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Kudenga, Masunda bid to grab Oliver Chidawu's estate flops
Attempts by chartered accountant Ngoni Kudenga and former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to grab late former Harare Metropolitan Affairs and Devolution minister Oliver Chidawu's estate have been stopp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's structured currency launch on Friday
IN a bid to address currency volatility and exchange rate-driven inflation badly battering the economy amid arbitrage, the Zimbabwean government will next week launch a "structured currency" which the...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma's US$30 000 wedding brings Harare to a standstill
SEKURU Tasvu's nuptials with his sweetheart Talent Qeliwe Mpofu last weekend were rare in more ways than one.Not only was it a spectacle to have a traditional healer opting to have a white wed...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 90 | by Fred Zindi
Bosso-Dembare run out of Sakunda fuel
THE honeymoon could be over for Castle Lager Premier Soccer League giants Dynamos and Highlanders with their Sakunda sponsorship deal expiring at the end of next month.Sakunda have not engaged...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
30% of marriages collapse within five years
KEEPING marriages intact has seemingly become a mammoth task for newlyweds, if statistics provided by the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) are anything to go by.At least 30 percent of new ma...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Drilling of boreholes by ZANU PF proves regime has no permanent solution to urban water crisis!
Judging by the manner in which the ZANU PF government is so fond of always castigating the opposition for failing to run urban authorities, one would be excused for believing the party had solutions....Published: 15 May 2023 at 14:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Palm River Hotel awarded official 5-star grading
Palm River Hotel awarded 5-star grading by Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) Officially one of only two h...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 15:56hrs | 15 | by Agencies
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Auxillia Mnangagwa should tell her husband that sanctions can't cripple a country's economy!
As Zimbabwe First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visits Iran, and is showcased the Islamic Republic’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Point of correction: Chiwenga not son in law of Matabeleland
We know that having a husband who holds a high position in Zimbabwe or any other country can be exciting for others. And having a better half of your choice from any country or nation is any woman or ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | | by Israel Dube
Benjani suffers first PSL defeat
Ngezi Platinum Stars 0 - 1 Harare CityBENJANI MWARUWARI's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League honeymoon came to an end yesterday when a determined Harare City stopped his three-match unbeaten start...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Honeymoon over for Zambian leader
Almost six months after the high expectations created by his historic landslide victory over Edgar Lungu and his promises of fundamental reform, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's halo has begun s...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crack team set up for mobile money crime
A crack team of 15 experienced prosecutors has been set up to work with seasoned investigators to come up with watertight dockets and so effectively prosecute economic saboteurs abusing mobile money p...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Alarm as private aircrafts sneak in, out of Zimbabwe undetected
PRIVATE aircraft have been sneaking in and out of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) International Airport and other Zimbabwean flight ports without detection due to poor air traffic control, investigati...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Drama as nurse fails marriage test
THERE was drama in Hatfield last Wednesday when a female nurse locked the gate and ran for cover when her two lovers arrived at the same time to expose her unfaithfulness.Chipo Lucia Danha, 38...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
RBZ mulls more stringent currency measures
GOVERNMENT is looking at adding more stringent currency measures to rein in the runaway exchange rate amid an outcry over the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 which business says will fuel inf...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
If we want Zimbabwean youth to register to vote, then include a 'None of the above' option on ballot paper!
