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Sober approach to the problem
I take a bow to my lovely sister Nomazulu Thata who says she lives in Germany and stays in Berlin and Bremen interchangeably. This is in p...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2058 | by Clemen Moyo
7 ways of dealing with difficult people
Last week, we dealt with people who hold you back and how you can win against them.This week, let's look at how best to deal with difficult people. I have personally worked with people who are...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:57hrs | 286 | by Jonah Nyoni
'My main focus is to make urbanites understand Zanu-PF'
The ruling party Zanu-PF on Tuesday appointed Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda as secretary for the Commissariat. He replaced Engelb...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Confusion reigns over Chinamasa's Air Zimbabwe appointment
Confusion is reigning supreme in legal circles following the alleged irregular appointment of former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa as board chairperson of struggling Air Zimbabwe by President Emm...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Apostle Chiwenga's letter to Mnangagwa
Sir, I am being followed by unregistered vehicles believed to be from the Central Intelligence Organisation or from the Military Intelligence Department of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, I am receiving ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 16:29hrs | 23679 | by Online
Embassy steps in to save girls menstrual health
Have you felt so bad that you no longer wanted to live, that is how teen girls are feeling when they get strange stares from their peers because they may have messed themselves with menstrual bl...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 754 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Matemadanda coughs blood - No one left this position in good shape is it cursed?
ZANU PF has seen a number of Political Commissars and then there were none. As of the appointment on Monday of Cde Victor Matemadanda to replace cde Major General Rugeje ZANU PF commissariat is once a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | 10285 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zapu Presidency Refutes Speculations on the Leadership Storm and Factions
The Zapu Presidency wishes to categorically dismiss the so called looming leadership storm following the death of its President Dumiso Dabengwa. Whereas speculations are expected after the fall of any...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 12:07hrs | 1240 | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
MDC Reading protest and fundraiser
MDC Reading has just held its first demonstration since the end of the National Congress held in Zimbabwe, where the young and vibrant leader Nelson Chamisa was democratically elected as its President...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:40hrs | 1852 | by Thabo Makuyana
'Political rivalry shouldn't translate into animosity'
Indo-Zimbabwe relations are largely timeless as trade between the two countries can be traced to the pre-colonial era. Last year, Indian Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu visited Zimbabwe and pledged...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
7 types of people who hold you back
AT times we allow people to control us. Some control us using fear, manipulation, and authority as tools.At times, we are controlled by what the crowds must think of us. Naturally, we want to fit ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 927 | by Jonah Nyoni
Zimbabwe military government abandons senior citizens
When l was growing I just loved to be near my maternal mother she taught us a lot of things about life, she would also tell us traditional folk tales around a fire, everybody loved her she would wrap ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:45hrs | 1499 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Makamba suspends Francis Mawindi as Telecel Board member
Telecel Zimbabwe board has suspended Mr Francis Mawindi, their Board member with immediate effect over breach of the common law fiduciary duty of confidentiality, ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Zupco jokes, economic class and hedonistic individualism in Zimbabwe
There can be a bit of a laugh, if you are on social media, concerning the political-economic goings-on in Zimbabwe.There should not (strictly speaking) be. But on social media, there is and hu...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1194 | by Takura Zhangazha
Hunger and disease kill school children in remote Zimbabwe
Having grown up in a crude environment in Zimbabwe witnessing child abuse and negligence there are tell tale signs that are still haunting me this time the number of children going hungry in Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:52hrs | 897 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira named Zimbabwe tourism Ambassador
Zimbabwe-born Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira has been named Tourism Ambassador for destination Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Toirism Authority's main objective for the appointment is to increase tourism tra...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:28hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to be wary of social media
ZIMBABWEANS should not allow social media to shape their opinion of the country since agents of regime change such as MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his allies were using it to post subversive...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:47hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
