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Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana an unsung hero, says Son
NATHAN Banana - the son of the late founding President of Zimbabwe, Canaan Sodindo Banana, has described his father as an unsung hero and lamented government's failure to honour him for the key ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks removal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa should reform sooner rather than later or face overthrow by angry citizens who have endured continued abuse under his regime, an international human rights defender has wa...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:10hrs | 8004 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa told to apologise for Gukurahundi genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on Friday asked to apologise for the Gukurahundi atrocities when he met a group of Matabeleland-based civil society organisations and political parties in Bulawayo....Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Land Reform: Zimbabwe's biggest independence milestone
ON 18 April this year, Zimbabwe will be celebrating 40 years of self-rule from British colonial domination. It is the right time for the country to take stock of its achievements, developments and cha...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:34hrs | 205 | by Vincent Gono
Zimbabwe secures more maize from Uganda
ZIMBABWE has secured maize from Uganda, a development that will go a long way in reducing mealie-meal shortages that have been exacerbated by recurrent droughts over the last three years. Pres...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not sincere about gukurahundi genocide'
CIVIC society organisations operating under the Matabeleland Collective banner yesterday told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that people in the region did not believe he was sincere about addressing the...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:24hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Hararians must stop this nonsense! - The Warriors are coming to BF
THIS week as I was driving home from work I listened to news from my car radio by this respectable radio station and as usual and as per template the last news item was sports. The fella was t...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:17hrs | 408 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Chamisa's MDC to boycott 2023 elections?
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has hinted his party may be forced to boycott the 2023 national elections if Zanu-PF does not own up to manipulating the 2018 elections in its favour.Chamisa and h...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:13hrs | 123 | by newzimbabwe
Walter Mzembi to expose ZANU PF election rigging
Former ZANU PF Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has opened up that he is working on an article that will expose how ZANU PF has been rigging elections in the country. Mzembi who denied tha...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:01hrs | 1778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF did not care about destruction caused by war, since it ruined us, still don't care - Enough is enough
"If you see anyone purporting to represent Zanu-PF youth league, those people are pretenders, they are masquerades. This is the real and authentic Zanu-PF youth league that is gathered here at the par...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:37hrs | 298 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4338 | by George Mkhwanazi
Mnangagwa attends Gukurahundi meeting in Bulawayo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa attended a meeting with Matabeleland Forum on Friday to discuss the Gukurahundi genocide that took place in the 1980s. The meeting which was coordinated by WOZA le...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 11:55hrs | 6331 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo dams still at critical levels
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has said national dam levels remain low with Bulawayo supply dams still at critical levels. In a statement, ZINWA said the national dam level aver...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 748 | by Staff reportert
Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi remains expected in April from UK
THE remains of Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi are expected to be repatriated back to Zimbabwe in April from the United Kingdom, where they are being kept as souvenirs at London museums.Also e...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 854 | by newzimbabwe
Iran marks 41 years of Islamic Revolution victory
On February 11, Iran marked the day the monarchy was officially toppled 10 days after the triumphant return from exile of the revolution's leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. This year's 41st...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 56 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
Team Zimbabwe UK 2020 victory celebrations
Team Zimbabwe UK Management is delighted to announce that the UK based Community Organisation will be holding a special celebration event this coming weekend in London on Saturday 15th of February 202...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:43hrs | 210 | by Marshall Gore
The challenge of change
The only really universal truth about our small blue globe spinning in space is that we all have to manage change. Some changes are inevitable — somehow the creator of life gave us a limited lifespa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:57hrs | 511 | by Eddie Cross
Constitution amendment a reversal of the gains achieved through constitution - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.2) Bill is largely a reversal of the gains that were achieved thro...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 06:43hrs | 301 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo declares water crisis emergency
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has applied to Government to declare the city's water crisis an emergency. BCC says the declaration will enable developmental partners to mobilise resources towards pro...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
'RELOAD will break vicious cycle of disputed elections' said MDC - rubbish, it is time for plan B
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," said George Santayana, born Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz De Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and n...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1270 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mutambara's Zimsec prognosis will hurt the poor
Renowned and leading African scientist and scholar, Professor AGO Mutambara, ignited a storm with his recent piece alleging shameless and scandalous grade inflation by ZIMSEC citing a school where 79 ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1650 | by Munya Gwisai
Zanu-PF's game of fools to deceive the downtrodden
THIS week, two leaders of the Zanu-PF youth league were seen in public ranting against corruption. These were sights reminiscent of youths high on "bronco", shouting at their own reflections in the lo...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 21:12hrs | 445 | by Muckraker
BREXIT like Britain or breakaway like Matabeleland
Undoubtedly, the resounding success of BREXIT shows that many nations under the sun, big or small, are now seeking to restore or maintain their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and be ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1147 | by Israel Dube
Mushosho retires from Old Mutual
OLD Mutual Zimbabwe group chief executive, Jonas Mushosho has retired from the conglomerate after reaching the retirement age.Mushosho served as CEO for over seven years.NewsDay Business r...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to pardon 5 000 inmates
GOVERNMENT is in a dilemma as it tries to find a quick solution to decongest local prisons that are now overcrowded, thereby creating all sorts of challenges.Previously, the State has tried to...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
