by ARTUZ
Govt gazettes ZSE Statutory Instrument to enhance transparency, accountability
GOVERNMENT has gazetted the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited (ZSE) listing requirements under Statutory Instrument 134 of 2019 in a bid to enhance transparency and accountability in the governance of l...Published: 4 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt makes U-turn on Gukurahundi genocide exhumations'
GOVERNMENT has been accused of flip-flopping on exhumations of Gukurahundi victims after Home Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro said the exercise will be put on hold until a relevant policy has been...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, demos top Chamisa MDC agenda
The MDC will tomorrow convene a special national council meeting to deal with issues agreed on and ratified at congress in Gweru last month, but are yet to be implemented.Top of the agenda are...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1983 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has an artisan shortage, here is how to fix it
ACCORDING to Zimstat, Zimbabwe had 93 714 university students as at August 2017, but only 25 952 polytechnic students. Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, has six universities, but only one polytechnic....Published: 4 hrs ago | 439 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zanu-PF hounds Mugabe
The Zanu-PF youth league has demanded that government repossesses at least 15 farms allegedly owned by former First Lady Grace Mugabe and redistribute them to youths.This follows claims by Pre...Published: 4 hrs ago | 825 | by Staff reporter
Nurses on go-slow
NURSES at public health institutions have announced that they are cutting their working hours to two days per week, pending action on their grievances by their employer, failure of which they will dow...Published: 4 hrs ago | 647 | by Staff reporter
Govt departments must respect senior citizens: Auxillia
GOVERNMENT departments and the private sector have been urged to respect senior citizens in their service delivery amid concerns that elderly people face challenges when they approach various departme...Published: 4 hrs ago | 224 | by Staff reporter
5 Bulawayo lawyers in High Court Judges short list
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has shortlisted 43 candidates, among them five Bulawayo lawyers, to fill eight positions on the High Court bench. JSC deputy secretary, Mr Sithembinkosi M...Published: 4 hrs ago | 331 | by Staff reporter
Matutu warns cartels
The Zanu-PF Youth League has said it will expose all corrupt business institutions, associations and individuals who are prejudicing the national economy. In an interview yesterday, Zanu-PF de...Published: 4 hrs ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets foreign Press corps
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met locally-based foreign media correspondents as part of the new dispensation's re-engagement drive in ending years of isolation from the global community. The P...Published: 4 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda calls for new GNU - last was soft-landing for Zanu PF, not this time
Zanu PF Speaker of parliament, Jacob Mudenda, calls for the formation of a new GNU."We enjoyed serenity of politics during the GNU. That spirit must come back. It must come back."I pray to...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2795 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa pays US$1 to have sanctions lifted nicodemusly - proof does not want free elections, ever
"Mnangagwa blows US$90k Monthly on another US lobbyist," reported Zimeye. The Americans were very clear what they wanted the Zimbabwe government to do for them to lift the sanctions - hold free, fair ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 3430 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe runs out of bread
There was no bread in most shops around Zimbabwe today Monday evening and millers have reported that there is no wheat in the country. Scores of people scoured supermarkets in Bulawayo a...Published: 14 hrs ago | 5238 | by Methusi Ncube
PHOTO: Protestors beware, new ZRP combat gear
The police are stopping at nothing as they prepare to quell looming street protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over the fast deteriorating political and socio-economic condition...Published: 15 hrs ago | 8377 | by Staff reporter
Army faction wants Mnangagwa gone
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued stay in power is now allegedly being seen as an unprecedented threat to national security, by an army faction said to be loyal to Vice President, Rtd General ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 13058 | by Spotlight Zimbabwe
Kasukuwere's effort to save luxury home hits a brick wall?
