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nZondo Commission 'a useful distraction' from South Africa's pressing problems
Many South Africans have already drawn their conclusions regarding the judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, corruption and fraud in the Public Sector, including Organs of ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 298 | by Sipho Seepe
Student takes UZ to court over SRC elections
A UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) student Alfred Ndlovu has approached the High Court seeking the suspension of Student Representative Council (SRC) elections.Ndlovu was barred from running for pr...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Foul play disguised as incompetence at the Competition and Tariff Commission
I am an avid reader and consumer of all things Competition and Anti Monopolies related. I believe in healthy competition and have learnt a thing or two from watching the American Sherman act evolve in...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 12:48hrs | 854 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Sanctions make Russian debt default a non-event
Russia is on the brink of its first debt default since 1998 as the Sunday deadline to make a $100m interest payment seems certain to be missed.Russia has the money and is willing to pay, but s...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 09:26hrs | 505 | by BBC
Beitbridge man stores 220 litres of urine in room
IN a bizarre incident in Beitbridge town, a shipping agent has been storing 220 litres of his urine in bottles in a rented house in Dulivhadzimo high-density suburb.The man (whose name has bee...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:40hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe does not have foreign constituencies'
ZIMBABWE has 210 electoral constituencies and none of them is located outside the country's physical boarders, justice legal and parliamentary affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.He was ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 18:20hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono freedom bid flops again
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed for the umpteenth time journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's application for removal from remand in a case he is charged with obstruction to justice.Chin'ono i...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2402 | by Staff reporter
Biti attacks Herald
Tendai Biti has accused The Herald of being biased in reporting his assault case.He said this today at the Harare Magistrates Court while submitting reasons why his case should be referred to ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters corner ministers, RBZ over failure
Zanu-PF supporters have strongly warned the party of impending electoral defeat in the 2023 general election and accused some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's deployees in government, particularly Fi...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:24hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims CCC destabilisation
resident Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday skirted addressing the gruesome killing of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali, and instead accused the opposition party of creating "di...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:23hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
South Africa taxis to hike fare amid spiralling fuel hikes
South Africans who make use of minibus taxis as a means of transportation will have to brace for another cost of living increase, after a Santaco representative revealed that the organisation is set o...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:03hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
State lines up 20 witnesses against Sikhala, Sithole
THE State has lined up 20 witnesses to testify against Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) accused of inciting members of...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
Biti blames Chinamasa for his arrest
The assault case of Tendai Biti continued yesterday at Harare Magistrates Court with him blaming Zanu-PF Politiburo member Patrick Chinamasa for causing his arrest.Biti is facing charges of as...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2489 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reaches out to Rwanda to clear connections backlog
STATE power utility, Zesa Holdings, has engaged Rwanda Energy Group for assistance in raising funding the company requires to clear a backlog of 305 000 houses requiring new electricity connections in...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier claims he was 'tortured and beaten' in Harare for serving in British army
A British Army veteran is "living in fear each and every second" due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe.Joram Nechironga has spent more than 20 years living in the UK and served in Iraq ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:57hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Longing for a bygone era will not fix Zimbabwe's economy
Social media can be a tool for comedic relief, venting frustration and a means of trolling at the same time. My favourite Social Network is Twitter due to its remarkable interface and ability to conne...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:03hrs | 445 | by Dr Farai Nyika. Economics Academic at Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA).