What I Learnt From My Team Captain
Some days ago, my football team had a match with a rival team. The opposition was giving us a headache. We seemed to be struggling to keep up with their attacks. Even my dependable center-back was cru...Published: 30 May 2019 at 10:32hrs | 207 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Zanu-PF MPs' conduct appalling
Dumiso Dabengwa (DD) is a national hero. That is beyond doubt, whether we agree with his politics or not. That the ruling party legislators could not spare a minute to honour one of the country's most...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 504 | by Editorial - Newsday
Mnangagwa's govt an enemy of its own people
The failure of Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to fix the wayward economy is spelling disaster to the whole nation.We do not need a rocket scientist or Prophet T B Joshua to tell us that our e...Published: 29 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 2810 | by Leonard Koni
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 29 May 2019 at 13:22hrs | 457 | by Makhoprecious Moyo
Your Mindset determines your Success
The mindset - a person's way of thinking and their opinions. The mind has three basic functions: thinking, feeling, and wanting. The three functions of the mind – thoughts, feelings, and desires –...Published: 27 May 2019 at 11:56hrs | 888 | by Enos Denhere
Source of MDC leadership confusion is a poorly drafted constitution
MY issue with judgments on who is President of the MDC, who is Deputy President, and the rest, is that those making arguments are selective in their reading of the Constitution, looking to find fault ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2550 | by Wes Beal
Coca-Cola ranks as Africa's top food and beverage brand
Coca-Cola is the only food and beverage brand ranked in the top five most admired brands in Brand Africa's 7th annual Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands.Coca-Cola was named as the fourth m...Published: 26 May 2019 at 21:11hrs | 638 | by Agencies
Ariel Sibanda speaks out
HIGHLANDERS captain, Ariel Sibanda has revealed the agony of being handed the leadership mantle at a time when the club has been going through one of its most difficult moments and having to overcome ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:45hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns selfless hero Dr Dabengwa
ZANU-PF on Friday mourned the death of liberation stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa describing him as a selfless hero who embraced even those who hated him.Dr Dabengwa di...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:16hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
'Dabengwa's mother was shot and left to rot for two days'
The mother of the late former ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa was shot in cold blood by Rhodesian Special Branch forces and her body was left untouched for two days in a plot to trap t...Published: 24 May 2019 at 19:19hrs | 8347 | by Mandla Ndlovu
What Dabengwa said about Chiwenga and Perence Shiri
The late struggle stalwart Dr Dumiso Dabengwa told United States of America's Ambassador James D. McGee in 2008 that Vice President Chiwenga was a corrupt person who would not allow any reforms in Zim...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:32hrs | 31459 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Political Reforms can UNITE Zimbabwe
President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF always complain that the main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance are cry-babies who never accept electoral defeat and hence they are holding the country ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 719 | by Darlington Nyambiya And Farai Maguwu
Devolution confusion - marginalised communities lose out
Concern has arisen amongst some marginalised rural communities in Southern Zimbabwe about the slow implementation of the devolution process and how it was rushed to line up the pockets of a few ruling...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 308 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Mthuli Ncube is not a Professor for nothing
"Be careful what you wish for," is an English expression used to tell people to think before they say they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it. There may be unforeseen and...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 5275 | by Conway Tutani
Welshman Ncube,Hwende take early lead in MDC poll
An online publication says it has conducted an opinion poll on candidate preferences for MDC congress amongst delegates from Mashonaland West Province. The outcomes show that for the pos...Published: 23 May 2019 at 12:13hrs | 12296 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court freezes car dealer's bank account
High Court judge Justice Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba has frozen the bank account of car dealer Farai Chiwashira following an application by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) which is seeking answers...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man wins case to stay in Northern Ireland
A Zimbabwean man who fled the country following the alleged politically-motivated killing of his father has won a High Court case in his fight to remain in Northern Ireland.The 35-year-old, wh...Published: 22 May 2019 at 23:51hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flagged offside