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere's plush Vumba home could yet go under the hammer after his efforts to save it hit a brick wall.Kasukuwere is facing a litany of charges relat...Published: 17 hrs ago | 5818 | by newzimbabwe
ED wants POLAD, Chamisa TA, Mliswa GNR to legitimise ED - a gimmick, ED is NOT competent to select nor lead
Chaos and confusion is when one says this, the second says that and the third says something else which is neither this nor that and all three are talking nonsense! It is bad enough when it is the ord...Published: 17 hrs ago | 4380 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mudenda calls on Mnangagwa and Chamisa to find each other
STABILITY in Zimbabwe can only be guaranteed if another Government of National Unity (GNU) is established, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said Thursday.Mudenda, a top Zanu-PF o...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3201 | by newzimbabwe
Irrigation projects at Ruya Dam is now a reality
If its waiting, we have the patience of the biblical Job, we have never been nearer than now. The Ruya Dam Irrigation Project in Chiweshe is now turning into reality. The project Engineer conf...Published: 17 hrs ago | 444 | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabwe's currency reforms dilemma
The Zimbabwean government has indicated that the country will be launching a new currency before the end of 2019. The announcement has caused some confusion amongst businesses and the transacting publ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1933 | by Victor Bhoroma
Army plot to crush MDC protests condemned
The announcement by the Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri that the army is on standby to crush any antigovernment protests has been condemned by political analysts. Professor Jonath...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5664 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ngarivhume calls for a hunger strike against ED
In a first of its kind, the Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader has called for a hunger strike and picketing at Parliament against the ZANU PF government. This follows a meeting that was held yesterday in ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2709 | by Fungai Taruvinga
Mliswa calls for a Government of National Reconstruction
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged Presiiident Emmerson Mnangagwa to institute a Government of National Reconstruction made up of players outside ZANU PF to stir development in the cou...Published: 24 hrs ago | 3494 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Matabeleland should be renamed Guruuswa'
President of The African Democrats (TAD) Marco F Machona has called for the compensation of Shona people by the Ndebele for what he Ndebele invasion under the leadership of King Mzilikazi. Mac...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 11:36hrs | 5438 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Auxilia Mnangagwa visits Dabengwa and Banana's wives
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa visited Zodwa Dabengwa the widow of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa to pass her condolences after the national hero passed away in Kenya last month. ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 11:09hrs | 5283 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil servants ratchet pressure over pay
CIVIL servants are today convening an urgent meeting to discuss remuneration for their members in the wake of calls by some Apex Council members for an industrial action to arm-twist government into i...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
Nothing will stop MDC demos
THE main opposition MDC youth wing yesterday said it would take to the streets in mass protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over its failure to arrest the spiralling cost of livi...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:43hrs | 2246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe FDI doubles to $745 million in 2018 ($349 million in 2017)
Zimbabwe's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows more than doubled to $745 million in 2018 from $349 million in 2017, on the back of a small number of approved projects, latest report shows. FDI out...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 1141 | by FinX
Chief Ndiweni calls for interim govt of experts
Controversial Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna has called for political dialogue that would produce an interim government of technocrats (IGT) to fix Zimbabwe's broken economy. Ndiweni s...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 2537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to step in
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri gave a chilling warning over the weekend, saying the army stands ready to crush any protests that threaten national security. This follows threats of ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:34hrs | 4975 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Youths to invade Grace Mugabe's farms
ZANU PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu has given a former First Lady Grace Mugabe two weeks to hand over 15 farms that she owns so that they can be given to the Youths. Matutu...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 4717 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa out of touch with reality'
The opposition MDC has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being divorced from reality, claiming his views and understanding of the situation obtaining on the ground do no tally with the current s...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Road CCTVs for reckless drivers
GOVERNMENT is in the process of implementing a policy that will see closed circuit television (CCTV) systems being installed on the streets to help fight reckless driving. Home Affairs and Cul...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa appointment above board, claims Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa has said the appointment of Patrick Chinamasa as Air Zimbabwe board chairman is above board. In an interview with Capitalk 100.4FM last Friday, President Mnangagwa said he ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to incorporate yoga into schools sport
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is mulling adding yoga to the school sporting calendar as a mandatory activity. The United Nations declared June 21 the International Day of Yoga in 2...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:21hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
MOPA Bill gets nod
Mashonaland West province has thrown its weight behind the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA) in public hearings held recently. Participants at the joint Parliamentary Portfolio Commit...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki speaks on Zimbabwe dialogue
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has said President Mnangagwa is correct in convening the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) despite winning the 2018 harmonised elections, and advised other A...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Hope emerges in Zimbabwe
Nearly two decades after the European Union imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, a thaw in relations is palpable, following praise by the EU ambassador and head of the EU-Zimbabwe Delegation Timo Olkkonen....Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 08:29hrs | 6305 | by EU Today
Mnangagwa promises free education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic educati...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Winter of discontent for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government faces a winter of discontent from restive public sector workers with teachers and health workers giving notice of imminent strikes.Mnangagwa's broke g...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:29hrs | 2336 | by ZimLive
'Ramaphosa not too stupid to allow SA turn into a Zimbabwe'
A TOP South African politician, businessman and peace consultant says President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be too "stupid" as to allow South Africa to regress into another Zimbabwe.Roelof Petrus...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Passport shortage leaves Zimbabweans stranded
With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, whi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | 618 | by AP
Mnangagwa exposes Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says former first lady Grace Mugabe owns a staggering 16 commercial farms in a revelation that could re-ignite the public spat between the Zanu-PF leader and his predecess...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:22hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls rejects local currency
The resort town of Victoria Falls has almost completely dollarised due to the volatility of the local currency, but the development has adversely affected residents, it has emerged.Landlords, ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
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