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Swindlers cash in on UK's certificates of sponsorship
FOR close to two years, Maud Kwembeya (33) - of Zimunya in Mutare - has been harbouring thoughts of one day migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) in search of greener pastures.A vastly experien...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa main beneficiary of 'Gold Mafia' deals
INVESTIGATIVE journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirm...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
CCC's undoing
POLITICAL CLOUT CHASING, mischief and malice will be the opposition's undoing. The opposition's penchant for political mischief will certainly backfire. As I mentioned in my article last week,...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:16hrs | 217 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Chamisa learning that politics is not child's play
POLITICS is no child's play. The opposition CCC are learning that now, the hard way, and they rightfully should. There are always consequences for every action. Miscalculations can be extremely costly...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1159 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Living a lie
IN our NewsDay edition yesterday, we carried two stories titled: Low civil servants wages a time bomb and Let the good time roll, let's enjoy: Mthuli.The two stories clearly highlighted the gl...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Council swearing-in exposes CCC hypocrisy
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s inconsistencies and politics of grandstanding without substance have been exposed following the swearing-in of its newly elected councillors in Bulawayo yeste...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
End of the road, the curtain has fallen as elected CCC councilors take their oath of office
THE CURTAIN HAS FALLEN, as elected CCC councilors took their oath of office, with elected CCC MPs set to take theirs tomorrow, on the back of the presidential oath of office taken by Emmerson Dambudzo...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 19:00hrs | 668 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabweans should refuse to be hoodwinked by enemies of development
ZIMBABWE yesterday opened a new chapter following the swearing in of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for his second term as the President of Zimbabwe.President Mnangagwa won the presidential elect...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:17hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers voted against Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa lost at a polling station set up for soldiers from Pondoroza Barracks in Redcliff, Midlands province, during last week's elections, in a development that has laid ba...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Faz, military tension is likely to rise
TENSION between Zanu-PF's restive group Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz) and the military is likely to rise after if Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa forms the next government after Wednesday'...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activists urged to pretend to be Zanu-PF supporters
ASPIRING Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates in Bulawayo have encouraged their supporters to adopt the party's 'mango' strategy to avoid intimidation by suspected Zanu-PF supporters....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's manifesto is stolen intellectual property, 56% plagiarised word for word
So, 56% of the CCC manifesto some of whose content has been credited to Nelson Chamisa himself, is stolen word for word. Shocking.In other words, the CCC manifesto is stolen intellectu...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:37hrs | 29 | by Jonathan Moyo
Lawyers 4ED launched, challenged to advance development
President Mnangagwa yesterday called on lawyers to be steadfast in defending the country's sovereignty and independence and challenged them to entrench and deepen legal frameworks and institutions tha...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa owes us an apology
EVER since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into power in 2017, one of his rallying calls has been the removal of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over human rights...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 22:22hrs | 18 | by Martin Stobart
Lets Kwekwe Mnangagwa Out
Zimbabwean politics has been on the knife edge for a very long time. Taking a look from what other African countries are doing on international platforms and hearing how their leaders are articulating...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:07hrs | 7 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's land ruse fools no one
Apropos Advocate Nelson Chamisa's land remarks at CCC's campaign-launch rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru yesterday.The issue is not about how it is being framed either by Advocate Chamisa's det...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:56hrs | 11 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Expect more defections to Zanu-PF'
After being ‘rigged' in the recently held murky CCC candidate selection process, outspoken activist Mr Paddington Japajapa (PJ) decided to pack his bags and rejoin Zanu-PF. Below are excerpts of his...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa not the one ruling Zimbabwe!
As the crucial 23rd August 2023 inch closer, the ridiculousness and absurdity keeps getting weirder. This is especially so within the ruling ZANU PF camp - as they, as per norm, attempt to hoo...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:32hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Are Zanu-PF and ANC Siamese twins?
BIOLOGICAL Siamese twins, are those born conjoined to each other, usually at the chest, pelvis or backside. Their conjoinment, unfortunately, is not of their own making.This results from parti...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | 4 | by Mutemo Pisa
Bulawayo couple arrested for fraud
A COUPLE from Sunninghill suburb in Bulawayo that was recently arrested, before appearing in court facing charges of fraud and was later granted bail has been re-arrested facing fresh charges....Published: 10 May 2023 at 19:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CIO takes over running of Zimbabwe elections from the military
ZIMBABWE'S Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has secretly taken over the running of national elections — designed to manipulate the process in favour of the incumbent President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
It's time for political gimmicks
As we draw near the 2023 elections we have so far witnessed the propaganda mill machines conveying cheap political gimmicks for example the recently launc...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Leonard Koni
CCC candidates must prove loyalty to Creator!