I am always intrigued, and oftentimes bemused, witnessing the concerted efforts by many sections of Zimbabwean's society, in their energetic attempts in urging the country's youth to register to vote....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Honeymoon is over: Zacc warns bigwigs
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 32 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), nine of which are high-profile, as the dragnet closes in on senior government, poli...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Renewed EU sanctions dent Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive
THE decision by the European Union (EU) last week to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe drives yet another dagger in the heart of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reengagement drive, amid fresh allegations ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed up at border post
THE Government is beefing up security at Beitbridge border post to curb smuggling and other illegal activities which authorities believe could be costing the country over US$1 billion annually in unpa...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe wields axe on Chamisa's 3 mayors
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has recalled the mayors of Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura and several councillors for refusing to cross over to her party after they continued to align themselves to the...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a new ZBC
THE awarding of licences to six national free-to-air commercial television broadcasting stations last week was received with mixed feelings by Zimbabweans. Many hailed the momentous occasion as unpara...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Two years on, the beast is revealed
LAST month marked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration as the second directly-elected leader of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.Mnangagwa came riding on the wave of hope that no one...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs
The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic gr...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Beaven Dhliwayo
ED asked to stop wasting US$400 m on overseas heath care - gave a middle finger reply
Health minister Obadiah Moyo has disclosed that the country is losing about $400 million annually on overseas medical treatments."Having our own up to standard facilities will make wonders and...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The Crocodile in Crisis
Editorial by The Times newspaper, Britain's newspaper of record, on Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a "state that is close to collapse"ZIM...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | | by The Times
Mai Tombi's bananas are now 50 cents each
Aaah! I am tempted to believe magic is for real, abracadabra. How can 2 lts cooking oil price climb down from 21 rtgs to 16 rtgs in one week at TM Chadcombe? Even anointing oil cannot match that...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Prophet Magaya 'rape' victim springs to his defence
The case in which Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya is accused of raping and impregnating a 17-year-old girl he had adopted has taken a new twist after the alleged rape...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor speaks on US Dollar ban
Member of the Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council Dr Shingi Munyeza has penned seven points which he predicts will occur after the gazetting of the Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 by F...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Warriors eye COSAFA final
The Zimbabwe senior men's national soccer team, the Warriors, is hoping to book a berth in the COSAFA final when they clash against Zambia in what promises to be a pulsating semi-final this Wednesday ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voting influenced by slate will result in a weak MDC
As Congress temperatures reach heatwave levels,it is time I urge caution,forensic,intrinsic,none greed action so we help build a balanced,human resource with substance and attraction,not the cheap who...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
MDC violence: A noble cause can beget savages
THE MDC Alliance’s initial reaction to their defeat in the ward by-election held in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, last week was a classic or textbook example of denialism — the human tendency to deny re...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa's MDC says will not be part of Mnangagwa Cyclone junket
MDC says it will not be part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's delegation of government and opposition leaders set to visit areas ravaged by the recent Cyclone Idai in Manicaland, Masvingo and two oth...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon over for reckless directors
Employees and minority shareholders have edged closer to getting powers to take legal action against directors for breach of good faith when the Companies and Other Entities Bill, currently before Par...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time is right for alternative money
THE controversy surrounding the introduction of another local currency continues unabated. This time it was the former Finance minister, Tendai Biti, who ignited the current debate when he announced g...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 10 | by Zimwara
Woman flees from court
A Harare medical doctor's wife, who was dragged to court by her husband of two months, was convicted yesterday but fled from court before sentence.Christina Hamilton was convicted by Harare re...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:38hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions' myth - countries with tougher sanctions performing better
When the Robert Gabriel Mugabe regime was toppled in a military coup in November 2017, most people believed that his successor's much touted 'new dispensation' would do away with excuses for the gover...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
$15m hotel under construction
HOSPITALITY concern, Ilala Lodge Hotel Group has started the construction of a $15 million hotel along the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls. In a statement, the group said the building of the f...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn couple lobola ceremony date set
MAKHOSANA Mguni, the man who proposed to his fiancé Belinda Nyoni at a Chicken Inn outlet in Bulawayo, is set to pay amalobolo (bride price) for his sweetheart in April. When Makho proposed l...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Good Violence is good for Zimbabwe's progress - Tsvangirai turned in his grave
I hate bad violence but I support good violence. There are two kinds of violence namely, good violence and bad violence. Bad violence is the one that was engineered by ZANU and ZANU PF against the mur...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:23hrs | | by Don Chigumba
President ED It's a Devilish Move to go to Davos
If you divide $2,5 million with 80 Members of Parliament you will get $31,250. It means that, if ED is not going to Davos via other four countries to attend an economic forum between 22-25 January 201...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 1 | by Don Chigumba
Food outlet proposal attracts sponsors
A public marriage proposal has borne fruit for a Bulawayo-based couple, after companies and the public pledged to sponsor their whole wedding.What is left is for the bride and groom to set a d...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:07hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
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