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Mohadi visits mass grave of 300 ZIPRA fighters in Angola
Vice President Colonel (Rtd) Kembo Mohadi has expressed Zimbabwe's gratitude to the people of Angola's Moxico Province for sheltering ZIPRA freedom fighters during the liberation struggle, pledging th...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:46hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Former Manicaland Governor dies at 83
Former Manicaland Provincial Governor and decorated liberation war veteran, Tinaye Elisha Nzirasha Chigudu, has passed away at the age of 83.Chigudu died last night at his home in Mt Pleasant,...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 15:54hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Sadc Election Observer Mission gives thumps up to Mozambique plebiscite
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Mission (SEOM) has given Mozambique's 2024 presidential and legislative elections a clean bill of health, describing the process as ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 16:25hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dzino thinks Mnangagwa was a minor and peripheral player in the liberation struggle
Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)By Professor Arthur G.O. MutambaraI later lose my autographed copy of Wilfred Mhanda's b...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | 53 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Mnangagwa says, 'Vote in defence of independence'
Zimbabweans should vote in the defence of their independence in the forthcoming harmonised elections, to protect the legacy bequeathed to the country by national heroes, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Unknown Mashonaland East man declared a national hero
National Consultative Assembly member and former provincial Governor for Mashonaland East, Abraham Kabasa, has been declared a national hero in honour of his immense contribution to the country during...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots reign of terror despite electoral victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former State security minister, Owen Ncube, has been fingered in a gory plan to unleash a reign of terror in Gokwe-Kabuyuni and Gokwe-Kana constituencies targeting oppos...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister convicted, fined $30k for gun crime
FORMER Mashonaland West Resident Minister, Faber Chidarikire (75), was Wednesday found guilty of failing to safeguard his revolver in a gun cabinet after losing the firearm to a burglar who had broken...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Demise of the status quo
AFTER the Roman senate declared Emperor Nero an enemy of the State and sentenced him to death for his abuse of power, the emperor did not wait to be humiliated in public, instead he committed suicide....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Sakala
Mounting concerns over breach of ethical journalism
The names of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who gained international eminence as premier investigative journalists, following their investigation and exposure of th...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 25 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zacc arrests raise eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is in the eye of a storm after it summoned four Midlands provincial government officials over charges that are already before the courts. The case has no...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NGOs to defy Mnangagwa govt directives
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) operating in Harare yesterday hit back at Harare Metropolitan provincial development coordinator (PDC) Tafadzwa Muguti saying he had no mandate to order them to r...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 5 | by Geoff Nyarota
Man collapses, dies giving graveside speech
The Msipa family in the Ziboza communal lands in Zvishavane was dealt a double blow after a friend to their late family member collapsed and died while giving a graveside eulogy. The incident ...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions MSU Industrial Park
AN industrial park established by Midlands State University (MSU) in Gweru was yesterday commissioned by President Mnangagwa, who reiterated the need for all institutions of higher and tertiary educat...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3500 at MSU
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 3 507 graduates at Midlands State University (MSU)'s 21st graduation ceremony held at its main campus in Gweru.Due to Covid-19-induced restrictions, 3 397 ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, SA to implement programmes under Trans-Limpopo initiative
Matabeleland region is poised for economic growth following a crucial meeting in Polokwane, South Africa to operationalise programmes under the auspices of the Trans-Limpopo Spatial Development Initia...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Jacob Mudenda: What was your role during Gukurahundi?
Hon Jacob Mudenda Sir, I would like to applaud you for your speech recently. In this speech Advocate Jacob Mudenda, you urge the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to advocate f...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Minister Chidawu's appointment challenged
The Movement for Democratic Change says the appointment of Oliver Chidawu as Minister of State responsible for Harare is unconstitutional as it goes against the spirit and letter of the constitution....Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court throws out Machaya application
Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya's bid to have his abuse of office charges dropped has flopped after the High Court threw out his application due to lack of merit...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs Posap and not Esap
This article was extracted from Professor Jonathan Moyo's address to the Open Forum meeting in Bulawayo 27 years ago....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Dr Jonathan Moyo
Chigwedere plots to dethrone Chief Svosve
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has filed an affidavit in support of a High Court application filed on October 7 by one Aaron Maruta, who is seeking to dethrone Chief Svosve, real name Wes...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefs
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefsZesa Holdings (Zesa) is going after top government and Zanu-PF officials, including other influential figures, whose failure to pay for the electricity they use is chocki...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Sekeramayi hits hard times
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi appears to have hit hard times as the senator for Marondera is battling to settle some of his obligations, the Daily News can report.According to the ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs electrocuted by Zesa debts
Top Zanu-PF officials are being dragged to court by State power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) over unpaid electricity bills.The cases illustrate how government officials, previously shielded fr...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota launches 'The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe'
VETERAN journalist Geoffrey Nyarota last week officially launched his second book - The Graceless Fall of Robert Mugabe: The End of a Dictator's Reign - published by Penguin in August 2018.Geo...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt not yet ready to devolve power
Government is not yet ready to set up provincial and metropolitan councils, the Local Government ministry has said.Chapter 14 of the national charter deals with devolution of governmental powe...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Zapu
'Devolution excites but ....'
