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Point of correction: Chiwenga not son in law of Matabeleland
We know that having a husband who holds a high position in Zimbabwe or any other country can be exciting for others. And having a better half of your choice from any country or nation is any woman or ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 7668 | by Israel Dube
ZANU PF holding of nation at ransom makes us wish they had never embarked on liberation struggle!
When a person is saved from a place of bondage, and rescued from the dungeon where he has been held captive under the most intolerable anguish and agony - subjected to the most horrendous unbelievable...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 22:58hrs | 745 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 5566 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri passing the buck on state of roads in Muzarabani
DEFENCE and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri was in Muzarabani last week to officiate at the handover ceremony of a classroom block, a mothers' waiting shelter and a solar-powered water ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:00hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans in witch-hunt
WAR veterans are re-structuring in an exercise expected to claim some scalps to weed out "rogue" elements that "could disrupt" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chances of being re-elected next year....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys war vets battalion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to ex-combatants to lead mass mobilisation campaigns as fears of a possible electoral defeat in the 2023 elections send tremors down Zanu-PF corridors.G...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Elections terror scare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to ex-combatants to lead mass mobilisation campaigns as fears of a possible electoral defeat in the 2023 elections send tremors down Zanu-PF corridors.G...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:00hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa assures Junta their looting rights are safe - expect zero changes from 'Change Champion in Chief'
Ignorance is a curse worse than death! The dead are not tormented by anything whereas the ignorant are forever blundering from pillar to post; excited, it does not take much to get this lot excited, o...Published: 20 May 2022 at 10:20hrs | 3211 | by Nomusa Garikai
Schools defy govt on fee
SCHOOLS are defying a government directive that they should not turn away pupils who have not paid school fees.When schools opened for the second term on May 4, the Primary and Secondary Educa...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currently lacks caliber of leadership required to take nation to the next level
I am finding it most difficult shaking out of my mind those haunting images of a whole head of state and government, and commander-in-chief of the country...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:42hrs | 450 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC employees should learn that a dog used to hunt down other animals is always given leftovers!
I never revel in others people's misery and suffering - since, due to the same compassion that drives me to fearlessly stand up, and speak out for oppressed and unjustly-treated Zimbabweans - I simila...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:54hrs | 1707 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC should now ride on resounding by-elections success to ensure overwhelming victory in 2023 harmonized elections!
When I woke up this morning, before checking results of yesterday's by-election on social media, I deliberately waited for state-controlled ZBC to see whether there was excitement in their newsroom or...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 12:06hrs | 3510 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War vets denounce Zanu-PF abuse
WAR veterans have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of insincerity, lying and abusing former freedom fighters by falsely promising them money if they campaign for Zanu-PF ahead of the ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2186 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 1567 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Student shares bed with giant snake
FEAR gripped students of Novena University, Ogume Delta State, in Nigeria, after a python invaded a female hostel in the school.The python was found early morning on the bed of an unnamed fema...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Putin now clearly unhinged and can't be allowed to hold entire world at ransom!
Vlad the Impaler! That was the first thing that came to mind immediately after waking up this morning!I did not, right away, understand why - but, I soon realized the unmistaken striki...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 09:19hrs | 4621 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean gets six life terms and 192 years in SA
A 28-year-old Zimbabwean man was today jailed for an effective six life sentences and 192 years for orchestrating an orgy of violent crimes including murder, kidnapping, robbery, and extortion in Sout...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:32hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
CCC duplicity: insidiously participated in rigged elections banking on '(violent) peaceful protests' to end Zanu PF dictatorship
Zanu PF is rigging the 2023 elections! No one in Zimbabwe should ever say they did not know this! "Team Pachedu said a total of 170 867 addresses that were in the 2018 voters roll have been ed...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:54hrs | 718 | by Nomusa Garikai
Bulawayo Chiefs in impressive win over FC Platinum
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-0 FC PlatinumBULAWAYO Chiefs coach Nilton Terroso yesterday played down his impressive win over reigning champions FC Platinum in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match a...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:22hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' issues should not be politicised
TEACHERS should not allow themselves to be used by some anti-Government elements with a sinister agenda to cause chaos in the education sector for political ends.The Government this week annou...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:36hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA councillors vow to fight on
THE ZIFA councillors have vowed they will go ahead with the proposed special Extraordinary General Meeting despite the spirited attempts by some members of the association's suspended board to block t...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Tribalist Chamisa flies into a storm in South Africa
Soon after launching his anti- Matabele party in Zimbabwe, President of the so called Citizens Coalition for Change, Nelson Chamisa ran to the South African media to put a threat, telling SABCTV in an...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | 4046 | by Israel Dube
Zifa councillors unfazed by 'suspensions'
THE Zifa congress members, who are pushing for an emergency general meeting (EGM) which could culminate in the dismissal of some board members yesterday said they were unfazed by the suspension of the...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele scoffs at suspension
SEASONED football administrator Kennedy Ndebele has scoffed at his suspension by suspended Zifa board members, saying he is unmoved by "feeble" things.The iced Zifa board dished out suspension...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and Smith denied povo title deed, 'not to relinquish control over them' revealed late John Robertson
"John Robertson (85), a highly respected Zimbabwean economist who lived through the rise and fall of the country's increasingly volatile economy and three successive governments, passed away in Harare...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:03hrs | 1010 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe criminals go hi-tech
ZIMBABWEAN criminals are not being left behind by technology. They are using technology to enhance their trade, just like everybody else.Technology is a useful tool as it can bend to the whims...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:37hrs | 502 | by Miriam Tose Majome
ZIFA head for and SRC induced implosion?
