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Mnangagwa, govt running scared, says Chamisa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC - after hundreds of police cordoned off the party's national headquarters in Harare....Published: 1 hr ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday shut down the MDC headquarters in Harare following the alleged discovery of 210 riot police and 41 municipal police helmets in a basement of a nearby building, but the opposition part...Published: 1 hr ago | 201 | by Staff reporter
PSL, NMB introduce tap and go card
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has partnered with NMB Bank to introduce an electronic ticketing system to ease transactions at turnstiles. The electronic ticketing system, which is in the for...Published: 2 hrs ago | 37 | by Staff reporter
Police takeover MDC head office
MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende has reported that the Morgan Tsvangirai House has been sealed by police officers who have blocked the officials from accessing it. The move by the police ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 312 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MPs fret over lack of gender parity
ZIMBABWE'S number of serving female ambassadors now stands at 32%, an issue which Parliament says should be rectified in order to satisfy the constitutional requirements of 50/50 gender representation...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Brothers in alms
There apparently being nothing pressing to do at home, comrade Mnangagwa splashed out $30,000 an hour on hiring a plane from Dubai to fly him and his delegation to a conference in France. He is report...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:09hrs | 928 | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Bosso hope to cut off TelOne
HIGHLANDERS Football Club coach Hendriek Pieter de Jongh is hoping for a positive result when his charges take on a revived Tel One at Barbourfields Stadium tomorrow. Amhlolanyama stumbled on ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health crisis deepens
OPERATIONS at Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals yesterday ground to a halt after nurses joined the strike by doctors, with most wards at Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals closed, incre...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket Governing Board to be reinstated after a court order
The Sports and Entertainment Commission (SRC) finally succumbed to the pressure and lifted a suspension of the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) Board led by Tawangwa Mukhuhalani, including acting managing direct...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 15:11hrs | 277 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe needs to move beyond uncertainty
"Climate change in Zimbabwe. You can hear it on the banks of Lake Kariba up north and feel it in the fields of Beitbridge in the south. You'll see it in the classrooms of rural Gokwe, where the succes...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
Roadworks scandal hits Harare
Harare City Council (HCC) is reeling from yet another controversy after an internal audit unearthed a major scandal through which some road contractors engaged to rehabilitate 43 selected roads in the...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwende's passport released
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Communication and Technology Chairperson, Chalton Hwende, has made a successful application for the temporary release of his passport by the courts to...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe was 90% correct and 10% wrong
The legacy of former Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe remains a contested terrain and it ought to be understood within the context of colonialism and neo-colonialism. The deconstruction of the...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 10:48hrs | | by Jerry Matebesi
Zimbabwe now a country of glaring contradictions
ZIMBABWE, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has now become a country of sickening contradictions.Last week, a visiting United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Clement Nyalessosi Voule issu...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zesa board will have its work cut out
The tough talk by Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi to appoint a new Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) board is a noble idea because the country has been battling acute el...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Latest on forced labour in Marange diamonds
Centre for Natural Resource Governance leader Farai Maguwu has denied that he participated in causing the American government to raise a flag on the Marange diamonds accusing them of using forced labo...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cash in-out ban to halt Zimbabwe's commerce
A Zimbabwean government directive banning the purchase and sale of cash through mobile-money services may halt much of the nation's commerce as the biggest system will have to be shut down temporarily...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by Bloomberg News
Mnangagwa halts Mugabe mausoleum construction
GOVERNMENT has stopped construction of what was supposed to be late former President Robert Mugabe's mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre two days after he was buried at his rural Zvimba home, NewZim...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's poverty datum line increases by 13%
Zimbabwe's poverty datum line has increased by a further 13 percent for the month of August to more than 1 800 dollars resulting in continued deteriorating purchasing power for the majority.Th...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis: Govt's admission of failure chilling
It is disheartening to learn that the government, which is constitutionally mandated to provide a better life for its citizens can, with a straight face, state that it has no clue as to when the fuel ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC is fighting against a brutal system
The MDC, two weeks ago, postponed its 20th anniversary celebrations following the death of former President Robert Mugabe, a man the party supporters would love to hate even in death.NewsDay (...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pandemonium as ZUPCO arrives in Kadoma
Business came to a brief halt yesterday as flea market and vegetable vendors rushed from their stalls to cheer the arrival of two ZUPCO buses in Kadoma's central business district. ZUPCO fares...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 20:18hrs | | by ilizwi263
Good start, bad and sad end: The story of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
It did not have to end this way. It is a story that started well but ended badly. Mugabe was poised to be greater than Mandela or Gandhi. Outside and inside Zimbabwe, Mugabe was revered and considered...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:51hrs | | by Lovemore Gurajena Sibanda PhD
Zimdollar rout fuels volatility
WHEN government, in a surprise move in June, abruptly abolished the multi-currency system, which saved the country from the ravages of hyperinflation from 2009, we warned the move would only temporari...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Is the British Royal Family a Global Brand or Its simple Inferiority Complex on African Part.
