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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 | 113 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2039 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases spike
Zimbabwe's government has started restricting public gatherings and food vending, while monitoring burials in all areas affected by cholera, after cases of the disease spiked this week.New cho...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:51hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally ready to come back to Zimbabwe
FORMER Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ms Mandiitawepi Chimene, who is currently holed up in self-imposed exile in Mozambique, says she is ready to come back home, claiming she is ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:34hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers cause stir in Gweru
HUNDREDS of soldiers have camped at a military base in Guinea Fowl, Gweru, stretching social amenities in the area where there are limited ablution facilities and erratic water supplies at a time ther...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:26hrs | 1302 | by Staff reporter
Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army conducts drills in Midlands
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) is conducting a routine training exercise in the Midlands Province aimed at imparting knowledge to its members on contemporary warfare.Parts of the province wi...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa panics...plots Emergency Congress to crush internal rivals
Former Zimbabwean Cabinet minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has brought to light a meticulous plan by Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), to orchestrate what Moyo aptl...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 16:16hrs | 3017 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Lone gunman cause panic in Beitbridge
A solitary gunman, who incited fear in Beitbridge when observed near the banks of the Limpopo River last Wednesday, has been revealed by the police to be a Parks and Wildlife officer handling a case o...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 16:07hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt quakes over CCC protests
In anticipation of planned flash protests by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which disputes the results of the August 23 and 24 harmonized elections, the government has heightened ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:08hrs | 1881 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 still alive in Zimbabwe
Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) no longer categorizing COVID-19 as a global emergency, the virus still poses a threat to Zimbabwean communities, according to the government. While acknowle...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:05hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of 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 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
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
Mnangagwa's son says Zimbabwe banks no longer offering funding beyond 2025
Deputy Minister David Mnangagwa, responsible for Finance and Investment Promotion, has revealed that banks are no longer extending long-term funding options beyond 2025, coinciding with the planned co...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 19:26hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Man nearly loses testicles on drinking spree
A Plumtree man nearly lost his testicles while on a drinking spree after being stabbed by fellow imbibers at a local bottlestore in Madabe village.Bethwell Ngwenya of Tshitshi village in Madab...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1272 | by Desmond Nleya / Simbarashe Sithole
CBZ commends Mthuli Ncube's bold inflation policy
CBZ Holdings Limited (CBZHL), the country's largest banking institution in terms of deposits and assets, has commended monetary authorities for taking bold inflation-targeted measures. The company has...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 11:47hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Where are our own documentaries chronicling oppression in Zimbabwe?
At times, Zimbabweans can be irritating, at best - or downright infuriating, at worst. Here we are, having recently come out of an undeniably flawed sham of an election - where the ruling elit...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:11hrs | 645 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa has a solid plan.' Muscle into new GNU and thus guarantee yet another wasted opportunity to implement ALL reform
"Chamisa has a solid plan!" read the Bulawayo24 headline!If each one of Chamisa’s "solid plan" was a brick then one would have built by now a pyramid of solid brick ten kilometres square and...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:27hrs | 1321 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa has a solid plan
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has revitalized the dwindling hopes of millions of Zimbabweans who had lost faith in the prospect of a change in government...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:03hrs | 3956 | by Staff reporter
UK diaspora hands over Zimbabwe poll petition
VARIOUS civic society organisations and political party representatives in the United Kingdom have handed over a petition to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over alleged rigging during Zimbabwe's August 23...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | 620 | by Stephen Chan
CCC councillors jittery over Chamisa directive
THERE is a plot by in-coming Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors to defy party leader, Nelson Chamisa, after he imposed former Education minister, David Coltart, as the party's chosen mayo...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 20:14hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
Zambian president panics
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has warned potential coup plotters not to threaten the southern African nation's democratic rule and stability, the BBC reported on TuesdayIt is not clear...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 5022 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fuel storage depot explodes
A petrol storage tank exploded resulting in a raging fire that reduced several vehicles to shells at a fuel storage depot in Kelvin West industrial area in Bulawayo yesterday.With a sudden who...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:28hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
ED will always know SADC knows ZANU PF cheated!
So, the much-anticipated results of the recently-held Zimbabwe presidential elections are officially out!ZANU PF's Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was announced winner over his main rival, CCC's N...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 22:32hrs | 1403 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
SADC condemnation of Zimbabwe elections drives ZANU PF into panic mode!
A week ago, I penned an article entitled, 'Peace isn't the only standard for free, fair and credible elections'.These words could not have been truer and more relevant than today. No o...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:54hrs | 57 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZRP dispels curfew rumours on social media
Police have dismissed as false reports circulating on social media that there was going to be a curfew and disturbances in the country.The police have since warned individuals and groups who a...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:14hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
SADC condemnation of Zimbabwe elections drives ZANU PF into panic mode!
