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'Health workers trained using tax payers' money owe us,' says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has said health workers trained locally using Zimbabwe's resources must ‘pay back' through working in public hospitals.Chiwenga added that in the future w...Published: 5 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden's Mugabe moment
Joe Biden has tripped and fallen during a graduation ceremony at the US Air Force academy.The American president, 80, was quickly helped up by three people, and walked back to his seat unassis...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1107 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF cannot win a free and fair election in Zimbabwe'
Opposition and rights groups in Zimbabwe are bemoaning this week's passing of a so-called "Patriotic Bill" by the lower house of parliament, which they say curtails several fundamental freedoms enshri...Published: 21 hrs ago | 903 | by Staff reporter
Rethinking Bulawayo back to its roots, don't vote for donkeys
All addresses are local. Literally, everyone has a local address. No one has a national address. That's why politics is local. It's because everyone lives at or belongs to some local place. He...Published: 22 hrs ago | 770 | by Jonathan Moyo
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of Zimbabwe's watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 23 hrs ago | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 23 hrs ago | 414 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 24 hrs ago | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans civil servants from being office bearers of any political party
The Zimbabwean government has banned all civil servants from being office-bearers of any political party.The Public Service Commission, which regulates the conduct of civil servants, sent...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 10:04hrs | 1345 | by Ndou Paul
US foreign policy and the Zimbabwe dollar!
In my life journey, my three years stay in Jamaica was probably the most traumatic and most revealing as to how the imperialists work.I am, therefore, surprised that Mthuli Ncube and his handl...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:37hrs | 165 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Misfiring Bosso face high flying Chiefs
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders Football Club will host in-form Bulawayo Chiefs in what is anticipated to be an explosive blockbuster Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter at Barbourfields Stadium ...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Maswanhise set for Leicester City breakthrough
ENGLAND-BORN Warriors' prospect Tawanda Maswanhise is expected to graduate into the first team of relegated premier league side Leicester City after he scooped the developmental side player of the yea...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:35hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite starts transmitting data
ZIMBABWE'S first earth-observation satellite, ZimSat-1, has started collecting data from space after undergoing successful orbital stabilisation.The satellite, which is monitored from the Mazo...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Dembare coach to be fired if he fails to win today
DYNAMOS have fired five coaches since their last Premiership title in 2014, and Herbert "Jompano" Maruwa could become the sixth victim if he fails to collect three points against ZPC Kariba at the Nat...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:27hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Southern Environment and Fencorp join forces to tell African stories
FENCORP GLOBAL, a media and deal brokering firm, has recently formed a partnership with The Southern Environment, a media platform dedicated to sharing African stories on the environment and climate c...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 07:36hrs | 26 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nakamba returns to Villa?
Zimbabwe international footballer Marvelous Nakamba will return to Aston Villa following the expiry of his loan spell with Luton Town.Luton Town announced on their website today that Nakamba w...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 16:11hrs | 3126 | by Staff reporter
Johnson and Johnson's baby powder causes cancer?
ZIMBABWE's health ministry has banned the use of Johnson and Johnson's baby powder over allegations that it causes cancer.In a letter seen by NewZimbabwe.com written to all provincial medical ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:21hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew turns to sport to woo voters
Zanu-PF Midlands youth quota candidate David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa has turned to sport as one of his campaign strategies ahead of August 23 elections.Last week, Dvaid, who is President Emmerson...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa addresses Malawians in fluent Chewa
President Mnangagwa, who was in Malawi on a three-day State visit this week, proved his statesmanship when he surprised his Malawian audience by addressing them in fluent Chewa, leaving them thrilled....Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:16hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must withdraw 'Patriotic Bill' from parliament'
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is greatly saddened by the passing of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill H.B. 15, 2022 introducing so-called patriotism provisions in the H...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:18hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 11:06hrs | 719 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Metal Health Care is a basic need too
As a Zimbabwean, I cannot help but feel a deep sense of sadness when I reflect upon the state of mental health in our society today. The truth is that mental health needs to be a much bigger priority ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 11:04hrs | 129 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mangudya rules out dollarisation
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday claimed that past experiences, rather than basic economic issues, were to blame for the country's exchange rate volatility, as he ruled ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
We pray for peaceful elections
NOW that the air has been cleared on the date of this year's elections, we sincerely hope that every Zimbabwean will from today onwards embrace the spirit of peace.The next two and half months...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Labour quota system key to reducing future conflict in Zimbabwe
The current president of NMWUZ - National Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe, Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka during an interview on labour and the combined 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Governm...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:39hrs | 234 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Bulawayo Mayor calls for a vote for change in August 2023
Outgoing Mayor of Bulawayo, His Worship Solomon Madlala Mguni, has called on Zimbabweans to vote for a new government that will bring about a different way of governing both the country and the city. ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 14:54hrs | 1597 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Kwekwe faces total collapse into mine tunnels
AN environmental catastrophe looms in Kwekwe, a gold mining city about 200km southwest of Harare, where properties are being swallowed by mine tunnels underneath them.Unregulated exploration b...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
'CCC, Zanu-PF chefs eating together'
LEADER of the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) Robert Chapman says Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials actually "play and eat" together and are taking Zimbabweans for a ride....Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 2240 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba loses child custody
HIGH Court judge Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa has ordered William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, to return his minor child to his estranged wife Lilian Rufaro Madyara after he kid...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 419 | by Dzikamai Bere
Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning
HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
What can Zimbabwe and Africa learn from China's 1949 revolution?