It's hard to imagine the monarchs of Murehwa and Masvingo selling souvenir tchotchkes in quite the same way as the British Monarch. South Africa is gripped with the euphoria of the visit of Prin...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 16:32hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
IMF warns Zimbabwe over payouts to Trafigura partner
The IMF has privately warned Zimbabwe that state payouts to a company linked to global commodities trader Trafigura were pushing the shortages-plagued economy to the brink, reviving fears of corruptio...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:58hrs | 3 | by Financial Times I Joseph Cotterill in Harare
MDC's pronouncement that Mnangagwa is a terrorist, is a declaration of war
Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo has said the MDC-Alliance's pronouncement that President Mnangagwa is a terrorist, is a declaration of war against the ruling party. ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
US diplomats pressure Harvard to rescind Mnangagwa's health award
A group of retired US diplomats and civil society leaders has penned a letter of protest to Harvard University, after Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's first lady, picked up an award for contributions to...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hits back at MDC's request for Mnangagwa to be declared a terrorist
The ruling Zanu-PF party has hit back on MDC's calls to the United Nations (UN) to declare President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party a terrorist organisation, saying the opposition was declaring war ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC summons Harare City Council leadership
The MDC leadership led by the Secretary General Chalton Hwende and Local Government Secretary, Eng. Elias Mudzuri today held a crisis meeting with the acting Mayor of Harare and a team of his councilo...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 13:28hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
15 Nust students arrested
FIFTEEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students were arrested yesterday for staging a demonstration at the college campus.The students were protesting against the continu...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams MDC Alliance
ZANU-PF yesterday slammed the MDC Alliance for unpatriotic behaviour in continuously trying to smear President Mnangagwa and the ruling party at a critical time when it is pushing for the country's so...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors call for new negotiating forum
Doctors who are continuing to strike over poor wages despite the return of Peter Magombeyi, their union leader who was allegedly abducted by suspected State agents are calling for a new negotiating fo...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes vote-buying claims
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has spread its tentacles to include a probe into vote-buying allegations raised by the opposition MDC in the just-ended parliamentary by-elections....Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anglican congregants exchange blows in service
An ugly fist fight broke out during service inside St Agnes Anglican Church in Mutare on Sunday, pitting Masvingo Provincial Development Co-ordinator Mr Fungai Mbetsa, on one side and Mr Tinoten...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moving on from Mugabe era
BEING in Harare in the past two weeks has been quite an experience. The Robert Mugabe era has finally closed after his death in Singapore on September 6, even through he is yet to be buried.Bu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Uncle Sam ups black ops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's politics is sick. It is sickening. It is self-defeating. It is toxic. Of late there has been a worrying dangerous trend of Zimbabweans staging abductions and kidnappings, all aimed at false...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Philemon Mutedzi
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors confront Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sliding into authoritarian rule'
Human Rights Activist Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya says the recent waves of abductions happening in Zimbabwe are signs that the country is sliding towards an authoritarian rule. Writing on Tuesday Ruh...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let's reduce road deaths: Do unto others...
This is an open letter to all stakeholders concerned with the rising road deaths on our roads. Recently I had an opportunity to drive in another African city, Francistown, Botswana to be specific. I w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
How UK failed to dislodge Robert Mugabe
BRITAIN'S 40-year effort to find a way to either influence or dislodge Robert Mugabe is one of the country's great post-war foreign policy failures. It is a story spanning six UK prime ministe...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | | by Patrick Wintour
Bulawayo Bomber denied visa
WORLD Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa heavyweight champion Elvis Moyo has been denied a visa to fight Germany's Hussein Muhammed at Berlin's Verti Music Hall. The bill between Moyo and Muhammed...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne probe stalls
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has been accused of dragging its feet in investigating NetOne after a 2016 audit exposed alleged misappropriation of funds.The forensic audit, am...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: Our shining black Prince
Before hearing of the news of the death of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, I had intended to write about afrophobia that gripped South Africa in the past weeks.My intention ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Changing face of the 'Zimbabwean' funeral
Funerals are an inevitable sad part of our exit from mother earth.This exit to another world yonder, confirms human being's mortality.This is despite their status, power, influence and...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PG in court over phone call
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday appeared in court following a court order compelling him to explain why he instructed the prosecution to halt the trial of a suspected fraudster who is f...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
Maskandi fest comes to Bulawayo
FOR local traditional music lovers, September will be memorable as the Azibuye Emasikweni maskandi festival takes Matabeleland by storm. The festival, which had been brought to a halt for over...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF media ad hominem attacks on ambassadors is insulting' - remain focused and tighten screw
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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