Aspiring Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates are required to prove their loyalty to God, as part of the party's stringent selection procedure. As part of the vetting process, ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 18:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe fingered in Gold Mafia scandal
Government faces fresh dilemma on how to handle the gold smuggling and money laundering scandal exposed in a corruption busting Al Jazeera documentary after the central bank has also been fingered in ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 19:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | 6 | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
Zanu-PF primary elections date set
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has set March 18 for Zanu-PF primary elections as the revolutionary party girds its loins ahead of this year's elections leaving nothing to chance to ensure a resounding victory....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa members hit back at Mnangagwa's son in-law
A MEMBER of the suspended Zifa board has said they will not offer any apology for the chaos obtaining in the country's football landscape, before ripping into Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) ch...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 16:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza case flops
The woman, who is accusing businessman Shingi Munyeza of duping her of US$85 000 in a botched investment deal yesterday failed to turn up at the court where the prosecution was expected to assess the ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Modern democracy now outdated and in urgent need of reformation!
I am sure every single one of us has some particular obsessions or quirks in life that we appear constantly focused on - possibly, taking precedence over other matters that may also be in our lives....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African-based armed robbers, team up with locals to terrorise Harare residents
FOUR South Africa-based Zimbabweans appeared in court today on allegation of teaming up with six locals and committed a spate of armed robberies in and around Harare.Deborah Mukambachaza, Gadi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally haunted by mine deaths
Zanu-PF benefactor and prominent gold dealer Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's gold operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, have been closed by the Environmental Management Agency (Em...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scared of polls?
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has demonstrated his fear of elections as seen by his avoidance of establishing internal structures in his party, and his imposition of candidates for national polls, Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is being led by the Devil himself - please, dear God, intervene!
I have seen evil in this country before. In fact, I believe that my childhood experiences of watching those in my neighborhood of Redcliff being gruesomely beaten up, and their homes burnt to ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:53hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is CCC throwing Sikhala under the bus?
HAS the Nelson Chamisa led CCC thrown its imprisoned vice chairperson Job Sikhala into the political dustbin?Emerging reports are saying he is no longer part of the opposition party's future plans...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime worse agents of imperialism and puppets of Chinese colonialism
The study of history has always been my passion from a tender age. Whether it is that of the Americas, Europe, or Asia - anything can touches on a people's past and even present (as that would...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 18:45hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt dithers on free education
GOVERNMENT has started to sing a different tune on earlier promises to provide free basic education beginning next year, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying the programme would need more time to...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zanu-PF's terrorism should come to a stop
THE recent amendments to the Electoral Act are either the work of a stupid government or a government that thinks its citizens are stupid.The disqualification of a person who has been convicte...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 7 | by A Mbire
Zimbabweans aren't fools and refuse to be hoodwinked with 'sanctions on country' yarn!
Today, 25 October, was put aside as a so-called 'Anti Sanctions Day' - in which, the ever suffering people of Zimbabwe, and even citizens across the regio...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bornfrees4ED calls for the removal of sanctions
BORNFREES4ED, a newly-formed Zanu-PF affiliate whose membership is drawn from young people born after 1980, has joined the fray in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers' strike in bumpy start
THE teachers' strike planned for yesterday appeared to have failed after government claimed it was a flop while unions insisted educators had heeded their call.At a number of schools visited b...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF throws war collaborators under the bus
THE ruling Zanu-PF party, which recently introduced a war veterans league as the fourth wing of the party, has barred war collaborators from contesting for positions in the unit, claiming they were no...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote Zanu-PF, Mohadi tells chiefs
Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi, who is on a countrywide tour to meet chiefs, headmen and village heads, has pleaded with them to support the ruling party.On Sunday, Mohadi visited Gokwe...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa conned by Israel businessman?
ISRAELI billionaire and Shabtai Group of Companies president, Mr Gilad Shabtai is under investigations on allegations that he conned the President Emmerson Mnangagwa and made him believe that he was a...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:57hrs | 24 | by Shelton Muchena
Bulawayo, Kariba ignore Heroes Day
HEROES' Day celebrations were poorly attended in Bulawayo and Kariba yesterday, with residents saying the holiday was no longer of significance because government is failing to honour the "real libera...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister dishes out sweets to lure voters
POLITICAL temperatures are rising ahead of the Kariba Ward 5 by-election pencilled for Saturday, amid accusations by the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) that a top Zanu-PF official dis...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to spell out anti-price hike measures
Government will announce more measures to address the rises in prices of basic goods and services President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congress of the Zanu-PF Women's League in Harare yesterd...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New economic measures out today
More Government measures to address the price rises in basic goods and services since the beginning of the year are expected to be announced today, President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congre...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa tasked with finding a Ndebele puppet that will replace Kembo Mohadi?
The position of 2nd vice president that is imposed on Matabele people in Zimbabwe is a symbol of capture, oppression, mockery and an insult to Matabele nation. The children of the stars and the sons a...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 07:15hrs | 12 | by Israel Dube
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