Will 11 SADC leaders ask Rwanda CHOGM 2022 to follow them and lower election standard to readmit Zimbabwe
Rwanda is hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 next week, 20 to 25 June 2022. President Mnangagwa has, no doubt, been lobbying hard for Zimbabwe to be re-admitted to the C...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:16hrs | 1197 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to spend weekend in prison
VIOLENCE that recently erupted in Nyatsime, Beatrice following the alleged incitement to cause public disturbances by two CCC legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole, left a trail of d...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:23hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Jamba to lead police on Ali murder indications
PIUS Jamba, the man accused of murdering Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, is today expected to lead police on indications, narrating and demonstrating how he allegedly committed the crime....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth re-admission at crossroads
A REPORT produced by the Commonwealth after observing Zimbabwe's 2018 elections will potentially scupper the country's desperate bid to rejoin the group, four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians inciting violence'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe accused political party leaders of inciting violence to destabilise the country ahead of the 2023 polls.Responding to questions in the Senate, Kazembe sai...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Man survives axe attack
A LUPANE man is battling for life at St Luke‘s Hospital following an axe attack by an unknown assailant at his home.Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda told Southern...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala faces 10 years in prison...as state opposes bail
CCC Member of Parliament Job Sikhala if facing up to ten years in prison after being charged with incitement to commit Public Violence as defined in section 187(1) (a) as read with Section 36 (1) (a) ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 15:18hrs | 6659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FC Platinum awarded points after Bosso found guilty
HIGHLANDERS has been found guilty of missile throwing by their fans in their abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stadium on April 23 and were fined US$6 0...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's vehicle impounded
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have reportedly impounded Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's vehicle for reasons not yet known.Information gathered by this public...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:51hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Biti cornered
HARARE magistrate Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti Monday said Tendai Biti, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president should stop submitting irrelevant evidence in a case he is accused of assaultin...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 2561 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC youths in running battles
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters yesterday clashed with their Zanu-PF counterparts, leaving a trail of destruction as tempers flared over the murder of activist Moreblessing A...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Court grills Biti
Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro-Muchuchuti yesterday ruled that Tendai Biti be given two sessions on June 28 to finish up his application for referral of his assault case to the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 17:20hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Violence erupts at Ali funeral
VIOLENT clashes between Zanu-PF supporters and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members erupted yesterday at the funeral wake of murdered CCC activist, Moreblessing Ali (46).The ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in the news again for wrong reasons
TROUBLED winger Kudakwashe Mahachi allegedly snatched and smashed his sister's iPhone XR yesterday afternoon as part of concerted efforts to destroy evidence nailing him for purportedly scalding his f...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
It's getting politically murkier in South Africa
THE African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa will hold its 55th national conference in December this year ahead of the general elections in 2024. The conference, among others, shapes new ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2849 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Ndebele Rap Queen Awa to release Bosso song
POPULAR outspoken female rapper Awa Khiwe is set to release a song for her beloved football outfit, Highlanders Football Club after a considerable time of inaction.A lot of things have gone so...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 458 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 2227 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Zimbabwe banks letting down farmers
FORMER Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairperson Basil Nyabadza says Zimbabwe's agricultural financing needs an overhaul because banks and other financial institutions were...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 10:01hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
South African Reserve Bank speaks on the introduction of R500 note
As South Africans grapple with the rising cost of inflation and increased cost of living, there has been a growing debate on whether the country should consider higher denominations of coins and notes...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:43hrs | 2703 | by Staff reporter
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | 155 | by Jamwanda
'Biti's application irrelevant'
The State has accused Tendai Biti of seeking referral of his assault case to the Constitutional Court on irrelevant grounds.Senior Prosecutor Mr Michael Reza told the court that Biti's reasons...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
90% Gukurahundi survivors suffer mental health, rights commission report says
Approximately 90% survivors of the early 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands state sponsored atrocities, commonly referred to as Gukurahundi, are suffering from mental health impairments caused by trauma,...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Mines official sucked in gold mine wrangle
A SENIOR Mashonaland East Mines and Mining Development ministry official has been sucked into a gold claim ownership wrangle after he allegedly accepted an application of conversion of a disputed clai...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Food insecurity now a perennial threat
Zimbabwe is set to import 400 000 metric tonnes (MT) of Maize from Zambia and Malawi to be delivered this June to alleviate a food crisis in the country. This will cost the country at least US$120 mil...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:12hrs | 380 | by Victor Bhoroma
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 592 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo records an increase in home births
BULAWAYO recorded an increase in home deliveries since January this year, a development which experts say may reverse gains made in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Zimbabwe.R...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 666 | by Staff Reporter
Voter apathy is Zimbabwe's elephant in the room ahead of 2023 polls
Bongani Ndlovu, a Zanu-PF councillor in Matabeleland North's Bubi district holds the unenviable record of registering the least number of voters in the March 26 parliamentary and local government elec...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:15hrs | 345 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
'The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
How to teach teens to pray
In the Christian faith, prayer is considered a form of communication with God. Christians use prayer during Bible study and in worship service.Christians are also encouraged to pray at home ea...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:55hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Troubles mount for Jacob Mudenda
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has been trending in Zimbabwe after he lobbied parliamentarians to change the laws and allow a diaspora vote , a move which left a bitter taste in the mouths of ZAN...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 09:50hrs | 8565 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grain middlemen and speculators fight GMAZ
Powerful grain traders and speculators who buy grain from state owned enterprises and resell it to millers at an exorbitant price are up in arms with the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe for cutt...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 967 | by Mandla Ndlovu
July Moyo in $3.5 million scandal
Local government minister July Moyo forced the Victoria Falls municipality to scrap a tender for the supply of water pumps in favour of his handpicked supplier, it was reported on Friday.Moyo'...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:15hrs | 2724 | by Staff reporter
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