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Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
3m python torments family
BUSINESS was recently brought to a halt in Mutare's Hobhouse high-density suburb after a self-styled prophet fished out a three-metre python, which was allegedly tormenting a family, from a cottage....Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:36hrs | 4005 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora forewarn his detractors of yet another shocker
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora forewarned his detractors of yet another shocker when he retains the position at the congress in Gweru next week.The lawyer-turned-politician said he was...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 6532 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai anointed me to deputise Chamisa, says Welshman Ncube
MDC deputy president Welshman Ncube has claimed the late party leader Morgan Tsvangirai anointed him to deputise Nelson Chamisa before he died.Ncube was MDC's founding secretary-general, with ...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:26hrs | 5448 | by Staff reporter
When will Zanu-PF admit that it has failed the people of Zimbabwe?
The narrative that economic sanctions have hurt Zimbabwe is a false notion, a fallacy .The only sanction is failure to access loans from The Bretton Woods Institutions by the government and purchase o...Published: 15 May 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1498 | by AT Kadada
Import substitution: best remedy to high import bill
Zimbabwe imported goods worth $6.85 Billion in 2018, a 38% increase from 2017. That import figure can go up by 30% if smuggled merchandise and under declared imports at the country's border posts are ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:15hrs | 412 | by Victor Bhoroma
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 338 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Man faints in court
Proceeding at Kwekwe Magistrates courts briefly came to a halt yesterday after an accused person collapsed just before sentencing. Portipha Musiiwa (49) and his son, who were facing charges of...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Mpariwa chickens out from MDC VP race
MDC veteran politician Paurina Mpariwa has chickened out of the race as Nelson Chamisa's deputy opting to contest for the position of women assembly chairperson.MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume c...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 223 | by Zifiso Masiye
MDC bigwigs fight for survival
THE stage has been set for a bruising fight in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC as almost all candidates nominated for top positions in the party's standing committee have accepted and are now reaching into...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:20hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
China dumps Mnangagwa
Munich/Harare - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency is about to come to a crashing halt, amid reports that China has dropped him as their political point man in Zimbabwe, Spotlight Zimbabwe has ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 30931 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Guvamombe trial stopped by High court
The trial of suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has been put to a halt by High Court judge, Justice Edith Mushore, pending determination on his challenge against being tried by his subordina...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:56hrs | 2114 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will be at the helm of MDC for the next 5 years
MDC bigwigs vying for top positions at the party's looming congress will next week come under scrutiny when they meet ordinary members to pitch their plans ahead of the big gathering set for Gweru lat...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Kwekwe magistrates courts
There was drama at Kwekwe magistrates courts on Thursday afternoon where a local lawyer was reportedly denied access to talk to his client who had been arrested by the police for an alleged foreign cu...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 10:07hrs | 5441 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt lays new siege on business
GOVERNMENT has laid siege on the business sector, ominously accusing it of overcharging consumers in pursuit of super profits and engaging in "financial terrorism".President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:31hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt fears unrest over meltdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime fears mass social unrest and has placed security forces on high alert, as economic deterioration inexorably accelerates, amid a wave of price increases. The meltd...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Whites score big against blacks - land compensation
Land is and was at the centre of all political developments for the indigenous black Zimbabwean population's pre and post independence movements. The liberation war against white minority rule's black...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | 2563 | by Terence Simbi
Of the Zimbabwe bird and political ignoramuses
In the morning of the eve of the celebration of our 39th Independence anniversary last week, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa torched a storm on the social media when he insinuated that the Zimbabwe bir...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2195 | by Nobleman Runyanga
uLoyiko ensemble to Premiere at Pretoria's Momentum State Theatre in South Africa
South African theatre ensemble, uLoyiko has informed umthwakazireview.com that it will premiere at Pretoria's Grand Momentum State Theatre in South Africa in...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 504 | by Thembani Dube
Chamisa unveils Mwonzora, Mudzuri rescue plan
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who is all, but one province away from winning the party presidency uncontested, says he will not purge his challengers after congress, but will deploy them to in...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:18hrs | 3678 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urged to back Mwonzora's bid
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been called upon to show leadership by backing secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to retain his position after he discarded his intentions to challenge for the top post....Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:13hrs | 2429 | by Staff reporter
Genocide: A tool used by Mashonaland to demonise Ndebeles
There are those people who still believe that the Genocide ended with the 1987 so called unity accord which was a mere marriage of political convenience. The agreement did not even come close to addre...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 09:43hrs | 2152 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Revolution is the great teacher
Those living in luxury from the exploitation and suffering of others have traditionally always been opposed to emancipation struggles; they continue to be opposed to such struggles by the people today...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 248 | by Reason Wafawarova
Controversial Harare referee condemns Hwange to defeat
FC Platinum 2 - 0 HwangeHWANGE coach Nation Dube questioned the legality of the two goals his team conceded as Chipangano's perfect start to the Premier Soccer League season was halted by ch...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai buried people with their belongings