The respected global journal, International Policy Digest, has flagged opposition MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for snubbing the recently launched Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) and for ope...Published: 22 May 2019 at 23:25hrs | 5957 | by Staff reporter
Binga community resort to eating roots as hunger bites
Communities in rural Binga the largest district in Zimbabwe have returned to their nomadic lifestyles by eating wild fruits and other nutritious tubers to ward off hunger that has stalked the district...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1418 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Ncube, super-duper PAC member, blame povo for fuel price hike - how arrogant
"Presidential Advisory Council member Trevor Ncube has blamed ordinary Zimbabweans for the step taken by the central bank to liberalise the price of fuel by removing the 1:1 exchange rate," reported B...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1688 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'West must listen to Mnangagwa, not Chamisa'
This past weekend, Zimbabwe took a dramatic step towards national reconciliation. In an effort to improve the country's difficult economic situation and bring about unity among its confrontational pol...Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:25hrs | 1218 | by Martin Banks
Trevor Ncube blames Zimbabweans for fuel price increase
Presidential Advisory Council member Trevor Ncube has blamed ordinary Zimbabweans for the step taken by the central bank to liberalise the price of fuel by removing the 1:1 exchange rate. The ...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:04hrs | 8513 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa in serious trouble As the dialogue makes headway
It was clear to all but Few and some on Zimbabwean left that any unlikely agreement with Chamisa would only lead to further the agenda of regime change. The unconstitutional removal of the constitutio...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:05hrs | 12035 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ecocash scam exposed...CEO blocks Lumumba's partner
Kuda Musasisa the business partner of William Mutumanje has exposed Ecocash agents for charging extra cash for Cash Out transactions. Musasiwa's rant on Twitter forced the CEO of Ecocash Natal...Published: 20 May 2019 at 11:54hrs | 6291 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt recognises MDC's 2014 structures
ZANU-PF has been accused of meddling in the affairs of the main opposition MDC party.These accusations intensified following a High Court ruling that appeared to stall the MDC congress prepara...Published: 20 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants a critical friend, not more praise worshippers
Always, there was something inherently evil about that dinner table, authority and truth-to-power. I shall come to that.My maternal grandfather's very name said it all … Ndabakayithethwa! (L...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:33hrs | 1048 | by Zifiso Masiye
Highlanders hearing turns into nightmare for Bosso supremo
WHAT was supposed to be a routine evidentiary participation by the Highlanders FC chairman, Kenneth Mhlophe, turned into a nightmare yesterday when the disciplinary committee presiding over the suspen...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Challenges modern students face while researching online
Research is the backbone of the college experience, and the need to research a wide variety of topic in depth can cause students a great deal of trouble, particularly when they are not familiar with t...Published: 17 May 2019 at 14:32hrs | 865 | by Staff Writer
Masiyiwa-Chamisa gives Biggie Matiza a five-day ultimatum
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Road Administration Authority (Zinara) chief executive officer Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa has given Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza a five-day ultimatum to issue a public...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:20hrs | 3431 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's failures may trigger public anger
Over the past year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government have totally ignored calls from Zimbabweans to change the corrupt and inefficient way in which government is run. Zimbabweans from a...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1310 | by Martin Tarusenga
1893 MHRRM condemns Ndiweni's harrassment by Zanu PF government
We strongly condemn, unresevedly, the attempts made on Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni's life by Zanu PF Hoodlums and rascals today.Ndiweni has a sacrosant democratic right to air his opinions without ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1005 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Mnangagwa to launch POLAD tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to officially launch the Political Actors Dialogue (polad) at the Harare International Conference Centre, which seeks to bring unity among political players an...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:46hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu calls David Coltart a racist Selous Scout
MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has attacked MDC Treasurer General aspirant David Coltart of being a racist unrepentant Rhodie. Gutu was irked by Coltart's opinion of the recent handed down MD...Published: 15 May 2019 at 21:39hrs | 3131 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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