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Monday declared public holiday
GOVERNMENT recognises the efforts made by youths in combating Covid-19 as the nation commemorates the National Youth Day tomorrow.The National Youth Day is observed on February 21 annually and...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Man takes wife's underwear fetish to girlfriends
THIS might sound kinky, but seriously, it's not.A woman from Gokwe discovered a shocking and twisted secret about her husband that every time he went to make love to his girlfriends he would p...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 3373 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Mwonzora's MDC-T?
CHAOS rocked the MDC-T national executive and national council meetings on Saturday with calls for the nullification of the party's December 2020 extraordinary congress presidential election results, ...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | 4102 | by Staff reporter
Man demands lobola back as a ransom to 'release' wife
A Bulawayo man demanded his lobola back as ransom to "release" his wife from their matrimonial home after she threatened to divorce him for being violent.Prosper Mshangwe (26) from Sunnyside s...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for 'dialogue fo build synergies' - had cure since 2008, reforms, lacked competent leader to implement
When some people have nothing better to say, the repeat themselves. Mwonzora is back at calling for national dialogue as the solution to Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political paralysis."H...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 872 | by Nomusa Garikai
Missing boy: Captors demand R50 000
NEARLY two months after a 16-year-old boy went missing from Crowborough, the mother is now receiving text messages demanding a ransom of R50 000 from the boy's cellphone number, confirming the senders...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
This is best time for Mnangagwa, Mwonzora and Chamisa to sit down together
THE time is now opportune for three of the country's major political players - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa - to sit down together ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has 'nowhere to take his problems to' claims Matemadanda
THE ruling Zanu-PF says Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance "made their bed and must now lie in it" - after they allegedly "repeatedly spurned the hand of friendship" extended to them by President Emm...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:55hrs | 2008 | by Staff reporter
Hard truths of external hard drive data backup
Hard drives are often trusted on for storing secondary copies of data. A hard disk drive fails when a hard disk drive breakdowns, and the stored data is unable to be retrieved with an appropriately co...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:41hrs | 322 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa to meet Zanu-PF security dept as he bids to fix bickering party
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu-PF's chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves in to end DCC chaos
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping in to try and end the widening fallout from Zanu-PF's chaotic district coordinating committee (DCC) elections, which have raised political temperatures higher ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | 1488 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Trump called Chamisa for advice
The American elections have shown us a number of interesting things and indeed it has given us shocking similarities between Trump and Nelson Chamisa. There is a striking similar behaviour between the...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 22:47hrs | 7587 | by Dr Masimba Mavza
'2008 GNU stabilised economy' - true but that was not its primary purpose much less justify new GNU
"In 2009, the late former president Robert Mugabe was forced into forming a GNU with the MDC's late and much loved founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, after the hotly disputed 2008 polls," reported Da...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 18:48hrs | 807 | by Wilbert Mukori
New salary offer for civil servants
THE Government will tomorrow convene a crunch meeting with the Apex Council to deliberate on the civil servants remuneration with a new offer on the table which will put to an end the tug of war, whic...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3315 | by Staff Reporter
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 9059 | by Dr Masimba Mavava
Threats won't work, teachers warn politicians
TEACHERS yesterday scoffed at government threats to withhold their salaries for refusing to report for duty, saying they will not be cowed into submission after declaring incapacitation due to poor re...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Teachers hit back at Mnangagwa
TEACHERS yesterday hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he should respect their profession and offer them a living wage instead of reducing them to charity cases.Mnangagwa last wee...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 14918 | by Staff reporter
Fees for non-exam classes slashed
THE Government has given the green light to schools and parents to work out a pro-rata system for the third term's school fees for non-examination classes, as some pupils will only have face-to-face l...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Teachers slam Mnangagwa 'aggression'
Teachers' unions on Friday said they were "unmoved" by fresh threats by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who warned that his government could exclude from the payroll thousands of teachers who are boycot...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says teachers cannot hold Govt to ransom
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government will not be arm-twisted by striking teachers into succumbing to their demands, saying only those reporting for duty will be paid. Teacher representa...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter
Teachers not holding anyone at ransom, but merely demanding the US$475 Zimbabwe govt stealing from each employee
Are we truly living in the same country with those who claim to be our leaders, or do they exist in a parallel universe, that renders them detached from the realities of what is transpiring in the lan...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 21:56hrs | 2246 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Making Zimbabwe ungovernable is not what we fought for' - look who is talking. Cup is full to overflow.
