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'Selfish' CCC MPs defend US$40,000 loans
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament yesterday said there was nothing wrong in them accepting the US$40 000 housing loans despite criticism by their leader Nelson Chami...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Why CCC MPs defied Chamisa and took the US$40,000 loan
ON Tuesday 6 December 2022 the Citizens Coalition for Change Parliamentary Caucus converged in Harare where among other things they discussed critical national issues affecting the citizens of Zimbabw...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1264 | by Prosper Mutseyami
Chamisa's MPs dig in, defend US$40,000 loan
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators have defended their move to accept controversial US$40,000 loans from Parliament, days after party president Nelson Chami...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:15hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
'It is nice to call the US$40k to MPs a loan, it is a bribe' admitted Chamisa - his first tacit admission he too was bribed
Renemanyanga hariputirwi!" (The one whose defects stick out like horns cannot hide them forever. They will stick out!) so goes the Shona saying. Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends are corrupt ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 1091 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthuli Ncube 'snubs' Gukurahundi programmes
HUMAN rights activists in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the failure by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to fund Gukurahundi national healing programmes.This is despite the launching of a G...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces open revolt from CCC MPs?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa faces open revolt from his party legislators after he tried to stop them from receiving a US$40 000 Government loan through a populist announcement on social media....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes late ex-Chinese leader Jiang
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a condolence message to China following the death of former leader Jiang Zemin describing him as an outstanding statesman who led his country into growth and progress...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe keeps bank rate at 200%
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has kept its bank policy rate at 200 percent after its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) expressed satisfaction with how the current tight monetary policy stance has h...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
MPs scrimmage for US$40 000 loan shows how we all are dependent on the dictator's benevolence
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to the...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 10:49hrs | 2443 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea outbreak rages
Harare City Council is producing about a quarter of the residents' daily potable water requirements, with the authorities last week sanctioning a rationing regime amid a diarrhoea outbreak in the capi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides CCC MPs for getting US$40 000 loans
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the US$40 000 loans given to legislators were in fact bribes to stop the MPs from speaking out against ongoing looting.He says a...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:12hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
ZESA and government corruption and incompetence to blame for perennial power challenges in Zimbabwe
As I write this article, I am preparing for a scheduled eight-hour power outage - from 08:00 to 17:00 hours - and, as can be seen, translates into an enti...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 11:57hrs | 2505 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa, Mnangagwa legislators united over US$40m loan
Members of Parliament (MPs) from across the political divide who usually fiercely clash over policy issues have come to speak with one voice in defence of the controversial US$40m loan facility from t...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
EU envoy meets Zanu-PF, CCC
EUROPEAN Union (EU) human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore has met the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders as the European bloc ratchets pressure on Harare to con...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prices soar ahead of Christmas
ZIMBABWEANS face yet another bleak festive season as prices of basic commodities, mostly foodstuffs, continue to rise with retailers citing the current power outages as the main driver of price increa...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tariff hike looms for miners
ZESA Holdings is set to review tariffs for major consumers such as miners to improve generation and boost its capacity to import electricity to meet local demand.In his 2023 national budget st...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs defy Chamisa on US$40,000 'loot'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday blasted legislators from his party for accepting a US$40 000 loan facilities from Parliament.Government has offer...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe clamps down on illegal recruitment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government is strengthening inter-agency cooperation to deal with unscrupulous recruitment agencies using unethical means to recruit desperate job seekers and ultimate...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:54hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa against $40,000 loans to MPs
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa has described as unethical and immoral a controversial move by legislators, including his own, to get a total US$14 million from parliamen...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must seize the chance to unite nation, now!
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is apparent that Zimbabwe is bedevilled by deep-seated polarisation. Our body politic is fragmented through and through. Cons...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 173 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
US$40 000 windfall for Chamisa and Mnangagwa's MPs
LEGISLATORS are reportedly set to receive US$40 000 each from government for their welfare, NewsDay has learnt.This was after the Members of Parliament's Welfare Committee, which includes part...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs offered US$40,000 loan facility by Mnangagwa's govt?
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has defended an alleged US$40 000 purse dangled at sitting members of parliament (MPs) as loans by government ahead of next year's elections.Mliswa, who is on re...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:50hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
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 | 228 | by A Mbire
Mnangagwa promotes 7 Zimbabwe Prison senior officers
President Mnangagwa has promoted seven Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) senior officers to the ranks of commissioner and assistant commissioner.Officers who were promoted to th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Kasukuwere?