Before government could roll out devolution, it is critical for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to first embrace the initiative wholeheartedly.The Constitution provides for eight...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Blessings Mashaya
MDC Alliance rubbishes NPF talks reports
MDC Alliance spokesperson Welshman Ncube has denied plans to join forces with former President Robert Mugabe and the National Patriotic Front (NPF) in attempts to unseat incumbent leader Emmerson Mnan...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Nkayi road's ingwigwizi Bridge construction kicks off
The construction of the remaining part of Ingwigwizi Bridge has begun along the Bulawayo-Nkayi road, following the release of US$2million by the treasury to facilitate the completion of the project....Published: 22 May 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda tainted by Gukurahundi atrocities?
Despite being tainted by Gukurahundi atrocities and the Willowgate scandal, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairperson Jacob Mudenda's star continues to rise. He has now opened a new ...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LEAKED DOCUMENT: Moyo to launch new political party
There are reports that former MDC-T National Chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo will launch a new national political party United Movement For Devolution.A leaked document circulating shows that Moyo i...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
4 Zanu-PF businesspersons gun for Chivi South Parly seat
The Zanu-PF race for the party's Chivi South National Assembly nomination has erupted into a five-candidate crossfire over who has the proper credentials, days before voters put their stamp on the cam...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 16:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF women demand 50-50 share of power
Zanu-PF Women's League has made a "non-negotiable" demand of 50 percent share of the ruling party's political power.According to the ruling party's central committee report presented to the 20...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots constitutional amendments on devolution
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for more amendments to the country's Constitution after Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa last week announced the need to further amend the charter to remove issues of devolu...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora breaks the record of Zim's short-lived govt ministers
If there was someone queer enough to apply to Guinness Book of World Records to have the title "shortest lived government ministers" added to their database, the category will certainly not be short o...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 13:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF purges start
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive has annulled the election of bigwigs such as former provincial Governor Willard Chiwewe and Provincial Affairs Minister Dr Paul Chimedza to the Central Commit...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
The return of the Crocodile
Rabidly opposed to the Generation 40 in Zanu-PF factional politics, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - better known as "Ngwena (Crocodile)" - was born in Zvishavane on September 15, 1942 and is reportedly ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a secret book: Should ministers sworn to serve defrauding the nation?
Events in the last few days (12-15 November 2017) in Zimbabwe have already made a startling revelation and amazing on the person of the General and his loyalty to a friend and colleague Emerson Mnanga...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Chimene knocked out in War vets fight
TheHE High Court has handed down a final order, barring Manicaland provincial governor Mandiitawepi Chimene from interfering with the operations of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho Declaration of November 2004: the untold story
THIS is a continuation of an article we published last week in which the former Information minister reveals details of Zanu-PF's power struggle which culminated in the so-called Tsholotsho Declaratio...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 09:36hrs | 393 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mugabe must walk full mile
President Robert Mugabe issued a proclamation early last month, appointing a commission of inquiry to probe the sale of State land in and around urban areas.The commission, which is led by Jus...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by Hama Saburi
Mugabe mourns fallen comrades
President Robert Mugabe yesterday told Zanu-PF supporters of his heartache at witnessing the high number of deaths that the former liberation movement has had to contend with this year - including hav...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe criticise Kasukuwere
President Mugabe yesterday criticised Kasukuwere for haphazardly distributing urban land for residential stands to Zanu-PF youths, saying the process was "highly flawed" as it could be easily abused b...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another survey puts us top again, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, just a year before we go into another election, yet another survey has revealed the obvious … that a preponderating majority of our people trust u...Published: 11 May 2017 at 21:36hrs | 3 | by CZ
Chinese to build Zimbabwe's new parliament complex
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said government will strictly supervise the construction of the new $450 million parliament building by Chinese contractors to ensure that high stand...Published: 07 May 2017 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
List of future interim government ministers and president suggested on social media
The zeal by Zimbabwean citizens to see things change for the better in the near future has seen a proliferation of suggestions for who should hold the interim government ahead of a democratic elected ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Celebrate Malaba appointment with caution
TO avoid possible disappointment of expecting too much from the recent surprise appointment of Justice Luke Malaba by President Robert Mugabe to substantive Chief Justice (CJ), legal analysts ...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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