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming fr...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4813 | by Staff reporter
Rebirth of the Zimdollar
Zimbabwean central bank authorities have a traceable record of overnight monetary policy changes. Memories of the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono era of monetary policy hip-...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:09hrs | 1418 | by Paddington Masamha
Zimbabweans told to brace for thunderstorms, wet Easter
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted a wet Easter in some parts of the country with isolated showers and scattered thunderstorms expected. In a statement issued on Wednes...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
MDC leaders in court over 2016 demo
MDC Alliance leaders Trevor Saruwaka and David Chimhini have been summoned to the Mutare Magistrates' Courts over a 2016 charge of promoting public violence.Saruwaka, Mutasa Central MP, and Ch...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP Hwende seeks removal from remand
Kuwadzana East legislator Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday put the State on notice as he seeks to apply for refusal of further remand if he is not furnished with a trial date on the next reman...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora & MDC Guptas' untimely political menopause
I suffered a psychological stroke upon receiving news of the defeat of Hon Mwonzora in his Sakubva home ground. The defeat of Hon Mwonzora in Manicaland should not be taken for granted. Politica...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2004 | by Don Chigumba
ED Mnangagwa & Perence Shiri dilemma ahead of Gukurahundi confessions/exhumation
I used to be only convinced that Zimbabwe's economic deterioration was the only threat to President ED Mnangagwa's leadership. The proposed Gukurahundi National Healing & Reconciliation is a real ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 18052 | by Don Chigumba
POPULISM is ahead of COMPETENCY in the African Context
In Africa one is prepared to die for a politician, and people can go to the extent of kneeling down before political mastitis for favors and bootlicking. One may fail to construct a proper English sen...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 476 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mwonzora was rejected by his home province Manicaland
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he will decide in the next few days if there is still any merit in fighting to retain his current position at the party's congress scheduled for May 24 to 2...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3300 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora paves way for Chamisa
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday stunned party supporters and his rivals when he announced that he won't be contesting interim leader Nelson Chamisa at next month's congress.In...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 6426 | by Staff reporter
Off the comfort zone with the Gregarious Chamisa: A View from the rural-dweller
The juicy and chocolate side of the socialite MDC President, Nelson Chamisa, is mainly his off-the-comfort-zone personality. This makes him an extra-ordinary political leader in that facet in Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:15hrs | 959 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chamisa causes stir at provincial elections
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday afternoon caused a stir at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera after he unexpectedly appeared at the venue where Mashonaland East Provincial elections were underway....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3272 | by Staff reporter
Plot to derail Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to succeed the party's founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai is in jeopardy after a rival camp approached the High Court seeking to stop theforthcoming congress, citing...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:13hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Bosso ready for Harare City
HIGHLANDERS have already dropped four points in their opening two matches of the season and coach Madinda Ndlovu has challenged his men to start winning games. Bosso turned on one of their bes...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 890 | by Staff Reporter
Reduced political power is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi
The reduction of political power through among other things, the unelected VP slots and the imposition of candidates from outside the region is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi and smacks of muzzled democ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 568 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Provincial nominations to settle Chamisa, Mwonzora rivalry
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:28hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Crucial week for Chamisa's MDC
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3186 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Tendai Biti, Douglas Mwonzora ahead of MDC Alliance congress
MDC deputy chairperson Tendai Biti has failed to secure nomination to any post from the opposition MDC structures in North America, ahead of the party's Congress set for May 24.The province al...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 8602 | by Staff reporter
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1965 | by Bishop Lazi
Court blocks demo against property developer
THE High Court has blocked a group of disgruntled home seekers who were planning to stage a demonstration against a Gweru-based land developer, River Valley Properties at its Bulawayo offices for alle...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:49hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Letter to President E.D. Mnangagwa
Your Excellency President of the Republic of Zimbabwe E.D. Mnangagwa. A cat may look at a King. Writing directly to you seeking redress on issues that could have been dealt with by line heads of depar...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:07hrs | 1122 | by Thomas Murisa
RTGS$, US dollar rate to converge with black market rate
The formal RTGS$ rate to the US dollar will converge with the parallel market rate in the short term and halt the inflationary pressure being exerted on the economy, according to Industry and Commerce...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2894 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs sweat over congress
THE heat is on in the MDC where fearful bigwigs have forged alliances with their would-be rivals for posts at the party's looming congress which could usher in a new breed of politicians in the countr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:44hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Fury over closure of Egodini toilets
BULAWAYO's Egodini Mall developer - Terracotta Private Limited - has triggered a storm after reportedly shutting down ablution facilities without notifying vendors operating within the site vicinity....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 16:31hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai hits Manicaland business
THE devastating Cyclone Idai has affected Manicaland's agro-based industry thereby reducing exports, while players in the small to medium enterprises sector were either forced to close shop or downsca...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
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