US predicts Mnangagwa victory
A United States-based strategic think-tank, which has strong links to MDC-Alliance vice president Mr Tendai Biti, has tipped President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "resoundingly win the 2023 elections" in a ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda, Hungwe must be charged with treason'
MDC national vice chairperson and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has described his ongoing trial at the High Court on subversion charges as a persecution of democracy, saying the S...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4356 | by Staff reporter
Designation: The new US weapon against Zimbabweans
The United States does not want to leave Zimbabwe alone and has upped its game by using designation of persons as a way of forcing the ZANU PF government to capitulate. In a strange development, the U...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1923 | by Elijah Chihota
In renaming streets, Bulawayo totally forgot my father: Zephaniah Sihwa
I cannot help but comment on the renaming of streets in Bulawayo Town. I was so shocked to realize that my father was totally forgotten from the list of those whose names have been recognized in renam...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1888 | by Nomazulu Thata
'If you spoke to Smith then you can speak to Chamisa,' Mnangagwa told
Suspended Zanu-PF youth league commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sit down with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa for the benefit of Zimbabwe. Address...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:34hrs | 6380 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa is being pulled down by corruption' - feeble excuse, failed to rig economic recover and must fcuk off
Zimbabwe is facing very serious economic and political challenges. The country's economy is in total meltdown sending unemployment to the nauseating heights of 90%, basic necessities such as supply of...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 16:37hrs | 702 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe's chances of readmission into Commonwealth slim'
Political analysts say Zimbabwe's chances of being readmitted into the Commonwealth remain slim at a time when the Southern African nation is desperate to end its two-decade-long international isolati...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:52hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Here we go again!
Same old script, just different characters is probably what most Zimbabweans are saying after Zanu-PF deputy national Youth Secretary Lewis Matutu on Monday announced a list of party stalwarts as well...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Corruption is politicians' bedrock
ZANU-PF youth leaders, Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu, this week hogged the headlines after accusing prominent businessmen Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Billy Rautenbach and Tafadzwa Musarara of allegedly...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 487 | by Faith Zaba
Mnangagwa says no to food politicisation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given assurances there shall be no politicisation of food distribution in a country facing massive starvation due to drought.Addressing members of the diplomat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 426 | by newzimbabwe
Why does the oil industry attract much corruption?
I HAVE a long indirect association with the oil business. My father joined the Atlantic Oil Company in the early years of the last century and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a senior exec...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 654 | by Eddie Cross
Bulawayo strips Leopold Takawira of road honour, changed to King Mzilikazi Road
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has stripped Leopold Takawira of the honour of having one of its major roads named after him, after renaming it to King Mzilikazi Road.King Mzilikazi was the fo...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 11:49hrs | 12690 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli overrated minister, NO Solutions to Economic Crisis
Zimbabwe has experienced the worst economic dip since independence. Given recent economic problems, what are the possible solutions?...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 2747 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa urges Malawi to respect Constitutional Court judgment
President Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has urged all responsible authorities in Malawi to respect the judgment of the Constitutional Court and ma...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host Independence Day celebrations
THE 40th Independence Day anniversary will be held in Bulawayo for the first time in the history of the country. In the past the Independence celebrations were held in Harare. Briefing the med...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zanu-PF leaders to spend more time in communities
President Mnangagwa has declared 2020 as a year of productivity and challenged ZANU PF leaders to spend most of their time with communities monitoring the implementation of life-transforming projects....Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Namibia court uphold results of last year's presidential election
The Supreme Court in Namibia upheld the results of last year's presidential election on Wednesday, saying the challengers failed to prove ruling party manipulation of electronic voting machines....Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1016 | by Associated Press
'Key lessons for SADC to learn from Malawi judgement,' said Chamisa - irony, you have learned nothing yourself
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic chaos; with unemployment a nauseating 90%, public education and health care all but collapse, rocketing hyperinflation, etc. And political paralysis; we are stuck...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 13:07hrs | 1387 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Thabo Mbeki creating dictators in Africa'
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been accused of aiding dictators in the continent of Africa. Mbeki who is famed for brokering Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement h...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:59hrs | 1973 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Malawi election ruling V11-based'
THE ruling by the Constitutional Court of Malawi, which ordered fresh Presidential polls in 150 days after establishing large-scale vote manipulation, cannot be likened to the Zimbabwean scenario as t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF breaking more International Laws
by allegedly doing satan's bidding and Distributing Food along Party Lines, to poor impoverished people who are in total abject poverty, thanks to the ZANU-PF's man made economic and humanitarian disa...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 274 | by Thabo Makuyana
Chamisa taunts SADC, AU
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who claims he was robbed of poll victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 elections, Tuesday took a dig at SADC and the African Union (AU for blindly endorsing th...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF (Yaparara Mhani) Breaking more International Laws
By allegedly doing satan's bidding and Distributing Food along Party Lines, to poor impoverished people who are in total abject poverty, thanks to the ZANU PF's man made economic and humanitarian disa...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:08hrs | 1054 | by Thabo Makuyana
Chamisa hails Malawian ConCourt
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has hailed the Malawian Constitutional Court for passing a verdict that the elections which saw Peter Muitarika winning Presidency were rigged."I wish to congratulate...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 3996 | by Stephen Jakes
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