ZIFA is headed for an implosion after members of the association's Congress yesterday called for an extra-ordinary general meeting to revoke the mandate of the suspended ZIFA board. The crucia...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
SA police hold Zimbabwean serial killer in deaths of 7 women
South African police say a Zimbabwean man arrested for possession of a stolen mobile phone is in fact a serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least seven women.Themba Prince Willard D...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 18:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Harare House
HARARE City Council (HCC) is reportedly on autopilot after a special council meeting called on Monday to elect an acting mayor failed to constitute a quorum.The situation is said to be dire to...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
The wave of change is eminent on the southern region: Big homework for Zanu
The sudden change of political weather has given ZANU-PF a thorn in the flesh as it watches its friends and allies downfall and being dumped by masses through the ballot and political dustbin by voice...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 09:32hrs | 21 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
MDC mayoral fights hold city to ransom
MDC-Alliance has simply turned Harare into a circus. Mayoral fights pitting councillors Jacob Mafume and Musarurwa Mutizwa, both claiming to be in charge of the city, have further exposed the shortcom...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No attendance, no pay for civil servants'
Civil servants will be paid only for the days they work and the days they have been officially excused from duty, but will not be paid for the days they take off without permission, the Public Service...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police reject demo application
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association were yesterday denied police clearance to demonstrate against under-fire Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who now appears on his way out. ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no hand in UK deportations
The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe embassy. They were...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Demonstrators at the Zim embassy in the UK are paid mercenaries paid to soil Zimbabwe's image
The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe High Commission. They were...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 10:43hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chaos in SA points to failure on democracy
The spate of violence that is engulfed South Africa shows that not all citizens have internalised constitutional democracy and the rule of law as the organising principle of the post-apartheid society...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Mashupye Maserumule
Corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police a smoke without fire
In Zimbabwe, it is very rare for politicians holding ministerial positions or senior officers to resign on their own without a hint of scandal. So it has ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Zanu PF - ZNA bond in unbreakable' said Chinamasa - rubbish, 2017 broke it and since feared another
Zimbabwe is not the first and only country to gain her independence and sovereignty after a bitter armed struggle; many other nations have in Africa, Asia, North and South America, etc. have had a sim...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Court blasts Biti for delaying assault trial
A HARARE magistrate yesterday accused MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti of deliberately delaying his trial for assaulting a Russian investor last year.Biti allegedly assaulted Tatiana Al...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo to undergo head surgery after his book excelgate
The Zimbabwean and international space has been congested by Jonathan Moyo posting Twitter messages designed to bring Zimbabwe's reputation into disrepute. Professor Jonathan Moyo has dedicated his ti...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 22:07hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Secrets to win In 2023 Revealed
The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proved the world wrong. The world expected to see Zimbabwe crumble into the dust and become obsolete. But true to his word Emerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimfirst is founded on the philosophy of Pan Africanism.
Pan Africanism is the philosophy which dictate that people of African descend should have common interest and are unified. Judging by the political records of the leading ZANU PF regime, Zimbabwe is y...Published: 27 May 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by The President of Zimbabwe People First
ZPRA mobilises non-combatant cadres ahead of vetting exercise
The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Veterans Association is calling all its non-combatant cadres to come forward in preparation for an impending national vetting exercise.The assoc...Published: 25 May 2021 at 14:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt bails out Harare with refuse trucks
Refuse collection is set to improve in Harare as Government has intervened and released funds required for the delivery of 15 refuse trucks that has been stuck in South Africa for the past five years ...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the lobola refund issue
Zimbabweans were highly active on social media discussing an underreported 2015 court ruling which made a ruling that a man can sue his in-laws to recover lobola if his wife cheated on him. The ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 36 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Striking teachers will lose benefits
Teachers going on strike or conducting extra lessons will be fired or at the very least face suspension of pay after activation of systems to track the malpractices. President Mnangagwa is on ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Italy offers cyber security training in Zimbabwe
THE pervasive use of ICTs in the world, including Zimbabwe, has presented enhanced opportunities for achieving economic development and wealth to people and institutions joining the cyberspace....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition must put its house in order
THE opposition's capacity and chance to defeat Zanu-PF in the 2023 elections is being threatened by squabbles in what should be an alternative. The most urgent thing is for the opposition to put its h...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Chief Chiduku
Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?
In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am a...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has reformed security services
Security Sector Reform (SSR) aims to enhance Security Sector Governance (SSG) through the effective and efficient delivery of security under conditions of democratic oversight and control. SSR...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:23hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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