FORMER Cabinet minister Mr Saviour Kasukuwere tried to bribe his way back into Zanu-PF following the fall of their bid to thwart President Mnangagwa's ascendency in 2017, his erstwhile ally Professor ...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
Harare recorded over 1 100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20, with the authorities citing the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect refuse and attend to burst sewe...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
'Teach children how to spot signs of sexual abuse, says Chiwenga
Children must be taught signs of sexual abuse and assault and how to report any form of abuse immediately so the perpetrators can be caught and the children become safe, Acting President Constantino C...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 12:24hrs | 710 | by Staff Reporter
Drama as trainee doctor assaults rival lovers
A man from Bulawayo, who is also a trainee medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, and suspected his pregnant girlfriend of cheating for some time had his suspicions confirmed in the most dramatic w...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 3534 | by Staff reporter
Lightning bolts strike two Harare men dead
TWO male adults from Harare were this week struck dead by lightning bolts in separate incidents, as this year's rain season got off to a tragic start.The deceased have been identified as Leona...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warms up to more investments from China
Zimbabwe stands ready to welcome more investments from China across all sectors of the economy as Harare accelerates a sustainable and mutually beneficial modernisation and industrialisation of the tw...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blasts Mnangagwa's 'lame duck' SONA address
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday reiterated the need for political players to shun violence as the country prepares for the 2023 general election.Mnangagwa said this during his State of ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube must pay civil servants USD salaries'
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to announce the payment of civil servants' salaries in United States dollars in the 2023 national budget which he will announce today.Ncub...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is 'immature, ideologically bankrupt,' says Jonathan Moyo
PROFESSOR Jonathan Moyo has hit out at Nelson Chamisa's "duplicitous" nature, revealing he worked with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader for three years, interacting on a daily basis and ...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 4272 | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
'SA mass deportation pile pressure on Zimbabwe'
THE scheduled mass deportation of Zimbabweans living in South Africa in June 2023 is anticipated to increase pressure on the infrastructure of this country, including the health care sector, experts s...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:33hrs | 2006 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 1037 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Chamisa speaks on 2023 polls prospects, accepting results
A wave of opposition victories in the Sadc region over the past two years has elicited mixed reactions from political parties in Zimbabwe.The opposition says this is a sign that the tide was c...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
'Small gold coins will further anchor stability'
The introduction of small gold coins last week is expected to further stabilise the exchange rate, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Dr John Mangudya has said.Large-denomination bullion ...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:34hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF has been in power for 42 years so let's not pretend as if we've new government!
I am always flabbergasted when listening to senior government officials in their attempts at convincing the citizenry that development cannot be expected to occur overnight, as the country was being b...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 12:43hrs | 976 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's Mahere reacts to Jonathan Moyo's Zanu-PF apology
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is not focused on the political "theatrics" currently playing out in ruling party Zanu-PF which have seen the party welcoming back self-exile...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 3869 | by Staff reporter
Minister of State markets masau at Africa Dubai Business
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central province Senetor Monica Mavhunga is on a province foreign investment at Africa Dubai Business summit in Dubai....Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1010 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe can't be re-admitted into Commonwealth without strict accountability mechanisms!
I always say Zimbabwe can be a most strange place to be - if only we lived in peace and prosperity, with our fundamental rights being respected as sacrosanct.When then President Robert Gabriel...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:56hrs | 449 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Those pushing the #ZanuPFMustGo mantra have no ideological content beyond the hashtag
Dear Zanu-PF Comrades,Revolutionary greetings.Between 2018 and 2020 – on the back of the 15 November 2017 military coup that ousted President Mugabe and his government from power and...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 907 | by Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao
Zanu-PF goes to town over Jonathan Moyo 'apology'
ALLEGED KINGPINS of the G40 faction have apologised to the ruling Zanu-PF party for going out of line in their ill-fated bid to block the ascendancy of President Mnangagwa to power in 2017.Mr ...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'overruns' NBS housing event
COMMISSIONING of 600 National Building Society (NBS) houses in Dzivarasekwa, Harare, was yesterday turned into a Zanu-PF campaign rally.Zanu-PF supporters were bussed to the venue despite that...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have nothing to celebrate in new resource discoveries!
No one can deny that Zimbabwe is one of the most richly endowed places on this planet.Highly favored by God Almighty with nearly 40 identified minerals - including gold, platinum, diamonds, ch...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:27hrs | 14059 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa frets over Chamisa's Sadc links?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is increasingly becoming worried about the growing anti-establishment wave sweeping across the region after a recent shock victory by former opposi...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | 9080 | by Staff reporter
RBZ allocates US$3 billion to businesses
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says US$3 billion has been allotted to businesses through the RBZ forex auction since its inception in 2020.In a statement yesterday, RBZ Governor, John Mangudya s...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
China to avail more assistance to Zimbabwe
CHINA will soon avail more assistance to Zimbabwe in agriculture, energy, health and science and technology sectors, the country's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun, said yesterday.Addressi...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
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