"Given the onslaught, machinations and clandestine shenanigans by our detractors, isu tasara, ngatirambei takabatana (we the living must remain united) … in defence of our hard-won independence," Mn...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1724 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnanagwa fires warning shots at teachers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned teachers that his administration will not take lightly their demands of better pay but will deal with them as ransom. Speaking in Mutare on Wednesday ni...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:32hrs | 7723 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gloves off again in brawling MDC's scorched earth fight
ANY lingering hopes that warring MDC factions would soon come to their senses were quashed yesterday, after the main opposition's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe, pictured, recalled a furthe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 08:00hrs | 6597 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pooh-poohs MDC unity talks
THE ongoing dramatic attempts by MDC youths to end the party's wars suffered a potentially fatal blow yesterday after Nelson Chamisa pooh-poohed the need to participate in intra-party unity talks. ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:14hrs | 5602 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts 10 000 teachers on standby
Government has put around 10 000 qualified, but unemployed, teachers on standby to replace those that are holding the State to ransom by engaging in an illegal industrial action. Primary and S...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3123 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF must not ransom the country to their greed
IT has been amusing listening to Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party have a go at its South African counterpart, the African National Congress (ANC), for daring to tell it that it was mismanaging the affa...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Stability of prices brings relief
Prices of basic commodities are stabilising and marginally decreasing on selected items, arresting the volatility and speculative behaviour which characterised the market before the introduction of th...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
South Africa has no capacity to make demands on Zimbabwean internal affairs.
The rumour monger has again started to spin into overdrive against Zimbabwe. There has been a talk of intervention by south Africa in Zimbabwe. This rumour is spread and calculated to make people beli...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 4423 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 487 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe about to split into two states yet Mnangagwa says there is no crisis
It seems the move by the ANC to send special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet all stakeholders has struck fear into the hearts of Zanupf leaders. The former liberation movement has made so many political bl...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 15:16hrs | 4157 | by Israel Dube
Ramaphosa sending envoy back to Zimbabwe - waste of time, hamstrung to do right thing
President Cyril Ramaphosa is planning to send back the special envoy to Zimbabwe in a determined effort to find a solution to Zimbabwe's worsen economic and political crisis. Last the time the envoy m...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 16:29hrs | 2208 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe and abductions
Since the beginning of the year, some people, mainly government detractors, and opposition members have claimed to have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be b...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1878 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's indigenous churches preach peace
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Indigenous Inter-Denominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) do not share perverse desires for conflict, as is the case with some other religious organisations, but prefer to wo...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
'If Zanu PF has failed, vote them out' insist opposition - ballocks, not when they can rig elections
"The (November 2017) coup has been over taken by events and there has been an election in between, the disputed results notwithstanding. It is what it is and now we must focus on getting Zimbabweans t...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:09hrs | 1208 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF is grappling with economic crisis, there is no political crisis' - povo have never had a say, there's the rub
"Government reiterates that Zimbabwe, like most countries in the world is currently grappling with challenges attendant to illegal sanctions, drought and the Coronavirus pandemic. There is no 'crisis'...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:58hrs | 743 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC official succumbs to injuries
MDC-T Gutu Central District Assembly Chairperson, Crispa Musoni died last week following an assault by MDC-Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa's aides.Musona (78), who succumbed to the 2018 inj...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 08:56hrs | 3963 | by Tafanana Kwedu
Khupe says Zimbabwe has no legitimacy issue
SOUTH African envoys recently seconded to Zimbabwe by President Cyril Ramaphosa should only pre-occupy themselves with allegations of human rights abuses and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitim...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 19:06hrs | 2676 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF are obsessed with power retention, 'Chinhu chedu!' ranted Biti - hypocrite's own actions speak louder than ranting
Tendai Biti and his fellow MDC leaders are hypocrites the same Lord Jesus warned against. "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 17:21hrs | 3277 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Liberation war generation holding country to ransom, says Biti
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has bemoaned the continued dominance on national politics by politicians who fought the liberation struggle and still believed they should ride roughshod on oth...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:19hrs | 652 | by newzimbabwe
First Mbeki now Ramaphosa seeking solution to Zimbabwe's crisis - Solution is still to deliver free elections
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly appointed former South African Security minister Sydney and ex-Vice-President Baleka Mbete to "engage the Zanu PF regime and other relevant stak...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 08:59hrs | 427 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Ignore the rumblings of fugitives' - Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called on Zimbabweans to unite towards the development of the country and ignore rumblings of fugitives engaged in attempts to destabilise the nation. Speaking as...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:32hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Police abduct Mduduzi Mathuthu's sister...hold her as ransom
Bulawayo Police have taken custody of Nomagugu Mathuthu, the sister to ZimLive Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu as a ransom to force Mathuthu to hand himself over to the police. Nomagugu was picked up ...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 18:54hrs | 4089 | by Mandla Ndlovu
White farmers to get US$3.5 b compensation - only objection, looters must pay not povo
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance which mandates Zimbabwe to pay white commercial farmers US$3.5 billi...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 378 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa will not resign on the 31st or any other day
The July 31st protests in Zimbabwe will have lasting consequences. While most of them are difficult to anticipate, some of the economic impacts are already being felt and add up to long-term challenge...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 9247 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mozambique becomes a hub of extremist islamic terrorists
The' “European” Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs says it fears that the nighbouring Mozambique is becoming a hub of extremist Islamist terrorism.According to reports, the EU Commi...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 4493 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panicking Zanu PF hunting 'detractors' to stop protests - then hunt all 34% living in abject poverty
"Our party detractors continue with their anti-establishment agendas. The party is aware of the plan for mass protests (on July 31) being organised by the MDC Alliance renegades: Tajamuka, the Front f...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:23hrs | 2298 | by Nomusa Garikai
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