The Chinese Revolution of 1949, made the West to regard China as a yellow peril or disease which had to be quarantined for 20 years and how in turn China built up its political and economic strength i...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:44hrs | 222 | by Erick Matotoba
Mthuli Ncube out of touch with reality
The Finance Minister Muthuli Ncube has forgetten what he was really appointed for and needs somemone to spell out his duties.The Finance Minister is now behaving more like a politician than a ...Published: 30 May 2023 at 09:36hrs | 1328 | by Leonard Koni
UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt choking CSOs
Independent civic society organisations (CSOs) have accused the Zanu-PF government of stifling their work by pushing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, while allowing non-gover...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
80 000 Zimbabwean women abort each year, says USAid
AN estimated 60 000 to 80 000 women in Zimbabwe undergo illegal abortions annually, a new survey by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) and Internews has revealed.Th...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
New radar system for Gabriel Mugabe Airport
A new state-of-the-art radio navigation system capable of communicating with at least 200 airplanes at a time has been installed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport as part of the US$153 mi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | 349 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mthuli's theatrics expose government lack of seriousness in addressing Zim economic crisis!
So, finance minister Mthuli Ncube, over the weekend, went around shops in Bulawayo, like a crazed vigilante, tearing down tags displaying prices strictly in US dollars!He even berated a haples...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:02hrs | 539 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Robert Chapman's name 'missing' from ZEC voters roll
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) president, Robert Chapman has red-flagged inefficiencies of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s voter registration system after failing to find his entry among eli...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:41hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks voters roll inspection
Zanu-PF affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz) has reportedly hijacked the voters roll inspection exercise by demanding proof of ruling party membership from those trying to check for their name...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 252 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimdollar not going anywhere
THE Treasury has assured the market of continued usage of the local currency and that deliberate steps are being taken to strengthen its value so as to restore consumer purchasing power and buttress t...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba:- A dazzling ambassador for Zimbabwe football
IN the world of football, there are players who not only excel on the field but also embody the true spirit of sportsmanship and national pride.Marvelous Nakamba has not only raised the Zimbab...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 712 | by Jonathan Moyo
African Union is funded by the same people they are fighting
Imagine getting advice from your enemy on how to beat them in an economic or guerrilla war. The adage that goes, "It's not your duty to stop your enemy when they are making mistakes" is always seen wh...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:06hrs | 174 | by Erick Matotoba
At what stage does a president concede he has failed?
If I were the president of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under these circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each and every day without electricity, and most urban a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:02hrs | 237 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CALA Here to stay. Parents don't understand what it means
THE Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) are a key feature in the country's primary and secondary school curriculum and will not be scrapped, but components per learning area might be redu...Published: 28 May 2023 at 13:13hrs | 390 | by Erick Matotoba
War against Bulawayo's litterbugs
A non-governmental organisation, Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo together with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) are waging a war against litterbugs to control pollution in the city....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Dzukamanja wins it for Pirates
ZIMBABWE international Terrence Dzukamanja scored the winner as South African football giants Orlando Pirates beat Sikhukhune United 2-1 in the final of the prestigious Nedbank Cup on Saturday night ....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
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