A week ago, I penned an article entitled, 'Peace isn't the only standard for free, fair and credible elections'.These words could not have been truer and more relevant than today. No ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:52hrs | 1231 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa claims win
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday remained hopeful that he would emerge victorious despite complaining about the way the election was being conducted.Chamisa ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2329 | by Staff reporter
ZRP dispels polling station death report
Police have dispelled as false, a report circulating on social media and quoted by some media outlets claiming that a 68-year-year old man yesterday died at a polling station at Warren Park High Schoo...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 20:00 CCC update
As evening falls, voters continue to queue up in droves to cast their ballots - some have been waiting hours to exercise their democratic right.By now, every single one of the 12,374 polling s...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 19:09hrs | 330 | by Charles Kwaramba
Zimbabwe Election: 17:00 CCC update
Good afternoon. Serious problems with voting persist as several polling stations, particularly in urban areas, remain unopened. However, there are reports of great morale among opposition voters on th...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:37hrs | 220 | by Charles Kwaramba
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 561 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Zimbabwe police ban CCC rallies
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have banned three more Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies scheduled for Mashonaland Central province bringing the total number of the opposition party's ban...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Diaspora must return and vote for change' Blame CCC for dragging us into flawed elections out of greed, not diaspora
"I get annoyed sometimes when l discovered that a person who is in Diaspora is supporting Zanu PF and they have got an offices in other countries. We must defeat Zanu PF politically like HH did in Zam...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 14:25hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Withdrawal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits is discriminatory and inhumane'
New research has indicated that the biggest challenge in documenting immigrants is procedure, which increasingly excludes people who are considered 'not useful' to the South African economy.Th...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's electoral system water-tight to rig'?
Zanu-PF does not rig elections as claimed by opposition parties, due to water-tight electoral systems, but wins resoundingly on the strength of its popular support as evidenced by strong attendance at...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist family survives petrol-bombing
A CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Lloyd Mkwara, and his family are lucky to be alive and that no valuable property was damaged after an unknown assailant threw a suspected petrol bomb i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique to stop fuel exports to Zimbabwe if Porusingazi loses?
Incumbent Chipinge South Zanu-PF legislator Enock Porusungazi has said that there is nothing amiss after a FLERIMO official threatened to sever ties between Zimbabwe and Mozambique should Porusingazi ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 20:22hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza remains optimistic
DESPITE his team's struggles in their last three matches, FC Platinum gaffer Norman Mapeza says is keeping his head high, with the hope of reviving his team's title defence in the second half of the s...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed anti-riot police patrol streets after CCC poll ruling
HEAVILY armed anti-riot police yesterday patrolled streets in Harare and Bulawayo after two High Court decisions against opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).A Bulawayo High Court ju...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 10:03hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mystery disease decimates kraals in Mberengwa
FOR a month and a half, Mr Thomas Mangena of Jeka area in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province lived in what seemed to be a bad dream that he wished he would one day wake up from.The reality,...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judiciary under spotlight
SINCE assuming power in 2017 through a coup and the subsequent controversial election victory in 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule has been marred by allegations of compromising the independen...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Tembo
Malema flip-flops on Chamisa 'American puppet' label
SOUTH AFRICAN opposition leader Julius Malema, who once labelled CCC leader a puppet, has hit out at African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, for calling Zimbabwean opposition...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian billionaire's US$1 billion Zimbabwean mining deals stall
NIGERIAN oil and gas billionaire Benedict Peters' massive investment plans to shell out over US$1 billion into a local platinum mining project and more into lithium, iron ore, tin, gold and rare earth...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 13:54hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Drug dealer dumps car at police roadblock
There was drama in Glendale where a Chiweshe-based motorist panicked at a roadblock and took to his heels leaving the car with 360g of dagga on the block.Vitas Chigwanda (27) was dragged to Co...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Malema says Kasukuwere must be allowed to contest
Free-spoken militant South African opposition EFF leader Julius Malema says if Zimbabweans want main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, they must vote for him without hindrances.He also says in...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 17:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says 'don't celebrate too soon we will be back'
FORMER cabinet minister and Saviour Kasukuwere's chief convenor Walter Mzembi has hinted at plans to fight High Court's ruling.Mzembi was responding to critics on social media after High Court...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fights back
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's bid for the country's presidency appears ruined after the High Court in Harare nullified his nomination.Undaunted by the ruling, Kasuku...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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